Ko Hono Fakapapauʻi ʻa e Faʻahinga Totonu ʻo e Talafekaú
“ʻOku ne ʻai ke tuʻu ʻa e lea a ʻene sevaniti, mo fakaai ʻa e faleʻi ʻa ʻene kau talafekau.”—AISEA 44:26.
1. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakapapauʻi mai ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga totonu ʻo e kau talafekau moʻoní, pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻene fakaeʻa ʻa e loí?
KO Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e Tokotaha-Fakapapauʻi Maʻongoʻonga ʻo ʻene kau talafekau moʻoní. ʻOkú ne fakapapauʻi kinautolu ʻaki ʻene ʻai ke hoko moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi pōpoaki ʻokú ne ʻoatu ʻo fakafou ʻiate kinautolú. Ko Sihova foki ʻa e Tokotaha-Fakaeʻa Lahi ʻo e kau talafekau loí. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻene fakaeʻa kinautolú? ʻOkú ne fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ʻenau ngaahi fakaʻilongá mo e vavaló. ʻOkú ne fakahā ʻi he foungá ni ko kinautolú ko e kau vavalo fokotuʻu pē ʻe kinautolu, ʻa ia ko ʻenau ngaahi pōpoakí ko e mapuna moʻoni hake pē mei heʻenau fakaʻuhinga loi pē ʻanautolu—ʻio, ʻa ʻenau fakakaukau fakasesele fakakakanó!
2. Ko e hā ʻa e fepaki naʻe hoko ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau talafekaú ʻi he taimi ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí?
2 Naʻe taukaveʻi fakatouʻosi ʻe ʻAisea mo ʻIsikeli ko e ongo talafekau kinaua ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. Naʻá na pehē? Tau sio angé. Naʻe kikite ʻa ʻAisea ʻi Selusalema mei he 778 K.M. nai ki ha taimi hili ʻa e 732 K.M. Naʻe fakaheeʻi ʻa ʻIsikeli ki Pāpilone ʻi he 617 K.M. Naʻá ne kikite ki hono ngaahi tokoua Siu ʻi aí. Naʻe fakatou fanongonongo loto-toʻa ʻe he ongo palōfitá ʻe fakaʻauha ʻa Selusalema. Naʻe pehē ʻe he kau palōfita kehé ia ʻe ʻikai fakaʻatā ʻeni ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ke hoko. Ko hai naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ko e faʻahinga totonu ʻo e kau talafekaú?
ʻOku Fakaeʻa ʻe Sihova ʻa e Kau Palōfita Loí
3, 4. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e ongo pōpoaki fehangahangai naʻe tuku ki he kau ʻIsileli ʻi Pāpiloné, pea naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakaeʻa ʻe Sihova ha talafekau loi? (e) Ko e hā naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova ʻe hoko ki he kau palōfita loí?
3 Naʻe ʻoange kia ʻIsikeli, lolotonga ʻene ʻi Pāpiloné, ha vīsone ki he meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi Selusalema ʻi he temipalé. ʻI he hūʻanga ʻo hono matapā fakahahaké naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau tangata ʻe toko 25. Naʻe ʻi honau lotolotongá ʻa e ongo pilinisi ʻe toko ua, ko Siasanaia mo Pelataia. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e vakai ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolú? ʻOku tali mai ʻi he Isikeli 11:2, 3: “Hakoʻi tangata, ko eni ia ʻa e kau tangata ʻoku fakakaukau ʻa e faikovi, mo fai ʻa e faleʻi kovi ʻi he kolo ni. A kinautolu ʻoku pehe, ʻOku ʻikai ofi ʻa e taimi ke langa fale.” Naʻe pehē ʻe he kau talafekau melino fiemeʻa ko ʻení, ‘ʻOku ʻikai ha fakatuʻutāmaki ki Selusalema. Ko ia ai, kuo vavé ni ke tau langa ʻiate ia ha ngaahi fale lahi ange!’ Ko ia naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá kia ʻIsikeli ke kikite ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e kau palōfita loi ko ʻení. ʻI he veesi 13 ʻo e ʻIsi vahe 11, ʻoku talamai ai ʻe ʻIsikeli kiate kitautolu ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ki he taha ʻo kinautolú: “Lolotonga ʻeku fai palofisai, ʻiloange naʻe pekia ʻa Pelataia foha ʻo Penaia.” Mahalo pē naʻe hoko ʻení koeʻuhi ko Pelataia ʻa e pilinisi naʻe ʻiloa mo ivimālohi tahá pea ko e tokotaha tauhi-ʻaitoli tuʻu-ki-muʻa. Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻi heʻene mate fakafokifaá ko ha palōfita loi ia!
4 Naʻe ʻikai taʻofi ʻe hono fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova ʻa Pelataiá ʻa e kau palōfita loi kehé mei heʻenau loi ʻi he huafa ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e kau kākā ko ʻení ʻi honau ʻalunga seselé ʻi hono vavaloʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fepaki mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko ia naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá kia ʻIsikeli: “ʻOiaue ʻa e kau palofita vale, ʻa ia ʻoku nau muimui ki he laumalie ʻonautolu, mo e meʻa kuo ʻikai te nau mataʻia!” ʻI he hangē ko Pelataiá, te nau “ngata” ʻi heʻenau vīsone fakafetau maʻa Selusalema ha “visone melino maʻana, ʻosi ʻoku ʻikai ha melino.”—Isikeli 13:3, 15, 16.
5, 6. Neongo ai kotoa ʻa e kau talafekau loí, naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakatonuhiaʻi ʻa ʻAisea ko ha palōfita moʻoni?
5 Ka kia ʻAisea ia, naʻe hoko ʻo moʻoni kotoa ʻa ʻene ngaahi pōpoaki fakaʻotua fekauʻaki mo Selusalemá. ʻI he faʻahitaʻu māfana ʻo e 607 K.M., naʻe fakaʻauha ai ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ʻa e koló pea nau foki ki Pāpilone mo ha kau pōpula ko ha toenga ʻo e kau Siú. (2 Kalonikali 36:15-21; Isikeli 22:28; Taniela 9:2) Naʻe taʻofi ʻe he ngaahi mala ko ʻení ʻa e kau palōfita loí mei hono nafui ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi valelau taʻeʻaongá? ʻIkai, naʻe hanganaki fai pē ia ʻe he kau talafekau loi ko ʻení!
6 ʻI he hangē naʻe ʻikai feʻunga ai pē hení, naʻe toe fakaeʻa atu ʻe he kau fakaheeʻi ʻIsilelí kinautolu ki he kau fakahā monū loto-pōlepole ʻo Pāpiloné, kau tongafisí, mo e kau vavalo fakaʻasitalōnomá. Kae kehe, naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau talafekau loi kotoa ko ʻení ko e kau fakasesele fakaiku noa, ʻoku nau fakaʻuhingahalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá. Naʻá ne toki fakahaaʻi ko ʻene tokotaha talafekau moʻoni ʻa ʻIsikeli, ʻo hangē pē ko ʻAiseá. Naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sihova ʻa e folofola kotoa pē ʻa ia naʻá ne folofolaʻaki ʻo fakafou ʻiate kinauá, ʻo hangē pē ko ia ko ʻene talaʻofá: “ʻOku fakaiku noa ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga ʻa e faʻahinga launoa, mo ʻai ke faha ʻa e kau tongafisi; ʻoku fakafoki ʻa e kau poto, ke tuʻu mei mui, ʻo ngaohi ʻa e mea kuo nau ʻilo ki ai ke hā ko e sesele: ʻoku ne ʻai ke tuʻu ʻa e lea ʻa ʻene sevaniti, mo fakaai ʻa e faleʻi ʻa ʻene kau talafekau.”—Aisea 44:25, 26.
Ngaahi Pōpoaki Fakaʻohovale ʻo Kau ki Pāpilone mo Selusalema
7, 8. Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki fakamānavaʻi naʻe fai ʻe ʻAisea ki Pāpiloné, pea ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻene ngaahi leá?
7 Naʻe pau ke fakalala ʻa Siuta mo Selusalema, ʻo ʻikai nofoʻi ʻe ha tangata, ʻi he taʻu ʻe 70. Kae kehe, naʻe fakahā ʻe Sihova ʻo fakafou ʻia ʻAisea mo ʻIsikeli ʻe toe langa ʻa e koló pea ʻe nofoʻi ʻa e fonuá ʻi he taimi tofu pē ko ia naʻá ne ʻosi tala ki muʻá! Ko ha kikite fakaofo ʻeni. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi he naʻe ongoongoa ʻa Pāpilone ʻi he ʻikai te nau teitei fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻenau kau pōpulá. (Aisea 14:4, 15-17) Ko ia ko hai ʻoku malava ke ne tuku ange ʻa e kau hopoate ko ʻení? Ko hai ʻoku malava ke ne fakaʻauha ʻa Pāpilone mālohi, fakataha mo hono ngaahi fuʻu ʻaá mo ʻene founga maluʻi fakaevaitafé? ʻOku malava ia ʻe he Māfimafi-Aoniu ko Sihová! Pea naʻá ne folofola te ne malava: “ʻOku ne folofola ki he vaiʻoho [ʻa ia ko e vai maluʻi ʻo e koló], Mātuʻu, pea te u fakamomoa ho ngaahi manga, ʻoku folofola kia Kolesi, Ko ʻeku tauhisipi ia, pea te ne fakaai kotoa ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ou loto ki ai: heʻene pehe ki Selusalema, ʻE toe langa ia; pea ki he temipale, ʻE toe tanupou.”—Aisea 44:27, 28.
8 Fakakaukau atu ki ai! Ko e Vaitafe ʻEufaletesí, ko ha fuʻu fakangatangataʻanga lahi moʻoni ia ki he tangatá, naʻe hangē ia kia Sihova ha tulutā vai ʻi ha funga meʻa vela ulouló. Tuai e kemo, ʻe mātuʻu leva ʻa e fakangatangataʻangá! ʻE tō leva ʻa Pāpilone. Neongo naʻe taʻu nai ʻe 150 ki muʻa pea fanauʻi ʻa Kōlesi ko e Pēsiá, naʻe ʻai ʻe Sihova ke tala ki muʻa ʻe ʻAisea ʻa hono kapa ʻo Pāpilone ʻe he tuʻi ko ʻení mo hono tuku ange ʻo e kau hopoate Siú ʻaki hono fakamafaiʻi honau fakafoki ko ia ke toe langa ʻa Selusalema mo hono temipalé.
9. Ko hai naʻe ui ʻe Sihova ko ʻene fakafofonga ki hono tautea ʻo Pāpiloné?
9 ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e kikite ko ʻení ʻi he Aisea 45:1-3: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova ki heʻene Pani, kia Kolesi, ʻa e toko taha kuo u puke hono toʻomataʻu, ke ʻohifo ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻi hono ʻao, . . . ke fakaava ʻa e ngaahi laumatapa ʻi hono ʻao, mo e ngaahi matanikolo, ʻo ʻoua ʻe kei songo. Te u ʻalu muʻomuʻa kiate koe, ʻe au, ʻo u fakatokalelei ʻa e ngaahi tanu: te u laiki matapa palasa [“kopa,” NW], pea ko e meʻa fakamaʻu aione te u tuʻusi: pea te u ʻatu kiate koe ʻa e ngaahi koloa kuo tuku ʻi he poʻuli, mo e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga kuo tuku fufū, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo ko au Sihova naʻe ui hingoa koe.”
10. ʻI he founga fē naʻe “pani” ai ʻa Kōlesí, pea naʻe malava fēfē ke folofola ʻa Sihova kiate ia laka hake he taʻu ʻe teau ki muʻa ʻi hono fanauʻí?
10 Fakatokangaʻi naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Kōlesi ʻo hangē pē kuó ne ʻosi moʻuí. ʻOku fehoanakimālie ʻeni mo e fakamatala ʻa Paula ko Sihová ʻokú ne “lau ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai, ʻo hange ʻoku nau ʻi ai.” (Loma 4:17) Pehē foki, ʻoku fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Kōlesi ko “ʻene Pani.” Ko e hā naʻá ne fai ai iá? Lolotonga iá, naʻe ʻikai teitei lilingi ʻe he taulaʻeiki lahi ia ʻa Sihová ʻa e lolo pani tapú ʻi he ʻulu ʻo Kōlesí. Ko e moʻoni ia, ka ko ha pani fakaekikite ʻeni ia. ʻOkú ne fakahaaʻi hano fokotuʻu ki ha tuʻunga-mafai makehe. Ko ia ʻoku lava ke folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ki heʻene fakanofo tō muʻa ʻo Kōlesí ko hano pani.—Fakafehoanaki mo 1 Tuʻi 19:15-17; 2 Tuʻi 8:13.
Fakahoko ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e Ngaahi Lea ʻa ʻEne Kau Talafekaú
11. Ko e hā naʻe ongoʻi malu ai ʻa e kau nofo ʻi Pāpiloné?
11 ʻI he taimi naʻe ngaʻunu fakafepaki atu ai ʻa Kōlesi ki Pāpiloné, naʻe ongoʻi mātuʻaki hao mo malu ʻa hono kakaí. Naʻe takatakaiʻi honau koló ʻe ha luo vai maluʻi loloto mo fālahi, naʻe fakafonu ʻe he vaitafe ʻEufaletesí. ʻI he fouʻanga ʻo e vaitafé ʻi he koló, naʻe ʻi ai hokohoko ʻa e tauʻanga ʻi he kauvai fakahahake ʻo e vaitafé. Ke fakamavaheʻi ia mei he koló, naʻe langa ʻe Nepukanesa ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne ui “ko ha fuʻu ʻā, ʻa ia naʻe hangē ha moʻungá ʻe ʻikai lava ke ueʻi . . . Ko hono konga ki ʻolungá naʻá [ne] hikiʻi ʻo māʻolunga ʻaupito.”a Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi matapā kopa lalahi ʻo e ʻā ko ʻení. Ke hū ʻiate kinautolu, naʻe pau ke kaka hake ʻa e tokotaha ko iá ʻi he hakeʻanga mei he ngataʻanga ʻo e vaitafé. ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo ʻi he ʻikai ha ʻamanaki ʻa e kau pōpula ʻo Pāpiloné ki hano teitei fakatauʻatāinaʻi!
12, 13. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻo moʻoni ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihova naʻe fakafou ʻi heʻene talafekau ko ʻAiseá ʻi he taimi naʻe tō ai kia Kōlesi ʻa Pāpiloné?
12 Ka naʻe ʻikai pehē ʻa e kau hopoate Siu ia naʻe tui kia Sihová! Naʻa nau maʻu ha ʻamanaki fakafiefia. Naʻe ʻosi talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo fakafou ʻi heʻene kau palōfitá ʻe fakatauʻatāinaʻi kinautolu. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahoko ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻene talaʻofá? Naʻe fekauʻi ʻe Kōlesi ʻene kau taú ke afeʻi ʻa e Vaitafe ʻEufaletesí ʻi ha feituʻu naʻe lau maile pē ki he tokelau ʻo Pāpiloné. Ko ia ai, naʻe liliu ʻa e founga maluʻi tefito ʻo e koló ki ha tafenga vai mōmoa pē. ʻI ha pō mātuʻaki mahuʻinga, naʻe taʻetokanga ai ʻa e kau paati konā taʻemapuleʻi ʻi Pāpiloné ʻo tuku fakaava ʻa e ngaahi matapā konga ua ʻi he matāfanga ʻEufaletesí. Naʻe ʻikai ke laiki kongokonga iiki moʻoni ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi matapā kopá; pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tuʻutuʻu hifo ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamaʻu ʻaione ʻa ia naʻe fakamaʻuʻaki kinautolú, ka ko ʻene faʻufaʻu fakaofo ke tuku fakaava ʻo ʻikai lokaʻi kinautolú naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e ola tatau. Naʻe taʻeʻaonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻā ʻo Pāpiloné. Naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ke fakakaka ʻi he matapaá ʻa e kau tau fakatūʻuta ʻa Kōlesí ke nau aʻu ki loto. Naʻe hāʻele muʻomuʻa ʻa Sihova ʻia Kōlesi, ʻo fakatokaleleiʻi ʻa e “ngaahi tanu,” ʻio, ʻa e ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻangá kotoa. Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻa ʻAisea ko e tokotaha talafekau moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá.
13 ʻI he taimi naʻe puleʻi kakato ai ʻe Kōlesi ʻa e koló, naʻe haʻu kotoa ʻa hono ngaahi koloá ki hono nimá, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa ia naʻe fufū ʻi he ngaahi loki fakapulipuli, fakapoʻulí. Ko e hā naʻe fai ai ʻeni ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá maʻa Kōlesí? Koeʻuhi pē ke ne ʻiloʻi ko Sihova, ‘naʻe ui hingoa iá,’ ko e ʻOtua ʻo e kikite moʻoni pea ko e ʻEiki Hau ʻo e ʻuniveesí. Te ne ʻilo ai kuo fokotuʻutuʻu kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ne hoko ki he mafaí ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi Hono kakaí, ʻa ʻIsileli.
14, 15. ʻOku tau ʻilo fēfē naʻe totonu ke tuku ʻe Kōlesi ʻa ʻene ikunaʻi ʻo Pāpiloné kia Sihova?
14 Fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova kia Kōlesí: “Koeʻuhi ko ʻeku sevaniti ko Sekope, mo Isileli ko ʻeku pele, ko ia kuo u ui ai koe, ʻo lau ho hingoa: naʻa ku fakahingoa foʻou koe, ʻosi naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo au. Ko Sihova au. Ko Sihova au, pea ʻoku ʻikai mo ha taha; ka tuku au ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻOtua: naʻa ku ʻai mahafu koe, ʻosi naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻilo au. Koeʻuhi ke nau ʻilo mei he hopoʻanga laʻa, pea mei hono toʻanga, ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻo ʻatā mo au: ko Sihova au, pea ʻoku ʻikai mo ha taha. ʻA au ʻoku ou faʻu ʻa e maama, mo fakatupu ʻa e poʻuli; ʻoku ou feia ʻa e melino [ʻa ia ki heʻene kakai fakaheeʻí], mo fakatupu ʻa e kovi [maʻa Pāpilone]: ko Sihova au, pea ʻoku ou fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ia kotoa.”—Aisea 45:4-7.
15 Naʻe totonu ke tuku ʻe Kōlesi ʻa ʻene ikunaʻi ʻo Pāpiloné kia Sihova, he ko Ia naʻá ne fakaivia ia ke ne fakahoko ʻa Hono finangaló ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kolo fulikivanu ko iá pea fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa Hono kakai hopoaté. ʻI hono fai ʻení, naʻe ui ʻa e ʻOtuá ki heʻene ngaahi langí ke fakaʻuha hifo ʻa e ngaahi tākiekina pe mālohi māʻoniʻoni. Naʻá ne ui ki heʻene fonuá ke fakamanga hake pea fakatupu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni mo e fakamoʻui maʻa ʻene kakai naʻe fakaheeʻí. Pea naʻe tali ʻe heʻene ngaahi langí mo e fonua tuʻu fakaefakatātaá ʻa e fekau ko ʻení. (Aisea 45:8) Naʻe fakahaaʻi ko ʻAiseá ko e talafekau moʻoni ʻa Sihova, ʻo lahi hake he taʻu ʻe teau ʻi he hili ʻene maté!
Ko e Ongoongo Lelei ʻa e Talafekaú ki Saione!
16. Ko e hā ʻa e ongoongo lelei naʻe ala lava ke fanongonongo ʻi he kolo fakalala ʻo Selusalemá ʻi he taimi naʻe tō ai ki lalo ʻa Pāpilone ʻi hono ikunaʻí?
16 Ka ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e meʻa lahi ange. ʻOku tala ʻi he Aisea 52:7 ʻa e ongoongo lelei ki Selusalema: “Hono ʻikai fakaʻofoʻofa ʻi he moʻunga siʻi vaʻe ʻo e talaongoongolelei, ʻo ia ʻoku fakaha ʻa e melino, ʻo ia ʻoku ongoongo mai ʻa e lelei, ʻo ia ʻoku fakaha ʻa e moʻui; ʻo ia ʻoku fanongonongo ki Saione, Kuo toe tuʻi ho ʻOtua!” Fakaʻuta atu he meʻa fakalotofiefia ē ke sio ki ha talafekau mei he ngaahi moʻungá ʻoku fakaofiofi atu ki Selusalema! Kuo pau pē ʻokú ne maʻu ha ongoongo. Ko e hā ia? Ko e ongoongo fakafiefia ki Saione. Ko e ongoongo ʻo e melino, ʻio, ko e ongoongo ʻo e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko Selusalema mo hono temipalé ʻe toe langa! Pea ʻoku fanongonongo ia ʻe he talafekaú ʻaki ʻa e fiefia loto-māfana: “Kuo toe tuʻi ho ʻOtua!”
17, 18. Naʻe ueʻia fēfē ʻa e huafa tonu ʻo Sihová ʻi hono ikunaʻi ʻe Kōlesi ʻa Pāpiloné?
17 ʻI he taimi naʻe fakangofua ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau Pāpiloné ke liua hono taloni fakaetaipe ʻa ia naʻe ʻafio ai ʻa e haʻa tuʻi ʻi he laine ʻo Tēvitá, ne ngalingali nai kuo hā ko Iá naʻe ʻikai te ne kei Tuʻi. Ka, naʻe hā ko e tuʻí ʻa Marduk, ʻa e ʻotua lahi ʻo Pāpiloné. Kae kehe, ʻi he taimi naʻe fakaʻauha ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo Saioné ʻa Pāpiloné, naʻá ne fakahāhā ai ʻa hono tuʻunga-hau fakalevelevá—ko ia ʻa e Tuʻi lahi tahá. Pea ke fakamamafaʻi ʻa e moʻoni ko ʻení, ko Selusalema, “ko e kolo ia ʻo e Tuʻi Fakaleveleva,” naʻe pau ke toe fokotuʻu, fakataha mo hono temipalé. (Mātiu 5:35) Pea ki he talafekau naʻá ne ʻomai ʻa e ongoongo lelei peheé, neongo naʻe efua hono ongo vaʻé, ʻuli, mo takatakaʻuli, ki he vakai ʻa e kau ʻofa ki Saioné pea mo hono ʻOtuá, ʻoi, he meʻa fakaʻofoʻofa ē!
18 ʻI ha ʻuhinga fakakikite, naʻe ʻuhinga ʻa e tō ʻa Pāpiloné, kuo fokotuʻu ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá pea ko e tokotaha ʻave ongoongo leleí ko e tokotaha fanongonongo ia ʻo e meʻa ko iá. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e tangata-fekau mei tuai ko ʻení, naʻe tala ki muʻa ʻo fakafou ʻia ʻAiseá, naʻá ne tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ha talafekau ʻo e ongoongo lelei maʻongoʻonga ange—maʻongoʻongo ange koeʻuhi ko hono kakano lāngilangiʻiá pea mo hono kaveinga ʻo e Puleʻangá, mo e ngaahi fakahuʻuhuʻunga fakaofo maʻá e kakai kotoa pē ʻoku tuí.
19. Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki fekauʻaki mo e fonua ʻo ʻIsilelí naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ʻo fakafou ʻia ʻIsikelí?
19 Naʻe ʻoange foki kia ʻIsikeli ʻa e ngaahi kikite fakavīkiviki ʻo e toe fakafoʻou. Naʻá ne kikite: “Ko e folofola ʻeni ʻa Atonai Sihova: . . . te u toki ʻai ke nofoʻia ʻa e ngaahi kolo, pea ʻe langa ʻa e ngaahi potu ʻoku maumau. Pea te nau lau, Ko e fonua ko e naʻe lala kuo hoko hange ko e ngouetapu ko Iteni.”—Isikeli 36:33, 35.
20. Ko e hā ʻa e enginaki fakafiefia naʻe ʻoange fakaekikite ʻe ʻAisea ki Selusalemá?
20 ʻI he nofo hopoate ʻi Pāpiloné, naʻe tēngihia ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa Saione. (Sāme 37:1) ʻI he taimí ni, naʻe lava ke nau fiefia. Naʻe enginaki ʻa ʻAisea: “Haʻaki mai, mavava fakataha, ʻa e ngaahi potu lala ʻo Selusalema: he kuo fakalelu ʻe Sihova hono kakai, kuo ne huhuʻi ʻa Selusalema. Kuo mulu ʻe Sihova hono nima tapuhā kae sio ʻa e ngaahi kakai; pea ʻe mamata ʻe he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo mamani ki he fai fakamoʻui ʻa hotau ʻOtua.”—Aisea 52:9, 10.
21. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻi he Aisea 52:9, 10 hili hono ikunaʻi ʻo Pāpiloné?
21 ʻIo, naʻe maʻu ʻe he kakai fili ʻa Sihová ʻa e ʻuhinga lahi ke fiefia ai. Ko ʻenau ʻalu ʻeni ʻi he taimi ko iá ke toe nofoʻi ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu ko ia naʻe fakalalá, ʻo ngaohi kinautolu ke hangē ko e ngoue ko ʻItení. Kuo “mulu ʻe Sihova hono nima tapuhā” maʻa kinautolu. Naʻá ne pelu hake ʻa e nima ʻo hono soté, ʻi he lea fakaefakatātā, ke ngāue ki hono fakafoki kinautolu ki honau fonua mamaná. Naʻe ʻikai ko ha meʻa taʻehāmai siʻisiʻi pē ʻeni naʻe hoko ʻi he hisitōliá. ʻIkai, ko e kakai kotoa pē naʻe moʻui ʻi he taimi ko iá naʻa nau sio ki he ‘mulu nima’ ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e mafai ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e tangatá, koeʻuhi ke fakahoko mai ʻaki ha fakamoʻui fakaofo ʻo ha puleʻanga. Naʻe ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakamoʻoni taʻeveiveiua ko ʻAisea mo ʻIsikelí ko e ongo talafekau moʻoni kinaua ʻa Sihova. Naʻe ʻikai malava ke filingaua ha taha ko e ʻOtua ʻo Saioné ʻa e ʻOtua moʻui pē taha mo moʻoní ʻi māmani kotoa. ʻI he Aisea 35:2, ʻoku tau lau ai: “Ko e faʻahinga ko ia te nau mamata ki he langilangi ʻo Sihova, ko e teungaʻia ʻo hotau ʻOtua.” Ko kinautolu ko ia naʻa nau tali ʻa e fakamoʻoni ko ʻeni ʻo e Tuʻunga-ʻOtua ʻo Sihová naʻa nau tafoki ʻo lotu kiate ia.
22. (a) ʻOku lava ke tau fakamālōʻiaʻi ʻa e hā ʻe kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tautefito ʻetau fakamālōʻiá ki hono fakaeʻa ko ia ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau talafekau loí?
22 He fakamālōʻia ē ʻoku totonu ke tau fai ʻi hono fakapapauʻi ʻe Sihova ʻene kau talafekau moʻoní! Ko e moʻoni ko iá “ʻoku ne ʻai ke tuʻu ʻa e lea ʻa ʻene sevaniti, mo fakaai ʻa e faleʻi ʻa ʻene kau talafekau.” (Aisea 44:26) Ko e ngaahi kikite ʻo e toe fakafoʻou naʻá ne ʻoange kia ʻAisea mo ʻIsikelí ʻokú ne fakalahiʻi ʻa ʻene ʻofa hulu, ʻofa maʻataʻatā, mo e meesi ki heʻene kau sevānití. Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku taau ʻetau fakalāngilangí kotoa maʻa Sihova koeʻuhi ko e meʻá ni! Pea ko kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku totonu ke tautefito ʻa ʻetau fakamālō ʻi heʻene fakaeʻa ʻa e kau talafekau loí. Koeʻuhi ʻoku tokolahi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo kinautolu he taimí ni ʻi he māmaní. ʻOku taʻetokaʻi ʻe heʻenau ngaahi pōpoaki fie ngeiá ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa Sihova kuo fakahaá. ʻE tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he kupu hono hokó ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e kau talafekau loi ko iá.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a The Monuments and the Old Testament, fai ʻe Ira Maurice Price, 1925.
Te Ke Lava ʻo Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakapapauʻi mai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kau talafekau moʻoní?
◻ Fakafou ʻia ʻAisea, ko hai naʻe ui ʻe Sihova ko ʻene fakafofonga ki hono ikunaʻi ʻo Pāpiloné?
◻ Naʻe fakahoko fēfē ʻa e ngaahi kikite ʻa ʻAisea naʻe fakamatalaʻi ai hono ikunaʻi ʻo Pāpiloné?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ola lelei ki he huafa ʻo Sihová ʻi hono ikunaʻi ʻo Pāpiloné?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 19]
Naʻe hā ngali taʻeala ikunaʻi ʻa Pāpilone ki he ngaahi puleʻangá ʻi he taimi ʻo ʻIsikelí