ʻOku Monūʻia ʻa e Faʻa Fakaleleí
Fakataha Lotu Faka-Kilisimasi ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí 2021
Sāpate, 5 Tīsema 2021
Kuo toe fakaafeʻi kitautolu ʻe hotau Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ke tau fakatahataha kotoa mai ʻi heʻetau kamata ʻa e fakafiefiaʻi ʻo e Kilisimasí. Neongo ʻoku kehekehe hotau ngaahi tukufakaholó mo e ʻulungaanga fakafonuá, ka ʻoku tau houngaʻia mo monūʻia kotoa ke tau uouangataha—ʻo moihū ki hotau Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí mo fakafiefiaʻi Hono ʻaloʻí ʻi he meimei milēniume ʻe ua kuo ʻosí.
Ko e tukufakaholo manako ʻe taha ʻi he fāmili Pāsetí, pehē ki ha niʻihi tokolahi ʻo kimoutolu, ko hono toe fakatātaaʻi ko ia e talanoa ʻo e ʻaloʻí. Kuo fakafiefia mo fakalaumālie kiate kimautolu ʻa hono lau e fakamatala ʻa ʻĪsaiá, Luke, Mātiu, Nīfai, mo Molomoná fakataha mo ha ngaahi himi Kilisimasi pea mo hono fakatātaaʻi fakahangatonu ʻo Mele, Siosefa, mo e pēpē ko Sīsuú—ka ʻoku ʻikai faʻa pehē maʻu pē.
Hangē ko ʻení, ʻi ha Efiafi kimuʻa ʻi ha Kilisimasi, ne kamata tangi ʻemau fānau iiki ne nau fakatātaaʻi e fanga sipí. Ne hoko ʻenau tangi leʻolahí ke kamata tangi ai mo e kau tauhisipí mo e kau ʻāngeló ʻo aʻu pē ki he pēpē naʻá ne fakafofongaʻi e pēpē ko Sīsuú. ʻI he taʻu hono hokó, ne ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai hamau niʻihi ke fakafofongaʻi e fanga sipí. Naʻe ʻikai toe fie fakatātaaʻi ʻe ha taha ia ʻa e sipí koeʻuhi ko ʻenau manavasiʻi naʻa fakatupunga ʻe he fanga sipí ha tangi longoaʻá. ʻI ha taʻu ʻe taha, ne tau heletā ʻaki ʻe he kau tauhisipí ia ʻa e tokotokó, pea ʻi ha taʻu ʻe taha naʻe ʻikai fie Tangata Poto pe ʻāngelo ha taha ia, ka ne nau kinautolu ke nau tui honau teunga tainasoa mo e tolofini mei he Halouiní. Kae mahalo ko e fakatātā fakangalongataʻa tahá ʻa e taimi ne tō ai ʻa e pēpeé mei he ʻaiʻangakai matuʻaki māʻolunga mo fuʻu vaivaí, ʻo fakahangatonu atu ki he tafuʻanga afi maká, pea fuaʻi kuo toe ʻinisi pē pea aʻu ki he falikí. ʻOku ou fiefia ko au ne u puna atu ʻo fuaʻí, neongo ko e foʻui kotoa pē ʻoʻoku ʻa e tō ʻa e pēpeé.
Pō mālū? Ko e monū kuo hoko? Mahalo naʻa lelei ange ke ui ʻemau fakatātaaʻi e ʻaloʻí ko e “Moveuveu ʻi he ʻAiʻangakaí.” ʻI he ofi mai ʻa e Kilisimasí, te u pehē kuó u faʻa fifili, mahalo ʻoku totonu ke mau ʻahiʻahiʻi ha tukufakaholo faka-Kilisimasi ʻokú ne fakaafeʻi moʻoni ʻa e melinó?
Melinó—ʻa e tūkunga fakafiefia mo fakatuʻamelie ʻoku tau fie maʻu kotoá, ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he Kilisimasí, kae ʻi he taimi kotoa pē. Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ngali faingataʻa ke maʻu ʻa e melino ko iá ʻi he māmaní he kuongá ni. Lolotonga hono ako e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá he taʻu ní, ne u manatuʻi ha fakahā ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi hotau kuongá:
“Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko iá … ʻe moveuveu ʻa e māmaní kotoa pē, pea ʻe vaivai ʻa e loto ʻo e tangatá.” 1
ʻI he moveuveu fakamāmani ʻo e kuonga ní, te tau maʻu nai mei fē ʻa e melino maʻongoʻonga ko ʻeni ʻoku fakaʻamu ki ai e māmaní kotoa?
Kuo fakahā mai ʻe Palesiteni Lāsolo M. Nalesoni:
“ʻOku fie maʻu moʻoni ʻe he māmani puputuʻu, fetāufehiʻaʻaki, mo ongosia ko ʻení ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.
“ʻOku ʻi ai e totonu e fānau kotoa ʻa e ʻOtuá ke nau maʻu e faingamālie ke fanongo mo tali e pōpoaki faifakamoʻui mo huhuʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku ʻikai ha toe pōpoaki ʻe mahuʻinga ange ki heʻetau fiefiá—ʻi he taimí ni mo e taʻengatá.” 2
Ko e pōpoaki ʻo hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí ko e pōpoaki ia ʻo e Kilisimasí. Ko e maama ʻo e fetuʻu naʻá ne tataki e kau tauhisipí ki he pēpē ʻi he ʻaiʻangakaí, ʻoku tatau ia mo e maama naʻe maliu hifo kia Siosefá—ʻo na fakatou ʻomi e ngaahi ongoongo ʻo e fiefia lahi ʻi hono talaki ʻo Kalaisi ki he māmaní.
ʻOku hoko atu e pōpoaki ʻa ʻĪsaia ki hotau kuonga faingataʻá, “He kuo fanauʻi kiate kitautolu ʻa e tamasiʻi, kuo foaki kiate kitautolu ʻa e foha: pea ʻe ʻi hono umá ʻa e pule: pea ʻe ui hono huafá ko Fakaofo, ko Akonaki, ko e ʻOtua Mafimafi, ko e Tamai Taʻengata, ko e ʻEiki ʻo e Melinó.” 3
Naʻe akoʻi mai ʻe ʻEletā Kuenitini L. Kuki, “Ko e taha e ngaahi huafa mahuʻinga taha ʻo hotau ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ko e ‘[Pilinisi] ʻo e Melinó’ [ʻĪsaia 9:5]. … ʻE fokotuʻu ʻa Hono puleʻangá kau ai e melinó mo e ʻofá.” 4
ʻI heʻetau lau e ngaahi lea ʻia Luké he taʻu ní, ʻoku ou fakaʻamu te mou fakakaukau ki he ngaahi lea ʻo e “kau ʻāngelo mei he langí, ʻo nau fakamālō ki he ʻOtuá,” ʻi heʻenau pehē, “Fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua ʻi ʻolungá, pea ʻi māmani ʻa e melinó, ko e ʻofa ki he kakaí.” 5 Kuó u fakalaulaulotoa e ngaahi leá ni peá u fakakaukau mahalo ʻe taau ke mau fakakaukau ki heni ko ha talaki ʻoku “ʻi māmani ʻa e Melinó.” Mahalo ne nau mei pehē, “Kuo ʻi māmani ʻa e melinó!” He ko e efiafi ko iá ʻi he fale maʻulalo ko iá, naʻe hāʻele mai ai ʻa e “ʻEiki ʻo e Melinó” ki he māmaní.
ʻI he fuofua ʻaho Kilisimasi ko iá, ne hiva e kau ʻāngeló ʻo talaki kuo haʻu ʻa e melinó. Kimuʻa aí, ne talaki ʻe Sēkope, “Naʻa mau ʻilo kia Kalaisi, pea naʻa mau maʻu ha ʻamanaki lelei ki hono nāunaú ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ʻe lau teau ki muʻa ʻi heʻene hāʻele maí; pea naʻe ʻikai ko kimautolu pē naʻe maʻu ha ʻamanaki lelei ki hono nāunaú, kā ko e kau palōfita māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē foki, ʻa ia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate kimautoú.” 6
Naʻe toe kikite ʻa ʻĪsaia ki hotau kuongá, ʻi heʻene tohi, “Hono ʻikai fakaʻofoʻofa ʻi he ngaahi moʻungá ʻa e vaʻe ʻo ia [pe kinautolu] ʻoku ʻomi ʻa e ongoongo lelei, ʻa ia ʻoku fakahā ʻa e melinó.” 7
Ko ia ai, ko hai ʻa e kakai fakaʻofoʻofa ko ʻeni ʻoku nau fakahā ʻa e melinó? Naʻe tala ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ki Heʻene kau ākonga ʻi Kāleli mo e fonua ko Mahú fakatouʻosi, ʻoku “monūʻia ʻa e faʻa fakaleleí: ʻe ui ai ʻa kinautolu ko e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá.” 8
ʻIkai ke ngata aí, naʻe akoʻi ʻe he Tuʻi ko Penisimaní, “Pea ko ʻeni, ko e meʻa ʻi he fuakava kuo mou faí ʻe ui ai ʻa kimoutolu ko e fānau ʻa Kalaisi, ko hono ngaahi foha, pea mo hono ngaahi ʻofefine; he vakai, ʻi he ʻahó ni kuó ne fanauʻi fakalaumālie ʻa kimoutolu; he ʻoku mou pehē kuo liliu ʻa homou lotó ʻi he tui ki hono huafá; ko ia, kuo fanauʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻiate ia ʻo mou hoko ko hono ngaahi foha mo hono ngaahi ʻofefine.” 9
Ko koe mo au ko e fānau fuakava ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi, ko ʻene fānau takitaha kitautolu. Manatuʻi, naʻá Ne folofola ko e faʻa fakaleleí ʻe ui ʻa kinautolu ko e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ia ai, ko kitautolu—ko e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá—kuo pau ke tau hoko ko e kau faʻa fakalelei. Ko hotau fatongia ʻeni kuo tau fuakava ki aí. ʻOku tau fakahoko ha meʻa makehe ʻi he māmani faingataʻa ʻo e ʻaho ní ʻi heʻetau faifeinga ke hoko ko ha kau faʻa fakalelei—ʻi hotau ngaahi ʻapí, ʻi hotau kāingalotú, ʻi hotau tukui koló pea naʻa mo e māmaní kotoa, ʻaki ʻetau angaʻofá, ko ʻetau ngaahi ngāue leleí, pea mo ʻetau ngaahi leá—ʻi he feohi fakahangatonú mo e ʻinitanetí foki. Tuku ke tau “fakahā ʻa e melinó” hangē ko ʻetau fakamoʻoni kiate Iá, ʻi he lea mo e ngāue.
ʻOku tau toe lau foki meia Luke:
“Pea pehē, ʻi he liliu ange ʻa e kau ʻāngeló ki he langí meiate kinautolú, naʻe fepehēʻaki ʻe he kau tauhisipí, Ke tau ō ʻeni ki Pētelihema ʻo mamata ki he meʻá ni kuo faí, ʻa ia kuo fakahā mai ʻe he ʻEikí kiate kitautolú.
“Pea naʻa nau omi fakavave, ʻo ʻilo ʻa Mele mo Siosefa, mo e tamá ʻoku tokoto ʻi he ʻaiʻangakai ʻo e manú.
“Pea kuo nau mamata, pea nau ongoongoa ʻa e lea naʻe fakahā kiate kinautolú ʻi he tamá ni.” 10
ʻI heʻene peheé, “tau ō eni” pea “fakahā kiate kinautolu” ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e melinó “ʻi he tamá ni.” Ko e pōpoaki ʻeni ʻoku akoʻi ʻe heʻetau kau faifekaú ki he niʻihi ʻoku tau ʻofa aí mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá: ko e pōpoaki moʻoni ʻeni ʻoku vahevahe ʻe he kau faifekau tokoní ʻi heʻenau ngāue ʻo hangē ko ia ne fai ʻe he Fakamoʻuí. Ko e pōpoaki ʻeni ʻoku tau talaki ʻi heʻetau ʻofa, vahevahe, mo fakaafeʻi mai kinautolu ʻoku tau feohí ke nau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki lelei mo e melino ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi ongoongo lelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.
Tau foki ki hono fakatātaaʻi ʻe he fāmili Pāsetí ʻa e ʻaloʻí ʻa ia ne moveuveu ʻi heʻemau feinga he Kilisimasi kotoá—ko e hā ʻoku mau vivili ai ke tauhi e tukufakaholó ni, poupouʻi ʻemau fānaú mo e makapuná ke nau fakatātaaʻi kiate kimautolu e pō fakaʻofoʻofa ko ia ʻoku mahulu hake ʻi ha toe poó, ʻi he haʻu ai ʻa e kau ʻāngeló mo e ngaahi ongoongo ʻo e fiefia lahí?
ʻOku faingofua mo fakafiefia ʻa e talí: “ʻOku mau lea ʻia Kalaisi, ʻoku mau fiefia ʻia Kalaisi, ʻoku mau malanga ʻaki ʻa Kalaisi, ʻoku mau kikite ʻia Kalaisi, pea ʻoku mau tohi ʻo fakatatau mo ʻemau ngaahi kikité, ke ʻilo ʻe heʻemau fānaú ki he tupuʻanga ʻa ia te nau lava ke sio ki ai ke maʻu ai ha fakamolemole ʻo ʻenau ngaahi angahalá.” 11
ʻIo, kuo tau mātā ʻa e moveuveu ʻi he māmaní mo e vaivai ʻa e loto ʻo e tangatá. Ka neongo e ngaahi polé, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fakafepakí mo e moveuveú, tuku ke tau hokohoko atu hono fakahā e melinó, ʻi he faʻahitaʻú ni pea maʻu ai pē, ʻi heʻetau teuteuʻi kitautolu pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku tau feohí, ki he hāʻele mai ʻa e Pilinisi ʻo e Melinó, ʻio ʻa e ʻEiki, Fakamoʻui, mo e Huhuʻi, ko Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku ou toe fakaongo atu e ngaahi lea ʻa Palesiteni Nalesoní, “ʻOku ʻi ai e totonu e fānau kotoa ʻa e ʻOtuá ke nau maʻu e faingamālie ke fanongo mo tali e pōpoaki faifakamoʻui mo huhuʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.”
Fakatauange ke tau fakahā ʻa e melinó ʻi heʻetau fakafiefiaʻi e ʻaloʻi, moʻui, mo e ngāue ʻa hotau Fakamoʻuí, ʻi he faʻahitaʻu ko ʻení pea ko ʻeku lotú maʻu ai pē ia ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.