ʻOku Foaki ʻe Sihova ʻo Hulu ʻa e Melinó mo e Moʻoní
“Teu fakamoui akinautolu, bea teu fakaha kiate kinautolu ae fiemalie [“melino,” NW] moe mooni lahi.”—SELEMAIA 33:6, PM.
1, 2. (a) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e melinó, ko e hā ʻa e lēkooti ʻo kau ki he ngaahi puleʻangá? (e) ʻI he 607 M.H.K., ko e hā ʻa e lēsoni naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sihova ki ʻIsileli ʻo fekauʻaki mo e melinó?
MELINO! Ko ha meʻa lelei ē, ka neongo iá, ʻoku hāhāmolofia ia ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá! Tautefito ki he senituli hono 20, kuo ʻikai ko ha senituli ia ʻo e melinó. Ka, kuo hoko ai ʻa e ongo tau fakaʻauha-meʻa lahi taha ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e tangatá. ʻI he hili ʻa e ʻuluaki tau lahi ʻa e māmaní, naʻe fokotuʻu hake ʻa e Kautaha ʻa e Ngaahi Puleʻangá ke ne pukepuke ʻa e melinó ʻi māmani. Naʻe ʻikai lava ʻe he kautaha ko iá. ʻI he hili ʻa e tau lahi ʻa māmani hono uá, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻa e kautaha ʻa e Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá mo e taumuʻa tatau pē. ʻOku fiemaʻu pē ke tau lau ʻa e ngaahi nusipepa fakaʻahó ke sio ai ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke lava foki mo ia.
2 ʻOku totonu ke tau ofo ʻi he ʻikai malava ʻe he ngaahi kautaha ʻa e tangatá ke ʻomai ʻa e melinó? ʻIkai ʻaupito. Lahi hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe 2,500 kuo hilí, ko e kakai fili ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ʻIsileli, naʻe akoʻi kiate kinautolu ha lēsoni ʻi he meʻa ko ʻení. ʻI he senituli hono fitu M.H.K. (Ki Muʻa Hotau Kuongá), naʻe fakamanamanaʻi ʻa e melino ʻi ʻIsilelí ʻe he mafai māʻolunga ʻi māmaní, ko Pāpilone. Naʻe hanga ʻa ʻIsileli ia ki ʻIsipite ki he melinó. Naʻe ʻikai lava ia ʻe ʻIsipite. (Selemaia 37:5-8; ʻIsikeli 17:11-15) ʻI he 607 M.H.K., naʻe fakaʻauha ai ʻe he kau tau Pāpiloné ʻa e ngaahi ʻā ʻo Selusalemá pea naʻe tutu ʻa e temipale ʻo Sihová. Ko ia, naʻe ako ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi ha founga faingataʻa ki he laufānō ʻo e falala ki he ngaahi kautaha ʻa e tangatá. ʻI he ʻikai ke maʻu ʻa e melinó, naʻe ʻave fakamālohiʻi ʻa e kakaí ke nofo pōpula ʻi Pāpilone.—2 Kalonikali 36:17-21.
3. ʻI hono fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi lea ʻa Sihova fakafou ʻia Selemaiá, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakahisitōlia naʻe hoko naʻa nau akoʻi ki ʻIsileli ʻa e lēsoni mahuʻinga hono ua ʻo fekauʻaki mo e melinó?
3 Kae kehe, ki muʻa ʻi he tō ʻa Selusalemá, naʻe ʻosi fakahā ʻe Sihova ko ia, ʻo ʻikai ko ʻIsipite, te ne ʻomai ʻa e melino moʻoní ki ʻIsilelí. Fakafou mai ʻia Selemaia naʻá ne talaʻofa: “Teu omi kiate ia ae moui, bea moe faitoo aoga, bea teu fakamoui akinautolu, bea teu fakaha kiate kinautolu ae fiemalie moe mooni lahi. Bea teu liliu ae bobula o Juta, moe bobula o Isileli, bea teu laga akinautolu, o hage koia i mua.” (Selemaia 33:6, 7, PM) Ko e talaʻofa ʻa Sihová naʻe kamata ke fakahoko ia ʻi he 539 M.H.K. ʻi hono ikunaʻi ʻo Pāpiloné pea naʻe ʻoange ai ʻa e tauʻatāiná ki he kau nofo pōpula ʻIsilelí. (2 Kalonikali 36:22, 23) ʻI he konga ki mui ʻo e 537 M.H.K., ko ha kulupu ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí naʻa nau kātoangaʻi ʻa e Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakaú ʻi he kelekele ʻo ʻIsilelí ko e ʻuluaki taimi ē ʻi he taʻu ʻe 70! Hili ʻa e kātoangá, naʻa nau fokotuʻu ke toe langa ʻa e temipale ʻo Sihová. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa ʻenau ongoʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni? ʻOku pehē ʻe he fakamatalá: “Pea ʻai ʻe he kakai ʻenau fuʻu tue ʻi he fai ʻo e Haleluia kia Sihova, koeʻuhi kuo fokotuʻu ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e fale ʻo Sihova.”—ʻĒsela 3:11.
4. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono langaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke fai ʻa e ngāue langa ʻo e temipalé, pea ko e hā ʻa e talaʻofa naʻá ne fai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e melinó?
4 Ka neongo ia, ʻi he hili ʻa e kamata fiefia ko iá, naʻe fakalotosiʻiʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻe he kau fakafepakí pea tuku ai ʻa e langa ʻo e temipalé. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki mui aí, naʻe fokotuʻu hake ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e ongo palōfita ko Hākeai mo Sākalaiá ke langaʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke fakaʻosi ʻa e ngāue langá. ʻOku pau ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ia kiate kinautolu ʻi he fanongo ki he lea ʻa Hākeai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e temipale ʻe langá: “ʻE hulu ʻa e langilangi ʻo e fale ko eni ki mui ʻi he ʻuluaki—ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova Sapaoti—pea ʻi he potu ni te u ʻatu ʻa e melino”!—Hākeai 2:9.
ʻOku Fakahoko ʻe Sihova ʻEne Ngaahi Talaʻofá
5. Ko e hā ʻoku taau ke tokangaʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e vahe hono valu ʻo Sākalaiá?
5 ʻI he tohi ʻa Sākalaia ʻi he Tohitapú, ʻoku tau lau ai ʻa e ngaahi vīsone lahi naʻe fakamānavaʻi pea mo e ngaahi kikite ʻa ia naʻa nau ʻai ke mālohi ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he senituli hono ono M.H.K. Ko e ngaahi kikite tatau pē ko ʻení ʻoku hokohoko mai ʻenau fakapapauʻi kiate kitautolu ʻa e poupou ʻa Sihová. ʻOku nau ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ʻuhinga kotoa pē ke tau tui ai ko Sihova te ne ʻomai ki heʻene kakaí ʻa e melinó ʻi hotau ʻahó ni foki. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he vahe hono valu ʻo e tohi ʻoku uiʻaki ʻa hono hingoá, naʻe tuʻo hongofulu ʻa hono leaʻaki ʻe he palōfita ko Sākalaiá ʻa e ngaahi leá: “Ko e folofola ʻeni ʻa Sihova.” ʻI he taimi taki taha, ko e kupuʻi leá ni ʻoku hoko mai ai ha fanongonongo mei he ʻOtuá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e melino ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi talaʻofa ko ʻení naʻe fakahoko pē ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Sākalaiá. Kuo ʻosi fakahoko hono kotoa pe ʻoku lolotonga fakahoko ʻi he ʻahó ni.
“ʻOku Ou Fuaʻa ʻi Saione”
6, 7. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga naʻe ‘fuaʻa ai ʻo mafana lahi ʻi Saione’ ʻa Sihová?
6 ʻOku ʻuluaki hā ʻa e kupuʻi leá ʻia Sākalaia 8:2, ʻa ia ʻoku tau lau: “Ko e folofola ʻeni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, ʻoku ou fuaʻa ʻi Saione ko e fuaʻa lahi, ʻio ʻoku ou fuaʻa ai, ʻo mafana lahi.” Ko e talaʻofa ʻa Sihova te ne fuaʻá, ke maʻu ʻa e faivelenga lahi, maʻa hono kakaí, ʻoku ʻuhingá te ne tokanga lahi ki hono toe fakafoki ʻo ʻenau melinó. Ko e toe fakafoki ʻo ʻIsileli ki hono fonuá pea mo e toe langa ʻo e temipalé, ko e ongo fakamoʻoni ia ʻo e faivelenga ko iá.
7 Ka neongo ia, naʻe fēfē kinautolu kuo nau fakafepakiʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová? Ko ʻene faivelenga ki hono kakaí ʻe tatau ia mo ʻene “mafana lahi” ki he ngaahi fili ko ʻení. ʻI he lotu ʻa e kau Siu anga-tonú ʻi he temipale naʻe toe langá, naʻe malava ke nau fakakaukau ki he ikuʻanga ʻo Pāpilone kuo toó. Naʻe lava ke nau fakakaukau foki ki he ʻikai ke siaʻa ʻa e feinga ʻa e ngaahi filí ke taʻofi ʻa e toe langa ʻo e temipalé. (ʻĒsela 4:1-6; 6:3) Pea naʻe lava ke nau fakamālō kia Sihova koeʻuhi naʻá ne fakahoko ʻene talaʻofá. Koeʻuhi ko ʻene faivelengá naʻa nau maʻu ai ha ikuna!
“Ko e Kolo ʻo e Moʻoni”
8. ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Sākalaiá, naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa Selusalema ko ha kolo ia ʻo e moʻoní ʻo faikehekehe ia mo e ngaahi taimi ki muʻá?
8 Ko hono tuʻo ua ʻo e tohi pehē ʻa Sākalaiá: “Ko e folofola ʻeni ʻa Sihova.” Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sihova ʻi he taimi ko ʻení? “Kuo u foki ki Saione, pea te u nofo ʻi loto Selusalema: pea ʻe ui ʻa Selusalema, ko Kolo ʻo e Moʻoni; pea ʻe ui ʻa e moʻunga ʻo Sihova Sapaoti, ko Moʻunga Tapuha.” (Sākalaia 8:3) Ki muʻa ʻi he 607 M.H.K., ko Selusalemá naʻe ʻikai ko ha kolo ʻo e moʻoní ia. Ko hono kau taulaʻeikí mo e kau palōfitá naʻe kovi ʻaupito, pea naʻe taʻeangatonu ʻa hono kakaí. (Selemaia 6:13; 7:29-34; 13:23-27) ʻI he toe langa ko ʻeni ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e temipalé, naʻa nau fakahā ai ʻa ʻenau pipiki ki he lotu maʻá. Naʻe toe nofo ʻa Sihova ʻi Selusalema ʻi he laumālie. Ko e ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e lotu maʻá naʻe toe leaʻaki ʻi ai, ko ia naʻe lava ke ui ai ʻa Selusalema ko e “Kolo ʻo e Moʻoni.” Ko hono tuʻuʻanga māʻolungá naʻe lava ai ke ui ko e “moʻunga ʻo Sihova.”
9. Ko e hā ʻa e liliu fakaofo ʻi he tuʻungá naʻe hokosia ʻe he “Isileli oe ʻOtua” ʻi he 1919?
9 Ko e ongo faiongoongo ko ʻení naʻe mohu ʻuhinga ki ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻoku toe ʻi ai mo hona ʻuhinga lahi kiate kitautolu ʻi he ofi ke ngata ʻa e senituli hono 20. Ko e meimei taʻu ʻe 80 kuo hilí, lolotonga ʻa e ʻuluaki tau lahi ʻa māmaní, ko e laui afe siʻi pē ʻo e faʻahinga paní, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e “Isileli oe Otua” naʻa nau hoko ʻo nofo pōpula fakalaumālie, ʻo hangē pē ko e ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá naʻa nau nofo pōpula ʻi Pāpiloné. (Kalētia 6:16, PM) Fakaekikité, naʻe fakamatalaʻi kinautolu ʻo hangē ko e ongo ʻangaʻanga ʻoku tuku ʻi he halá. Ka neongo ia, naʻa nau maʻu ha holi loto-moʻoni ke lotu kia Sihova “ʻi laumālie pea fai ʻi moʻoni.” (Sione 4:24) Ko ia, ʻi he 1919, naʻe fakatauʻatāinaʻi ai ʻe Sihova kinautolu mei he nofo pōpulá, ʻo fokotuʻu hake kinautolu mei honau tuʻunga mate fakalaumālié. (Fakahā 11:7-13) Ko ia, naʻe tali ʻIo ʻi he founga pau ʻe Sihova ʻa e fehuʻi fakaekikite ʻa ʻAiseá: “ʻOku faʻeleʻi koā ha fonua kotoa ʻi ha ʻaho pe taha? ʻIo, ʻoku fanauʻi ha puleʻanga ʻi ha feinga pe taha?” (ʻAisea 66:8) ʻI he 1919, naʻe toe hoko ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová ko ha puleʻanga fakalaumālie ʻi honau “fonua” totonú, pe tofiʻa fakalaumālie ʻi māmaní.
10. Kamata ʻi he 1919, ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki kuo maʻu ʻe he kau Kalisitiane paní ʻi honau “fonua”?
10 ʻI he fonua malu ko iá, ko e kau Kalisitiane paní kuo nau ngāue ʻi he temipale lahi fakalaumālie ʻo Sihová. Kuo vaheʻi kinautolu ʻi he tuʻunga ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto,” ʻo tali ʻa e fatongia ko hono tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa Sīsū ʻi he māmaní, ko ha monū ʻoku nau kei maʻu ʻi he senituli hono 20 kuo ofi ke ngatá. (Mātiu 24:45-47, PM) Naʻa nau ako lelei ʻa e lēsoní ko Sihova pē ko e “Otua oe melino.”—1 Tesalonaika 5:23, PM.
11. Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he kau taki lotu ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ko kinautolú ko e ngaahi fili ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
11 Ka neongo ia, fēfē ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻo e ʻIsileli ʻo e ʻOtuá? Ko e faivelenga ʻa Sihova maʻa hono kakaí ʻoku feʻunga mo ia ʻene mafana lahi ki he kau fakafepakí. Lolotonga ʻa e ʻuluaki tau lahi ʻa māmaní, naʻe fai ʻe he kau taki lotu ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ha tenge lahi ʻaupito ko ʻenau feinga—pea ʻikai ke lava—ke fakaʻauha ʻa e kiʻi kulupu ko ʻeni ʻo e kau Kalisitiane lea moʻoní. Lolotonga ʻa e tau lahi hono ua ʻa māmaní, ko e kau faifekau ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané naʻa nau fāʻūtaha pē ʻi he meʻa pē ʻe taha: ʻI he ongo tafaʻaki ʻoku fepakí, naʻa nau naʻinaʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ke nau lōmia ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Naʻa mo e ʻahó ni, ʻi he ngaahi fonua lahi ko e kau taki lotú ʻoku nau fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ke fakangatangata pe tapui ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga faka-Kalisitiane ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
12, 13. Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahāhā ʻo e houhau ʻo Sihová ki he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané?
12 Kuo ʻikai ke taʻefakatokangaʻi ʻeni ʻe Sihova. Hili ʻa e ʻuluaki tau lahi ʻa māmaní, ko e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, fakataha mo e toenga ʻo Pāpilone ko e Lahí, naʻa nau tō. (Fakahā 14:8) Ko e moʻoni ʻo e tō ʻa Pāpilone ko e Lahí naʻe hoko ia ʻo ʻiloa ʻi hono huaʻi mai ʻa e fakahokohoko ʻo e ngaahi mala naʻe tuʻu fakaefakaʻilongá ʻo kamata ʻi he 1922, ʻo fakaeʻa fakahāhā ʻa hono tuʻunga mate fakalaumālié pea fakatokangaʻi ʻoku ofi mai ʻa hono fakaʻauhá. (Fakahā 8:7–9:21) Ko ha fakamoʻoni ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻa e huaʻi ʻo e ngaahi mala ko ʻení, ko e malanga “ʻOku Ofi ʻa e Ngataʻanga ʻo e Lotu Loí” naʻe fai ia ʻi māmani lahi ʻi ʻEpeleli 23, 1995, pea hoko atu ai mo hono tufa ʻa e ngaahi tatau ʻe laui teau miliona ʻo ha tatau makehe ʻo e Ongoongo ʻo e Puleʻangá.
13 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻoku ʻi ha tuʻunga fakaʻofa. ʻI he kotoa ʻo e senituli hono 20, ko hono kau mēmipá kuo nau fetāmateʻaki pē ʻi he ngaahi tau anga-kovi ʻaupito naʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe heʻene kau pātelé mo e kau faifekaú. ʻI he ngaahi fonua ʻe niʻihi ko ʻene tākiekiná ʻoku meimei ʻosi. Ko hono nunuʻá ko e fakaʻauha fakataha ia mo e toenga ʻo Pāpilone ko e Lahí.—Fakahā 18:21.
Melino ki he Kakai ʻa Sihová
14. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala fakaekikite ʻoku ʻomai ʻo kau ki ha kakai ʻoku melinó?
14 ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻi he taʻú ni 1996, ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e melino lahi ʻi honau fonua kuo toe fakafoʻoú, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻi he fanongonongo hono tolu ʻa Sihová: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, ʻE toe nofo ʻi he ngaahi malaʻe ʻo Selusalema ha kakai matuʻa, ʻa tangata mo fafine, ʻo taki taha toʻo hono tokotoko ko ʻene motuʻa ʻaupito. Pea ʻe fonu ʻa e ngaahi malaʻe ʻo e kolo ʻi he tamaiki tangata mo e tamaiki fefine ʻoku nau fakava ʻi he ngaahi malaʻe.”—Sākalaia 8:4, 5.
15. Ko e hā ʻa e melino kuo maʻu ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová, neongo ʻa e ngaahi tau ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá?
15 Ko e fakamatala mālie ko ʻení ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ha meʻa fakaofo ʻi he māmani ko ʻeni kuo maumauʻi he taú—ko ha kakai ʻoku melino. Talu mei he 1919, kuo fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi lea fakaekikite ʻa ʻAiseá: “‘Ko ia ʻoku ne fakatupu ʻa e fua ʻo e loungutu ʻoku ne tala nonga, ka ko ha nonga, ki he mamaʻo mo e ofi’—ko e folofola ʻa Sihova ia; he te u faitoʻo ia. Ka . . . ʻOku ʻikai ha fiemalie ki he kau angahala—ko e folofola ia ʻa hoku ʻOtua.” (ʻAisea 57:19-21) Ko e moʻoni, ko e kakai ʻa Sihová, neongo ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻo e māmaní, ka heʻikai ke lava ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he maveuveu ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá. (Sione 17:15, 16) ʻI he ngaahi fonua ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku nau kātekina ʻa e ngaahi fakamamahi kakaha, pea kuo tāmateʻi ʻa e niʻihi. Ka, ko e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e melinó ʻi he founga tefito ʻe ua. ʻUluakí, kuo nau maʻu ʻa e “melino mo e ʻOtua ʻi hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi.” (Loma 5:1) Ko hono uá, kuo nau maʻu ʻa e melino ʻi honau lotolotongá. ʻOku nau fakatupulekina ʻa e “poto ʻoku mei ʻolunga,” ʻa ia “ko hono anga tuʻu muʻa ko e maʻa, pea hoko ai mo ʻene melino.” (Sēmisi 3:17; Kalētia 5:22-24) ʻIkai ko ia pē, ʻoku nau hanga atu ke maʻu ʻa e melino ʻi hono ʻuhinga kakato tahá ʻi hono “maʻu ʻa e fonua ʻe he faʻa kātaki; pea te nau fefiefiaʻi ʻi he melino lahi.”—Sāme 37:11.
16, 17. (a) Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa hono ʻai ke mālohi ʻe he “kakai matuʻa, ʻa tangata mo fafine” pea pehē ki he “tamaiki tangata mo e tamaiki fefine” ʻa e kautaha ʻa Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahāhaaʻi ʻa e melino ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová?
16 ʻOku kei ʻi ai “ha kakai matuʻa, ʻa tangata mo fafine” ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová, ko e kau paní ʻoku nau manatuʻi ʻa e muʻaki ngaahi ikuna ʻa e kautaha ʻa Sihová. Ko ʻenau anga-tonu mo kātakí kuo fakahoungaʻi lahi ʻaupito. Ko e kau pani naʻe kei talavoú naʻa nau takimuʻa ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e haʻahaʻa ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo e 1930 tupú mo e Tau II ʻa Māmaní, pea pehē ki he ngaahi taʻu fakaofo ʻo e tupu tokolahí naʻe hoko mai aí. Tānaki atu ki ai, tautefito talu mei he 1935, ko e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e “fanga sipi kehe” kuo nau hā mai. (Fakahā 7:9; Sione 10:16) Pea koeʻuhi ko e kau Kalisitiane paní kuo nau hoko ʻo taʻumotuʻa ange mo tokosiʻi ange, ko e fanga sipi kehé kuo nau fai ʻa e ngāue fakamalangá pea kuo fakalahi ia ʻi he māmaní kotoa. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ki mui ní kuo ʻaukolo mai ʻa e fanga sipi kehé ki he fonua ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he taʻu kuo ʻosí pē, ko e toko 338,491 ʻo kinautolu naʻa nau papitaiso ko e fakaʻilonga ʻo ʻenau fakatapui kia Sihová! ʻI he tuʻunga fakalaumālié, ko e faʻahinga foʻou ko iá ʻoku nau kei siʻi ʻaupito. Ko ʻenau foʻoú mo e loto-māfaná ʻoku koloaʻaki ia ʻi heʻenau ʻai ke lahi ange ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau hivaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakahīkihiki ʻo fakamālō ki “hotau ʻOtua ʻa ia ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he taloni, pea mei he lami.”—Fakahā 7:10.
17 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku ‘fonu ʻa e ngaahi malaʻe ʻo e koló ʻi he tamaiki tangata mo e tamaiki fefine,’ ko e kau Fakamoʻoni ʻoku longomoʻui fakatalavou. ʻI he taʻu ngāue ʻo e 1995, naʻe maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi lipooti mei he ngaahi fonua ʻe 232 mo e ngaahi ʻotu motu ʻo e tahí. Ka ʻoku ʻikai ha fefakavahaʻaʻaki fakavahaʻapuleʻanga, ʻikai ha fehiʻa fakamatakali, ʻikai ha meheka, ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau paní mo e fanga sipi kehé. ʻOku nau tupu kotoa fakalaumālie fakataha, ʻo fāʻūtaha ʻi he ʻofa. Ko e fetokouaʻaki ʻi māmani lahi ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻoku laulōtaha moʻoni ʻi he māmaní.—Kolose 3:14; 1 Pita 2:17.
ʻOku Fuʻu Faingataʻa kia Sihova?
18, 19. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu talu mei he 1919, kuo lava fēfē ʻe Sihova ke fakahoko ʻa ia kuo ngali fuʻu faingataʻa mei he vakai ʻa e tangatá?
18 ʻI he 1918 ko e toenga ʻo e kau paní naʻe faʻuʻaki ʻa e laui afe siʻi pē naʻa nau loto-siʻi ʻi he nofo pōpula fakalaumālié, naʻe ʻikai ha tokotaha naʻe lava ke ne tomuʻa sio ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻe hokó. Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻilo ia ʻe Sihova—ʻo hangē ko ia ko hono fakapapauʻi ʻi heʻene fanongonongo fakaekikite hono fā: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, Neongo ʻe ha fakaofo ki he toetoe ʻo e kakai ni ʻi he taimi ko e, ka he fakaofo koā ʻi he vakai aʻaku?—ko Sihova Sapaoti ia.”—Sākalaia 8:6.
19 ʻI he 1919, ko e laumālie ʻo Sihová naʻá ne toe langaʻi ʻa ʻene kakai ki he ngāue ʻi muʻá. Ka naʻe kei fiemaʻu ʻa e tuí ke pipiki maʻu ai ki he kautaha siʻisiʻi ʻo e kau lotu ʻa Sihová. Naʻa nau fuʻu tokosiʻi, pea naʻe lahi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻikai ke mahino. Kae kehe, naʻe māmālie hono fakaivimālohiʻi fakaekautaha kinautolu ʻe Sihova pea teuteuʻi kinautolu ke nau fai ʻa e ngāue faka-Kalisitiané ko e malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo leleí mo e ngaohi ākongá. (ʻAisea 60:17, 19; Mātiu 24:14; 28:19, 20) Naʻá ne tokoniʻi māmālie pē kinautolu ke nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ongo ʻīsiu mahuʻinga ko e tuʻuʻataá pea mo e tuʻunga-hau ʻo e ʻuniveesí. Naʻe fuʻu faingataʻa kia Sihova ke fakalato ʻa hono finangaló ʻo fakafou ʻi he kulupu siʻisiʻi ko ia ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoní? ʻOku mahino ʻa e talí ʻoku ʻikai! ʻOku hā ʻeni ʻi he peesi 12 ki he 15 ʻo e makasini ko e Watchtower ʻo Sanuali 1, 1996, ʻi he lea faka-Pilitāniá, ʻa ia ʻokú ne fokotuʻu mai ʻa e saati ʻo e ngāue ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki he taʻu fakangāue 1995.
“Pea Te u Hoko Au ko Honau ʻOtua”
20. Ko e hā ʻa hono lahi ʻo e fakatahatahaʻi ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe kikiteʻí?
20 Ko e fanongonongo hono nimá ʻokú ne hoko atu hono fakahā ʻa e tuʻunga fiefia ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻahó ni: “Ko e folofola ʻeni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, Ko au eni te u fakahaofi hoku kakai mei Hangahake, mo Hangahifo: pea te u fakahu mai kinautolu, pea te nau nofo ʻi loto Selusalema; pea te nau hoko ko hoku kakai, pea te u hoko au ko honau ʻOtua, he fai moʻoni mo e fai maʻoniʻoni.”—Sākalaia 8:7, 8.
21. ʻI he founga fē kuo tauhi maʻu ai mo fakalahi ʻa e melino hulu fau ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová?
21 ʻI he 1996, ʻoku lava ke tau pehē ʻo ʻikai toumoua ko e ongoongo leleí kuo ʻosi malangaʻi takai ʻi māmani lahi, mei he “Hangahake” ki he “Hangahifo.” Kuo ngaohi ʻa e kau ākongá mei he kakai ʻo e fonua kotoa pē, pea kuo nau sio ki he fakahoko ʻo e talaʻofa ʻa Sihová: “Pea ko hoʻo fanau fuape ko e kau ako ʻa Sihova; pea lahi ʻa e fiemalie ʻi hoʻo fanau.” (ʻAisea 54:13) ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e melinó koeʻuhi he ʻoku akoʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova. Ki he taumuʻa ko ʻení, kuo pulusi ai ʻa e ngaahi tohi ʻi he ngaahi lea lahi hake he 300. ʻI he taʻu kuo hilí pē, naʻe tānaki mai ki ai mo e ngaahi lea ʻe 21. Ko e makasini Taua Leʻó kuo pulusi taimi tatau ʻeni ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻe 111, mo e Awake! ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻe 54. Ko e ngaahi fakataha-lahi fakafonuá mo fakavahaʻapuleʻangá ʻoku tokonaki ai ʻa e fakahāhā ʻo e melino ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e ngaahi fakataha fakauiké ʻoku nau fakatahaʻi kitautolu mo ʻomai kiate kitautolu ʻa e fakalototoʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ka tau tuʻumaʻú. (Hepelū 10:23-25) ʻIo, ʻoku akoʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kakaí ʻi “he fai moʻoni mo e fai maʻoniʻoni.” ʻOkú ne ʻoange ki heʻene kakaí ʻa e melinó. Ko e monūʻia ē ka ko kitautolu ke kau ʻi he melino hulu fau ko iá!
ʻE Lava ke Ke Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ ʻI onopooní, kuo anga-fēfē ʻa e “fuaʻa ai ʻo mafana lahi” ʻa Sihova ki heʻene kakaí?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa hono maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻa e melinó, naʻa mo e ngaahi fonua kuo maumau ʻi he taú?
◻ ʻI he founga fē ʻoku “fonu ʻa e ngaahi malaʻe ʻo e kolo ʻi he tamaiki tangata mo e tamaiki fefine”?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tokonaki kuo fai koeʻuhi ke akoʻi ai ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻe Ia?
[Fakatātā ʻi he 20, 21]
ʻI he senituli hono ono M.H.K., ko e kau Siu anga-tonu ʻa ia naʻa nau toe langa ʻa e temipalé naʻa nau ʻilo ko Sihová ko e matavai falalaʻanga pē ia ʻo e melinó