Tokanga ki he Folofola Fakaekikite ʻa e ʻOtuá ki Hotau Taimí
“Hakoʻi-tangata, tokanga; he ʻoku kau ʻa e visone ki he kuonga fakamui.”—TANIELA 8:17.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá ʻo fekauʻaki mo hotau taimí?
ʻOKU ʻikai ke fufuuʻi ʻe Sihova maʻana pē ʻa e ʻilo ko ia ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he kahaʻú. Ka, ko e Tokotaha-Fakaeʻa ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakaliloliló. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻokú ne fiemaʻu kitautolu kotoa ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku tau ʻi he uhouhonga ʻo e “kuonga fakamui.” Ko ha ongoongo mātuʻaki mahuʻinga moʻoni ia ki he kakai ʻe toko ono piliona ʻoku nau moʻui ʻi he māmaní!
2. Ko e hā ʻoku hohaʻa ai ʻa e kakaí fekauʻaki mo e kahaʻu ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?
2 ʻOku ʻi ai ha ofo ʻi he ofi ʻa e māmani ko ení ki hono ngataʻangá? ʻOku lava ʻa e tangatá ke ʻaʻeva ʻi he māhiná, ka ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu lahi ʻoku ʻikai te ne lava ʻo ʻeveʻeva holo taʻehamanavahē ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻo e foʻi palanite ko ení. ʻOku lava ke ne fakafonu ha ʻapi ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāue fakaeonopōní, ka ʻoku ʻikai lava ke ne taʻofi ʻa e tupulekina ʻa e ngaahi fāmili moveteveté. Pea ʻoku lava ke ne fakahoko mai ha kuonga fakalakalaka, ka ʻoku ʻikai lava ke ne akoʻi ʻa e kakaí ke nau nofo fakataha ʻi he melino. Ko e ngaahi taʻemalava ko ení ʻokú ne hanga ʻo poupouʻi ʻa e fakamoʻoni Fakatohitapu lahi ko ia ko kitautolú ʻoku tau lolotonga moʻui ʻi he kuonga fakamuí.
3. Ko fē ʻa e taimi naʻe ʻuluaki ngāueʻaki ai ʻa e ongo foʻi lea “kuonga fakamui” ʻi he foʻi māmaní?
3 Ko e ongo foʻi lea fakatupu tokanga ko iá—ʻa e “kuonga fakamui”—naʻe ʻuluaki ngāueʻaki ia ʻi he foʻi māmaní ʻi he taʻu nai ʻe 2,600 kuohilí ʻe he ʻāngelo ko Kepalelí. Naʻe fanongo ha palōfita mātuʻaki manavahē ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he pehē ʻe Kepaleli: “Hakoʻi-tangata, tokanga; he ʻoku kau ʻa e visone ki he kuonga fakamui.”—Taniela 8:17.
Ko e “Kuonga Fakamui” Eni!
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi founga kehe ʻoku lave ai ʻa e Tohitapú ki he kuonga fakamuí?
4 Ko e ngaahi kupuʻi lea “kuonga fakamui,” “taimi fakamui” mo e “taimi fakamui kuo tuʻutuʻuni” ʻoku hā tuʻo ono ia ʻi he tohi ʻa Tanielá. (Taniela 8:17, 19; 11:35, 40; 12:4, 9) ʻOku nau kau ʻi he “kuonga fakamui” ko ia naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá. (2 Timote 3:1-5) Naʻe lave ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ki he vahaʻa taimi ko ení ko ʻene “ʻi ai” ʻi he tuʻunga ko e Tuʻi ʻi hēvani kuo fakanofo.—Mātiu 24:37-39, NW.
5, 6. Ko hai kuo ‘lele holo’ lolotonga ʻa e kuonga fakamuí, pea ko e hā hono olá?
5 ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e Taniela 12:4: “Pea ko koe, Taniela, tapuni ʻa e ngaahi lea, ʻo silaʻi ʻa e tohi, ʻo aʻu ki he taimi fakamui: ʻe lele holo ha tokolahi, pea ʻe fakautuutu ʻa e ʻilo.” Ko e lahi ʻo e meʻa ko ia naʻe tohi ʻe Tanielá naʻe ʻai ʻo fakalilolilo pea naʻe silaʻi ia mei he mahino fakaetangatá ʻi he laui senituli. Ka ʻoku fēfē ʻa e ʻahó ni?
6 ʻI he kuonga fakamui ko ení, ko e tokolahi ʻo e kau Kalisitiane anga-tonú kuo nau ‘lele holo’ ʻi he ngaahi peesi ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa e Tohitapú. Ko e olá? ʻI hono tāpuekina ʻe Sihova ʻenau ngaahi feingá, kuo hoko ai ʻa e ʻilo moʻoní ʻo hulu fau. Hangē ko ení, kuo tāpuakiʻi ʻa e kau Fakamoʻoni pani ʻa Sihová ʻaki ʻa e vavanga, ʻo fakamafeia ai kinautolu ke nau mahinoʻi ko Sīsū Kalaisí naʻe hoko ia ko e Tuʻi fakahēvani ʻi he taʻu 1914. Fakatatau ki he ngaahi lea ʻa e ʻapositoló naʻe hiki ʻi he 2 Pita 1:19-21 (NW), ko e faʻahinga pani peheé mo honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻa mateakí ʻoku nau ‘tokanga ki he folofola fakaekikité’ pea ʻoku nau fakapapauʻi fakaʻaufuli ko e kuonga fakamuí eni.
7. Ko e hā ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fakamatala ʻokú ne ʻai ke laulōtaha ai ʻa e tohi ʻa Tanielá?
7 Ko e tohi ʻa Tanielá ʻoku laulōtaha ia ʻi he ngaahi tafaʻaki lahi. ʻI hono ngaahi pēsí, ʻoku fakamanamanaʻi ai ʻe ha tuʻi ke tāmateʻi ʻa ʻene kau tangata potó koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai te nau lava ke fakaeʻa mo fakaʻuhingaʻi ʻa ʻene misi fifilingataʻá, ka ʻoku solova ʻe he palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e fifilingataʻa ko iá. Ko e kau talavou ʻe toko tolu ʻa ia ʻoku nau fakafisi ke lotu ki ha fuʻu ʻīmisi lahi ʻoku lī kinautolu ki ha fōnise kakaha ʻaupito, ka ʻoku nau hao ʻo ʻikai māngia. Lolotonga ha fuʻu kātoanga fiefia, ʻoku mamata ha lauingeau ki ha nima ʻokú ne tohi ha ngaahi foʻi lea fakamisiteli ʻi he holisi ʻo ha palasi. ʻOku ʻai ʻe ha kau faʻufaʻufono anga-kovi ke lī ha tangata taʻumotuʻa ki he ʻana ʻo ha fanga laione, ka ʻokú ne ʻasi hake ʻoku halaʻatā ha makohi. ʻOku fai ha mamata ʻi ha vīsone ki ha fanga manu ʻe toko fā, pea ʻoku nau ʻomai ha ʻuhinga fakaekikite ʻoku falō ʻo aʻu tonu mai ki he kuonga fakamuí.
8, 9. ʻOku lava fēfē ke ʻaonga kiate kitautolu ʻa e tohi ʻa Tanielá, tautefito he taimí ni, ʻi he kuonga fakamuí?
8 ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku ʻi he tohi ʻa Tanielá ʻa e ongo afo mātuʻaki kehekehe ʻe ua. Ko e taha ko e talanoa, pea ko e taha ʻoku fakaekikite. ʻOkú na lava fakatouʻosi ke langa hake ʻetau tuí. Ko e ngaahi talanoá ʻoku nau fakahaaʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻoku hanga ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻo tāpuakiʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau tauhi maʻu ʻenau anga-tonu kiate iá. Pea ko e ngaahi konga fakaekikité ʻokú nau langa hake ʻa e tuí ʻaki hono fakahaaʻi ʻoku ʻafioʻi ki muʻa ʻe Sihova ʻa e ʻalunga ʻo e hisitōliá ʻi he laui senituli—naʻa mo e laui milēniume.
9 Ko e ngaahi kikite kehekehe naʻe hiki ʻe Tanielá ʻoku fakahanga ai ʻa e tokangá ki he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻI heʻetau sio ki he fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi kikite peheé, ʻoku fakaivimālohiʻi ai ʻetau tuí pea pehē ki heʻetau tuipau ko ia ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi he kuonga fakamuí. Ka ʻoku fakafepakiʻi ʻe he kau fakaanga ʻe niʻihi ʻa Taniela, ʻi heʻenau pehē ko e ngaahi kikite ko ia ʻi he tohi ʻoku uiʻaki hono hingoá naʻe hiki moʻoni ia ʻi he hili ʻa e hoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hā ngali naʻá ne fakahoko kinautolú. Kapau ʻoku moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi taukaveʻi peheé, ʻe langaʻi hake ai ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi mafatukituki fekauʻaki mo e meʻa naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he tohi ʻa Tanielá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kuonga fakamuí. ʻOku toe fehuʻia ʻe he kau fakataʻetaʻetuí ʻa e ngaahi talanoa ʻi he tohí. Ko ia, tau fakatotolo angé.
Hopoʻi!
10. ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ʻoku tukuakiʻi ki ai ʻa e tohi ʻa Tanielá?
10 Sioloto atu ko koe tonu eni ʻi ha fakamaauʻanga, ʻokú ke kau ki ha hopo. ʻOku tuʻukāivi ʻa e loea talatalaakí ʻoku halaia ʻa e fakaʻiloá ki he kākā. Sai, ko e tohi ʻa Tanielá ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi pē ia ko ha tohi ʻoku moʻoni ʻa ia naʻe hiki ʻe ha palōfita Hepelū naʻe moʻui lolotonga ʻa e senituli hono fitu mo hono ono K.M. Kae kehe, ʻoku pehē ʻe he kau fakaangá ko e tohí ia ko ha kākā. Ko ia, tau ʻuluaki sio angé pe ʻoku fehoanaki ʻa e konga talanoa ʻo e tohí mo e moʻoni fakahisitōliá.
11, 12. Ko e hā ne hoko ki he tukuakiʻi ko ia ko Pelisasá ko ha tokotaha loi pē ia?
11 Tau pehē eni ʻoku tau lāulea ki ha meʻa ʻe ui nai ko e keisi fekauʻaki mo e tuʻi naʻe puli. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Taniela vahe 5 naʻe pule ʻa Pelisasa ko e tuʻi ʻi Pāpilone ʻi he taimi naʻe liua ai ʻa e kolo ko iá ʻi he 539 K.M. Kuo kikihiʻi ʻe he kau fakaangá ʻa e fakamatala ko ení koeʻuhi he naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ʻa e hingoa Pelisasá ʻi ha feituʻu ʻi tuʻa mei he Tohitapú. Ka, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he kau faihisitōlia ia ʻo e kuonga muʻá ko Nāponitusi ʻa e tuʻi Pāpilone fakamuimuí.
12 Kae kehe, ʻi he taʻu 1854, naʻe keli hake ai ha ngaahi hina tohiʻanga ʻumea fuolōloa ʻi he toetoenga ʻo e kolo ko ʻUa ʻo Pāpilone ʻo e kuonga muʻá ʻa ia ko ʻIulaki ia ʻo e lolotonga ní. Ko e ngaahi fakamatala mataʻitohi matatōtao ko ení naʻe kau ai ha lotu ʻa ia naʻe lave ai ʻa Tuʻi Nāponitusi kia “Pelisausa, ko hoku foha lahi.” Naʻa mo e kau fakaangá naʻe pau ke nau loto ki ai: Ko e Pelisasa eni ʻo e tohi ʻa Tanielá. Ko ia ko e tuʻi naʻe pulí tā koā naʻe ʻikai puli ia, ko e teʻeki ai pē ke ʻiloʻi ia ʻi he ngaahi maʻuʻanga fakamatala fakaemāmaní. Ko e taha pē eni ʻo e ngaahi fakamoʻoni lahi ko e ngaahi hiki fakamatala ʻa Tanielá ʻoku alafalalaʻanga moʻoni. Ko ha fakamoʻoni pehē ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ko e tohi ʻa Tanielá ko e konga moʻoni ia ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa ia ʻoku taau ke tau tokanga ʻaupito ki ai he taimí ni, ʻi he kuonga fakamuí.
13, 14. Ko hai ʻa Nepukanesa, pea ko e hā ʻa e ʻotua loi naʻá ne līʻoa tefito ki aí?
13 Ko ha konga tefito ʻo e tohi ʻa Tanielá ko e ngaahi kikite ʻo kau ki he laka ʻa e ngaahi hau ʻi māmaní pea mo e ngaahi ngāue ʻa e niʻihi ʻo honau kau pulé. Ko e taha ʻo e kau pulé ʻe ui nai ko ha tangata pāteʻitau naʻá ne langa ha ʻemipaea. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e pilinisi kalauni ʻo Pāpiloné, ko ia mo ʻene kau taú naʻa nau haveki ʻa e ngaahi konga kau ʻa Felo Neko ʻo ʻIsipité ʻi Kakemisí. Ka naʻe hanga ʻe ha pōpoaki ʻo ueʻi ʻa e pilinisi ikuna ʻo Pāpiloné ke ne tuku ange ʻa hono fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e ngaahi ʻohofi fakakautaú ki heʻene kau senialé. ʻI heʻene ʻilo kuo mate ʻa ʻene tamaí, ʻa Napopolasá, ko e kiʻi talavou ko eni ʻa ia naʻe ui ko Nepukanesá naʻá ne hoko ki he taloní ʻi he 624 K.M. Lolotonga ʻa ʻene pule taʻu ʻe 43, naʻá ne langa ai ha ʻemipaea ʻa ia naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi feituʻu naʻe nofoʻi ʻi he taimi ʻe taha ʻe he kau ʻAsīliá, pea naʻá ne fakalahi atu ʻa hono fonuá ki Sīlia mo Pālesitaine ʻo aʻu hifo ki he kauʻāfonua ʻo ʻIsipité.
14 Ko e līʻoa fakalotu ʻa Nepukanesá naʻe fai tefito ia kia Melotaki, ko e ʻotua pule ʻo Pāpiloné. Naʻe tuku ʻe he tuʻí ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻene ngaahi ikuná kia Melotaki. ʻI Pāpilone, naʻe langa ai ʻe Nepukanesa mo teuteuʻi ʻa e ngaahi temipale ʻo Melotakí pea mo e ngaahi ʻotua Pāpilone kehe tokolahi. Ko e ʻīmisi koula naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he tuʻi Pāpilone ko ení ʻi he tokalelei ʻo Tulá, ʻoku pau pē naʻe fakatapui ia kia Melotaki. (Taniela 3:1, 2) Pea ʻoku hā naʻe falala lahi ʻa Nepukanesa ki he talotalo fakafaʻahikehé ʻi hono palani ko ia ʻa ʻene ngaahi ngaʻunu fakakautaú.
15, 16. Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Nepukanesa maʻa Pāpiloné, pea ko e hā ne hoko ʻi heʻene pōlepole fekauʻaki mo hono fuʻu lahí?
15 ʻI hono fakaʻosi ʻa e fuʻu ʻā lōua ʻo Pāpiloné ʻa ia naʻe kamata langa ʻe heʻene tamaí, naʻe ngaohi ʻe Nepukanesa ke hā ngali taʻealaikunaʻi ʻa e kolomuʻá. Ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa hono kuini Mītiá, ʻa ia naʻe nofo fakaʻānaua ki he ʻotu moʻunga mo e ngaahi vaotā ʻo hono fonua tupuʻangá, ʻoku pehē ai naʻe langa ʻe Nepukanesa ʻa e ngaahi ngoue tāupé—ʻa ia ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻe fitu ʻo e māmani ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Naʻá ne ngaohi ʻa Pāpilone ko e kolo ʻaaʻi lahi taha ia ʻo e taimi ko iá. Pea he laukau ē ka ko ia ʻi he tuʻuʻanga ko ia ʻo e lotu loí!
16 “ʻIkai ko fuʻu Papilone ena ʻa ia kuo u langa?” ko e pōlepole ia ʻa Nepukanesa ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe taha. Kae kehe, fakatatau ki he Taniela 4:30-36, “lolotonga naʻe kei ʻi he fofonga ʻo e tuʻi ʻa e lea,” naʻe taaʻi ia ʻe he fakaseselé. ʻI heʻene taʻefeʻunga ke pule ʻi ha taʻu ʻe fitu, naʻá ne kai musie, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko e meʻa naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Tanielá. Naʻe toe fakafoki mai ʻa hono puleʻangá. ʻOkú ke ʻiloʻi ʻa hono ʻuhinga fakaekikite ʻo e meʻa kotoa ko ení? Te ke lava ʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e anga ʻo e hanga ʻe hono fakahoko lahi angé ʻo ʻomi kitautolu ʻo aʻu tonu mai ki he kuonga fakamuí?
Ko Hono Fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e Ngaahi Afo Fakaekikité
17. ʻE anga-fēfē haʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e misi fakaekikite naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá kia Nepukanesa ʻi he taʻu hono ua ʻo ʻene pule ʻi he tuʻunga ko e tokotaha-pule ʻo e māmaní?
17 Tau fakatahatahaʻi he taimí ni ha ngaahi afo fakaekikite ʻi he tohi ʻa Tanielá. Lolotonga ʻa e taʻu hono ua ʻo e pule ʻa Nepukanesa ʻi he tuʻunga ko e tokotaha-pule ʻo e māmaní ʻi he kikite ʻa e Tohitapú (606/605 K.M.), naʻe tuku ai kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ha misi fakalilifu. Fakatatau ki he Taniela vahe 2, naʻe kau ki he misí ha fuʻu ʻīmisi lahi naʻe ʻulu koula, ko hono fatafatá mo e ongo umá ko e siliva, ko hono keté mo e ongo alangá ko e kopa, ongo vaʻé ko e ʻaione, pea ko e ongo lauʻivaʻé ko e ʻaione fio ʻumea. Ko e hā naʻe fakafofongaʻi ʻe he ngaahi konga kehekehe ʻo e ʻīmisí?
18. Ko e hā naʻe fakafofongaʻi ʻe he ʻulu koulá, fatafata mo e ongo uma silivá, keté mo e ongo alanga kopa ʻo e ʻīmisi ʻi he misí?
18 Naʻe tala ʻe he palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá kia Nepukanesa: “Ko koe, e tuʻi . . . ko koe koe ulu ni oe koula.” (Taniela 2:37, 38, PM) Naʻe ʻulu ʻa Nepukanesa ʻi ha haʻa tuʻi naʻe pule ki he ʻEmipaea Pāpiloné. Naʻe liua ia ʻe Mītia-Pēsia, ʻa ia naʻe fakafofongaʻi ʻe he fatafata mo e ongo uma siliva ʻo e ʻīmisí. Naʻe hoko mai ai ʻa e ʻEmipaea Kalisí, ʻa ia naʻe fakatātaaʻi ʻe he keté mo e ongo alanga kopá. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e kamata ʻa e mafai fakaemāmani ko iá?
19, 20. Ko hai ʻa ʻAlekisānita ko e Lahi, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngafa naʻá ne fakahoko ʻi hono ʻai ʻa Kalisi ko ha mafai fakaemāmaní?
19 ʻI he senituli hono fā K.M., naʻe fakahoko ai ʻe ha talavou ha ngafa mahuʻinga ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e kikite ʻa Tanielá. Naʻe fāʻeleʻi ia ʻi he 356 K.M., pea naʻe hoko ʻo ui ia ʻe he māmaní ko ʻAlekisānita ko e Lahi. ʻI hono fakapoongi ʻo ʻene tamaí, ʻa Filipe, ʻi he 336 K.M., naʻe maʻu ai ʻe ʻAlekisānita taʻu 20 ʻa e taloni ʻo Masitōniá.
20 ʻI he konga ki muʻa ʻo Mē ʻo e 334 K.M., naʻe kamata ai ʻe ʻAlekisānita ha feingatau ʻo e ikuna. Naʻá ne maʻu ha kau tau tokosiʻi kae feʻunga pē ko e kau sōtia ʻalu lalo ʻe toko 30,000 pea mo e kau tau heka hoosi ʻe toko 5,000. ʻI he Vaitafe Granicus ʻi he tokelau-hihifo ʻo ʻĒsia Mainá (ko Toake ia he taimi ní), naʻe ikunaʻi ai ʻe ʻAlekisānita ʻa ʻene ʻuluaki tau mo e kau Pēsiá ʻi he 334 K.M. ʻI he aʻu mai ki he 326 K.M., naʻe ikuʻi ai kinautolu ʻe he tokotaha-ikuna taʻefakavaivai ko ení pea naʻe faai atu ʻo ne aʻu ki he hahake ʻo e Vaitafe Indus, ʻa ia ʻoku tuʻu ʻi Pākisitani ʻo onopōní. Ka naʻe foʻi ʻa ʻAlekisānita ʻi heʻene tau fakaʻosi lolotonga ʻa ʻene ʻi Pāpiloné. ʻI Sune 13, 323 K.M., hili ʻene moʻui ʻi ha taʻu pē ʻe 32 mo e māhina ʻe 8, naʻá ne tukulolo ai ki he fili ikuʻingataʻa tahá, ʻa mate. (1 Kolinito 15:55) Kae kehe, fakafou ʻi heʻene ngaahi ikuná, naʻe hoko ai ʻa Kalisi ko ha hau ʻi māmani, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻi he kikite ʻa Tanielá.
21. Tānaki atu ki he ʻEmipaea Lomá, ko e hā ʻa e mafai fakaemāmani kehe naʻe fakatātaaʻi ʻe he ongo vaʻe ʻaione ʻo e ʻīmisi ʻi he misí?
21 Ko e hā ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he ongo vaʻe ʻaione ʻo e fuʻu ʻīmisí? Sai, ko Loma ia naʻe hangē ha ʻaioné naʻá ne laiki mo haveki ʻa e ʻEmipaea Kalisí. ʻI he ʻikai fakahā ha tokaʻi ʻe taha ʻo e Puleʻanga ko ia ʻo e ʻOtuá naʻe talaki ʻe Sīsū Kalaisí, naʻe hanga ʻe he kau Lomá ʻo fakapoongi ia ʻi ha ʻakau fakamamahi ʻi he 33 T.S. ʻI ha feinga ke haveki ʻa e lotu faka-Kalisitiane moʻoní, naʻe fakatangaʻi ai ʻe Loma ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú. Kae kehe, ko e ongo vaʻe ʻaione ʻi he ʻīmisi ʻo e misi ʻa Nepukanesá naʻá ne fakatātaaʻi ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he ʻEmipaea Lomá kae toe pehē foki ki hono fetongi fakapolitikalé—ʻa e Mafai Fakaemāmani ʻo Pilitānia mo ʻAmeliká.
22. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻīmisi ʻi he misí ke tau sio ʻoku tau ʻi he uhouhonga ʻo e kuonga fakamuí?
22 ʻOku hanga ʻe he ako tokangá ʻo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku tau ʻi he uhouhonga ʻo e kuonga fakamuí, he kuo tau aʻu mai ki he ongo lauʻivaʻe ʻaione mo e ʻumea ʻo e ʻīmisi ʻi he misí. Ko e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻe niʻihi he lolotongá ni ʻoku nau hangē ha ʻaioné pe fakaaoao, lolotonga ia ʻoku hangē ʻa e niʻihi ia ha ʻumeá. Neongo ʻa e natula maumau vave ʻo e ʻumeá, ʻa ia ʻoku faʻu mei ai ʻa e “hakoʻi kakai,” kuo anga-ʻofa ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga-pule hangē ha ʻaioné ke tuku ʻa e kakai lāuvalé ke ʻi ai hanau leʻo ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoku nau puleʻi kinautolú. (Taniela 2:43; Siope 10:9) Ko e moʻoni, ko e pule fakaaoaó pea mo e kakai lāuvalé ʻokú na fepikitaki fakataha ʻo ʻikai toe kehe mei he anga ʻo e ʻaioné mo e ʻumeá. Ka ʻe vavé ni ke fakangata ʻe he Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa e māmani movetevete fakapolitikale ko ení.—Taniela 2:44.
23. ʻE anga-fēfē haʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e misi mo e ngaahi vīsone naʻe maʻu ʻe Taniela ʻi he ʻuluaki taʻu ʻo e pule ʻa Pelisasá?
23 Ko e vahe hono 7 ʻo e kikite fakatoʻoaloto ʻa Tanielá ʻokú ne toe ʻomai ai kitautolu ki he kuonga fakamuí. ʻOkú ne fakamatalaʻi ha meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻuluaki taʻu ʻo Tuʻi Pelisasa ʻo Pāpiloné. Pea ʻi hono taʻu 70 tupú, “naʻe misi ʻa Taniela, pea ha ki hono ʻulu ha ngaahi visone ʻi heʻene toka.” He fakamanavaheeʻi ē ʻo ia ʻe he ngaahi vīsone ko iá! Naʻá ne kalanga: “ʻIloange ko e matangi ena ʻe fa ʻo langi ʻoku pa mai ki he tahi lahi. Pea ʻalu hake ha fuʻu manu ʻe fa mei he tahi, ʻoku nau taki taha ha anga.” (Taniela 7:1-8, 15) Ko ha fanga manu ngalikehe moʻoni! Ko e ʻuluakí ko ha laione kapakau, pea ko hono uá ʻoku hangē ha peá. ʻOku hoko mai leva ha lēpati ʻoku kapakau fā mo ʻulu fā! Ko e manu mālohi angakehe hono faá naʻe ʻi ai hono ngaahi fuʻu nifo ʻaione mo e meʻatui ʻe hongofulu. ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo hono meʻatui ʻe hongofulú ʻoku tupu hake ai ha meʻatui “siʻi” ko e meʻatui naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi “foʻi fofonga hange ko e mata ʻo e tangata” mo “ha ngutu ʻoku ne aʻau meʻa lalahi.” Ko ha ngaahi meʻamoʻui matamatakehe moʻoni!
24. Fakatatau ki he Taniela 7:9-14, ko e hā ʻoku sio ki ai ʻa Taniela ʻi hēvaní, pea ko e hā ʻoku tuhu ki ai ʻa e vīsone ko ení?
24 ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e ngaahi vīsone ʻa Tanielá ki hēvani. (Taniela 7:9-14) Ko “Talumeimuʻa,” ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, ʻoku hā ʻokú ne ʻafio lāngilangiʻia he taloní ʻi he tuʻunga ko e Fakamaau. ‘Ko e tokoʻi afe laui afe ʻoku fakafeʻao kiate iá, pea ko e tokoʻi mano laui mano ʻoku tuʻu ʻi hono ʻaó.’ ʻI hono fakamāuʻi fakahoatamaki ʻa e fanga manú, ʻoku toʻo ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e tuʻunga-pulé meiate kinautolu pea fakaʻauha ʻa e manu hono faá. Ko e pule tuʻuloa ki he “ngaahi kakai, matakali, mo faʻahinga lea kehekehe” ʻoku foaki ia ki he “taha hange ha hakoʻi tangata.” ʻOku tuhu ʻa e meʻá ni ki he kuonga fakamuí pea ki hono fakanofo tuʻi ʻa e Hakoʻi tangatá, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻi he taʻu 1914.
25, 26. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ʻe malanga hake nai ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau lau ai ʻa e tohi ʻa Tanielá, pea ko e hā ʻa e tohi ʻe lava ke tokoni ki hono tali kinautolú?
25 Ko e kau lautohi ʻo e tohi ʻa Tanielá ʻoku pau pē ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau ngaahi fehuʻi. Hangē ko ení, ko e hā ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he fanga manu ʻe toko fā ʻo e Taniela vahe 7? Ko e hā ʻa e fakamatala ʻo e “fitungofuluʻi uike” fakaekikite ʻo e Taniela 9:24-27? Fēfē ʻa e Taniela vahe 11 pea mo e vākovi fakaekikite ʻa e “tuʻi tokelau” mo e “tuʻi tonga”? Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau ʻamanekina mei he ongo tuʻi ko ení ʻi he kuonga fakamuí?
26 Kuo foaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e vavanga ki he ngaahi meʻa peheé ki heʻene kau sevāniti pani ʻi he māmaní, ki he “kau tapu ʻa Elioni,” hangē ko ia ʻoku uiʻaki kinautolu ʻi he Taniela 7:18. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto” kuó ne fai ʻa e tokonaki kiate kitautolu ke maʻu ʻa e vavanga lahi ange ki he ngaahi tohi fakamānavaʻi ʻa e palōfita ko Tanielá. (Mātiu 24:45, PM) ʻOku ala maʻu eni he taimí ni fakafou ʻi hono toki tukuange mai ʻo e tohi Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy! Ko e tohi fakatātā fakaʻofoʻofa peesi ʻe 320 ko ení ʻokú ne kāpui ʻa e konga kotoa ʻo e tohi ʻa Tanielá. ʻOku fekauʻaki ia mo e kikite fakatupu-tui taki taha pea mo e talanoa kotoa pē naʻe hiki ʻe he palōfita ʻofeina ko Tanielá.
ʻUhinga Moʻoni ki Hotau Taimí
27, 28. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku moʻoni fekauʻaki mo e fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi kikite ʻi he tohi ʻa Tanielá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ʻoku tau moʻui aí, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau faí?
27 Fakakaukau angé ki he poini mahuʻinga ko ení: Ko e ngaahi kikite kotoa ʻi he tohi ʻa Tanielá kuo ʻosi fakahoko ia tuku kehe ha fanga kiʻi fakaikiiki siʻi. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku tau sio he taimí ni ki he tuʻunga ʻo e māmaní naʻe fakatātaaʻi ʻe he lauʻivaʻe ʻo e ʻīmisi he misi ʻo e Taniela vahe 2. Ko e tefitoʻi ʻakau ʻo e Taniela vahe 4 naʻe vete hono haʻí ʻi hono fakanofo ki he taloní ʻa e Tuʻi faka-Mīsaiá, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻi he taʻu 1914. ʻIo, hangē ko ia naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻi he Taniela vahe 7, naʻe toki ʻoange ai ʻe Talumeimuʻa ʻa e pulé ki he Hakoʻi tangatá.—Taniela 7:13, 14; Mātiu 16:27–17:9.
28 Ko e ʻaho ʻe 2,300 ʻo e Taniela vahe 8 pea pehē ki he ʻaho ʻe 1,290 pea mo e ʻaho ʻe 1,335 ʻo e Tan vahe 12 kuo ʻosi maliu kotoa atu ia—ʻo ʻi mui ʻiate kitautolu ʻi he tukuʻau mai ʻa e taimí. Ko hono ako ʻo e Taniela vahe 11 ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ko e vākovi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e “tuʻi tokelau” pea mo e “tuʻi tonga” kuo aʻu ia ki hono ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻosí. Ko e kātoa ʻo e meʻá ni ʻoku tānaki ia ki he fakamoʻoni Fakatohitapu ko ia ʻoku tau ʻi he uhouhonga ʻo e kuonga fakamuí. ʻI he fakakaukau atu ki hotau tuʻunga laulōtaha ʻi he tukuʻau mai ʻa e taimí, ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke tau fakapapauʻi ke faí? ʻOku ʻikai toe fehuʻia, ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga ki he folofola fakaekikite ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá.
ʻE Fēfē Haʻo Tali?
• Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá ʻo fekauʻaki mo hotau taimí?
• ʻOku lava fēfē ke langa hake ʻe he tohi ʻa Tanielá ʻa ʻetau tuí?
• Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻo e ʻīmisi ʻi he misi ʻa Tanielá, pea ko e hā naʻe fakatātaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi meʻá ni?
• Ko e hā ʻoku taau ke fakatokangaʻi fekauʻaki mo e fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi kikite ʻoku ʻi he tohi ʻa Tanielá?