“E Hoko Eni Kotoabe”

“Bea lea a Jisu, o beheage kiate kinautolu, . . . e hoko eni kotoabe, kae teeki hoko ae gataaga.”​—MĀTIU 24:​4-6, PM.

 1. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga-lea ʻoku totonu ke ne puke ʻetau mahuʻingaʻiá?

ʻOKU ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻokú ke mahuʻingaʻia ʻi hoʻo moʻuí pea ʻi ho kahaʻú. ʻOku totonu leva ke ke toe mahuʻingaʻia ʻi ha tuʻunga-lea naʻá ne puke ʻa e tokanga ʻa C. T. Russell ʻi he 1877. Ko Russell, ʻa ia naʻá ne fokotuʻu ki mui ʻa e Sōsaieti Taua Leʻó, naʻá ne tohi ʻa e The Object and Manner of Our Lord’s Return. Ko e kiʻi tohi peesi ʻe 64 ko ení naʻe fekauʻaki ia mo e toe foki mai ʻa Sīsuú, pe ko ʻene haʻu ʻi he kahaʻú. (Sione 14:3) ʻI he taimi ʻe taha ʻi heʻene ʻi he Moʻunga ʻŌlivé, naʻe fehuʻi ai ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻo fekauʻaki mo e toe foki mai ko iá: “Tala mai, pe hoko fakakū ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ko ia? pea ko e ha nai ʻa e fakaʻilonga ʻo haʻo ha mai, [pe “haʻu,” King James Version] mo e fakaʻosi ʻo e kuonga?”​—Mātiu 24:3.

 2. Ko e hā ʻoku lahi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau fepakipaki ki he meʻa naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sīsuú?

² ʻOkú ke ʻiloʻi mo mahinoʻi ʻa e tali ʻa Sīsuú? ʻOku maʻu ia ʻi he tolu ʻo e ngaahi Kōsipelí. ʻOku fakamatala ʻa Palōfesa D. A. Carson: “ʻOku ʻomai ʻe he ngaahi vahe siʻi ʻo e Tohitapú ʻa e taʻefelotoi lahi ange ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau fakatonuleá ʻo laka ia ʻi he Mātiu 24 pea mo ʻene ngaahi huʻufataha ʻi he Maake 13 mo e Luke 21.” ʻOkú ne ʻomai leva ʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻaná​—ko e taha pē ia ʻo e fepakipaki ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau fakaetangatá. ʻI he senituli kuo hili atú pe ofi ki ai, naʻe tapua mai ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau lahi peheé ha ʻikai ʻi ai ʻa e tuí. Ko kinautolu ko ia ʻoku nau ʻomai iá ʻoku nau pehē naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū ia ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau lau ʻi he ngaahi Kōsipelí, ʻa ia ko ʻene ngaahi leá naʻe liliu ia ki mui, pe ko e meʻa naʻá ne tala ki muʻá naʻe ʻikai hoko​—ko e ngaahi fakakaukau naʻe fakafuo ʻe he ngaahi ako fakaanga ki he ngaahi tohi faka-Tohitapú. Naʻe aʻu ʻo vakai ha tokotaha faifakamatala ʻe taha ki he Kōsipeli ʻa Maʻaké ‘fakafou ʻi he maama ʻo e filōsofia ʻa e lotu-Puta Mahayana’!

 3. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e fakaofiofi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ki he kikite ʻa Sīsuú?

³ ʻI hono kehé, ʻoku tali ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e totonu mo e alafalalaʻanga ʻa e Tohitapú, ʻo kau ai ʻa e meʻa naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū ki he kau ʻapositolo ʻe toko fā naʻa nau ʻi he Moʻunga ʻŌlivé mo ia, ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu ki muʻa heʻene pekiá. Talu mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo C. T. Russell, mo e maʻu fakalakalaka ʻe he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ha mahino maʻalaʻala ange ʻo kau ki he kikite naʻe fai ai ʻe Sīsuú. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu siʻi kuo hili atú, kuo fakamahinoʻi lahi ange ai ʻe he Taua Leʻo ʻenau fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e kikité ni. Kuó ke maʻu ʻa e fakamatala ko iá, ʻo sio ki heʻene maongo mālohi ʻi hoʻo moʻuí?a Tau fakamanatu ange iá.

Ko ha Fakahoko Fakamamahi ʻi he Kahaʻu Ofi Maí

 4. Ko e hā nai naʻe fehuʻi ai ʻe he kau ʻapositoló kia Sīsū ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kahaʻú?

⁴ Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau ʻapositoló ko Sīsū ʻa e Mīsaiá. Ko ia, ʻi heʻenau fanongo kiate ia ʻi heʻene lave ki heʻene pekiá, toetuʻú, mo e toe foki maí, kuo pau pē naʻa nau fifili, ‘Kapau ʻe pekia ʻa Sīsū peá ne mavahe, ʻe lava fēfē ke ne fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ʻoku ʻamanekina ke fai ʻe he Mīsaiá?’ ʻIkai ko ia pē, naʻe lea ʻa Sīsū fekauʻaki mo ha ngataʻanga ki Selusalema mo hono temipalé. Mahalo pē naʻe fifili ʻa e kau ʻapositoló, ‘Fakakū pea ʻe anga-fēfē ʻene hoko iá?’ ʻI he feinga ke mahinoʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, naʻe ʻeke ai ʻe he kau ʻapositoló: “Tala mai pe hoko fakakū ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ia, pea ko e ha ʻa e fakaʻilonga ʻo ka ene hono fakaʻosi kotoa.”—Maake 13:4; Mātiu 16:​21, 27, 28; 23:37–​24:2.

 5. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻo e meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsuú ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí?

⁵ Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sīsū ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi tau, ngaahi honge, ngaahi mahaki fakaʻauha, fehiʻanekinaʻi mo fakatangaʻi ʻa e kau Kalisitiané, ngaahi mīsaia loi, pea mo e mafolalahia ʻa hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá. Pea ʻe toki hoko mai leva ʻa e ngataʻangá. (Mātiu 24:​4-​14; Maake 13:​5-​13; Luke 21:​8-​19) Naʻe leaʻaki eni ʻe Sīsū ʻi he konga ki muʻa ʻo e taʻu 33 T.S. Lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu hokó, naʻe lava ai ʻene kau ākonga faʻa leʻó ʻo ʻiloʻi ko e ngaahi meʻa naʻe tomuʻa talá naʻe hoko moʻoni ia ʻi ha founga mahuʻinga. ʻIo, ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he hisitōliá ko e fakaʻilongá naʻe ʻi ai hono fakahoko ʻi he taimi ko iá, ʻo iku ki ha fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa faka-Siú ʻi he nima ʻo e kau Lomá ʻi he 66-​70 T.S. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻene hoko iá?

 6. Ko e hā naʻe tupu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau Lomá pea mo e kau Siú ʻi he 66 T.S.?

⁶ Lolotonga ʻa e faʻahitaʻu māfana vela ʻo Siutea ʻi he 66 T.S., naʻe taki ai ʻe he kau Sēloti Siú ha ʻohofi ʻo e kau kaʻate Lomá ʻi ha kolotau ofi ki he temipale ʻi Selusalemá, ʻo kamataʻi ai ʻa e fakamālohí ʻi ha feituʻu kehe ʻi he fonuá. ʻI he History of the Jews, ʻoku fakamatala ai ʻa Palōfesa Heinrich Graetz: “Ko Sesitiuse Kaliuse, ʻa ia ko hono fatongia ʻi he tuʻunga ko e Kōvana ʻo Sīliá ke poupouʻi ʻa e lāngilangi ʻo e ngaahi mālohinga ʻo Lomá, . . . naʻe ʻikai kei lava ke ne sio tonu ʻi he angatuʻu naʻe mafola takai ʻiate iá ʻo taʻekau ai ha feinga ke vakaiʻi ʻa ʻene fakalakalaká. Naʻá ne ui ʻa ʻene ngaahi kongakaú fakataha, pea ko e kau pule ʻi he ngaahi kaungāʻapi ofí naʻa nau tuku loto-tauʻatāina mai ʻenau kautaú.” Ko e kautau ko eni ʻo e toko 30,000 naʻa nau kāpui ʻa Selusalema. Hili ha tau, naʻe holomui ʻa e kau Siú ʻi he tuʻa ʻaá ofi ki he temipalé. “Lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho hokohoko ʻe nima naʻe ʻohofi ai ʻe he kau Lomá ʻa e ʻaá, ka naʻe fakamālohiʻi maʻu pē kinautolu ke holomui ʻi he tolo hifo ʻa e kau Siuteá. Naʻa nau toki lavameʻa pē ʻi he ʻaho hono onó ʻi hono keli ha konga ʻo e ʻā fakatokelau ʻi muʻa ʻi he Temipalé.”

 7. Ko e hā naʻe lava ke kehe ai ʻa e vakai ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú ki he ngaahi meʻá mei he tokolahi taha ʻo e kau Siú?

⁷ Fakakaukau pē ki he anga ʻo e puputuʻu naʻe hoko ki he kau Siú, koeʻuhi he naʻe fuoloa ʻenau ongoʻi ʻe maluʻi kinautolu pea mo honau kolo māʻoniʻoní ʻe he ʻOtuá! Neongo ia, naʻe ʻosi tomuʻa fakatokanga ki he kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú naʻe fakatatali mai ha fakatamaki ki Selusalema. Naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sīsū: “Tokaange hao taimi ʻe ʻākoloʻi koe ʻe ho ngaahi fili, pea te nau kapuʻi koe, mo punipuni mei he potu kotoa pe, pea te nau laiki koe mo hoʻo fanau foki; pea ʻe ʻikai te nau fakatoe hao maka ʻo taʻeholoki.” (Luke 19:​43, 44) Ka ʻe ʻuhinga iá ko e mate ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi loto Selusalemá ʻi he 66 T.S.?

 8. Ko e hā ʻa e mamahi naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sīsuú, pea ko hai ʻa e “kakai fili” ko ia naʻe pau ke fakanounou ai ʻa e taimí?

⁸ ʻI heʻene tali ki he kau ʻapositoló ʻi he Moʻunga ʻŌlivé, naʻe tala ai ki muʻa ʻe Sīsū: “Ko e ngaahi ʻaho ko ia ko e koto mamahi; teʻeki ai hano tatau talu mei he kamata ngaohi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa māmani ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimi ni, ʻio, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe ʻi ai. Pea ka ne taēʻoua ʻa e fakanounou ʻe he ʻEiki ʻa e taimi ko ia, pehē ʻe ʻauha ʻa e kakano kotoa pē: ka e telia ʻa e kakai fili, ʻa ia kuo ne fili, ko ia kuo ne fakanounou ai ʻa e taimi.” (Maake 13:​19, 20; Mātiu 24:​21, 22) Ko ia, naʻe pau ke fakanounou ʻa e taimí pea ko e “kakai fili” naʻe fakahaofi. Ko hai kinautolu? ʻOku pau naʻe ʻikai ko e kau Siu angatuʻu naʻa nau taukaveʻi naʻa nau lotu kia Sihova ka naʻa nau talitekeʻi ʻa hono ʻAló. (Sione 19:​1-7; Ngāue 2:​22, 23, 36) Ko e faʻahinga fili moʻoni ʻi he taimi ko iá ko e kau Siu ko ia mo e faʻahinga ʻikai ko e Siu naʻa nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tui kia Sīsū ʻi hono tuʻunga ko e Mīsaia mo e Fakamoʻuí. Naʻe fili ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e faʻahinga peheé, pea ʻi he Penitekosi 33 T.S., naʻá ne faʻu ai kinautolu ki ha puleʻanga fakalaumālie foʻou, ko e “Isileli faka-ʻOtua.”​—Kaletia 6:​16; Luke 18:7; Ngāue 10:​34-​45; 1 Pita 2:9.

 9, 10. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono “fakanounou” ʻa e taimi ʻo e ʻoho ʻa e kau Lomá, pea ko e hā hono olá?

⁹ Naʻe “fakanounou” ʻa e taimí pea fakahaofi ʻa e kakai fili pani ʻi Selusalemá? ʻOku pehē ʻe Palōfesa Graetz: “Naʻe ʻikai fakakaukau ʻa [Sesitiuse Kaliuse] ʻoku lelei ke hoko atu ʻa e faitau fakafepaki ki he kau faivelenga loto-toʻá pea kamata ʻi ha feingatau lōloa ʻi he faʻahitaʻu ko iá, ʻa ia ʻe vave ai ke kamata ʻa e ngaahi ʻuha he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlaú . . . pea te ne taʻofi nai ʻa e kautaú mei hano maʻu ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻú. ʻI he meʻa ko iá, ngalingali naʻá ne fakakaukau ai ʻoku fakapotopoto ange ke toe holomui.” Ko e hā pē naʻe fakakaukau ki ai ʻa Sesitiuse Kaliusé, naʻe holomui ʻa e kautau Lomá mei he koló, fakataha mo ha mole mafatukituki naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he kau Siu naʻe tulimui atú.

¹⁰ Ko e holomui fakaʻohovale ko ia ʻa e kau Lomá naʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻa e “kakano”​—ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsū naʻa nau ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻi loto Selusalemá​—ke fakahaofi. ʻOku lēkooti ʻi he hisitōliá, ko e taimi ko ē naʻe fakaava ai ʻa e vahaʻa taimi faingamālie ko ení, naʻe hola ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané mei he feituʻú. Ko ha fakahāhā moʻoni ia ʻo e malava ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tomuʻa ʻilo ki he kahaʻú pea ke fakapapauʻi ʻa e hao ʻa ʻene kau lotú! Ka, ko e hā naʻe hoko ki he kau Siu taʻetui naʻa nau nofo pē ʻi Selusalema mo Siuteá?

ʻE Sio Ai ʻa e Ngaahi Toʻumeʻá

11. Ko e hā naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Sīsū fekauʻaki mo e “toʻutangata ko eni”?

¹¹ Naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he kau Siu tokolahi ko ʻenau founga lotú, naʻe senitā ʻi he temipalé, ʻe hokohoko taʻetoengata ia. Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Mou maʻu mei he fiki hono fakatātā; ʻOka muimui hono muka pea ne kamata lau, ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻoku ofi ʻa e faʻahitaʻu mafana: pehe foki kimoutolu ka mou ka mamata ki he ngāhi meʻa ko ia pea mou ʻilo kuo panaki ia, io, kuo aʻu ki he matapa. He ko au e, ʻoku ou tala atu, ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito mole ʻa e toʻutangata ko eni, kaeʻoua ke hoko ʻa e ngāhi meʻa ko ia kotoa pe. ʻE mole ʻa e langi mo mamani, ka ko ʻeku ngāhi lea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito mole.”​—Mātiu 24:​32-​35, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.

12, 13. Naʻe mahino fēfē ki he kau ākongá ʻa e lave ʻa Sīsū ki he “toʻutangata ko eni”?

¹² ʻI he ngaahi taʻu naʻe taki atu ki he 66 T.S., kuo pau pē naʻe sio ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻi he lahi ʻo e ngaahi muʻaki konga ʻo e fakaʻilonga fetuiakí ʻi hono fakahokó​—ko e ngaahi tau, ngaahi honge, naʻa mo ha fakalahi ʻo hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá. (Ngāue 11:28; Kolose 1:​23) Neongo ia, ʻe hoko fakakū mai ʻa e ngataʻangá? Ko e hā naʻe ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi heʻene pehē: ‘ʻE ʻikai mole ʻa e toʻutangata [faka-Kalisi, ge·ne·aʹ] ko ení’? Naʻe faʻa ui ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi toʻumeʻa tokolahi ʻo e kau Siu fakafepakí, ʻo kau ai ʻa e kau taki lotú, ‘ko ha toʻutangata faikovi, alafia kae feʻauaki.’ (Mātiu 11:16; 12:​39, 45; 16:4; 17:17; 23:36) Ko ia ai, ʻi he taimi naʻá ne toe lea ai ʻi he Moʻunga ʻŌlivé ʻo kau ki he “toʻutangata ko eni,” ʻoku hā mahino naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻuhingá ko e matakali fakakātoa ʻo e kau Siú ʻi he kotoa ʻo e hisitōliá; pea naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻuhinga ki hono kau muimuí, neongo ko kinautolú ko ha “haʻa fili.” (1 Pita 2:9) Naʻe ʻikai foki ke pehē ʻe Sīsū ko e “toʻutangata ko eni” ko ha vahaʻa taimi.

¹³ Ka, naʻe ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa Sīsuú ʻa e kau Siu fakafepaki ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻa ia te nau hokosia ʻa e fakahoko ʻo e fakaʻilonga naʻá ne ʻoangé. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e lave ki he “toʻutangata ko eni” ʻi he Luke 21:​32, ʻoku fakamatala ʻa Palōfesa Joel B. Green: “ʻI he Kōsipeli Hono Tolú, ko e ‘toʻutangata ko ení’ (mo e ngaahi kupuʻi lea felāveʻi mo iá) kuo nau fakaʻilongaʻi maʻu pē ha faʻahinga kakai ʻoku nau fakafepaki ki he taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. . . . [ʻOku ʻuhinga iá] ki he kakai ʻoku nau sītuʻa loto-fefeka ki he taumuʻa fakaʻotuá.”b

14. Ko e hā naʻe hokosia ʻe he “toʻutangata” ko iá, ka naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e ʻi ai ʻo ha ola kehe ki he kau Kalisitiané?

¹⁴ Ko e toʻutangata fulikivanu ʻo e kau Siu fakafepakí ʻa ia naʻe lava ke nau sio ki hono fakahoko ʻo e fakaʻilongá naʻa nau toe aʻusia ʻa e ngataʻangá. (Mātiu 24:​6, 13, 14) Pea ko ia naʻe hoko ia kiate kinautolu! ʻI he 70 T.S., naʻe toe foki mai ʻa e kautau Lomá, ʻi he tataki ʻa Taitusi, foha ʻo ʻEmipola Vesipēsió. Ko e faingataʻaʻia ʻa e kau Siú ʻa ia naʻe toe taʻotaʻofi ʻi he koló ʻoku meimei faingataʻa ke fai ha tui ki ai.c Ko e tokotaha sio tonu ko Feleviasi Siosefusí ʻokú ne līpooti ʻo pehē ʻi he aʻu mai ki he taimi naʻe fakaʻauha ai ʻe he kau Lomá ʻa e koló, naʻe mate ai ʻa e kau Siu ʻe toko 1,100,000 nai pea ko e toko 100,000 nai naʻe ʻave pōpula, ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e faʻahinga ko iá naʻe vave ʻenau ʻauha fakamamahi ʻi he fiekaiá pe ʻi he ngaahi malaʻe sipoti Lomá. Ko e moʻoni, ko e mamahi ʻo e 66-70 T.S. ko e lahi taha ia naʻe hokosia pe ʻe hokosia ʻe Selusalema pea mo e fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Siú. He faikehekehe moʻoni ko e olá ki he kau Kalisitiane ko ia naʻa nau tokanga ki he fakatokanga fakaekikite ʻa Sīsuú pea nau mavahe mei Selusalema ʻi he hili ʻa e mavahe ʻa e kautau Lomá ʻi he 66 T.S.! Ko e kau Kalisitiane paní ʻa e “kakai fili” naʻa nau “hao,” pe tauhi malu, ʻi he 70 T.S.​—Mātiu 24:​16, 22.

Fakahoko ʻe Taha ke Hoko

15. ʻOku lava fēfē ke tau fakapapauʻi ko e kikite ʻa Sīsuú ʻe ʻi ai hono fakahoko lahi ange ʻi he hili ʻa e 70 T.S.?

¹⁵ Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai ko e fakaʻosí ia. Ki muʻa ange, naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe Sīsū ʻi he hili ʻa hono fakaʻauha ʻa e koló, te ne hoko mai ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihová. (Mātiu 23:​38, 39; 24:2) Naʻá ne toki ʻai eni ʻo maʻalaʻala ange ʻi heʻene kikite naʻá ne leaʻaki ʻi he Moʻunga ʻŌlivé. ʻI he lave ki he “mamahi lahi” ka hoko maí, naʻá ne pehē ʻi he hili iá ʻe hā ʻa e kau Kalaisi loi, pea ʻe tāmoloki ʻa Selusalema ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi lahi. (Mātiu 24:​21, 23-​28; Luke 21:24) Ko ha toe meʻa nai eni ʻe taha, ko ha fakahoko lahi ange naʻe pau ke hoko mai? ʻOku tali ʻio ʻe he ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻá. ʻI heʻetau fakahoa ʻa e Fakahā 6:​2-8 (naʻe hiki ʻi he hili ʻa e mamahi lahi ʻi Selusalema ʻi he 70 T.S.) fakataha mo Mātiu 24:​6-8 pea mo Luke 21:​10, 11, ʻoku tau sio ai ki he taú, ngaahi nounou fakameʻatokoní, mo e mahaki fakaʻauhá ʻoku tuʻu mai mei muʻa ʻi ha tuʻunga lahi ange. Ko hono fakahoko lahi ange ko eni ʻo e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú kuo hoko ia talu mei he mapuna hake ʻa e Tau I ʻa Māmaní ʻi he 1914.

16-18. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ʻamanekina ʻe toki hokó?

¹⁶ Kuo laui hongofuluʻi taʻu he taimí ni, ʻa hono akoʻi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ko e fakahoko ki muí ni ʻo e fakaʻilongá ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ai ha “mamahi lahi” ʻoku teʻeki ke hoko mai. Ko e “toʻutangata” fulikivanu lolotongá te nau sio ʻi he mamahi ko iá. ʻOku hā ʻe toe ʻi ai ha tafaʻaki ʻuluaki (ko ha ʻohofi ʻo e lotu loí kotoa), hangē pē ko e fakaʻatā ʻa e mamahi ki Selusalema ʻi he ʻoho ʻa Kaliuse ʻi he 66 T.S.d Pea, ʻi he hili ha vahaʻa taimi ʻoku ʻikai fakapapauʻi ʻa hono lōloá, ʻe hoko mai leva ʻa e ngataʻangá​—ko ha fakaʻauha ʻi ha tuʻunga ʻi māmani lahi, ʻo huʻufataha mo ia ʻi he 70 T.S.

¹⁷ ʻI he lave ki he mamahi ʻoku ʻi muʻa pē ʻiate kitautolú, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Pea hili leva ʻa e mamahi ʻo e taimi ko ia [ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻo e lotu loí] ʻe fakapoʻuli ʻa e laʻa, pea ʻe tuku ʻe he mahina ʻene huhulu, pea ʻe ngangana ʻa e ngāhi fetuʻu mei langi, pea ʻe ngatōtō ʻa e ngāhi malohinga ʻo e ngāhi langi: pea ʻe toki ha ʻi he langi ʻa e fakaʻilonga ʻo e Fanautama ʻa Tangata: pea ʻe toki lauʻaitu ʻa e ngāhi matakali ʻo mamani, pea te nau sio ki he Fanautama ʻa Tangata ʻoku hoko mai, ʻoku ne heka ki he ngāhi ʻao ʻo e langi pea haʻu mo ia ʻa e fakangeingei mo e nāunau lahi.”​—Mātiu 24:​29, 30.

¹⁸ Ko ia ai, ko Sīsū tonu ʻokú ne pehē ʻi he “hili leva ʻa e mamahi ʻo e taimi ko ia,” ʻe hoko ai ha faʻahinga meʻa fakaofo kehe atu fakalangi. (Fakafehoanaki mo Sioeli 2:​28-​32; 3:​15.) ʻE fakaʻohovaleʻi ai ʻe he meʻá ni pea te ne ʻai ke ofoofo ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangata talangataʻá ʻo nau “lauʻaitu.” Ko e tokolahi ʻe ‘to honau mānavá ko ʻenau ilifia, mo e fakatuʻatāmaki ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko hifo ki māmaní.’ Ka ʻe ʻikai ko e tuʻunga eni ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane moʻoní! Ko e faʻahingá ni te ‘nau hiki honau ʻulú, ʻo hanga hake; he ʻoku ofi ai honau huhuʻí.’​—Luke 21:​25, 26, 28.

Fakamaau ʻi Muʻa!

19. ʻE lava fēfē ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e taimi ʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e pealapeli ʻo e fanga sipí mo e fanga kosí?

¹⁹ Fakatokangaʻi ko e Mātiu 24:​29-​31 ʻoku tomuʻa tala ai (1) ʻoku hoko mai ʻa e Fānautama ʻa Tangatá, (2) ko e hoko maí ni ʻe hoko mai ia mo e nāunau lahi, (3) ʻe fakataha mo ia ʻa e kau ʻāngeló, pea (4) ʻe mamata kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi matakali kotoa pē ʻi he māmaní. ʻOku toe lave ʻa Sīsū ki he ngaahi tafaʻaki ko ení ʻi he pealapeli ʻo e fanga sipí mo e fanga kosí. (Mātiu 25:​31-​46) Ko ia, ʻoku lava ke tau fakaʻosiʻaki ʻoku fekauʻaki ʻa e pealapeli ko ení mo e taimi, hili ʻa e kamata mapuna hake ʻa e mamahí, ʻi he taimi ʻe hoko mai ai ʻa Sīsū mo ʻene kau ʻāngeló ʻo ʻafio ʻi hono taloní ke fakamāú. (Sione 5:22; Ngāue 17:31; fakafehoanaki mo 1 Tuʻi 7:7; Taniela 7:​10, 13, 14, 22, 26; Mātiu 19:28.) Ko hai ʻe fakamāuʻí, pea ko e hā ʻa e olá? ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he pealapelí ʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ʻa e tokanga ki he ngaahi puleʻangá kotoa, ʻo hangē pe ʻoku nau fakatahataha ʻi ai tonu ʻi muʻa ʻi hono taloni fakalangí.

20, 21. (a) Ko e hā ʻe hoko ki he fanga sipi ʻo e pealapeli ʻa Sīsuú? (e) Ko e hā ʻe hokosia ʻe he fanga kosí ʻi he kahaʻú?

²⁰ ʻE vaheʻi ʻa e kau tangata mo e kau fefine hangē ha sipí ki he tafaʻaki toʻomataʻu ʻo e hōifua ʻa Sīsuú. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhi he naʻa nau ngāueʻaki honau ngaahi faingamālié ke fai lelei ki hono fanga tokouá​—ʻa e kau Kalisitiane pani ko ia te nau kau ʻi he Puleʻanga fakahēvani ʻo Kalaisí. (Taniela 7:27; Hepelu 2:9–​3:1) ʻI he fāitaha mo e pealapelí, ʻoku laui miliona ʻa e kau Kalisitiane hangē ha sipí kuo nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e fanga tokoua fakalaumālie ʻo Sīsuú pea kuo nau ngāue ʻo poupouʻi kinautolu. Ko hono olá, ko e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ko ení ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohitapú ko e hao ʻi he “mamahi lahi” pea toki moʻui taʻengata ʻi he Palataisí, ʻa e nofoʻanga fakaemāmani ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.​—Fakahā 7:​9, 14; 21:​3, 4; Sione 10:16.

²¹ He ola kehe moʻoni ia ʻe hoko ki he fanga kosí! ʻOku fakamatalaʻi kinautolu ʻi he Mātiu 24:30 ʻoku nau ‘lauʻaitu’ ʻi he taimi ʻe hoko mai ai ʻa Sīsuú. Pea ʻoku totonu ke nau pehē, he kuo pau naʻa nau langa hake ha lēkooti ko hono talitekeʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻangá, ko hono fakafepakiʻi ʻa e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú, pea mo e saiʻia ange ʻi he māmani ko ia kuo mole atú. (Mātiu 10:​16-​18; 1 Sione 2:​15-​17) Ko Sīsū​—ʻo ʻikai ko ha taha ʻo ʻene kau ākonga ʻi he māmaní​—ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi ʻa e fanga kosí. Fekauʻaki mo kinautolu ʻokú ne pehē: “ʻE ʻalu atu ʻa kinautolu ni ki he tautea taʻengata.”​—Mātiu 25:46.

22. Ko e hā ʻa e konga ʻo e kikite ʻa Sīsuú ʻoku taau ke tau tokanga lahi ange ki aí?

²² Ko ʻetau fakalakalaka ʻi hono mahinoʻi ʻa e kikite ʻi he Mātiu vahe 24 mo e 25 ʻoku fakalotomāfana. Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻi ai ha konga ʻo e kikite ʻa Sīsuú ʻoku taau ke tau tokanga lahi ange ki ai​—ko e ‘tuʻu ʻi he Potu Tapú ʻa e meʻa fakalielia ʻo e fakaʻauhá.’ Naʻe enginaki ʻa Sīsū ki hono kau muimuí ke nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e ʻiloʻilo fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni pea ke mateuteu ke fai ha ngāue. (Mātiu 24:​15, 16) Ko e hā ʻa e “meʻa fakalielia” ko ení? Ko fē ʻa e taimi ʻo ʻene tuʻu ʻi he Potu Tapú? Pea ʻoku anga-fēfē ʻa e kau ki ai ʻetau moʻui ʻi he lolotongá mo e kahaʻú? ʻE lāulea ʻa e kupu hoko maí ki he meʻá ni.

[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]

ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?

◻ Ko e hā ʻa e fakahoko ʻo Mātiu 24:​4-​14 ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí?

◻ ʻI he taimi ʻo e kau ʻapositoló, naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakanounou ʻo e taimí mo e fakahaofi ʻa e kakanó, hangē ko ia naʻe tala ki muʻa ʻi he Mātiu 24:​21, 22?

◻ Ko e hā naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e “toʻutangata” ʻoku lave ki ai ʻi he Mātiu 24:34?

◻ ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau ʻiloʻi ko e kikite naʻe fai ʻi he Moʻunga ʻŌlivé ʻe ʻi ai hono toe fakahoko lahi ange ʻe taha?

◻ ʻE hoko fakakū pea ʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻo e pealapeli ʻo e fanga sipí mo e fanga kosí?

[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 12]

Konga ʻo e ʻĀleso ʻo Taitusi ʻi Lomá, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi koloa vete mei hono fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalemá

[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā]

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