12. Ko e hā ʻoku tau ako mei he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e ongo selupimi naʻe fakanofo ʻi ʻĪtení?

¹² Ko e Selupimí ko e kau ʻāngelo ia ʻoku nau maʻu ha tuʻunga māʻolunga. Hili ʻa e faiangahala ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIví, naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova ki ha kau selupimi ʻe niʻihi ha ngāue ʻi he māmaní. Naʻe kehe ʻaupito ia mei heʻenau ngāue ʻi hēvaní. Ko ʻenau faʻifaʻitakiʻangá ʻe lava ke akoʻi mai ai ʻa e founga ke kātaki ai ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau maʻu ai ha vāhenga-ngāue faingataʻa. ʻOku pehē ʻe he Tohi Tapú naʻe hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo “fakanofo ʻi hahake ʻi he ngouetapu ʻi Iteni, ʻa e Selupimi, mo ha heleta ulo naʻe tavilovilo, mo leʻohi ʻa e hala ki he ʻAkau ʻo e Moʻui.”^[2] (Sēn. 3:24) ʻOku ʻikai ke fakahaaʻi mai ʻi he Tohi Tapú naʻe lāunga ʻa e ongo selupimí pe ongoʻi ʻokú na fuʻu mahuʻinga fau ki heʻena vāhenga-ngāue foʻoú. Naʻe ʻikai ke na pipikoʻia pe foʻi. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá na nofo pē ʻi heʻena vāhenga-ngāué kae ʻoua kuo lava, ngalingali ʻi he taimi ʻo e Lōmakí ʻo laka hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe 1,600 ki mui ai!