ʻOku Moʻui ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová
Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga mei he Hiva ʻo e Hivá
“HANGE ha lile ʻoku huluni he talatala, ʻoku pehe hoku ʻofaʻanga ʻi he kau taʻahine.” “Hange ha fuʻu apele ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau ʻo e vao, ʻoku pehe ʻa e huluni ʻa hoku ʻofaʻanga ʻi he kau talavou.” “Ko hai ʻa e fefine ʻoku fakasio mai, hange ko e mafoa ʻa e ʻata, fakaʻofoʻofa hange ko e mahina, ʻasinisini hange ko e laʻa?” (Hiva ʻo e Hiva 2:1-3; 6:10) He meʻa fakaueʻiloto moʻoni ka ko e ngaahi veesi ko eni mei he tohi Hiva ʻo e Hivá! Ko e tohí kotoa ko ha foʻi maau ia ʻoku mohu ʻuhinga mo mālie ʻo ui ai ia ko e hiva mālie (mo lelei tahá).—Hiva ʻo e Hiva 1:1.
ʻI hono fatu ʻe Tuʻi Solomone ʻo ʻIsileli he kuonga muʻá, ngalingali ʻi he 1020 K.M. nai, lolotonga ʻa e konga ki muʻa ʻo ʻene pule taʻu ʻe 40, ko e hivá ni ko ha talanoa ʻeva ia ʻo kau ki ha tauhi-sipi mo ha taʻahine tukuʻuta, ko ha Sūlemi. ʻOku kau ʻi he niʻihi kehe ko ia ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he māú ʻa e faʻē mo e fanga tuongaʻane ʻo e taʻahiné, “kau taʻahine Selusalema [kau fefine he lotoʻaá]” mo e “kau taʻahine Saione [kau fefine ʻo Selusalemá].” (Hiva ʻo e Hiva 1:5; 3:11) ʻOku faingataʻa ki ha tokotaha lau Tohi Tapu ke ne ʻiloʻi ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku lea ʻi he Hiva ʻo e Hivá, ka ʻoku malava ia ʻi he fakakaukau ki he meʻa ʻoku nau leaʻakí pe ko e meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki kia kinautolú.
ʻI he hoko ko ha konga ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e pōpoaki ʻi he Hiva ʻo e Hivá ʻoku mahuʻinga lahi ia ʻi he ʻuhinga ʻe ua. (Hepelu 4:12) ʻUluakí, ʻoku akoʻi mai ai kia kitautolu ʻa e ʻofa moʻoni ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ha tangata mo ha fefine. Ko hono uá, ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he hivá ʻa e faʻahinga ʻofa ʻoku ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi mo e fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní.—2 Kolinito 11:2; Efeso 5:25-31.
ʻOUA ʻE FEINGA KE “FAFANGU ʻA ʻOFA”
“ʻE, ke ne toutou ʻuma mai hono fofonga! Seuke, ʻoku ngangatu ange hoʻo toʻonga ʻofa ʻi he uaine!” (Hiva ʻo e Hiva 1:2) Ko e fetalanoaʻaki ʻi he Hiva ʻo e Hivá ʻoku kamataʻaki ia ʻa e ngaahi lea ko eni ʻa ha taʻahine tukuʻuta anga-fakatōkilalo ʻa ia naʻe ʻomi ki he tēniti fakatuʻi ʻo Solomoné. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene ʻi aí?
“Ko e kau tama ʻa ʻeku faʻe naʻe ʻitangi au,” ko ʻene leá ia. “Naʻa nau tuʻutuʻuni au ko e tauhi ngouevaine.” ʻOku ʻita kiate ia ʻa hono fanga tuongaʻané koeʻuhi ko e tamasiʻi tauhi-sipi ko ē ʻokú ne ʻofa aí naʻá ne fakaafeʻi ia ke na ō ʻo ʻeva ʻi ha ʻaho fakaʻofoʻofa he taimi failaú. Ke taʻofi ia mei heʻene ʻalú, naʻa nau fekau ke ne leʻohi ʻa e ngoue kālepí mei he ‘fanga fokisi ikí, mo ʻenau maumau ʻi he toutuʻú.’ ʻOkú ne ofi ʻi he ngāué ni ki he ʻapitanga ʻo Solomoné. ʻOku fakatokangaʻi ʻa hono fakaʻofoʻofá ʻi heʻene ʻalu hifo “ki he ngoue” nati, pea ʻoku ʻomi ai ia ki he ʻapitangá.—Hiva ʻo e Hiva 1:6; 2:10-15; 6:11.
ʻI he fakahaaʻi ʻe he finemuí ʻene hoholi ke sio ki hono ʻofaʻanga ko e tauhi-sipí, ʻoku tala ange kiate ia ʻe he kau fefine he lotoʻaá ke ne “muia ʻa e topuvaʻe ʻo e fanga sipi” ʻo kumi ki ai. Ka ʻoku ʻikai ke fakaʻatā ia ʻe Solomone ke ne ʻalu. ʻI heʻene fakahaaʻi ʻene hohoi ki hono fakaʻofoʻofá, ʻokú ne palōmesi te ne ʻoange kiate ia ha “teunga-koula, pea fonofono siliva.” Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai maongo ia ki he loto ʻo e taʻahiné. ʻOku hū atu ʻa e tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí ki he ʻapitanga ʻo Solomoné ʻo ne ʻiloʻi ia peá ne lea mei hono lotó: “Siini, ʻoku ke fakaʻofoʻofa, ʻala hoku ʻofaʻanga; ʻio, ʻoku ke fakaʻofoʻofa.” ʻOku fai ʻe he kiʻi finemuí ha fuakava mo e kau fefine he lotoʻaá: “ʻOua ʻe ueʻi, pe fafangu ʻa ʻofa; kae fai ʻene faʻiteliha.”—Hiva ʻo e Hiva 1:8-11, 15; 2:7; 3:5.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
1:2, 3—Ko e hā ʻoku fakatatau ai ʻa hono manatua ʻa e tōʻonga ʻofa ʻa e tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí ki he uainé pea fakatatau hono hingoá ki he loló? Hangē pē ko hono ʻai ʻe he uainé ʻa e loto ʻo ha tangata ke fiefiá pea mo fakafiemālie ʻa hono lilingi hifo ʻo e loló ʻi he ʻulú, ko hono manatua ʻo e ʻofa mo e hingoa ʻo e tamasiʻí naʻe fakaivimālohiʻi mo fakafiemālieʻi ai ʻa e finemuí. (Sāme 23:5; 104:15) ʻOku pehē pē mo e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní, tautautefito ki he faʻahinga paní, ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e mālohi mo e loto-toʻa ʻi he fakalaulauloto ki he ʻofa kuo fakahāhā ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi kia kinautolú.
1:5—Ko e hā ʻoku fakatatau ai ʻa e kili-ʻuli ʻo e taʻahine tukuʻutá ki he “ngaahi teniti ʻo Keta”? Ko e fulufuluʻi kosí, ʻa ia ʻoku ngaohi mei ai ʻa e tupenú, ʻoku lahi hono ʻaongá. (Nomipa 31:20) Ko e fakatātaá, ko e “tupenu fulufuluʻi kosi” naʻe ngāueʻaki ia ke ngaohi mei ai ʻa e “teniti ke pulongaʻaki ʻa e Tapanekale.” (Ekisoto 26:7) ʻI he hangē pē ko e ngaahi tēniti ʻAlepeá naʻa mo ia ʻi he ʻaho ní, ko e ngaahi tēniti ʻo Ketá naʻe ngaohi nai ia mei he fulufuluʻi kosi ʻuliʻulí.
1:15—Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻa e tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí ʻi heʻene pehē: “Ko e ongo lupe tofu pe ʻa siʻo mata na”? ʻOku pehē ʻe he tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí ko e mata ʻo hono ʻofaʻangá ʻi heʻene fotu maí ʻoku anga-vaivai mo anga-malū ʻo hangē pē ko e mata ʻo e lupé.
2:7; 3:5—Ko e hā ʻoku fai fuakava ai ʻa e kau fefine he lotoʻaá ʻi he “fanga kaseli mo [e] hainiti vao”? ʻOku ʻiloa ʻa e fanga kāselí mo e fanga hainité ʻi heʻenau matamataleleí mo e fakaʻofoʻofá. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e finemui Sūlemí ʻokú ne fuakava mo e kau fefine he lotoʻaá ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻa ia ʻoku matamatalelei mo fakaʻofoʻofá ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he feinga ke fafangu ʻa ʻene ʻofá.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
1:2; 2:6. ʻOku feʻungamālie nai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga ʻofa maʻa he lolotonga ʻo ha faisō. Kae kehe, ʻoku totonu ke tokanga ha ongo meʻa ke hoko ʻa e tōʻongá ni ko e fakahāhā ia ʻo e ʻofa moʻoni ʻo ʻikai ko e holi taʻetaau, ʻa ia ʻe iku atu nai ai ki he fehokotaki fakasino taʻetaau.—Kaletia 5:19.
1:6; 2:10-15. Naʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻatā ʻe he fanga tuongaʻane ʻo e taʻahine Sūlemí ʻa honau tuofefiné ke ne ʻalu mo hono ʻofaʻangá ki ha feituʻu ʻoku ʻikai ai ha taha ʻi he moʻungá ʻo ʻikai koeʻuhí naʻá ne ʻulungāanga taʻetaau pe naʻe ʻikai te ne maʻu ha ngaahi fakaueʻiloto totonu. ʻI hono kehé, naʻa nau tokanga ʻaupito ʻi he taumuʻa ke lehilehiʻi ia mei haʻane tō ki ha tuʻunga ʻe iku atu nai ai ki ha fakatauele. Ko e lēsoni ki he ngaahi hoa faisoó ʻoku totonu ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha tahá.
2:1-3, 8, 9. Neongo ʻene hoihoifuá, naʻe vakai fakatōkilalo ʻa e taʻahine Sūlemí kiate ia ko “ha lose [matalaʻiʻakau anga-maheni pē ʻo e] toafa.” Koeʻuhi ko hono fakaʻofoʻofá mo ʻene faitōnunga kia Sihová, naʻe fakakaukau ai ʻa e tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí kiate ia ko “ha lile ʻoku huluni he talatala.” Pea ko e hā ʻe lava ke leaʻaki ʻo kau ki he tamasiʻí? Koeʻuhi ko ʻene matātangatá, naʻá ne hangē ki he taʻahine Sūlemí ha “kaseli.” Kuo pau pē naʻá ne toe hehema ki he meʻa fakalaumālié pea līʻoa kia Sihova. “Hange ha fuʻu ʻapele [ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakamalumalu mo laku fua mai] ʻi he ngaahi ʻakau ʻo e vao,” ko ʻene leá ia, “ʻoku pehe ʻa e huluni ʻa hoku ʻofaʻanga ʻi he kau talavou.” ʻIkai nai ko e tui mo e līʻoa ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e ongo ʻulungāanga fakamānako ke kumi ki ai ʻi ha tokotaha te ke mali mo ia he kahaʻú?
2:7; 3:5. Naʻe ʻikai teitei ai ha ongoʻi manako ʻa e taʻahine tukuʻutá ia ʻia Solomone. Naʻá ne toe fuakava foki mo e kau fefine he lotoʻaá ke ʻoua te nau feinga ke langaʻi ʻiate ia ha ʻofa ki ha toe taha kehe mei he tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí. ʻOku ʻikai foki malava pe totonu ke te manako ʻi ha faʻahinga taha pē. Ko ha Kalisitiane taʻehoa ʻoku holi ke mali, ʻoku totonu ke ne fakakaukau ki ha sevāniti mateaki pē ʻa Sihova.—1 Kolinito 7:39.
“KO E HA ʻA E SULEMI ʻOKU MOU FIE SIO KI AI?”
ʻOku ʻi ai e meʻa ʻoku ‘hake mai mei he toafá hange koni pou kohú.’ (Hiva ʻo e Hiva 3:6) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakatokangaʻi atu ʻe he kau fefine Selusalemá ʻi heʻenau ʻalu atu ke fakasió? Tā ko ā ko Solomone ia mo hono kau fakafeʻaó ʻoku nau foki ki he koló! Pea kuo haʻu ʻa e tuʻí mo e finemui Sūlemí.
Kuo muimui mai ʻa e tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí ʻi he finemuí pea ʻoku vave ʻene ʻiloʻi ha founga ke sio ai kiate ia. ʻI heʻene fakapapauʻi ange kiate ia ʻene ʻofá, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he taʻahine Sūlemí ʻene holi ke mavahe mei he koló, ʻo ne pehē: “Kau ʻalu muʻa atu ki moʻunga mula, pea ki sia laipeno, kae ʻoua ke mokomoko ʻa e ʻaho. Mo ngalo atu ʻa e ngaahi ʻata.” ʻOkú ne fakaafeʻi ʻa e tauhi-sipí ke ‘haʻu ki heʻene ngouetapú, ʻo kai ʻa e ngaahi fua ʻokú ne mahuʻingaʻia aí.’ ʻOkú ne tali ange: “Kuo u hu ki heʻeku ngouetapu, ʻala, ko siʻoku tuofefine-uaifi.” ʻOku tala ange ʻe he kau fefine ʻo Selusalemá kia kinaua: “Kai ā, ongo meʻa; inu, ʻio, inu ʻofa ke hulu.”—Hiva ʻo e Hiva 4:6, 16; 4:17, 18 (5:1, PM).
Hili ʻene fakamatala ha misi ki he kau fefine ʻi he lotoʻaá, ʻoku tala ange ʻe he finemui Sūlemí kiate kinautolu: “Oku ou bogia i he ofa.” ʻOku nau ʻeke ange: “Koeha hono lelei hake o ho ofaaga i he ofaaga o ha taha kehe?” ʻOkú ne tali ange: “Oku hinehina mo ganogano a hoku ofaaga, koe fugani toulekeleka ia i ha toko mano.” (Hiva ʻo e Hiva 5:2-10, PM) ʻI hono fakavīkivikiʻi tōtuʻa ia ʻe Solomoné, ʻoku tali anga-fakatōkilalo ange ʻe he taʻahiné: “Ko e ha ʻa e Sulemi ʻoku mou fie sio ki ai?” (Hiva ʻo e Hiva 6:4-13) ʻI he vakai ki he meʻá ni ko ha faingamālie ia ke ne ikuʻi mai ai ʻene ʻofá, ʻoku toe lalauʻi ʻaki ia ʻe he tuʻí ʻa e ngaahi lea fakavīkiviki lahi ange. Kae kehe, ʻoku kei tuʻumaʻu pē ʻa e taʻahiné ia ʻi heʻene ʻofa ki he tamasiʻi tauhi-sipí. ʻOku faifai atu pē ʻo tukuange ia ʻe Solomone ke ne foki ki ʻapi.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
4:1; 6:5—Ko e hā ʻoku fakahoa ai ʻa e louʻulu ʻo e finemuí ki ha “takanga kosi”? Ko e fakahoa ko iá ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ai ko hono louʻulú naʻe ngingila pea matolu ʻo hangē ko e fulufulu ʻuliʻuli ʻo e fanga kosí.
4:11 (PM)—ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e pehē ko e “lougutu” ʻo e taʻahine Sūlemí ‘oku toʻi o hage koe honi mei hono geejí bea oku i lalo i hono eleló ae honi moe hua huhu’? Ko e hone ʻi hono ngeʻesí ʻoku ifo mo melie ange ia ʻi he hone ʻoku ʻasi ki he ʻeá. Ko e fakahoa ko ení, pea pehē ki he foʻi fakakaukau ko e honé mo e huʻa huhú naʻe ʻi he lalo ʻelelo ʻo e finemuí, ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ai ʻa e lelei mo fakamānako ʻa e ngaahi lea naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he taʻahine Sūlemí.
5:12—Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e kupuʻi lea “ko hono ongo foʻi fofonga koni lupe ʻi he funga vaitafe; ʻoku kakau ʻi he huʻakau”? ʻOku lea ʻa e finemuí ʻo kau ki he ongo foʻi mata fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo hono ʻofaʻangá. Mahalo ʻokú ne fakahoa fakapunake ʻa e kanoʻimata ʻuliʻuli ʻoku takatakaiʻi ʻe he konga hinehina ʻo hono foʻi matá, ki he fanga lupe lanu pulū-kulei ʻoku nau kaukau ʻi he huʻakaú.
5:14, 15—Ko e hā ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e ongo nima mo e ongo vaʻe ʻo e tauhi-sipí ʻi he founga ko ení? ʻOku hangehangē ʻoku lave ʻa e finemuí ki he louhiʻi nima ʻo e tauhi-sipí ʻoku hangē ko e lula koulá pea hangē hono ngeʻesi nimá ko e kalisolaité. ʻOkú ne fakatatau hono ongo vaʻé ki he “pou mapeli” koeʻuhí ʻoku mālohi mo matamatalelei.
6:4—Ko e hā ʻoku fakahoa ai ʻa e finemuí ki Tilisá? Ko e kolo Kēnani ko ení naʻe puke ia ʻe Siosiua pea ʻi he hili ʻa e taimi ʻo Solomoné naʻe hoko ia ko e fuofua kolomuʻa ʻo e puleʻanga matakali hongofulu fakatokelau ʻo ʻIsilelí. (Siosiua 12:7, 24; 1 Tuʻi 16:5, 6, 8, 15) “ʻOku hā mai ko e fuʻu koló kuo pau pē ko ha kolo fakaʻofoʻofa ʻaupito,” ko e lau ia ʻa ha maʻuʻanga fakamatala ʻe taha, “ʻa ia ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku lave ai ki ai ʻi hení.”
6:13—Ko e hā ʻa e “meʻe ʻi Mehanemi”? ʻOku lava ke toe fakalea ʻa e kupuʻi lea ko ení ko e “meʻe ʻa e ongo ʻapitanga ʻe ua.” Ko e kolo naʻe uiʻaki ʻa e hingoa ko iá naʻe tuʻu ia ʻi he tafaʻaki fakahahake ʻo e Vaitafe Sioataní ʻo ofi ki he teleʻa ʻo Siapokí. (Senesi 32:2, 22; 2 Samiuela 2:29) Ko e “meʻe ʻi Mehanemi” ʻoku ʻuhinga nai ia ki ha faʻahinga tauʻolunga pau naʻe fakahoko ʻi he kolo ko iá ʻi he felāveʻi mo ha kātoanga.
7:4—Ko e hā ʻoku fakatatau ai ʻe Solomone ʻa e kia ʻo e taʻahine Sūlemí ki ha “taua lei”? Ki muʻa angé, naʻe fai ai e lalau ko ení ki he taʻahiné: “Ko siʻo uʻa na ʻoku hange ko e taua ʻo Tevita.” (Hiva ʻo e Hiva 4:4) ʻOku lōloa mo hangatonu ha taua, pea ko e leí ʻoku molemole. ʻOku toʻoa ʻa Solomone ʻi he lōloa mo molemole ʻa e kia ʻo e taʻahiné.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
4:1-7. ʻAki hono talitekeʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakatauele ʻa Solomoné, naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ange ai ʻe he taʻahine Sūlemí, neongo ʻene taʻehaohaoá naʻe ʻikai hano mele fakaeʻulungāanga. Ko hono mālohi fakaeʻulungāangá naʻe ʻai ke toe ʻamo ange ai hono fakaʻofoʻofá. ʻOku totonu ke pehē pē mo e kau fefine Kalisitiané.
4:12. ʻI he hangē ha ngoue fakaʻofoʻofa naʻe fakakauʻā ʻaki ha ʻakau pe ko ha ʻā malu naʻe malava ke toki hū pē ki ai ʻi ha matapā ʻoku lokaʻí, naʻe toki fakaʻatā pē ʻe he finemui Sūlemí ʻa ʻene tokanga ʻofá ki hono husepāniti ʻi he kahaʻú. He faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei moʻoni ia ki he kau fefine mo e kau tangata Kalisitiane teʻeki malí!
“ULO MEIA IAA”
“Ko hai ʻa e fefine ni ʻoku hake mei he toafa? ʻOku haʻu fāki ki hono ʻofaʻanga?” ko e ʻeke ia ʻa e fanga tuongaʻane ʻo e taʻahine Sūlemí ʻi heʻenau sio kiate ia ʻoku foki ange ki ʻapí. ʻI ha taimi ki muʻa ange ai, naʻe pehē ai ʻe ha taha ʻo kinautolu: “Kapau te ne ʻamaka, te tau langa ʻi hono funga ha ʻotu taua siliva: kapau te ne matapa, te tau tapuni ʻaki ha laupapa sita.” ʻI hono ʻosi siviʻi pea fakamoʻoniʻi he taimi ko ení ʻa e tuʻumaʻu e ʻofa ʻa e taʻahine Sūlemí, ʻokú ne pehē leva: “Ne u ʻamaka au, pea ko hoku ongo huhu naʻe hange ha ongo taua; pea u toki hoko ʻi he vakai ʻa siʻeku tangata, ko e taha kuo aʻusia ʻa e alea melino.”—Hiva ʻo e Hiva 8:5, 9, 10.
Ko e ʻofa moʻoní ʻoku “ulo meia Iaa.” Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi ko e ʻofa peheé ʻoku tupu ia meia Sihova. Ko e Tokotaha ia kuó ne ʻai ʻia kitautolu ʻa e malava ke ʻofá. Ko ha ulo ia ʻa ia ʻoku kakaha ʻo taʻealatāmateʻi. ʻOku fakatātaaʻi lelei ʻi he Hiva ʻo e Hivá ko e ʻofa ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ha tangata mo ha fefiné ʻe lava ke “kaukaua [ʻo papau ʻene hokó] hange ko e mate.”—Hiva ʻo e Hiva 8:6.
Ko e hiva mālie ʻa Solomoné ʻoku toe ʻomi ai ʻa e fakamaama ki he haʻi ʻoku ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi pea mo e kau mēmipa ʻo ʻene “taʻahine” mali fakahēvaní. (Fakahā 21:2, 9) Ko e ʻofa ʻa Sīsū ki he kau Kalisitiane paní ʻoku laka ange ia ʻi ha ʻofa pē ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ha tangata mo ha fefine. Ko e kau mēmipa ʻo e kalasi taʻahine malí ʻoku nau tuʻumaʻu ʻi heʻenau līʻoá. Naʻe toe foaki anga-ʻofa foki ʻe Sīsū ʻa ʻene moʻuí maʻá e “fanga sipi kehe.” (Sione 10:16) Ko ia ai, ko e kau lotu moʻoní kotoa ʻe lava ke nau faʻifaʻitaki ki he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e ʻofa mo e līʻoa taʻemauea ʻa e taʻahine Sūlemí.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18, 19]
Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi mai kia kitautolu ʻe he Hiva ʻo e Hivá ke tau kumi ki ai ʻi ha hoa malí?