“Mou Tatali Kiate Au”
“Oku behe e Jihova, Koia mou tatali kiate au.”—SĒFANAIA 3:8, PM.
1. Ko e hā ʻa e fakatokanga naʻe fai ʻe he palōfita ko Sēfanaiá, pea ko e hā hono mahuʻinga ki he kakai ʻoku moʻui he ʻaho ní?
“OKU ofi ae aho lahi o Jihova.” Ko e tangi fakatokanga ʻeni naʻe fai ʻe he palōfita ko Sēfanaiá ʻi he vaeuaʻanga ʻo e senituli hono fitu K.M. (Sēfanaia 1:14, PM) ʻI loto ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40 pe 50, naʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e kikité ʻi he taimi naʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau ʻa Sihova ki Selusalemá pea ki he ngaahi puleʻanga ko ia naʻa nau angatuʻu ki he tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová ʻaki hono ngaohikoviʻi ʻene kakaí. Ko e hā ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ʻeni ki he kakai ʻoku nau moʻui ʻi he fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e senituli hono 20? ʻOku tau lolotonga moʻui ʻi he taimi ʻoku ngaʻunu vave mai ai ʻa e “aho lahi” aofangatuku ʻo Sihová. Hangē tofu pē ko ia ʻi he taimi ʻo Sēfanaiá, ko e “houhau kakaha” ʻa Sihová ʻoku teu ke ulo atu ki he tatau fakaeonopooni ʻo Selusalemá—ko Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane—pea mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻoku nau ngaohikoviʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová mo angatuʻu ki hono tuʻunga-hau fakalevelevá.—Sēfanaia 1:4; 2:4, 8, 12, 13; 3:8, PM; 2 Pita 3:12, 13.
Sēfanaia—Ko ha Fakamoʻoni Loto-Toʻa
2, 3. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻo fekauʻaki mo Sēfanaiá, pea ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ko ha tokotaha fakamoʻoni loto-toʻa ia ʻa Sihova? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa ʻoku nau ʻai kitautolu ke tau malava ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa e taimi mo e feituʻu ʻo e kikite ʻa Sēfanaiá?
2 Ko e meʻa siʻi pē ʻoku ʻiloʻi fekauʻaki mo e palōfita ko Sēfanaiá, ʻa ia ko hono hingoá (faka-Hepelū, Tsephan·yahʹ) ʻoku ʻuhinga “Kuo Fufū ʻe Sihova (Koloaʻaki).” Kae kehe, ʻi hono faikehekehe mei he kau palōfita kehé, naʻe fakalau mai ʻe Sēfanaia ʻa hono hohokó ʻo aʻu ki he toʻutangata hono faá, ʻo aʻu kia “Hesekaia.” (Sēfanaia 1:1; fakafehoanaki mo ʻAisea 1:1; Selemaia 1:1; ʻIsikeli 1:3.) Koeʻuhi ʻoku mātuʻaki angakehe ʻa e meʻá ni, ʻoku ʻilo fakapapauʻi ai ʻe he tokolahi taha ʻo e kau fai fakamatalá ʻa ʻene kui-tolú ko e tuʻi anga-tonu ko Hesekaiá. Kapau ko ia, tā ko ha hako tuʻi ʻa Sēfanaia, pea naʻe toe ʻai ʻe he meʻá ni ke mamafa ange ʻa ʻene fakahalaiaʻi fefeka ʻa e kau houʻeiki ʻo Siutá pea hā mei ai ko ha tokotaha fakamoʻoni loto-toʻa ia pea ko e palōfita ʻa Sihova. Ko ʻene ʻilo lelei ʻa e tuʻunga fakasiokālafi ʻo Selusalemá pea mo e meʻa naʻe lolotonga hoko ʻi he lotoʻā fakatuʻí ʻoku hā mei ai naʻá ne fanongonongo nai ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau ʻa Sihová ʻi he kolomuʻá tonu.—Sio ki he Sēfanaia 1:8-11, ngaahi fakamatala ʻi lalo, NW.
3 Ko e meʻa ʻoku taau ke tokangaʻí ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia, lolotonga ʻa hono fanongonongo ʻe Sēfanaia ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau fakaʻotua ʻo fakafepaki ki he “houeiki” fakapuleʻanga ʻo Siutá (kau nōpele, pe ko e kau ʻeiki fakaematakali) mo e “fānau ae tuʻi,” naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne lave ki he tuʻí tonu ʻi heʻene fakaangá.a (Sēfanaia 1:8; 3:3, PM) ʻOku hā mei he meʻá ni ko e tuʻi kei siʻi ko Siosaiá naʻe ʻosi hehema ia ki he lotu maʻá, neongo ia, ʻi he vakai atu ki he tuʻunga naʻe fakahā mālohi ai ʻe Sēfanaia ʻa ʻene taʻelotó, ʻoku hā mahino naʻe teʻeki ai ke kamata ʻa Siosaia ke fai ʻa ʻene liliu fakalotú. ʻOku hā mei he meʻá ni kotoa naʻe kikite ʻa Sēfanaia ʻi Siuta ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e muʻaki ngaahi taʻu ʻo Siosaiá, ʻa ia naʻá ne pule fakatuʻi mei he 659 ki he 629 K.M. ʻOku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua naʻe fakalahi ʻe he kikite longomoʻui ʻa Sēfanaiá ʻa e lāuʻilo ʻa Siosaia ki he tauhi ʻaitolí, fakamālohí, mo e fulikivanu naʻe hulu fau ʻi Siuta ʻi he taimi ko iá pea naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻa ʻene feingatau ki mui ai ʻo fakafepaki ki he tauhi ʻaitolí.—2 Kalonikali 34:1-3.
Ngaahi ʻUhinga ki he Houhau Kakaha ʻa Sihová
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi lea naʻe folofola ʻaki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene houhau ki Siuta mo Selusalemá?
4 Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ʻuhinga lelei ʻa Sihova ke ongoʻi houhau ai ki he kau taki mo e kau nofo ʻi Siutá mo hono kolomuʻa ko Selusalemá. Fakafou ʻi heʻene palōfita ko Sēfanaiá, naʻá ne fakahā: “Teu mafao atu foki a hoku nima ki Juta, bea ki he kakai kotoabe o Jelusalema; bea teu tuuji mei he botu ni ae toega o Beali, moe higoa o Kimalime, moe gaahi taulaeiki; Bea mo kinautolu oku hu ki he gaahi mea oe lagi i he tua fale, mo kinautolu oku lotu mo fuakava ia Jihova, bea oku fuakava ia Malikami.”—Sēfanaia 1:4, 5, PM.
5, 6. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e lotú ʻi Siuta ʻi he taimi ʻo Sēfanaiá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e kau taki fakapuleʻanga ʻo Siutá mo e faʻahinga naʻa nau pule ki aí?
5 Naʻe fakameleʻi ʻa Siuta ʻe he ngaahi ouau māʻulalo fakaefakafanau ʻa e lotu Pēalí, vavalo fakatēmenioó ʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fetuʻú, pea mo e lotu ki he ʻotua pangani ko Malikami. Kapau ʻoku tatau pē ʻa Malikami mo Moloke, ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻa e niʻihi, ko e lotu loi ʻa Siutá naʻe kau ai ʻa e meʻa palakū ʻa ia ko e feilaulauʻaki ʻo e fānaú. Ko e ngaahi tōʻonga fakalotu peheé naʻe fakalielia ʻi he vakai mai ʻa Sihová. (1 Tuʻi 11:5, 7; 14:23, 24; 2 Tuʻi 17:16, 17) Naʻa nau maʻu ʻa ʻene houhaú ʻo toe lahi ange koeʻuhi naʻe kei fai pē ʻe he kau tauhi ʻaitolí ʻa e ngaahi fuakava ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihová. Heʻikai te ne kei kātakiʻi ai pē ha taʻemaʻa fakalotu pehē pea te ne tuʻusi tatau ai pē ʻa e kau taulaʻeiki panganí pea mo e kau tafoki mei he moʻoní.
6 ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻe fulikivanu ʻa e kau taki fakapuleʻanga ʻo Siutá. Ko hono houʻeikí naʻa nau hangē ha “faga laione gugulu” ʻoku havala, pea ko hono kau fakamaaú naʻe ala fakatatau ia ki he “faga ulofi” fekai. (Sēfanaia 3:3, PM) Naʻe tukuakiʻi ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau pule ki aí ki hono “fakabito ae fale o ho nau gaahi eiki aki ae fakamalohi moe kākā.” (Sēfanaia 1:9, PM) Naʻe fuʻu lahi ʻa e tuli ki he meʻa fakamatelié. Naʻe ngāueʻaongaʻaki ʻe he tokolahi ʻa e tuʻunga ko iá ke tānaki koloa ke lahi.—Sēfanaia 1:13.
Veiveiua Fekauʻaki mo e ʻAho ʻo Sihová
7. Ko e hā hono fuoloa naʻe kikite ai ʻa Sēfanaia ki muʻa ʻi he “aho lahi o Jihova,” pea ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga fakalaumālie ʻo e kau Siu tokolahi?
7 Hangē ko ia kuo tau ʻosi sio ki aí, ko e tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki fakalotu ko ia naʻe hulu fau ʻi he taimi ʻo Sēfanaiá ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi naʻá ne fakahoko ʻa ʻene ngāue ko e tokotaha fakamoʻoni mo e palōfitá ki muʻa ia pea toki kamata ʻe Tuʻi Siosaia ʻa e feingatau fakafepaki ki he tauhi ʻaitolí, ʻi he 648 K.M. nai. (2 Kalonikali 34:4, 5) ʻOku hangehangē leva, naʻe kikite ʻa Sēfanaia ʻo ʻikai toe siʻi hifo ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40 ki muʻa pea toki hoko “ae aho lahi o Jihova” ki he puleʻanga ʻo Siutá. ʻI ha vahaʻa taimi, naʻe veiveiua ai ʻa e kau Siu tokolahi mo ‘holomui’ mei he tauhi kia Sihová, ʻo nau hoko ʻo taʻemahuʻingaʻia. ʻOku lea ʻa Sēfanaia ʻo fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga “kuo ikai ke kumi kia Jihova, be fehui kiate ia.” (Sēfanaia 1:6, PM) ʻOku hā mahino, ko e niʻihi tāutaha ʻi Siuta naʻa nau loto-noa, ʻikai te nau hohaʻa kinautolu fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá.
8, 9. (a) Ko e hā ʻe vakaiʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e “kau tangata ʻoku fatu ʻi he funga totoka”? (e) ʻI he ngaahi founga fē naʻe fai ai ha tokanga ʻa Sihova ki he kau nofo ʻo Siutá mo honau kau taki fakapuleʻanga mo fakalotú?
8 Naʻe ʻai ʻe Sihova ke ʻiloa ʻa ʻene taumuʻa ke vakaiʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau taukaveʻi ko ʻene kakaí. ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe taukaveʻi ko ʻene kau lotu kinautolú, te ne kumi ki he faʻahinga ʻa ia ko honau lotó naʻe tukulotoa ai ʻa e ngaahi veiveiua ki heʻene malava pe taumuʻa ke ne kau mai ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e tangatá. Naʻá ne fakahā: “Pea ka hoko ʻa e taimi ko ia, te u hakule ʻa Selusalema mo e ngaahi mama: pea te u tautea ʻa e kau tangata ʻoku fatu ʻi he funga totoka, ʻa kinautolu ʻoku lau ʻi honau loto, ʻA, ʻe ʻikai ʻomi ʻe Sihova ha lelei, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne ʻomi ha kovi.” (Sēfanaia 1:12) Ko e kupuʻi lea ko e “kau tangata ʻoku fatu ʻi he funga totoka” (ko ha lave ki he ngaohi ʻo e uainé) ʻoku ʻuhinga ki he faʻahinga kuo nau nofo lelei hifo, ʻo hangē ko ha ngaahi meʻa ʻoku toka ʻi he takele ʻo ha topu lahi, pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau loto ke fakahohaʻasi kinautolu ʻaki ha faʻahinga fanongonongo pē ʻo e tuʻunuku mai ʻa e kau mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.
9 ʻE fai ʻe Sihova ha tokanga ki he kau nofo ʻo Siuta mo Selusalemá pea ki honau kau taulaʻeiki ʻa ia naʻa nau tuifio ʻa e lotu kiate iá mo e lotu panganí. Kapau naʻa nau ongoʻi malu, ʻo hangē haʻanau ʻi ha pō fakapoʻulí ʻi loto ʻi he ngaahi ʻā ʻo Selusalemá, ʻe kei kumi pē ʻa Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ʻoku fai ʻaki ha ngaahi maama ulo ngingila ʻoku hū atu ʻi he fakapoʻuli fakalaumālie ʻa ia naʻa nau hūfanga aí. Te ne luluʻi kinautolu mei heʻenau loto-noa ʻo kau ki he lotú, ʻo ʻuluaki fai ia ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi pōpoaki fakamanavahē ʻo e fakamaau, hili iá pea fakahoko leva ʻa e ngaahi fakamaau ko iá.
“Oku Ofi ae Aho Lahi o Jihova”
10. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe Sēfanaia “ae aho lahi o Jihova”?
10 Naʻe fakamānavaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Sēfanaia ke ne fanongonongo: “Oku ofi ae aho lahi o Jihova, io, oku ofi ia, bea oku fakatootoo mai aubito; oku fakamamahi ae leʻo oe aho o Jihova.” (Sēfanaia 1:14, PM) Ko e moʻoni ko e ngaahi ʻaho fakamamahi naʻe tuʻu ʻi muʻa ki he tokotaha kotoa pē—kau taulaʻeiki, kau houʻeiki, mo e kakai—ʻa ia naʻa nau fakafisi ke tokanga ki he fakatokangá mo foki ki he lotu maʻá. ʻI hono fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e fakahoko fakamaau ko iá, ʻoku hoko atu ʻa e kikité: “Koe aho koia koe aho oe houhau, koe aho oe tuutamaki moe mamahi, koe aho oe maveuveu, moe fakaauha, koe aho oe bouli, moe fakaboubouli, koe aho oe gaahi ao, moe bouli matolu. Koe aho oe mealea, moe kalaga ki he gaahi kolo oku aʻi, bea ki he gaahi fale maoluga.”—Sēfanaia 1:15, 16, PM.
11, 12. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki fakamaau naʻe fanongonongo ki Selusalemá? (e) Naʻe fakahaofi ʻe he tuʻumālie fakamatelié ʻa e kau Siú?
11 ʻI loto ʻi ha ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu siʻi, ʻe fakatūʻuta ai ʻa e kau tau Pāpiloné ki Siuta. Heʻikai ke hao ʻa Selusalema. ʻE fakaʻauha ʻa hono ngaahi feituʻu nofoʻangá mo e pisinisí. “Oku behe e Jihova, bea e hoko ia i he aho koia, e ai ae logoaa oe tagi mei he mataba ika, moe tagiloa mei hono ua, moe maumau lahi mei he gaahi mouga. Tagi akimoutolu ae kakai o Makitesi [ko ha konga ʻo Selusalema], he kuo tuuji ki lalo ae kakai fakatau kotoabe: kuo tuuji akinautolu kotoabe oku fua ae siliva.”—Sēfanaia 1:10, 11, PM.
12 ʻI he fakafisi ke tui naʻe ofi ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová, ko e tokolahi ʻo e kau Siú naʻa nau kau lahi ʻi he ngaahi ngāue fakapisinisi fakatupu-paʻanga lahi. Kae fakafou ʻi heʻene palōfita anga-tonu ko Sēfanaiá, naʻe tala ai ki muʻa ʻe Sihova ko ʻenau koloá ʻe hoko “koe vetea, mo ho nau gaahi fale koe fakaauha.” Heʻikai te nau inu ʻa e uaine naʻa nau ngaohí, pea “e ikai ke faa fakahaofi akinautolu i he aho oe houhau o Jihova e he e nau siliva, be koe nau koula.”—Sēfanaia 1:13, 18, PM.
Ngaahi Puleʻanga Kehe Naʻe Fakamāuʻi
13. Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki fakamaau naʻe fanongonongo ʻe Sēfanaia ki Mōape, ʻĀmoni, mo ʻAsīliá?
13 Fakafou ʻi heʻene palōfita ko Sēfanaiá, naʻe folofolaʻaki foki ai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene houhau ki he ngaahi puleʻanga ko ia naʻa nau ngaohikoviʻi ʻa hono kakaí. Naʻá ne talaki: “Kuou fanogo ki he valoki a Moabe, moe gaahi manuki ae fānau a Amoni, aia kuo nau lauikoviʻi ai a hoku kakai, mo fakahikihiki akinautolu ki ho nau fonua. Koia oku behe e Jihova oe gaahi kau tau, koe Otua o Isileli, Oku ou moui, bea koe mooni e hage ko Sotoma a Moabe, bea koe fānau a Amoni e hage ko Komola, io, koe botu oe akau veli, moe gaahi luo masima, moe fakaauha tuu mau: . . . Bea e mafao atu eia a hono nima ki he tokelau, mo maumauʻi a Asilia; bea te ne gaohi a Ninive koe fakaauha, bea momoa o hage koe toafa.”—Sēfanaia 2:8, 9, 13, PM.
14. Ko e hā ʻa e fakamoʻoni naʻe ‘fakamāfutofuta’ ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga mulí ki he kau ʻIsilelí mo honau ʻOtuá, ko Sihová?
14 Ko Mōape mo ʻĀmoní ko e ongo fili fuoloa ʻaupito ia ʻo ʻIsileli. (Fakafehoanaki mo Fakamaau 3:12-14.) Ko e Maka Mōapé, ʻi he Misiume Louvre ʻi Pālesí, ʻoku ʻi ai ha lea kuo tongi ki ai ha lea pōlepole naʻe fai ʻe Tuʻi Mesa ʻo Mōapé. ʻOkú ne lave loto-mahikihiki ai ki heʻene maʻu ʻa e ngaahi kolo ʻIsileli ʻe niʻihi ʻaki ʻa e tokoni ʻa hono ʻotua ko Kīmosi. (2 Tuʻi 1:1) Ko Selemaia, ko ha toʻumeʻa ʻo Sēfanaia, naʻe lea ʻo kau ki hono maʻu ʻe he kau ʻĀmoní ʻa e vahe fonua ʻIsileli ko Katá ʻi he hingoa ʻo honau ʻotua ko Milikomi. (Selemaia 49:1) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo ʻAsīliá, naʻe ʻosi ʻākoloʻi mo maʻu ʻe Tuʻi Salimanesa V ia ʻa Samēlia ʻi he meimei senituli ʻe taha ki muʻa ʻi he taimi ʻo Sēfanaiá. (2 Tuʻi 17:1-6) Taimi siʻi mei ai, naʻe ʻohofi ai ʻe Tuʻi Senakalipe ʻa Siuta, ʻo maʻu ʻa e konga lahi ʻo hono ngaahi kolo kuo fakakolotauʻí, pea aʻu ʻo fakamanamanaʻi mo Selusalema. (ʻAisea 36:1, 2) Naʻe fakahāhā moʻoni ʻe he tangata fekau ʻa e tuʻi ʻAsīliá ha anga-fakamāfutofuta kia Sihova ʻi hono kounaʻi ke tukulolo ʻa Selusalemá.—ʻAisea 36:4-20.
15. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaeaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi ʻotua ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga ko ia naʻa nau fakamāfutofuta ki hono kakaí?
15 ʻOku lave ʻa e Sāme 83 ki ha ngaahi puleʻanga ʻe niʻihi, ʻo kau ai ʻa Mōape, ʻĀmoni, ʻAsīlia, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakamāfutofuta ki ʻIsileli, mo lea loto-pōlepole ʻo pehē: “Haʻuā ke tau tuʻusi kinautolu ke ʻoua naʻa toe lau ko e kakai: ʻio, ke ʻoua naʻa kei manatua ʻa e hingoa ʻo Isileli.” (Sāme 83:4) Naʻe fanongonongo loto-toʻa ʻe he palōfita ko Sēfanaiá ʻo pehē ko e ngaahi puleʻanga anga-hiki kotoa ko ʻení mo honau ngaahi ʻotuá ʻe fakamāʻulaloʻi ʻe Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau. “E maʻu eni ekinautolu, koe mea i he e nau fielahi, koeuhi kuo nau valoki, mo fakahikihiki akinautolu, ki he kakai o Jihova oe gaahi kau tau. E fakailifia a Jihova kiate kinautolu: he te ne fakahoge ae gaahi otua kotoabe oe fonua; bea e lotu ae kakai kiate ia, taki taha i hono botu, io, koe gaahi otu motu kotoabe oe hiteni.”—Sēfanaia 2:10, 11, PM.
“Mou Tatali”
16. (a) Naʻe hoko ʻa e tuʻunuku ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová ko ha matavai ʻo e fiefia kia hai, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fekau naʻe fai atu ki he toenga anga-tonu ko ʻení?
16 Neongo naʻe hulu fau ʻa e anga-tōʻohi fakalaumālié, fakataʻetaʻetuí, tauhi ʻaitolí, anga-kākaá, mo e tuli ki he meʻa fakamatelié ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau taki mo e tokolahi ʻo e kau nofo ʻi Siuta mo Selusalemá, ʻoku hā mahino naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau Siu anga-tonu ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau fanongo ki he ngaahi kikite fakatokanga ʻa Sēfanaiá. Naʻa nau loto-mamahi ʻi he ngaahi tōʻonga palakū ʻa e kau houʻeikí, kau fakamaaú, mo e kau taulaʻeiki Siutá. Naʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi fanongonongo ʻa Sēfanaiá ko ha matavai ia ʻo e fiemālie ki he kau mateaki ko ʻení. ʻI he ʻikai ʻaupito ke hoko ia ko ha fakatupunga ʻo e loto-mamahí, naʻe hoko ʻa e tuʻunuku ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová ia ko ha matavai ʻo e fiefia kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi te ne taʻofi ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga fakalielia peheé. Naʻe tokanga ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau anga-tonu ko ʻení ki he fekau ʻa Sihová: “Oku behe e Jihova, Koia mou tatali kiate au, o aʻu ki he aho teu tuu hake ki he maumau; he kuou bau be ke tanaki ae gaahi fonua, keu fakataha ae gaahi buleaga, ke huai kiate kinautolu a eku tubutamaki, io, a eku houhau kakaha kotoabe.”—Sēfanaia 3:8, PM.
17. ʻAnefē pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e kamata ke fakahoko ki he ngaahi puleʻangá ʻa e ngaahi pōpoaki fakamaau ʻa Sēfanaiá?
17 Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻohovale ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau tokanga ki he fakatokanga ko iá. Naʻe moʻui ʻa e tokolahi ke sio ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e kikite ʻa Sēfanaiá. ʻI he 632 K.M., naʻe ikuʻi mo fakaʻauha ai ʻa Ninive ʻe ha faʻahi fakatahataha ʻa e kau Pāpilone, kau Mītia, mo e ngaahi kakai mei he tokelaú, mahalo pē ko e kau Sitia. ʻOku pehē ʻe ha tangata tohi-hisitōlia ko Will Durant: “Naʻe fāʻūtaha ʻa e kau tau Pāpilone ʻi he malumalu ʻo Nabopolassar mo e kau tau Mītia ʻi he malumalu ʻo Cyaxares mo ha fuʻu kakai tokolahi ko e kau Sitia mei Caucasus, pea naʻe fakaofo ʻa e faingofua mo vave ʻenau puke ʻa e ngaahi kolotau ʻo e tokelaú. . . . Naʻe pulia ʻa ʻĀsilia mei he hisitōliá ʻi he foʻi tā pē ʻe taha.” Ko e meʻa tofu pē ia naʻe ʻosi kikiteʻi ʻe Sēfanaiá.—Sēfanaia 2:13-15.
18. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻi Selusalema ʻa e fakamaau fakaʻotuá, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahoko ʻa e kikite ʻa Sēfanaia ʻo fekauʻaki mo Mōape mo ʻĀmoní?
18 Ko e kau Siu tokolahi naʻa nau tatali kia Sihová naʻa nau moʻui foki ke sio ki hono fakahoko ʻa ʻene ngaahi fakamaau ki Siuta mo Selusalemá. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo Selusalemá, naʻe ʻosi kikiteʻi ʻe Sēfanaia: “Ke malaia kiate ia oku uli mo taemaa, ki he kolo oku fakamalohi! Nae ikai te ne talagofua ki he leʻo; nae ikai ke maʻu eia ae akonaki; nae ikai ke falala ia kia Jihova; nae ikai te ne unuunu atu ki hono Otua.” (Sēfanaia 3:1, 2, PM) Koeʻuhi ko ʻene taʻeangatonú, naʻe ʻākoloʻi tuʻo ua ai ʻa Selusalema ʻe he kau Pāpiloné pea fakaʻosiʻaki ʻa hono ikuʻi pea fakaʻauha ʻi he 607 K.M. (2 Kalonikali 36:5, 6, 11-21) ʻI he fekauʻaki mo Mōape mo ʻĀmoní, fakatatau ki he tangata tohi-hisitōlia Siu ko Siosefusí, ʻi he taʻu hono nima hili ʻa e tō ʻa Selusalemá, naʻe fai tau ai ʻa e kau Pāpiloné kiate kinautolu pea nau ʻikunaʻi kinautolu. Hili iá naʻe ʻikai te nau toe ʻi ai, ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻe kikiteʻí.
19, 20. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakapaleʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau tatali kiate iá? (e) Ko e hā ke tau tokanga ai ki he ngaahi meʻá ni, pea ko e hā ʻe fetalanoaʻaki ki ai ʻi he kupu hono hoko maí?
19 Ko hono fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni mo e ngaahi fakaikiiki kehe ʻo e kikite ʻa Sēfanaiá ko ha meʻa ia naʻá ne fakaivimālohi ʻa e tui ʻa e kau Siu mo e faʻahinga naʻe ʻikai ko e Siú ʻa ē naʻa nau tatali kia Sihová. ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe hao mei he fakaʻauha naʻe tō ki Siuta mo Selusalemá naʻe kau ai ʻa Selemaia, mo e ʻItiopea ko ʻEpeti-meleki, pea mo e fale ʻo Sionatapí, mo e haʻa Lēkapí. (Selemaia 35:18, 19; 39:11, 12, 16-18) Ko e kau Siu anga-tonu naʻe fakaheeʻi mo ʻenau fānaú, ʻa ia naʻe hokohoko atu ʻenau tatali kia Sihová, naʻa nau hoko ko ha konga ʻo e toenga kakai fiefia ʻa ia naʻe fakahaofi mei Pāpilone ʻi he 537 K.M. pea naʻa nau foki ki Siuta ke toe fokotuʻu ʻa e lotu maʻá.—ʻĒsela 2:1; Sēfanaia 3:14, 15, 20.
20 Ko e hā ʻa e kaunga ʻa e meʻá ni kotoa ki hotau taimí? ʻI he ngaahi founga lahi ko e tuʻunga ko ia ʻi he taimi ʻo Sēfanaiá ʻoku fehoanaki ia mo e ngaahi meʻa fakalielia ʻoku hoko he ʻahó ni ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e anga ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau kehekehe ʻa e kau Siu ʻi he ngaahi taimi ko iá ʻoku ʻi ai hano tatau mo e anga ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻoku malava ke maʻu he ʻahó ni, naʻa mo e taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová. Ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻeni ʻe ʻohake ʻi he kupu hono hoko maí.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a ʻE hā ko e kupuʻi lea ko ia ko e “fānau ae tuʻi” ʻoku ʻuhinga ki he kotoa ʻo e kau houʻeiki fakatuʻí, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi foha totonu ʻo Siosaiá naʻa nau kei iiki ʻaupito ʻi he taimi ko iá.
Ko e Fakamanatu
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e lotú ʻi Siuta ʻi he taimi ʻo Sēfanaiá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga naʻe hulu fau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau taki fakapuleʻangá, pea ko e hā ʻa e anga ʻo e fakakaukau naʻe maʻu ʻe he kakai tokolahi?
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e fakamāfutofuta ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ki he kakai ʻa Sihová?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e fakatokanga naʻe fai ʻe Sēfanaia ki Siuta mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kehé?
◻ Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakapaleʻi ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau tatali kia Sihová?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 23]
ʻOku fakapapauʻi ʻe he Maka Mōapé naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Tuʻi Mesa ʻo Mōapé ʻa e ngaahi lea manuki ki ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá
[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā]
Maka Mōape: Musée du Louvre, Paris
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 24]
Ke poupou ki he kikite ʻa Sēfanaiá, ko e lauʻi maka tohi fakamataʻingahau ko ʻeni ʻo e Kalonikali Pāpiloné kuo hiki ai ʻa e fakamatala ʻo e fakaʻauha ʻo Ninive ʻe ha faʻahi ʻo e kau tau fakatahataha
[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā]
Lauʻi maka tohi fakamataʻingahau: Ngofua ʻa e The British Museum