ʻOku Moʻui ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová
Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga mei he Tohi Tangilaulaú
ʻOKU sio ʻa e palōfita ko Selemaiá ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e pōpoaki fakaefakamaau naʻá ne talaki ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e palōfitá ʻi heʻene sio tonu ʻi hono fakaʻauha hono kolo ʻofaʻangá? “Naʻe nofo hifo ʻa Selemaia ʻo tangi mo tangilāulau ʻaki eni ki Selusalema,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Septuagint Kalisí ʻi heʻene talateu ki he tohi Tangilaulaú. ʻI hono faʻu ʻi he 607 K.M. lolotonga ʻa e kei maeʻeeʻa ʻi he manatu ʻa e palōfitá ʻa hono ʻākoloʻi māhina ʻe 18 ʻo Selusalema pea hoko atu ki ai mo hono tutú, ʻoku fakahaaʻi mahino ʻe he tohi Tangilaulaú ʻa e loto-mamahi moʻoni ʻa Selemaiá. (Selemaia 52:3-5, 12-14) Kuo ʻikai ha toe kolo ʻi he hisitōliá kuo tangilāulauʻi ʻaki ha ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻoku fuʻu maongo mo fakamamahi peheni.
Ko e tohi Tangilaulaú ko ha tānekinga ia ʻo e ngaahi taʻanga hiva ʻe nima. Ko e ʻuluaki taʻanga ʻe faá ko ha ngaahi tangilāulau ia, pe taʻanga tangi; ko hono nimá ko ha kole ia, pe lotu. Ko e ʻuluaki hiva ʻe faá ko e ngaahi ʻakolositiki, ko e ngaahi veesi hokohoko ia ʻoku kamataʻaki ha mataʻitohi kehe ʻi he hokohoko ʻo e ʻalafapeti faka-Hepelū mataʻitohi ʻe 22. Neongo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e veesi ʻe 22 ʻi he hiva hono nimá koeʻuhi ke fehoanakimālie mo e lahi ʻo e ngaahi mataʻitohi ʻi he ʻalafapeti faka-Hepeluú, ʻoku ʻikai ke fokotuʻutuʻu fakaʻalafapeti ia.—Tangilaulau 5:1.
“KUO ʻOSIʻOSI HOKU MATA ʻI HE TANGI LOʻIMATA”
“ʻOiaue siʻi nofo liʻaki ʻa e fefine ni, ʻa e kolo naʻe fonu kakai! Siʻene hoko ko e uitou tofu pe! ʻA ia naʻe fotu ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga, siʻi toko taha naʻe fineʻeikiʻaki ʻe he ngaahi vahefonua, kuo ne hoko ko e tali fatongia!” ʻOku kamata leva heni ʻa e ngaahi tangilāulau ʻa e palōfita ko Selemaiá ʻi he felāveʻi mo Selusalemá. ʻI hono ʻomai ʻa e ʻuhinga ki he hoko ʻa e fakatamakí ni, ʻoku pehē ʻe he palōfitá: “Ko Sihova kuo ne fakamamahi ia koeʻuhi ko e lahi o ʻene fai hala.”—Tangilaulau 1:1, 5.
ʻI hono fakahoa ia ki ha uitou ʻoku mamahi ʻi he mole hono husepānití mo e fānaú, ʻoku ʻeke ʻe Selusalema: “ʻOku ai ha mamahi ʻoku tatau mo ʻeku mamahi?” ʻI he fekauʻaki mo hono ngaahi filí, ʻokú ne lotu ki he ʻOtuá: “Ke aʻu ki ho ʻao na ʻenau ngaahi kovi kotoa; pea ke fai kiate kinautolu, hange ko hoʻo fai kiate au, koeʻuhi ko ʻeku ngaahi fuʻu angahala: he ʻoku lahi ʻeku mapuhoi, pea ko hoku loto ʻoku vaivai.”—Tangilaulau 1:12, 22.
ʻI he loto-mamahi lahi ʻa Selemaiá ʻokú ne pehē ai: “Kuo ne [Sihova] pakiʻi ʻi he vela hono houhau ʻa e nifo kotoa ʻo Isileli; kuo ne momou hono toʻomataʻu ʻi he fepaki mo e fili: pea ʻoku ne fakapuho ʻi Sekope hange ha afi ulo, ʻa ia ʻoku ne keina takatakai.” ʻI hono fakahaaʻi ʻa ʻene loto-mamahi lahí, ʻoku tangilāulau ʻa e palōfitá: “Kuo ʻosiʻosi hoku mata ʻi he tangi loʻimata, ʻoku hangatamakia hoku toʻotoʻonga, ʻoku malingi hoku ʻate ki he kelekele.” Naʻa mo e faʻahinga ne fakalaka haké kuo nau fakatumutumu, ʻo nau pehē: “Ko eni ia koā ʻa e kolo naʻe lau ko e fungani he fakaʻofoʻofa, fakaholomamataʻanga ʻo mamani katoa?”—Tangilaulau 2:3, 11, 15.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
1:15—Kuo anga-fēfē hono fai ʻe Sihova ha “malaki ʻi he tataʻoʻanga ʻo e taʻahine Siuta ne taupoʻou”? ʻI hono fakaʻauha ʻa e kolo ʻa ia naʻe fakamatalaʻi ko ha tāupoʻoú, naʻe aʻu ʻa e lingitoto ʻa e kau Pāpiloné ki he lahi ʻa ia naʻe fakahoa ai ia ki hono laiki ʻo e kālepí ʻi ha tataʻonga uaine. Naʻe tomuʻa folofolaʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻá ni peá ne fakaʻatā ia ke hoko, ko ia ʻe lava ai ke pehē kuó ne fai ha “malaki ʻi he tataʻoʻanga.”
2:1—Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono “li mei langi ki mamani ʻa e [fakaʻofoʻofa] ʻo Isileli”? Koeʻuhi “ʻoku maʻolunga ʻa e langi ʻi mamani,” ko hono fakamāʻulaloʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hakeakiʻí ʻoku fakahaaʻi ia ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻi hono “li mei langi ki mamani.” Ko e “[fakaʻofoʻofa] ʻo Isileli”—ʻa hono lāngilangí mo e mālohi naʻá ne maʻu lolotonga ʻa e kei ʻiate ia ʻa e tāpuaki ʻa Sihová, naʻe lī ia ki lalo ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalema mo hono fakalala ʻo Siutá.—Aisea 55:9.
2:1, 6 (PM)—Ko e hā ʻa e “tuunga vaʻe” ʻo Sihová mo hono “fale fehikitaki”? Naʻe hiva ʻa e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé: “Tau hu ki hono gaahi fale fehikitaki; te tau lotu i hono tuunga vaʻe.” (Sāme 132:7, PM) Ko ia ai, ko e “tuʻungavaʻe” ʻi he Tangilaulau 2:1 ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he fale faiʻanga lotu ʻa Sihová, pe ko hono temipalé. Ko e kau Pāpiloné naʻa nau “tutu ʻa e fale ʻo Sihova” ʻo hangē ia ha fale fehikitakí, pe ko ha palepale pē ʻi ha ngoue.—Selemaia 52:12, 13.
2:16, 17—ʻIkai nai ʻoku totonu ke muimui ʻa e veesi 16 ʻa ia ʻoku kamataʻaki ʻa e mataʻitohi faka-Hepelū ko e ayin pea mo e veesi 17 ʻoku kamataʻaki ʻa e pe, ʻi he hokohoko ʻo e ʻalafapeti faka-Hepeluú? Neongo ʻoku faʻu ʻa e ngaahi taʻangá ʻi he sīpinga ko ení, naʻe faʻa muimui ʻa e kau hiki tohi fakamānavaʻí ʻi he hokohoko fakaʻalafapetí. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai te nau fai ia kapau naʻe iku eni ʻo ongo taʻefakanatula. Ko e ʻuhinga ʻo e foʻi fakakaukaú naʻe mahuʻinga ange ia ʻi he pipiki ki ha founga fakaetohi naʻe ngāueʻaki pē ko ha tokoni ki he manatú. Ko hono fetongi ʻa e ongo mataʻitohi tatau ʻe uá ʻoku toe hā ia ʻi he hiva hono 3 mo hono 4 ʻo e Tangilaulaú.—Tangilaulau 3:46, 49; 4:16, 17.
2:17—Ko e hā ʻa e “folofola” pau naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sihova ʻi he felāveʻi mo Selusalemá? ʻOku ngalingali ʻoku lave eni ki he Livitiko 26:17, ʻa ia ʻoku pehē ai: “Te u fofonga ʻita kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻe taaʻi kimoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo homou ngaahi fili: pea ʻe fakaehaua kimoutolu ʻe ha faʻahinga ʻoku fehiʻa kiate kimoutolu; pea te mou hola neongo ʻoku ʻikai ha tuli.”
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
1:1-9. ʻOku tangi mamahi ʻa Selusalema lolotonga ʻa e poʻulí, pea tafe hono loʻimatá ʻi hono kouʻahé. ʻOku lala hono ngaahi matanikoló, pea māpuhoi ʻa hono kau taulaʻeikí. Ko ʻene kau finemuí ʻoku nau mamahi, pea kona ʻa e loto ʻo e koló tonu. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí kuo faiangahala lahi fau ʻa Selusalema. Ko ʻene fakalieliá ʻoku ʻi hono kapaʻikofú. Ko e fua ʻo e faiangahalá ʻoku ʻikai ko e fiefia; ka ko e loʻimataʻia, māpuhoi, mamahi mo e loto-kona.
1:18. ʻI hono tautea ʻa e kau faiangahalá, ʻoku fakamaau totonu maʻu pē ai mo māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova.
2:20. Naʻe fakatokanga ki he kau ʻIsilelí kapau heʻikai te nau fanongo ki he leʻo ʻo Sihová, te nau tofanga ʻi he ngaahi mala, ʻa ia naʻe kau ai ʻa hono kai ‘ʻa e kakano ʻo ʻenau fanau tangatá mo ʻenau fanau fefiné.’ (Teutalanome 28:15, 45, 53) He taʻefakapotopoto moʻoni ke fili ki ha ʻalunga talangataʻa ki he ʻOtuá!
“ʻOUA ʻE TAPUNI HO TELINGA KI HEʻEKU MAPUHOI”
ʻI he Tangilaulau vahe 3, ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsilelí ko e “tangata [mālohi].” Neongo ʻa e faingataʻa ʻoku hokosia ʻe he tangatá ni, ʻokú ne hiva: “ʻOku lelei ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻoku tatali kiate ia, ki he laumalie ʻoku kumi ki Heʻene ʻAfio.” ʻI he lotu ki he ʻOtua moʻoní, ʻokú ne kole: “Naʻe ongo atu hoku leʻo; ʻoua ʻe tapuni ho telinga ki heʻeku mapuhoi, ki heʻeku tautapa.” ʻI he kole kia Sihova ke tokanga ki he luma ʻa e filí, ʻokú ne pehē: “ʻE Sihova, te ke fakaai honau tuha, ʻo tāu mo e ngaue ʻa honau nima.”—Tangilaulau 3:1, 25, 56, 64.
ʻOku huaʻi atu ʻe Selemaia ʻene ongoʻi ʻo kau ki he ngaahi nunuʻa fakalilifu mei hono ʻākoloʻi māhina ʻe 18 ʻo Selusalemá peá ne tangilāulau: “Oku lahi ae tautea ki he agahala ae ofefine o hoku kakai i he tautea oe agahala a [Sōtomá], aia nae fulihi o hage i ha kemo be taha bea nae ikai faa ala ae nima ki ai.” ʻOku hoko atu ʻa Selemaia ʻo ne pehē: “Oku lelei akinautolu oku mate o tamateʻi aki ae heleta, iate kinautolu oku mate i he hoge; he oku fakaauau jino akinautolu ni, kuo tamateʻa i he e nau majiva i he gaahi fua oe goue.”—Tangilaulau 4:6, 9, PM.
Ko e taʻanga hono nimá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e kau nofo ʻo Selusalemá ʻoku nau lea. ʻOku nau pehē: “ʻE Sihova, manatu ki he anga ʻo e meʻa kuo hoko kiate kimautolu tokangaʻi pea vakai ʻa e manuki ʻoku fai mai.” ʻI heʻenau fakalau ʻenau ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá, ʻoku nau kōlenga: “ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ke ʻafio ʻo taʻengata; ko ho taloni ʻoku laui toʻutangata. ʻE Sihova, fakafoki mai kimautolu ki he ʻAfiona, pea te mau foki ai; fakafoʻou homau taimi ke hange ko e taimi muʻa.”—Tangilaulau 5:1, 19, 21.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
3:16—Ko e hā ʻoku fakahuʻunga ki ai ʻa e kupuʻi lea: “ʻOku ne pakipaki hoku nifo ʻi he kai meʻa ʻoneʻonea”? ʻOku pehē ʻe ha maʻuʻanga fakamatala ʻe taha: “ʻI he fononga atu ʻa e kau Siú ʻi hono fakaheeʻi kinautolú, naʻe fakamālohiʻi kinautolu ke nau taʻo ʻenau maá ʻi he ngaahi luo naʻe keli, ko ia naʻe fio ʻenau maá mo e ʻoneʻoné.” Ko hono kai ʻa e mā peheé naʻe lava ke maumauʻi ai ʻa e nifo ʻo ha taha.
4:3, 10—Ko e hā ʻoku fakafehoanaki ai ʻe Selemaia ʻa e “ʻofefine ʻo [hono] kakai” ki he “fanga ositalesi ʻo e toafa”? Ko e ʻositalesí “kuo fakafefeka ene aga ki hono fagaga o hage oku ikai aana akinautolu” ko e lau ia ʻa e Siope 39:16 (PM). Ko e fakatātaá, hili hono fōfoaʻi ʻa e ngaahi foʻi fuá, ʻoku ʻalu ʻa e ʻositalesi fefiné ia mo e fanga ʻositalesi fefine kehé lolotonga ia ʻoku fai ʻe he ʻositalesi tangatá ʻa hono fatongia ko hono tokangaʻi ʻo e fāngangá. Ko e hā leva ʻoku hoko ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau fehangahangai ai mo e fakatuʻutāmakí? ʻOku hola fakatouʻosi ʻa e manupuna tangatá mo e manupuna fefiné mei he punungá, kae liʻaki hona fāngangá. Lolotonga ʻa e ʻākolo naʻe fai ʻe Pāpiloné, naʻe hoko ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻa ʻa e honge ʻi Selusalemá ʻo iku ai ʻa e ngaahi faʻē ko ia naʻe anga-maheniʻaki ke nau manavaʻofá ʻo anga-fakamamahi ki heʻenau fānaú tonu, ʻo hangē ko e fanga ʻositalesi ʻi he toafá. Naʻe faikehekehe lahi eni ia mo e tokangaʻi fakaefaʻē ʻoku fai ʻe he fanga siakalí.
5:7—ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova ke fai ʻe he kakaí ha fakamatala koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fehālaaki ʻenau fanga kuí? ʻIkai, ʻoku ʻikai ke tautea fakahangatonu ʻe Sihova ia ʻa e kakaí ki he ngaahi angahala ʻenau fanga kuí. “Te tau taki taha fai ha fakamatala ki he ʻOtua maʻata,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú. (Loma 14:12) Kae kehe, ko e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e ngaahi fehālaakí ʻe lava ke hokohoko atu ia pea hokosia ʻe he ngaahi toʻutangata ʻamuí. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e tafoki ko ia ʻa e kau ʻIsileli ʻi he kuohilí ʻo tauhi ʻaitolí ne ʻai ai ke faingataʻa, ʻo aʻu ki he kau ʻIsileli faitōnunga ʻi he ngaahi taimi ki muí, ke nau pipiki ki he ʻalunga ʻo e māʻoniʻoní.—Ekisoto 20:5.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
3:8, 43, 44. Lolotonga ʻa e faingataʻa naʻe hoko ki Selusalemá, naʻe fakafisi ʻa Sihova ke fanongo ki he tangi kole tokoni ʻa e kau nofo ʻi he koló. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí naʻe talangataʻa ʻa e kakaí, pea naʻa nau taʻefakatomala ai pē. Kapau ʻoku tau fiemaʻu ke tali ʻe Sihova ʻetau ngaahi lotú, kuo pau ke tau talangofua kiate ia.—Palovepi 28:9.
3:20. Ko Sihova, ʻa e “Fugani Maoluga i mamani kotoabe,” ʻoku fuʻu māʻolunga fau ia ke ne afeitaulalo “ke vakai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa langi mo mamani.” (Sāme 83:18, PM; Sāme 113:6) Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe Selemaia ʻa e loto-lelei ʻa e Māfimafi-Aoniú ke mapelu hifo ki he kakaí, ʻa ia ko ʻene hifo ki honau tuʻungá koeʻuhi ke fakalototoʻaʻi kinautolu. He meʻa fakafiefia ia kia kitautolu ʻi he ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he mālohi fakaʻaufuli mo poto fakaʻaufuli ʻa e ʻOtua moʻoní ka ʻokú ne toe anga-fakatōkilalo!
3:21-26, 28-33. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau kātekina naʻa mo e faingataʻaʻia lahí? ʻOku tala mai kia kitautolu ʻe Selemaia. ʻOku totonu ke ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻia kitautolu, ko Sihová ʻoku mohu ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻaloʻofa pea ʻoku lahi ʻene mēsí. ʻOku totonu foki ke tau manatuʻi ko ʻetau kei moʻuí ko e ʻuhinga feʻunga ia ke ʻoua ʻe siva ai e ʻamanakí, pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau kātaki mo tatali fakalongolongo ʻo taʻehalāunga, ki he fakahaofi ʻa Sihová. ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku totonu ke “ʻai [hotau] ngutu ki he efu,” ʻa ia ko e fakamoʻulaloa anga-fakatōkilalo ki he ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, ʻo lāuʻilo ko e meʻa ʻoku fakaʻatā ʻe he ʻOtuá ke hokó ʻoku fakangofua ia ʻi he ʻuhinga lelei.
3:27. Ko e fehangahangai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻo e tuí lolotonga ʻa e kei talavoú ʻe ʻuhinga nai iá ko hono kātekina ʻa e faingataʻá mo e manukí. Ka ʻoku ‘lelei ki ha tangata [mālohi] ke ne fua ʻa e ʻioké lolotonga ʻene kei talavoú.’ Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? He ko e ako ke fua ha ʻioke ʻo e faingataʻá lolotonga ʻa e kei talavoú ʻoku teuʻi ai ha tokotaha ke ne fekuki mo e ngaahi palopalemá ʻi haʻane fuʻu lahi.
3:39-42 (PM). ʻOku ʻikai fakapotopoto ke “lāuga” ʻi he faingataʻaʻia ʻi heʻetau ngaahi angahalá. ʻI he ʻikai ke lāunga ʻo kau ki hono utu ʻa e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e faihalá, “tau kumi mo ahiahiʻi ho tau gaahi aluaga bea toe tafoki kia Jihova.” ʻOku fakapotopoto ke tau fakatomala pea fakatonutonu hotau ngaahi ʻalungá.
ʻAi ʻa Sihova ko Ho Falalaʻanga
Ko e tohi Tangilaulaú ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai ʻa Sihova ki Selusalema mo e fonua ko Siutá hili hono tutu ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ʻa e koló pea fakalala ʻa e fonuá. Ko e ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻo e lāuʻilo ki he angahalá ʻa ia ʻoku hiki aí ʻoku hā mahino ai mei he anga ʻo e vakai ʻa Sihová, ko e ʻuhinga ki he hoko ʻa e faingataʻá ko e faiangahala ʻa e kakaí. Ko e ngaahi hiva fakamānavaʻi ko eni ʻi he tohí ʻoku toe kau ai ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e nofo ʻamanaki kia Sihova mo e holi ke tafoki ki he ʻalunga totonú. Neongo ko e ngaahi hivá ni naʻe ʻikai ko e ongoʻi ia ʻa e kakai tokolahi ʻi he taimi ʻo Selemaiá, naʻa nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e ongoʻi ʻa e faʻahinga hangē ko Selemaiá pea mo e toenga fakatomalá.
Ko hono sivisiviʻi ko ia ʻe Sihova ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo Selusalemá ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻi he tohi Tangilaulaú ʻoku akoʻi mai ai kia kitautolu ʻa e ongo lēsoni mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻe ua. ʻUluakí, ko hono fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalemá mo hono fakalala ʻo Siutá ʻoku fakaʻaiʻai mai ai ke tau talangofua kia Sihova pea ʻoku hoko ia ko ha fakatokanga ke ʻoua ʻe tukunoaʻi ʻa e finangalo fakaʻotuá. (1 Kolinito 10:11) Ko e lēsoni hono uá ʻoku mei he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Selemaiá. (Loma 15:4) Naʻa mo e ʻi ha tuʻunga hā ngali ʻikai ha ʻamanakí, naʻe hanga ʻa e palōfita ne loto-mamahi lahí kia Sihova ki ha fakahaofi. He mātuʻaki mahuʻinga moʻoni ke tuku ʻetau falala kakató kia Sihova mo ʻene Folofolá pea ʻai Ia ko hotau falalaʻanga!—Hepelu 4:12.
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Naʻe sio ʻa e palōfita ko Selemaiá ʻi hono fakahoko ʻene pōpoaki fakaefakamāú
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 10]
Naʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻa e tui ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni Kōlea ko ení ʻi he felāveʻi mo ʻenau tuʻu ʻi he ʻīsiu ʻo e tuʻu-ʻatā faka-Kalisitiané