Ko e Taimi Eni ki he Ngāue Papau
Ko e Taimi Eni ki he Ngāue Papau
“E fefe a hono fuoloa o hoo mou lotolotoua?”—1 TUʻI 18:21, PM.
1. Ko e hā ʻokú ne ʻai hotau taimí ke mātuʻaki kehe ia mei he kuohilí?
ʻOKÚ KE tui ko Sihova ʻa e ʻOtua moʻoni pē tahá? ʻOkú ke toe tui ʻoku tuhu ʻa e ngaahi kikite ʻi he Tohi Tapú ki hotau taimí ko e “kuonga fakamui” ia ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu fulikivanu ʻa Sētané? (2 Timote 3:1) Kapau ko ia, ko e moʻoni te ke loto-tatau ko e taimí ni, ʻi he kotoa ʻo e taimí, ʻoku ʻi ai ha fiemaʻu ki ha ngāue papau. Kuo ʻikai ʻaupito hoko ʻi muʻa ʻi he hisitōlia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ki he moʻui ʻa e fuʻu tokolahi.
2. Ko e hā naʻe hoko ʻi he puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí lolotonga ʻa e pule ʻa Tuʻi ʻĒhapí?
2 ʻI he senituli hono hongofulu K.M., naʻe fiemaʻu ai ki he puleʻanga ʻIsilelí ke nau fai ha fili mātuʻaki mafatukituki. Ko hai te nau tauhi ki aí? Ko Tuʻi ʻĒhapi, ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tākiekina ʻa hono uaifi panganí, ʻa Sisipeli, naʻá ne pouaki ai ʻa e lotu Pēalí ʻi he puleʻanga matakali ʻe hongofulu ʻo ʻIsilelí. Ko Pēalí ko ha ʻotua fakafanau ʻa ia naʻe pehē tokua ʻokú ne tokonaki mai ʻa e ʻuha mo e ngaahi ngoue fua lahi. Ko e tokolahi ʻo e kau lotu Pēalí kuo pau pē naʻa nau puhiʻi atu nai ha ʻuma ʻi honau nimá pe punou ki ha ʻaitoli ʻo honau ʻotuá. Ke fakalotoʻi ʻa Pēali ke ne tāpuakiʻi ʻenau ngoué mo e fanga monumanú, naʻe kau ai ʻene kau lotú ʻi he ngaahi ouau fehokotaki fakasino mo e kau paʻumutu ʻi he temipalé. Naʻa nau toe maʻu ʻa e tōʻonga ʻo hono tafatafaʻi kinautolu ke tafe ʻa e totó.—1 Tuʻi 18:28.
3. Ko e hā ʻa e uesia naʻe fai ʻe he lotu Pēalí ki he kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá?
3 Naʻe fakafisi ha toenga ko e kau ʻIsileli ʻe toko 7,000 nai ke kau ʻi he founga lotu fakaetauhi ʻaitoli, ʻulungāanga taʻetaau mo fakamālohi ko ení. (1 Tuʻi 19:18) Naʻa nau pipiki mateaki ki honau vahaʻangatae fakaefuakava mo Sihova ko e ʻOtuá, pea naʻe fakatangaʻi kinautolu ʻi he meʻá ni. Ko e fakatātaá, naʻe fakapoongi ʻe Kuini Sisipeli ʻa e kau palōfita tokolahi ʻa Sihova. (1 Tuʻi 18:4, 13) Koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi tuʻunga faingataʻa ko ení, ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí naʻa nau tōʻongaʻaki ʻa e lotu tuifió, ʻi he feinga ke fakahōifuaʻi fakatouʻosi ʻa Sihova mo Pēali. Ka ko ha tafoki ia mei he moʻoní ki ha ʻIsileli ke tafoki meia Sihova ʻo lotu ki ha ʻotua loi. Naʻe palōmesi ʻa Sihova ke tāpuakiʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí kapau naʻa nau ʻofa kiate ia pea talangofua ki heʻene ngaahi fekaú. Kae kehe, naʻá ne fakatokanga kiate kinautolu kapau ʻe ʻikai te nau ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e “anga-līʻoa maʻataʻatā,” ʻe fakaʻauha kinautolu.—Teutalonome 5:6-10, NW; Teu 28:15, 63.
4. Ko e hā naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe Sīsū mo ʻene kau ʻapositoló ʻe hoko ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Kalisitiané, pea kuo anga-fēfē ʻa hono fakahokó?
4 ʻOku ʻi ai ha tuʻunga meimei tatau ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané he ʻahó ni. Ko e ngaahi mēmipa fakasiasí ʻoku nau taukaveʻi ko e kau Kalisitiane kinautolu, ka ko ʻenau ngaahi ʻaho mālōloó, tōʻongá mo e ngaahi tuí ʻoku fepaki ia mo e ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Tohi Tapú. ʻI he hangē ko Sisipelí, ʻoku takimuʻa ʻa e haʻa faifekau ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻi hono fakatangaʻi ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. ʻOku toe maʻu foki ʻe he haʻa faifekau ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ha lēkooti lōloa ʻo hono poupouʻi ʻo e ngaahi taú pea ko ia ʻoku nau kaunga ai ki he mate ʻa e laui miliona taʻefaʻalaua ʻo e ngaahi mēmipa fakasiasí. Ko e poupou fakalotu pehē ki he ngaahi puleʻanga fakamāmaní ʻoku fakahaaʻi ia ʻi he Tohi Tapú ko e feʻauaki fakalaumālie. (Fakahā 18:2, 3) Tānaki atu ki ai, kuo hoko ʻa e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻo tali fakautuutu ʻa e feʻauakí tonu, naʻa mo e ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hono haʻa faifekaú. Ko Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻene kau ʻapositoló naʻa nau tomuʻa tala ʻa e fuʻu tafoki lahi ko eni mei he moʻoní. (Mātiu 13:36-43; Ngāue 20:29, 30; 2 Pita 2:1, 2) Ko e hā ʻe hoko ko e ola fakaʻosi ia ki he tokolahi hake ʻi he taha piliona ʻo e kau muimui ʻo e Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané? Pea ko e hā ʻa e fatongia ʻoku maʻu ʻe he kau lotu moʻoni ʻa Sihová ki he faʻahingá ni mo e niʻihi kehe kotoa kuo takihalaʻi ʻe he lotu loí? ʻOku tau maʻu ha tali māʻalaʻala ki he ongo fehuʻi ko iá ʻaki hono sivisiviʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa mataʻāʻā ʻa ia naʻe taki atu ki he ‘fakaauha o Beali mei Isilelí.’—2 Tuʻi 10:28, PM.
ʻOfa ʻa e ʻOtuá ki Heʻene Kakai Talangataʻá
5. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e tokanga ʻofa ki heʻene kakai talangataʻá?
5 ʻOku ʻikai fiefia ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻi hono tauteaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku hoko ʻo taʻefaitōnunga kiate iá. ʻI hono tuʻunga ko ha Tamai ʻofá, ʻokú ne fakaʻamu ke fakatomala ʻa e faʻahinga fulikivanú pea tafoki kiate ia. (Isikeli 18:32; 2 Pita 3:9) Ko e fakamoʻoni ʻo e meʻá ni, naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau palōfita tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻĒhapi mo Sisipelí ke nau fakatokanga ki Hono kakaí fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e lotu Pēalí. Ko ʻIlaisiaá ko e taha ia ʻo e kau palōfita ko iá. Hili ha laʻalaʻā lahi fakaʻulia, ʻa ia naʻe fanongonongo ki muʻa, naʻe tala ai ʻe ʻIlaisiā kia Tuʻi ʻĒhapi ke ne fakatahatahaʻi fakataha ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mo e kau palōfita ʻa Pēalí ki Moʻunga Kāmeli.—1 Tuʻi 18:1, 19.
6, 7. (a) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakaeʻa ʻe ʻIlaisiā ʻa e tupuʻanga tefito ʻo e tafoki ʻa ʻIsileli mei he moʻoní? (e) Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe he kau palōfita ʻa Pēalí? (f) Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe ʻIlaisiaá?
6 Naʻe hoko ʻa e fakatahá ʻi he tuʻuʻanga ʻo ha ʻōlita ʻo Sihova ʻa ia naʻe “holoki,” ngalingali ke fakahōhōʻiaʻi ʻa Sisipeli. (1 Tuʻi 18:30) Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ko e kau ʻIsileli naʻe ʻi aí naʻe ʻikai te nau fakapapauʻi pe ko hai—ʻia Sihova pe ko Pēali—naʻe malava moʻoni ke ne ʻomai ʻa e ʻuha naʻe fiemaʻu lahí. Naʻe fakafofongaʻi ʻa Pēali ʻe he kau palōfita ʻe toko 450, lolotonga ia ko ʻIlaisiā pē tokotaha ʻa e palōfita naʻá ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa Sihová. ʻI he aʻu ki he tefito ʻo ʻenau palopalemá, naʻe ʻeke ʻe ʻIlaisiā ki he kakaí: “E fefe a hono fuoloa o hoo mou lotolotoua?” Pea ʻi ha toe lea mahino ange, naʻá ne fokotuʻu ange ʻa e ʻīsiú ʻi honau ʻaó: “Kabau koe Otua a Jihova, mou muimui kiate ia: bea kabau ko Beali, muimui kiate ia.” Ke ueʻi ʻa e kau ʻIsileli lotolotouá ke nau ʻoatu ʻa e anga-līʻoa maʻataʻatā kia Sihová, naʻe fokotuʻu ange ʻe ʻIlaisiā ha siviʻi ʻo e Tuʻunga-ʻOtuá. Naʻe fiemaʻu ke tāmateʻi ha ongo pulu tangata ko ha feilaulau, ko e taha kia Sihova pea ko e taha kia Pēali. Ko e ʻOtua moʻoní te ne keina ʻene feilaulaú ʻaki ʻa e afi. Naʻe ʻai ʻe he kau Palōfita Pēalí ʻo maau ʻenau feilaulaú, pea naʻa nau ui hokohoko ʻi ha ngaahi houa: “E Beali, fanogo mai kiate kimautolu.” ʻI he kamata ke manukiʻi kinautolu ʻe ʻIlaisiaá, naʻa nau tafatafaʻi kinautolu kae ʻoua kuo tafe ʻa e totó, pea naʻa nau kailaʻaki ʻa e leʻo-lahi tahá. Ka naʻe ʻikai ha tali.—1 Tuʻi 18:21, 26-29, PM.
7 Naʻe hoko mai leva eni ki he taimi ʻo ʻIlaisiaá. ʻUluakí, naʻá ne monomono ʻa e ʻōlita ʻo Sihová pea tuku ki ai ʻa e ngaahi kongokonga ʻo e pulu muí. Ko hono hokó, naʻá ne fekauʻi ke huaʻi ha ngaahi fuʻu siā vai lalahi ʻe fā ki he feilaulaú. Naʻe fai tuʻo tolu eni kae ʻoua leva kuo fonu vai ʻa e luo takatakai ʻi he ʻōlitá. Naʻe lotu leva ʻa ʻIlaisiā: “ʻE Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo Epalahame, ʻo Aisake, pea mo Isileli, tuku ke ha he ʻaho ni ko e ʻOtua koe ʻi Isileli, pea ko hoʻo sevaniti au, pea ko hoʻo folofola ia kuo u fai ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko eni. ʻE Sihova, ke ke tali au, ke ke tali au, kae ʻilo ʻa e kakai ni ko koe pe, Sihova, ʻa e ʻOtua; pea ko koe kuo ke fakafoki mai honau loto.”—1 Tuʻi 18:30-37.
8. Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e tali ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he lotu ʻa ʻIlaisiaá, pea ko e hā ʻa e ngāue naʻe fai ʻe he palōfitá?
8 Naʻe tali ʻe he ʻOtua moʻoní ʻaki ʻene keina fakatouʻosi ʻa e feilaulaú mo e ʻōlitá ʻaki ha afi mei langi. Naʻe keina ʻe he afi ko iá ʻo aʻu ki he vai naʻe ʻi he luo takatakai ʻi he ʻōlitá! Fakaʻuta atu ki he ola naʻe hoko ki he kau ʻIsilelí. “Naʻa nau to foʻohifo, ʻo pehe. Ko Sihova pe ʻa e ʻOtua! ko Sihova pe ʻa e ʻOtua!” Naʻe fai leva he taimi ko ení ʻe ʻIlaisiā ha toe ngāue papau, ʻi hono fekauʻi ki he kau ʻIsilelí: “Puke ʻa e kau palofita ʻa Peali: ʻoua ʻe tuku ha taha ke hao.” Naʻe tāmateʻi leva ai ʻa e kau palōfita kotoa ʻe toko 450 ʻa Pēalí ʻi he veʻe Moʻunga Kāmelí.—1 Tuʻi 18:38-40.
9. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono toe siviʻi ʻa e kau lotu moʻoní?
9 ʻI he ʻaho fakangalongataʻa tatau ko iá, naʻe fakatupunga ai ʻe Sihova ke tō hifo ʻa e ʻuha ki he fonuá ko e ʻuluaki taimí ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu mo e konga! (Semisi 5:17, 18) ʻE lava ke ke fakaʻuta atu ki he talanoa kotoa ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí ʻi heʻenau foki ki ʻapí; kuo fakatonuhiaʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa hono Tuʻunga-ʻOtuá. Kae kehe, ko e kau lotu Pēalí, naʻe ʻikai te nau foʻi ai. Naʻe hokohoko atu ʻe Sisipeli ʻa ʻene feingatau ʻo hono fakatangaʻi ʻa e kau sevāniti ʻa Sihová. (1 Tuʻi 19:1, 2; 21:11-16) Ko ia naʻe toe siviʻi ai ʻa e anga-tonu ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Te nau ʻoange ʻa e anga-līʻoa maʻataʻatā kia Sihova ʻi he taimi ʻe hoko mai ai ʻa hono ʻaho fakamaau ki he kau lotu Pēalí?
Ngāue Papau he Taimí Ni
10. (a) ʻI onopōní, ko e hā kuo fai ʻe he kau Kalisitiane paní? (e) Ko e hā ʻoku ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e talangofua ki he fekau ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Fakahā 18:4?
10 ʻI onopooni, kuo fai ai ʻe he kau Kalisitiane paní ha ngāue ʻo hangē ko ia ko e ngāue ʻa ʻIlaisiaá. Fakafou ʻi he leá pea ʻi he peesi kuo pulusí, kuo nau fakatokanga ai ki he kakai ʻo e puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻi loto mo ʻi tuʻa ʻi he Puleʻanga-Haʻa-Kalisitiané ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e lotu loí. Ko hono olá, kuo fai ai ʻe he laui miliona ʻa e ngāue papau ke fakangata honau tuʻunga mēmipa ʻi he lotu loí. Kuo nau fakatapui ʻenau moʻuí kia Sihova pea kuo nau hoko ko e kau ākonga papitaiso ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻIo, kuo nau tokanga ki he kōlenga fakavavevave ʻa e ʻOtuá fekauʻaki mo e lotu loí: “Hiki meiate ia, ʻe hoku kakai, ke ʻoua naʻa mou kau ʻi heʻene hia, pea ʻinasi ʻi hono tautea.”—Fakahā 18:4.
11. Ko e hā ʻoku fiemaʻú ke maʻu ai ʻa e hōifua ʻa Sihová?
11 Ko e laui miliona kehé, lolotonga hono tohoakiʻi kinautolu ki he pōpoaki makatuʻunga Fakatohitapu ʻoku fakamafola ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, ʻoku nau kei veiveiua pē ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke nau faí. Ko e niʻihi ʻo e faʻahingá ni ʻoku nau haʻu ʻi he taimi ki he taimi ki he ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané, hangē ko hono kātoangaʻi ʻo e Kai Efiafi ʻa e ʻEikí pe ko e ngaahi konga ʻo ha fakataha-lahi fakavahe. ʻOku tau ekinaki ki he faʻahinga peheé ke nau fakakaukau lelei ki he ngaahi lea ʻa ʻIlaisiaá: “Ko e hā hono fuoloa hoʻomou hekeheka he funga ʻaá?” (1 Tuʻi 18:21, New English Bible) ʻI he ʻikai tautoloí, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke nau fai ha ngāue papau he taimí ni pea ngāue faivelenga ki he taumuʻa ʻo e hoko ko e kau lotu ʻosi fakatapui mo papitaiso ʻa Sihova. Ko ʻenau ngaahi ʻamanaki ki he moʻui taʻengatá ʻoku ʻi he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki!—2 Tesalonaika 1:6-9.
12. Ko e ngaahi tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki fē kuo tō ki ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻosi papitaiso ʻe niʻihi, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke nau faí?
12 Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, kuo hoko ʻa e kau Kalisitiane ʻosi papitaiso ʻe niʻihi ʻo tōmokosi pe ʻikai longomoʻui ʻi heʻenau lotú. (Hepelu 10:23-25; 13:15, 16) Ko e niʻihi kuo mole ʻenau faivelengá koeʻuhi ko e manavahē ki he fakatangá, ko e ngaahi loto-moʻua ʻi he kumi ki ha maʻuʻanga moʻuí, ngaahi feinga ke hoko ʻo koloaʻiá, pe ko e tuli ki he ngaahi mālie siokitá. Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Sīsū ko e ngaahi meʻá ni tonu ʻe tūkia, kāsia mo tauheleʻi ai ʻa e niʻihi ʻo hono kau muimuí. (Mātiu 10:28-33; 13:20-22; Luke 12:22-31; 21:34-36) ʻI he ʻikai “lotolotoua,” hangē ko e laú, ko e faʻahinga peheé ʻoku totonu ke nau “fai manavakavakava, pea fei mo fakatomala” ʻaki hono fai ha ngāue papau ke fakahoko ʻenau fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá.—Fakahā 3:15-19.
Ngataʻanga Fakafokifā ʻo e Lotu Loí
13. Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻi ʻIsileli ʻi he taimi naʻe pani ai ʻa Sehu ko e tuʻí.
13 Ko e ʻuhinga ʻoku fakavavevave ai ki he tangatá ke nau fai ha ngāue papau he taimi ní ʻoku hā ia ʻi he meʻa naʻe hoko ki ʻIsileli ʻi he taʻu nai ʻe 18 hili hono fakaleleiʻi ʻa e ʻīsiu ʻo e Tuʻunga-ʻOtuá ʻi Moʻunga Kāmelí. Ko e ʻaho fakamaau ʻa Sihova ki he lotu Pēalí naʻe hoko fakafokifā mo taʻeʻamanekina ia lolotonga ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e fetongi ʻo ʻIlaisiaá, ʻa ʻIlaisa. Ko e foha ʻo Tuʻi ʻĒhapi ko Siolamé naʻá ne puleʻi ʻa ʻIsilelí, pea naʻe kei moʻui pē ʻa Sisipeli ko e faʻē kuiní. Naʻe fekauʻi fakamoulu ʻe ʻIlaisa ʻa ʻene tangata tauhí ke ne pani ʻa e ʻeiki-tau ʻIsilelí, ʻa Sehu, ke ne hoko ko e tuʻi foʻoú. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe ʻi he tafaʻaki fakahahake ai ʻo Sioataní ʻa Sehu ʻi Lemoti-kiliati, ʻi hono tataki ha tau mo e ngaahi fili ʻo ʻIsilelí. Ko Tuʻi Siolame naʻá ne ʻi Sisilili ʻi he teleʻa tokalelei ofi ki Mekitó, ʻo fakaakeake ai mei ha kafo ʻi ha tau.—2 Tuʻi 8:29–9:4.
14, 15. Ko e hā ʻa e fekau naʻe maʻu ʻe Sehú, pea naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa ʻene talí?
14 Ko e meʻa eni naʻe fekauʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Sehu ke faí: “Te ke taaʻi ʻa e fale ʻo ho ʻeiki ko Ehapi, ke u sauni kia Sisipeli ʻa e toto o ʻeku kau tamaioʻeiki ko e kau palofita, mo e toto ʻo e kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pe ʻa Sihova. He ʻauha kotoa ʻa e fale ʻo Ehapi . . . Pea ko e meʻa kia Sisipeli, ʻe keina ia ʻe he fanga kuli ʻi he potu ʻo Sisilili; pea ʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻe tanu ia.”—2 Tuʻi 9:7-10.
15 Ko Sehú ko ha tangata pau ia. ʻI he ʻikai toe toloí, naʻá ne heka ki heʻene salioté ʻo lele oma ki Sisilili. Naʻe fakatokangaʻi mai ʻe ha tangata leʻo ʻi Sisilili ʻa e lele atu ʻa Sehú ʻo ne līpooti ia kia Tuʻi Siolame, ko ia naʻe heka ai ʻa Siolame ki heʻene salioté ʻo ne lele ke fakafetaulakiʻi ʻa ʻene ʻeiki-taú. ʻI heʻena fetaulakí, naʻe ʻeke ange ʻe Siolame: “ʻOku lelei , Sehu?” naʻe tali ange ʻe Sehu: “ʻO lelei fefe, lolotonga ʻoku pehe fau ʻa e ngaahi feʻauaki ʻa hoʻo faʻe ko Sisipeli, mo ʻene [kau] tuki fakatevolo?” Ko ia ai, ki muʻa ke lava ʻo hola ʻa Tuʻi Siolamé, naʻe unuhi hake ʻe Sehu ʻene kaufaná ʻo tāmateʻi ʻa Siolame ʻaki ha foʻi ngahau naʻe tau ʻo aʻu ki hono mafú.—2 Tuʻi 9:20-24.
16. (a) Ko e hā ʻa e tuʻunga naʻe fehangahangai fakafokifā mo e kau ʻiunoke ʻa Sisipelí? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihova fekauʻaki mo Sisipelí?
16 ʻI he ʻikai fakamoleki noa ha taimí, naʻe lele ʻa Sehu ki he koló ʻi heʻene salioté. ʻI he sio hifo mei ha tupá, ko Sisipeli ʻa ia naʻe teuteu ʻo valivali lahi hono matá naʻá ne talitali ʻa Sehu ʻaki ha pole fakamanamana. ʻI hono tukunoaʻi iá, naʻe ui ʻa Sehu ki ha poupou: “Ko hai ʻoku kau mo au? ko hai?” Ko e kau ʻiunoke ʻa Sisipelí naʻe pau ke nau fai ha ngāue papau he taimi ko ení. Naʻe hū mai ki tuʻa ʻa e ngaahi foʻi ʻulu ʻo e ʻiunoke ʻe toko ua pe toko tolu mei he tupá. ʻI he taimi pē ko iá, naʻe siviʻi ai ʻenau mateakí. “Mou li hifo ia” ko e tuʻutuʻuni atu ia ʻa Sehú. Naʻe lī hifo ʻe he kau ʻiunoké ʻa Sisipeli ki lalo ki he halá, ʻa ia naʻe tāmoloki ia ai ʻe he fanga hoosi mo e saliote ʻa Sehú. Ko ia naʻe hoko ai ʻa e tokotaha fakaʻaiʻai ʻo e lotu Pēali ʻi ʻIsilelí ki he ngataʻanga naʻá ne tuha mo iá. Ki muʻa ke ʻi ai ha taimi ke tanu ai iá, naʻe kai ʻe ha fanga kulī ʻa e ngaahi kongokonga ʻo hono kakanó, ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ia naʻe tomuʻa talá. —2 Tuʻi 9:30-37.
17. Ko e fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá kia Sisipelí ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻai ai ke mālohi ʻetau tui ki he hā ʻa ia ko e meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he kahaʻú?
17 ʻE hoko ha ngataʻanga fakaʻohovale meimei tatau ki he fefine feʻauaki fakaefakatātā ʻa ia ʻoku ui ko “Babilone koe Lahi.” ʻOku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he fefine feʻauakí ʻa e ngaahi lotu loi ʻo e māmani ʻo Sētané, ʻa ia ʻoku tupu mei he kolo motuʻa ko Pāpiloné. Hili e ngata ʻa e lotu loí, ʻe fakahanga ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene tokangá ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá ʻa ia ʻoku faʻuʻaki ʻa e ngaahi konga fakaemāmani ʻo e māmani ʻo Sētané. Ko e faʻahingá ni ʻe toe fakaʻauha mo kinautolu foki, ʻo teuteu ai ʻa e halá ki ha māmani foʻou māʻoniʻoni.—Fakahā 17:3-6, PM; Fkh 19:19-21; 21:1-4.
18. Hili e mate ʻa Sisipelí, ko e hā naʻe hoko ki he kau lotu Pēali ʻi ʻIsilelí?
18 Hili e mate ʻa Sisipelí, naʻe ʻikai fakamoleki noa ʻe Tuʻi Sehu ha taimi ʻi hono tāmateʻi ʻa e hako kotoa ʻo ʻĒhapí mo hono kau poupou tefitó. (2 Tuʻi 10:11) Ka naʻe kei toe pē ʻi he fonuá ʻa e kau ʻIsileli lotu Pēali tokolahi. Fekauʻaki mo e faʻahingá ni, naʻe fai ʻe Sehu ʻa e ngāue papau ke fakahaaʻiʻaki ʻa ʻene “mamahiʻi ʻa Sihova.” (2 Tuʻi 10:16) ʻI he fakangalingali ko ha tokotaha lotu Pēali tonu iá, naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe Sehu ha fuʻu kātoanga lahi ʻi he temipale ʻo Pēali naʻe langa ʻe ʻĒhapi ʻi Samēliá. Naʻe haʻu ki he kātoangá ʻa e kau lotu Pēali kotoa pē ʻi ʻIsilelí. ʻI he fihia he loto temipalé, naʻe tāmateʻi kotoa kinautolu ʻe he kau tangata ʻa Sehú. ʻOku fakaʻosiʻaki ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e fakamatalá ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea: “Nae behe ae fakaauha e Jehu a Beali mei Isileli.”—2 Tuʻi 10:18-28, PM.
19. Ko e hā ʻa e ʻamanaki maʻongoʻonga ʻoku fakatatali ki he “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e kau lotu mateaki ʻa Sihová?
19 Naʻe fakangata ʻosi mei ʻIsileli ʻa e lotu Pēalí. ʻI he papau tatau tofu pē, ko e ngaahi lotu loi ʻa e māmani ko ení ʻe hoko ia ki ha ngataʻanga fakafokifā mo fakaʻohovale. Ko e tafaʻaki ʻa hai te ke ʻi aí lolotonga ʻa e ʻaho lahi ʻo e fakamaau ko iá? Fai ha ngāue papau he taimí ni, pea ʻe fakamonūʻiaʻi nai ai koe ke ke kau ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e “fuʻu kakai lahi” ʻo e kau hao ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he “mamahi lahi.” Te ke malava leva ai ke sio atu ki he kuohilí fakataha mo e fiefia, pea te ke fakahīkihikiʻi ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e fakamaau ki he “feʻauaki lahi, ʻa ia naʻa ne maumauʻi ʻa mamani ʻaki ʻene feʻauaki.” ʻI he fāʻūtaha mo e kau lotu moʻoni kehé, te ke loto-tatau ai mo e ngaahi lea fakafiefia ʻoku hivaʻi ʻe he ngaahi leʻo fakahēvaní: “Haleluia! He ʻoku Hau ʻa e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua Aoniu.”—Fakahā 7:9, 10, 14; 19:1, 2, 6.
Ngaahi Fehuʻi ki he Fakalaulauloto
• Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e hoko ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo e kuonga muʻá ʻo halaia ʻi he lotu Pēalí?
• Ko e hā ʻa e fuʻu tafoki lahi mei he moʻoní naʻe tomuʻa tala ʻe he Tohi Tapú, pea kuo anga-fēfē hono fakahoko ʻa e kikite ko iá?
• Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakangata ʻosi ʻe Sehu ʻa e lotu Pēalí?
• Ko e hā kuo pau ke tau fai ke hao ai ʻi he ʻaho fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá?
[Fehuʻi ki he Ako]
[Mape ʻi he peesi 25]
(Ki he konga tohi kuo fokotuʻu kakato, sio ki he tohi)
Soko
ʻĒfeki
Helekati
Siokenami
Mekito
Tānaka
Tōtani
SAMĒLIA
ʻEnitoa
Sūnemi
ʻŌfila
Sisilili
ʻIpileami (Kati-līmoni)
Tilisa
Pete-semesi
Pete-seani (Pete-sani)
Siepesi-kiliati?
ʻĒpeli-mehola
Fale ʻo ʻĀpela
Lemoti-kiliati
Ngaahi Moʻunga
Mo. Kāmeli
Mo. Tēpoa
Mole
Mo. Kilipoa
[Ngaahi Vai]
Tahi Metiteleniane
Tahi Kāleli
[Vaitafe]
Vaitafe Sioatani
[Vai tupu]
Vai ko Hāloti
[Maʻuʻanga]
Based on maps copyrighted by Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est. and Survey of Israel
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 26]
Ko e kau tuʻumaʻu ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá mo e maʻu ʻo e ngaahi fakataha faka-Kalisitiané ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻo e lotu moʻoní
[Fakatātā ʻi he peesi 28, 29]
ʻI he hangē ko Sehú, ko e faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku loto ke hao ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Sihová kuo pau ke nau fai ʻa e ngāue papau