Ngaahi Tuʻunga Mahuʻinga Fakaekātoanga ʻi he Hisitōlia ʻo ʻIsilelí
“Ko e tuʻo tolu malo ʻi he taʻu ʻe ha hoʻo kau tangata kotoa pe ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi he potu te ne fili ki ai . . . , pea ʻe ʻikai te nau tuʻu mola pe ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.”—TEUTALONOME 16:16.
1. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ke leaʻaki ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi taimi kātoanga ʻi he taimi ʻo e Tohitapú?
KO E HĀ ʻokú ke manatu ki ai ʻi he taimi ʻokú ke fakakaukau atu ai ki ha kātoanga? Ko e ngaahi kātoanga ʻe niʻihi ʻi he ngaahi taimi muʻá naʻe fakaʻilongaʻiʻaki ʻa e taʻemāpuleʻi kitá mo e ʻulungaanga taʻetāú. ʻOku pehē ʻa ʻene moʻoni ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga ʻe niʻihi ʻi onopooni. Ka ko e ngaahi kātoanga naʻe fakahinohino ʻi he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá ki ʻIsilelí naʻe kehe ia. Lolotonga ko e ngaahi taimi ia naʻe fakafiefia, naʻe lava pē ke toe fakamatalaʻi ko e “fakataha tapu.”—Livitiko 23:2.
2. (a) Ko e hā naʻe fiemaʻu ki he kau tangata ʻIsilelí ke nau fai tuʻo tolu ʻi he taʻú? (e) ʻI hono ngāueʻaki ʻo e foʻi leá ʻi he Teutalonome 16:16, ko e hā ʻa e “katoanga”?
2 Ko e kau tangata anga-tonu ʻIsilelí—ʻa ia naʻe faʻa ʻalu fakataha mo kinautolu honau ngaahi fāmilí—naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e fiefia fakaongoʻimālohi ʻi he fononga ki Selusalemá, ‘ko e feituʻu naʻe fili ʻe Sihova,’ pea naʻa nau foaki loto-fiefoaki ki he ngaahi kātoanga lalahi ʻe tolu. (Teutalonome 16:16) ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he tohi ko e Old Testament Word Studies ʻa e foʻi lea faka-Hepelū ʻoku liliu ko e “katoanga” ʻi he Teutalonome 16:16 ko ha “taimi ʻo e fiefia lahi . . . ʻa ia naʻe fakamanatu ai ʻi ha ngaahi taimi makehe ʻa e hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻaki ʻa e feilaulau mo e kaimeʻakai.”a
Ko e Mahuʻinga ʻo e Ngaahi Kātoanga Lalahí
3. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki naʻe fakamanatu mai ʻe he ngaahi kātoanga fakataʻu ʻe tolú?
3 Koeʻuhí ko kinautolú ko ha sōsaieti ngoue, naʻe fakafalala ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki he tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá fakafou mai ʻi he ʻuhá. Ko e ngaahi kātoanga lalahi ʻe tolu ʻi he Lao ʻa Mōsesé naʻe hoko taimi taha ia mo hono toli ʻo e toʻu paʻalé ʻi he kamata ʻo e faʻahitaʻu failaú, toli ʻo e uité ʻi he konga ki mui ʻo e faʻahitaʻu failaú, pea mo e toenga ʻo e ututaʻú ʻi he konga ki mui ʻo e faʻahitaʻu māfaná. Ko e ngaahi taimi ʻeni ʻo e fiefia lahi mo e fakafetaʻi ki he Tokotaha-Tauhi ʻo e vilo takai ʻa e ʻuhá mo e Tokotaha-Ngaohi ʻo e fonua mahú. Ka ko e ngaahi kātoangá, naʻe kaunga ki ai ʻa e meʻa lahi hake ʻaupito ia.—Teutalonome 11:11-14.
4. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa fakahisitōlia naʻe fakamanatu ʻe he ʻuluaki kātoangá?
4 Ko e ʻuluaki kātoangá naʻe fai ia ʻi he ʻuluaki māhina ʻo e tohimāhina motuʻa faka-Tohitapú, mei Nīsani 15 ki he 21, ʻa ia ʻoku feʻunga tonu ia mo hotau Maʻasi konga ki muí pe ʻEpeleli konga ki muʻá. Naʻe ui ia ko e Kātoanga Tapu-Lēvaní, pea koeʻuhí naʻe hoko ia hili pē ʻa e Pāsova ʻo Nīsani 14, naʻe toe ui ia ko e “katoanga ʻo e Pasova.” (Luke 2:41; Livitiko 23:5, 6) Naʻe fakamanatuʻi ʻe he kātoanga ko ʻení ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa hono fakatauʻatāinaʻi kinautolu mei he mamahi ʻi ʻIsipité, ʻo ui ai ʻa e mā taʻelēvaní ko e “ma ʻa e mamahi.” (Teutalonome 16:3) Naʻe fakamanatu ai kiate kinautolu ko ʻenau hola mei ʻIsipité naʻe mātuʻaki fakavavevave ʻo ʻikai ai ha taimi ke toe tānaki atu ha lēvani ki heʻenau tataʻongá pea tali ai ke tupu. (Ekisoto 12:34) Lolotonga ʻa e kātoanga ko ʻení naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ha mā lēvani ʻi ha ʻapi ʻIsileli. Ko ha taha kātoanga pē, kau ai ha nofo muli mai, naʻá ne kai ha mā lēvani naʻe pau ke tautea mate ia.—Ekisoto 12:19.
5. Ko e hā ʻa e monū ne fakamanatu nai ʻe he kātoanga hono uá, pea ko hai naʻe fakakau ʻi he fakafiefiá?
5 Ko e kātoanga hono uá naʻe fai ia hili ʻa e uike ʻe fitu (ʻaho ʻe 49) mei Nīsani 16 pea tō ʻi hono ʻaho 6 ʻo e māhina hono tolú, ʻa Sīvani, ʻo feʻunga tonu ia mo hotau Mē, konga ki muí. (Livitiko 23:15, 16) Naʻe ui ia ko e Kātoanga Lau-Uike (ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Sīsuú, naʻe ui ia ko e Penitekosi, ko hono ʻuhingá ko “Hono Nimangofulu” ʻi he faka-Kalisí), pea naʻe fai ia ofi ki he taimi tatau pē ko ia ʻo e taʻú ʻa ia naʻe hū atu ai ʻa ʻIsileli ki he fuakava Laó ʻi he Moʻunga Sainaí. (Ekisoto 19:1, 2) Lolotonga ʻa e kātoanga ko ʻení kuo ʻosi fakalaulauloto nai ʻa e kau anga-tonu ʻIsilelí ia ki honau monū ko ia ʻo hono fakamavaheʻi ko e puleʻanga tapu ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko ʻenau hoko ko ia ko e kakai makehe ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe fiemaʻu ai ʻa e talangofua ki he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá, hangē ko ia ko e fekau ke fakahā ʻa e tokanga anga-ʻofa ki he faʻahinga faingataʻaʻiá koeʻuhí ke lava ʻo fiefia foki mo e faʻahinga ko ʻení ʻi he kātoangá.—Livitiko 23:22; Teutalonome 16:10-12.
6. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe hokosia naʻe fakamanatu ʻe he kātoanga hono tolú ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
6 Ko e fakaʻosi ʻo e ngaahi kātoanga lalahi fakataʻu ʻe tolú naʻe ui ia ko e Kātoanga Ututaʻu, pe Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakau. Naʻe fai ia ʻi he māhina hono fitú, ʻi Tīsili, pe ʻIfanimi, mei hono 15 ki hono ʻaho 21, ʻo feʻungatonu ia mo hotau ʻOkatopa, konga ki muʻá. (Livitiko 23:34) Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko ʻení, naʻe nofo ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi tuʻa ʻi honau ngaahi ʻapí, pe ʻi honau ngaahi funga falé ʻi ha ngaahi fale fakataimi (fale-louʻakau) naʻe ngaohi mei he ngaahi vaʻa mo e ngaahi lau ʻo e ʻuluʻakaú. Naʻe fakamanatu ʻe he meʻá ni kiate kinautolu ʻa ʻenau fononga taʻu ʻe 40 mei ʻIsipite ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá, ʻi he taimi naʻe ako ai ʻa e puleʻangá ke falala ki he ʻOtuá ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakaʻahó.—Livitiko 23:42, 43; Teutalonome 8:15, 16.
7. ʻOku tau maʻu ʻaonga fēfē mei hono fakamanatuʻi ʻo e ngaahi kātoanga fakamanatu ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá?
7 Tau fakamanatu angé ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi kātoanga naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi naʻe hoko ko e ngaahi tuʻunga mahuʻinga ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e kakai ʻi he kuohilí ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku totonu ke hoko ʻeni ʻo fakalototoʻa kiate kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní, koeʻuhi ʻoku fakaafeʻi mo kitautolu foki ke fakatahataha fakataha maʻu pē ʻi he uike taki taha pea tuʻo tolu ʻi he taʻu ʻi he ngaahi ʻasemipilī mo e ngaahi fakataha-lahi lalahí.—Hepelu 10:24, 25.
ʻI he Taimi ʻo e Haʻa Tuʻi ʻo Tēvitá
8. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e kātoanga fakahisitōlia naʻe fai ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tuʻi Solomoné? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e tumutumu maʻongoʻonga ʻo e Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakau moʻonia ʻoku lava ke tau fakatuʻotuʻa atu ki aí?
8 Naʻe fai ha kātoanga fakahisitōlia ʻi he taimi ʻo e Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakaú lolotonga ʻa e pule lakalakaimonū ʻa Tuʻi Solomone, foha ʻo Tēvitá. “Ko e fuu fakataha lahi,” naʻe fakatahataha mai mei he ngaahi ngatangataʻanga ʻo e Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá ki he Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakaú mo e fakatapui ʻo e temipalé. (2 Kalonikali 7:8, PM) ʻI he taimi naʻe ʻosi aí, naʻe tuku ange ʻe Tuʻi Solomone ʻa e kau kātoangá, ʻa ia “naʻa nau talamonu ki he tuʻi, ʻo nau ō ki honau ngaahi teniti ʻoku nau fiefia, pea lelei honau loto ʻi he fuʻu lelei kuo fai ʻe he ʻEiki ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita, pea mo Isileli ko hono kakai.” (1 Tuʻi 8:66) Ko ha kātoanga ia naʻe mahuʻinga moʻoni. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku fakatuʻotuʻa atu ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he tumutumu maʻongoʻonga ʻo e Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakau moʻoniá ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e Pule Taʻu ʻe Afe ʻa Solomone Lahi Angé, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. (Fakahā 20:3, 7-10, 14, 15) ʻI he taimi ko iá, ko e kakai ʻe nofo ʻi he tapa kotoa pē ʻo e māmaní, kau ai ʻa e faʻahinga ʻe toetuʻú mo e kau hao moʻui atu ʻi ʻĀmakatoné, te nau hoko ʻo fāʻūtaha ʻi he lotu fiefia kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá.—Sakalaia 14:16.
9-11. (a) Ko e hā naʻe tākiekina atu ki ha kātoanga mahuʻinga ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tuʻi Hesekaiá? (e) Ko e hā ʻa e faʻifaʻitakiʻanga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he tokolahi mei he puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu fakatokelaú, pea ko e hā ʻokú ne fakamanatu mai kiate kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní?
9 Ko e kātoanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa hono hoko ʻoku hiki ʻi he Tohitapú, naʻe hoko ia hili ʻa e pule ʻa Tuʻi ʻĀhasi anga-fulikivanú, ʻa ia naʻá ne tāpuni ʻa e temipalé pea tākiekina ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo Siutá ʻo tafoki mei he moʻoní. Ko e fetongi ʻo ʻĀhasí ko Tuʻi Hesekaia anga-lelei. ʻI he ʻuluaki taʻu ʻo ʻene pulé, ʻi hono taʻu 25, naʻe kamata ai ʻe Hesekaia ha polokalama lahi ʻo e toe fakafoki mo e fakalelei. Naʻá ne fakaava leva ʻa e temipalé pea fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa hono fakaleleiʻí. Naʻe ʻave leva ʻe he tuʻí ʻa e ngaahi tohi ki he kau ʻIsileli naʻe nofo ʻi he puleʻanga anga-kovi ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi he tokelaú, ʻo fakaafeʻi kinautolu ke nau ōmai ke kātoangaʻi ʻa e Pāsová mo e Kātoanga Tapu-Lēvaní. Naʻe haʻu ʻa e tokolahi, neongo hono lumaʻi ʻe honau ngaahi kaungāmatakalí.—2 Kalonikali 30:1, 10, 11, 18.
10 Naʻe lavameʻa ʻa e kātoangá? ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Pea ko haʻa Isileli naʻe fakatefua ki Selusalema naʻa nau fai ʻa e katoanga Tapu-levani mo e fiefia lahi, ʻo ʻaho fitu: pea fai ʻe he kau Livai mo e kau taulaʻeiki ʻa e Haleluia ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pe, ʻo nau fai ki he ʻEiki mo e ngaahi meʻalea leʻo lahi.” (2 Kalonikali 30:21) He faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ē naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsileli ko iá ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ʻaho ní, ʻa ia ko honau tokolahi ʻoku nau kātekina ʻa e fakafepakí pea fononga ʻi ha hala mamaʻo ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakaha-lahí!
11 Ko e fakatātaá, fakakaukau atu ki he ngaahi Fakataha-Lahi Fakavahe “Anga-Līʻoa Faka-ʻOtua” ʻe tolu naʻe fai ʻi Pōlani ʻi he 1989. Naʻe ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau maʻu fakataha ʻe 166,518 ʻa e ngaahi kulupu lahi mei he muʻaki Sovieti ʻIunioní mo e ngaahi fonua kehe ʻo ʻIulope Fakahahake ʻa ia naʻe tapui ai ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻa e ngāue ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. “Ki he niʻihi ʻo kinautolu naʻe maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha-lahi ko ʻení,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa e tohi Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom,b “ko e fuofua taimi ia kuo nau ʻi ha fakatahataha tokolahi ai ʻo laka hake ʻi he toko 15 pe 20 ʻo e kakai ʻa Sihová. Naʻe fonu honau lotó ʻi he houngaʻia ʻi heʻenau mamata atu ki he laui mano ʻi he malaʻe sipotí, naʻa nau kau fakataha mo kinautolu ʻi he lotú, pea fāʻūtaha honau ngaahi leʻó ʻi he ngaahi hiva fakalāngilangi kia Sihová.”—Peesi 279.
12. Ko e hā naʻe tākiekina atu ki he kātoanga mahuʻinga ʻi he pule ʻa Tuʻi Siosaiá?
12 Hili ʻa e mate ʻa Hesekaiá, naʻe toe tafoki ʻa e kau Siuteá ia ki he lotu loí ʻi he malumalu ʻo Tuʻi Manase mo ʻĀmoní. Naʻe hoko mai leva ai ʻa e pule ʻa ha toe tuʻi lelei ʻe taha, ʻa kiʻi Siosaia, ʻa ia naʻá ne ngāue loto-toʻa ʻi hono toe fakafoki ʻo e lotu moʻoní. ʻI hono taʻu 25, naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ai ʻe Siosaia ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e temipalé. (2 Kalonikali 34:8) Lolotonga hono fakahoko ʻa e fakaleleí, naʻe maʻu ʻa e Lao naʻe tohi ʻe Mōsesé ʻi he temipalé. Naʻe ueʻi lahi ʻa Tuʻi Siosaia ʻe he meʻa naʻá ne lau ʻi he Lao ʻa e ʻOtuá peá ne fokotuʻutuʻu ke lau ia ki he kakaí kotoa. (2 Kalonikali 34:14, 30) Pea, fakatatau ki he meʻa naʻe hikí, naʻá ne fokotuʻutuʻu hano kātoangaʻi ʻo e Pāsová. Naʻe toe fokotuʻu ʻe he tuʻí ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻaki ʻene tokoni loto-fiefoaki ki he kātoangá. Ko hono olá, ʻoku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Talu ʻa e taimi ʻo e palofita ko Samiuela mo e ʻikai fai ʻi Isileli ha Pasova hange ko ia.”—2 Kalonikali 35:7, 17, 18.
13. Ko e hā ʻoku fakamanatuʻi mai ʻe he ngaahi kātoanga Fakamanatu ʻa Hesekaia mo Siosaiá kiate kitautolu ʻi he ʻaho ní?
13 Ko e ongo fakalelei ʻa Hesekaia mo Siosaiá ʻoku huʻufataha ia mo hono toe fakafoki fakaofo mai ʻo e lotu moʻoní ʻa ia kuo hoko ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Kalisitiané talu mei hono fakanofo tuʻi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he 1914. Hangē ko ia ko ʻene moʻoni tautefito ki he fakalelei ʻa Siosaiá, ko e toe fakafoki ʻi onopooni ko ʻení kuo fakatefito ia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku hiki ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Pea, ʻi he huʻufataha mo e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Hesekaia mo Siosaiá, ko e toe fakafoki ʻi onopōní kuo fakaʻilongaʻiʻaki ia ʻa e ngaahi ʻasemipilī mo e ngaahi fakataha-lahi ʻa ia kuo fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala fakatupu-fiefia ʻo e kikite faka-Tohitapú pea mo hono ngāueʻaki taimi tonu ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni faka-Tohitapú. Kuo tānaki atu ki he fiefia ʻo e ngaahi taimi fakatupu langa hake ko ʻení ʻa e faʻahinga tokolahi ko ia kuo nau papitaisó. Hangē ko e kau ʻIsileli fakatomala ko ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Hesekaia mo Siosaiá, kuo sītuʻa ʻa e faʻahinga kuo papitaiso foʻoú mei he ngaahi tōʻonga fulikivanu ʻo Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané pea mo e toenga ʻo e māmani ʻo Sētané. ʻI he 1997 naʻe laka hake ʻi he toko 375,000 naʻe papitaiso ko e fakahāhā ʻo ʻenau fakatapui ki he ʻOtua māʻoniʻoní, ʻa Sihova—ko hono fakaʻavalisí ʻoku laka hake ʻi he toko 1,000 ʻi he ʻaho.
Hili ʻa e Fakaheeʻí
14. Ko e hā naʻe tākiekina atu ki ha kātoanga mahuʻinga ʻi he 537 K.M.?
14 Hili ʻa e mate ʻa Siosaiá, naʻe toe tafoki ʻa e puleʻangá ia ki he lotu loi ololaló. Naʻe faai mai pē ʻo tautea ʻe Sihova ʻene kakaí ʻi he 607 K.M., ʻaki ʻene ʻomai ʻa e kau tau Pāpiloné ʻo tauʻi ʻa Selusalema. Naʻe fakaʻauha ʻa e koló mo hono temipalé, pea naʻe fakamaomaonganoa ʻa e fonuá. Naʻe hoko atu ai ʻa e nofo pōpula taʻu ʻe 70 ʻa e kau Siú ʻi Pāpilone. Naʻe toki fakaake ʻe he ʻOtuá ha toenga ʻo e kau Siu fakatomalá, ʻa ia naʻa nau foki ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá ke toe fakafoki mai ʻa e lotu moʻoní. Naʻa nau aʻu atu ki he kolo maumau ʻo Selusalemá ʻi hono fitu ʻo e māhina ʻo e taʻu 537 K.M. Ko e ʻuluaki meʻa naʻa nau faí ko hono fokotuʻu ha ʻōlita ke foaki atu fakaʻaho maʻu pē ai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fakahinohino ʻi he fuakava Laó. Naʻe taimi tonu ia ki ha toe kātoanga fakahisitōlia ʻe taha. “Pea nau fai ʻa e Katoanga Fale-louʻakau, ʻo hange ko e tohi.”—Esela 3:1-4.
15. Ko e hā ʻa e ngāue naʻe hanga atu ki he toenga naʻe toe foki ʻi he 537 K.M., pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e ʻi ai ha tuʻunga huʻufataha mo ia ʻi he 1919?
15 Ko ha ngāue lahi naʻe hanga mai ki he kau fakaheeʻi ko eni naʻe fokí—ko hono toe langa ʻo e temipale ʻo e ʻOtuá pea mo Selusalema mo hono ngaahi ʻaá. Naʻe lahi ʻaupito ʻa e fakafepaki mei honau ngaahi kaungāʻapi loto-koví. ʻI he taimi naʻe kei langa ai ʻa e temipalé, naʻe hoko ia ko e “ʻaho ʻo e meʻa siʻi.” (Sakalaia 4:10) Ko e tuʻunga ko ʻení naʻe huʻufataha ia mo e tuʻunga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane pani anga-tonu ʻi he 1919. ʻI he taʻu fakangalongataʻa ko iá, naʻe veteange ai kinautolu mei he pōpula fakalaumālie ki Pāpilone ko e Lahí, ʻa e ʻemipaea ʻo e lotu loí ʻi māmaní. Naʻe laui afe siʻi pē honau tokolahí pea fehangahangai mo ha māmani anga-fakamālohi. ʻE lava nai ʻe he ngaahi fili ʻo e ʻOtuá ke taʻofi ʻa e laka ki muʻa ʻa e lotu moʻoní? Ko e tali ki he fehuʻi ko iá ʻokú ne fakamanatu mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e ongo kātoanga fakamanatu fakaʻosi ʻe ua ʻoku hiki ʻi he Ngaahi Konga Tohitapu Faka-Hepeluú.
16. Ko e hā naʻe mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo ha kātoanga ʻi he 515 K.M.?
16 Naʻe faai mai pē ʻo toe langa ʻa e temipalé ʻi he māhina ko ʻĀtali 515 K.M., ʻo taimi tonu ia ki he kātoanga ʻo e faʻahitaʻu failau ʻo Nīsaní. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Pea nau fai fiefia ʻa e Katoanga Tapu Levani, ʻo ʻaho fitu; he kuo fakafiefiaʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova; he kuo ne fakafinangalo lelei kiate kinautolu ʻa e Tuʻi Asilia, ke poupou ki honau nima ʻi he ngaue ki he fale ʻo Elohimi ko e ʻOtua ʻo Isileli.”—Esela 6:22.
17, 18. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e kātoanga mahuʻinga naʻe aʻusia ʻi he 455 K.M.? (e) ʻOku anga-fēfē ʻetau ʻi ha tuʻunga tatau pehē ʻi he ʻahó ni?
17 Hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe onongofulu mei ai, ʻi he 455 K.M., naʻe toe aʻusia ha tuʻunga mahuʻinga ʻe taha. Naʻe fakaʻilongaʻi ʻe he Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakau ʻo e taʻu ko iá ʻa e kakato ʻo hono toe langa ʻo e ngaahi ʻā ʻo Selusalemá. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohitapú: “Ko e fakataha kotoa kuo foki mei he popula naʻa nau ngaohi fale louʻakau, ʻo nau nofo ai. Seuke, talu e taimi ʻo Sisua foha ʻo Nuni mo e ʻikai pehe hono fai ʻe haʻa Isileli. Pea naʻe ʻi ai ha fuʻu fiefia naʻe kehe ange.”—Nehemaia 8:17.
18 He meʻa fakangalongataʻa moʻoni ia ʻa hono toe fakafoki ʻa e lotu moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he mata ʻo e fakafepaki kakahá! Ko e tuʻunga ʻi he ʻaho ní ʻoku pehē pē. Neongo ʻa e ngaahi peau ʻo e fakatangá mo e fakafepakí, ko e ngāue lahi ʻo hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá kuo aʻu ia ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo e māmaní, pea ko e ngaahi pōpoaki ʻo e fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá kuo fakaongo atu ia ki he feituʻu kotoa pē. (Mātiu 24:14) Ko hono silaʻi fakaʻosi ʻo e faʻahinga ʻoku toe ʻi he faʻahinga pani ʻe toko 144,000, ʻoku fakaofi mai. ʻOku laka hake ʻi he nima miliona ʻo honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻi he “fanga sipi kehe” kuo fakatahatahaʻi mai mei he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ki he “takanga pe taha” mo e toenga ʻo e kau paní. (Sione 10:16; Fakahā 7:3, 9, 10) He fakahoko fakaofo moʻoni ē ʻo e fakatātā fakaekikite ʻo e Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakaú! Pea ko e ngāue lahi ʻo hono fakatahatahaʻi ko ʻení ʻe hokohoko atu ia ki he maama foʻoú ʻi he taimi ʻe fakaafeʻi ai ʻa e laui piliona ʻo e faʻahinga ʻe toetuʻú ke fakamanatu ʻa e Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakau moʻoniá!—Sakalaia 14:16-19.
ʻI he ʻUluaki Senituli T.S.
19. Ko e hā naʻá ne ʻai ʻa e Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakau ʻi he 32 T.S. ʻo tuʻu-ki-muʻá?
19 ʻOku kau taʻetoeveiveiua ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga fakamanatu tuʻu-ki-muʻa taha kuo hiki ʻi he Tohitapú ʻa ia ko ē naʻe ʻalu ki ai ʻa e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. Ko e fakatātaá, fakakaukau ki he ʻi ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Kātoanga Fale-Louʻakaú (pe, Tāpanekalé) ʻi he taʻu 32 T.S. Naʻá ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e taimi ko iá ke faiakoʻaki ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni mahuʻinga mo poupouʻi ʻene akonakí ʻaki ʻene toʻo fakamatala mei he Ngaahi Konga Tohitapu Faka-Hepeluú. (Sione 7:2, 14, 37-39) Ko e tuʻunga anga-maheni ʻo e kātoanga ko ʻení ko e angaʻaki hono tutu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻuʻanga maama lalahi ʻe fā ʻi he lotoʻā ʻi loto ʻo e temipalé. Naʻe tokoni eni ki he fiefia ʻo e ngaahi ouau ʻo e kātoangá ʻa ia naʻe hokohoko pē ʻo aʻu ʻo poʻuli. Ngalingali, naʻe lave ʻa Sīsū ki he ngaahi maama lalahi ko ʻení ʻi he taimi naʻá ne pehē ai: “Ko au pe ko e Maama ʻo Māmani: ko ia ʻoku muimui kiate au, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ne fononga ʻi he poʻuli, ka te ne maʻu ʻa e maama ʻo e moʻui.”—Sione 8:12.
20. Ko e hā naʻe tuʻu-ki-muʻa ai ʻa e Pāsova ʻo e 33 T.S.?
20 Naʻe hoko mai leva ʻa e Pāsová mo e Kātoanga Tapu-Lēvani ʻo e taʻu mahuʻinga ʻo e 33 T.S. ʻI he ʻAho Pāsova ko iá, naʻe fakapoongi ai ʻa Sīsū ʻe hono ngaahi filí peá ne hoko ai ko e Lami moʻonia ʻo e Pāsová, ʻa ia naʻe pekia ke ʻave “ʻa e angahala ʻa māmani.” (Sione 1:29; 1 Kolinito 5:7) Hili ʻa e ʻaho ʻe tolu mei ai, ʻi he Nīsani 16, naʻe toe fokotuʻu ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa Sīsū ʻaki ha sino fakalaumālie taʻefaʻamate. Naʻe taimi taha eni mo e foaki ʻo e ngaahi polopolo ʻo e ututaʻu paʻalé ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he Laó. Ko ia, ko e ʻEiki naʻe toetuʻu ko Sīsū Kalaisí naʻe hoko ia “ko e polopolo ʻo e faʻahinga kuo mohe.”—1 Kolinito 15:20.
21. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi he Penitekosi ʻo e 33 T.S.?
21 Ko ha kātoanga tuʻu-ki-muʻa moʻoni ʻa e Penitekosi ʻi he 33 T.S. ʻI he ʻaho ko ení naʻe tokolahi ʻa e kau Siu mo e kau ului-Siu naʻe fakatahataha ʻi Selusalema, kau ai ʻa e kau ākonga nai ʻe toko 120 ʻa Sīsū. Lolotonga ʻa e fai māfana ʻo e kātoangá, naʻe huaʻi hifo ʻe he ʻEiki kuo toetuʻu ko Sīsū Kalaisí ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoni ʻo e ʻOtuá ki he toko 120. (Ngāue 1:15; 2:1-4, 33) Naʻe pani ai kinautolu pea nau hoko ko e puleʻanga foʻou kuo fili ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo fakafou ʻi he fuakava foʻou ʻoku fakalaloa ai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. Lolotonga ʻa e kātoanga ko iá naʻe foaki atu ʻe he taulaʻeiki lahi faka-Siú ki he ʻOtuá ʻa e ongo foʻi mā lēvani ʻe ua kuo ngaohi mei he ngaahi polopolo ʻo e ututaʻu uité. (Livitiko 23:15-17) Ko e ongo foʻi mā lēvani ko ʻení ʻokú na fakatātaaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga taʻehaohaoa ʻe toko 144,000 ʻo e tangatá ʻa ia ‘naʻe fakatau maʻá e ʻOtuá’ ʻe Sīsū ke ngāue ‘ko e puleʻanga mo e ngaahi taulaʻeiki . . . ke nau hau ʻi mamani.’ (Fakahā 5:9, 10; 14:1, 3) Ko e foʻi moʻoni ko ia ko e ngaahi pule fakahēvani ko ʻení ko e haʻu mei he ongo vaʻa ʻe ua ʻo e faʻahinga angahalaʻia ʻo e tangatá, ʻa e Siú mo e Senitailé, ʻoku toe fakataipeʻi nai ia ʻe he ongo foʻi mā lēvani ʻe uá.
22. (a) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai fakamanatu ai ʻe he kau Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi kātoanga ʻo e fuakava Laó? (e) Ko e hā te tau lau ki ai ʻi he kupu hoko maí?
22 ʻI he taimi naʻe ngāue ai ʻa e fuakava foʻoú ʻi he Penitekosi 33 T.S., naʻe ʻuhinga ia ko e fuakava Lao motuʻá kuo ʻikai toe ʻi ai hano mahuʻinga ʻi he hāngai fofonga mai ʻa e ʻOtuá. (2 Kolinito 3:14; Hepelu 9:15; 10:16) ʻOku ʻikai ʻuhinga ai ia ʻoku ʻikai ha lao ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní. ʻOku nau ʻi he malumalu ʻo e lao fakaʻotua naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sīsū Kalaisí pea kuo tohi ʻi honau lotó. (Kaletia 6:2) Ko ia ai, ko e ngaahi kātoanga fakataʻu ʻe tolú, koeʻuhi ko e konga ia ʻo e fuakava Lao motuʻá, ʻoku ʻikai fakamanatu ia ʻe he kau Kalisitiané. (Kolose 2:16, 17) Ka neongo ia, ʻoku lava ke tau ako ʻa e meʻa lahi mei he fakakaukau ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi muʻa ʻi he Kalisitiané fekauʻaki mo ʻenau ngaahi kātoangá mo e ngaahi fakataha kehe ki he lotú. ʻI heʻetau kupu hoko maí, te tau lau ai ki he ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga te ne ueʻi taʻetoeveiveiua kitautolu kotoa ke fakahoungaʻi ʻa e fiemaʻu ko ia ke hoko ʻo fai tuʻumaʻu ʻa hono maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané.
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a Toe sio ki he Insight on the Scriptures, naʻe pulusi ʻe he Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., Voliume 1, peesi 820, kōlomu 1, palakalafi 1 mo e 3, ʻi lalo ʻi he “Kātoanga.”
b Pulusi ʻe he Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakamanatu
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e taumuʻa naʻe fakahoko ʻe he ngaahi kātoanga lalahi ʻe tolu ʻa ʻIsilelí?
◻ Ko e hā naʻe fakaʻilongaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi kātoanga ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Hesekaia mo Siosaiá?
◻ Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga mahuʻinga naʻe fakamanatu ʻi he 455 K.M., pea ko e hā ʻoku fakalototoʻa ai ia kiate kitautolú?
◻ Ko e hā naʻe mahuʻinga fekauʻaki mo e Pāsová pea mo e Penitekosi ʻi he 33 T.S.?
[Puha ʻi he peesi 12]
Ko ha Lēsoni Fakaekātoanga Kiate Kitautolu ʻi he ʻAho Ní
Ko kinautolu kotoa ʻe maʻu ʻaonga tuʻuloa mei he feilaulau huhuʻi angahala ʻa Sīsuú kuo pau ke nau moʻui ʻo fehoanaki mo e meʻa ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he Kātoanga Tapu-Lēvaní. Ko e kātoanga moʻonia ko ʻení ko e fakamanatu fiefia ia ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní ʻi hono fakatauʻatāinaʻi kinautolu mei he maama fulikivanu ko ʻení pea mo e veteange mei he fakamalaʻia ʻo e angahalá fakafou ʻi he huhuʻi ʻa Sīsuú. (Kaletia 1:4; Kolose 1:13, 14) Ko e kātoanga totonú naʻe ʻosi ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu—ko e fika ia naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻi he Tohitapú ke fakatātaaʻiʻaki ʻa e kakato fakalaumālie. Ko e kātoanga moʻoniá ʻoku ʻosi ia ʻi he kakato ʻo e taimi ʻo e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane paní ʻi he māmaní pea kuo pau ke fakamanatu ia ʻaki ʻa e “maʻa mo e moʻoni.” ʻOku ʻuhinga iá ko e tokanga maʻu pē telia ʻa e lēvani fakaefakatātaá. Ko e lēvaní ʻoku ngāueʻaki ia ʻi he Tohitapú ke fakatātaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi akonaki hala, mālualoi, mo koví. Ko e kau lotu moʻoni ʻa Sihová kuo pau ke nau fakahāhā ʻa e fehiʻa ki he lēvani peheé, ʻo ʻoua ʻe fakaʻatā ia ke ne fakameleʻi ʻenau moʻuí tonu pea ʻoua ʻe fakaʻatā ia ke ne maumauʻi ʻa e maʻa ʻa e fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiané.—1 Kolinito 5:6-8; Mātiu 16:6, 12.
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 9]
Naʻe foaki ha haʻinga ʻo e toʻu paʻale foʻoú ʻi he taʻu taki taha ʻi Nīsani 16, ʻa e ʻaho naʻe toetuʻu ai ʻa Sīsuú
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 10]
Naʻe lave nai ʻa Sīsū ki he ngaahi maama kātoangá ʻi he taimi naʻá ne ui ai ia “ko e maama ʻo māmani”