ʻOku Ofi ʻa e ʻAho ʻo Sihová
“Fanongo ki he meʻa ni, ʻa e kau mātuʻa, ʻio, fokotuʻu telinga mai, ʻa e nofo katoa ʻo e fonua.”—SIOELI 1:2.
1, 2. Koeʻuhi ko e tuʻunga fē ʻi Siuta naʻe fakamānavaʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa Sioeli ke ne leaʻaki ʻa ʻene kikite mālohí?
“ʻOIAU ʻa e ʻAho na! He ʻoku ofi ʻa e ʻAho ʻo Sihova, ʻio, ʻoku hoko mai ʻo tāu mo ha fakaʻauha meia Fakaʻauha.” Ko ha fanongonongo fakaofo ē! Ko ha pōpoaki ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hono kakaí naʻe fakahoko ʻe heʻene palōfita ko Sioelí.
2 Ko e ngaahi lea ko ia ʻo e Sioeli 1:15 naʻe hiki ia ʻi Siuta, ngalingali ʻi he taʻu 820 K.M. nai. Naʻe teuteuʻi ʻa e fonuá ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻe he ngaahi moʻunga lau-maʻuiʻui. Naʻe lahi fau ʻa e fuaʻiʻakaú mo e uité. Naʻe lahi mo lanumata ʻa e ngaahi mohuku kaikaiʻangá. Ka, naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa naʻe fehālaaki ʻaupito. Naʻe tupulaki ʻa e lotu Pēalí ʻi Selusalema pea ʻi he fonua ko Siutá. Naʻe moʻua ʻa e kakaí ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga konā ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻotua loi ko ʻení. (Fakafehoanaki mo 2 Kalonikali 21:4-6, 11.) ʻE fakaʻatā ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻá ni kotoa ke hokohoko atu?
3. Ko e hā naʻe fakatokanga ki ai ʻa Sihová, pea naʻe totonu ke teuteu ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ki he hā?
3 Ko e tohi ʻa Sioeli ʻi he Tohitapú ʻoku maʻalaʻala ia ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e talí. ʻE hanga ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻo fakatonuhiaʻi ʻa hono tuʻunga-haú mo fakatāpuhaaʻi ʻa hono huafa māʻoniʻoní. Naʻe ofi ʻa e ʻaho lahi ʻo Sihová. ʻE fakahoko leva ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e fakamaau ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa ʻi he “teleʻa ʻo Sihosafate.” (Sioeli 3:12) Tuku ke nau teuteu ki he tau mo e Tokotaha Māfimafi-Aoniú, ʻa Sihova. Ko kitautolu foki ʻoku tau fehangahangai mo e ʻaho lahi ʻo Sihová. Ko ia, tau fai ha vakai ofi ange ki he ngaahi lea fakaekikite ʻa Sioelí ki hotau ʻahó ni mo e kuohilí.
Fakatūʻuta ʻa e Fanga ʻInisēkité
4. ʻE fēfē ʻa e lahi ʻo e meʻa ʻe hoko naʻe fakatokanga ki ai ʻa Sioelí?
4 Fakafou ʻi heʻene palōfitá, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova: “Fanongo ki he meʻa ni, ʻa e kau mātuʻa, ʻio, fokotuʻu telinga mai, ʻa e nofo katoa ʻo e fonua. He kuo ai ha meʻa pehe ʻi homou taimi, pe ʻi he taimi ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi kui? Fakamatala ki ai ki hoʻomou fanau, pea ke fai ʻe hoʻomou fanau ki heʻenau fanau, pea ke fai ʻe heʻenau fanau ki he toʻutangata ka hoko.” (Sioeli 1:2, 3) Ko e kau mātuʻá pea mo e kakaí kotoa naʻe lava ke nau ʻamanekina ha meʻa ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai hoko ha meʻa pehē ia ʻi he lolotonga ʻenau moʻuí, pe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻenau ngaahi kuí. ʻE hā mahino ʻaupito ia he ʻe fakamatala ki he toʻutangata hono tolú! Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa fakaofo ko ʻeni naʻe hokó? Ke ʻilo ia, tau sioloto atu ʻoku tau ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Sioelí.
5, 6. (a) Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e maumau ʻoku kikiteʻi ʻe Sioelí. (e) Ko hai ʻa e Matavai ʻo e maumau ko iá?
5 Fanongo! ʻOku ongoʻi ʻe Sioeli ha ʻuʻulu mei he mamaʻó. ʻOku fakapoʻuli ʻa e langí, pea ʻoku tupulaki ʻa e ongo fakailifia ko iá ʻi he maluʻaki ʻa e fakapoʻulí mei ʻolungá. ʻOku ʻalu hifo leva ha konga ʻao hangē ʻoku kohú. Ko ha fuʻu kau tau ia ʻe laui miliona ʻo e fanga ʻinisēkite. Pea ko ha fakaʻauha lahi ē ʻoku nau faí! Fakakaukau ange ki he Sioeli 1:4. Ko e fanga ʻinisēkite ʻoku fakatūʻutá ʻoku ʻikai fakangatangata pē ia ki he fanga heʻe kapakau ʻoku fepunaʻakí. ʻIkai! ʻOku toe haʻu foki, ha ngaahi potanga heʻe taʻekapakau fiekaia ʻoku totolo. ʻI hono ʻomai ʻe he matangí, ʻoku tūʻuta fakafokifā ʻa e fanga heʻé, pea ʻoku nau ongo mai hangē ko e ngaahi salioté. (Sioeli 2:5) Koeʻuhi ko ʻenau ʻuakai lahí, ʻe lava ʻe he laui miliona ʻo kinautolú ʻo liliu vave ha tuʻunga hangē ha palataisí ʻo hoko ko ha toafa.
6 Pehē foki ʻoku ngaʻunu mai mo e fanga ʻunufe—ʻa e tuʻunga fakaeʻunufe ʻo e fanga muú mo e fanga pepé. Ko e ngaahi kongakau kāfakafa ʻo e fanga ʻunufe fiekaiá ʻoku malava ke nau keina fakakongokonga ʻa e ngaahi lau ʻo e ʻakaú, fakafoʻilau, kaeʻoua kuo meimei tekelei ʻa e ʻuluʻakaú mei honau lanumatá. Pea ko e konga lahi ʻo e meʻa ʻoku nau fakatoé, ʻoku kai ia ʻe he fanga heʻé. Pea ko e meʻa ʻoku fakatoe ʻe he fanga heʻé, kuo pau ke fakaʻosi ia ʻe he fanga mongomonga ngaʻunu vavé. Kae fakatokangaʻi ange ʻení: ʻI he Sioeli vahe 2, veesi 11, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kau tau fanga heʻé ko “ʻene tau.” ʻIo, ko ia ʻa e Matavai ʻo e heʻe te ne maumau fakaeheʻe fakaʻauha ʻa e fonuá mo fakatupunga ʻa e honge lahi fakaʻulia. ʻAfē? Ki muʻa pē ʻi he “ʻaho ʻo Sihova.”
“Ofo Hake, ʻa e Kau Inu Kava”!
7. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau taki lotu Siutá? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e ʻi ha tuʻunga meimei tatau ʻa e kau taki ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane he ʻaho ní mo ia naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau taki lotu Siutá?
7 Ko ha fuʻu kakai ongoongo-kovi, ʻa e kau taki lotu ʻo Siutá ʻoku vaheʻi ʻi hono ʻoatu ki ai ʻa e fekau: “Ofo hake, ʻa e kau inu kava, ʻo tangi; pea mou ʻoiaue, ʻa e kau inu uaine, koeʻuhi ko e uaine foʻou; he kuo faʻao mei homou ngutu.” (Sioeli 1:5) ʻIo, naʻe tala ki he kau konā fakalaumālie ʻo Siutá ke nau “ofo hake,” ke nau malele. Kaeʻoua ʻe fakakaukau ko ha hisitōlia pē ʻeni ia mei he kuonga muʻá. ʻI he taimí ni, ki muʻa ʻi he ʻaho lahi ʻo Sihová, ko e haʻa faifekau ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻoku nau mātuʻaki fonu ngutungutu fakaefakatātā ʻi he uaine foʻou ʻo ʻikai ai te nau lāuʻilo ki he fekau ko ʻeni mei he Fungani Māʻolungá. He ʻohovale lahi ē ʻe hoko kiate kinautolu ʻi he taimi ʻe fafangu hake ai kinautolu mei heʻenau konā hēhētuʻu fakalaumālie ʻi he ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu ʻo Sihová!
8, 9. (a) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe Sioeli ʻa e fanga heʻé pea mo e nunuʻa ʻo ʻenau maumaú? (e) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ko hai ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he fanga heʻé?
8 Vakai atu ki he fuʻu kau tau fanga heʻé! “Kuo ʻalu hake ha kakai ki hoku funga fonua, ko e faʻahinga kaukaua, mo taʻemalaua; ko hono nifo ko e nifo ʻo e laione, pea ko ʻene uʻu ko e uʻu ʻa e laione toutama. Kuo ne ngaohi ʻeku vaine ke kaʻanga, pea ko ʻeku fiki ke potupotuʻi ʻakau pe: Kuo ne fohi ia ke mafohi, ʻo tuku liʻaki; kae ha hinehina mai hono ngaahi vaʻa. Tangilaulau hange ha taʻahine kuo ʻai tauangaʻa, koeʻuhi ko e husepaniti ʻene finemui.”—Sioeli 1:6-8.
9 Ko ha kikite pē ʻeni ia fekauʻaki mo “ha kakai” ko e fanga heʻe, ko ha pupunga heʻe, ʻe fakatūʻuta ki Siuta? ʻIkai, ʻoku mahulu atu ia mei ai. Fakatouʻosi ʻi he Sioeli 1:6 mo e Fakahā 9:7, ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻaki ai ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e fanga heʻe. Ko e kau tau fanga heʻe ʻi onopōní ʻoku ʻikai ke toe ʻuhinga ia ki ha meʻa kehe ka ko e kongakau fakakautau ko e fanga heʻe pani ʻa Sihová, ʻoku kau atu ki ai he taimí ni ʻa e toko 5,600,000 nai ʻo e “fanga sipi kehe” ʻa Sīsuú. (Sione 10:16) ʻOku ʻikai te ke fiefia ʻi he hoko ko ha konga ʻo e fuʻu kakai lahi ko ʻeni ko e kau lotu kia Sihová?
10. Ko e hā ʻa e nunuʻa ʻo e maumau fakaeheʻe ʻi Siutá?
10 ʻI he Sioeli 1:9-12, ʻoku tau lau ai ki he ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e maumau fakaeheʻé. ʻOku taufetongi ʻa e pupungá ʻi hono ʻomai ʻa e maumau fakaʻaufuli ki he fonuá. ʻOku hala he uite, uaine, mo e lolo, ko e kau taulaʻeiki taʻeangatonú ʻoku ʻikai malava ke kei hoko atu ʻenau ngaahi ngāué. Naʻa mo e kelekelé ʻoku tangi, he kuo fakaʻauha ʻe he fanga heʻé ʻa e uité, pea ko e ʻuluʻakau fuá kuo tuʻu taʻefua. ʻI hono maumauʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngoue vainé, ʻoku ʻikai ai ke toe ʻi ai ha uaine maʻá e kau inu uaine tōtuʻa faka-Pēalí ʻa ia naʻa nau toe konā fakalaumālié.
‘ʻA e Kau Taulaʻeiki, Mou Tangi Fetuki’
11, 12. (a) Ko hai ʻoku taukaveʻi ko e kau taulaʻeiki ʻa e ʻOtuá he ʻaho ní? (e) ʻOku uesia fēfē ʻa e kau taki lotu ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻe he maumau fakaeheʻe ʻi onopōní?
11 Fanongo ki he pōpoaki ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he kau taulaʻeiki talangataʻa ko iá: “ʻA e kau taulaʻeiki, mou ʻai tauangaʻa, pea tangi fetuki; mou tangi ʻoiaue, ʻa e kau tauhi ʻo e olita.” (Sioeli 1:13) ʻI hono ʻuluaki fakahoko ʻo e kikite ʻa Sioelí, naʻe ngāue ʻa e kau taulaʻeiki faka-Līvaí ʻi he ʻōlitá. Kae fēfē ʻa hono fakahoko fakamuimuí ʻoʻona ia? ʻI he ʻahó ni, kuo pehē ʻe he haʻa faifekau ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻoku nau mafai ke ngāue ʻi he ʻōlita ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo taukaveʻi ko ʻene kau faifekau kinautolu, ko ʻene “kau taulaʻeiki.” Kae kehe, ko e hā ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ʻi he ngaʻunu atu ʻa e fanga heʻe ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi onopōní?
12 ʻI he sio ʻa e “kau taulaʻeiki” ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻoku ngāue ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová pea fanongo ki heʻenau fakatokanga fekauʻaki mo e fakamaau fakaʻotuá, ʻoku nau hoko ai ʻo teketekelili. ʻOku nau tuki honau fatafatá ʻi he loto-mamahi mo e tōlili ʻi he nunuʻa fakatupu ʻauha ʻo e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. Pea ʻoku nau ngala ʻi he mōlia meiate kinautolu ʻenau ngaahi tākangá. ʻI hono fakatekeleiʻi honau ngaahi kaikaiʻangá, ʻoku tuku ai kinautolu ke nau fakamoleki ʻa e poó ʻi he ʻai tauangaʻa, ʻo tangi mamahi ʻi he mole atu ʻenau paʻanga hū maí. ʻIkai fuʻu fuoloa, ʻe toe mole atu foki mo ʻenau ngāué! Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku tala ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate kinautolu ke nau tengihia ʻi he poó kotoa koeʻuhi ko honau ngataʻangá ʻoku ofi.
13. ʻE tali lelei ʻe Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane fakalūkufua ʻa e fakatokanga ʻa Sihová?
13 Fakatatau ki he Sioeli 1:14, ko ʻenau ʻamanakí ʻoku fakatuʻunga pē ʻi he fakatomala mo e “tautapa kia Sihova” ki ha tokoni. ʻOku lava ke tau ʻamanaki atu ʻe tafoki kia Sihova ʻa e kalasi haʻa faifekau fakakātoa ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané? Ko hono moʻoní ʻoku ʻikai! Ko ha faʻahinga tāutaha nai ʻi honau lotolotongá te nau tali ʻa e fakatokanga ʻa Sihová. Ka ko e tuʻunga ʻaungalua fakalaumālie ʻo e kau taki lotú ni mo e faʻahinga ʻi honau vāhenga-ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha kalasí ʻe kei hokohoko atu pē ia. Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he palōfita ko ʻĒmosí: “Talaatu ʻoku ʻunu mai ha taimi—ko Atonai Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai—ʻa ia te u fekau atu ai ha honge ki he fonua; ʻo ʻikai ko ha honge meʻakai, pe ko e honge meʻainu, ka ko e honge ʻi he fanongo ki he folofola ʻa Sihova.” (Emosi 8:11) ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, he houngaʻia lahi ē ko kitautolu ki he fuʻu kai lahi fakalaumālie kuo tokonaki anga-ʻofa mai ʻe he ʻOtuá fakafou ʻi he “tamaioeiki agatonu mo boto”!—Mātiu 24:45-47, PM.
14. Ko e hā ʻoku fakamelomelo mai ʻe he maumau fakaeheʻé?
14 Ko e maumau fakaeheʻé naʻe hoko pea ʻoku hoko ko ha fakamelomelo ia ʻo ha meʻa. ʻO e hā? ʻOku tala mahino mai kiate kitautolu ʻe Sioeli, ʻo pehē: “ʻOiau ʻa e ʻaho na! He ʻoku ofi ʻa e ʻAho ʻo Sihova, ʻio, ʻoku hoko mai ʻo tāu mo ha fakaʻauha meia Fakaʻauha.” (Sioeli 1:15) Ko e fakatūʻuta ʻi māmani lahi ʻa e kau tau fanga heʻe ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku fakahaaʻi mahino ai ʻoku ofi ʻa e ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu ʻo Sihová. Ko hono moʻoní, ko e faʻahinga loto-totonu kotoa pē ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ki he ʻaho makehe ko ia ʻoku laú ʻa ia ʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e fakamaau fakaʻotuá ki he fulikivanú pea ʻe ikuna ai ʻa Sihova ʻi he tuʻunga ko e Hau Fakalevelevá.
15. ʻI he vakai atu ki he tuʻunga fakamamahi ʻo e fonuá, ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku tokanga ki he ngaahi fakatokanga fakaʻotuá?
15 Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Sioeli 1:16-20, naʻe tuʻusi ʻa e meʻakaí ʻi Siuta ʻo e kuonga muʻá. Naʻe pehē mo e fiefiá. Naʻe halaʻatā mo e ngaahi fale tukuʻanga meʻá, pea ko e ngaahi fale tauhiʻanga uité naʻe pau ke holoki hifo. Hala he ngaahi kaikaiʻanga koeʻuhi naʻe fohi ʻe he fanga heʻé mei he fonuá ʻa e ʻulufonuá, naʻe hē holo ʻa e fanga pulú ʻi he puputuʻu pea iku atu ʻa e tākanga sipí ki he ʻauha. Ko ha tuʻutāmaki lahi ē! ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi tuʻungá ni, ko e hā naʻe hoko kia Sioelí? Fakatatau ki he veesi 19, naʻá ne pehē: “Ko koe, Sihova, ʻoku ou tangi ki ai.” ʻI he ʻahó ni foki, ʻoku tokanga ʻa e tokolahi ki he ngaahi fakatokanga fakaʻotuá pea ʻoku nau tautapa kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻi he tui.
‘ʻOku Hoko Mai ʻa e ʻAho ʻo Sihová’
16. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke tete “ʻa e nofo fonua”?
16 Fanongo ki he fekau ko ʻeni mei he ʻOtuá: “Mou ifi talupite ʻi Saione, ʻio, ʻai ke maongo atu ʻi hoku moʻunga tapu; ke tete ʻa e nofo fonua kotoa pe.” (Sioeli 2:1) Ko e hā ʻoku tali pehē aí? ʻOku tali mai ʻe he kikité: “He ʻoku hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki, seuke ʻoku ofi. Ko e ʻaho poʻuli ko e kaupoʻuli, ko e ʻaho ʻo e loa mo e poʻuli matolu, ko e hange ena ko e mafoa ʻa e ʻata ʻi he funga moʻunga.” (Sioeli 2:1, 2) ʻOku ʻi ai ha ongoʻi moʻoni ʻo e fakavavé ʻoku fehokotaki ki he ʻaho lahi ʻo Sihová.
17. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono uesia ʻa e fonua mo e kakai ʻi Siutá ʻe he maumau fakaeheʻé?
17 Sioloto atu ki he maongo ʻa e vīsone ʻa e palōfitá ʻi he liliu ʻe he fanga heʻe taʻemanongá ha ngoue ʻĪteni moʻoni ʻo hoko ko ha tuʻunga maumau taʻeʻaonga. Fanongo ki he fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e kau tau fanga heʻé: “Ko honau fotunga naʻe hange ko e fotunga ʻo e hoosi; pea hange ko e tau hekahoosi naʻe pehe ʻenau lele. ʻOku ongoongoaʻa ʻenau fehopokaki ʻo hange ko e longoaʻa ʻo e ngaahi saliote ʻi he funga moʻunga, hange ko e longoaʻa ʻo e ulo ʻo e afi ʻoku keina ʻa e veve, ko e longoaʻa tofu pe ʻo ha kakai kaukaua kuo ʻosi fakate ki he tau. Heʻenau ha mai ʻoku toutou ʻa e ngaahi kakai: ʻOku mole ʻa e melo mei he mata kotoa.” (Sioeli 2:4-6) Lolotonga ʻa e maumau fakaeheʻe ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Sioelí, naʻe tupulaki ʻa e loto-mamahi ʻa e kau lotu Pēalí, pea ko e ongoʻi ʻita ʻi he loto-moʻuá naʻe lava ke hā ia mei honau matá.
18, 19. Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa e hangē ʻa e ngāue ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá he ʻaho ní ko e maumau fakaeheʻé?
18 Halaʻatā ha meʻa te ne taʻofi ʻa e fanga heʻe ngāue maau, taʻehelaʻiá. Naʻa nau lele “hange ha kau helo” pea aʻu ʻo nau kaka he ngaahi ʻaá. Kapau ‘naʻe tō ha niʻihi ʻi he mahafú, naʻe ʻikai motu ai ʻa e ʻalu ʻa e niʻihi ko ē.’ (Sioeli 2:7, 8) Ko ha fakamatala maeʻeeʻa fakaekikite lahi ē ʻo e kau tau fanga heʻe fakaefakatātā ʻa e ʻOtuá he ʻaho ní! ʻI he ʻahó ni foki, ʻoku hanganaki ʻalu hangatonu atu ai pē ʻa e kau tau fanga heʻe ʻa Sihová. ʻOku ʻikai ha “ʻa” ʻo e fakafepakí te ne taʻofi kinautolu. ʻOku ʻikai te nau fakangaloku ʻenau mateaki-angatonu ki he ʻOtuá ka ʻoku nau loto-lelei ke fehangahangai mo e maté, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe laui afe ʻa ia naʻa nau ‘tō ʻi he mahafú’ koeʻuhi ko e fakafisi ke taku ʻa e fakamoʻuí kia Hitilā he lolotonga ʻa e pule ʻa e puleʻanga Nasi ʻo Siamané.
19 Kuo fai ʻe he kau tau fanga heʻe ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi onopōní ha fakamoʻoni fakaʻāuliliki “ʻi he kolo” ko Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. (Sioeli 2:9) Kuo nau fai ia ʻi māmani kotoa. ʻOku nau kei kaka atu ʻi he ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga kotoa pē, ʻo hū ki he ngaahi ʻapi ʻe laui miliona, aʻu ki he kakai ʻi he halá, lea kiate kinautolu ʻi he telefoní, pea fetuʻutaki kiate kinautolu ʻi ha faʻahinga founga pē ʻe malavá ʻi heʻenau fanongonongo ʻa e pōpoaki ʻa Sihová. Ko e moʻoni, kuo nau tufaki ʻa e ngaahi tohi faka-Tohitapu ʻe laui piliona pea ʻe tufaki ʻo toe lahi ange ʻi heʻenau ngāue fakafaifekau taʻetukú—fakatouʻosi ki he feituʻu kakaí pea mei he fale ki he fale.—Ngāue 20:20, 21.
20. Ko hai ʻokú ne poupouʻi ʻa e fanga heʻe ʻi onopōní, pea ko e hā hono olá?
20 ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he Sioeli 2:10 ko ha fuʻu pupunga heʻe lahi fakaʻulia ʻoku hangē ia ha konga ʻao ʻoku lava ke ne fakapōpōʻuliʻi ʻa e laʻaá, māhiná, mo e ngaahi fetuʻú. (Fakafehoanaki mo Aisea 60:8.) ʻOku toe ʻi ai ha tālafili pe ko hai ʻoku tuʻu mei mui ʻi he kongakau fakakautau ko ʻení? Mahulu hake mei he ʻuʻulu ʻa e fanga ʻinisēkité, ʻoku tau fanongo ki he ngaahi lea ko ʻeni ʻa Sioeli 2:11: “ʻOku tukuna atu ʻe Sihova hono leʻo ʻi he ʻao o ʻene tau; he ʻoku lahi ʻaupito ʻene ʻapitangatau: pea ʻoku kaukaua ʻa ia ʻoku fakaai ʻene folofola. Seuke, ko e ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu ʻaupito ʻa e ʻAho ʻo e ʻEiki; pea ko hai te ne matuʻuaki?” ʻIo, ʻoku fekau atu ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene kongakau fakakautau ko e fanga heʻé he taimí ni—ki muʻa ʻi hono ʻaho lahí.
“ʻOku ʻIkai Fakatuotuai ʻa Sihova”
21. Ko e hā ʻe hoko ʻi he ‘hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová ʻo hangē ha kaihaʻá’?
21 Hangē pē ko Sioelí, naʻe lea ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Pitá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻaho lahi ʻo Sihová. Naʻá ne tohi: “ʻE hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová ʻo hangē ha kaihaʻá, ʻa ia ʻe mole atu ai ʻa e ngaahi langí mo ha longoaʻa lahi, ka ko e ngaahi ʻelemēniti ʻoku mātuʻaki velá ʻe movete, pea ko e māmaní mo e ngaahi ngāue ʻi aí ʻe ʻiloʻi.” (2 Pita 3:10, NW) ʻI he malumalu ʻo e tākiekina ʻa Sētane ko e Tēvoló, ko e “ngaahi langi” fakaefoungapule fulikivanú ʻoku pule ki he “māmaní,” ʻa ia, ko e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata ʻoku mavahe mei he ʻOtuá. (Efeso 6:12; 1 Sione 5:19) Ko e ngaahi langi mo e māmani fakaefakatātā ko ʻení ʻe ʻikai ke hao atu ia ʻi he vela ʻo e houhau fakaʻotuá he lolotonga ʻo e ʻaho lahi ʻo Sihová. Ka, ʻe fetongiʻaki kinautolu ʻa e “ngaahi langi foʻou mo e māmani foʻou ʻa ē ʻoku tau nofoʻaki tali ki ai ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene talaʻofá, pea ʻe nofoʻanga ai ʻa māʻoniʻoni.”—2 Pita 3:13, NW.
22, 23. (a) ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau tali ki he fakahāhā manavaʻofa ʻo e kātaki ʻa Sihová? (e) ʻOku totonu ke fēfē ʻetau tali ki he ofi ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová?
22 ʻI he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi fakahohaʻa mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻo e tuí ʻi he lolotonga ní, ʻoku malava ke tau matavalea ai mei he fakavavevave ʻo hotau taimí. Ka ʻi he tutui atu ʻa e fanga heʻe fakaefakatātaá, ʻoku tokolahi ai ʻa e kakai ʻoku nau tali ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. Neongo kuo fakaʻatā ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e taimi ki he meʻá ni, kuo pau ke ʻoua te tau fetoʻoaki ʻa ʻene kātakí mo e fakatuotuaí. “ʻOku ʻikai fakatuotuai ʻa Sihova ʻi he fekauʻaki mo ʻene talaʻofá, ʻo hangē ko e lau tuai ʻa e kakai ʻe niʻihi, ka ʻokú ne anga-kātaki kiate kimoutolu koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai te ne finangalo ke fakaʻauha ha taha ka ʻokú ne finangalo ke maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga kotoa ʻa e fakatomalá.”—2 Pita 3:9, NW.
23 Lolotonga ʻetau tatali ki he ʻaho lahi ʻo Sihová, ʻai ke tau tukulotoʻi ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Pita ʻoku hiki ʻi he 2 Pita 3:11, 12 (NW): “Koeʻuhi ʻe movete ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa, ʻoku totonu ke mou hoko ko e faʻahinga kakai ʻoku tōʻonga māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻulungāngá pea fai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻo e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá, ʻo tatali mo hanganaki fakakaukau ki he ʻi ai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová, ʻa ia ʻe vela ai ʻa e ngaahi langí ʻo movete pea ko e ngaahi ʻelemēniti ʻoku mātuʻaki velá ʻe vaia!” Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga mo e ngaahi ngāue ko ʻení ʻoku kau moʻoni ki ai ʻa ʻetau ō fakataha mo e kau tau fanga heʻe ʻa Sihová ʻaki ʻa e kau tuʻumaʻu mo mohu ʻuhinga ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá ki muʻa pea toki hoko mai ʻa e ngataʻangá.—Maake 13:10.
24, 25. (a) Ko e hā hoʻo tali ki he monū ʻo e kau ʻi he ngāue ʻa e kau tau fanga heʻe ʻa Sihová? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fehuʻi mohu ʻuhinga ʻoku langaʻi hake ʻe Sioelí?
24 ʻE ʻikai tuku ʻe he kau tau fanga heʻe ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa ʻenau ngāué kaeʻoua kuo hoko ʻa e ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu ʻo Sihová. Ko e ʻi ai tonu ʻa e kongakau fanga heʻe taʻealataʻofi ko ʻení ko e fakamoʻoni kāfakafa ia ʻoku ofi ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová. ʻIkai ʻokú ke fiefia ke ngāue ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fanga heʻe pani ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo honau ngaahi takangá ʻi he ʻoho fakaʻosi ki muʻa he ʻaho lahi mo fakalilifu ʻo Sihová?
25 He toki ʻaho lahi ē ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová! Tā neʻineʻi ke langaʻi hake ʻa e fehuʻi: “Ko hai te ne matuʻuaki?” (Sioeli 2:11) Ko e fehuʻí ni mo e ngaahi meʻa lahi kehe ʻe lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu ʻe ua hoko maí.
ʻE Lava ke Ke Fakamatalaʻi?
◻ Ko e hā naʻe fakatokanga ai ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo ha maumau ʻa ha fanga ʻinisēkite ʻi Siutá?
◻ ʻI hono fakahoko ʻi onopooni ʻa e kikite ʻa Sioelí, ko hai ʻa e fanga heʻe ʻa Sihová?
◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e kau taki lotu ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ki he maumau fakaeheʻé, pea ʻoku malava fēfē ke hao ʻa e niʻihi ʻo kinautolu mei hono ngaahi nunuʻá?
◻ Kuo lahi fēfē ʻa e maumau fakaeheʻé he lolotonga ʻa e senituli hono 20, pea ʻe hokohoko atu ia ʻo aʻu ki ʻafē?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 9]
Ko e maumau fakaeʻinisēkité naʻe hoko ia ko ha fakamelomelo ʻo ha meʻa ʻoku toe kovi ange
[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā]
ʻUluʻakau tekelei: FAO photo/G. Singh
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 10]
Ko Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻoku tuʻu mei mui ʻi he maumau fakaeheʻe ʻi onopōní
[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā ʻi he peesi 8]
Fanga heʻe: FAO photo/G. Tortoli; pupunga heʻe: FAO photo/Desert Locust Survey