Naʻe Maʻu ʻe he Niʻihi Tāutaha ʻa Sihova ko Honau ʻInasi

8. Fakamatalaʻi e faingataʻa ne fehangahangai mo e Līvai ko ʻĒsafé.

⁸ ʻE maʻu ʻe he kau Līvaí ʻi he tuʻunga ko ha matakalí ʻa Sihova ko honau ʻinasi. Neongo ia, ʻoku taau ke fakatokangaʻi, ko e kau Līvai taki taha naʻa nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e kupuʻi lea “ko hoku ʻinasi ʻa Sihova” ke fakahaaʻi e līʻoa ki he ʻOtuá pea falala kiate ia. (Tangi. 3:24) Ko ha Līvai pehē ʻe taha ko ha tokotaha hiva mo ha tokotaha fatu taʻanga. Te tau lave kiate ia ko ʻĒsafe, neongo ʻe lava ke pehē ko ha mēmipa ʻo e fale ʻo ʻĒsafé, ʻa e Līvai naʻá ne taki ʻa e kau hiva ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tuʻi Tēvitá. (1 Kal. 6:31-43) ʻI he Sāme 73 ʻoku tau lau ai ko ʻĒsafe (pe ko e taha ʻo hono ngaahi hakó) naʻe hoko ʻo puputuʻu. Naʻá ne meheka ki he fulikivanú heʻenau moʻui tuʻumālié pea aʻu ki he tuʻunga naʻá ne pehē: “Ta ko e kulanoa ʻeku toutou tafi hoku loto ke maʻa, mo ʻeku fanofano hoku nima ʻi he taʻe angahala.” ʻOku hā naʻe mole ʻene vakai ki hono monū ʻo e ngāué; naʻe ʻikai te ne mahinoʻi ko Sihova hono ʻinasí. Naʻá ne faingataʻaʻia fakalaumālie “kaeʻoua kuo [ne] hu ki he ngaahi potu tapu ʻo Ela.”—Sāme 73:2, 3, 12, 13, 17.

11. Ko e hā e fehuʻi naʻe fai ʻe Selemaiá, pea naʻe fēfē hono talí?

¹¹ Ko e palōfita ko Selemaiá ko ha Līvai ia ʻe taha naʻá ne lāuʻilo ko Sihova hono ʻinasí. Tau lāulea ange ki he meʻa naʻá ne ʻuhinga ki ai heʻene ngāueʻaki ʻa e kupuʻi lea ko iá. Naʻe nofo ʻa Selemaia ʻi ʻAnatoti, ko ha kolo Līvai ofi ki Selusalema. (Sel. 1:1) ʻI he taimi ʻe taha, naʻe hoko ai ʻa Selemaia ʻo puputuʻu: Ko e hā naʻe lakalakaimonū ai ʻa e fulikivanú lolotonga ia naʻe faingataʻaʻia ʻa e māʻoniʻoní? (Sel. 12:1, NW) Hili hono vakaiʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi Selusalema mo Siutá, naʻá ne ongoʻi kuo kounaʻi ia ke “lāunga” fekauʻaki mo e meʻa naʻá ne sio aí. Naʻe ʻilo ʻe Selemaia ko Sihová ʻoku māʻoniʻoni. Ko e meʻa naʻe fakamānavaʻi ki mui ʻe Sihova ʻa Selemaia ke ne kikiteʻí mo e anga ʻEne fakahoko e ngaahi lea fakaekikite ko iá naʻe ʻoange ai ha tali mālohi ki he fehuʻi ʻa e palōfitá. ʻI he fehoanaki mo e ngaahi kikite fakaʻotuá, ko e faʻahinga naʻe talangofua ki he fakahinohino ʻa Sihová, naʻa nau ‘maʻu ʻenau mouí o hage koe koloa,’ ka ko e kau fulikivanu lakalakaimonuú naʻa nau tukunoaʻi ʻa e fakatokangá pea ʻauha.—Sel. 21:9, PM.

12, 13. (a) Ko e hā naʻá ne ueʻi ʻa Selemaia ke fakahā: “Ko hoku ʻinasi ʻa Sihova,” pea ko e hā e fakakaukau naʻá ne maʻú? (e) Ko e hā naʻe fiemaʻu ai ki he kotoa e matakali ʻIsilelí ke nau fakatupulekina ha fakakaukau faʻa tatalí?

¹² ʻI he vakai ki mui ʻa Selemaia ki hono fonua tupuʻangá kuo maumauʻí, naʻá ne ongoʻi hangē kuó ne ʻaʻeva ʻi he fakapoʻulí. Ne hangē kuo hanga ʻe Sihova ʻo ʻai ia ke “hange ko e kakai kuo mate fuoloa.” (Tangi. 1:1, 16; 3:6) Ne ʻosi tala ʻe Selemaia ki he puleʻanga talangataʻá ke nau foki ki heʻenau Tamai fakahēvaní, ka ko ʻenau koví kuo aʻu ia ki he tuʻunga naʻe pau ai ki he ʻOtuá ke ne fakaʻatā ʻa Selusalema mo Siuta ke fakaʻauha. Naʻe ʻai ʻe he meʻa ko iá ʻa Selemaia ke mamahi, neongo naʻe ʻikai ko hono foʻui. Lolotonga hono ngaahi faingataʻá, naʻe manatu ʻa e palōfitá ki he faifakaʻatuʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá. “ʻOku ʻikai te tau ʻauha ai,” ko ʻene leá ia. Ko e moʻoni, ko e faifakaʻatuʻi ʻa Sihová ʻoku foʻou ʻi he pongipongi taki taha! Naʻe toki fakahā leva ʻe Selemaia: “Ko hoku ʻinasi ʻa Sihova.” Naʻá ne hokohoko atu ke maʻu ʻa e monū ʻo e tauhi kia Sihova ko ha palōfitá.—Lau ʻa e Tangilaulau 3:22-24.

¹³ ʻI he taʻu ʻe 70, ʻe ʻikai ha fonua tupuʻanga ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí. ʻE tuku ia ke lala. (Sel. 25:11) Ka ko e lea ʻa Selemaia “ko hoku ʻinasi ʻa Sihova” naʻe fakaeʻa ai ʻene falala-pau ki he faifakaʻatuʻi fakaʻotuá, pea ʻoange ai kiate ia ʻa e ʻuhinga ki hono fakahāhā ʻa e “ʻamanaki” pe fakakaukau faʻa tatali. Ko e kotoa ʻo e matakali ʻIsilelí naʻe mole honau tofiʻá, ko ia naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau fakatupulekina ʻa e fakakaukau tatau hangē ko e palōfitá. Ko Sihova pē honau ʻamanakiʻangá. Hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe 70, naʻe toe fakafoki ʻa e kakai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki honau fonua tupuʻangá pea maʻu ʻa e monū ʻo e tauhi kiate ia ʻi ai.—2 Kal. 36:20-23.