ʻOku Moʻui ʻa e Folofola ʻa Sihová
Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga mei he Tohi Nomipá
HILI ʻenau Hiki-Atu mei ʻIsipité, naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu maau ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki ha puleʻanga. Taimi nounou mei ai, naʻe mei malava ke nau hū ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá, ka naʻe ʻikai. ʻI hono kehé, naʻe pau ke nau ʻalu fano holo ʻi he hongofuluʻi taʻu nai ʻe fā ʻi ha “toafa lahi mo fakailifia.” (Teutalonome 8:15) Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Ko e talanoa fakahisitōlia ʻi he tohi Nomipa ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻokú ne tala mai kia kitautolu ʻa e meʻa naʻe hokó. ʻOku totonu ke ne ʻai ke maongo kia kitautolu ʻa e fiemaʻu ke talangofua kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá pea tokaʻi ʻa ʻene kau fakafofongá.
ʻI hono hiki ia ʻe Mōsese ʻi he toafá pea ʻi he Tokalelei ʻo Mōapé, ko e tohi Nomipá ʻokú ne kāpui ha vahaʻa taimi ko e taʻu ʻe 38 mo e māhina ʻe 9—mei he 1512 K.M. ki he 1473 K.M. (Nomipa 1:1; Teutalonome 1:3) Ko hono hingoá ko e maʻu ia mei he ongo tohi-kakai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, naʻe fai ʻo taʻu ʻe 38 nai ʻa hona vāmamaʻó. (Vahe 1-4, 26) Ko e talanoá ʻoku vahevahe ia ki he konga ʻe tolu. Ko e konga ʻuluakí ʻoku fakamatala ia ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa ia naʻe hoko ʻi he Moʻunga Sainaí. Ko hono uá ʻoku kāpui ai ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko lolotonga ʻa e ʻalu fano holo ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he toafá. Pea ko e konga fakaʻosí ʻoku lāulea ai ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he Tokalelei ʻo Mōapé. ʻI hoʻo lau ʻa e fakamatalá ni, te ke loto nai ke ʻeke hifo kia koe: ‘Ko e hā ʻoku akoʻi mai kia au ʻe he ngaahi meʻa ko eni naʻe hokó? ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni he tohi ko ení ʻe lava ke ʻaonga kiate au he ʻahó ni?’
ʻI HE MOʻUNGA SAINAI
Ko e ʻuluaki ʻo e ongo tohi-kakaí ʻoku fakahoko ia lolotonga ʻa e kei ʻi he veʻe Moʻunga Sainaí ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí. Ko e kakai tangata taʻu 20 ʻo fai ki ʻolungá, tuku kehe ʻa e kau Līvaí, ko e toko 603,550 fakakātoa. ʻOku hā mahino ʻoku fai ʻa e tohi-kakaí ki he ngaahi taumuʻa fakakautau. Ko e ʻapitangá fakakātoa, kau ai ʻa e kakai fefiné, fānaú mo e kau Līvaí, ʻoku fakakātoa nai ia ki he kakai laka hake he toko tolu milioná.
Hili ʻa e tohi-kakaí, ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻo ʻenau laká, ngaahi fakaikiiki fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fatongia ʻo e kau Līvaí mo e ngāue he tāpanekalé, ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he kolonitiní mo e ngaahi lao felāveʻi mo e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e fuaʻá pea mo e ngaahi fuakava naʻe fai ʻe he kau Nāsilí. ʻOku ʻi he vahe 7 ʻa e fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi feilaulau naʻe fai ʻe he ngaahi houʻeiki fakamatakalí ʻi he fekauʻaki mo hono fakatapui ʻo e ʻōlitá, pea ʻoku lāulea ʻa e vahe 9 ki he kātoangaʻi ʻo e Pāsová. ʻOku toe fai ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino ki he kakaí fekauʻaki mo hono fokotuʻu pea mo hono veteki ʻa e ʻapitangá.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
2:1, 2 (PM)—Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi “fakailoga” ʻa ia naʻe pau ke ʻapitanga takatakai ai ʻa e ngaahi vāhenga matakali ʻe tolu ʻi he toafá? ʻOku ʻikai ke ʻomai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ha fakamatala pe ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga ko ení. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai ke vakai ki ai ko ha ngaahi fakaʻilonga toputapu pe ʻomai ai ha ʻuhinga fakalotu. Naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilongá ki ha taumuʻa ʻaonga—ke tokoniʻi ha tokotaha ke ne ʻiloʻi ʻa hono feituʻu totonu ʻi he ʻapitangá.
5:27—Ko e hā ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e ‘mate ʻo e tenga’ ʻo ha uaifi ʻoku halaia ʻi he tonó? Ko e foʻi lea “tenga” ʻoku ngāueʻaki hení ke ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻōkani fakafanaú. (Senesi 46:26) Ko e “mate” ʻo iá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e tuʻunga vaivai ʻa e ngaahi ʻōkani ko ení, ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai malava ai ke tuʻituʻia.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
6:1-7. Ko e kau Nāsilí naʻe pau ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he meʻa ʻoku ngaohi mei he fua ʻo e vainé mo e ngaahi inu ʻolokaholo kotoa pē, ʻo fiemaʻu ai ʻa e fakaʻikaiʻi-kita. Naʻe pau ke nau tuku honau ʻulú ke loloa—ko ha fakaʻilonga ia ʻo e anganofo kia Sihova, hangē tofu pē ko e pau ki he kakai fefiné ke nau anganofo ki honau ngaahi husepānití pe ngaahi tamaí. Ko e kau Nāsilí naʻe pau ke nau hanganaki maʻa ʻaki ʻenau fakamamaʻo mei ha ʻangaʻanga pē, naʻa mo e ʻangaʻanga ʻo ha kāinga ofi. Ko e kau sevāniti taimi-kakato he ʻaho ní ʻoku nau fakahāhā ha laumālie ʻo e feilaulauʻi-kita ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e fakaʻikaiʻi-kitá mo e anganofo kia Sihova mo ʻene fokotuʻutuʻú. ʻE kau nai ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ʻalu ki ha fonua mamaʻo, ʻa ia ʻe aʻu nai ʻo ne ʻai ke faingataʻa pe taʻemalava ke toe foki ki ʻapi ki he putu ʻo ha mēmipa ofi ʻi he fāmilí.
8:25, 26. Ke fakakakato lelei ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e ngāue faka-Līvaí, pea ʻi he fakaʻatuʻi ʻo honau taʻumotuʻá, naʻe fekauʻi ʻa e kau tangata taʻumotuʻá ke nau mālōlō mei heʻenau ngāue paú. Kae kehe, naʻe lava ke nau pole ke tokoniʻi ʻa e kau Līvai kehé. Lolotonga ʻoku ʻikai ha mālōlō mei he hoko ko ha tokotaha fanongonongo ʻo e Puleʻangá he ʻaho ní, ko e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e lao ko ení ʻoku akoʻi mai ai ha lēsoni mahuʻinga. Kapau koeʻuhi ko e taʻumotuʻá ʻoku ʻikai lava ai ʻe ha Kalisitiane ke fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi fatongia pau, te ne kau nai ai ʻi ha founga ʻo e ngāué ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi hono mālohí ke fakahokó.
MEI HE FEITUʻU KI HE FEITUʻU ʻI HE TOAFÁ
ʻI he faifai pea mahiki hake ʻa e konga ʻao ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he tāpanekalé, ʻoku kamata ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ha laka ʻa ia ʻe ʻave ai kinautolu ki he ngaahi toafa tokalelei ʻo Mōapé ʻi he taʻu ʻe 38 mo e māhina ʻe taha pe ua ki mui ai. Te ke ʻiloʻi nai ʻoku ʻaonga ke muimui ʻi heʻenau fonongá ʻi he mape ʻi he peesi 9 ʻo e polosiua “See the Good Land,” ko e pulusi ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová.
ʻI he fononga ki Kētesí, ʻi he Toafa ʻo Pēlaná, ʻoku ʻikai siʻi hifo ai ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga lāunga ʻe tolu. Ko e ʻuluaki lāungá ʻoku fakangata ia ʻi hono ʻomai ʻe Sihova ha afi ʻo ne keina ʻa e niʻihi ʻo e kakaí. Ko hono hokó ko e tangi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki ha kanomate, pea tokonaki mai ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kueili. ʻOku lāunga ʻa Meliame mo ʻĒlone kia Mōsese ʻo iku ai ki hono taaʻi fakataimi ʻo Meliame ʻaki ʻa e kiliá.
Lolotonga ʻa e ʻapitanga ʻi Kētesí, ʻoku fekauʻi atu ʻe Mōsese ʻa e kau asiasi ʻe toko 12 ke nau asiasi ʻi he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá. ʻOku nau foki mai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe 40 ki mui ai. ʻI he tui ki he līpooti kovi ʻa e toko hongofulu ʻo e kau asiasí, ʻoku loto ai ʻa e kakaí ke nau tolomakaʻi ʻa Mōsese, ʻĒlone mo e ongo asiasi faitōnunga ko Siosiua mo Kēlepí. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻene palani ke taaʻi ʻa e kakaí ʻaki ʻa e mahaki fakaʻauha, ka ʻoku fakalaloa ʻa Mōsese, pea ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá te nau hoko ko e kau ʻalu fano holo ʻi he toafá ʻo feʻunga mo e taʻu ʻe 40—kae ʻoua kuo mate ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe lau ʻi he tohi-kakaí.
ʻOku ʻomai ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi lao lahi ange. ʻOku angatuʻu ʻa Kola mo e niʻihi kehe kia Mōsese mo ʻĒlone, ka ʻoku fakaʻauha ʻa e kau angatuʻú ʻaki ʻa e afi pe folofua hifo ʻe he kelekelé. ʻI he ʻaho hokó ʻoku lāunga ʻa e kakaí kotoa kia Mōsese mo ʻĒlone. Ko e ikuʻangá, ʻoku mate ʻa e toko 14,700 ʻi ha mala meia Sihova. Ke ʻai ke ʻiloʻi ʻa ʻene fili ko ia ʻo e taulaʻeiki lahí, ʻoku fakatupunga ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e tokotoko ʻo ʻĒloné ke talamuka. ʻOku ʻoange leva ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi lao lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fatongia ʻo e kau Līvaí pea mo hono fakamaʻa ʻo e kakaí. Ko e ngāueʻaki ʻo e efuefuʻi pulu fefine kulokulá ʻoku tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ai ʻa e fakamaʻa fakafou he feilaulau ʻa Sīsuú.—Hepelu 9:13, 14.
ʻOku foki ʻa e fānau ʻa ʻIsilelí ki Kētesi, ʻa ia ʻoku mate ai ʻa Meliame. ʻOku toe lāunga ʻa e kakaí kia Mōsese mo ʻĒlone. Ko e hā ʻenau ʻuhingá? Ko e ʻikai ha vai. Koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻe Mōsese mo ʻĒlone ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihová ʻi hono tokonaki fakaemana mai ʻo e vaí, ʻoku mole ai meia kinaua ʻa e faingamālie ʻo e hū ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá. ʻOku hiki ʻa ʻIsileli mei Kētesi, pea ʻoku mate ʻa ʻĒlone ʻi he Moʻunga Hoa. Lolotonga ʻa e ʻalu takai ʻi ʻĪtomí, ʻoku helaʻia ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí pea nau lea fakafepaki ki he ʻOtuá mo Mōsese. ʻOku tuku mai ʻe Sihova ʻa e fanga ngata huhu kona ke tauteaʻi kinautolu. ʻOku toe fakalaloa ʻa Mōsese, pea ʻoku fakahinohinoʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ne ngaohi ha ngata palasa pea fokotuʻu ia ʻi ha pou ʻakau koeʻuhi ke fakamoʻui ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku uʻú ʻi heʻenau sio fakamamaʻu ki aí. ʻOku tomuʻa fakatātaaʻi ʻe he ngatá ʻa hono tutuki ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ke tau maʻu ai ʻa e ʻaonga taʻengatá. (Sione 3:14, 15) ʻOku ikunaʻi ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa e ongo Tuʻi ʻĀmoli ko Sīhoni mo ʻOkí pea maʻu ʻa hona ngaahi fonuá.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
12:1—Ko e hā naʻe lāunga ai ʻa Meliame mo ʻĒlone kia Mōsesé? Ko e ʻuhinga moʻoni ʻo ʻena lāungá naʻe hā mahino ko e holi ʻa Meliame ki he mafai lahi ange. ʻI he toe fakataha ʻa Sīpola ko e uaifi ʻo Mōsesé mo ia ʻi he toafá, naʻe manavahē nai ʻa Meliame naʻa ʻikai toe vakai kiate ia ko e fefine tuʻu-ki-muʻa ia ʻi he ʻapitangá.—Ekisoto 18:1-5.
12:9-11—Ko e hā ko Meliame ai pē naʻe taaʻi ʻaki ʻa e kiliá? ʻOku mātuʻaki ngalingali, ko e tokotaha ia naʻá ne langaʻi ʻa e lāungá pea naʻá ne fakalotoʻi ʻa ʻĒlone ke ne kau mo ia. Naʻe fakahāhā ʻe ʻĒlone ha fakakaukau totonu ʻaki ʻene vetehia ki heʻene halá.
21:14, 15—Ko e hā ʻa e tohi naʻe lave ki ai hení? ʻOku lave ʻa e Tohi Tapú ki he ngaahi tohi kehekehe naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau hiki Tohi Tapú ko ha maʻuʻanga fakamatala. (Siosiua 10:12, 13; 1 Tuʻi 11:41; 14:19, 29) Ko e “Tohi ʻo e ngaahi Tau ʻa Sihova” ko ha tohi pehē ia. Naʻe ʻi ai ha fakamatala fakahisitōlia fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tau ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
11:27-29. ʻOku tokonaki mai ʻe Mōsese ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻaupito fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻoku totonu ke tau tali ʻaki ʻi he taimi ʻoku maʻu ai ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻa e ngaahi monū ʻi he ngāue ʻa Sihová. ʻI he ʻikai ke kumi ʻi he meheka ki ha lāngilangi maʻaná, naʻe fiefia ʻa Mōsese ʻi he kamata ke ngāue fakapalōfita ʻa ʻElitati mo Meitatí.
12:2, 9, 10; 16:1-3, 12-14, 31-35, 41, 46-50. ʻOku ʻamanekina ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene kau lotú ke nau fakahaaʻi ʻa e tokaʻi ki he tuʻunga mafai kuo ʻomai ʻe he ʻOtuá.
14:24 (PM). Ko ha kī ki hono talitekeʻi ʻa e ngaahi tenge fakamāmani ki he faihalá ko hono fakatupu “ae laumalie [pe fakakaukau fakaʻatamai] kehe.” Kuo pau ko e taha ia ʻoku ʻikai hangē ko e laumālie ʻo e māmaní.
15:37-41. Ko e teunga pao makehe ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí naʻe fakataumuʻa ia ke fakamanatu kia kinautolu ko ha kakai kinautolu kuo fakamavaheʻi ke nau lotu ki he ʻOtuá pea ke talangofua ki heʻene ngaahi fekaú. ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke tau toe moʻuiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻa e ʻOtuá pea tuʻu ʻo ʻilonga ʻoku tau kehe mei he māmaní?
ʻI HE TOKALELEI ʻO MŌAPÉ
ʻI he ʻapitanga ʻa e fānau ʻIsilelí ʻi he toafa tokalelei ʻo Mōapé, naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he kau Mōapé ʻa e manavahē lahi kia kinautolu. Ko ia ai, ko Tuʻi Pēlaki ʻo Mōapé, ʻokú ne totongiʻi ʻa Pēlami ke ne fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí. Ka ʻoku fakamālohiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Pēlami ke ne tāpuakiʻi kinautolu. ʻOku ngāueʻaki leva ai ʻa e kakai fefine Mōape mo Mitianí ke nau fakataueleʻi ʻa e kau tangata ʻIsilelí ki he ʻulungāanga taʻetāú mo e tauhi ʻaitolí. Ko hono ikuʻangá, ʻoku fakaʻauha ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau faihala ʻe toko 24,000. ʻOku faifai pea toki ngata ʻa e malá ʻi hono fakahāhā ʻe Fineasi ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakaʻatā ha fakafeʻauhi kia Sihova.
Ko e tohi-kakai hono uá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻoku ʻikai ha kau tangata naʻe lau ʻi he ʻuluaki tohi-kakaí ʻoku kei moʻui, tuku kehe pē ʻa Siosiua mo Kēlepi. ʻOku fekauʻi ʻa Siosiua ke ne hoko ko e fetongi ʻo Mōsese. ʻOku maʻu ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e ngaahi founga ki hono fai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau kehekehe mo e ngaahi fakahinohino ki hono fai ʻo e ngaahi fuakavá. ʻOku toe sāuni ʻe he kakai ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻa e kau Mitianí. Ko Lūpeni, Kata mo e matakali-vaeua ʻo Manasé ʻoku nau nofo ʻi he hahake ʻo e Vaitafe Sioataní. ʻOku ʻoange ki ʻIsileli ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino ki he kolosi ʻi Sioataní mo hono maʻu ʻo e fonuá. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi fakaikiiki ʻa e ngaahi ngataʻanga o e fonuá. Ko e tofiʻá ʻe fakapapauʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e talotalo. ʻOku vaheʻi ʻa e kau Līvaí ki he ngaahi kolo ʻe 48, pea ko e kolo ai ʻe 6 ʻoku pau ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi kolo hūfanga.
Tali ki he Ngaahi Fehuʻi Fakatohitapú:
22:20-22—Ko e hā naʻe kakaha ai ʻa e houhau ʻa Sihova kia Pēlamí? Naʻe tala ʻe Sihova ki he palōfita ko Pēlamí ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke ne fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí. (Nomipa 22:12) Kae kehe, naʻe ʻalu ʻa e palōfitá mo e kau tangata ʻa Pēlakí fakataha mo e taumuʻa kakato ke fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻa ʻIsileli. Naʻe loto ʻa Pēlami ke fakahōhōʻiaʻi ʻa e tuʻi Mōapé pea maʻu ha totongi meiate ia. (2 Pita 2:15, 16; Siutasi 11) Naʻa mo e taimi naʻe fakamālohiʻi ai ʻa Pēlami ke ne tāpuakiʻi kae ʻikai ke fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻa ʻIsilelí, naʻá ne feinga ke maʻu ʻa e leleiʻia ʻa e tuʻí ʻaki ʻene fokotuʻu ange ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e kakai fefine lotu Pēalí ke nau fakataueleʻi ʻa e kau tangata ʻIsilelí. (Nomipa 31:15, 16) Ko ia ai, ko e ʻuhinga naʻe houhau ai ʻa e ʻOtuá kia Pēlamí ko e mānumanu taʻemapuleʻi ʻa e palōfitá.
30:6-8—ʻE lava ke fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ʻe ha tangata Kalisitiane ʻa e ngaahi fuakava ʻa hono uaifí? ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fuakavá, ʻoku feangainga hifo ʻa Sihova he taimí ni ki heʻene kau lotú tāutaha. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e fakatapui kia Sihová ko ha fuakava fakafoʻituitui ia. (Kaletia 6:5) ʻOku ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe ha husepāniti ʻa e mafai ke fakataʻeʻaongaʻi pe kaniseli ha fuakava pehē. Kae kehe, ʻoku totonu ki ha uaifi ke ne fakaʻehiʻehi mei hono fai ha fuakava ʻa ia ʻoku fepaki mo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá pe ko hono ngaahi fatongia ki hono husepānití.
Ngaahi Lēsoni kia Kitautolu:
25:11. Ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ē ʻo e faivelenga ki he lotu ʻa Sihová naʻe fokotuʻu mai ʻe Fineasi kia kitautolú! ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he holi ke tauhi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ke maʻá ke tau līpooti ki he kau mātuʻa Kalisitiané ha ʻulungāanga taʻetaau mamafa pē ʻoku tau ʻilo ki ai?
35:9-29. Ko e moʻoniʻi meʻa ko ia ʻo e pau ki ha tangata fakapō fāinoa ke mavahe mei hono ʻapí pea hola ki ha kolo hūfanga ʻi ha vahaʻa taimí ʻoku akoʻi mai ai kia kitautolu ko e moʻuí ʻoku toputapu pea kuo pau ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻapasia ki ai.
35:33. Ko e māmani ʻoku ʻuliʻi ʻe he toto naʻe lilingi ʻo e tonuhiá ʻe lava ke totongi ia ʻe he toto pē ʻo e faʻahinga naʻa nau lilingi iá. He feʻungamālie ē ke fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova ʻa e fulikivanú ki muʻa ke liliu ʻa e foʻi māmaní ki ha palataisí!—Palovepi 2:21, 22; Taniela 2:44.
Ko e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ko e Koto Mālohi
Kuo pau ke tau fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻapasia kia Sihova pea ki he faʻahinga kuo fakanofo ki he ngaahi fatongia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hono kakaí. Ko e tohi Nomipá ʻokú ne fakamamafaʻi moʻoni ʻa e foʻi moʻoni ko iá. Ko ha lēsoni mahuʻinga ē ki hono tauhi maʻu ʻa e melino mo e fāʻūtaha ʻi he fakatahaʻangá he ʻaho ní!
Ko e ngaahi meʻa ne hoko ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Nomipá ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e faingofua ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau tukunoaʻi ʻa honau tuʻunga fakalaumālié ke nau tō ki he faihalá, hangē ko e lāungá, ʻulungāanga taʻetāú pea mo e tauhi ʻaitolí. Ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fakatātā mo e lēsoni mei he tohi Tohi Tapu ko ení ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko ha makatuʻunga ki he ngaahi konga ki he ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalotofonuá ʻi he Fakataha Ngāue ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko e moʻoni, “ko e folofola ʻa e ʻOtua, ko e koto moʻui mo e koto malohi” ia ʻi heʻetau moʻuí.—Hepelu 4:12.
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Fakafou ʻi he konga ʻao fakaemana ʻi ʻolunga he tāpanekalé, naʻe tataki ʻaki ia ʻe Sihova ʻa hono fokotuʻu mo hono veteki ʻa e ʻapitanga ʻIsilelí
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ʻOku tuha ʻa Sihova mo ʻetau talangofuá pea ʻokú ne ʻamanekina kitautolu ke tau ʻapasia ki heʻene kau fakafofongá