Monite 13 Novema, 2017

Siosiua 16:1-4; 8;15; 17:14; 18:12,13; 1 Tuʻi 9:15; 2 Kalo 8:5

Siosiua 16:1-4

"1PEA na‘e fai talotalo ma‘a e hako ‘o Siosifa, pea tō kiate kinautolu ‘o pehē; na‘e kamata mei Soatani, fe‘unga mo Sielikō, ‘i he vai ‘o Sielikō mei hahake, ‘a e toafa, ‘o ‘alu hake mei Sielikō, pea fou ‘i he fonua mo‘unga ki Pēteli; 2pea na‘e ‘uhi atu mei Pēteli ki Lusa, pea fou atu ki he tafafonua ‘o ha‘a ‘Āleki ‘Ataloti; 3pea na‘e hifo ai ki lulunga ki he tafafonua ‘o ha‘a ‘Iafeleti, ‘o a‘u ki he tafafonua ‘o Pete-holoni-lalo mo Kēseli: pea ne tū‘ulu ki tahi.

4Pea ma‘u honau tofi‘a ‘e he hako ‘o Siosifa, ‘a Manase mo ‘Ifalemi."

Sios 16:1 “Pea naʻe fai talotalo maʻae hako ʻo Siosifa”. Ko Siosifá ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻe hongofua mā ua ʻo Sekope, naʻe ʻikai ke ne maʻu ha hingoa fakamatakali ke ui ʻaki ia. Pea ko Siosifa ko e tama lahi ia ʻa e uaifi ʻo Sekope ko Lesielí ka naʻá ne maʻu ha ʻinasi loua ʻo e tofiʻá, pea ko e ʻinasi loua ko eni naʻá ne maʻú, naʻe vahe ki hono ongo fohá, ko ʻIfalemi mo Manase, he naʻe lau pe Sekope ʻe ʻoʻona kinaua (Senu 48:5). Ko e lahi taha ʻo e vaeua fakatokelau ʻo e fonuá naʻe kau ki hona matakalí. Ko hona tofiʻa naʻe tuʻu ia ʻi he uho ʻo e fonua ko Kenani, naʻe kamata mei Soatani ʻi he hahake, ki he tahi Meteteliane ʻi he hihifo, pea fou atu ʻi he kotoa ʻo e ʻatā ʻo Kenaní, pea ʻikai fehuʻia ʻa e fua ʻo e kelekelé mo moʻui, ko e tali ia ki he tapuaki ʻa Sekope mo Mosese (Sen 49:25,26 mo Teut 33:13). Ko e kauʻāfonua ʻo e tofiʻa ʻo ʻIfalemi naʻe vahevahe mei he tonga ʻia Penisimani mo Tani, ʻoku tuʻu ia ʻi he vahaʻa mo Siuta pea mei he tokelaú meia Manase. Kaekehe ko e foʻi talotalo ko ení naʻe fakapapauʻi ai ʻa e tofiʻa ki he ongo matakali ʻo Siosifa, ko Ifalemi mo Manase. Pea ko e ongo matakali ko ení naʻe fakatahaʻi pe kinaua ke na maʻu ʻa e ʻinasi tofiʻa pe ʻe taha, pea tupu ai ʻa ʻena lāunga kimui (17:14-18) pea naʻe fai pe ki he lāunga ko ia ʻa e fakalotolahi ʻa Siosiua. Ko e vahe tofiʻa ko ení ki he hako ʻo Siosifá, ʻoku mahino pe ko e foha ko eni ʻo Sekope, ko hono halanga moʻuí, naʻe ʻikai ke faingofua, ʻo kehe ia mei he toenga ʻo e fānau ʻa Sekope, he naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ʻOtua maʻana mei heʻene kei siʻi, ʻo aʻu ki heʻene hoko ko e taki ʻi ʻIsipite, pea ne fakahaofi ʻa Sekope mo hono fale kotoa mei he honge, naʻe taʻu ʻe fitú, pea tuʻunga ai ʻa e fou ki ai ʻa Sekope, ʻo fakaili ai ʻa haʻa ʻIsileli ʻi ʻIsipite ʻi he taʻu ʻe 430, ʻo nau toki foki mai ki Kenani, ko e fuʻu kakai lahi mo e puleʻanga malohi. Ko e vahe tofiʻa ko ení, kuo ʻikai ʻa Siosifa ia, ka ko e ʻinasi loua kuo tō moʻona, tuʻunga taha he pule aoniu ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ʻoku totonu mo kitautolu he ʻahó ni, ke tau lau hotau monū. Kuo tau lave ai ʻia Kalaisi, ke tau kau ai he fāmili tapuhā ʻo e ʻOtuá pea mo hono moʻui taʻengata.