17. (a) Fakatatau kia Selemaia, ko e hā ʻa e fakamaau naʻe teu ke hoko ki Selūsalema fulikivanú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe vavé ni ʻene hoko ki Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané?

¹⁷ Ko e hā ʻa e fakamaau ʻe maʻu ʻe he kau faiako loi ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané meia Sihová, ko e Fakamaau lahí? ʻOku tali ʻi he Sel 23 veesi 19, 20, 39, mo e Sel 23:40 “Si, ko e ʻahiohio é ʻa Sihova​—ko ʻene tafulu ʻoku ʻalu atu​—ʻio, ko e ʻahiohio fakatakamilo ʻe tatahaʻaki ʻa e ʻulu ʻo e kau faikovi. ʻE ʻikai foki ʻa e houhau ʻa Sihova, kaeʻoua ke ʻosi fai, pea ʻoua ke fakaai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa hono finangalo. . . . koia ko au eni te u matuʻaki fakangalongaloʻi kimoutolu, pea te u liʻaki mei hoku ʻao ʻa kimoutolu, pea mo e kolo naʻa ku foaki kiate kimoutolu mo hoʻomou ngaahi kui: pea te u hilifaki kiate kimoutolu ha ongoongokovi taʻengata, mo e ma ʻo lauikuonga, ʻo ʻikai mangalo.” Naʻe hoko ʻa e meʻa kotoa ko ení ki Selūsalema fulikivanu pea mo hono temipalé, pea ʻe vavé ni ke hoko ha tuʻutāmaki meimei tatau ki Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane fulikivanu!

21. (a) Ko e hā naʻe fakaʻauha ai ʻa Selūsalema ʻi he 607 K.M.? (e) ʻI he hili ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻo Selūsalemá, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ki he kau palōfita loí pea mo e palōfita moʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻo tau maʻu ai ʻa e fakapapau fē mei he meʻá ni ʻi he ʻahó ni?

²¹ Naʻe fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau ʻa Sihova ʻi he kuonga ʻo Selemaiá ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ʻa Selūsalema ʻi he 607 K.M. Hangē ko ia naʻe kikiteʻí, ko e meʻa ‘fakaongoongokovi mo fakatupu mā’ ia ki he kau ʻIsileli taʻe mingao mo taʻe anga-tonu ko iá. (Selemaia 23:​39, 40) Naʻe fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻe he meʻá ni, ko Sihova, ʻa ia naʻa nau toutou fakaongoongokoviʻí, naʻá ne liʻaki kinautolu ke nau aʻusia ʻa e nunuʻa ʻo ʻenau fai koví. Naʻe tāpuni ʻosi ai ʻa e ngutu ʻo ʻenau kau palōfita loi mo ʻafungí. Ka naʻe hoko atu ʻa hono fai ʻa e kikité ʻe he ngutu ʻo Selemaiá. Naʻe ʻikai ke liʻaki ia ʻe Sihova. Fakatatau ki he sīpinga ko ení, ʻe ʻikai ke siʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e kalasi hangē ko Selemaiá ʻi he iku atu ʻa ʻene tuʻutuʻuni mamafá ki hono laiki ʻa e moʻui mei he haʻa faifekau ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané pea mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tui ki heʻenau ngaahi loí.