Ngaahi Meʻafoaki Taʻeʻiloá
Fakataha Lotu Faka-Kilisimasi ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ki he 2021
Sāpate, 5 Tīsema 2021
Talateu
ʻI heʻeku kei siʻí, ko e konga fakalata taha ʻo e Kilisimasí ko e aʻu mai ko ia ʻa Kulenimā mo Kulenipā Lanikelení. Te na fakaʻuli mamaʻo mai ʻi ha kā motuʻa he taʻu kotoa ke ʻaʻahi mai. Naʻa mau ʻofa ʻiate kinaua, pea ne mau saiʻia he laʻikeke faka-Suēteni ʻa Kulenimaá—ne ngaohi ʻaki e kilimi mahimahi naʻá ne fakatau mei ha tangata faama ʻi hono koló. Naʻe lau houa ʻene tuʻu ʻi he sitoú, ʻo fakapaku e keké kae ʻoua kuo ʻikai ke mau toe lava ʻo kai. Kuo tupu hake he taimí ni ha toe toʻu tangata kehe ʻe ua ʻi he fānaú ʻo kai ʻi he laʻikeke faka-Suēteni ko iá. Pea ko e taimi kotoa pē ʻoku mau ngaohi ai iá, ʻoku mau manatu kia Kulenimā Lanikeleni mo ʻene meʻafoaki ʻo e ʻofá.
Ko e niʻihi e ngaahi meʻaʻofa lelei tahá ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ʻo hotau taimí mo e ngaahi talēnití. ʻOku ou tui ko e ngaahi meʻaʻofa peheé ko ha ngaahi meʻaʻofa māʻoniʻoni.
Ngaahi Meʻafoakí
Ko e faʻahitaʻu ʻeni ʻo e hanganaki atu ki ha ngaahi meʻaʻofa foʻou. Ka tau kiʻi fakakaukau muʻa he pooni, ki he ngaahi meʻaʻofa kuo ʻosi foaki atú—pea mo e tokotaha naʻá ne foakí mo e ʻuhingá.
Kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ha ngaahi meʻaʻofa kiate kitautolu takitaha. Mahalo he ʻikai ke ke ongoʻi talēnitiʻia, ka ʻoku ʻi ai ho ngaahi meʻafoaki fakalaumālie mei he ʻOtuá ke ke lava ʻo tāpuekina ʻaki e niʻihi kehé pea ʻunu ofi ange ai kiate Ia. 1
Ko e hā ha ngaahi meʻafoaki kuo foaki atu ʻe he ʻOtuá?
Ko hono moʻoní, kuo teʻeki ke u teitei fakakaukau ko ha tokotaha mohu talēniti au. ʻOku ʻikai ke u loko poto ʻi he hivá, pe tauʻolungá, pe sipotí, pe ʻātí, pe fiká, pe ngaahi meʻa kehe … ko ha tokotaha angamaheni pē au.
ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi kuó u vakai ki he ngaahi meʻafoaki maʻongoʻonga ʻo e niʻihi kehé peá u ongoʻi māʻulalo ange. Ka ʻoku ou ako ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻoku taʻeʻuhinga pea aʻu pē ʻo fakaʻauha ʻa e ngaahi fakafehoanaki peheé. Kae mahulu hake aí, kuó u vakai ki he mālohi toputapu ʻo e “ngaahi meʻafoaki taʻeʻiloa” ʻa e ʻOtuá peá u fiefia ai ko e fakamoʻoni ʻo ʻEne ʻofá mo e loto-falalá.
Naʻe akoʻi ʻe ʻEletā Māvini J. ʻEsitoni ko e ngaahi meʻafoaki fakalaumālie ko ia ʻa e ʻOtuá kau ai e “ngaahi meʻafoaki ʻoku taʻeʻiloá,” ʻoku kau ai “ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e kolé; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e fakafanongó; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e ongoʻí mo fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e kihiʻi leʻo siʻí; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e malava ke tangí; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fakakikihí; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e loto fiemālie ki ha meʻá; … ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e fekumi ki he meʻa ʻoku māʻoniʻoní; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e ʻikai ke loto fakamāú; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e falala ʻe tataki koe ʻe he ʻOtuá; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e hoko ko ha ākongá; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e tokanga ki he niʻihi kehé; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e malava ʻo fakalaulaulotó; ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e fakahoko ha lotú.” 2
ʻOku tokoni nai e lisi ko ʻení ke ke vakai ki hoʻo ngaahi meʻafoakí mo ha mahino foʻou? ʻOku tokoni ia kiate au.
ʻOku tokoni ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoaki taʻeʻiloá ni ʻo tatau pē mo e ngaahi meʻafoaki kehe ʻoku tau fakatokangaʻi mo faʻa fiefia aí, ke langaki hake e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá 3 —ko ha ngaahi meʻafoaki taʻeʻiloa ʻoku tokoni ke tau fakahoko ʻetau taumuʻa mahuʻinga taha ʻi he moʻuí. Ka ko e pangó, ʻoku tau faʻa momou pea ʻikai fakahoungaʻi pe vahevahe ʻetau ngaahi meʻafoakí, ʻi he manavasiʻi ʻoku ʻikai lelei, haohaoa, pe fakaʻofoʻofa ia ʻo hangē ko ʻetau ʻamanakí.
ʻI he taimi ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fakahoungaʻi ai e ngaahi meʻafoaki taʻeʻiloá ni, ʻoku mole ai meiate kitautolu ha faingamālie ke langaki hake ʻEne fānaú, pea mole e faingamālie ke tau ongoʻi e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá. 4
Ngāueʻi Hoʻo Ngaahi Meʻafoakí
Tuku ke u fakaʻaliʻali atu ha meʻafoaki ʻe taha—ko ha meʻaʻofa mei heʻeku Kulenipā ko Lanikelení. Naʻe fakaʻamu maʻu pē ʻa Kulenipā ke ne tā e vaioliní. Ka neongo iá, naʻe tuku taʻefakaʻaongaʻi e vaiolini ko ʻení pea efua ʻi hono funga laupapá, pea hoko mai ki haʻakú, ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi—naʻe ʻikai toe ongona ha mūsika ʻi he ngaahi filo ko ʻení.
Fakahoa ʻeni ki he vaiolini ʻa Sikāleti ko hoku mokopuna fefine taʻu onó. ʻOkú ne fie vahevahe mo kitautolu ha meʻafoaki he pooni.
[Sikāleti ʻokú ne tā e vaioliní]
Mālō, Sikāleti. Fakaʻofoʻofa moʻoni ia. ʻOku ou ʻofa atu.
ʻOku fakataumuʻa ʻetau ngaahi meʻafoaki mei he Tamai Hēvaní ke vahevahe atu. ʻOku ʻikai mamafa e vaiolini ʻa Sikāletí, pea te tau ʻilo e tōnounou ʻi he meʻa leá pe ko e founga taá, ka koeʻuhí ʻokú ne loto ʻaki ia, kuó ne foaki ai ha meʻafoaki pea ʻomi ʻa e fiefiá.
ʻOua naʻá ke tuku e ngaahi meʻafoaki ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate koé, naʻa mo ʻEne ngaahi meʻafoaki taʻeʻiloá, ʻo ʻikai fakaʻaongaʻi pe fakahoungaʻi. Fakaʻaongaʻi e ngaahi meʻafoaki kuó Ne foaki atú. Kapau kuó ke fufū ia koeʻuhí ko hoʻo ongoʻi veiveiuá, toe ʻahiʻahi fakaʻaongaʻi pē ia. Foaki ia ki he ʻOtuá pea ki Heʻene fānaú. Ko e ngaahi meʻafoaki ʻoku tau takitaha maʻu mei heʻetau Tamai Hēvaní, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau fakaʻaongaʻi mo vahevahe atu. Kotoa hoʻo ngaahi meʻafoaki mei he ʻOtuá, neongo ʻoku ʻikai haohaoa, ka ʻokú ne ʻomi ʻa e fiefiá pea ko ha himi fakafetaʻi ia ʻi hono foaki kiate Iá.
Fakaʻaongaʻi hoʻo meʻafoaki ʻo e fakafanongo ʻi he ʻofá pea ʻaʻahi ki ha kaungāmeʻa ʻoku tuenoa. ʻOkú ke maʻu nai e meʻafoaki ʻo e fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fekeʻikeʻí pea mo e loto-tahá? Kuo fiemaʻu lahi ange ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoaki ko iá he taimí ni. Foaki ia ki ho fāmilí, kaungāmeʻá, mo e kaungāʻapí. Fakahā ki ha taha ʻoku fefaʻuhi fakalaumālie, ʻokú ke ʻofa ʻiate ia, pea fakaafeʻi ia ki ho tēpile kaí. Akoʻi ha lēsoni fakalaumālie. Fai ha kiʻi tohi angaʻofa. Fakaʻaongaʻi hoʻo ngaahi meʻafoakí ke tokoni ke langa ʻa Saione pea langaki hake e kakai ʻoku mou feohí. ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e kakai kotoa pē. Kuó Ne foaki ha ngaahi meʻafoaki ki he kakai kotoa ki hono langaki hake ʻEne fānaú. ʻOua naʻá ke tuku taʻefakaʻaongaʻi ho talēnití, pe ʻikai fakahā ʻa e ʻofá, pe ko e meʻafoaki ʻo e fakamolemolé.
Ko hono Tali ʻEne Meʻafoakí
Lolotonga e faʻahitaʻu Kilisimasi ʻo e 1832, naʻe fehangahangai e Kāingalotu faingataʻaʻia kimuʻá mo ha moveuveu fakapuleʻanga mo fakapolitikale. Naʻe toki kikiteʻi pē ʻe he Palōfita ko Siosefá ʻe ʻi ai ha tau fakalotofonua. 5 ʻOku ʻikai tama ke fakafiefia ia.
Ka ʻi he ʻaho 27 ʻo Tīsemá, naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa ha toe fakahā—koe “pōpoaki ʻo e nonga” mei he ʻEikí. 6 ʻI he ngaahi taimi faingataʻá ni, naʻe fakamanatu ʻe he ʻEikí kia Siosefa fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻafoaki kuó Ne foaki ki Heʻene Kāingalotú—pea mahulu hake aí, ko e meʻaʻofa ʻo e Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí pea mo e ʻamanaki lelei ki he moʻui taʻengatá.
Ko e founga ke fiefia ai ʻi he faʻahitaʻu Kilisimasi ko iáko e mamata pea tali e meʻaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá; ko e ʻuluakí mo mahuʻinga taha aí ko e “meʻaʻofa taʻemafakatataua” 7 ʻo ha Fakamoʻuí. ʻOku kei moʻoni pē ia ʻi he faʻahitaʻu Kilisimasí ni.
ʻI he fakahā ne maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmitá, naʻe fakahoko ange leva ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e fehuʻí ni:
“He ko e hā hano ʻaonga ki ha tangata ʻo kapau ʻoku foaki kiate ia ha meʻaʻofa, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne tali ʻa e meʻaʻofá? Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai te ne fiefia ʻi he meʻa ʻoku foaki kiate iá, pea ʻoku ʻikai foki te ne fiefia ʻi he tokotaha ʻoku foaki ʻa e meʻaʻofá.” 8
Aofangatukú
ʻOku ou fakatauange te tau takitaha mamata pea tali e ngaahi meʻafoaki kuo foaki mai ʻe he ʻOtuá—ka ʻoku tautautefito ʻeku fakaʻamú, ke tau lava ʻo fiefia ʻi he ʻOtua ʻokú Ne foaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoakí ni.
ʻOku ou houngaʻia ʻi he meʻaʻofa taʻemafakatataua ʻo Hono ʻAló—ko ha ʻAlo naʻe hāʻele mai ki he māmaní ko ha pēpē, ne ʻōʻōfaki ʻe ha faʻē kei talavou pea fakatokoto ʻi ha ʻaiʻanga kai ʻo e manú. Ko ha pēpē ʻe ako ʻi he ʻotu lea ki he ʻotu lea pea tupulaki ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ki he ʻaloʻofa kae ʻoua kuó Ne foaki ʻa ʻEne moʻuí ko ha feilaulau ki heʻeku ngaahi angahalá. Ki hoʻo ngaahi angahalá. Ki he ngaahi angahala ʻa kinautolu kotoa naʻe moʻui pea ʻe moʻui ʻi he māmaní.
ʻOku tau hivaʻi e fakalea ʻo ha himi manakoa:
“Fiefia ki māmani, Ka haʻu ʻa e ʻEikí, Ke tau tali hotau Tuʻí!” 9
Kuo foaki e meʻaʻofa ʻo Sīsū ko e Kalaisí ʻi ha totongi lahi fau! Ko e fehuʻí, te tau tali nai Ia? Te tau tali nai Ia ki heʻetau moʻuí pea tuku ke Ne lāngilangiʻia? ʻE founga fēfē?
ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ʻi hono tali hotau Tuʻí mo ʻEne meʻaʻofá ʻe ʻomi ai ʻa e fiefiá—ʻa e fiefia ki he māmaní mo e fiefia ʻi he māmaní.
“Fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtuá, koeʻuhí ko [e] foaki ʻoku taʻefaʻalaua” 10 ʻa Hono ʻAló ʻi he huafa māʻoniʻoni ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.