“Mou Omi, Ke Tau Hū Kiate Ia”
Fakataha Lotu Faka-Kilisimasi ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ki he 2023
Sāpate, 3 Tīsema 2023
Siʻoku kāinga ʻofeina, fakafiefia ke kamata ha toe faʻahitaʻu Faka-Kilisimasi ʻe taha ʻoku tau fakamanatua ai ʻa e ʻaloʻi ʻo hotau Fakamoʻuí mo e Huhuʻí, ʻa e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí.
ʻOku toputapu ʻa e taimi kotoa ʻoku fanauʻi ai ha tama. Mou mamata ki he fakafōtunga ʻa e taha ʻo homa makapuna ua tangatá ʻi heʻene fuofua fua hono kiʻi tehina kei pēpeé.
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ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo ʻi he hiva fiefia ʻa e kau ʻāngeló ʻi he pō toputapu taha ko ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe 2,000 tupu kuohilí, ofi ki he kiʻi kolo ko Pētelihemá! Naʻe akoʻi ʻe ha ʻāngelo ʻa e moʻoni fakaʻeiʻeikí ni ki he kau tauhisipí:
“Vakai, … ʻoku ou ʻomi kiate kimoutolu ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo e fiefia lahi, ʻa ia ʻe hoko ki he kakai fulipē.
“He kuo ʻaloʻi kiate kimoutolu ʻi he ʻahó ni, ʻi he kolo ʻo Tēvitá, ʻa e Fakamoʻuí, ʻa ia ko Kalaisi ko e ʻEikí.”1
Ko ia ai siʻoku kāinga ʻofeina, “Mou omi ke tau hū kiate Ia.”2
Kuo liliu ʻa e Kilisimasí kiate au ʻi he fakalau ʻa e taʻú, ʻo hangē ko e tokolahi ʻo kimoutolu. Ko ʻeku ngaahi manatu melie ki heʻeku kei siʻí ʻoku ou manatuʻi lelei ai ʻa e Tō-lalo Fakaʻekonōmika ʻi he 1930 tupú. Naʻe siʻisiʻi ʻa e paʻangá. Naʻe toe mahuʻingamālie ange ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofá.
Naʻe ʻai ʻe heʻeku ongomātuʻá ʻa e Kilisimasí ke fakaofo kiate au mo hoku ngaahi tokouá mo e tuofāfiné. Ko e taʻu kotoa pē naʻa mau hoko ko ha fāmili “tufa meʻaʻofa” maʻa ha fāmili ʻe taha. Naʻa mau teuteuʻi ha ngaahi meʻaʻofa feʻunga pea tufa ia ʻi he Efiafi Kimuʻa ʻi he Kilisimasí. ʻI heʻemau mavahe mei honau ʻapí, naʻe hanga ʻe heʻenau taʻataʻaló mo e fofonga loʻimataʻiá ʻo ʻomi ʻa e fiefia moʻoni ʻo e foakí.
Naʻá ku saiʻia ʻaupito ʻi he hiva Faka-Kilisimasí—pea ʻoku ou kei saiʻia pē ai. Ko e taʻu kotoa pē, ʻoku ou saiʻia mo Sisitā Nalesoni ʻi he fanongo mo hivaʻi fakataha ʻa e hiva ʻa Haniteli ki he Mīsaiá. ʻOku ou saiʻia ʻi he ʻuhinga faka-Hepelū ʻo e foʻi lea hallelujah. ʻOku ʻuhinga moʻoni ia ke “fakafetaʻi ki he ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua ko Sihová.”3 Ko e ngaahi lea ʻoku hivaʻi ʻi he fatu taʻangá ni ʻoku ʻikai kaunga pē ki he ʻaloʻi ʻo e ʻEikí ka ki Heʻene pule ʻi he nofo tuʻí:
He kuo fanauʻi kiate kitautolu ʻa e tamasiʻi,
Kuo foaki kiate kitautolu ha Foha:
Pea ʻe ʻi Hono umá ʻa e pulé;
Pea ʻe ui ʻa Hono huafá ko Fakaofo, ko Akonaki,
Ko e ʻOtua Māfimafi,
Ko e Tamai taʻengata,
Ko e ʻEiki ʻo e Melinó.4
Naʻe kamata ke u maʻu ha fakamoʻoni mālohi ki he ʻOtua ko e Tamaí mo Hono ʻAlo ʻOfaʻanga ko Sīsū Kalaisí, lolotonga ʻeku kei talavou siʻí. Naʻá ku ako ʻo ʻilo naʻe ʻaloʻi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻe he tāupoʻou ko Melé, ʻa ia naʻe hoko ko ha “meʻangāue mahuʻinga kuo fili.”5 Naʻá ku ʻiloʻi ko e ʻAlo moʻoni Ia ʻo e ʻOtuá6 mo e ʻelito ʻo e hisitōlia kotoa ʻo e tangatá.
Fakakaukau angé ki he maʻongoʻonga ʻoku ʻikai mafakamatalaʻí ki he meʻa naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sīsū Kalaisí—ʻo fakatatau kotoa pē ki he finangalo ʻo ʻEne Tamaí! Naʻe ʻosi hoko ʻa Sīsū ko ha ʻOtua ʻi he taimi naʻá Ne afeitaulalo ai ke hāʻele mai ki he māmaní ke fakakakato ʻa e ikuna mahuʻinga taha maʻatautolú. Ko ha ikuna naʻe fakahaofi mo liliu moʻoni ai ʻa e moʻuí. Ko ha ikuna he ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha ʻiate kitautolu.
Naʻe “kātakiʻi [ʻe he Fakamoʻuí] ʻa e ngaahi mamahí mo e ngaahi faingataʻá pea mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kehekehe kotoa pē”7 ke Ne ʻafioʻi “ʻo fakatatau ki he kakanó ʻa e founga ke tokoniʻi ai [kitautolu] ʻo fakatatau ki [hotau] ngaahi vaivaí.”8
Lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi māhina siʻi kuohilí, kuó u ako lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e mamahí mo hono ivi tākiekina fakafoʻoú. Kuo tataki hoku lotó ki hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻi heʻeku feinga ke fakakaukauloto ki he mafatukituki ʻo ʻEne faingataʻaʻiá. ʻOku ʻikai lava ʻo makupusi ʻe hoku ʻatamai fakamatelié ʻa e founga ʻEne toʻo kiate Ia kotoa ʻa e mamahí, kotoa ʻa e ngaahi angahalá, kotoa ʻa e ʻitá, mo e kotoa ʻo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo e kakai kotoa pē kuo moʻuí!
ʻI he taupotu taha ʻo e ngāue manavaʻofa ʻoku ope atu ʻi he mahino pe fakaʻuhinga fakamatelié, naʻe fakavaivai ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ki ha mamahi fakalaumālie mo fakatuʻasino taʻe-hano-tatau.
ʻOku tau ʻaʻapa ki he Pēpē ʻi Pētelihemá koeʻuhí he naʻá Ne fakahoko ʻa e feilaulau taʻe-fakangatangata ʻoku ʻikai mafakamatalaʻi ʻi he Ngoue ko Ketisemaní pea ʻi he kolosi ʻi Kālevalé. ʻOku hanga ʻe he ʻofá ni ʻo huhuʻi kitautolu takitaha ʻi heʻetau fili ke fakatomala pea muimui kiate Iá. Pea ʻi he tumutumu ʻo ʻEne ngāue ʻi he māmaní, naʻá Ne toe tuʻu mei he fonualotó ʻi he ʻaho hono tolú, ʻo fakaʻatā ai ke tau takitaha maʻu ʻa e tāpuaki taʻe-mafakatataua ʻo e toetuʻú mo e moʻui hili ʻa e maté.
ʻOku tau faʻa hiva pe lea fiefia ʻaki ʻi he faʻahitaʻu ko ʻení ʻa e, “ʻOfa ke mou maʻu ha Kilisimasi fiefia.” Siʻoku kāinga ʻofeina, ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa kehekehe ʻoku fakaʻamu ki ai hoku lotó kiate kimoutolu takitaha. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku ʻikai ko ʻeku fakaʻamu kiate kimoutolú, ka ko ʻeku lotu ia maʻamoutolu ʻi he taimi Kilisimasi toputapú ni.
ʻUluakí, ʻoku ou lotua ke mou ongoʻi ʻa e ʻofa lahi mo taʻengata ʻoku maʻu ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí maʻamoutolu fakatāutahá. Kuo ʻafioʻi kimoutolu ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi talu mei he maama fakalaumālié. ʻOkú Ne ʻafioʻi mo ʻafio hifo kiate kimoutolu ʻi he taimí ni. ʻOkú Ne ʻafioʻi hoʻomou fiefiá mo hoʻomou mamahí. Kuó Ne aʻusia kotoa ia.
ʻOku haohaoa ʻEne manavaʻofa ki hoʻomou faingataʻaʻiá mo fiefia ʻi he taimi kotoa ʻoku mou laka ai ki muʻa ʻi he angamāʻoniʻoni, lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi taimi leleí mo koví.
ʻOku ou lotua ke mou maʻu ha fakamoʻoni fakataautaha ko Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻokú Ne fonu ʻi he mālohi faka-ʻOtuá pea koeʻuhí ko ʻEne feilaulau fakalelei maʻongoʻongá, he ʻikai teitei fiemaʻu ke mou ongoʻi kuo pau ke mou fepaki toko taha mo e ngaahi pole faingataʻa ʻo e moʻuí. ʻI hoʻomou kole, kumi, mo tukituki fakamātoató,9 ʻoku mou maʻu maʻu pē ʻa Hono mālohí ke tokoniʻi, fakamālohia, mo fakamoʻui kimoutolu.10
ʻOku ou lotua ke mou fakaʻaongaʻi kakato ʻa e Fakalelei ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻaki hoʻomou fakatomala fakaʻaho, ngaohi ke toe maʻa ange hoʻomou moʻuí, pea fekumi ki he fakahinohino fakalangí ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku mou faí. ʻI hono fakalea ʻe tahá, ʻoku ou lotua ke mou aʻusia ʻa e fiefia ʻo e fakakaukau fakasilesitiale maʻu peé.
ʻOku ou lotua foki ke mou fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e faʻahitaʻu mālōlō ko ʻení ke kamata ha faʻahitaʻu ʻo e moihū fakataautaha lahi ange. Kamata foʻou hono ako ʻa e ngaahi akonaki mo e Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ʻi he māmaní ʻe ʻofa ʻiate koe ʻo hangē ko Iá. ʻOku ʻikai ha taha heni ʻe lelei ange ʻa e mahino ʻokú ne maʻu kau kiate koé pe ʻiloʻi moʻoni ho mamahí mo e ngaahi vaivaí. ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ʻi he māmaní te ne maʻu ʻa e mālohi ʻoku maʻu ʻe Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku ʻikai ha taha heni ʻe vēkeveke lahi ange ke ke aʻusia ʻa e meʻa kotoa te ke lava ʻo aʻusiá. ʻOku ʻikai ha taha ʻe tautapa ki he Tamaí maʻau ʻo hangē ko Iá.
Ko e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí ʻa hotau Fakamoʻuí mo hotau Huhuʻí. Ko Ia ʻa e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ko e Tokotaha Māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻIsilelí. Ko Ia ʻa e Tokotaha kuo Paní.11 ʻI he malumalu ʻo e fakahinohino ʻa e Tamaí, ko Ia ʻa e Tupuʻanga ʻo e meʻa kotoa pē kuo fakatupú.12 Ko Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa e Sihova Maʻongoʻongá, ko e ʻOtua ʻo e Fuakava Motuʻá.13 Ko Ia ʻa e ʻĪmanuela naʻe talaʻofa maí.14 Ko Ia hotau Faʻifaʻitakiʻanga maʻongoʻongá15 mo hotau Taukapo ki he Tamaí.16 Koeʻuhí ko ʻEne ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí, ʻoku ʻatā ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki kotoa ʻo Hono lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá ʻi heʻenau haʻu kiate Ia pea fakahaohaoaʻi ʻiate Iá.
Siʻi kāinga, tau moʻui muʻa ʻi he laumālie ʻo e “haleluʻiá,” ʻo fakafetaʻi maʻu pē ki he ʻEikí ko e ʻOtua ko Sihová. ʻI he faʻahitaʻu Faka-Kilisimasi nāunauʻia ko ʻení, mou omi ke tau hū kiate Ia, ko Kalaisi ko e ʻEikí!
ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui ʻa e ʻOtuá! Ko Sīsū ʻa e Kalaisí! Ko Hono Siasí ‘eni. ʻOkú Ne tataki ʻa e hokohoko atu hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo ʻEne ongoongoleleí. ʻOku ou fakamoʻoniʻi ʻeni, ʻi he huafa toputapu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.