ʻOku Moʻui ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová
Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga mei he Tohi Hakeaí mo e Tohi Sakalaiá
KO E taʻú ko e 520 K.M. Kuo ʻosi atu ʻeni ha taʻu ʻe taha ono talu mei hono fakatoka ʻe he kau Siu naʻe foki mei he fakaheeʻi ʻi Pāpiloné ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo e temipale ʻo Sihová ʻi Selusalema. Neongo ia, ʻoku teʻeki ai kakato ʻa e temipalé, pea ʻoku lolotonga tapui ʻa e ngāue langá. ʻOku fakanofo ʻe Sihova ʻa e palōfita ko Hākeaí pea hili ʻa e māhina ʻe ua ko e palōfita ko Sākalaiá ke na leaʻaki ʻEne folofolá.
Ko Hākeai mo Sākalaia ʻokú na taumuʻa taha pē: Ueʻi ʻa e kakaí ke hoko atu ʻa e ngāue ʻo hono toe langa ʻa e temipalé. ʻOku lavameʻa ʻa e ngaahi feinga ʻa e ongo palōfitá ni, pea ʻoku kakato ʻa e temipalé ʻi he taʻu ʻe nima ki mui ai. Ko e meʻa naʻe fanongonongo ʻe Hākeai mo Sākalaiá ʻoku lēkooti ia ʻi he ongo tohi Tohi Tapu ʻoku tauhingoa kiate kinauá. Naʻe kakato hono hiki ʻa e tohi Hakeaí he 520 K.M. pea ko e tohi Sakalaiá ʻi he 518 K.M. Hangē ko e ongo palōfitá ni, ʻoku tau maʻu foki ʻe kitautolu ha ngāue kuo ʻomi ʻe he ʻOtuá, ʻa ia kuo pau ke fakakakato ki muʻa ke ngata ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu lolotonga ko ʻení. Ko e ngāue malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá mo e ngaohi ākongá. Tau sio leva pe ko e hā ʻa e fakalototoʻa ʻe lava ke tau maʻu mei he tohi Hakeaí mo e tohi Sakalaiá.
“ʻAI HOMOU LOTO KE SIVI HOMOU NGAAHI ʻALUNGA”
ʻI loto he ʻaho ʻe 112, ʻoku talaki ʻe Hākeai ʻa e ngaahi pōpoaki fakaueʻiloto ʻe fā. Ko e ʻuluakí: “ʻAi homou loto ke sivi homou ngaahi ʻalunga. ʻAlu ki he moʻunga, ʻo fetuku ʻakau mai, pea langa ʻa e fale; pea te u lata ai, pea te u fakalangilangiʻi au—ko Sihova ia.” (Hakeai 1:7, 8) Naʻe tali lelei ki ai ʻa e kakaí. ʻOku ʻi he pōpoaki hono uá ʻa e talaʻofa: “Te u [Sihova] fakafonu langilangi ʻa e fale ni.”—Hakeai 2:7.
Fakatatau ki he pōpoaki hono tolú, ko ʻenau fakataʻetaʻetokanga ki hono toe langa ʻo e temipalé kuó ne ʻai ai ʻa e ‘puleʻangá mo e ngaue kotoa ʻa honau nimá ke taʻemaʻa’ ʻi he ʻafio ki ai ʻa Sihová. Kae kehe, ʻi he ʻaho ʻoku kamata ai ʻa e ngāue ʻo hono toe langá, ʻe kamata “fai tapuaki” ʻa Sihova maʻa kinautolu. Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he pōpoaki hono faá, ʻe hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo “fakaʻauha ʻa e malohinga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo e ngaahi kakai” pea fokotuʻu ʻa Kōvana Seluipēpeli ko ha “mama sila.”—Hakeai 2:14, 19, 22, 23.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
1:6—ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e kupuʻi lea “mou inu, kae ʻikai topono”? ʻOku fakahaaʻi pē ʻe he kupuʻi leá ni ia ʻa e siʻisiʻi ʻa e uainé. Koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai maʻu ʻa e tāpuaki ʻa Sihová, ʻe siʻisiʻi ai ʻa e lahi ʻo e uainé—ʻo ʻikai moʻoni feʻunga ke fai ha topono ai.
2:6, 7, 21, 22—Ko hai pe ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahoko ʻa e luluʻí, pea ko e hā hono olá? ʻOku “luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa” ʻe Sihova ʻo fakafou ʻi he malangaʻi ʻi māmani lahi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Puleʻangá. ʻOku toe ʻi ai ʻa e ola ʻo e ngāue fakamalangá ko hono ʻomai ʻa e “holi [pe ngaahi meʻa manakoa] ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa” ki he fale ʻo Sihová, ʻo fakafonu ia ʻaki ʻa e lāngilangi. ʻE faifai atu pē, pea ʻe luluʻi ʻe “Sihova Sapaoti” ʻa e “langi, mo mamani, ʻio ʻa e tahi, mo e momoa,” ʻo ne ʻai ai ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu lolotongá hono kotoa ke mole atu.—Hepelu 12:26, 27.
2:9—ʻI he ʻuhinga fē ʻe ‘hulu ai ʻa e langilangi ʻo e fale ki muí ʻi he ʻuluakí’? ʻE hoko ʻeni ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe tolu: ko e lahi ʻo e ngaahi taʻu naʻe kei tuʻu ai ʻa e temipalé, ko hai naʻe faiako aí, pea ko hai ʻe ʻaukolo atu ki ai ke lotu kia Sihová. Neongo naʻe tuʻu ʻa e temipale lāngilangiʻia ʻa Solomoné ʻi he taʻu ʻe 420, mei he 1027 K.M. ki he 607 K.M., ko e ‘fale ki mui’ aí naʻe ngāueʻaki ia laka hake he taʻu ʻe 580, mei he ʻosi hono langá ʻi he 515 K.M. ki hono fakaʻauhá ʻi he 70 T.S. ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e Mīsaiá—ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi—naʻe faiako ia ʻi he ‘fale ki muí,’ pea naʻe tokolahi ange ʻa e kakai naʻa nau ō ki ai ke lotu ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he “ʻuluaki” falé.—Ngāue 2:1-11.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
1:2-4. Ko e fakafepaki ki heʻetau ngāue fakamalangá ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke ne toʻo mei he meʻa ʻoku tau fakamuʻomuʻá ʻa e “fuofua kumi ae buleaga” ka tau kumi kitautolu ki he ngaahi meʻa pē ʻoku tau mahuʻingaʻia aí.—Mātiu 6:33, PM.
1:5, 7. ʻOku lelei kiate kitautolu ke ‘ʻai hotau lotó ʻo sivi hotau ngaahi ʻalungá’ pea fakakaukauloto ki he anga ʻa e kaunga ki hotau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau fai ʻi heʻetau moʻuí.
1:6, 9-11; 2:14-17. Ko e kau Siu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Hākeaí naʻa nau ngāue mālohi ʻi he tuli ki he ngaahi meʻa pē ʻa kinautolu, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau utu ʻa e fua ʻo ʻenau ngāué. Naʻa nau fakataʻetaʻetokanga ki he temipalé, ko ia naʻe ʻikai ai ke nau maʻu ʻa e tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku totonu ke tau fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié pea tauhi loto ʻaufuatō ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo manatuʻi tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau masiva pe tuʻumālie fakamatelie, ‘ko e tapuaki ʻa Sihová, ko ia ia ʻoku fakakoloá.’—Palovepi 10:22.
2:15, 18. Naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau Siú ke ʻai ʻo sivi honau lotó mei he ʻaho ko iá ʻo faai mai, ʻo ʻikai fakatuʻunga ʻi heʻenau fakataʻetaʻetokanga ʻi he kuohilí, ka ʻi he ngāue ʻo e toe langá. ʻOku totonu ke tau pehē pē ʻo fakakaukau ki he kahaʻú ʻi heʻetau lotu ko ia ki hotau ʻOtuá.
“ʻIKAI TUʻU ʻI HE NGU, KA KO HOKU LAUMALIE”
ʻOku kamata ʻe Sākalaia ʻene ngāue fakapalōfitá ʻaki ʻa e fakaafe ki he kau Siú ke nau ‘foki kia Sihova.’ (Sakalaia 1:3) Ko e ngaahi vīsone ʻe valu ʻoku hoko atu aí ʻoku fakapapauʻi ai ʻa e poupou ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ngāue ʻo hono toe langa ʻa e temipalé. (Sio ki he puha “Ngaahi Vīsone Fakaefakatātā ʻe Valu ʻa Sākalaiá.”) ʻE kakato ʻa e ngāue langá, ʻo “ʻikai tuʻu ʻi he ivi pea ʻoku ʻikai tuʻu ʻi he ngu, ka ko [e] Laumalie pe” ʻo Sihová. (Sakalaia 4:6) Ko e tangata ko Hulí “te ne langa ʻa e temipale ʻo Sihova” pea “te ne nofo mo pule ʻi hono taloni.”—Sakalaia 6:12, 13.
ʻOku fekauʻi atu ʻe Pēteli ha kau fakafofonga ke fehuʻi ki he kau taulaʻeikí ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono tauhi ʻa e ngaahi ʻaukai ʻo hono fakamanatu ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalemá. ʻOku tala ʻe Sihova kia Sākalaia ko e tengihia lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻaukai ʻe fā naʻe fakahoko ʻi hono fakamanatu ʻa e fakatamaki naʻe tofanga ai ʻa Selusalemá ʻe liliu ia ko e “koto mavava mo e koto fiefia, mo e ngaahi katoanga lelei.” (Sakalaia 7:2; 8:19) Ko e ongo fanongonongo ʻe ua ʻoku hoko atu ki aí ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e fakamaau ke fai ki he ngaahi puleʻangá mo e kau palōfita loí, ngaahi kikite fekauʻaki mo e Mīsaiá pea mo ha pōpoaki ʻo hono toe fakafoki ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá.—Sakalaia 9:1; 12:1.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
2:1—Ko e hā naʻe fua ai ʻe ha tangata ʻa Selusalema ʻaki ha afó? Ngalingali pē, ʻoku fakahuʻunga mei he meʻá ni ʻa hono langa ha ʻā malu takatakai he koló. ʻOku fakahā ʻe he ʻāngeló ki he tangatá ʻe fakalahi ʻa Selusalema pea ʻe maluʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova.—Sakalaia 2:3-5.
6:11-13—Naʻe ʻai ʻa Siosiua ʻi hono fakanofo Taulaʻeiki Lahí ke ne hoko ai ko ha tuʻi-taulaʻeiki? ʻIkai, naʻe ʻikai ke tukufakaholo mai ʻa Siosiua ia mei he laine fakatuʻi ʻo Tēvitá. Ka ko hono fakanofo iá, naʻe ʻai ai ia ko ha fakatātā fakaetaipe ʻo e Mīsaiá. (Hepelu 6:20) Ko e kikite fekauʻaki mo “Huli” kuo fakahoko ia ʻi he Tuʻi-Taulaʻeiki fakahēvani ko Sīsū Kalaisí. (Selemaia 23:5) ʻI he hoko ʻa Siosiua ko e taulaʻeiki lahi ki he kau Siu naʻe fokí ʻi he temipale naʻe toe langá, ʻoku hangē pē ia ko Sīsū ʻi heʻene hoko ko e Taulaʻeiki Lahi maʻá e lotu moʻoní ʻi he temipale fakalaumālie ʻo Sihová.
8:1-23—ʻOku fakahoko ʻafē ʻa e ngaahi fanongonongo ʻe hongofulu ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he ngaahi veesi ko ʻení? Ko e fanongonongo taki taha ʻoku muimui atu ia hili ʻa e kupuʻi lea “ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova Sapaoti” pea ko e talaʻofa ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he melino maʻa hono kakaí. Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fanongonongo ko ʻení naʻe fakahoko ia ʻi he senituli hono onó K.M., ka ko e kotoa ʻo kinautolú kuo fakahoko ia talu mei he 1919 T.S. pe ʻoku lolotonga fakahoko ia he taimí ni.a
8:3—Ko e hā ʻoku ui ai ʻa Selusalema ko e “Kolo Tonunga”? Ki muʻa ʻi hono fakaʻauha ʻi he 607 K.M., naʻe hoko ʻa Selusalema ko e “kolo oku fakamalohi,” ʻo nofo ai ʻa e kau palōfita mo e kau taulaʻeiki kākā pea mo e kakai taʻefaitōnunga. (Sakalaia 3:1, PM; Selemaia 6:13; 7:29-34) Kae kehe, ʻi hono toe langa ʻa e temipalé pea mo e mateaki ʻa e kakaí ki he lotu kia Sihová, naʻe pau ke leaʻaki ai ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e lotu maʻá, pea naʻe ui ai ʻa Selusalema ko e “Kolo Tonunga.”
11:7-14—Ko e hā ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe hono tuʻusi ʻe Sākalaia ha tokotoko naʻe ui ko “Hoifua” mo e tokotoko ʻe taha ko “ʻU-haʻi”? ʻOku fakatātaaʻi ʻa Sākalaia ko e tokotaha kuo fekauʻi ke ne “tauhi ʻa e takanga naʻe toutou tamateʻi”—ʻa e kakai hangē ha sipí ʻa ia naʻe ngaohikoviʻi ʻe honau kau takí. ʻI hono ngafa ko e tauhí, naʻe tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ai ʻe Sākalaia ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia naʻe fekauʻi ki he kakai fuakava ʻa e ʻOtuá ka naʻa nau talitekeʻi ia. Ko hono tuʻusi ʻa “Hoifua” naʻe fakatātaaʻi ai ʻe fakangata ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e fuakava Lao mo e kau Siú pea ʻe ʻikai ke ne kei fakafeangai lelei mo kinautolu. Ko hono tuʻusi ʻa “ʻU-haʻi” naʻe ʻuhinga ia ki hono toʻo ʻa e haʻi fakateokalati ʻo e fetokouaʻaki ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Siuta mo ʻIsilelí.
12:11—ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e “tangilaulau ʻo Hetati-Limoni ʻi he Teleʻa ʻo Mekito”? Naʻe tāmateʻi ʻa Tuʻi Siosaia ʻo Siutá ʻi ha tau mo Felo Neko ʻo ʻIsipité ʻi he “Teleʻa ʻo Mekito,” pea naʻe tengihia ʻa ʻene pekiá ʻi he ngaahi “Tangilaulau” ʻi he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi taʻú. (2 Kalonikali 35:25) Ko ia ai, ko e “tangilaulau ʻo Hetati-Limoni,” ʻoku ʻuhinga nai ia ki he tengihia ʻo e pekia ʻa Siosaiá.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
1:2-6; 7:11-14. ʻOku hōifua ʻa Sihova pea ʻokú ne totongi fakafoki ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau tali loto fakatomala ʻa e valokí pea foki kiate ia ʻaki hono fai kiate ia ʻa e lotu ʻaufuatō. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, ʻoku ʻikai haʻane tali ki ha ui tokoni mei ha faʻahinga ʻoku “ʻikai te nau loto ke tokanga, pea nau faka-umamamahi, ʻo fakatelinga-tuli, ke ʻoua te nau ongoʻi” ʻa ʻene pōpoakí.
4:6, 7. Naʻe ʻikai ha fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga ʻe taha ʻe taʻelava ʻe he laumālie ʻo Sihová ke ikunaʻi, ʻi hono ʻai ʻa e ngāue ʻo hono toe langa ʻo e temipalé ke lavameʻa mo kakato. Pe ko e hā pē ʻa e ngaahi palopalema te tau fetaulaki nai mo ia ʻi heʻetau ngāue ki he ʻOtuá ʻe lava ke ikunaʻi ia ʻaki hono ngāueʻi ʻa e tui kia Sihová.—Mātiu 17:20.
4:10. ʻI he malumalu ʻo e tataki ʻa Sihová, naʻe kakato hono langa ʻe Seluipēpeli mo hono kakaí ʻa e temipalé ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻamanekina mai ʻe Sihová ʻoku ʻikai ke fuʻu faingataʻa ia ki he faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻo e tangatá.
7:8-10; 8:16, 17. Ke maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻa Sihová, kuo pau ke tau fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau totonú, hokohoko atu ʻa e ʻaloʻofá, faimēsí, pea taki taha lea moʻoni.
8:9-13 (PM). ʻOku tāpuakiʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻoku ‘malohi ai hotau nimá’ ʻi hono fai ʻa e ngāue kuó ne vaheʻi mai ke tau faí. ʻOku kau ki he ngaahi tāpuaki ko ʻení ʻa e nonga, malu, mo e laka ki muʻa fakalaumālie.
12:6. Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e ʻovasiá he lotolotonga ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻoku totonu ke nau “tatau mo ha tuhulu”—ʻo tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻi he faivelengá.
13:3. Ko ʻetau mateaki ki he ʻOtua moʻoní mo ʻene kautahá ʻoku totonu ke laka ia ʻi he mateaki ki ha tangata pē, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau vāofi mo e tokotaha ko iá.
13:8, 9. Ko e kau tafoki mei he moʻoní ʻa ē naʻe siʻaki ʻe Sihová, naʻe fuʻu tokolahi, ʻa ia ko e vahe ua ʻi he fonuá. Ko ha vahe tolu pē ʻo e kakaí naʻa nau hangē ha faʻahinga kuo fakamaʻa ʻaki hono sivi ʻi he afí. Ko e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻi hotau ʻahó ni, ʻa ia ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo e faʻahinga ko e kau Kalisitiane lau peé, kuo siʻaki kinautolu ʻe Sihova. Ko e ha kiʻi tokosiʻi pē, ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní, kuo nau ‘tautapa ki he hingoa ʻo Sihová’ pea kuo nau loto-lelei ke sivi kinautolu. ʻOku nau fakamoʻoniʻi fakataha mo honau ngaahi kaungātuí ʻoku ʻikai ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni lau pē kinautolu ʻa Sihova.
Ueʻi ke Ngāue Faivelenga
ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e kaunga kiate kitautolu he ʻaho ní ʻa e meʻa naʻe fanongonongo ʻe Hākeai mo Sākalaiá? ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau fakakaukauloto ai ki he anga hono fakaʻaiʻai ʻe heʻena pōpoakí ʻa e kau Siú ke nau tokanga ki he ngāue ʻo hono toe langa ʻo e temipalé, ʻikai ʻoku ueʻi ai kitautolu ke tau kau faivelenga ʻi he ngāue malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá mo e ngaohi-ākongá?
Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sākalaia ʻo pehē ko e Mīsaiá te ne haʻu kuó ne “heka ki he asi,” ʻe lavakiʻi ia ki he “tolungofuluʻi paʻanga siliva,” ʻe taaʻi ia pea ʻe “movete ʻa e takanga.” (Sakalaia 9:9; 11:12; 13:7) He maongo moʻoni ē ki heʻetau tuí ʻa e fakalaulauloto ki hono fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi kikite ko ia ʻa Sākalaia fekauʻaki mo e Mīsaiá! (Mātiu 21:1-9; 26:31, 56; 27:3-10) ʻOku fakaivimālohiʻi ʻa ʻetau falala ki he Folofola ʻa Sihová pea ki heʻene ngaahi tokonaki kuo ʻomi maʻa hotau fakamoʻuí.—Hepelū 4:12.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Sio ki he Taua Leʻo, Sanuali 1, 1996, peesi 19-29.
[Puha ʻi he peesi 11]
NGAAHI VĪSONE FAKAEFAKATĀTĀ ʻE VALU ʻA SĀKALAIÁ
1:8-17: Fakapapauʻi ʻa e kakato hono langa e temipalé pea fakahaaʻi ai ʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻa Selusalema mo e ngaahi kolo kehe ʻi Siutá.
1:18-21: Talaʻofa mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e ‘faaʻi nifo kuó ne fakamovetevete ʻa Siutá,’ ʻa ia ko e kotoa ia ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga naʻa nau fakafepakiʻi ʻa e lotu kia Sihová.
2:1-13: Fakahaaʻi heni ʻe fakalahi ʻa Selusalema pea ʻe hoko ʻa Sihova ko ha “ʻa-afi takatakai” ki Selusalema—ko ha maluʻi.
3:1-10: ʻOku hā mai naʻe kau ʻa Sētane ʻi hono fakafepakiʻi ʻa e ngāue ne fai ki he temipalé pea ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai naʻe fakahaofi pea fakamaʻa ʻa e Taulaʻeiki Lahi ko Siosiuá.
4:1-14: ʻOmai ʻa e fakapapauʻiʻanga ko e ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga ʻoku lahi ʻaupitó ʻe holoki hifo ia, pea ʻe fakakakato ʻe Kōvana Seluipēpeli ʻa hono langa ʻo e temipalé.
5:1-4: Fanongonongo ʻo ha mala ki he kau faikovi kuo taʻetauteaʻí.
5:5-11: Tomuʻa tala ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e fulikivanú.
6:1-8: Ko e ngaahi talaʻofa ʻo e tokangaʻi mo e maluʻi fakaeʻāngelo.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 8]
Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa ʻo e ngaahi pōpoaki ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 10]
ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e “tatau mo ha tuhulu” ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e ʻovasiá?