Kuo ʻAloʻi Mai, ʻa Hotau Fakamoʻuí
Fakataha Lotu Faka-Kilisimasi ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ki he 2023
Sāpate, 3 Tīsema 2023
Siʻi kāinga ʻofeina, [ʻofa ke mou maʻu ha] Kilisimasi fiefia!
ʻOku tau fiefia ke fakataha mai mo ʻetau Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluaki ʻofeiná ki he fakataha lotu Kilisimasi ko ʻení. Ko e fē pē ha feituʻu ʻokú ke ʻi ai ʻi he faʻahitaʻu Kilisimasi ko ʻení, fakatauange pē te ke ongoʻi ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi hono fakamanatua ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ko e uho ʻo e Kilisimasí.
Ko e Kilisimasí ko ha taimi ia ʻo e hiva, meʻatokoni ʻalaha mo ifo, loto-vēkeveke mo e manavaʻofa. Ko ha taimi ʻo e feohi fiefia mo e niʻihi kehé, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau nofo vāofi pe vāmamaʻo.
ʻOku faʻa hoko ʻa e Kilisimasí ko ha meʻa fakafiefia mo fakangalongataʻa ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau tokoniʻi fakalongolongo ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi he taimi Kilisimasí. ʻOku tokolahi ha ngaahi fāmili ʻoku nau foaki meʻaʻofa hangē ko Sanitaá. ʻOku tokolahi ha niʻihi fakafoituitui ʻoku nau fakamaama ʻa e māmaní ʻaki ʻa e maama ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.
Ko e manatu melie ki ha Kilisimasi ʻi he kuohilí, ʻoku fakatupu ai ha manatu melie foʻou faka-Kilisimasi. ʻI hono toutou fakamanatua ʻo e Kilisimasí ʻi ha founga paú, ʻoku hoko leva ia ko ha tukufakaholo, ʻa ia te ne lava ʻo fakaloloto ʻetau ʻofa kia Sīsū Kalaisí—ko e Lami ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko e ʻAlo ʻo e Tamai Taʻengatá, ko e Fakamoʻui ʻo e māmaní.1
Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai haʻo ngaahi manatu melie Kilisimasi, fakatauange te ke fiefia ʻi hono fakamanatua kinautolú. Kapau ʻokú ke kei feinga ke faʻu ha ngaahi tukufakaholo ki he taimi Kilisimasí, fakatauange te ne fakaloloto hoʻo ʻofa kia Sīsū Kalaisí mo faitāpuekina koe ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē.
ʻE lava nai ke u vahevahe ha ngaahi tukufakaholo faka-Kilisimasi ʻe tolu ʻoku manako taha ai ʻa e fāmili Kongó?
ʻUluakí, ʻoku ou saiʻia ʻaupito mo Sisitā Kongo ke toe mamata ki he ʻū teuteu faka-Kilisimasi ʻoku nau fakamatalaʻi ʻa e talanoa homa fāmilí.
ʻI heʻeku hoko mo Sisitā Kongo ko ha ongomeʻa mali kei talavoú, naʻá ma ako ʻunivēsiti ʻi ʻIngilani. Naʻá ma nofo ʻi ha kiʻi fale nofo totongi mo ha kiʻi paʻanga siʻisiʻi ke fakaʻaongaʻi. Naʻá ma fakakaukauʻi fakalelei ʻa e lahi ʻo ʻema paʻangá kimuʻa pea toki fakatau mai ha kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau Kilisimasi mofelefele naʻa mo Charlie Brown ʻe fakaʻofaʻia ia ai.
Koeʻuhí ko e mohu founga maʻu pē ʻa Sisitā Kongó, naʻá ne fakaʻaongaʻi ha ʻū pine tau-fō ke faʻu ʻaki ha fanga kiʻi sōtia Pilitānia ke teuteuʻi ʻaki ʻema kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau Kilisimasí. Naʻá ne ngaohi ha tatā kulasi ʻuliʻuli maʻá e [kiʻi sōtia] takitaha pea tā ha fofonga malimali ʻiate kinautolu.
Kuo hoko ‘a e fanga kiʻi sōtia Pilitānia ko ʻeni naʻe faʻu mei he pine tau-foó ko ha kau leʻo ʻi heʻema fuʻu ʻakau Kilisimasí ʻi ha taʻu ʻe 43. ʻOku nau fakamanatu mai kiate kimaua ʻa ʻema fuofua Kilisimasi ko ha ongomeʻa malí—mamaʻo mei ʻapi—pea mo e Kilisimasi kotoa pē ne hokohoko atu aí.
Ne ngaahi ʻe he fāmili homa fohá ha “fanga kiʻi siana” mei he pine tau foó. ʻOku nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e kau faifekau ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní. ʻOku mou vakai mai ki heʻenau malimalí? Teunga kehekehé? Pine hingoá? Ne fakahoko mai ko e kiʻi siana ʻe taha ʻoku totonu ko au ia.
ʻOku hanga ʻe ha niʻihi ʻo ʻema ʻū meʻa-teuteu Kilisimasí ʻo fakamanatu mai ha ngaahi manatu melie fiefia ʻo ha ngaahi kaungāmeʻa mo ha ngaahi aʻusia ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu kehekehe. ʻOku hanga ʻe he ngaahi manatu melie ʻo e ngaahi fakafiefia kehekehé ʻo ʻai kimaua ke ma fiefia.
ʻOku fakamoʻoni ʻa e palōfita ko ʻAlamaá ko e ngaʻunu ʻa e māmaní ʻi hono anga ʻoʻoná ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻOtua. ʻOku fakaʻilongaʻi ʻe he Kilisimasí ha taimi pau ʻi he ʻaho ʻe 365¼ ʻo e takai fakataʻu ʻa e foʻi māmaní ki he laʻaá. ʻI he hoko ʻa e takai fakataʻu ko ʻení ke ʻomi ai kitautolu ki ha faʻahitaʻu Kilisimasi mahuʻinga ʻi he taʻu takitahá, ʻoku ou fakakaukau ai ki he meʻa naʻe tohi ʻe E. B. White fekauʻaki mo e “Ko e Vilo ʻa e Taimí.”2
ʻOkú ne fokotuʻu mai ʻoku toki mahino pē kiate kitautolu ʻi he aʻusia tonu “ʻoku ʻikai teitei ngaʻunu ʻa e taimí ia ʻi ha siakale.” Mahalo ʻe ngali “haohaoa, taʻe-feliliuaki, malava ke tomuʻa tala, ʻikai ha kamataʻanga pe ngataʻanga” ʻa e vilo ʻa e taimí. Ka ko e toki taimi pē ʻoku tau kei talavou aí ʻoku tau fakakaukauloto te tau lava ʻo fakahoko ha faʻahinga ngāue pea fakaʻosi ʻa e ngāue ko iá ʻi he tuʻunga tatau pē naʻa tau kamata ʻakí.
Kiate aú, ko e taimi ʻoku hoko mai ai ʻa e Kilisimasí pea ʻoku ou kei tatau peé pea ‘i he taimi tatau ‘oku ou kehe mei he tuʻunga naʻá ku ʻi ai kimuʻá, ʻoku fakahaaʻi mai ʻe he tuʻunga ko ʻení ʻoku malava ke fakahangatonu mo vilo takai ʻa e taimí (mo e vavaá) ʻi he taimi tatau pē. ʻOku malava ke hoko ʻa e “hala fāsiʻi mo lausiʻí”3 mo e “tatau ai pē ʻo taʻengatá”4 ko ha ongo fakamatala ʻokú na fepoupouaki ki ha tuʻunga moʻoni ʻoku fakatefito ʻi ha ngaahi fuakava ʻoku malava ʻo fakahoko ʻia Kalaisi naʻe ʻaloʻi ʻi Pētelihemá.
Kiate au, ʻi he founga ko ʻení, ko ha konga ʻo e mana ʻo e Kilisimasí ko e hoko ko ha kiʻi tamasiʻi siʻisiʻi mo ha tokotaha lahi ʻi he taimi tatau pē. ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kakai lalahí, ʻoku tau ongoʻi fiefia ʻi he taimí ni ʻi heʻetau aʻusia ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻa nau fakafiefiaʻi kitautolu ʻi he taimi naʻa tau kei iiki aí. Pea ʻoku tau ongoʻi fiefia fakataha mo ha fānau ʻi heʻetau faʻu mo toutou faʻu fakataha ha ngaahi manatu melie mo ha ngaahi tukufakaholó.
Ko e tukufakaholo faka-Kilisimasi hono ua ʻoku saiʻia taha ai ʻa e fāmili Kongó ko e fakaʻaliʻali ʻa e ‘ū seti mo e fakatātā ʻo e ʻaloʻí—ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau fakatātaaʻi ʻa e ʻaloʻi ʻo e tamasiʻi māʻoniʻoni ko Kalaisí.
ʻIkai ʻoku mou fakaʻofoʻofaʻia ʻi he founga ʻoku fakatefito ai ʻa e ʻū seti ʻo e ʻaloʻí ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻo fakaafeʻi ai kitautolu ke fakahoko ʻa e meʻa tataú? Hangē ko e lea ʻa ha taha naʻe toki ʻosi mei he ngāue fakafaifekaú, “Kimuʻa heʻeku ngāue fakafaifekaú, naʻe hoko ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ko ha konga ʻo ʻeku moʻuí. Ko e taimi ní, ko ʻeku moʻuí Ia.”
ʻOku ngaohi ʻa e ʻū fakatātā ʻaloʻi ʻo homau fāmilí ʻi he lalahi mo e tūkunga kehekehe, pea ʻoku ngaohi ʻaki ia ʻa e naunau kehekehe kotoa pē, mei he feituʻu kehekehe kotoa pē. ʻOku fakamoʻoni ʻa e fakatātā takitaha kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻEne tāpuakiʻi ʻa e puleʻanga mo e faʻahinga mo e lea mo e kakai fulipē.
ʻOku tau saiʻia ʻi hono fakatātaaʻi ʻe he fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻa e valevale ko Sīsuú, Mele, Siosefa, kau Tangata Potó, kau tauhisipí mo e fanga monumanú ʻi ha taimi, feituʻu, fakatātā mo e fakaikiiki ʻoku angamaheni mo mahuʻingá. ʻOku fakamanatu mai foki ʻe he ʻū fakatātā ʻo e ʻaloʻí ʻa e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ki Heʻene fānaú kotoa; ʻoku tau vakai ki he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakaʻaliʻali ʻi he ʻū fakatātā ʻo e ʻaloʻí ʻi ha feituʻu pē ʻoku ʻomi mei ai.
Ko ha tukufakaholo hono tolu ‘oku saiʻia taha ai ʻa e fāmili Kongó, ʻo makehe mei hono lau fakataha ʻa e ngaahi talanoa ʻi he folofolá fekauʻaki mo e ʻaloʻi hotau Fakamoʻuí, ko hono lau leʻolahi mo e fāmilí ʻa e A Christmas Carol [Ko ha Hiva Kilisimasi] ʻa Charles Dickens.
Kapau te u tui ha sikaafi mo ha tatā, te ke lava nai ʻo fakakaukauloto ʻi ha kiʻi taimi ko Ebeneezer Scrooge au ʻi he A Christmas Carol?
ʻI he ngaahi taʻu kuo hilí, naʻe lau ʻe homau fāmilí ʻa e talanoa kakato ʻo e A Christmas Carol. Ne mau heu ʻaki ʻemau ipu vai mafana sokoletí ha ngaahi foʻi lole vaʻakau pea mau kakata ʻi heʻemau lau kau ki he “ʻāpele Nōfokí” mo e “pīsope ifí.” Naʻa mau tetetete ʻi he pākakihi leʻo lahi ʻa e ʻū sēini haʻi ʻo e faʻahikehe ko Jacob Marley . ʻOku fakalotolahi kiate kimautolu ʻa hono tokoniʻi ʻe he ngaahi laumālie ʻo e Kilisimasi ʻi he Kuohilí, Lolotongá mo e Kahaʻú ʻa Ebenezer Scrooge ke hoko ko ha tangata foʻoú.
ʻI ha ngaahi taʻu ʻe niʻihi, naʻe lau ʻe homau fāmilí ha liliu fakanounou ʻo e A Christmas Carol naʻe fakanounouʻi ʻe homa fohá mo e ʻofefine ʻi he fonó ke nounou feʻunga ki he kau mēmipa kei iiki ange ʻo e fāmilí.
Pea ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu ʻe niʻihi, naʻe lau ʻe homau fāmilí ʻi he fiefia ʻa e sitika meʻalele A Christmas Carol. ʻOku ʻi ai ha foʻi laine pē ʻe ua: “Bah, humbug” mo e “God bless us everyone” [ʻOtua, faitāpuekina kimautolu kotoa].
Naʻe kamata tohi ʻe Charles Dickens ʻa e A Christmas Carol ʻi ʻOkatopa pea fakaʻosi ia ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo Tīsema 1843—ko ha uike pē ʻe ono. Naʻe pulusi ʻa e ʻuluaki tatau ʻe 6,000 ʻi Lonitoni ʻi he ʻaho 19 ʻo Tīsema 1843. Naʻe fakatau pē ʻo ʻosi ʻi he Efiafi Kimuʻa ʻi he Kilisimasí.
ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe kinautolu naʻa nau hiki ʻa e puipuituʻa ʻo e A Christmas Carol naʻe faʻu tohi ʻa Charles Dickens ʻi ha taimi naʻe toe fakakaukauʻi ai e taumuʻa ʻo e Kilisimasí ʻe he puleʻanga fakatuʻi ʻo ʻIngilaní ʻa ia naʻe puleʻi ʻe Kuini Vikatōliá. Ko e hā ʻa e fatongia ʻe lava pe ʻoku totonu ke fakafōtunga ʻe ha faʻahitaʻu Faka-Kilisimasi, ʻakau Kilisimasi, pōpoaki Faka-Kilisimasi, fakataha fakafāmili Faka-Kilisimasi, kaati Kilisimasi pe naʻa mo e ʻū hiva Kilisimasí, ʻi he sōsaietí?
ʻI ha taimi naʻe ongoʻi taʻefiemālie, taʻeoliʻia pea mo tuēnoa ai ha tokolahí, naʻe fakamatala ʻa e A Christmas Carol ʻa Dickens ki ha fiemaʻu vivili ʻo ha ngaahi tuʻunga ʻulungaanga fakakaungāmeʻa, ʻofa mo Fakakalisitiane, ʻo hangē pē ko hono maʻu ʻe Ebenezer Scrooge ha nonga mo ha fiemālie ʻi hono kuohilí, lolotongá mo e kahaʻú.
ʻI he taimi ko iá pea mo e taimí ni, ʻoku tohoakiʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻuhinga totonu ʻo e Kilisimasí ke tau ofi ange kia Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia naʻe ʻaloʻi ʻi he ʻaiʻangakai ʻo e manú. ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo fakatatau ki he kakanó ʻa e founga ke tokoniʻi ai kitautolu ke fonu hotau lotó ʻi he ʻaloʻofá. ʻI he taimi ko iá pea mo e taimí ni, ʻoku fakamanatua ʻe he Kilisimasí ha ongoʻi ʻo e kau maí, ʻo e uouangatahá, pea mo ha tukui kolo ʻoku fakatefito ʻi hono fakahoko ha ngaahi fuakava ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi pea mo e niʻihi kehé.
Tuku ke u ʻeke atu heni ha fehuʻi kehe fekauʻaki mo e A Christmas Carol. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá, ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau fakakaukau ai kia Scrooge, ʻoku tau faʻa meimei fakakaukau ai pē ki ha tangata toulekeleka mo ʻiteʻita, ko ha taha ʻokú ne manukiʻi ʻa e Kilisimasí ko ha meʻa ʻoku hala lahi ʻaupitó?
Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻikai ke tau talanoaʻi lahi ange ai ʻa e Scrooge foʻoú? ʻA e Scrooge foʻoú, ʻa ē naʻá ne ʻave ʻa e pīpī lahi taha ʻa e falekoloá ko ha meʻaʻofa Kilisimasí? ʻA e Scrooge foʻoú, ʻa ē naʻe fakalelei mo hono ʻilamutu moʻui fiefia ko Feletí? ʻA e Scrooge foʻoú, ʻa ē naʻá ne hiki hake ʻa e vāhenga ʻa Bob Cratchit mo tokangaʻi ʻa Tiny Tim?
Tuku ke manuki ʻa e kau taʻe-tuí. Naʻe “fakahoko kotoa ia [ʻe he Scrooge foʻoú], mo ha ngaahi meʻa lahi ange.” Naʻá ne hoko ko ha tangata lelei mo ha kaungāmeʻa lelei, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe he māmaní.
Ko e hā leva ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻikai ke tau manatuʻi ai ʻa e Mr. Scrooge ko iá? ʻOku ʻi ai nai ha niʻihi ʻoku tau feohi, pe mahalo ko kitautolu tonu pē, ʻe lava ʻo hoko ko ha tokotaha makehe ʻo kapau pē ʻe tuku ʻetau fakamahamahaló pe fakahingohingoa kinautolu ʻi honau tuʻunga motuʻá?
ʻOku ʻikai ha tokotaha pe ko ha fāmili ʻe haohaoa. ʻOku tau takitaha moʻona hotau ngaahi vaivai mo e tōnounou—ko ha ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau fakaʻamu ke tau fakahoko lelei ange. ʻI he Kilisimasi ko ʻení, mahalo ʻe lava ke tau maʻu mai—mo foaki—ʻa e meʻaʻofa maʻongoʻonga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e liliú mo e fakatomalá, ʻo e fakamolemolé mo e fakangaloʻí, ʻo e foaki ʻo e ngaahi meʻaʻofa ko iá ki he niʻihi kehé pea kiate kitautolu.
Ke tau fakalelei muʻa mo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi heʻetau moʻuí ʻi he taʻu kuo ʻosí. Tukuange ʻa e ngaahi mamahi mo e hohaʻa fakaelotó, ʻa e ngaahi fefūsiaki mo e meʻa launoa ʻoku nau fakafelefele ʻi heʻetau moʻuí. Fakatauange te tau fefoakiʻaki ha ngaahi faingamālie foʻou kae ʻikai tokanga ki hotau ngaahi fakangatangata ʻi he kuohilí. ʻOku totonu ke tau ʻoange ki he tokotaha kotoa pē ʻa e faingamālie ke nau liliu [ki ha tuʻunga ʻoku lelei angé].
Naʻe hāʻele mai hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻi he Kilisimasí ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi ʻa e pōpulá—pea ʻoku ʻikai ko kinautolu pē ʻi he fale fakapōpulá. Te Ne lava ʻo fakatauʻatāinaʻi kitautolu mei heʻetau ngaahi aʻusia fakamamahi ʻi he kuohilí pea fakatauʻatāinaʻi kitautolu mei he ngaahi fakaʻiseʻisa ʻo ʻetau ngaahi angahalá mo e angahala ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Te Ne lava ʻo huhuʻi kitautolu mei heʻetau ngaahi loto-siokitá ʻo fakafou ʻi ha fanauʻi foʻou fakalaumālie ʻiate Ia.
“He kuo ʻaloʻi kiate kimoutolu ʻi he ʻahó ni … ʻa e Fakamoʻui, ʻa ia ko Kalaisi ko e ʻEikí.”5
Ko ia ai, ʻofa ke mou maʻu ha Kilisimasi fiefia!
Fakatauange ke fakafiefia mo fakaʻofoʻofa hoʻomou ngaahi tukufakaholo mo e manatu melie ʻi he Kilisimasí.
Fakatauange te tau fiefia ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he Kilisimasí mo e ʻaho kotoa pē.
ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni fiefia kiate Ia ʻi Hono huafa toputapu mo māʻoniʻoni ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.