Ko e Fakakikihi ʻa Sihova mo e Ngaahi Puleʻangá
“ʻE aʻu ha longoaʻa ki he ngataʻanga ʻo mamani; he ʻoku ai ha fakakikihi ʻa Sihova mo e ngaahi puleʻanga.”—SELEMAIA 25:31.
1, 2. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi Siuta ʻi he hili ʻa e mate ʻa e Tuʻi ko Siosaiá? (e) Ko hai ʻa e Tuʻi fakamuimui ʻo Siutá, pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko kiate ia tupu mei heʻene taʻe anga-tonú?
NAʻE fehangahangai ʻa e fonua ko Siutá mo e ngaahi taimi faingataʻa. Ko e tuʻi lelei ʻe taha, ko Siosaia, naʻá ne toloi fakataimi ʻa e houhau kakaha ʻa Sihová. Ka ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he hili ʻa hono tāmateʻi ʻa Siosaiá ʻi he 629 K.M.? Ko e ngaahi tuʻi naʻa nau fetongi iá naʻa nau fakaongoongokoviʻi ʻa Sihova.
2 Ko e tuʻi fakamuimui ʻo Siutá, ko Setekaia, ko e foha hono fā ʻo Siosaiá, naʻá ne hoko atu ʻo hangē ko e fakamatala ʻi he 2 Tuʻi 24:19 ʻo ne “fai ʻe ia ʻa e meʻa naʻe tau kovi ki he finangalo ʻo Sihova, ʻo hange tofu pe ko e fai ʻa [hono tokoua lahi ange ko] Sihoiakimi.” Ko e hā ʻa e ola mei he meʻá ni? Naʻe aʻu ʻa Nepukanesa ki Selūsalema, ʻo ne puke ʻa Setekaia, peá ne tāmateʻi hono ngaahi fohá ʻo ne mamata pē ki ai, peá ne toki fakakuihi ʻa Setekaia pea ʻave ia ki Pāpilone. ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe ʻave ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻi he lotu kia Sihová ko e koloa vete, pea nau tutu ʻa e temipalé mo e koló. Naʻe taki pōpula ʻa e kau hao moʻuí ki Pāpilone.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e vahaʻa taimi naʻe kamata ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻo Selūsalema ʻi he 607 K.M., pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe teu ke hoko ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e vahaʻa taimi ko iá?
3 Ko e taʻu ko iá, ko e 607 K.M., naʻe ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi hono fakaʻilongaʻi ai ʻa hono fakaʻauha fakaʻosi ʻo Selūsalemá ka naʻá ne toe fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e kamata ʻo e “ngaahi kuonga ʻo e Senitaile,” ʻa ia ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he Luke 21:24. Naʻe ngata ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ko eni ko e taʻu ʻe 2,520 ʻi hotau senitulí ni, ʻi he taʻu 1914. ʻI he aʻu mai ki he taʻu ko iá, naʻe hoko ʻa e taimi ke fakahā pea fakahoko ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fakamaau ki he māmani anga-fulikivanú ʻo fakafou ʻi hono ʻAlo kuo nofo ʻi he taloní, ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia ʻoku lahi ange ia ʻia Nepukanesa. ʻOku kamata ʻa e fakamaau ko ení ʻi he meʻa ʻi onopooni ʻoku tatau mo Siutá, ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻokú ne pehē ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá mo Kalaisi ʻi he māmaní.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ʻoku mālanga hake ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e kikite ʻa Selemaiá?
4 ʻOku tau sio ki ha meʻa ʻoku huʻufataha mo e ngaahi tuʻunga maveuveu ʻi he ngaahi taʻu fakaʻosi ʻo Siutá ʻi he pule ʻa hono ngaahi tuʻí—ʻo toe uesia ʻe he ngaahi meʻa fakatupu ʻauhá ʻa e ngaahi fonua kaungāʻapí—pea mo e tuʻunga maveuveu ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻi he ʻahó ni? ʻOku moʻoni ʻoku tau sio ki ha meʻa ʻoku huʻufataha mo ia! Ko ia ai, ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he kikite ʻa Selemaiá ʻo kau ki he meʻa ʻe fai ʻe Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ní? Tau sio angé.
5, 6. (a) Talu mei he 1914, ʻi he founga fē kuo meimei tatau ai ʻa e tuʻunga ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané mo e tuʻunga naʻe ʻi Siutá ki muʻa siʻi pea toki fakaʻauha iá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki kuo fakahoko ʻe Selemaia ʻi onopooní ki Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane?
5 ʻI he taʻu ʻe 40 nai kuo maliu atú naʻe pehē ʻe he tangata matematika mo filōsefa Pilitania ko Bertrand Russell: “Talu mei he 1914, ko e kakai ʻoku nau fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko ʻi he māmaní kuo nau hohaʻa lahi ʻi he meʻa kuo hā ngali ʻoku ʻikai malava ke taʻofí pea kuo ʻosi fakapapauʻi ke hokó ʻa ia ko e laka ki he fakatuʻutāmaki ʻoku fakaʻau ke lahi ange.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tangata Siamane mataotao ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakapolitikalé ko Konrad Adenauer: “Ko e maluʻangá mo e nongá kuó na pulia mei he moʻui ʻa e tangatá talu mei he 1914.”
6 ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Selemaiá, ko e fakaʻau ke ofi ange ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ení ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e lilingi lahi fakaʻulia ʻo e toto taʻe halaiá, tautautefito ʻi he ongo tau lahi ʻa māmani ʻi he senituli ko ení. ʻI he tuʻunga lahi, naʻe fai ʻa e ongo tau ko ení ʻe he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, ʻa ia ʻoku nau pehē ʻoku nau lotu ki he ʻOtua ʻo e Tohi Tapú. Ko e koto mālualoi ē! Tā neʻineʻi ke fekau atu ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene Kau Fakamoʻoní kiate kinautolu ʻo nau pehē ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi lea ʻi he Selemaia 25:5, 6: “Mou tafoki muʻa taki taha mei hono ʻalunga kovi, pea mei he kovi ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi faianga . . . Pea ʻoua te mou muimui ʻotua kehe, ke tauhi kiate kinautolu, pea ke lotu ki ai, ke ʻoua te mou fakaʻitaʻaki au ʻa e ngaue ʻa homou nima; ʻo ʻoua naʻa ku fai ha kovi kiate kimoutolu.”
7. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamoʻoni kuo ʻikai ke tokanga ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane ia ki he ngaahi fakatokanga meia Sihová?
7 Kae kehe, kuo ʻikai ke tafoki ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. Kuo fakahā ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi heʻenau fai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau lahi ange ki he ʻotua ʻo e taú ʻi Kōlea mo Vietinemi. Pea ʻoku nau hokohoko atu ʻa ʻenau poupouʻi fakapaʻanga ʻa e kau fakatau ʻo e maté, ko e kau faʻu nāunau taú. Naʻe tokonaki ʻe he ngaahi fonua ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻa e konga lahi taha ʻo e meimei paʻanga ʻAmelika ʻe taha afe piliona naʻe fakamoleki ki hono fakatau ʻa e ngaahi nāunau taú ʻi he taʻu taki taha he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi taʻu 1980 tupú. ʻI he taʻu taki taha mei he 1951 ki he 1991, ko e paʻanga naʻe fakamoleki ki he ngaahi meʻa fakakautaú ʻi he ʻIunaite Seteté pē naʻá ne lakasi ʻa e tupu totonu ʻa e ngaahi kautaha ʻAmeliká fakakātoa ʻi he ʻosi hono toʻo ʻa e fakamolé. Talu mei hono fakahāhā leʻo lahi ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e feʻauʻauhi mo e fakafili ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga mālohí, kuo fakasiʻisiʻi ai ʻa e lahi ʻo e ngaahi meʻatau fakaniukilia ʻoku motuʻá, ka ʻoku kei ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi tauhiʻanga kāfakafa ʻo e ngaahi meʻafana kehe ʻoku fakamaté pea ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻa hono faʻú. ʻE ʻi ai ha ʻaho ʻe ngāueʻaki nai ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻafana ko iá.
Fakamaau ki he Kakai Anga-Tākatuʻu ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané
8. ʻE fakahoko fēfē ki Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻi he Selemaia 25:8, 9?
8 Ko e toe ngaahi lea ʻa Sihova ʻi he Selemaia 25:8, 9 ʻoku nau kaunga tonu tautautefito ki Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane, ʻa ia kuo ʻikai te ne muimui ki he ngaahi tuʻunga faka-Kalisitiane ʻo kau ki he māʻoniʻoní: “Ko hono o ia kuo folofola pehe ni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti: Ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai te mou fakaongo ki heʻeku ngaahi lea, ko au eni ʻoku ou fekau atu ke maʻu mai ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pe ʻo e tokelau—ko Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai—pea ki heʻeku sevaniti ko Nepukanesa ko e Tuʻi Papilone, ke u ʻomi kinautolu ki he fonua ni, pea ki he kakai ʻoku nofo ai, pea ki he ngaahi puleʻanga takatakai; ke u moifua kinautolu, pea ke u ngaohi kinautolu ko e meʻa ke fai ai ha ofo, mo ha fakaʻiseʻisa, ʻio ko e koto kaʻanga taʻengata.” Ko ia ai, ʻe kamata ʻa e mamahi lahí ʻi he faʻahinga ʻoku nau pehē ko e kakai kinautolu ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, pea faifai atu ʻe aʻu ia ki māmani lahi, “ki he ngaahi puleʻanga takatakai.”
9. ʻI he ngaahi founga fē kuo hoko ai ʻo toe kovi ange ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻi hotau taimí?
9 Naʻe ʻi ai ha taimi naʻe tokaʻi ai ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane, pea naʻe meimei sio kātoa ki he nofo malí mo e moʻui fakafāmilí ko e matavai ia ʻo e fiefia, pea naʻe ʻā hake kei pongipongia ʻa e kakaí pea nau maʻu ʻa e fiemālie mei heʻenau ngāue fakaʻahó. Ko e tokolahi naʻa nau fakatupu-ivifoʻou ʻa kinautolu ʻaki ʻenau lau mo ako ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻaki ʻa e maama he taimi poʻulí. Ka ʻi he ʻahó ni, ko e anga-tākatuʻú, vete malí, ngāuehalaʻaki ʻa e faitoʻo kona tapú mo e konaá, maumau-laó, mānumanú, fakapikopiko ʻi he fai ʻo e ngāué, ko e maʻu kita ʻe he sio TV, mo e ngaahi anga kehe ʻoku koví kuo nau fakameleʻi ʻa e moʻuí ʻi he tuʻunga fakalilifu. Ko e meʻa ia ʻoku tomuʻa hoko ki muʻa ʻi he fakaʻauha ʻoku teu ke fakahoko ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ki he kakai anga-tākatuʻu ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané.
10. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻi he hili ʻa hono fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau ʻa Sihová.
10 ʻOku fakahā ʻe Sihova, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku tau lau ʻi he Selemaia vahe 25, veesi 10 mo e 11: “Pea te u ʻai ke mate meiate kinautolu ʻa e leʻo ʻo e fiefia, mo e leʻo ʻo e mavava, ʻa e leʻo ʻo e ʻeiki-taʻane, mo e leʻo ʻo e taʻahine, ʻa e ongo ʻa e maka momosi, mo e ulo ʻa e māma. Pea ʻe hoko ʻa e fonua ni katoa ko e kaʻanga, mo e meʻa ke fai ai ha ofo.” ʻE fakaofo moʻoni ʻa e tō ʻo ʻauha ʻa e ngaahi temipale lalahi mo e ngaahi pālasi fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. Ko e hā hono lahi ʻo e fakaʻauha ko iá? ʻI he taimi ʻo Selemaiá, naʻe feʻunga ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻo Siutá mo e ngaahi puleʻanga takatakaí mo e taʻu ʻe 70, ʻa ia ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Sāme 90:10 ko e vahaʻa taimi ʻo ha moʻui. Ko e fakahoko ʻo e tautea ʻa Sihová ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻe kakato, mo taʻe ngata.
Fakamaau ki Pāpilone ko e Lahí
11. Ko hai ʻe ngāueʻaki ke ne fakaʻauha ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?
11 ʻOku hangē ko ia naʻe kikiteʻi ʻi he tohi Fakahā 17:12-17, ʻe hoko mai ʻa e taimi ʻe kamata ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene ngāue ngali kehé ʻaki ʻene ʻai ia ki he loto ʻo e “nifo ʻe hongofulu,” ʻa ia ko e ngaahi memipa fakakautau ʻa e Ngaahi Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá, ke nau “fai hono finangalo” ke fakaʻauha ʻa e ʻemipaea ʻo e lotu loí ʻi māmani lahí. ʻE fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa e meʻá ni? ʻOku lahi ʻa e ngaahi founga ʻe ngāueʻaki nai ʻe he “nifo ʻe hongofulu” ʻi heʻenau “fehiʻa ki he fefine feʻauaki . . . pea te nau tutu ia ʻaki ʻa e afi,” ʻo hangē ko hono fakalea ʻi he tohi Fakahā vahe 17, veesi 16. Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻá ia, kuo fakaʻau ke lahi ʻa e nāunau tau fakaniukiliá pea ʻoku nau kei fakaʻau ke lahi ange ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻi māmani ʻe lava ke hoko ha tau ai. Ka kuo pau ke tau tatali ke sio pe ʻe fēfē ʻa hono ʻai ʻe Sihova ki he loto ʻo e kau pule fakapolitikalé ke nau fakahoko ʻa ʻene sauní.
12. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ki Pāpilone ʻi he hili ʻene fakaʻauha ʻa Selūsalemá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko ki he ngaahi puleʻangá ʻi he hili hono fakaʻauha ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané?
12 ʻI he kuonga muʻá, naʻe faifai pea hoko ʻa e taimi ke aʻu ai ki Pāpilone ʻa e houhau kakaha ʻa Sihová. Ko ia ai, kamata mei he veesi 12 ʻi he Selemaia vahe 25, ko e kikite ʻokú ne sio ki he ngaahi meʻa mei ha toe tuʻunga kehe ʻi ha taimi ki mui mai. ʻOku ʻikai ke kei ngāue ʻa Nepukanesa mo Pāpilone ʻi he tuʻunga ko e Kau Tāmate naʻe fakanofo ʻe Sihová ka ʻoku fakakau kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo e māmaní. ʻOku meimei tatau eni mo e tuʻunga ʻoku hoko ʻi he ʻaho ní. ʻE fakaʻauha ʻa e lotu loí ʻe he “nifo ʻe hongofulu” ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he Fakahā vahe 17, ka ʻi he hili iá ʻe toe fakaʻauha ʻa e nifo ʻe hongofulú fakataha mo e “ngaahi tuʻi” kehe kātoa ʻo e māmaní, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Fakahā vahe 19. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Selemaia 25:13, 14 ʻa e tautea naʻe hoko ki Pāpilone, fakataha mo e “ngaahi puleʻanga” kotoa naʻa nau ngāuekoviʻaki ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová. Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa Nepukanesa ko e toko taha tāmate ke ne tautea ʻa Siuta. Ka ko Nepukanesa mo e ngaahi tuʻi Pāpilone ki mui ʻiate iá naʻa nau loto-mahikihiki ʻo nau fakamāʻolungaʻi kinautolu ʻia Sihova, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahāhā ʻi hono fakalieliaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ipu mei he temipale ʻo Sihová. (Tāniela 5:22, 23) Pea ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ʻa Selūsalemá, ko e ngaahi puleʻanga naʻe takatakai ʻi Siutá—ko Mōape, ʻĀmoni, Taia, ʻĪtomi mo e niʻihi kehé—naʻa nau fiefia pea nau manukiʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko kinautolu foki kuo pau ke nau utu ʻa e tautea totonu meia Sihova.
Fakamaau ki he “Ngaahi Puleʻanga Kotoa”
13. ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e ‘ipu uaine ʻo e tafulú,’ pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hoko kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau inu mei he ipú?
13 Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakahā ʻe Selemaia ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku hiki ʻi he Sel vahe 25, veesi 15 mo e 16: “He ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo Isileli kiate au, ʻo pehe: Toʻo mei hoku nima ʻa e ipu uaine—ʻa e tafulu ni—ʻo fakainuʻaki ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa ʻoku ou fekau atu koe ki ai. Pea te nau inu, ʻo tasipesipa, ʻo nau sesele ko e meʻa ʻi he heleta ʻoku ou tuku atu ki honau lotolotonga.” Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ko e ‘ipu uaine ia ʻo e tafulu meia Sihova’? Naʻe lea ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Mātiu 26:39, 42 mo e Sione 18:11 ʻo kau ki ha “ipu” ʻokú ne fakatātaaʻi ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá ke ne faí. ʻI he founga meimei tatau, ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻa e ipú ke ne fakatātaaʻi ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihova ki he ngaahi puleʻangá ke nau inu ʻa ʻene sauni fakaʻotuá. ʻOku fakahokohoko ʻi he Selemaia 25:17-26 ʻa e ngaahi fonua ʻoku nau fakatātaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga he ʻaho ní.
14. Fakatatau ki he kikite ʻa Selemaiá, ko hai ʻoku nau inu mei he ipu ʻo e uaine ko e houhau ʻa Sihová, pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ki hotau ʻaho ní?
14 ʻI he hili ʻa hono ʻai ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ki Siutá, ʻo ne hoko “ko e kaʻanga, ko e meʻa ke fai ai ha ofo, mo ha fakaʻiseʻisa, mo ha kape,” ʻe fakaʻauha ʻa e toenga ʻo e ʻemipaea ʻo e lotu loí ʻi māmani lahí. Ko hono hokó, kuo pau ke inu mei he ipu ʻo e uaine ko e houhau ʻa Sihová ʻa e māmaní fakakātoa, ʻa ia naʻe fakatātaaʻi ʻe ʻIsipité! ʻIo, ko e “ngaahi tuʻi kehekehe ʻo tokelau, ʻa e ofi mo e mamaʻo, hokohoko atu; pea mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa ʻo mamani ʻoku ʻi he funga ʻo e kelekele” kuo pau ke nau inu. Ko hono fakaʻosí, “pea fakamuimui ʻe inu ʻe he Tuʻi Sesaki.” Pea ko hai ʻa e “Tuʻi Sesaki” ko ení? Ko Sesakí ko e hingoa fakaefakatātā, pe hingoa fakapulipuli, ki Pāpilone. ʻOku hangē pē ko ia naʻe hoko ʻa Sētane ko e tuʻi taʻe hā mai ia ki Pāpilone, ʻoku pehē pē ʻa ʻene hoko ko e “ʻeiki ʻo māmani” ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fakahā ʻe Sīsuú. (Sione 14:30) Ko ia ai, ʻoku huʻufataha ʻa e fakamatala ʻi he Selemaia vahe 25:17-26 ki he fakamatala ʻi he Fakahā vahe 18 ki he 20 ʻi heʻena fakamaʻalaʻala ʻa e hokohoko ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ʻi hono tufa ʻa e ipu ko e houhau ʻa Sihová. ʻUluaki, kuo pau ke fakaʻauha ʻa e ʻemipaea ʻo e lotu loí ʻi māmani lahí pea hoko atu ai ki he ngaahi mafai fakapolitikalé, pea ʻe toki tuku ʻa Sētane tonu ki he luo taʻe hano takelé.—Fakahā 18:8; 19:19-21; 20:1-3.
15. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he fanongo ki he kalanga ʻo kau ki he “melino mo e malu”?
15 Kuo lahi ʻa e lāulea ʻo kau ki he melino mo e malu talu mei he pehē kuo ngata ʻa e feʻauʻauhi mo e fakafili ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga mālohí, pea ʻoku toe pē ha puleʻanga mālohi lahi pē ʻe taha. Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻi he tohi Fakahā 17:10 (PM), ko e puleʻanga mālohi lahi ko iá, ko e ʻulu hono fitu ia ʻo e manu fekaí, kuo pau ke “nofo be ia i he kuoga jii.” Ka ʻoku tuʻunuku mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e “kuoga jii” ko iá. ʻE vavé ni ʻa hono liliu ʻa e kalanga ʻo kau ki he “melino mo e malu” fakapolitikalé ki he hoko “fakafokifā ʻa e fakaʻauha kiate kinautolu.” Ko e lea ia ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Paulá.—1 Tesalonaika 5:2, 3, NW.
16, 17. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko ʻo kapau ʻe feinga ha taha ke ne hao mei he fakamaau ʻa Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e founga fakaʻauha ʻe vavé ni mai ʻa hono fakahoko ai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová ʻi māmaní?
16 Ko e fokotuʻutuʻu fakakātoa ʻa Sētane ʻi māmaní, ʻo kamata ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane, kuo pau ke nau inu mei he ipu ko e sauni ʻa Sihová. ʻOku fakapapauʻi ʻa e meʻá ni ʻe heʻene fekau lahi ange kia Selemaia ʻoku hiki ʻi he Sel vahe 25, veesi 27 ki he 29: “Pea te ke pehe kiate kinautolu, Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, ko e ʻOtua ʻo Isileli: Mou inu ʻo kona ai, ʻo lua, ʻo to, ʻo ʻoua ʻe toe tuʻu, ko e meʻa ʻi he heleta ʻoku ou fekau atu ki homou lotolotonga. Pea kapau te nau fakafisi ke toʻo ʻa e ipu mei ho nima, ʻo inu, pea te ke pehe kiate kinautolu, Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti: kuo pau te mou inu. He ko au eni ʻoku ou kamata ke ngaohikoviʻi ʻa e kolo ʻoku uiʻaki hoku hingoa, pea ko e pehe ke mou hao kimoutolu? ʻE ʻikai te mou ʻalu taʻetautea: he te u ui kia Heleta ke to ki he nofo kotoa ʻo Mamani—ko Sihova Sapaoti ia mei he Taʻehamai.”
17 Ko e ngaahi lea mālohi eni—ko hono moʻoní, ko e ngaahi lea fakatupu manavahē, he ʻoku leaʻaki kinautolu ʻe he ʻEiki Hau ʻo e ʻunivesí fakakātoa, ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá. ʻI he laui afeʻi taʻu, kuó ne kātakiʻi ai ʻa e taʻe fakaʻapaʻapa, fakaongoongokovi, mo e fehiʻa kuo hoko ki hono huafa toputapú. Ka kuo aʻu ki he taimi ke ne tali ʻa e lotu ʻa ia naʻe akoʻi ʻe hono ʻAlo ʻofeiná, ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ki heʻene kau ākongá ʻi heʻene ʻi māmaní: “Ko ia ke pehe ni haʻamoutolu lotu: Ko ʻemau Tamai ʻoku ʻi Hevani, ke tapuhā ho Huafa, ke hoko hoʻo Pule, ke fai ho Finangalo, hange ko ia ʻi he langi ke pehe foki ʻi māmani.” (Mātiu 6:9, 10) Ko e finangalo ia ʻo Sihová ke ngāue ʻa Sīsū ko ʻEne heletā ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e sauní.
18, 19. (a) Ko hai ʻokú ne ʻalu atu ki he ikuna ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihová, pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne tatali ki ai ki muʻa peá ne fakaʻosi ʻene ikuná? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamanavahē ʻe hoko ʻi he māmaní ʻi hono tuku ange ʻe he kau ʻangeló ʻa e matangi mātuʻaki mālohi ko e houhau ʻa Sihová?
18 ʻOku tau ʻuluaki lau ʻi he tohi Fakahā vahe 6 ʻo kau ki he heka ʻa Sīsū ʻi he hoosi hinehina ʻo ne ‘ʻalu atu ʻi he ikuna ki he ikuna.’ (Fkh 6 Veesi 2) Naʻe kamata ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi heʻene nofo hifo ʻi he taloní ko e Tuʻi fakahēvani ʻi he 1914. ʻOku muimui ʻiate ia ʻa e fanga hoosi mo e kau heka hoosi kehe, ʻo nau fakatātaaʻi ʻa e tau fakakātoa, honge, mo e mahaki fakaʻauha kuo tō ki he māmaní talu mei ai. Ka ʻe ngata ʻafē ʻa e maveuveu kotoa ko ení? ʻOku fakahā kiate kitautolu ʻi he Fakahā vahe 7 ʻo pehē ʻoku puke ʻe he kau ʻangelo ʻe toko fā ʻa e “matangi ʻe fa ʻo mamani” kae ʻoua kuo fakatahaʻi ki he fakahaofí ʻa ʻIsileli fakalaumālie pea mo e fuʻu kakai lahi mei he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa. (Fkh 6 Veesi 1) Ko e hā leva ʻa e meʻa ʻe toki hokó?
19 ʻOku hoko atu ʻi he Selemaia vahe 25, veesi 30 mo e 31 ʻo pehē: “ʻE kalou ʻa Sihova mei Taukakapa, pea te ne tuku atu hono leʻo mei hono ʻafioʻanga tapu; te ne matuʻaki kalou ki hono lotoʻasipi; te ne tali ʻaki ha tauaʻalo, ʻo hange ko e kau mala kalepi, ki he kau nofo he mamani. ʻE aʻu ha longoaʻa ki he ngataʻanga ʻo mamani; he ʻoku ai ha fakakikihi ʻa Sihova mo e ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻe talatalaakiʻi ʻe ia ʻa e kakano kotoa; ko e meʻa ki he kau angahala, te ne tuku kinautolu ki he heleta—ko Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai.” ʻOku ʻikai ha puleʻanga te ne hao mei he inu ʻo e ipu ko e houhau ʻa Sihová. Ko ia ai, ko e fie maʻu fakavavevave ia ki he kakai loto-totonú kotoa ke nau fakamavaheʻi kinautolu mei he anga-fulikivanu ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ki muʻa pea tuku ange ʻe he kau ʻangelo ʻe toko faá ʻa e matangi mātuʻaki mālohi ko e houhau ʻa Sihová. Ko e matangi mātuʻaki mālohi moʻoni, he ʻoku hoko atu ʻa e kikite ʻa Selemaiá ʻi he Sel 25 veesi 32 mo e 33:
20. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻe hokó ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mālohi ʻo e fakamaau ʻa Sihová, ka ko e hā kuo pau ai pē ke fai ʻa e meʻá ni?
20 “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti, Vakai, ko e kovi é ʻe ʻalu mei he puleʻanga ki he puleʻanga, pea ʻe langaʻi hake ha fuʻu afa mei he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo mamani. Pea ʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ta ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ko ia mei he ngataʻanga ʻe taha ʻo mamani, ʻo aʻu ki hono ngataʻanga ʻe taha: ʻe ʻikai tengihia kinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai tanaki, pea ʻe ʻikai tanu; te nau hoko ko e kinohaʻa pe ʻi he funga kelekele.” Ko e moʻoni ko e tuʻunga fakalilifu, ka kuo pau ke hoko ʻa e meʻá ni kae fakamaʻa mei he māmaní ʻa e anga-fulikivanu kotoa pē ki muʻa ʻi hono fakahoko mai ʻa e Palataisi kuo talaʻofa ʻe he ʻOtuá.
ʻE Tangi ʻOiauē pea ʻIoho ʻa e Kau Tauhi-Sipí
21, 22. (a) Ko hai ʻa e “kau tauhisipi” ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi he Selemaia 25:34-36, pea ko e hā naʻe fakamālohiʻi ai kinautolu ke nau tangi ʻoiauē? (e) Ko hai ʻa e kau tauhi-sipi ʻi onopooni ʻoku tuha ki ai ʻa e houhau ʻa Sihová, pea ko e hā ʻoku mātuʻaki tuha ai ia kiate kinautolú?
21 ʻOku toe fakahā lahi ange ʻi he Sel 25 veesi 34 ki he 36 ʻo kau ki he fakamaau ʻa Sihová, ʻo pehē: “Tangi ʻoiaue, ʻa e kau tauhisipi, pea ʻioho; pea mou paniefua, ʻa e kau fotu ʻi he takanga: he kuo kakato homou taimi ke tamateʻi, pea te u laiki kimoutolu, pea te mou to hange ha ipu mahuʻinga. Pea kuo mole ʻaupito ʻa e holaʻanga mei he kau tauhi, mo e haoʻanga mei he kau fotu ʻi he takanga. Si! ko e ʻioho ʻa e kau tauhi, mo e ʻoiaue ʻa e kau fotu ʻi he takanga! he ʻoku fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova ʻenau kaikaiʻanga.”
22 Ko hai ʻa e kau tauhi-sipi ko ení? ʻOku ʻikai ko e kau taki lotú eni, ʻa ia kuo nau ʻosi inu ʻa e houhau ʻa Sihová. Ka ko e kau tauhi-sipi fakakautau eni, ʻa ia ʻoku toe fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Selemaia 6:3, ʻoku nau fakatahatahaʻi ʻa ʻenau ngaahi kau taú ke fakafepaki kia Sihova. Ko e kau taki fakapolitikalé eni, ʻa ia kuo nau hoko ʻo koloaʻia mei he faʻahinga ʻoku nau pule ki aí ʻo fakatupu-kovi kiate kinautolu. Ko e tokolahi ʻo e faʻahingá ni ko e kau pisinisi, ko e kau mataotao ʻi he taʻe faitotonú. Kuo nau fai tuai ke taʻofi ʻa e ngaahi honge ʻa ia kuo nau tāmateʻi ʻa e faʻahinga kakai fakakātoa ʻi he ngaahi fonua masivá. ʻOku nau fakakoloaʻi ʻa e “kau fotu ʻi he takanga,” ʻo hangē ko e kau tangata pisinisi mālohi ʻoku nau fefakatauʻaki ʻa e nāunau taú pea mo e kau mānumanu ʻoku nau maumauʻi ʻa e ʻātakaí, lolotonga iá ʻoku ʻikai te nau foaki ʻi he totongi siʻisiʻi pē ʻa e tokoni fakafaitoʻó mo e meʻakai fakatupu-sinó ʻa ia ʻoku malava ke fakahaofi ai ʻa e fānau ʻe laui hongofulu miliona ʻoku maté.
23. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e meʻa ʻoku pule ki ai ʻa Sētané ʻi he hili ʻa e ngāue fakaʻauha ʻa Sihová.
23 Tā neʻineʻi ke fakamulituku ʻa e tohi Selemaia vahe 25, veesi 37 mo e 38, ʻaki ʻene pehē ʻo kau ki he faʻahinga naʻa nau siokita ʻo kumi ki he melino maʻanautolu pē: “Pea kuo fakalongo ʻa e ngaahi lotoʻa malū ʻi he fotu mai ʻa e kakaha ʻo e houhau ʻo Sihova. Kuo ne hanga ʻo liʻaki hono falenga, hange ha laione: seuke, kuo hoko honau fonua ko e meʻa ke fai ai ha ofo, ko e meʻa ʻi he kakaha ʻo e malaki naʻe fai, ʻio, ko e meʻa ʻi he kakaha hono houhau.” Ko e moʻoni ko ha meʻa fakaofo ē! Ka, ʻoku pau ʻe fakahāhā ʻa e kakaha ʻo e houhau ʻa Sihová ʻo fakafou ʻi he Toko Taha ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he tohi Fakahā 19:15, 16 ʻo pehē ko e “Tuʻi ʻo e ngaahi tuʻi, mo e ʻEiki ʻo e ngaahi ʻeiki” ʻa ia ʻokú ne puleʻi ʻa e ngaahi kakai ʻaki ha sēpita ukamea. Pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko hili ení?
24. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻe hoko ki he kakai māʻoniʻoní ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻo e lotu loí pea mo e toenga ʻo e māmani ʻo Sētané?
24 Kuó ke hao mei ha afā? Ko e meʻa fakailifia nai ʻa e afaá. Ka ʻi he pongipongi hono hokó, neongo te ke sio ki he maumau lahi, ʻoku faʻa malū mo nonga lahi ʻa e ʻeá ʻo lava ke ke fakamālō kia Sihova koeʻuhi ko e ʻaho mātuʻaki lelei ko iá. Pehē foki, ʻi he ʻosi atu ʻa e matangi afā ko e mamahi lahí, te ke sio atu ki he māmaní mo e ongoʻi fakamālō ʻokú ke kei moʻui, mo mateuteu ke kau ʻi he ngāue lahi ange ʻa Sihová ke ʻai ʻa e māmani kuo fakamaʻá ke hoko ko e palataisi lāngilangiʻia. ʻE aʻu ʻa e fakakikihi ʻa Sihova mo e ngaahi puleʻangá ki hono fakaʻosi maʻongoʻongá, ʻo ne fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi hono huafá pea fakaʻatā ʻa e hala ke fakahoko ʻa hono finangaló ʻi māmani ʻi he Pule Taʻu ʻe Taha Afe ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e Mīsaiá. Fakatauange ke hoko vave mai ʻa e Puleʻanga ko iá!
Ko e Fakamanatu ki he palakalafi 5-24 ʻo e kupú ni
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻalunga mālualoi ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané kuo fakamāuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e vakai fakalahi ʻoku fai ʻi he Selemaia 25:12-38 ʻo kau ki he fakamaaú?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ipu ko e sauní ʻoku foaki ki he ngaahi puleʻangá kotoa?
◻ Ko hai ʻa e kau tauhi-sipi ʻoku nau tangi ʻoiauē mo ʻiohó, pea ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku nau hohaʻa aí?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 18]
Kuo fili ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻangāue ke fakaʻauha ʻaki ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 22]
ʻI he hili ʻa e matangi afā ko e mamahi lahí, ʻe hā mai ʻa e māmaní kuo fakamaʻa