Ko Sehova Neʼe Ko Te Vahe ʼo Te Kau Levite Takitokotahi

8. Koteā ʼaē neʼe lotolotolua ai ia te Levite ko Asafe?

⁸ Ko Sehova neʼe ko te vahe ʼo te telepī ʼa te kau Levite. Kae ʼe lelei ke tou tokagaʼi neʼe fai e te kau Levite takitokotahi te ʼu palalau ʼaenī: “Ko Sehova ʼe ko toku vahe” moʼo fakahā tanatou pipiki ʼaē ki te ʼAtua pea mo tanatou falala kiā te ia. (Tagi. 3:24) Iā nātou ʼaia neʼe ʼi ai te Levite neʼe ko he tagata hiva pea mo faʼu hiva. ʼE tou fakahigoaʼi anai ia ia ko Asafe, logolā neʼe lagi ko he tahi neʼe kau ʼi te fāmili ʼo Asafe, te Levite ʼaē neʼe ina taki te kau tagata hiva ʼi te temi ʼo te Hau ko Tavite. (1 Fkma. 6:31-43) Iā Pesalemo 73 ʼe tou lau ai ko Asafe (peʼe ko he tahi ʼo tona hōloga) neʼe tuʼania. Neʼe maheka ia ki te kau agakovi ʼaē neʼe hagē ʼe natou maʼuli fīmālie, pea neʼe ina ʼui fēnei: “ ʼIo, neʼe vaʼiganoa taku fakamaʼa toku loto pea mo taku fufulu ʼoku nima ʼi te heʼe agahala.” Neʼe hagē ia kua galo kiā ia tona pilivilēsio gāue, neʼe mole kei ina fakamaʼuhigaʼi ia Sehova ʼaē neʼe ko tona vahe. Neʼe kua lotolotolua ia ʼi te faʼahi fakalaumālie “ ʼo aʼu ki te ʼaho ʼaē neʼe . . . hū ai ki te sagatualio māʼoluga ʼo te ʼAtua.”—Pes. 73:2, 3, 12, 13, 17.

11. Koteā te fehuʼi ʼaē neʼe lagaʼi e Selemia kiā Sehova? Pea neʼe tali feafeaʼi ia Sehova ki tana fehuʼi?

¹¹ Ko te polofetā ko Selemia neʼe ko te tahi Levite neʼe mahino kiā ia ko Sehova neʼe ko hona vahe. Tou vakaʼi age pe neʼe koteā te fakaʼuhiga kiā ia te ʼu palalau ʼaia. Neʼe nofo ia Selemia ʼi Anatote, ko he kolo Levite neʼe tuʼu ovi ki Selusalemi. (Sel. 1:1) ʼI te tahi temi, neʼe lotolotolua ia Selemia: He koʼē neʼe maʼuli fīmālie te kau agakovi kae maʼuli mamahi te hahaʼi faitotonu? (Sel. 12:1) ʼI tana sio ʼaē ki te ʼu meʼa ʼaē neʼe hoko ʼi Selusalemi pea mo Suta, neʼe ‘meo’ ʼo ʼuhiga mo te ʼu meʼa ʼaē neʼe sio kiai. Neʼe ʼiloʼi e Selemia ko Sehova ʼe faitotonu. Neʼe maʼu e Selemia te tali ki tana fehuʼi ʼaki te logo ʼaē neʼe fakahā age ki muli age e Sehova ke ina fakamafola pea mo te fakahoko e Sehova ia te ʼu folafola fakapolofetā ʼaia. Ko nātou ʼaē neʼe talagafua kiā Sehova neʼe haofaki ia nātou, kae ko te hahaʼi agakovi ʼaē neʼe mole natou fakalogo ki te fakatokaga ʼaia neʼe fakaʼauha.—Sel. 21:9.

12, 13. (a) Koteā ʼaē neʼe tupu ai te ʼui fēnei e Selemia: “Ko Sehova ʼe ko toku vahe,” pea neʼe ina fakahā feafeaʼi te faʼahi ʼaia? (b) He koʼē neʼe ʼaoga ki te ʼu telepī fuli ʼo Iselaele ke natou nonofo fakatalitali?

¹² Ki muli age, ʼi te sio leva ʼaē ʼa Selemia ki tona fenua ʼaē neʼe fakaʼauha, neʼe hagē pē neʼe haʼele ia ʼi te fakapōʼuli. Neʼe hagē pē ‘neʼe fakaheka ia ia e Sehova ohagē ko nātou kua mamate talu mai fualoa.’ (Tagi. 1:1, 16; 3:6) Neʼe tala e Selemia ki te hahaʼi talagataʼa ke natou toe liliu ki tanatou Tamai ʼaē ʼi selō, kae neʼe kua lahi ʼaupitō tanatou agakovi koia ʼaē neʼe fakagafua ai e te ʼAtua ke fakaʼauha ia Selusalemi pea mo Suta. Neʼe lotomamahi ai ia Selemia, logolā neʼe mole ko hana hala. ʼI tona ʼu mamahi neʼe manatuʼi aipē e te polofetā te ʼu manavaʼofa ʼo te ʼAtua. Neʼe ina ʼui fēnei: “Neʼe mole matou mamate ai.” ʼI tona fakahagatonu, ko te ʼu manavaʼofa ʼo Sehova ʼe foʼou ʼi te ʼuhu fuli. Neʼe ko te lakaga ʼaia ʼaē neʼe ʼui fēnei ai e Selemia: “Ko Sehova ʼe ko toku vahe.” Neʼe hoko atu aipē tana maʼu ia te pilivilēsio ʼaē ke tauhi kiā Sehova ʼi tona ʼuhiga polofetā.—Lau ia Tagilāulau 3:22-24.

¹³ Lolotoga taʼu e 70, ʼe mole kei ʼi ai anai he fenua ʼa te kau Iselaele, pea ʼe tuʼu lāvaki anai te fenua. (Sel. 25:11) Kae ko te ʼui ʼaē e Selemia “ko Sehova ʼe ko toku vahe,” neʼe hā ai tana falala ki te manavaʼofa ʼo te ʼAtua, pea ko he tupuʼaga lā ʼaia ʼo tana nofo “fakatalitali.” Ko te ʼu telepī fuli ʼo Iselaele neʼe mole kei ʼi ai honatou tofiʼa, koia neʼe ʼaoga ai ke natou maʼu te manatu ʼa te polofetā ʼaia. Ko Sehova neʼe ko tanatou ʼamanaki pē ʼaia e tahi. ʼI te hili ʼo te ʼu taʼu e 70, neʼe toe liliu te hahaʼi ʼa te ʼAtua ki tonatou fenua pea mo natou maʼu te pilivilēsio ʼaē ke natou tauhi kiā te ia.—2 Fkma. 36:20-23.