Naʻá Ke ʻIloʻi?
ʻOku teuteuʻi moʻoni ʻe he fanga loó ʻenau meʻakaí ʻi he faʻahitaʻu māfaná pea tānaki ʻenau tokonakí ʻi he utu-taʻú?
▪ ʻOku pehē ʻe he Palovepi 6:6-8: “ʻAlu ki he lo, ʻa e makau na; siofi hono ngaahi ʻalunga, ka ke maʻu poto: ʻA ia ʻoku ʻikai hano angi, hano ofisa, pe pule, tokonaki pe ia ʻene meʻakai ʻi he faʻahitaʻu mafana, pea kuo ne tanaki ʻi he taimi ututaʻu ʻene meʻa tokoni.”
Ko hono moʻoní, ko e faʻahinga kalasi ʻe niʻihi ʻo e loó ʻoku nau fai pehē, ʻo tānaki ʻenau meʻakaí. Ngalingali, ko e faʻahinga lō naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Solomoné—pea ko e kalasi ʻiloa taha ia ʻi ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaho ní—ko e lō utu-taʻú (Messor semirufus).
Fakatatau ki he maʻuʻanga fakamatala ʻe taha, “ko e fanga lō utu-taʻu kumi meʻakaí ʻoku nau mavahe mei honau ngaahi nofoʻangá he lolotonga ʻa e ʻea leleí ke kumi ha meʻakai . . . [pea] tānaki mai ʻa e ngaahi tengaʻi ʻakaú ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi māhina māfana ange ʻo e taʻú.” Te nau tufi nai ʻa e ngaahi tenga mei he ʻakaú pe tānaki mai kinautolu mei he kelekelé. ʻOku faʻu ʻe he ngaahi ʻinisēkité ʻa e ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻi he kelekelé ʻo ofi ki ha ngaahi ngoueʻanga, ngaahi feleoko uite, pe ngaahi feituʻu ʻauʻauʻanga uité, ʻa ia ʻe lava ke maʻu ai ʻa e uité.
ʻI loto tonu ʻi he nofoʻangá, ʻoku tauhi ai ʻe he fanga loó ʻenau meʻakaí ʻi ha ngaahi tānakiʻanga lafalafa hokohoko ʻoku fakafehokotaki ia ʻe ha ngaahi halanga lahi. Ko ʻenau ngaahi tānakiʻanga uité ʻoku aʻu nai ia ki he fālahi ko e ʻinisi ʻe nima pea vaeua ʻinisi hono māʻolungá. Ko e ngaahi kolonia ʻo e fanga lō utu-taʻú ʻa ia kuo ʻosi tokonaki leleí ʻoku pehē ʻoku nau malava ke tolonga atu “ʻo laka hake ʻi he māhina ʻe fā ʻo ʻikai ha maʻuʻanga meʻakai pe maʻuʻanga vai mei tuʻa.”
Ko e hā naʻe kau ʻi he hoko ko ha tokotaha lingi kava ki he tuʻí?
▪ Ko Nehemaiá ko ha tokotaha lingi kava ia ki he Tuʻi Pēsia ko ʻAtaseasé. (Nehemaia 1:11) ʻI he ngaahi lotoʻā fakatuʻi ʻo e Hahake Lotolotó ʻi he kuonga muʻá, ko e tokotaha lingi kava ʻa e tuʻí naʻe ʻikai ko ha sevāniti māʻulalo ia. ʻI hono kehé, ko ha ʻōfisa lakanga māʻolunga ia. Ko e ʻū tohi motuʻa pea mo ha ngaahi fakatātā lahi fau ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻa ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e kau lingi kavá, ʻoku nau fakaʻatā kitautolu ke tau maʻu ha ngaahi fakamulituku fekauʻaki mo e ngafa ʻo Nehemaia ʻi he lotoʻā ʻo e kau Pēsiá.
Ko e tokotaha lingi kavá te ne ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa e uaine ʻa e tuʻí ke maluʻi ia mei hano fakakonahi. Ko ia ko e tokotaha lingi kavá naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e falala kakato ʻa e tuʻí. “Ko e fiemaʻu lahi ko ia ke ʻi ai ha kau ngāue alafalalaʻanga ʻi he lotoʻaá ʻoku mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ia koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi alēlea kākā ʻa ia naʻe faʻa fakahoko ʻi he lotoʻā faka-Pēsia pe Achaemenid,” ko e lau ia ʻa e mataotao ko Edwin M. Yamauchi. Ko e tokotaha lingi kavá naʻe ngalingali ko ha toe ʻōfisa manakoa ia ʻa ia naʻe ʻi ai ʻene tākiekina lahi ki he tuʻí. Ko ʻene ngāue vāofi ko ia mo e tuʻí ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē kuó ne malava nai ai ke fili ʻa e faʻahinga ʻe hū ki he tuʻí.
Ko ha lakanga pehē, mahalo ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻe lavameʻa ai ʻa e kole ʻa Nehemaia ke fakaʻatā ia ke foki ki Selusalema ke toe langa ʻa hono ngaahi ʻaá. Kuo pau pē naʻe fakamahuʻingaʻi lahi ʻe he tuʻí ʻa Nehemaia. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Anchor Bible Dictionary: “Ko e tali pē naʻe fai ʻe he tuʻí ko e pehē ‘Ka te ke foki fakakū mai?’”—Nehemaia 2:1-6.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
Tuku ange mei he palasi Pēsia ʻo Persepolis
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Tokotaha lingi kava
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