Ngaahi Fehuʻi mei he Kau Lautohí

Naʻe ʻi he ʻaʻake ʻo e kovinānité ʻa e konga maka lafalafa ʻe uá pē, pe naʻe toe ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa kehe?

ʻI he taimi ʻo e fakatapui ʻo e temipale ʻo Solomoné ʻi he 1026 K.M., “naʻe ʻikai ha meʻa ʻi he Aake, ngata pe ʻi he ongo maka ʻa ia naʻe tuku ai ʻe Mosese ʻi Holepi, ʻa ia naʻe kovinanite ai ʻa Sihova mo haʻa Isileli ʻi heʻenau omi mei Isipite.” (2 Kalonikali 5:​10) Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai maʻu pē ko e tuʻungá eni.

“I hono mahina tolu hili ʻa e ʻalu atu ʻa haʻa Isileli mei Isipite,” naʻa nau hū ai ki he toafa Sainaí. (Ekisoto 19:​1, 2) ʻI he hili iá, naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Mōsese ki Moʻunga Sainai ʻo ne maʻu ai ʻa e ongo maka lafalafa ʻo e Laó. ʻOkú ne fakamatala: “Pea u tafoki ʻo ʻalu hifo mei he moʻunga, pea u ʻai ʻa e ongo makatohi ki he aake kuo u ngaohi; pea ʻoku na ʻi ai pe, ʻo hange ko hoku fekau ʻe he ʻEiki.” (Teutalonome 10:5) Ko ha ʻaʻake fakataimi, pe tukuʻanga meʻa fakataimi eni, ʻa ia naʻe tala ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese ke ne faʻu ke tuku ai ʻa e ongo maka lafalafa ʻo e Laó. (Teutalonome 10:1) Ko e ʻaʻake ʻo e kovinānité naʻe ʻikai ke maau ia ka ʻi he toki aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e 1513 K.M.

Taimi nounou hili honau fakahaofi mei ʻIsipité, naʻe kamata ke muhu ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí fekauʻaki mo e meʻakaí. Ko ia naʻe tokonaki ai ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻa e maná. (Ekisoto 12:​17, 18; 16:​1-5) ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe fakahinohino ai ʻe Mōsese kia ʻĒlone: “Toʻo ha ʻangameʻa ʻe taha, ʻo ʻai ki ai ha oma katoa ʻo e mana, ʻo tuku ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ke tauhi ki homou ngaahi toʻutangata.” ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he fakamatalá: “Hange ko e tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Sihova kia Mosese, ko ai naʻe tuku ia ʻe Elone ʻi he ʻao ʻo e Fakamoʻoniʻanga [ko ha tauhiʻanga lēkooti ki hono fakatolonga ʻo e ngaahi pepa mahuʻinga] ke tauhi.” (Ekisoto 16:​33, 34) Lolotonga naʻe tānaki taʻetoeveiveiua ʻe ʻĒlone ʻa e maná ki ha siā ʻi he taimi ko iá, ko hono fakahū ʻo ia ki he ʻao ʻo e Fakamoʻoniʻangá naʻe pau ke fakatatali kae ʻoua kuo ngaohi ʻe Mōsese ʻa e ʻAʻaké pea tuku ki ai ʻa e ongo maka lafalafá.

Hangē ko ia kuo ʻosi fakahāʻí, ko e ʻaʻake ʻo e kovinānité naʻe faʻu ia ʻi he konga ki mui ʻo e 1513 K.M. Ko e tokotoko ʻo ʻĒloné naʻe tuku ki he ʻAʻake ko iá ki mui ʻaupito, hili ʻa e angatuʻu ʻa Kola mo e niʻihi kehé. ʻOku lave ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ki ha “aake ʻo e kovinanite . . . , ʻa ia naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ʻainga mana naʻe koula, mo e tokotoko ʻo Elone, ʻa ia naʻe muka mai, mo e ongo maka tohiʻanga fuakava.”​—Hepelu 9:4.

Ko e maná ko ha tokonaki ia naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá lolotonga ʻa e fononga taʻu ʻe 40 ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ʻi he toafá. Naʻe ʻikai kei tokonaki mai ia ʻi he taimi “naʻa nau kamata kai [ai] ʻa e taʻu ʻo e fonua” ʻo e talaʻofá. (Siosiua 5:​11, 12) Ko e tokotoko ʻo ʻĒloné naʻe tuku ia ʻi he ʻaʻake ʻo e kovinānité ki ha taumuʻa​—ke hoko ko ha fakaʻilonga pe ko ha fakamoʻoni ki he toʻutangata angatuʻú. ʻOku fakahuʻunga heni naʻe tuku ai ʻa e tokotokó ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e taimi ʻo e fononga ʻi he toafá pe fuoloa ange. ʻE hā ngali ʻuhinga lelei leva ke fakaʻosiʻaki ko e tokotoko ʻo ʻĒloné mo e siā koula ʻo e maná naʻe toʻo ia mei he ʻaʻake ʻo e kovinānité ʻi ha taimi hili ʻa e hū ʻa ʻIsileli ki he Fonua ʻo e Talaʻofá pea ki muʻa ʻi he fakatapui ʻo e temipale ʻo Solomoné.