Ngaahi Fehuʻi mei he Kau Lautohí
Ko e hā ʻoku pehē ai ʻi he 1 Kolinito 10:8 ko e kau ʻIsileli ʻe toko 23,000 naʻe tō ʻi he ʻaho ʻe taha ʻi he fai feʻauakí, lolotonga iá ʻoku ʻomai ʻe he Nomipa 25:9 ʻa e fika ko e toko 24,000?
ʻOku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa tefito ʻe fakamatalaʻi nai ai ʻa e faikehekehe ʻi he ongo fika ʻoku ʻomai ʻi he ongo veesi ʻe ua ko ení. Ko e meʻa tefito faingofua tahá ko e lava ke pehē ko e mataʻifika moʻoní ʻoku ʻi he vahaʻa ia ʻo e 23,000 mo e 24,000 ʻo fakaʻatā ai ia ke feʻunuʻaki holo ki ha tafaʻaki pē koeʻuhi ke kakato.
Toe fakakaukau angé ki ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻe ala lava. Naʻe hiki ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻa e fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e kau ʻIsileli ʻi Sitimí ko ha fakatātā fakaefakatokanga ki he kau Kalisitiane ʻi Kolinitō ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ko ha kolo naʻe ʻiloa ʻi heʻene founga moʻui taʻetāú. Naʻá ne tohi: “Ke ʻoua naʻa tau feʻauaki, ʻo hange ko e feʻauaki ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e kakai na, pea to ai hanau toko ua mano ma tolu afe ʻi he ʻaho pe ʻe taha.” ʻI hono fakamavaheʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ʻa ia naʻe tāmateʻi ʻe Sihova koeʻuhi ko ʻenau fai feʻauakí, naʻe ʻomai ai ʻe Paula ʻa e fika ko e 23,000.—1 Kolinito 10:8.
Kae kehe, ko e Nomipa vahe 25, ʻoku tala mai ai kia kitautolu naʻe “luva kinautolu [pe pipiki] ʻe Isileli kia Peali-peoli, pea langaʻi ai ʻa e houhau ʻo Sihova ki Isileli.” Naʻe fekauʻi leva ai ʻe Sihova ʻa Mōsese ke ne tāmateʻi ʻa e “houʻeiki katoa ʻo e kakai.” Ko ia ai, naʻe fekauʻi ʻe Mōsese ʻa e kau fakamāú ke fakahoko ʻa e fekau ko iá. Fakaʻosí, ʻi he ngāue fakavavevave ʻa Fineasi ke fakapoongi ʻa e tokotaha ʻIsileli naʻá ne ʻomai ha fefine Mitiani ki he ʻapitangá, naʻe “taʻofi ai ʻa e ʻau ʻo haʻa Isileli.” Naʻe ngata ʻa e fakamatalá ʻi he fakamatala ko ení: “Ko e pekia ʻi he ʻau ko ia ko e toko ua mano ma fa afe.”—Nomipa 25:1-9.
Ko e fika ʻoku ʻomai ʻi he Nomipá ʻoku hā mahino naʻe kau ai ʻa e “houʻeiki katoa ʻo e kakai” naʻe tāmateʻi ʻe he kau fakamāú pea mo e faʻahinga naʻe tāmateʻi hangatonu ʻe Sihová. Naʻe ʻi ai nai ha toko taha afe ʻo e kau houʻeiki ko ia naʻe mate ʻi he nima ʻo e kau fakamāú ʻo aʻu ai ʻa e fiká ki he 24,000. Pe ko e ngaahi houʻeiki, pe ko e kau taki ko ení naʻa nau fai feʻauaki, kau ʻi he ngaahi kātoangá, pe loto ki he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he faʻahinga ko iá, naʻa nau halaia ʻi he ‘luva kinautolu [pe pipiki] kia Peali-peolí.’
ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e foʻi lea “pipikí,” ʻoku fakamatala ʻa e tohi maʻuʻanga fakamatala Tohi Tapu ʻe taha ʻo pehē ʻe lava ke ʻuhinga ia “ko hono haʻi kita ki ha tokotaha.” Ko e kau ʻIsilelí ko ha kakai ia naʻe fakatapui kia Sihova, ka ʻi he taimi naʻa nau fakahoko ai ha “luva kinautolu [pe pipiki] kia Peali-peoli,” naʻa nau maumauʻi ai honau vahaʻangatae fakatapui mo e ʻOtuá. ʻI he taʻu nai ʻe 700 ki mui ai, fakafou ʻi he palōfita ko Hōseá, naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova fekauʻaki mo e kau ʻIsilelí: “ʻAlu ʻa e faʻahinga na kia Peali-Peoli, ʻo nau luva kinautolu kia Poseti (Maʻanga), pea nau hoko ko e koto fakalielia tatau mo honau ʻofaʻanga.” (Hosea 9:10) Ko e faʻahinga kotoa naʻa nau fai iá naʻa nau tuha mo e fakamaau fakafili fakaʻotua. Ko ia ai, naʻe fakamanatu ʻe Mōsese ki he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsilelí: “Ko homou mata naʻe mātaʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ʻia Peali-Peoli: he ʻilonga ha tangata naʻe muimui kia Peali-Peoli kuo fakaʻauha ia ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua mei ho lotolotonga.”—Teutalonome 4:3.