Ko Hono Fakapiti ʻa e Hōsí pea mo e ʻEleló
“ʻOku teu ha hōsi ki he ʻaho ʻo e tau,” ko e lea ia ʻa Tuʻi Solomone poto ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá. (Palovepi 21:31) Kuo fuoloa mai hono fakahoko ʻe he kau tau heka-hōsí ha ngafa mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ki he ikuna ʻi he ngaahi taú. Talu mei he ngaahi taimi ʻo e kuonga muʻá mo hono ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau taú ʻa e pití ke puleʻi ʻaki ʻa e anga mo e mālohi ʻo e hōsí.
Ko e pití, ʻi he fakamatala ʻa e Encyclopædia Britannica, “ko ha seti ʻo e ngaahi lauʻi leta ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e pití ke maʻu ʻi he ngutu ʻo e monumanú pea fakapapauʻi ai ʻa hono puleʻi ʻe he tangatá ʻaki ʻa e ongo leta angi ʻo e pití.” ʻOku ʻikai ke fuʻu kehekehe lahi ʻa e ngaahi piti ʻo e kuonga muʻá mo ia ʻi onopōní, pea ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻenau mahuʻinga taʻefakatataua ki hono fakalalata pea mo e heka ʻi he fanga hōsí.
Ko e tamai ʻa Solomoné, ʻa Tuʻi Tēvita, naʻe lave ki he mahuʻinga ʻo e pití ʻi he taimi naʻá ne tohi ai: “ʻOua te ke hange ko e hoosi pe miuli, ʻoku ʻikai hanau ʻatamai: ʻoku teu ʻaki ʻa e piti mo e noʻo ke puke.” (Sāme 32:9) ʻI he taimi pē naʻe lalata ai ha hoosi, naʻe malava ke hoko ia ko ha takanga faitōnunga. Naʻe mātuʻaki koloaʻaki ʻe ʻAlekisānita ko e Lahi ʻene hoosi ko Bucephalus ʻo ne ui ai ha fuʻu kolo ʻi ʻInitia ke fakamanatu ʻaki ʻene hōsí.
Neongo kuo lavameʻa ʻa e tangatá ʻi hono fakalalata ʻa e fanga hōsí ʻi he laui afeʻi taʻu, ko hono ʻai piti hotau natula taʻehaohaoá ko ha toe meʻa ia ʻe taha. “ʻOku lahi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau humu ai kotoa pe,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa e ākonga Kalisitiane ko Sēmisí. “Toki ai ha tangata ʻoku ʻikai ke humu ʻi he lea, pea ko e tangata haohaoa ia, mo mafai ke ʻai piti ki he sino kotoa.” (Semisi 3:2) Ko e moʻoni, ko hai ʻiate kitautolu ʻe lava ke ne taukaveʻi mai kuo teʻeki ai ʻaupito te ne fai ʻe ia ha lea taʻefakakaukauʻi, fakatupu loto-lavea, pe ʻita?
Ko e hā leva ke tau fāinga ai ke ʻai piti hotau ʻelelo taʻemapuleʻí, ʻa ia ‘kuo teʻeki mafakalalata ʻe he tangatá’? (Semisi 3:8) Koeʻuhí, ʻoku loto-lelei ʻa e kakaí ke fakamoleki ha taimi mo e feinga ke ʻai ke lalata ha hōsí koeʻuhi ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi ko e manu ʻoku akoʻí ʻe mātuʻaki ʻaonga ia. ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko e lelei ange ʻetau akoʻi, pe puleʻi, hotau ʻeleló, ko e lahi ange ia ʻene ʻaongá.
ʻOku malava ʻe he ngaahi lea fakaʻatuʻí ʻo fakafiemālieʻi mo fakalototoʻaʻi hotau ngaahi kaumeʻá, ngaahi kaungā-ngāué, mo e ngaahi kāingá. (Palovepi 12:18) ʻOku malava ʻe he ngaahi lea peheé ke ne ʻai ʻa e moʻuí ke fakafiefia ange ki he faʻahinga ʻoku takatakai ʻiate kitautolú. Kae kehe, ko ha ʻelelo ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻai piti, ʻoku fakatupu palopalema ia. “Hanganaki leʻohi ho . . . ʻeleló pea hanganaki fakahaofi koe mei he palopalemá,” ko e fakatokanga ia ʻa e Tohi Tapú. (Palovepi 21:23, The New English Bible) Ko e hā pē lahi ʻetau lavameʻa ʻi hono ʻai piti hotau ʻeleló, ʻoku tau tokoniʻi fakatouʻosi ai kitautolu mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fanongo mai kiate kitautolú.a
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a Ko ia ai, ʻoku fakamanatu mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ki he kau Kalisitiané ke fekauʻaki vāofi ʻenau leá mo ʻenau lotú. ʻOkú ne pehē: “Ka ai ha taha ʻoku lau ko e lotu ia, ʻosi ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻai piti hono ʻelelo, ka neongo ia ka ʻoku ne kākāʻi pe hono loto, ʻe, ko e lotu ʻa e toko taha ko ia ko e launoa.”—Semisi 1:26.
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ʻAlekisānita ko e Lahi
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