ʻŌlita ki ha ʻOtua Taʻehingoa
NAʻE ʻaʻahi ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki ʻAtenisi, Kalisi, ʻi he 50 T.S nai. ʻI aí, naʻá ne sio ai ki ha ʻōlita naʻe fakatapui ki ha ʻotua taʻeʻiloa pea naʻá ne lave ki ai ki mui ʻi heʻene fai ha fakamoʻoni lelei ʻo kau kia Sihova.
ʻI he kamata ʻo ʻene malanga ʻi he Tafungofunga ko Maʻasí, pe ko e ʻAleopeikó, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “ʻA matāpule Atenisi, ʻoku ha kiate au ʻi he meʻa kehekehe ʻoku ou sio ki ai, ta ko e kakai kimoutolu ʻoku matamata hulu atu ʻi he tauhi faʻahikehe [“ʻotuá,” NW]. He lolotonga ʻeku ʻalu fano, ʻo u tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mou lotu ki ai, ne u ʻilo foki ha ʻolita ʻa ia naʻe tohi ai ʻa e lea ni, Moʻo ha ʻOtua Teʻeki ʻIloa. Pea ko e meʻa ʻoku mou lotu taʻe ʻilo ki ai, ko eni ia ʻoku ou fakahā ni kiate kimoutolu.”—Ngāue 17:22-31.
Neongo ko e ʻōlita ko ia ʻi ʻAtenisí kuo ʻikai ʻaupito ke ʻilo, naʻe ʻi ai ha ʻū ʻōlita pehē ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kehe ʻo Kalisí. Hangē ko ení, ko e faisiokālafi Kalisi ʻo e senituli hono ua ko Pauseniasí naʻá ne lave ki he ʻū ʻōlita ʻo e “ngaahi ʻotua ʻOku Taʻeʻiloa Honau Hingoá” ʻi Phaleron, ʻo ʻikai fuʻu mamaʻo mei ʻAtenisi. (Description of Greece, Attica I, 4) Fakatatau ki he tohi tatau, ʻi Olympia naʻe ʻi ai “ha ʻōlita ʻo e ngaahi ʻotua Taʻeʻiloá.”—Eleia I, XIV, 8.
ʻI heʻene tohi The Life of Apollonius of Tyana (VI, III), ko e faʻutohi Kalisi ko Filositalatusi (170-245 T.S. nai) naʻá ne pehē, ʻi ʻAtenisi “ʻoku fokotuʻu ai ʻa e ʻū ʻōlita ʻi he fakalāngilangi naʻa mo e ngaahi ʻotua taʻeʻiloá.” Pea ʻi he Lives of Philosophers (1.110), ko Tiosinesi Laetiasi (200-250 T.S. nai) naʻá ne tohi naʻe malava ke mātā ha “ʻū ʻōlita taʻehingoa” ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kehekehe ʻo ʻAtenisí.
Naʻe toe fokotuʻu foki ʻe he kau Lomá ʻa e ʻū ʻōlita ki ha ngaahi ʻotua taʻehingoa. ʻOku hā heni ha taha mei he senituli hono ʻuluaki pe ua K.M. pea ʻoku tauhi ia ʻi he Misiume Palatine Antiquarium ʻi Loma, ʻĪtali. Ko hono tā tongitongi faka-Latiná ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ko e ʻōlita ko ení naʻe fakatapui ia ki ha “ʻotua tangata pe ʻotua fefine”—ko ha kupuʻi lea “naʻe faʻa ʻasi ʻi he ngaahi lotu pe ngaahi fakalea toputapú, fakatouʻosi ʻi he tā tongitongí pea ʻi he ngaahi potutohi fakaetohí.”
“Koe Otua aia naa ne gaohi a mamani moe mea kotoabe oku i ai,” ʻoku kei taʻeʻiloa pē ia ki he tokolahi. Kae hangē ko hono tala ʻe Paula ki he kau ʻAtenisí, ko e ʻOtuá ni—ʻa Sihova—“oku ikai mamao ia [meiate] kitautolu taki taha.”—Ngāue 17:24, 27, PM.
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ʻŌlita: Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma