Ko e ʻAloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻOku ʻOmai Ai ʻa e Fiemālie mo e Maluʻi

11, 12. (a) ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi fē naʻe hokosia ai ʻe Siosifa ʻa e ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sihová? (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo Siosifá?

¹¹ Ko hono hokó, tau vakai angé ki he Senesi vahe 39. ʻOku fakatefito ia ʻi he mokopuna ua ʻo ʻĒpalahame ko Siosifá, ʻa ia naʻe fakatau atu ki he nofo pōpula ʻi ʻIsipité. Neongo e meʻa ko iá, “naʻe kau ʻa Sihova mo Siosifa.” (Sen 39 Veesi 1, 2) Ko hono moʻoní, naʻa mo e pule ʻIsipite ʻo Siosifá, ʻa Pōtifa, naʻá ne fakaʻosiʻaki ʻo pehē naʻe kau ʻa Sihova mo Siosifa. (Sen 39 Veesi 3) Kae kehe, naʻe fehangahangai ʻa Siosifa mo ha ʻahiʻahi mafatukituki ʻaupito. Naʻe tukuakiʻi loi ia ki he fakamālohiʻi fakaefehokotaki fakasino ʻa e uaifi ʻo Pōtifá pea naʻe tuku pilīsone. (Sen 39 Veesi 7-​20) Ko e “ʻana [ʻi he pilīsoné]” naʻe “fakamamahi ʻaki [ai] ha seini hono vaʻe; naʻe fekuki ʻene moʻui mo e aione.”​​—Senesi 40:15; Sāme 105:18.

¹² Ko e hā naʻe hoko lolotonga ʻa e meʻa mātuʻaki faingataʻa ko ia ne hokó? “Nae ia Josefa a Jihova, o ne aloofa kiate ia.” (Sen 39 Veesi 21a, PM) Ko ha foʻi ngāue tefito ʻo e ʻaloʻofá naʻá ne kamataʻi ha ngaahi ʻotu meʻa ʻa ia naʻe taki atu ai ki mui ki he fiemālie mei he ngaahi faingataʻa naʻe hokosia ʻe Siosifá. Naʻe tuku ʻe Sihova ʻa Siosifa ke ‘ofeina ia i he ao oe tauhi [“ʻōfisa pule,” NW] ʻo e fale fakabobulá.’ (Sen 39 Veesi 21e, PM) Ko hono olá, naʻe vaheʻi ange ʻe he ʻōfisá kia Siosifa ha lakanga falalaʻanga. (Sen 39 Veesi 22) Hoko atu aí, naʻe fetaulaki ʻa Siosifa mo e tangata ʻa ia naʻe faifai pē ʻo ne ʻave ia ki he tokanga ʻa Feló, ʻa e pule ʻo ʻIsipité. (Senesi 40:​1-4, 9-​15; 41:​9-​14) Naʻe hoko ai ʻo hiki hake ʻe he tuʻí ʻa Siosifa ki he lakanga ʻo e tokotaha-pule hono ua ʻi ʻIsipité, ʻo iku ai ki heʻene fakahoko ha ngāue fakahaofi-moʻui ʻi he fonua naʻe taaʻi ʻe he honge ko ʻIsipité. (Senesi 41:​37-​55) Naʻe kamata ʻa e faingataʻaʻia ʻa Siosifá ʻi heʻene taʻu 17 pea toki ʻosi ia ʻo laka hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe 12! (Senesi 37:​2, 4; 41:46) Ka ʻi he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi taʻu ko ia ʻo e mamahí mo e faingataʻá, naʻe fakahaaʻi ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtuá ʻa ʻene ʻaloʻofa kia Siosifá ʻaki hono maluʻi ia mei he fakatamaki taupotu tahá pea ʻi hono haofakiʻi ia ki ha ngafa makehe ʻi he taumuʻa fakaʻotuá.

16. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi kupuʻi lea lelei ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he Tohitapú fekauʻaki mo ʻĒpalahame pea mo Siosifá?

¹⁶ Ko e fakamatala ʻi he Senesi vahe 24 ʻoku fakahaaʻi mahino ai ʻa e vāofi ʻa ʻĒpalahame mo Sihová. Ko e ʻuluaki vēsí ʻoku pehē ai naʻe ‘fakamonuʻia ʻa ʻĒpalahame ʻe Sihova ʻi he meʻa kotoa pe.’ Naʻe ui ʻe he sevāniti ʻa ʻĒpalahamé ʻa Sihova “ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻeku ʻeiki ko Epalahame.” (Sen 24 Veesi 12, 27) Pea ʻoku pehē ʻe he ākonga ko Sēmisí ko ʻĒpalahamé naʻe “fakahaaʻi ʻokú ne māʻoniʻoni” pea “naʻe hoko ʻo ui ko e ‘kaumeʻa ʻo Sihova.’” (Semisi 2:​21-​23, NW) Ko e meʻa tatau pē ʻoku hoko ʻia Siosifá. Ko e vahaʻangatae vāofi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Sihova mo Siosifá ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ia ʻi he kotoa ʻo e Senesi vahe 39. (Gen 39 Veesi 2, 3, 21, 23) ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻi he fekauʻaki mo Siosifá, naʻe pehē ʻe he ākonga ko Sitīvení: “Naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa e ʻOtua.”​​—Ngāue 7:9.