Ngaahi Taimí mo e Ngaahi Kuongá ʻi he Toʻukupu ʻo Sihová
“ʻOku ʻikai ʻamoutolu ke ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi taimi mo e ngaahi kuonga, ʻa ia kuo taʻofi ʻe he Tamai ki heʻene faʻiteliha aʻana.”—NGĀUE 1:7.
1. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa Sīsū ki he ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e taimí ʻa ʻene kau ʻapositoló?
KO E HĀ ha meʻa ʻe lava ke fakaenatula ange ki he faʻahinga “ʻoku mapuhoi mo toʻe koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fakalielia ʻoku fai” ʻi Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiane mo e kotoa ʻo e māmaní ʻi he fifili pe ko ʻafē ʻe ngata ai ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ʻení pea fetongi ʻaki ʻa e māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá? (Isikeli 9:4; 2 Pita 3:13) Naʻe ʻeke ange ʻe he kau ʻapositolo ʻa Sīsuú kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e taimí ki muʻa siʻi pē heʻene pekiá mo e hili ʻene toetuʻú. (Mātiu 24:3; Ngāue 1:6) Kae kehe, ʻi hono talí, naʻe ʻikai ʻoange ai ʻe Sīsū ia kiate kinautolu ha ngaahi founga ʻo hono fikaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻahó. ʻI he taimi ʻe taha naʻá ne ʻoange kiate kinautolu ha fakaʻilonga faʻu fetuiaki, pea ʻi he taimi ʻe taha naʻá ne pehē ai ‘ʻoku ʻikai ʻanautolu ke ʻilo ʻa e ngaahi taimi mo e ngaahi kuonga, ʻa ia kuo taʻofi ʻe he Tamaí ki heʻene faʻiteliha aʻaná.’—Ngāue 1:7.
2. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke pehē kuo ʻikai ke ʻilo maʻu pē ʻa Sīsū ki he taimi ʻa ʻene Tamaí ki he hoko totonu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e taimi ʻo e ngataʻangá?
2 Neongo ko Sīsuú ko e ʻAlo tofu-pē-taha-ne-fakatupu ia ʻo Sihová, kuo ʻikai te ne ʻilo maʻu pē ʻe ia tonu ʻa e taimi-tēpile ʻa ʻene Tamaí ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻe hokó. ʻI heʻene kikite fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí, naʻe fakahaaʻi anga-fakatōkilalo ʻe Sīsū: “Ko e meʻa ki he ʻaho ko ia mo hono houa, ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻoku ʻilo ki ai; ʻio, pe ko e kau angelo ʻi he langi; pea naʻa mo e ʻAlo ʻoku ʻikai; ngata pe ʻi he Tamai toko taha.” (Mātiu 24:36) Naʻe loto-lelei ʻa Sīsū ke tatali anga-kātaki ki heʻene Tamaí ke ne toki fakahā ange kiate ia ʻa e taimi papau ki he ngāue fakaefakaʻauha ʻe fakahoko ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ʻení.a
3. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau ako mei he ngaahi tali ʻa Sīsū ki he ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá?
3 Ko e meʻa ʻe ua ʻoku lava ke toʻo mei he founga ʻo hono tali ʻe Sīsū ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e taimi ʻe hoko ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻUluakí, ʻoku ʻi ai ha taimi-tēpile ʻa Sihova; pea ko hono uá, ko ia pē ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi iá pea ʻoku ʻikai lava ke ʻamanekina ʻe heʻene kau sevānití ʻe ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e fakamatala tonu matematē ki muʻa ki heʻene ngaahi taimí pe ngaahi kuongá.
Ngaahi Taimi mo e Ngaahi Kuonga ʻa Sihová
4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi ʻuhinga ʻo e ongo foʻi lea faka-Kalisi naʻe liliu lea ko e “ngaahi taimi” mo e “ngaahi kuonga” ʻi he Ngāue 1:7?
4 ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e “ngaahi taimi” mo e “ngaahi kuonga”? Ko e fakamatala ko ia ʻa Sīsū ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Ngāue 1:7 ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ongo tafaʻaki ʻe ua ʻo e taimí. Ko e foʻi lea faka-Kalisi naʻe liliu lea ko e “ngaahi taimi” ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ki he “taimi ʻi he ʻuhinga ki he fuoloa,” ko ha foʻi vahaʻa ʻo e taimí (lōloa pe nounou). Ko e “ngaahi kuonga” ko e liliu lea ia ʻo ha foʻi lea ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ha foʻi taimi tukupau pe kuo kotofa, ko ha foʻi kuonga pau, pe vahaʻa taimi, ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻiʻaki ha ngaahi tafaʻaki pau. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ongo foʻi tupuʻi lea ko ʻení, ʻoku pehē ʻe W. E. Vine: “ʻI he Ngāue 1:7, ‘kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he Tamaí ʻi Hono mafai ʻoʻoná’ fakatouʻosi ʻa e ngaahi taimi (chronos), ko e ngaahi lōloa ʻo e ngaahi vahaʻa taimí, pea mo e ngaahi kuongá (kairos), ngaahi ʻēpoki ʻoku fakaʻilongaʻi ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa pau ʻoku hoko ai.”
5. Naʻe fakahā fakakū ʻe Sihova kia Noa ʻa ʻEne taumuʻa ke fakaʻauha ʻa e māmani fakameleʻí, pea ko e hā ʻa e ongo fekau naʻe fakahoko ʻe Noá?
5 Ki muʻa he Lōmakí, naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ha taimi fakangatangata ko e taʻu ʻe 120 ki he māmani fakameleʻi ko ia naʻe fakahoko mai ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mo e kau ʻāngelo angatuʻu naʻe liliu ʻo kakanó. (Senesi 6:1-3) Naʻe taʻu 480 ʻa Noa anga-fakaʻotua ʻi he taimi ko iá. (Senesi 7:6) Naʻá ne kei taʻefanau ai pea naʻe kei hokohoko pehē ʻi ha toe ngaahi taʻu ʻe 20. (Senesi 5:32) Ki mui ʻaupito mei ai, ʻi he toki hili pē ʻa e aʻu ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo Noá ʻo lalahi pea nau malí, naʻe fakahā leva ʻe he ʻOtuá kia Noa ʻa ʻEne taumuʻa ke toʻo atu ʻa e anga-fulikivanú mei he māmaní. (Senesi 6:9-13, 18) Naʻa mo ia, neongo naʻe tuku kia Noa ʻa e fekau ʻe ua ko hono langa ʻa e ʻaʻaké pea malanga ki hono toʻutangatá, naʻe ʻikai ke fakahā ʻe Sihova ia ʻa ʻene taimi-tēpilé kiate ia.—Senesi 6:14; 2 Pita 2:5.
6. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Noa naʻá ne tuku ʻa e taimi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hokó ki he toʻukupu ʻo Sihová? (e) ʻE lava fēfē ke tau muimui ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Noá?
6 ʻI he ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu—ko ha vaeua senituli nai—“pea fai ʻe Noa; ʻilonga ha meʻa naʻe tuʻutuʻuni kiate ia ʻe he ʻOtua, naʻa ne fai.” Naʻe fai pehē ʻa Noa ʻi he “tui,” ʻo ʻikai ha ʻilo ki ha ʻaho pau matematē. (Senesi 6:22; Hepelu 11:7) Naʻe tuku pē ʻe Sihova ʻo ʻikai te ne fakahā kiate ia ʻa e taimi tofu pē ko ia ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hokó kae ʻoua kuo aʻu ki he toe ʻa e uike ʻe taha ki muʻa ʻi he teu ke hoko mai ʻa e Lōmakí. (Senesi 7:1-5) Ko e falala kakato mo e tui ʻa Noa kia Sihová naʻe fakaivia ai ia ke ne tuku pē ʻa e taimi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hokó ki he toʻukupu ʻo e ʻOtuá. Pea ko ha houngaʻia lahi ē kuo pau naʻe maʻu ʻe Noa ʻi he taimi naʻá ne ongoʻi ai ʻa e maluʻi ʻa Sihová he lolotonga ʻa e Lōmakí pea ki mui ʻi heʻene hopo ki tuʻa mei he ʻaʻaké ki ha māmani maʻá! ʻI he vakai atu mo ha ʻamanaki meimei tatau ki he fakahaofí, ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke tau ngāueʻi ʻa e tui pehē ki he ʻOtuá?
7, 8. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko mai ʻo ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá mo e ngaahi mafai fakaemāmaní? (e) ʻI he founga fē naʻe hanga ai ʻe Sihova ʻo ‘fakafuofua ʻa e ngaahi kuonga naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ki he nofo ʻa e tangatá mo honau ngaahi kauʻaá’?
7 ʻI he hili ʻa e Lōmakí, naʻe liʻaki ʻe he tokolahi taha ʻo e ngaahi hako ʻo Noá ʻa e lotu moʻoni ʻa Sihová. ʻI he taumuʻa ke nau nofo pē ʻi he feituʻu pē ʻe tahá, naʻa nau kamata ke langa ha fuʻu kolo mo ha taua ki he lotu loí. Naʻe fakapapauʻi leva ʻe Sihova kuo taimi ke ne fai ha meʻa ki ai. Naʻá ne fakapuputuʻuʻi ʻenau leá pea “naʻe veteki kinautolu . . . mei he potu ko ia [Pēpeli] ke nofoʻi ʻa e fonua kotoa.” (Senesi 11:4, 8, 9) Ki mui ai, naʻe tupu ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga leá ni ʻo hoko ko e ngaahi puleʻanga, pea maʻu ʻe he niʻihi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga kehe pea nau hoko ai ko e ngaahi mafai fakaevahefonua, pea aʻu ʻo hoko ko e ngaahi mafai fakamāmani.—Senesi 10:32.
8 ʻI he fehoanaki mo hono fakahoko ʻene taumuʻá, naʻe faʻa fakapapauʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi ngataʻanga fakaefonuá pea mo e taimi ʻi he ʻalu ʻa e taimí ʻe pule fakalotofonua ai ha puleʻanga pe hoko ko ha mafai fakamāmani. (Senesi 15:13, 14, 18-21; Ekisoto 23:31; Teutalonome 2:17-22; Taniela 8:5-7, 20, 21) Naʻe lave ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki he tafaʻaki ko ʻeni ʻo e ngaahi taimi mo e ngaahi kuonga ʻa Sihová ʻi he taimi naʻá ne tala ai ki he kau poto Kalisi ʻi ʻAtenisí: “Ko e ʻOtua naʻa ne ngaohi ʻa e univēsi, mo e meʻa kehekehe ʻoku ʻi ai . . . Naʻa ne oʻi foki ʻa e ngaahi faʻahinga kakai ʻa ia ʻoku nau tupunga taha kotoa pe, ke nau nofoʻia ʻa e funga kotoa ʻo māmani; he ne ne fakafuofua ʻa e ngaahi kuonga naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ki heʻenau nofo, mo honau ngaahi kauʻā.”—Ngāue 17:24, 26.
9. Kuo anga-fēfē hono hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ‘liliu e ngaahi kuongá mo e ngaahi taimí’ ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tuʻí?
9 ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻuhinga ʻeni ia ʻoku tupu meia Sihova ʻa e ngaahi ikuna fakapolitikale kotoa pē pea mo e ngaahi liliu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá. Ka, ʻoku lava ke ne ngāue mai ʻi he taimi ʻokú ne fili ai ke fai pehē koeʻuhi ke fakahoko ʻene taumuʻá. Ko ia, ko e palōfita ko Tanielá, ʻa ia ko ha fakamoʻoni sio tonu ʻi hono liua ʻa e Mafai Fakamāmani Pāpiloné pea mo hono fetongi ia ʻe Mītia-Pēsiá, naʻá ne pehē fekauʻaki mo Sihova: “Ko ia ia ʻoku ne liliu kuonga mo e taimi: ʻoku ne liu tuʻi mo fokotuʻu tuʻi: ʻoku ne foaki poto ki he kau poto, mo e ʻilomeʻa ki he kau lotomatala.”—Taniela 2:21; Aisea 44:24–45:7.
“Fakaaʻau ke Ofi Mai ʻa e Taimi”
10, 11. (a) Ko e hā hono fuoloa ki muʻa ʻa hono fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e taimi te ne fakahaofi ai ʻa e ngaahi hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé mei he nofo pōpulá? (e) Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi naʻe ʻikai ke ʻilo papau ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki he taimi ʻe fakahaofi ai kinautolú?
10 Laka hake he senituli ʻe fā ki muʻa, naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e taʻu pau matematē pē ko ia te ne fakavaivaiʻi ai ʻa e tuʻi ʻo e Mafai Fakaemāmani ʻIsipité pea fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e ngaahi hako ʻo ʻĒpalahamé mei he nofo pōpulá. ʻI hono fakahā ʻa ʻene taumuʻá kia ʻĒpalahamé, naʻe talaʻofa ange ʻe he ʻOtuá: “Ke ke matuʻaki ʻilo ʻe nofo muli ʻa ho hako ʻi ha fonua ʻoku ʻikai ʻonautolu; pea te nau ngaue ki he kakai ko ia; ʻa ia te nau ngaohikoviʻi kinautolu ʻo fangeau taʻu: ko ia foki ko e kakai te nau ngaue ki ai te u fakamauʻi ia ʻe au, pea hili ia te nau ʻalu atu mo e koloa lahi.” (Senesi 15:13, 14) ʻI heʻene vakai fakalūkufua ki he hisitōlia ʻo ʻIsilelí, ʻa ē naʻe ʻomai ki he ʻao ʻo e Sanetalimí, naʻe lave ai ʻa Sitīveni ki he vahaʻa taimi taʻu ʻe 400 ko ʻení ʻo ne pehē: “Pea ʻi he fakaaʻau ke ofi mai ʻa e taimi ʻo e talaʻofa, ʻa ia ne fai ʻe he ʻOtua kia Epalahame, pea tupu ʻa e [kakai] ʻi Isipite, ʻo fuʻu tokolahi ʻaupito. Ka naʻe faifai pea mālohi ʻi Isipite ha tuʻi naʻe faʻahinga kehe, ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo kia Siosefa.”—Ngāue 7:6, 17, 18.
11 Ko e Felo foʻou ko ʻení naʻá ne fakamāʻulaloʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau nofo pōpula. Naʻe teʻeki ai ke hiki ʻe Mōsese ia ʻa e tohi ʻa Sēnesí, neongo ʻoku hangehangē naʻe ʻosi ʻohifo ʻa e ngaahi talaʻofa ia ʻa Sihova kia ʻĒpalahamé ʻi he founga ko hono folofolaʻaki pe tohi. Neongo ia, ʻoku hā ko e fakamatala naʻe maʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí naʻe ʻikai te ne fakaʻatā kinautolu ke nau fikaʻi ʻa e ʻaho matematē ʻo honau fakahaofi mei he fakafeʻātungiá. Naʻe ʻafioʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ia ʻa e taimi te ne fakahaofi ai kinautolú, ka ʻoku hā mahino naʻe ʻikai ke fakahā ia ki he kau ʻIsileli faingataʻaʻiá. ʻOku tau lau: “Pea fuoloa fuoloa pea pekia ʻa e Tuʻi Isipite: pea naʻe toʻe ʻa haʻa Isileli koeʻuhi ko e fatongia, pea naʻa nau tautapa; pea naʻe aʻu hake kia Elohimi ʻenau tangi tokoni koeʻuhi ko e fatongia. Pea naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻenau toʻe, pea ne manatu ki heʻene fuakava mo Epalahame mo Aisake mo Sekope. Pea naʻe hangai fofonga ʻa e ʻOtua ki haʻa Isileli, ʻo ne tokangaʻi.”—Ekisoto 2:23-25.
12. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe Sitīveni naʻe fakahoko ngāue ʻa Mōsese ia ki muʻa ʻi he taimi ʻa Sihová?
12 Ko e ʻikai ha ʻilo ko ʻeni fekauʻaki mo e taimi tofu pē ʻo hono fakahaofi ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻoku lava ke toe toʻo ia mei he fakamatala toʻotoʻo konga lalahi ʻa Sitīvení. ʻI he lea fekauʻaki mo Mōsesé, naʻá ne pehē: “ʻI heʻene aʻu ki hono fangofulu taʻu, pea ake ʻi hono loto ke aʻahi ki hono kainga ko haʻa Isileli. Pea ʻi heʻene sio ki ha toko taha ʻoku ngaohikoviʻi, naʻa ne langomakiʻi ia, ʻo ne fai ha sāuni maʻae fakamalohia, ʻo ne taaʻi ʻa e tangata Isipite: pea naʻa ne mahalo ʻe ʻilo leva ʻe hono kainga ʻoku nimaʻaki ia ʻe he ʻOtua ke ʻomi hanau fakamoʻui: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo.” (Ngāue 7:23-25, fakaʻītali ʻamautolu.) Naʻe fakahoko ngāue ʻa Mōsese ia heni ʻi he taʻu ia ʻe 40 ki muʻa ʻi he taimi ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Sitīveni ʻo pehē naʻe pau ke tatali ʻa Mōsese ʻi he toe ngaahi taʻu ʻe 40 ki muʻa pea hanga ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo ‘nimaʻaki ia ke ʻomi ha fakamoʻui ki he kau Isilelí.’—Ngāue 7:30-36.
13. ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻa e meimei tatau ʻa hotau tuʻungá mo e tuʻunga ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí ki muʻa ʻi honau fakahaofi mei ʻIsipité?
13 Neongo naʻe “fakaaʻau ke ofi mai ʻa e taimi ʻo e talaʻofa” pea ko e taʻu pau matematē ko iá naʻe ʻosi fakapapauʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá, naʻe pau kia Mōsese mo e kotoa ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí ke nau ngāueʻi ʻa e tuí. Naʻe pau ke nau tatali ki he taimi ʻa Sihova kuo kotofá, ʻo hā mahino heʻikai malava ke nau fikaʻi ia ki muʻa. ʻOku tau tuipau mo kitautolu ko hotau fakahaofi mei he ngaahi meʻa lolotonga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ʻení ʻoku tuʻunuku mai. ʻOku tau ʻilo ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi he “kuonga fakamui.” (2 Timote 3:1-5) Ko ia, ʻikai ʻoku totonu ke tau loto-lelei ke fakahāhā ʻetau tuí pea fakatatali ki he taimi tukupau ʻa Sihova ki hono ʻaho lahí? (2 Pita 3:11-13) Pea hangē ko Mōsese mo e kau ʻIsilelí, ke tau hiva nai ʻi ha hiva fakalāngilangiʻi ʻo e fakahaofí, ko e fakahīkihikiʻi ʻo Sihova.—Ekisoto 15:1-19.
‘ʻI he Hokosia Leva ʻa e Taimí’
14, 15. ʻOku tau ʻilo fēfē naʻe ʻosi fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ha taimi ki hono ʻAló ke ne haʻu ai ki he māmaní, pea ko e hā naʻe hanganaki fakasio ki ai ʻa e kau palōfitá pea pehē ki he kau ʻāngeló?
14 Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova ha taimi pau ki hono ʻAlo tofu-pē-taha-ne-fakatupú ke ne hifo ai ki he māmaní ʻo hoko ko e Mīsaia. Naʻe tohi ʻe Paula: “ʻI he hokosia leva ʻa e fakakakato ʻo e taimi, naʻe fekau atu ʻe he ʻOtua hono ʻAlo oʻona, ʻa ia ne tupu mei ha fefine, mo tupu ko e moʻulaloa ki he Lao.” (Kaletia 4:4) Naʻe fakahoko heni ʻa e talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fekau mai ha Hako—ʻa Sailo, pea ʻe fai kiate ia ʻe he ngaahi kakaí ʻenau tukuloló.’—Senesi 3:15; 49:10.
15 Ko e kau palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá—naʻa mo e kau ʻāngeló—naʻa nau hanganaki fakasio ki he “kuonga” ʻe hā ai ʻa e Mīsaiá ʻi he māmaní pea mo hono ʻai ke malava ʻa e fakamoʻui maʻá e faʻahinga angahalaʻia ʻo e tangatá. “ʻA e fakamoʻui ko ia,” naʻe pehē ʻe Pita, “naʻe ʻeke lahi mo fakatotolo atu ki ai ʻa e kau Palofita, ʻa kinautolu naʻa nau kikite ki he kelesi naʻe taʻofi maʻamoutolu: heʻenau fakatotolo atu, pe ko e fē ia ʻa e kuonga, pea fakafēfē hono anga, ʻa ia naʻe lau ki ai ʻe he Laumalie ʻo Kalaisi naʻe ʻiate kinautolu, heʻene sinaki fakahā ʻa e ngaahi mamahi naʻe tuʻutuʻuni maʻa Kalaisi, mo e ngaahi langilangi ʻe hoko ai. . . . ʻA e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku holi ʻa e kau angelo ke fakasio hifo ki ai.”—1 Pita 1:1-5, 10-12.
16, 17. (a) Fakafou ʻi he kikite fē naʻe tokoniʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau Siu ʻo e ʻuluaki-senitulí ʻi heʻenau ʻamanekina ʻa e Mīsaiá? (e) Kuo anga-fēfē ʻa e kaunga ʻa e kikite ʻa Tanielá mo e ʻamanekina ʻe he kau Siú ʻa e Mīsaiá?
16 Fakafou mai ʻi heʻene palōfita ko Tanielá—ko ha tangata ʻo e tui taʻeueʻiá—naʻe ʻomai ai ʻe Sihova ha kikite fekauʻaki mo e “fitungofuluʻi uike.” Ko e kikite ko iá te ne ʻai ke malava ʻe he kau Siu ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa e tuʻunuku atu ʻa e hā ʻa e Mīsaia naʻe talaʻofaʻakí. Naʻe pehē ʻi he konga ʻo e kikité: “Mei he ʻalu atu ʻa e fekau ke fokotuʻu foʻou mo langa ʻa Selusalema, ʻo aʻu kia Misaia ko e ʻEiki, ko e uike ʻe fitu mo e uike ʻe onongofulu ma ua.” (Taniela 9:24, 25) ʻOku faʻa loto-tatau ʻa e kau mataotao Siu, Katolika, mo e kau Palotisaní ko e ngaahi “uike” ʻoku lave ki ai hení ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e ngaahi uike ʻo e ngaahi taʻu. Ko e ngaahi “uike” ʻe 69 (taʻu ʻe 483) ʻo e Taniela 9:25 naʻe kamata ia ʻi he 455 K.M., ʻi he taimi naʻe fakamafaiʻi ai ʻe Tuʻi ʻAtasease ʻo Pēsiá ʻa Nehemaia “ke fokotuʻu foʻou mo langa ʻa Selusalema.” (Nehemaia 2:1-8) Naʻe ngata ʻa e taʻu ʻe 483 ki mui—ʻi he 29 T.S., ʻi he taimi ko ia naʻe papitaiso ai ʻa Sīsū pea pani ʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní, ʻo hoko ai ko e Mīsaiá, pe Kalaisi.—Mātiu 3:13-17.
17 ʻOku ʻikai ʻilo ia pe naʻe ʻilo pau matematē ʻa e kau Siu ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí ki he taimi naʻe kamata ai ʻa e taʻu ʻe 483. Ka ʻi he taimi naʻe kamata ai ʻe Sione Papitaiso ʻa ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú, naʻe “fakanganga ʻa e kakai, mo nau fifili kotoa pe ʻi honau loto kia Sione, naʻa ko e Misaia ia.” (Luke 3:15) ʻOku hanga ʻe he kau mataotao Tohitapu ʻe niʻihi ʻo fakafehokotaki ʻa e ʻamanaki ko ʻení ki he kikite ʻa Tanielá. ʻI he fakamatala ki he foʻi veesí ni, naʻe tohi ʻe Matthew Henry: “ʻOku tala mai heni kiate kitautolu . . . ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai ʻa e kakaí ki he meʻa ko iá, mei he ngāue fakafaifekau mo e faipapitaiso ʻa Sioné, ke fakakaukau ai ki he Mīsaiá, pea ke fakakaukau kiate ia kuó ne panaki maí . . . naʻe ʻosi ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻa e uike ʻe fitungofulu ʻa Tanielá.” Ko e Manuel Biblique Falanisē, ʻa Vigouroux, Bacuez, mo Brassac ʻoku fakahā ai: “Naʻe ʻilo ʻe he kakaí ko e ngaahi uike ʻe fitungofulu ʻo e ngaahi taʻu naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe Tanielá naʻe ofi ʻosi; naʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻe ofo ʻi hono talaki ʻe Sione Papitaiso ʻo pehē ne ofi ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Naʻe tohi ʻe he mataotao Siu ko Abba Hillel Silver ʻo pehē, ʻi hono fakatatau ki he “fakahokohoko taimi anga-maheni” ʻo e ʻahó, “naʻe ʻamanekina ʻa e Mīsaiá ʻi he ofi ki he kuata hono ua ʻo e ʻuluaki senituli T.S.”
Ngaahi Meʻa ʻOku Hokó—ʻIkai ko e Fikaʻi ʻo e Taimí
18. Neongo naʻe tokoni ʻa e kikite ʻa Tanielá ki he kau Siú ke nau ʻilo fakapapau ai ʻa e taimi ʻoku lava ke ʻamanekina ʻe hā ai ʻa e Mīsaiá, ko e hā ʻa e fakamoʻoni fakatupu tuipau lahi taha ʻo e Tuʻunga faka-Mīsaia ʻo Sīsuú?
18 Neongo ʻoku hā mahino naʻe tokoni ʻa e fakahokohoko taimí ki he kakai Siú ke nau maʻu ai ha fakaofiofi ki he taimi naʻe totonu ke hā ai ʻa e Mīsaiá, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi meʻa naʻe toki hoko ki mui aí naʻe ʻikai tokoni ʻa e fakahokohoko taimí ki hono fakatuipauʻi ʻa e tokolahi taha ʻo kinautolú ki he Tuʻunga faka-Mīsaia ʻo Sīsuú. Siʻi hifo ʻi he taʻu ʻe taha ki muʻa heʻene pekiá, naʻe ʻeke ai ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ākongá: “Ko hai au ʻi he lau ʻa e ngaahi kakai?” Naʻa nau tali: “Ko Sione Papitaiso; ka ko e lau ʻa e niʻihi, Ko Ilaisia; pea ko e niʻihi, Kuo toetuʻu ha taha ʻo e kau palofita muʻa.” (Luke 9:18, 19) ʻOku ʻikai te tau maʻu ʻe kitautolu ha lēkooti ne ʻi ai ha teitei lave ʻa Sīsū ki he kikite ʻo e ngaahi uike fakaefakatātaá ke fakamoʻoniʻiʻaki ko ia ʻa e Mīsaiá. Ka ʻi he taimi ʻe taha, naʻá ne pehē: “Ko ʻeku fakamoʻoni aʻaku ko e toko taha ʻoku lahi ʻia Sione: he ko e ngaahi ngaue naʻe tuku mai ʻe he Tamai ke u lava, ʻio, ʻa e ngaahi ngaue pe kó é ʻa ia ʻoku ou fai, ʻoku nau fakamoʻoni kiate au, kuo fekau mai au ʻe he Tamai.” (Sione 5:36) ʻI he ʻikai ke fakahā ha faʻahinga fakahokohoko taimi pē, ko e ngāue fakamalanga ʻa Sīsuú, ko ʻene ngaahi maná, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko takatakai ʻi heʻene pekiá (ʻa e fakapoʻulituʻu fakaemaná, ko e mahaeua ʻa e puipui ʻo e temipalé, mo e mofuiké) naʻa nau fakamoʻoniʻi ko ia ʻa e Mīsaia naʻe fekau mai ʻe he ʻOtuá.—Mātiu 27:45, 51, 54; Sione 7:31; Ngāue 2:22.
19. (a) ʻE ʻilo fēfē ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ofi ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalemá? (e) Ko e hā naʻe kei fiemaʻu ai ʻa e tui lahi ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiane ko ia naʻa nau hola mei Selusalemá?
19 ʻI he founga meimei tatau, hili ʻa e pekia ʻa Sīsuú, naʻe ʻikai teitei ʻoange ki he muʻaki kau Kalisitiané ia ha founga ke nau fikaʻi ai ʻa e hoko mai ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Siú. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe lave ʻa e kikite ʻa Taniela fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi uike fakaefakatātaá ki he fakaʻauha ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko iá. (Taniela 9:26e, 27e) Ka ʻe toki hā ʻeni ia ʻi he hili ʻa e ngataʻanga ʻo e “fitungofuluʻi uike” (455 K.M.–36 T.S.). ʻI hono fakalea ʻe tahá, ʻi he hili ʻa e hoko ʻa e ʻuluaki fuofua kau Senitailé ko e kau muimui ʻo Sīsū ʻi he 36 T.S., naʻe mahulu atu ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ia mei he ngaahi maka lau-maile fakaefakahokohoko taimi ʻo e Taniela vahe 9. Kiate kinautolu, ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hokó, ʻikai ko e fakahokohoko taimí, te ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e pau pē ʻa e taimi siʻi pea ngata ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Siú. Ko e ngaahi meʻa ko ia naʻe hokó, naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sīsuú, naʻe kamata ke aʻu ia ki hano tumutumu ʻi he 66 T.S., ʻi hono ʻohofi ko ia ʻe he ngaahi kongakau Lomá ʻa Selusalema pea nau toki holomuí. Naʻe ʻoange ai ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e faingamālie ki he kau Kalisitiane anga-tonu mo tokanga ʻi Selusalema mo Siuteá ke nau “hola ki he moʻunga.” (Luke 21:20-22) ʻI he ʻikai ha ngaahi fakaʻilonga fakaefakahokohoko taimí, naʻe ʻikai ke ʻilo ʻe he muʻaki kau Kalisitiane ia ko iá ʻa e taimi ʻe hoko mai ai ʻa e fakaʻauha ʻo Selusalemá. Ko ha tui lahi ē naʻe fiemaʻu kiate kinautolu ka nau mavahe mei honau ngaahi ʻapí, ngaahi ngoueʻangá, ngaahi fale ngāué pea ke nau mavahe mei Selusalema he meimei taʻu ʻe fā ʻo aʻu ki he toe foki mai ki ai ʻa e kau tau Lomá ʻi he 70 T.S. ʻo fakaʻauha ʻosiʻosingamālie ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu faka-Siú!—Luke 19:41-44.
20. (a) ʻOku malava fēfē ke tau maʻu ha ʻaonga mei he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻa Noa, Mōsese, mo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi Siutea ʻi he ʻuluaki-senitulí? (e) Ko e hā te tau lāulea ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí?
20 Hangē ko Noá, Mōsese, mo e kau Kalisitiane ʻi he ʻuluaki-senitulí ʻi Siuteá, ʻoku malava mo kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní ke tau loto-papau ʻo tuku ʻa e ngaahi taimí mo e ngaahi kuongá ki he toʻukupu ʻo Sihová. Ko ʻetau tuipau ʻoku tau lolotonga moʻui ʻi he taimi ʻo e ngataʻangá pea ko hotau fakahaofi ʻoku ofi ní ʻoku fakatuʻunga ia, ʻo ʻikai ʻi hono fikaʻi fakaefakahokohoko ʻa e taimí, ka ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hoko tonu ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi kikite ʻa e Tohitapú. ʻIkai ngata aí, neongo ʻoku tau lolotonga moʻui ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ʻi ai ʻa Kalaisí, ʻoku ʻikai te tau fakamaʻamaʻaʻi ʻa e fiemaʻu ke ngāueʻi ʻa e tuí pea ke hanganaki ʻaá. Kuo pau ke tau hokohoko atu ke moʻui ʻo ʻamanaki vēkeveke atu ki he ngaahi meʻa fakafiefia ʻe hoko naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻi he ngaahi Konga Tohitapú. Ko e tuʻunga-lea eni ʻo e kupu hoko maí.
[Fakamatala ʻi lalo]
a Sio ki he The Watchtower, ʻo ʻAokosi 1, 1996, peesi 30-31.
Ko e Fakamanatu
◻ ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi taimi mo e ngaahi kuonga ʻa Sihová, ko e hā naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene kau ʻapositoló?
◻ Ko e hā hono fuoloa ki muʻa naʻe ʻilo ai ʻa Noa ki he taimi totonu ʻe kamata ai ʻa e Lōmakí?
◻ Ko e hā ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi naʻe ʻikai ke ʻilo papau ʻa Mōsese mo e kau ʻIsilelí ki he taimi ʻe fakahaofi ai kinautolu mei ʻIsipité?
◻ ʻOku malava fēfē ke tau maʻu ha ʻaonga mei he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻi he Tohitapú ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi taimi mo e ngaahi kuonga ʻa Sihová?
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 11]
Naʻe fakaivia ʻe he tui ʻa Noá ia ke ne tuku ʻa e taimi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hokó ki he toʻukupu ʻo Sihová