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.

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.