TE ʼU ALUʼAGA FAKATUPU TUʼUTAMAKI: Neʼe mole feala ke pulihi te Tohi-Tapu ʼuhi ko te ʼu aluga fakatupu tuʼutamaki ohage ko te ʼu aluga ʼae neʼe feala ke maumau ai pea mo te fakafeagai. Kaʼe, neʼe faiga ʼihi tagata ʼae neʼe natou hiki te Tohi-Tapu pea mo ʼihi tagata faifakaliliu ke natou fetogi te logo ʼae ʼe tuʼu ʼi te Tohi-Tapu. ʼI te temi ʼaia neʼe natou faiga ke alu tahi te Tohi-Tapu mo ʼanatou akonaki. Kaʼe neʼe mole natou faiga ke alu tahi ʼanatou akonaki mo te Tohi-Tapu. Tou vakaʼi te ʼu faʼifaʼitaki ʼaeni:

• Te koga meʼa ʼae ʼe fai ai te tauhi: ʼI te taʼu 300 ki te taʼu 100 I.M.T.S., ko te ʼu tagata faitohi ʼo te Pentateuque Samaritain neʼe natou tohi te ʼu kupuʼi palalau ʼaeni ʼi te ʼosi pe te vaega ʼo Ekesote 20:17: “ ʼI Aargaareezem. ʼE fakatuʼu ai anai he ʼaletale.” Neʼe fakaʼamu te kau Samalitana ke lagolago te Tohi-Tapu ki tanatou laga he fale lotu ʼi “Aargaareezem” peʼe ko te “Mouga ko Kalisimi.”

• Akonaki ʼo te tahitolutapu: Heʼeki ʼosi ki ai taʼu ʼe 300 ki te ʼosi katoa ʼo te Tohi-Tapu, ko te tagata faitohi ʼe lagolago ki te akonaki ʼo te Tahitolutapu, neʼe ina hilifaki te ʼu kupuʼi palalau ʼaeni ki te vaega ʼo 1 Soane 5:7: “ ʼI te lagi, te Tamai, te Folafola pea mo te Laumalie Maʼoniʼoni: Pea ʼe fakatahiʼi age ko te meʼa pe ʼe tahi.” Ko te talamanatu ʼaia neʼe mole tuʼu ʼi te ʼuluaki tohi. ʼE fakatokagaʼi fenei e te tagata sivi Tohi-Tapu ko Bruce Metzger: “Talu mai te taʼu 500, neʼe maʼu tuʼumaʼu ia te ʼu kupuʼi palalau ʼaia ʼi te ʼu koga Tohi-Tapu Fakalatina ʼAfeā pea mo te Vulgate [Fakalatina].”

• Te huafa ʼo te ʼAtua: Neʼe ʼi ai te talatisio ʼa te kau Sutea neʼe ui ai ko te huafa ʼo te ʼAtua ʼe taputapu pea ʼe mole tonu ke fakaʼaogaʼi. Koia tokolahi te kau faifakaliliu ʼo te Tohi-Tapu neʼe natou fakatotonu ke pulihi te huafa ʼo te ʼAtua ʼi te Tohi-Tapu. Neʼe natou fetogi te huafa ʼaia ʼaki he ʼu higoa fakatuʼulaga ohage la ko “ ʼAtua,” peʼe ko “Aliki.” Ko te ʼu kupu ʼaia neʼe mole fakaʼuhiga pe ʼi te Tohi-Tapu ki te Tupuʼaga kaʼe neʼe toe fakaʼuhiga ki te tagata pea mo te ʼu taula ʼatua, maʼia mo te Tevolo.—Soane 10:34, 35; 1 Kolinito 8:5, 6; 2 Kolinito 4:4. *

NEʼE PUIPUI FEAFEAʼI TE TOHI-TAPU? ʼUluaki, logo la ko ʼihi tagata ʼae neʼe natou hiki te Tohi-Tapu neʼe mole tokakaga  fakalelei peʼe neʼe natou faiga ke fetogi he ʼu manatu, kaʼe ko ʼihi neʼe ko te ʼu tagata hiki Tohi-Tapu faiva. Pea neʼe natou tokaga lelei ki te ʼu manatu ʼae neʼe natou tohi. Neʼe hiki e te kau Massorètes ia te Koga Tohi-Tapu Fakahepeleo ʼi te taʼu 500 ki te taʼu 900. Pea neʼe natou ta te ʼu tohi ʼaia, ʼae ʼe fakahigoaʼi ko te tohi Massorétique. Neʼe natou fakaau te ʼu kupu ʼae neʼe natou hiki pea mo te ʼu mataʼi tohi ke natou vakaʼi ai pe neʼe mole natou fai he ʼu hala. Ka natou lotolotolua ʼo ʼuhiga mo he ʼu hala neʼe fai ʼi te ʼu ʼuluaki tohi ʼae neʼe natou fakaʼaogaʼi, neʼe tohi te ʼu manatu ʼaia ʼi te ʼu tafaʼaki. Neʼe fakafisi te kau Massorètes ʼi te toʼo he ʼu manatu ʼi te Tohi-Tapu. Neʼe ui fenei e te tagata Faiako ko Moshe Goshen-Gottstein ʼo ʼuhiga mo te ʼu tohi Fakahepeleo ʼo te Tohi-Tapu: “Ko te toʼo ʼo he ʼu manatu ʼi te Tohi-Tapu, neʼe hage kia natou ko he hala mamafa.”

Lua, ko te ʼu koga tohi ʼo te Tohi-Tapu ʼe tou maʼu ia ʼaho nei ʼe tokoni ki te kau tagata sivi Tohi-Tapu ke natou iloʼi te ʼu hala. Ohage la, neʼe akoʼi e te kau takitaki lotu talu mai ni lauʼi taʼu ʼe teau ko ʼanatou tohi Fakalatina neʼe maʼu ai te moʼoni ʼo ʼuhiga mo te Tohi-Tapu. Koia ʼae ia 1 Soane 5:7, neʼe natou ʼai ai te manatu loi ʼae neʼe tou talanoa ki ai ʼi te kamata ʼo te alatike ʼaeni. Neʼe toe maʼu te hala ʼaia ʼi te Tohi-Tapu Fakapilitania King James Version (Bible du roi Jacques). Kaʼe, ʼi tanatou maʼu ʼihi koga tohi ʼo te Tohi-Tapu, kotea ʼae neʼe ha ai? Neʼe tohi fenei e Bruce Metzger: “Neʼe mole maʼu te manatu ʼae ʼe tuʼu ʼi te vaega [ʼo 1 Soane 5:7] ʼi te ʼu koga Tohi-Tapu ʼafeā fuli (Syriaque, Copte, Arménien, Éthiopique, Arabe, Slavonne), gata pe ki te Tohi-Tapu Fakalatina.” Ki muli age, ko te Tohi-Tapu King James Version (Bible du roi Jacques) pea mo ʼihi atu Tohi-Tapu ʼae neʼe toe vakaʼi, neʼe toʼo te manatu hala ʼaia.

Neʼe fakaha moʼoni koa ʼi te ʼu koga Tohi-Tapu ʼafeā neʼe taupau te logo ʼae ʼe tuʼu ʼi te Tohi-Tapu? ʼI te maʼu ʼo te ʼu Takaiga Tohi ʼo Te Tai Mate ʼi te taʼu 1947, neʼe feala ki te ʼu tagata sivi Tohi-Tapu ke natou fakatatau te tohi Fakahepeleo ʼa te kau Massorètes mo te ʼu manatu ʼae ʼi te ʼu takaiga tohi ʼo te Tohi-Tapu, ʼae neʼe tohi ia taʼu ʼe afe ki muʼa atu. Neʼe ui e he tagata neʼe kau ki te ta ʼo te ʼu Takaiga Tohi ʼo Te Tai Mate, ko he takaiga tohi ʼe tahi ʼe “maʼu ai he fakamoʼoni ʼo ʼuhiga mo te hiki fakalelei ʼo te ʼu koga Tohi-Tapu ia taʼu ʼe afe tupu e te kau tagata hiki Tohi-Tapu Sutea.”

Neʼe teitei pe ko te ʼu papilusi ʼo te ʼu tohi fuli ʼo te Koga Tohi-Tapu Fakakeleka Fakakilisitiano ʼae neʼe maʼu ʼi te Fale Tanakiʼaga Tohi ʼo Chester Beatty, ʼi Dublin, ʼi Irlande. Pea ʼe kau ki ai te ʼu koga Tohi-Tapu ʼae neʼe tohi talu mai te taʼu 200 H.T.S., hili pe ki ai taʼu ʼe 100 ki te ʼosi katoa ʼo te Tohi-Tapu. ʼE ui fenei ʼi te tikisionalio Fakatohi-tapu (The Anchor Bible Dictionary): “Logo la neʼe lahi te ʼu manatu ʼi te Papilusi, kaʼe ʼe toe fakaha ai te alu tahi ʼo te fakaliliu ʼo te hisitolia ʼi te Tohi-Tapu.”

TONA FUA: Neʼe mole kakāʼi te Tohi-Tapu. Kaʼe ʼaki te alu ʼo te temi mo te ʼu koga tohi ʼo te Tohi-Tapu ʼae neʼe hiki, neʼe lelei age ai tona fakaliliu. Neʼe ui fenei e Sir Frederic Kenyon ʼo ʼuhiga mo te ʼu Koga Tohi-Tapu Fakakeleka Fakakilisitiano: “Ko te tohi ʼaia ʼe mole hona fakatatau mo ʼihi atu tohi ʼafeā. Koteʼuhi ʼe lahi ʼona fakamoʼoni kua fualoa ʼaupito. Pea ʼe mole feala anai ki he tagata sivi Tohi-Tapu ke ina ui ko te Tohi-Tapu ʼae kua tou maʼu ʼo kaku mai ki te ʼaho nei, ʼe mole totonu.” Pea ʼo ʼuhiga mo te ’u Koga Tohi-Tapu Fakahepeleo, ko te tagata sivi Tohi-Tapu ko William Henry Green neʼe ina ui fenei: “ ʼE feala ke tou fakamoʼoni ʼe mole he tahi age tohi neʼe totonu feia tona hiki.”