Ko Hai ʻE Fakahaofi mei he “Taimi Faingataʻa”?
“Ko ia ʻoku tautapa ki he huafa ʻo Sihova ʻe fakahaofi.”—SIOELI 2:32.
1. Fakatatau kia Tāniela mo Malakai, ko e hā ʻokú ne fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻe fakahaofi he lolotonga ʻa e “taimi faingataʻa” ʻoku tuʻunuku maí ni?
ʻI HE vakai mai ki hotau ʻahó ni, naʻe tohi ʻe he palōfita ko Tānielá: “Pea ʻe hoko ha taimi faingataʻa, ʻa ia kuo teʻeki ke ʻi ai ha meʻa pehe, talu mei he ʻi ai ha puleʻanga ʻo aʻu ki he taimi ko ia: pea ʻi he taimi ko ia ʻe fakahaofi ho kakai; ʻa ia fuape ʻe ʻilo ki ai kuo tohi ʻi he tohi.” (Tāniela 12:1) Ko e moʻoni ko e ngaahi lea fakafiemālie ʻeni! ʻE manatuʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kakai ʻokú ne hōifua aí, ʻo hangē pē ko ia ʻoku toe fakahā ʻe Malakai 3:16: “Toki fealeleaʻaki ʻa kinautolu naʻe ʻapasia kia Sihova: pea naʻe tokanga ki ai ʻa Sihova, ʻo ne fakafanongo, pea naʻe fai ʻa e tohi fakamanatu ke feʻao mo ia, koeʻuhi ko e kakai ʻoku ʻapasia kia Sihova, mo tokaʻi hono huafa.”
2. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku maʻu ʻi he fakakaukau ki he huafa ʻo Sihová?
2 ʻOku taki atu ʻa e tokaʻi pe fakakaukau ki he huafa ʻo Sihová ki he ʻilo kānokano ʻo kau kiate ia, mo ʻene Kalaisí, pea mo ʻene ngaahi taumuʻa maʻongoʻonga kotoa fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻangá. Ko ia ai, ʻoku ako ʻa ʻene kakaí ke ʻapasia kiate ia, ke nau maʻu ha vahaʻangatae fekoekoeʻi mo ʻosi fakatapui kiate ia, pea ke ʻofa kiate ia ‘ʻaki honau lotó kotoa mo ʻenau mahino kotoa pea mo honau mālohí kotoa.’ (Maʻake 12:33; Fakahā 4:11) Kuo fai ʻe Sihova ʻa e tokonaki anga-ʻofa maʻá e kau anga-vaivai ʻo e māmaní ʻo fakafou ʻi he feilaulau ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí ke nau maʻu ʻa e moʻui taʻengatá. Ko ia, ʻoku malava ke toe leaʻaki ʻi he loto-maʻu ʻe he faʻahingá ni ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa e kautau fakahēvani naʻa nau fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻaloʻi mai ai ʻa Sīsuú, ʻo pehē: “Ko e kolōlia ki he ʻOtua ʻi langi taupotu, pea ko e melino ki māmani ki he kakai kuo hoifua ki ai.”—Luke 2:14.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa kuo pau ke fakahoko ʻe Sihova ki muʻa pea toki hoko mai ʻa e melinó ki he māmani ko ení?
3 ʻOku ofi ange ʻa e melino ko iá ʻi he meʻa ʻoku fakakaukau ki ai ʻa e kakai tokolahi. Ka kuo pau ke ʻuluaki fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau ʻa Sihová ki he māmani fulikivanú. ʻOku fakahā mai ʻe heʻene palōfita ko Sēfanaiá: “ʻOku ofi ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki, ʻa e ʻaho lahi, ʻoku ofi, ʻio, ʻoku matuʻaki fakalīlī.” Ko e faʻahinga ʻaho fēfē ia? ʻOku hoko atu ʻa e kikité: “Si! ko e ʻaho ʻo Sihova ena! Naʻa mo e helo, ʻe fakamamahi ʻene ʻioho toʻe ʻi he potu ko ia. Ko e ʻaho ʻo e huhua houhau ʻa e ʻaho ko ia, ko e ʻaho ʻo e ʻefihia mo e taʻomi, ko e ʻaho ʻo e maveu mo e anganoa, ko e ʻaho poʻuli ko e kaupoʻuli, ko e ʻaho ʻo e loa mo e poʻuli matolu, ko e ʻaho ʻo e ifi talupite, ʻio ʻa e faka-lali-pakola, ko e fai ki he ngaahi kolotau, mo e ngaahi taua maʻolunga ʻi he ʻa. Pea te u fakaʻefihi ʻa e kakai, pea te nau laka hange ha kau kui; he kuo nau hia kia Sihova.”—Sēfanaia 1:14-17; toe sio ki he Hapakuke 2:3; 3:1-6, 16-19.
4. Ko hai ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻoku nau tali ʻa e fakaafe ke ʻilo mo tauhi ki he ʻOtuá?
4 Ko e meʻa fakafiefiá, ʻoku tali ʻe he laui miliona he ʻahó ni ʻa e fakaafe ke ʻilo mo tauhi ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe kikiteʻi ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kau Kalisitiane paní, ʻa ia ʻoku nau kau ki he fuakava foʻoú: “He te nau ʻilo au kotoa pe, ʻo fai mei he siʻi ki he lahi—ko Sihova ia mei he taʻehamai.” (Selemaia 31:34) Kuo takimuʻa ʻa e faʻahingá ni ʻi he ngāue fakaefakamoʻoni ʻi onopooní. Pea ʻi he fakaʻau ke ʻosi atu ʻa e ʻalunga ʻi māmani ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau paní, kuo hoko mai ʻa e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ko e “fanga sipi kehe” ke ‘tauhi ki he ʻOtuá ʻi hono temipalé ʻi he ʻaho mo e po’ ʻi heʻene fokotuʻutuʻu fakatemipalé. (Fakahā 7:9, 15; Sione 10:16) Ko ha taha koe ʻokú ke maʻu ʻa e monū taʻefakatataú ni?
Founga ʻo e Hū Mai “ʻa e Ngaahi Meʻa Manakoa”
5, 6. Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue fakahaofi moʻui ʻe hoko ki muʻa pea toki luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá kotoa ke ʻauhá?
5 Tau sio ange kia Hākeai 2:7, NW, ʻa ia ʻoku kikite ai ʻa Sihova ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono fale fakalaumālie ki he lotú. ʻOkú ne pehē: “Pea te u luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, pea ʻe hū mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa manakoa mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē; pea te u fakafonu ʻa e falé ni ʻaki ʻa e lāngilangi.” ʻOku fakahā ʻe he ngaahi kikite ʻa e Tohitapú ko hono ‘luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá’ ʻoku lave ki hono fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau ʻa Sihová ki he ngaahi puleʻangá. (Nēhumi 1:5, 6; Fakahā 6:12-17) Ko ia, ʻe aʻu ʻa e ngāue ʻa Sihova ʻoku kikiteʻi ʻia Hākeai 2:7 ki hono tumutumú ʻi hono luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ke ʻoua te nau toe ʻi ai—ʻo fakaʻauhamālie. Kae fēfē “ʻa e ngaahi meʻa manakoa mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē”? ʻOku fiemaʻu ke nau tatali ʻo aʻu ki he luluʻi fakaʻauha fakaʻosi ko iá kae toki fakahū mai kinautolu? ʻIkai ʻaupito.
6 ʻOku pehē ʻe Sioeli 2:32 “ko ia ʻoku tautapa ki he huafa ʻo Sihova ʻe fakahaofi: he ai ha kau hao ʻi Moʻunga Saione mo Selusalema, ʻo hange ko e folofola ʻa Sihova, pea ʻe ʻi he kau toe ʻa kinautolu ʻoku ui ʻe Sihova.” ʻOku tohoaki mai kinautolu ʻe Sihova, pea ʻoku nau tautapa ki hono huafá ʻaki ʻa e tui ki he feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú ki muʻa ʻi hono luluʻi fakaʻosi ko e mamahi lahí. (Fehoanaki mo Sione 6:44; Ngāue 2:38, 39.) Ko e meʻa fakafiefiá, ʻoku ‘hū mai’ ʻa e fuʻu kakai lahi mahuʻingá ni, ʻa ia ʻoku laka hake he toko fā miliona honau tokolahí he taimí ni, ki he fale ʻo Sihova ki he lotú ʻo fakatuʻotuʻa atu ki heʻene ‘luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá’ ʻi ʻĀmaketoné.—Fakahā 7:9, 10, 14.
7. Ko e hā ʻoku kau ʻi he ‘tautapa ki he huafa ʻo Sihová’?
7 ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e tautapa ʻa e kau haó ni ki he huafa ʻo Sihová? ʻOku ʻomai ʻe Sēmisi 4:8 kiate kitautolu ha fakahā mahino, ʻo pehē: “ʻUnuʻunu atu ki he ʻOtua, pea ʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ia kiate kimoutolu. Fakamaʻa homou nima, ʻa kau angahala; pea fakatapu ʻa homou loto, ʻa kau siosio ua.” Hangē pē ko e toenga ʻo e kau paní, ʻa ia naʻa nau takimuʻá, kuo pau ke fai ha meʻa ʻe he faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻamanaki atu ke kau ʻi he fuʻu kakai lahi ko e kau hao moʻui atu ʻi ʻĀmaketoné. Kapau ʻokú ke ʻamanaki atu ke hao moʻui, kuo pau ke ke inu loloto mei he Folofola fakatupu-fakamaʻa ʻa Sihová pea ngāueʻaki ʻa ʻene ngaahi tuʻunga māʻoniʻoní ʻi hoʻo moʻuí. Kuo pau ke ke fakapapau ʻi hoʻo fakatapui hoʻo moʻuí kia Sihova, ʻo fakahāhaaʻi ia ʻi he papitaiso ʻi he vai. ʻOku toe kau ʻa e ngāue fakaefakamoʻoni maʻaná ʻi hoʻo tautapa kia Sihova ʻi he tui. Ko ia, ʻoku tohi ʻe Paula ʻia Loma vahe 10, veesi 9 mo e 10: “Kapau te ke fakaha ʻaki ho ngutu, ko e ʻEiki ʻa Sisu, pea ke tui ʻaki ho loto, kuo fokotuʻu ia ʻe he ʻOtua mei he pekia, ʻe fakamoʻui koe. He ʻoku fai ʻa e tui ʻaki ʻa e loto ke maʻu ʻa e fakatonuhia, ka ʻoku fai ʻa e fakaha ʻaki ʻa e ngutu ke maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻui.” ʻI he veesi 13 ʻoku lave ai ʻa e ʻapositoló ki he kikite ʻa Sioelí ʻo fakamamafaʻi “he ʻilonga ʻa ia ʻe tautapa ki he huafa ʻo e ʻEiki [Sihova, NW] ʻe fakamoʻui.”
‘Kumi, Kumi, Kumi’
8. (a) Fakatatau ki he palōfita ko Sēfanaia, ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova kae fakahaofi ai kitautolú? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e fakatokanga ʻoku fakahoko mai kiate kitautolu ʻe he foʻi lea ko e “hei ilo” ʻia Sēfanaia 2:3?
8 ʻI heʻetau huke ki he tohi ʻa Sēfanaia vahe 2, veesi 2 mo e 3, PM ʻoku tau lau ai ki he meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe Sihova kae fakahaofi kitautolú: “I he heeki ke hoko kiate kimoutolu ae houhau kakaha o Jihova, i he heeki ke hoko kiate kimoutolu ae aho oe tubutamaki o Jihova. Mou kumi kia Jihova, akimoutlu kotoabe ae agamalu oe fonua, kuo mou fai a ene fakamāu; kumi ki he maonioni, kumi ki he agamalu: hei ilo e fufu akimoutolu i he aho oe houhau o Jihova.” Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e foʻi lea ko e “hei ilo.” ʻOku ʻikai ko ha meʻa ia ke pehē “ko ʻete hao pē pea ʻe hao maʻu ai pē.” Ko hono fufū kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ko iá ʻoku fakatuʻunga ia ʻi heʻetau hokohoko atu ke fai ʻa e meʻa ko ení ʻe tolu. Kuo pau ke tau kumi kia Sihova, kumi ki he māʻoniʻoní, pea kumi ki he anga-maluú.
9. ʻOku fakapaleʻi fēfē ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku kumi ki he anga-maluú?
9 ʻOku moʻoni, ʻoku lelei ʻaupito ʻa e pale ki he kumi ki he anga-maluú! ʻOku tau lau ʻia Sāme 37, veesi 9 ki he 11, PM: “Ko kinautolu oku tatali kia Jihova, te nau maʻu ae fonua. He oku toetoe jii be, bea e ikai ae agakovi . . . ka koe agamalu te nau maʻu ae fonua; o nau fakafiemalieʻi akinautolu i hono lahi oe melino.” Pea fēfē ʻa e kumi ki he māʻoniʻoní? ʻOku pehē ʻe he veesi 29, PM: “E maʻu e he maonioni ae fonua, bea te nau nofo ai o taegata.” Pea ʻoku tala mai ʻe he veesi 39 mo e 40, PM, kiate kitautolu ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kumi kia Sihová: “Ka ko hono fakamoui oe maonioni oku ia Jihova: ko ho nau malohi ia i he kuoga oe mamahi. Bea e tokoni akinautolu e Jihova, mo fakamoui akinautolu: te ne fakahaofi akinautolu mei he kakai agakovi, mo fakamoui akinautolu, koe mea i he e nau falala kiate ia.”
10. Ko hai kuo tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻi heʻenau fakafisi ke kumi kia Sihova pea kumi ki he anga-maluú?
10 Kuo ʻikai ke kumi kia Sihova ʻa e ngaahi siasi ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané. ʻOku aʻu ʻo fakafisingaʻi ʻe honau haʻa faifekaú ʻa hono huafa maʻongoʻongá, ʻo nau fie meʻa ʻo toʻo ia mei heʻenau ngaahi liliu Tohitapú. ʻOku lelei ange kiate kinautolu ia ke lotu ki ha ʻEiki pe ʻOtua taʻe ʻi ai hano hingoa pea ke fakalāngilangiʻi ha Tolu-tahaʻi-ʻotua fakapangani. ʻIkai ngata ai, ʻoku ʻikai ke kumi ʻa Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane ki he māʻoniʻoní. ʻOku tali pe poupouʻi ʻe he tokolahi ʻo ʻene kau memipá ʻa e founga moʻui anga-tākatuʻú. ʻOku nau fakahāhā ʻi he televīsoné ʻa e founga moʻui maʻumeʻa pea faʻa taʻetaau kae ʻikai ke kumi ki he anga-maluú ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sīsuú. Kuo maʻu meʻa ʻa e haʻa faifekaú mei honau ngaahi tākangá. Fakatatau ki he ngaahi lea ʻia Sēmisi 5:5, NW kuo nau “moʻui koloaʻia ʻi he māmaní pea kuo nau aʻu ki he fiemālie fakaekakano.” ʻI he tuʻunuku mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová, ʻoku pau te nau ʻilo ʻoku kaungatonu kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi lea fakamānavaʻí ni: “ʻOku ʻikai ʻaonga ʻa e koloa ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau.”—Palōvepi 11:4.
11. Ko hai ʻa e tangata ʻo e maumau-laó, pea kuo anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene fokotuʻunga ʻa e halaia fakaʻulia ʻi he totó?
11 Hangē ko ia naʻe lave ki ai ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi heʻene tohi hono ua ki he kau Tesalonaiká, naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí T.S. naʻa nau hoko ʻo fakakaukau ne ʻosi aʻu ange kiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová. Ka naʻe fai fakatokanga ʻa Paula ʻo pehē naʻe pau ke ʻuluaki hoko ʻa e tafoki lahi mei he moʻoní, pea naʻe pau ke fakaeʻa ʻa e “tangata ʻo e maumau-lao.” (2 Tesalonaika 2:1-3, NW) ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻi he senituli 20 ni, ʻe lava ke tau ʻilo ʻa hono lahi ʻo e tafoki ko ia mei he moʻoní pea mo hono lahi ʻo e maumau-lao ʻa e haʻa faifekau ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻi he vakai mai ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ni talu mei he 1914, kuo fokotuʻunga ʻa e halaia ʻi he totó ʻa e haʻa faifekaú ʻi heʻenau poupouʻi ʻa e ‘tuki heletā ʻaki honau ngaahi huo toho.’ (Sioeli 3:10) Kuo nau hokohoko mai foki ke akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi tokāteline loi, ʻo hangē ko e taʻefaʻamate ʻa e soulu fakaetangatá, pulekatolio, fakamamahi ʻi he afi ʻo helí, papitaiso kei valevalé, ko e Tolu-tahaʻi-ʻotuá mo e hā fua. ʻE fēfē honau tuʻungá ʻi hono fakahoko mai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene tuʻutuʻuni fakaefakamaaú? ʻOku pehē ʻe Palōvepi 19:5: “Ko e fakamoʻoni loi ʻe ʻikai ʻalu taʻetautea.”
12. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e “ngaahi langi” mo e “māmani” fakaetangata ʻoku vavé ni ke fakaʻauhamālie atú? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he fakaʻauha ʻoku tuʻunuku mai ki he māmani fulikivanu ko ení?
12 ʻOku tau lau ʻia 2 Pita 3:10, NW: “ʻE hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová ʻo hangē ha kaihaʻa, pea ʻe mole atu ʻa ngaahi langí ʻi he longoaʻa, ka ʻe movete ʻa e ngaahi ʻelemēniti ʻoku mātuʻaki vela, pea ʻe ʻiloʻi ʻa māmani mo ʻene ngaahi ngāue.” ʻE toʻo atu mei he māmaní ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga pule fulikivanu ʻa ia kuo nau fakamalumalu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi langí, fakataha mo e ngaahi ʻelemēniti kotoa ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e sōsaieti ololalo ʻa e tangatá he ʻaho ní. ʻE pulia atu ʻa e kau faʻu mo e kau fakatau atu ʻo e ngaahi meʻatau fakaniukiliá, mo e kau kākā, ko e kau lotu mālualoí mo honau haʻa faifekaú, pea mo e kau poupou ʻo e founga moʻui ololalo, fakamālohi mo e faihiá. Te nau vaia ʻi he houhau ʻa Sihova. Ka ʻoku tānaki atu ʻe Pita ʻi he veesi 11 mo e 12, NW, ʻa e fakatokanga ko eni ki he kau Kalisitiané: “Koeʻuhi ʻe movete ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa, ʻoku totonu ke mou hoko ko e faʻahinga kakai ʻoku toputapu ʻi he ʻulungaanga pea fai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻo e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotua, ʻo nofoʻaki tali mo tauhi maʻu ʻi he fakakaukaú ʻa e ʻi ai ʻa e ʻaho ʻo Sihová.”
ʻOku Fai Ngāue ʻa Maikeli!
13, 14. Ko hai ʻa e Tokotaha-Fakatonuhia lahi ʻo e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngāue kuó ne fai talu mei he 1914?
13 ʻE fakahaofi fēfē ha taha ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e “taimi faingataʻa” ʻa Sihová? Ko e Tokotaha-Fakafofonga ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hono tokonaki mai ʻa e fakahaofí ko e ʻāngelo pule ko Maikeli, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻuhinga hono hingoá “Ko Hai ʻOku Tatau mo e ʻOtua?” Ko ia, ʻoku feʻungamālie, he ko ia ʻa e Tokotaha ʻokú ne fakatonuhiaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga-pule ʻa Sihová, ʻo pouaki ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua moʻoni pē taha pea ko e ʻEiki Fakaleveleva totonu ʻo e ʻuniveesí kotoa.
14 Ko ha ngaahi meʻa fakaofo ē ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻia Fakahā vahe 12, veesi 7 ki he 17 ʻo fekauʻaki mo e “ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki” talu mei he 1914! (Fakahā 1:10) ʻOku lī hifo ʻe he ʻāngelo pule ko Maikelí ʻa e tokotaha-angatuʻu ko Sētané mei hēvani ki māmani. Ki mui mai ai, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻia Fakahā vahe 19, veesi 11 ki he 16, ko ha tokotaha ʻoku ui “Ko Falalaʻanga mo Moʻoni” ʻokú ne “malaki ʻa e tataʻonga uaine ko e houhau ʻo e tuputamaki ʻa e ʻOtua Aoniu.” Ko e hingoa ʻo e tokotaha-faitau mālohi fakahēvani ko ení ko e “Tuʻi ʻo e ngaahi tuʻi, mo e ʻEiki ʻo e ngaahi ʻeiki.” Fakaʻosí, ʻoku fakamatala ʻa Fakahā vahe 20, veesi 1 mo e 2, ʻo kau ki ha ʻāngelo lahi ʻokú ne lī ʻa Sētane ki he luo taʻehanotakelé pea tauhi fakapōpula ia ai ʻi ha taʻu ʻe taha afe. ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku tuhu ʻa e ngaahi konga Tohitapú ni kotoa ki he Tokotaha-Fakatonuhia ʻo e tuʻunga-hau ʻo Sihová ko e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻa ia naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova ki hono taloni lāngilangiʻia fakahēvaní ʻi he 1914.
15. ʻOku vavé ni ke “tuʻu hake” ʻa Maikeli ʻi he founga makehe fē?
15 Hangē ko ia kuo fakahā ʻia Tāniela 12:1, kuo “tuʻu” ʻa Maikeli maʻá e kakai ʻa Sihová talu mei hono fokotuʻu ia ko e Tuʻi ʻi he 1914. Ka ʻoku vavé ni ke “tuʻu hake” ʻa Maikeli ʻi ha ʻuhinga mātuʻaki makehe—ʻi hono tuʻunga ko e Tokotaha-Fakafofonga ʻa Sihova ki hono toʻo atu ʻa e fulikivanu kotoa pē mei he māmaní pea ʻi hono tuʻunga ko e Tokotaha-Faifakahaofi ʻo e falukunga kakai fakalūkufua ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi māmani lahí. Ko e lahi ʻo e “taimi faingataʻa” ko ení ʻoku fakahā ʻe he ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsū ʻia Mātiu 24:21, 22: “Koeʻuhi ʻe toki hoko ai ha mamahi lahi, ʻa ia kuo teʻeki hano tatau mei he kamataʻanga ʻo mamani ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimi ni, ʻoi, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe ʻi ai. Pea ka ne taeʻoua ʻa e fakanounou ʻo e taimi ko ia, pehe ʻe ʻauha ʻa e kakano kotoa pe: kae telia ʻa e kakai fili ʻe fakanounou ai ʻa e taimi ko ia.”
16. Ko e hā ʻa e kakano ʻe fakahaofi he lolotonga ʻa e mamahi lahí?
16 Ko ha fiefia ē te tau maʻu he ʻe fakahaofi ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻa e kakano ʻe niʻihi! ʻE ʻikai hangē ko e kau Siu angatuʻu naʻe ʻefihia ʻi Selusalema ʻi he 70 T.S., ko e niʻihi ai naʻe taki pōpula ki Loma. Ka ko e faʻahinga te nau hao atu ʻi he “kuoga oe gataaga” te nau hangē ko e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane ʻa ia naʻa nau ʻosi hola mei Selusalema ʻi he kamata ʻa e ʻākoloʻi fakamuimuí. Te nau hoko ko e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá tonu, ko e laui miliona ʻo e fuʻu kakai lahí fakataha mo e toenga ʻo e kau paní ʻa ia te nau kei ʻi māmani nai. (Tāniela 12:4, PM) Ko e fuʻu kakai lahi “ʻoku haʻu mei he mamahi lahi.” Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí “naʻa nau fō honau kofu, ʻo fakahinehina ʻi he taʻataʻa ʻo e Lami.” ʻOku nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tui ʻi he mālohi fakaehuhuʻi ʻo e taʻataʻa ʻo Sīsū kuo lilingí pea fakahāhā ʻa e tui ko iá ʻaki ʻa e tauhi mateaki ki he ʻOtuá. Naʻa mo e taimí ni, ko Sihova, ʻa ia “ʻoku ne ʻafio ʻi he taloni,” ʻokú ne falō mai ʻa hono tēniti maluʻí kiate kinautolu, lolotonga ia, ko e Lamí, ko Kalaisi Sīsū, ʻokú ne tauhi mo tataki kinautolu ki he ngaahi matavai ʻo e vai ʻo e moʻuí.—Fakahā 7:14, 15.
17. ʻOku fakalototoʻaʻi tautefito ʻa e fuʻu kakai lahí ke nau fai ʻa e hā koeʻuhi kae fufū kinautolu he lolotonga ʻa e ʻaho faingataʻa ʻoku tuʻunuku maí?
17 Ko e laui miliona ʻo e fuʻu kakai lahí kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻaupito te nau ʻai ke momoko ʻenau ʻuluaki ʻofa ki he moʻoní ʻi heʻenau kumi kia Sihova, ki he māʻoniʻoní mo e anga-maluú! Kapau ko ha taha koe ʻo e faʻahinga ko eni hangē ha sipí, ko e hā kuo pau ke ke faí? Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻia Kolose vahe 3, veesi 5 ki he 14, kuo pau ke ke “huʻihuʻi ʻa e motuʻa tangata, mo ʻene ngaahi falengā ngaue.” ʻI he fekumi ki he tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá, feinga maʻu pē ke ‘ʻai kiate koe ʻa e angaʻitangata foʻou, ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi he ʻilo kānokano.’ ʻI he anga-malū, langa hake mo tauhi maʻu ʻa e faivelenga ʻi hono hakeakiʻi ʻa Sihová pea mo hono fakaʻilo atu ki he niʻihi kehé ʻa ʻene ngaahi taumuʻa maʻongoʻongá. ʻI hoʻo fai iá ʻe fufū nai ai koe ʻi he “taimi faingataʻa,” ko e ʻaho ʻo e “houhau ʻa Sihova.”
18, 19. ʻI he founga fē kuo hoko ʻo mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ai ʻa e kātakí kae maʻu ʻa e fakahaofí?
18 ʻOku ofí ni ʻa e ʻaho ko iá! ʻOku fakavave mai kiate kitautolu. Kuo fakahoko ʻa hono fakatahatahaʻi ʻo e kakai ki he fuʻu kakai lahí he taʻu nai ʻe 57. Kuo mate ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e faʻahingá ni pea ʻoku nau fakatatali ki heʻenau toetuʻu. Ka ʻoku fakapapauʻi mai kiate kitautolu ʻe he kikite ʻa Fakahā ʻo pehē ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha falukunga kakai, ʻe hao atu ʻa e fuʻu kakai lahí ko e uho kinautolu ʻo ha falukunga kakai ʻi “ha fonua foʻou.” (Fakahā 21:1) Te ke ʻi ai? ʻE malava ia, he naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū ʻia Mātiu 24:13: “Ko ia te ne kataki ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga, ko e toko taha ko ia te ne moʻui.”
19 Ko e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻoku hokosia ʻe he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻi he tuʻu motuʻá ni ʻe hokohoko atu nai ke fuʻu lahi. Pea ʻi he taimi ʻe hoko ai ʻa e fuʻu mamahi lahi fakamamahí, te ke faingataʻaʻia nai. Ka ke hanganaki vāofi kia Sihova mo ʻene kautahá. ʻĀ maʻu ai pe! “Ko ia, mou tatali kiate au—ko Sihova ia mei he Taʻehamai—tatali ki he ʻaho o ʻeku tuʻu hake ke fai ha vete: he ko hoku totonu ke fakatefua ʻani kakai, ke tanaki ʻani puleʻanga, ke lilingi kiate kinautolu ʻeku houhau, ʻa e kakaha kotoa o ʻeku ʻita; he keina ʻa mamani katoa ʻe he afi o ʻeku fuaʻa.”—Sēfanaia 3:8.
20. Ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai ʻi he fakaʻau ke toe ofi mai ange ʻa e “taimi faingataʻa” mo hono tumutumú?
20 Ke hoko ko hotau maluʻi mo fakalototoʻa, kuo tokonaki anga-ʻofa mai ʻe Sihova ki heʻene kakaí ha “lea maa,” ʻa ia ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e pōpoaki maʻongoʻonga fekauʻaki mo hono Puleʻanga ʻoku tuʻunuku maí, “koeuhi ke nau ui kotoabe ki he huafa o Jihova, ke tauhi kiate ia i he uouagataha.” (Sēfanaia 3:9, PM) ʻI he fakavavevave ke toe ofi mai ange ʻa e “taimi faingataʻa” mo hono tumutumú, ʻofa ke tau ngāue ʻi he faivelenga, ʻo tokoni ki he niʻihi kehe ʻoku anga-maluú ke nau “ui kotoabe ki he huafa o Jihova” kae fakahaofi kinautolu.
ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻe fakahoko ʻe Sihova ki muʻa pea toki hoko mai ʻa e melino ki he māmaní?
◻ Fakatatau kia Sioeli, ko e hā kuo pau ke fai ʻe ha taha kae fakahaofi?
◻ Fakatatau kia Sēfanaia, ʻoku malava fēfē ke maluʻi ʻa e faʻahinga anga-maluú mei he houhau vela ʻa Sihová?
◻ Ko hai ʻa e “tangata ʻo e maumau-lao,” pea kuo anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene fokotuʻunga ʻa e halaia ʻi he totó?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e lahi ʻo e mahuʻinga ʻo e kātakí ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e fakahaofí?