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“Oku Ou Iate Kimoutolu”

“Oku Ou Iate Kimoutolu”

“Oku Ou Iate Kimoutolu”

“Nae toki lea [ʻa e] talafekau a Jihova, . . . Oku ou iate kimoutolu, oku behe e Jihova.”​—HAKEAI 1:​13PM.

 1. Ko e hā ʻa e faitatau fakaekikite ki hotau ʻahó naʻe lave ki ai ʻa Sīsuú?

 ʻOKU tau moʻui ʻi ha taimi mahuʻinga ʻi he hisitōliá. Hangē ko ia naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he fakahoko ʻa e kikite ʻa e Tohi Tapú, talu mei he 1914 mo ʻetau ʻi he “ʻaho ʻo e ʻEiki.” (Fakahā 1:​10) Kuó ke ʻosi ako nai ki he kaveingá ni, ko ia ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi naʻe fakahoa ʻe Sīsū ʻa e “gaahi aho oe Foha oe tangata” ʻi hono mafai ʻi he Puleʻangá ki he “gaahi aho o Noa” mo e “gaahi aho o Lote.” (Luke 17:​26, 28PM) Ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻe he Tohi Tapú ko ha faitatau fakaekikite eni. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ʻi ai ha toe faitatau fakaekikite ʻe taha ʻoku taau ke tau fai ha fakakaukau fakamātoato ki ai.

 2. Ko e hā ʻa e ngafa naʻe vaheʻi ʻe Sihova kia Hākeai mo Sākalaiá?

2 Tau lāulea angé ki ha tuʻunga naʻe hoko ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo e ongo palōfita Hepelū ko Hākeai mo Sākalaiá. Ko e hā ʻa e pōpoaki naʻe tokonaki mai ʻe he ongo palōfita faitōnunga ko iá ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene kaunga hangatonu ki he kakai ʻa Sihová ʻi hotau taimí? Ko Hākeai mo Sākalaiá ko e ‘ongo talafekau kinaua a Jihova’ ki he kau Siú hili ʻenau foki mei he nofo pōpula ʻi Pāpiloné. Naʻe fekauʻi kinaua ke na fakapapauʻi ki he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e poupou ʻa e ʻOtuá ki hono toe langa ʻa e temipalé. (Hakeai 1:​13PM; Sakalaia 4:​8, 9) Neongo ko e ongo tohi naʻe hiki ʻe Hākeai mo Sākalaiá ʻoku nounou, ko ha konga kinaua ʻo e “potu Folofola kotoa pe [ʻa ia] ne fakamanava mei he ʻOtua, ʻoku ʻaonga foki ki he akonaki, ki he fakaʻilo hala, ki he fakatonutonu, ki he ngaohia ke maʻoniʻoni.”—2 Timote 3:16.

ʻOku Totonu Ke Tau Tokanga kia Kinaua

3, 4. Ko e hā ʻoku totonu ai ke mahuʻinga kia kitautolu ʻa e ongo pōpoaki ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá?

3 ʻOku moʻoni, ko e ngaahi pōpoaki ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá naʻe ʻaonga ia ki he kau Siu ʻo hona ʻahó, pea ko ʻena ngaahi kikité naʻe fakahoko ia ʻi he taimi ko iá. Ko ia ai, ko e hā leva ʻe lava ai ke tau fakapapauʻi ko e ongo tohi ko ení ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga ki ai he ʻaho ní? ʻOku tau maʻu ha tokoni ʻi he Hepelu 12:​26-29. ʻI aí naʻe hiki lea ai ʻa Paula mei he Hakeai 2:​6, ʻa ia ʻoku lea ai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá ʻokú ne “lulu ʻa e langi, mo mamani.” Ko e lulú ʻe faifai atu pē ʻo ne “fulihi ʻa e taloni ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga, pea te [ne] fakaʻauha ʻa e malohinga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo e ngaahi kakai.”​—Hakeai 2:22.

4 ʻI he hiki lea mei he tohi Hakeaí, ʻoku fakamatala ai ʻa Paula ki he meʻa ʻe hoko ki he “ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo e ngaahi kakai” pea lea fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga māʻolunga ʻo e Puleʻanga taʻealaluluʻi ʻe maʻu ʻe he kau Kalisitiane paní. (Hepelu 12:28) ʻOku lava ke ke sio mei heni, ko e ngaahi kikite ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá ʻoku tuhu ia ki ha taimi naʻe kei ʻi he kahaʻú ʻi he taimi naʻe tohi ai ʻa e tohi Hepeluú ʻi he ʻuluaki senituli ʻo Hotau Kuongá. ʻOku kei ʻi ai he māmaní ʻi he ʻahó ni ha toenga ʻo e kau Kalisitiane paní, ʻa ia ko e kau ʻea ki he Puleʻanga Faka-Mīsaiá fakataha mo Sīsū. Ko ia ai, ʻoku pau ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻa e kikite ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá ki hotau taimí.

5, 6. Ko e hā ʻa e puipuituʻa ʻo e ngāue ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá?

5 ʻOku tokonaki mai ʻe he tohi Eselá ha puipuituʻa fakahisitōlia. Hili e foki ʻa e kau Siú mei he nofo pōpula ʻi Pāpiloné ʻi he 537 K.M., naʻe tokangaʻi ai ʻe Kōvana Seluipēpeli mo e Taulaʻeiki Lahi ko Siosiuá (pe Sisua) ʻa hono fakatoka ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo e temipale foʻoú ʻi he 536 K.M. (Esela 3:​8-13; 5:1) Lolotonga naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he meʻa ko iá ʻa e fiefia lahi, ʻikai fuoloa, naʻe kamata ke haʻu e manavaheé ki he kau Siú. Ko e ngaahi filí, ʻa e “kakai ʻo e fonua,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Esela 4:​4, “naʻa nau fakavaivai tuʻu ʻa e nima ʻo e kakai Siuta, mo fakahohaʻasi kinautolu ʻi he langa fale.” Ko e ngaahi fili ko iá, tautefito ki he kau Samēliá, naʻa nau fai ʻa e ngaahi tukuakiʻi loi ki he kau Siú. Naʻe fakalotoʻi ʻe he kau fakafepaki ko ení ʻa e Tuʻi ʻo Pēsiá ke ne taʻofi ʻa e ngāue langa ʻo e temipalé.​—Esela 4:​10-21.

6 Naʻe hōloa ʻa e ʻuluaki loto-māfana ki he ngāue temipalé. Naʻe hanga ʻa e kau Siú ia ki hono fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakafoʻituituí. Kae kehe, ʻi he 520 K.M., ko e taʻu ia ʻe 16 hili hono fakatoka ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo e temipalé, naʻe fokotuʻu hake ai ʻe Sihova ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaia ke na fakalototoʻaʻi ʻa e kakaí ke toe kamata foʻou ʻa e ngāue ʻi he temipalé. (Hakeai 1:1; Sakalaia 1:1) ʻI hono fakaivia ʻe he ongo talafekau ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻi hono maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻoni māʻalaʻala ʻo e poupou ʻa Sihová, naʻe toe fai ai ʻe he kau Siú ʻa e ngāue ʻi he temipalé ʻo fakakakato ia ʻi he 515 K.M.​—Esela 6:​14, 15.

 7. Ko e hā ʻa e faitatau ʻi onopooni ʻo e tuʻunga ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e ongo palōfitá?

7 ʻOkú ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e meʻá ni kotoa kia kitautolú? ʻOku tau maʻu ʻa e ngāue ke fai ʻi he felāveʻi mo hono malangaʻi ʻa e “ongoongolelei ko eni ʻo e puleʻanga.” (Mātiu 24:14) Ko e ngāue ko iá naʻe fakamamafaʻi makehe ia hili ʻa e Tau I ʻa Māmaní. Hangē ko hono fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e kakai Siu ʻo e kuonga muʻá mei he nofo pōpula moʻoni ʻi Pāpiloné, naʻe pehē pē ʻa hono fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihova ʻi onopōní mei he nofo pōpula ki Pāpilone ko e Lahí, ʻa e ʻemipaea ʻo e lotu loí ʻi he māmaní. Ko e faʻahinga pani ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku nau tōtōivi ʻi he ngāue fakamalangá, akoʻi mo hono tataki ʻa e kakaí ki he lotu moʻoní. Ko e ngāue ko iá ʻoku hokohoko atu ia ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻi ha tuʻunga ʻoku toe lahi ange, pea mahalo ʻokú ke kau nai ai. Ko e taimi eni ke fai ai iá, he ko e ngataʻanga ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ko ení ʻoku ofi! Ko e ngāue ko eni kuo vaheʻi mai ʻe he ʻOtuá kuo pau ke hokohoko atu ia kae ʻoua kuo tuʻu ʻi vahaʻa ʻa Sihova ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e tangatá ʻi he “mamahi lahi.” (Mātiu 24:21) ʻE fakangata ʻe he meʻa ko iá ʻa e fulikivanú pea fakaʻatā ʻa e lotu moʻoní ke fokotuʻu he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻi he māmaní.

 8. Ko e hā ʻoku lava ai ke tau falala ki he poupou ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻetau ngāué?

8 Hangē ko ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi kikite ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá, ʻoku lava ke tau falala ki he poupou mo e tāpuaki ʻa Sihová ʻi heʻetau kau ʻaufuatō atu ki he ngāue ko ení. Neongo ʻa e ngaahi feinga ʻa e niʻihi ke lōmia ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa e ʻOtuá pe tapui ʻenau ngāue kuo vaheʻí, kuo ʻikai ha puleʻanga kuó ne malava ke taʻofi e laka ki muʻa ʻa e ngāue fakaʻevangelioó. Fakakaukau atu ki he founga kuo tāpuakiʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngāue ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻaki ʻene tupulaki ʻi he faai mai ʻa e ngaahi hongofuluʻi taʻu hili ʻa e Tau I ʻa Māmaní pea aʻu mai ki hotau taimí. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku kei ʻi ai pē ʻa e meʻa lahi ke fai.

 9. Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga he kuonga muʻá ʻoku totonu ke tau tokanga ki aí, pea ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?

9 ʻE lava fēfē ke ueʻi lahi ange kitautolu ʻe he meʻa ʻoku tau ako meia Hākeai mo Sākalaiá ke tau talangofua ki he fekau fakaʻotua ke malanga pea ke faiakó? Sai, tau tokanga angé ki ha ngaahi lēsoni ʻa ia ʻe lava ke tau maʻu mei he ongo tohi Tohi Tapu ko ení. Ko e fakatātaá, fakakaukau angé ki ha ngaahi fakaikiiki siʻi ʻoku felāveʻi mo e ngāue langa temipalé ʻa ia naʻe pau ke fakahoko ʻe he kau Siu naʻe toe fokí. Hangē ko ia kuo fakamatalaʻí, ko e kau Siu ko ia naʻe toe foki ki Selusalema mei Pāpiloné naʻe ʻikai te nau kītaki ʻi heʻenau ngāue ʻi he temipalé. Hili ʻenau fakatoka ʻa e fakavaʻé, naʻa nau hōloa. Ko e hā ʻa e fakakaukau fehālaaki naʻe tupulekina ʻi honau lotolotongá? Pea ko e hā ʻoku lava ke tau ako mei he meʻa ko iá?

Maʻu ha Fakakaukau Totonu

10. Naʻe fakatupulekina ʻe he kau Siú ʻa e fakakaukau hala ko e hā, pea ko e hā hono olá?

10 Naʻe pehē ʻe he kau Siu naʻe toe fokí: “Kuo teʻeki taimi.” (Hakeai 1:2) ʻI heʻenau kamataʻi ʻa e ngāue langa ʻo e temipalé, ʻo fakatoka ʻa e fakavaʻé ʻi he 536 K.M., naʻe ʻikai te nau pehē ai “kuo teʻeki taimi.” Ka naʻe vave ʻenau fakaʻatā ʻa e fakafepaki mei he ngaahi kaungāʻapí mo e fakafeʻātungia mei he puleʻangá ke ne uesia kinautolu. Naʻe kamata ke tō ʻa e fakamamafa ʻa e kau Siú ki honau ngaahi falé mo ʻenau fiemālie pē ʻanautolú. ʻI hono ʻoange ʻa e faikehekehe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo honau ngaahi ʻapi tonu naʻe ʻaofiʻaki ʻa e ngaahi papa leleí pea mo e temipale naʻe ʻikai kakató, naʻe ʻeke ange ʻe Sihova: “Kuo taimi ʻapē ke mou nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale kuo aofi, kae tuku lusa ʻa e fale ni”?​—Hakeai 1:4.

11. Ko e hā naʻe pau ai ke akonakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau Siú ʻi he taimi ʻo Hākeaí?

11 ʻIo, naʻe fetongi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fakamuʻomuʻa ʻe he kau Siú. ʻI he ʻikai ke tauhi ke muʻomuʻa ʻa e taumuʻa ʻa Sihova ke toe langa ʻa e temipalé, naʻe tokangataha ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá kia kinautolu tonu pea mo honau ngaahi nofoʻangá. Naʻe liʻaki ʻa e ngāue ʻi he fale ʻo e ʻOtuá ki he lotú. Ko e folofola ʻa Sihova naʻe hiki ʻi he Hakeai 1:5 naʻe fakalototoʻaʻi ai ʻa e kau Siú ke nau ‘ʻai honau lotó ke sivi honau ngaahi ʻalungá.’ Naʻe tala ange ʻe Sihova kia kinautolu ke nau tuʻu pea fakalaulauloto ki he meʻa naʻa nau faí pea ke nau fakakaukau ki he anga hono uesia kinautolu ʻi he ʻikai ko ia ke tauhi ʻa e ngāue langa ʻo e temipalé ke muʻomuʻa ʻi heʻenau moʻuí.

12, 13. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Hakeai 1:6 ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e kau Siú, pea ko e hā e ʻuhinga ʻo e foʻi veesi ko iá?

12 Hangē ko ia ʻoku lava ke ke fakaʻuta atu ki aí, ko hono fakamuʻomuʻa ko ia ʻe he kau Siú ʻa e meʻa halá naʻe uesia fakafoʻituitui ai kinautolu. Fakatokangaʻi ʻa e vakai ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Hakeai 1:6: “Naʻa mou totaʻu ke lahi, ka mou utu mai ha momoʻi meʻa; ʻoku mou kai, kae ʻikai makona; ʻoku mou inu, kae ʻikai topono [pe konā]; ʻoku mou ʻai kofu, ka ʻoku ʻikai te mou mafana; pea ko ia ʻoku no ngaue ko ʻene tali totongi ke ʻai ki he kato ava.”

13 Ko e kau Siú naʻa nau ʻi he fonua naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻOtuá maʻanautolú, ka naʻe ʻikai ke fua mai ia ʻo hangē ko ʻenau fiemaʻú. Naʻe taʻofi ʻe Sihova ʻene tāpuakí, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻá ne tomuʻa fakatokangá. (Teutalonome 28:​38-​48) ʻI he ʻikai ke ne poupoú, ko e kau Siú naʻa nau tō ha tenga, kae maʻu ha utu-taʻu siʻisiʻi, ʻo ʻikai ha meʻakai feʻunga ke fakalatoʻaki ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻú. ʻI he ʻikai ʻi ai ʻene tāpuakí, naʻe ʻikai te nau malava ʻo fakakofu kinautolu ʻaki ha ngaahi vala māfana. Naʻe toe hā ngali ko e paʻanga ko ia naʻa nau maʻu ʻi he ngāué naʻe hangē ia ne nau faʻo ki ha kato avá, ʻo ʻikai maʻu ai ha lelei maʻá e kau maʻu vāhengá. Fēfē ʻa e fakamatala: “ʻOku mou inu, kae ʻikai topono [pe konā]”? ʻOku ʻikai lava ke fakahuʻunga ia ai ko e hoko ʻo konaá ko ha fakahaaʻi ia ʻo e tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá; ʻokú ne fakahalaiaʻi ʻa e konaá. (1 Samiuela 25:36; Palovepi 23:​29-​35) ʻI hono kehé, ko e fakamatalá ko ha toe lave ia ki he ʻikai ke ʻi he kau Siú ʻa e tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻE fakangatangata ai ha uaine pē te nau lava ʻo ngaohi, ʻo ʻikai feʻunga ke fakatupunga ai ha konā. ʻOku fakalea ʻe he Hakeai 1:6 (PM) ʻo pehē: “Oku ikai te mou fiu he inu.”

14, 15. Ko e hā ʻa e lēsoni ʻoku tau ako mei he Hakeai 1:6?

14 Ko e lēsoni ʻoku totonu ke tau ako mei he meʻa kotoa ko iá ʻoku ʻikai fekauʻaki ia mo e tisaini pe teuteuʻi ʻo e ʻapí. Fuoloa ki muʻa ʻi honau fakahēʻí, naʻe valokiʻi ai ʻe he palōfita ko ʻĀmosí ʻa e faʻahinga koloaʻia ʻi ʻIsilelí ʻi honau “ngaahi fale lei” pea ʻi heʻenau “tokoto ʻi he ngaahi mohenga lei.” (Emosi 3:15; 6:4) Ko e ngaahi fale fakaʻofoʻofá mo e naunau fale teuteuʻi leleí naʻe ʻikai ke tolonga. Ko e ngaahi meʻa ko iá naʻe maʻu ia ko e koloa vete ʻe he kau ikuna ko e filí. Neongo ia, ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ki mui aí, hili ʻa e fakaheeʻi taʻu ʻe 70, ko e tokolahi ʻo e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá naʻe ʻikai te nau ako mei he meʻá ni. Te tau ako kitautolu? ʻE feʻungamālie kia kitautolu taki taha ke ʻeke: ‘Ko hono moʻoní, ko e hā ʻa e lahi ʻo e fakamamafa ʻoku ou fai ki hoku ʻapí mo hono teuteuʻí? Fēfē ʻa e fokotuʻutuʻu ki ha ako lahi ange ke laka ki muʻa ha ngāue, neongo ko hono fai iá te ne toʻo ʻa e taimi lahi ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu, ʻo kāsia ai ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki mahuʻinga ʻo ʻeku moʻui fakalaumālié?’​—Luke 12:​20, 21; 1 Timote 6:​17-​19.

15 Ko e meʻa ʻoku tau lau ʻi he Hakeai 1:6 ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻai ke tau fakakaukau ki heʻetau fiemaʻu ʻa e tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. Ko e kau Siu ʻo e kuonga muʻá naʻe ʻikai te nau maʻu ia, ʻo iku ai ki heʻenau faingataʻaʻia. Pe ʻoku tau maʻu ha ngaahi meʻa fakamatelie lahi pe ʻikai, kapau ʻoku ʻikai lava ke tau maʻu ʻa e tāpuaki ʻa Sihová, ʻe pau ʻa ʻetau faingataʻaʻia fakalaumālié. (Mātiu 25:​34-​40; 2 Kolinito 9:​8-​12) Neongo ia, ʻe lava fēfē ke tau maʻu ʻa e tāpuaki ko iá?

Tokoni ʻa Sihova Fakafou ʻi Hono Laumālié

16-18. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e Sakalaia 4:6 ʻi hono muʻaki potutohí?

16 Ko e kaungā palōfita ʻo Hākeaí, ʻa Sākalaia, naʻe ueʻi ia ke ne fakamamafaʻi ʻa e ngaahi founga tonu naʻe ueʻi mo tāpuakiʻi ai ʻe Sihova ʻa e faʻahinga līʻoa ʻi he taimi ko iá. Pea ʻoku fakahaaʻi ʻe he meʻá ni ʻa e founga te ne tāpuakiʻi foki ai koé. ʻOku tau lau: “ʻOku ʻikai tuʻu ʻi he ivi pea ʻoku ʻikai tuʻu ʻi he ngu, ka ko hoku Laumalie pe—ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova Sapaoti.” (Sakalaia 4:6) Kuó ke faʻa fanongo nai ki he lave ki he foʻi vēsí ni, ka ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ki he kau Siu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Hākeai mo Sākalaiá, pea ko ia ai ko e hā ʻene ʻuhinga kia koé?

17 Manatuʻi ko e ngaahi lea fakamānavaʻi ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá naʻe ʻi ai hono ola fakaofo ʻi he taimi ko iá. Ko e meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he ongo palōfita ko iá naʻe fakaivimālohiʻi ai ʻa e kau Siu faitōnungá. Naʻe kamata ke kikite ʻa Hākeai ʻi he māhina hono ono ʻo e 520 K.M. Naʻe kamata ke kikite ʻa Sākalaia ʻi he māhina hono valu ʻo e taʻu ko iá. (Sakalaia 1:1) Hangē ko ia ʻoku lava ke ke fakatokangaʻi mei he Hakeai 2:​18, naʻe toe kamataʻi ʻaufuatō ʻa e ngāue ki he fakavaʻé ʻi he māhina hono hivá. Ko ia naʻe ueʻi ʻa e kau Siú ke nau ngāue, pea naʻa nau talangofua kia Sihova fakataha mo e loto-falala ki heʻene poupoú. Ko e ngaahi lea ʻi he Sakalaia 4:6 ʻoku felāveʻi ia mo e poupou ʻa e ʻOtuá.

18 ʻI he taimi naʻe foki ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí ki honau fonua tupuʻangá ʻi he 537 K.M., naʻe ʻikai haʻanau kongakau fakakautau. Ka neongo ia, naʻe maluʻi kinautolu ʻe Sihova peá ne tataki kinautolu ʻi heʻenau fononga mei Pāpiloné. Pea naʻe tataki ʻe hono laumālié ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻi heʻenau kamata ke ngāue ʻi he temipalé hili mei ai ha taimi siʻi. ʻI heʻenau toe kamata pē ke ngāue ʻaufuatoó, naʻá ne poupouʻi kinautolu fakafou ʻi hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní.

19. Ko e hā ʻa e tākiekina mālohi naʻe ikuʻi ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá?

19 Fakafou ʻi ha ngaahi vīsone hokohoko ʻe valu, naʻe fakapapauʻi ai kia Sākalaia ʻe kau ʻa Sihova mo hono kakaí, ʻa ia te nau fakahoko faitōnunga ʻa e ngāue ʻo e temipalé ki heʻene ʻosi. Ko e vīsone hono faá, ʻa ia ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Sakalaia vahe 3, ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai naʻe longomoʻui ʻa Sētane ʻi hono fakafepakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi feinga ʻa e kau Siú ke fakakakato ʻa hono langa ʻo e temipalé. (Sakalaia 3:1) Heʻikai moʻoni ke fiefia ʻa Sētane ʻi haʻane sio ki he Taulaʻeiki Lahi ko Siosiuá ʻokú ne fai ha ngaahi ngāue maʻá e kakaí ʻi ha temipale foʻou. Neongo naʻe longomoʻui ʻa e Tēvoló ʻi hono fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi ʻa e kau Siú mei hono langa ʻa e temipalé, ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he laumālie ʻo Sihová ha ngafa mahuʻinga ʻi hono toʻo atu ʻa e ngaahi fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻangá pea mo hono fakaivimālohiʻi ʻa e kau Siú ke nau laka ki muʻa kae ʻoua kuo kakato ʻa e temipalé.

20. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono tokoniʻi ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ʻa e kau Siú ke nau fakahoko ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá?

20 Naʻe hā ʻo hangē naʻe ʻi ai ha fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻanga taʻealaikuʻi ʻo e fakafepakí, naʻe haʻu mei he kau ʻōfisa fakapuleʻanga ʻa ia naʻa nau malava ke tapui ʻa e ngāué. Kae kehe, naʻe talaʻofa ʻe Sihova ko e meʻa hā ngali ko ha “moʻunga” ko ení ʻe toʻo atu pea ʻe hoko ia ʻo “lafalafa.” (Sakalaia 4:7) Pea ko e meʻa ia naʻe hokó! Naʻe fai ʻe Tuʻi Talaiasi I ha fakatotolo, ʻo ne ʻiloʻi ʻa e muʻaki tuʻutuʻuni naʻe fakamafaiʻi ʻe Kōlesi ki he kau Siú ke toe langa ʻa e temipalé. Ko ia naʻe kaniseli ʻe Talaiasi ʻa e tapuí pea fakamafaiʻi ke foaki ʻa e paʻanga mei he koloa fakatuʻí ki he kau Siú ke tokoni ʻi hono totongi ʻa e ngaahi fakamole ʻo e ngāué. He liliu fakaofo moʻoni ia ʻo e ngaahi tuʻungá! Naʻe fakahoko nai ʻe he laumālie ʻo Sihová ha ngafa ʻi he meʻá ni? ʻOku lava ke tau fakapapauʻi naʻe pehē. Naʻe kakato ʻa e temipalé ʻi he 515 K.M., ʻi he taʻu hono ono ʻo e pule ʻa Talaiasi I.—Esela 6:​1, 15.

21. (a) ʻI he kuonga muʻá, naʻe anga-fēfē hono hanga ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo “luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē,” pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hū ki tuʻa “ʻa e ngaahi meʻa manakoá”? (e) Ko e hā ʻa hono fakahoko ʻi onopōní?

21 ʻI he Hakeai 2:​5, naʻe fakamanatu ai ʻe he palōfitá ki he kau Siú ʻa e fuakava naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá mo kinautolu ʻi Moʻunga Sainai ʻi he taimi ko ia “nae galulu lahi [ai] ae mouga kotoa.” (Ekisoto 19:​18PM) ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Hākeai mo Sākalaiá, naʻe teu ai ke fakatupunga ʻe Sihova ha toe luluʻi ʻe taha, hangē ko ia ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he lea fakaefakatātā ʻo e Hakeai vahe 2 veesi 6 mo e 7. ʻE hoko ʻo uesia ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he ʻEmipaea Pēsiá, ka ko e ngāue ʻi he temipalé ʻe laka ki muʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki heʻene kakató. Ko e faʻahinga ʻikai ko e Siú, “ʻa e ngaahi meʻa manakoa mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē,” te nau iku ʻo fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá fakataha mo e kau Siú ʻi he feituʻu ko ia ʻo e lotú. ʻI ha founga lahi ʻi hotau taimí, kuo hanga ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻo “luluʻi ʻa e ngaahi puleʻanga” ʻi heʻetau malanga faka-Kalisitiané, pea kuo haʻu ai “ʻa e ngaahi meʻa manakoá mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē” ke lotu ki he ʻOtuá fakataha mo e toenga ʻo e kau paní. Ko e moʻoni, ko e kau paní fakataha mo e fanga sipi kehé ʻoku nau fakafonu he taimí ni ʻa e fale ʻo Sihová ʻaki ʻa e lāngilangi. Ko e kau lotu moʻoni ko iá ʻoku nau tatali ʻi he tui ki he taimi ʻa ia ʻe hanga ai ʻe Sihova ʻo “luluʻi ʻa e langi, mo mamani” ʻi ha toe ʻuhinga ʻe taha. ʻE hoko ia koeʻuhi ke liua mo fakaʻauhamālie ʻa e mālohinga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo e ngaahi kakaí.—Hakeai 2:22.

22. ʻOku anga-fēfē hono “luluʻi” ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá, pea ko e hā hono olá, pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ko ia ʻoku teʻeki ke hokó?

22 ʻOku fakamanatu mai kia kitautolu ʻa e fuʻu maveuveu lahi kuo hoko ʻi he ngaahi ʻelemēniti kehekehe ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he “langi, mo mamani, ʻio ʻa e tahi, mo e momoa.” Ko e meʻa ʻe tahá, ko hono tuli hifo ko ia ʻo Sētane ko e Tēvoló mo ʻene kau tēmenioó ki he feituʻu ʻo e māmaní. (Fakahā 12:​7-12) Tānaki atu ki ai, ko e ngāue fakamalanga ʻoku takimuʻa ai ʻa e faʻahinga pani ʻa e ʻOtuá kuó ne luluʻi moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi ʻelemēniti fakaemāmani ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu ko eni ʻo e ngaahi meʻá. (Fakahā 11:18) Neongo ʻa e meʻa ko iá, ko ha “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e ngaahi meʻa manakoa mei he puleʻanga kotoa pē kuo nau kau fakataha mo e ʻIsileli fakalaumālié ʻi he tauhi kia Sihová. (Fakahā 7:​9, 10) Ko e fuʻu kakai lahí ʻoku nau ngāue fakataha mo e kau Kalisitiane paní ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo lelei ko ia kuo vavé ni ke luluʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá ʻi ʻĀmaketone. Ko e meʻa ko ia ʻe hokó ʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻa e lotu moʻoní ke aʻu ki hono tuʻunga kakató ʻi māmani lahi.

ʻOkú Ke Manatuʻi?

• Ko ʻanefē pea ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga ko e hā naʻe ngāue ai ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá?

• ʻE lava fēfē ke ke ngāueʻaki ʻa e pōpoaki naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Hākeai mo Sākalaiá?

• Ko e hā ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi ai ʻoku fakalototoʻa ʻa e Sakalaia 4:6?

[Fehuʻi ki he Ako]

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Ko e ongo tohi ʻa Hākeai mo Sākalaiá ʻoku fakapapauʻi mai ai kia kitautolu ʻa e poupou ʻa e ʻOtuá

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“Kuo taimi ʻapē ke mou nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale kuo aofi, kae tuku lusa ʻa e fale ni”?

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ʻOku kau ʻa e kakai ʻa Sihová ʻi he aʻu ki he ‘faʻahinga manakoa ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá’