“Pea Talaange ʻe Sīsū kiate Kinautolu: Ko Au ko e Mā ʻo e Moʻuí
Ko ha Efiafi mo ʻEletā Gerrit W. Gong
Ko ha lea ki he kau Faiako Fakalotu ʻo e CES • ʻAho 17 ʻo Fepueli 2017 • Tāpanikale Sōlekí
ʻE kāinga, ko ha faingamālie makehe ʻeni ke tau fakatahataha mai ai ʻi he efiafí ni. Fakamālō atu ki he niʻihi tokolahi koeʻuhí ko hoʻomou ngaahi pōpoaki ʻofá mo e fakalotolahí. ʻE kāinga, ko ha faingamālie makehe ʻeni ke tau fakatahataha mai ai ʻi he efiafí ni. ʻI heʻetau lea ʻia Kalaisí, fiefia ʻia Kalaisí, 1 ako kia Kalaisí, ʻoku ou lotua ke tau ʻunu ke ofi ange kiate Ia ʻi he lotofakatōkilalo.
ʻE ngaahi fāmili mo e ngaahi hoa ʻofaʻanga, ko ha faingamālie fungani ʻeni ke u ʻi heni ai mo kimoutolu. Kapau ko e foʻi lea fakatokolahi ʻo e “spouse” ko e “spice,” ko e foʻi lea fakatokolahi leva ki he “spouses” ko e “spices.” ʻOku hoko ʻa e ngaahi malí ko e ngaahi kakala ki heʻetau moʻuí. ʻOku mou ʻā pongipongia hake, ʻā fuoloa he poʻulí, moʻui ʻi he tui ki he ngaahi laka kotoa pē. Fakamālō atu he ngaahi meʻa kuo mou fuesiá mo ia ʻoku mou fakahokó.
Ne u maʻu ha tohi naʻe fakamoʻoni hingoa ai ʻa Palesiteni Tōmasi S. Monisoni, Palesiteni Henelī B. ʻAealingi, mo Palesiteni Tieta F. ʻUkatofa, ke u kau ʻi he polokalama Efiafi mo ha Taki Māʻolungá. ʻOku lava ke u ongoʻi ʻa e ʻofa ʻa ʻetau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻiate kimoutolu fakatāutaha, ʻi heʻenau kole ki he ʻEikí ke tāpuekina ʻa e ngaahi meʻa te tau vahevahe he efiafi ní.
Naʻá ku fakaafeʻi ʻa ʻEletā Kimi B. Kalake mo Misa Seti Uepi ke na ʻomi ha kiʻi puipuituʻa fekauʻaki mo kimoutolu—ko ʻetau kau faiako semineli mo e ʻinisititiutí, kau faifekaú, mo e kau ngāue kotoa ʻo e CES ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní.
Naʻá ku ʻilo ai ko ha kau faiako semineli mo ʻinisititiuti mo e kau faifekau ʻe toko 45,731 ʻoku nau faiako ʻi ha ngaahi fonua ʻe 133. Ko ha toko 34,527 ʻo kimoutolu ʻoku mou ngāue ʻi tuʻa mei he ʻIunaiteti Siteití; ko e toko 11,204 ʻo kimoutolu ʻoku mou ngāue ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití. Fakalukufuá, ʻoku mou ngāue maʻá e ongoongoleleí ʻi ha houa ʻe 20,807,605 he taʻu takitaha. Mālō ʻaupito!
Naʻá ku ʻilo ai ha kau ngāue ʻe toko 2,878 ʻo e Semineli mo e ʻInisititiuti Fakalotú ʻoku nau faiako ʻi ha ngaahi fonua ʻe 129. Ko ha toko 1,849 ʻo kimoutolu ʻi he ʻIunateti Siteití pea ko e toko 1,029 ʻo kimoutolu ʻi tuʻa mei he ʻIunaiteti Siteití. ʻOku mou ngāue faitōnunga ʻi ha ngaahi fonua ʻoku kamata mei he A (Albania) ki he Z (Zambia)—ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he vahaʻá ʻa Potusuana, Pulukālia, Hangakali, Lituania mo Mōsamipikí. Mālō ʻaupito!
Ko ha niʻihi ʻo kimoutolu kuo mou faiako ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi. Fakatātā ʻaki ʻeni, naʻe toki tukuange kimuí ni mai ʻa Sisitā ʻĒniti Mei hili haʻane faiako ʻi he seminelí, ʻi Pilītisi Kolomupia, ʻi ha taʻu ʻe 35. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sisitā Mei ha toko 9 ʻo ʻene fānau ʻe toko 10, toko ua mei hono ngaahi makapuná, pea mo ʻene pīsope lolotongá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sisitā Mei naʻá ne lotua ʻene kaá ke kei lele pē he taʻu ako kotoa. ʻI he ʻaho fakaʻosi naʻe hoko ai ʻa Sisitā Mei ko e faiako seminelí, ʻi heʻene holomui ki heʻene tauʻanga meʻalelé, naʻe faifai pea toki mate ʻa e mīsini ʻo e kaá.
Ko ha niʻihi ʻo kimoutolu ko hoʻomou toki kamata faiakó ʻeni. Hangē ko ʻení, naʻe kamata faiako ʻa Sisitā Sengi Tongileni ʻi Kōlea mo Sisitā Soana Meaketa ʻi he Lepāpulika Tominikení he taʻú ni hili ia ha uike ʻe ono ʻo ʻena hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí.
Naʻe kamata faiako semineli ʻa Sisitā Makeleta Masai ʻi Keniā hili pē ia ha ngaahi uike siʻi ʻo ʻene kau mai ki he Siasí. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sisitā Masai naʻe akoʻi mo tokoniʻi ia ʻe heʻene fānau ako naʻe tupuʻi Siasí ke fokotuʻu ha fakavaʻe ʻi he ongoongoleleí ʻa ia kuó ne tāpuekina ia ʻi he ngaahi taʻu ʻe 17 ʻo ʻene faiako ʻi he seminelí.
ʻOku mou faiako mo ngāue ʻi he feituʻu kotoa, ʻi he tūkunga kotoa pē, ki ha fānau ako mei he ngaahi puipuituʻa kehekehe, ʻi ha ngaahi kalasi tokolahi mo tokosiʻi.
ʻOku faiako ʻa Misa Penisimani Hetafila ʻi he Pole Noaté ʻi ʻAlasikā. Pea mo Sisitā Lolena Toseni ʻi ʻUsaia, ofi ki ʻEnitātika ki he feituʻu ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e Pole Sauté.
ʻOku faiako ʻa Misa Sēleti Havasoni ki ha fānau ako ʻoku meimei toko 400 ʻi he ʻaho Pulelulú ʻi he ʻInisititiuti ʻo e ʻUnivēsiti Pilikihami ʻIongi ʻo Sōleikí. Naʻá ku ʻeke ange kia Misa Havasoni pe ʻoku fēfē ʻene fakahoko iá. Naʻá ne pehē, “ʻOku ou akoʻi ʻa e foʻi kulupú ka ʻoku ou tokoniʻi fakafoʻituitui kinautolu, ʻo akoʻi ʻa e meʻa pē ʻe taha he taimi.”
ʻI Pōlaní, ʻoku ʻā pongipongia ai ʻa Sisitā Takimala Mātiniuki ko ha finemui kei talavou, ʻo ngāue ʻi he fale taʻo maá, pea toe nofo fuoloa ke faiako he kalasi ʻinisititiutí.
ʻOku kamata ʻa e kalasi semineli ʻa Sisitā Maila Fololesi-ʻAkuila ʻi Honitulá ʻi he 5 hengihengi. ʻOku kamata ʻa e kalasi ʻinisititiuti ʻa Misa Lūpeni ʻAtolová ʻi Seni Huani, ʻĀsenitina he 10 poʻuli.
ʻOku mou toe faiako foki mo ngāue ʻi he ngaahi akoʻanga māʻolunga angé ʻi Mekisikou, Kilipati, Fisi, Tonga, mo Haʻamoa.
Koeʻuhí ko kimoutolu, ʻoku tokolahi ange ʻa e toʻu tupu mo e kau tāutaha kei talavou ʻoku nau lau ʻa e folofolá mo e ngaahi lea ʻa e kau palōfita moʻuí ʻi ha toe taimi kimuʻa ange.
Koeʻuhí ko kimoutolu, ʻoku tokolahi ange ʻa e toʻu tupu ʻoku nau ako ke fekumi ki he ʻilo fakalaumālié mo tali ʻenau ngaahi fehuʻi pē ʻanautolú ʻaki ʻa e mahino ʻoku nau maʻu ki he tokāteliné.
Pea koeʻuhí ko kimoutolu, ʻoku toe ofi ange hono ʻomi ʻe he ngaahi kalasi Makatuliki ʻi he ngaahi akoʻanga Siasí mo e ʻinisitiutí ʻetau fānau akó kia Sīsū Kalaisi, ko ia pē ʻa e Makatulikí.
ʻOku ou toe fakahoko atu ʻemau houngaʻia ʻiate kimoutolu mo e founga hoʻomou ngāué. Ko e fē pē ha feituʻu ʻoku mou ʻi ai, ko e hā pē ʻa e ngaahi tūkunga ʻoku mou ʻi aí, fakamālō atu hoʻomou fakataha mai he efiafí ni mo ha ngaahi loto mo e ʻatamai tauʻatāina—ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e toko taha, toko ua, pe tokolahi ange ʻi Hono huafá. 2
Ne tuʻo taha haʻama foki mai hili haʻama fakahoko fakataha ha ngāue ne vahe mai, ʻo mau fakatōtō hifo ki he malaʻe vakapuna Sōlekí, ne pehē mai ʻa Palesiteni Poiti K. Peeka ʻi ha loto vēkeveke, “Kēleti, ʻoku taʻo atu ʻe hoku uaifi ko Toná e foʻi maá he taimí ni. ʻE kei foʻou mo mafana e foʻi maá ʻi heʻeku aʻu atu ki ʻapí.”
ʻOku lava ke ke manatu pe fakakaukauloto ki ha foʻi mā ifo? ʻOku lava ke nāmuʻi ia—foʻou, mafana? ʻOkú ke lava ʻo ʻahiʻahiʻi ia—pe ʻoku melie, pe kiʻi konokona?
Ko e maá ko ha meʻakai angamaheni fakamāmani lahi ia. Kuo kai ʻa e kakai ʻi he taʻu motuʻa mo e tūkunga kotoa pē ʻi he maá. Ko e moʻoni ʻoku haʻu ʻa e maá ʻi he fōtunga kotoa pē, ʻi he lahi, ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ngaohi ʻakí, ʻo aʻu pē ki ha ngaahi hingoa kehekehe ʻi heʻetau kulupu fakamāmani lahí.
Mahalo pē ʻoku fakafalala ʻa e kakai mei he feituʻu kotoa pē ki he maá, naʻe folofola ʻa e Fakamoʻuí: “Ko au ko e mā ʻo e moʻuí.” 3
ʻI he māmani ko ʻení, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ʻakau talatalá mo e talatalaʻāmoá, ʻoku tau kai ʻa e maá ʻi he kakava ʻo hotau matá, ʻo hangē ko ʻĀtama mo ʻIví. ʻOku haʻu fakataha ʻa e tauʻatāina ke fili ki he totonú mo e ngaahi fili faingataʻá. ʻOku maʻu ʻa e tupulaki fakalaumālié mei he ngaahi pole faingataʻá. Ka ʻoku ʻikai tuku kitautolu ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ke tau fehangahangai pē mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí mo e faingataʻá, ngaahi fakangatangata mo e ngaahi meʻa taʻefeʻunga ʻo e māmani ko ʻení. ʻOku faitāpuekina kitautolu ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻaki ʻa e maná, mā fakaʻahó, ʻEne talaʻofa fakasākalamēniti te tau maʻu ʻa e moʻuí, ʻamanaki leleí, fiefiá, ʻo maʻu kinautolu pea toe lahi ange. 4
Naʻe folofola hotau ʻEikí:
“Ko au, ko e ʻEikí, naʻá ku fofola ʻa e ngaahi langí, mo faʻu ʻa e māmaní, ko ʻeku ngāue pē ʻaʻaku ia; pea ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻi aí ʻoku ʻaʻaku ia.
“Pea ko ʻeku taumuʻá ke tauhi ʻa ʻeku kau māʻoniʻoní. …
“He ʻoku fonu ʻa e māmaní, pea ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa feʻunga pea hulu ange.” 5
ʻI hono fakalea ʻe tahá, ʻoku ʻikai ko Hono māmaní pē ʻo e ʻakau mo e maka (ngaahi ʻahiʻahí mo e faingataʻá). Ko Hono māmaní ʻoku ʻo e mā mo e ika.
ʻOkú ke manatuʻi hono fafanga ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fuʻu kakai tokolahí ʻaki ha ngaahi foʻi mā mo e mataʻi iká? Tau vakai ki ai pea fakakaukauloto ne tau ʻi ai.
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Sīsū: “Vakai ki he kakai tokolahi.”
Ākonga 1: “Ko e potu lala eni, pea kuo ʻosi ʻa e ʻahó. Fekau ke ʻalu ʻa e kakaí ki he ngaahi potu kakai, ke fakatau meʻakai maʻanautolu. ʻOku ʻikai haʻanau meʻa ke kai.”
Sīsū: “Mou ʻatu haʻanau kai.”
Ākonga 2: “Te mau ō, ʻo fakatau mā ʻaki ʻa e tenali ʻe uangeaú, mo ʻatu ke nau kai?”
Sīsū: “ʻOku fiha hoʻomou foʻi maá?”
Ākonga 1: “ʻOku nima, mo e ika ʻe ua.”
Sīsū: “ʻOmi ia kiate au. Pule ke nau nofo hifo ʻo tautau toko nimangofulu, koeʻuhí ke nau mākona. … ʻE Tamai, ko e ʻEiki ʻo e langi mo e māmani, ʻoku ou fakafetaʻi atu ho ngaahi tāpuakí. ʻĒmeni.” 6
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ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe ha ngaahi Tohi ʻe Fā ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú7 hono fafanga ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ha fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻe toko 5,000. ʻOku toe fakamatalaʻi ʻe ha ongo tohi kehe ʻe ua ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú8 hono fafanga ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ha fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻe toko 4,000. Naʻe kau ʻi he fuʻu kakai tokolahi ko ʻení ʻa e kakai tangata, mo e kakai fefine mo e fānau. 9
Taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tau pehē ʻoku kau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he fanga kiʻi meʻa īkí. Ne u toki fakatahaʻi kimuí ni mai ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala fakafolofola ʻo hono fafanga ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻe toko 5,000 mei he Tohi ʻa Mātiu, Maʻake, Luke, mo Sioné, kau ai ʻa e Bible Notes, ki ha foʻi talanoa fakaikiiki fakafolofola pē ʻe taha.
Te mou lava nai ʻo fakaafeʻi ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ke ne fakaava hotau ʻatamaí ʻi heʻetau ako ki he ngaahi fakamatala fakafolofolá mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongoleleí ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ngaahi sīpinga ʻo hotau Fakamoʻuí?
Ko ʻemau lotú ke toe vāofi ange hotau ngaahi fāmilí, mo e fānau akó kiate Ia, ʻi heʻetau fakatupulaki ʻetau houngaʻia he ngāue ʻa hotau Fakamoʻuí.
Ko ʻetau potufolofola ʻeni naʻe fakatahatahaʻí:
“Pea fakataha ʻa e kau ʻaposetoló kia Sīsū, ʻo nau fakamatala kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, ʻa ia kuo nau faí, mo ia kuo nau ako ʻakí.
“Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, Mou omi ʻa kimoutolu pē ki ha potu lala, ʻo mālōlō siʻi: he naʻe tokolahi naʻe faʻa feʻaluaki, pea naʻe ʻikai ke nau ʻataʻatā ke fai ʻenau kaí. …
“Pea naʻe mamata ʻa e kakaí ki heʻenau ʻalú, pea ʻilo ia ʻe he toko lahi, pea nau feleleʻi uta ki ai mei he kolo kotoa pē, ʻo muʻomuʻa kiate kinautolu, pea fakataha ai kiate ia.
“Pea kuo tuʻu ki ʻuta ʻa Sīsū, ʻo ne vakai kuo tokolahi ʻa e kakaí, naʻe manavaʻofa ia kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhí kuo nau tatau mo e fanga sipi taʻe ha tauhi.” 10
“Pea naʻá ne tali kinautolu, pea folofola kiate kinautolu kau ki he puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá, mo fakamoʻui ʻa kinautolu naʻe fie maʻu fakamoʻuí.” 11
“Pea kuo efiafi ai, pea haʻu ʻene kau ākongá kiate ia, ʻo pehē, Ko e potu lala ʻeni, pea kuo teitei ʻosi ʻa e ʻahó, fekau ke nau ō,” 12 “koeʻuhí ke nau ʻalu ki he tukuʻutá, mo e ngaahi potu kakai ʻoku tuʻu takatakaí, ke nau fakatau maʻanautolu ʻa e mā: he ʻoku ʻikai haʻanau meʻa ke kai.” 14
“Ka naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū kiate kinautolu, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaonga ʻenau ʻalú, mou ʻatu haʻanau kai.” 13
“Pea ne nau [pehē] kiate ia, Te mau ō ʻo fakatau mā ʻaki ʻa e tenali ʻe uangeaú, mo ʻatu ke nau kaí?” 15
“Pea ko ʻene ākonga ʻe toko taha, ko ʻAnitelū, ko e tokoua ʻo Saimone Pita, naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate ia,
“ʻOku ʻi heni ʻa e tama, ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e foʻi mā paale ʻe nima, mo e ika siʻi ʻe ua: ka ko e hā ia ʻi he fuʻu tokolahí?” 16
“Peá ne pehē ange, ʻOmi ia kiate au.” 17
“Peá ne fekau kiate kinautolu ke nau pule ke nofo kotoa pē ki lalo ki he mohuku maʻuiʻuí” 18 “Pea naʻe mohukuʻia ʻa e potú.” 19 “Pea naʻa nau nofo ki lalo ʻo fakaʻotu, ʻo tautau toko teau, mo tautau toko nimangofulu.” 20
“Pea toʻo ʻe ia ʻa e foʻi mā ʻe nima mo e ika ʻe ua, pea hanga hake ia ki he langí, ʻo ne tāpuakiʻi ia, mo tofitofi,”21 “peá ne fakafetaʻi, naʻá ne”22 “ʻatu ki heʻene kau ākongá, pea tufaki ʻe he kau ākongá ki he kakaí.”23 “Pea ne tufaki mo e ika ʻe ua kiate kinautolu kotoa pē”24 “[kae] ʻoua [kuo] nau fiu.”25
“Pea ne nau kai kotoa,”26 “pea naʻa nau kai ʻo mākona ai kotoa pē.”27
“Pea kuo mākona ʻa kinautolu, pea tala ʻe ia ki heʻene kau ākongá, Tānaki hono toengá, kae ʻoua naʻa liʻaki ha meʻa.” 28
“Pea ne nau tānaki ʻa e toenga kaí”29 “ʻo fakafonu ʻa e kato ʻe hongofulu mā ua ʻi he toenga mā paale ʻe nimá”30 “mo e iká”31 “hili ʻa e kai ʻa e kakaí. 32
Pea ko kinautolu naʻe kaí ko e tangata ʻe toko nima afe kaeʻumaʻā ʻa e kau fefine mo e tamaiki.”33
“Pea hili ʻene [feʻiloaki mo e kakaí], naʻe ʻalu ia ki he moʻungá ke lotu ai.”34
“Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa e kau tangata ko iá ki he mana kuo fai ʻe Sīsuú, naʻa nau pehē, Ta ko e moʻoni ko ʻeni ʻa e palōfita naʻe pehē ʻe haʻu ki māmaní.”35
Ko e hā naʻá ke fakatokangaʻi, ongoʻi, mo ako ʻi hono fafanga ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi kitautolu takitaha, mo kitautolu kotoa, ʻaki ʻa e foʻi mā ʻe nima mo e mataʻi ika iiki ʻe uá? Ko ha mana ʻa e ngaahi foʻi maá, ʻo melie hangē ko e kolianitaá mo e honé?36 Naʻe founga fēfē hono lava ʻe he mataʻi ika iiki ʻe uá ʻo fafanga kitautolu—fakamākonaʻi kitautolu—kotoa?
Ko ha ngaahi meʻa ʻeni ʻe hiva ʻoku ou fakatokangaʻi mo ongoʻi. Mahalo te nau lava ʻo tokoni mai ke toe mahino ange kiate tautolu hotau Fakamoʻuí, ʻunuki kitautolu ke tau toe ofi ange kiate Ia, mo fakaafeʻi kitautolu ke tau hoko ʻo hangē ko Iá.
Taumuʻa 1: ʻOku manavaʻofa hotau Fakamoʻuí.
Ko e lahi ʻo e ngaahi mana ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻoku kamata ʻaki ʻEne ʻiló mo ʻEne manavaʻofá. ʻOkú Ne ʻafioʻi ʻa hotau lotó mo hotau tūkungá. ʻOku fonu Ia ʻi he manavaʻofa ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tau ʻamanaki lelei ki aí mo hotau ngaahi mamahí, ʻetau ngaahi holí mo e ngaahi fie maʻú.
Kuo hoko ia ko ha taimi faingataʻa. Kuo tutuʻu ʻa e ʻulu ʻo Sione Papitaisó, ʻoku ʻomi hono ʻulú ʻi ha [laulau], ko e palōmesi ʻo ha tuʻi mamahi ki he ʻofefine meʻe ʻo ha faʻē angakovi. Kuo ʻalu atu hotau Fakamoʻuí mo ʻEne kau ākongá ki ha feituʻu maomaonganoa ke mālōlō. Ka ko e hā naʻe kei ongoʻi ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻi Heʻene mamata ki he fuʻu kakai tokolahí? Naʻá Ne “ʻofa mamahi kiate kinautolu.”37 ʻOkú Ne tali kinautolu. ʻOkú Ne akoʻi kinautolu. ʻOkú Ne fakamoʻui kinautolu. Pea ʻi ha founga ʻilongofua, naʻá Ne ʻafioʻi “ne ʻikai haʻanau meʻa ke kai.” 38
ʻI Heʻene ngāué naʻe manavaʻofa ʻa hotau Fakamoʻuí—manavaʻofa ki he kakai kiliá, 39 manavaʻofa ki he foha ʻo e tangata naʻe maʻunimā ʻe he laumālie ʻulí, 40 manavaʻofa ki ha faʻē uitou ne mate hono foha naʻe toko taha peé. 41 ʻOku akoʻi kitautolu ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ke tau hangē ko e Samēlia lelei naʻá ne manavaʻofa ki he tangata naʻe fakalaveaʻi pea liʻaki ke maté.42
Hangē pē ia, ko e manavaʻofa ʻa e tamai ʻo e foha maumau koloá ʻo lele ki hono fohá ʻi heʻene “kei mamaʻó”. 43 Ko e meʻa fakaofo, ʻi heʻetau lau ki he maá, ʻi he taimi “ne poto ai” ʻa e foha maumau koloá, naʻá ne pehē, “ʻOku toko fiha ʻa e kau tamaioʻeiki totongi ʻa ʻeku tamaí kuo lahi mo toe ʻenau maá.” 44
ʻOku kamata ʻaki maʻu pē ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e manavaʻofá. ʻO Ne fakaʻosi ʻaki ha ʻaloʻofa lahi.
ʻOku pehē ʻe he ngaahi tohi ʻo e ongoongoleleí hili hono fafanga ʻe Sīsū ʻa e fuʻu kakai tokolahí, naʻá Ne “fekau atu kinautolu.” Ka ʻoku fakamahinoʻi mai ʻe he futinoutí ʻi he tohi ʻa Maʻáké. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne “fekau atu kinautolu,” ka ʻoku pehē ʻe he futinoutí naʻá Ne “feʻiloaki mo e kakaí.”45 ʻOku ʻikai nai ke mou fanongo naʻe feʻiloaki ʻa Sīsū mo e kakaí ʻi he manavaʻofa ki heʻenau ʻalu atu hili ʻEne fafanga kinautolú?
Taumuʻa 2: ʻOku kamata ʻaki ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e meʻa pē ne nau maʻú.
ʻI Heʻene fie fafanga ʻa e fuʻu kakaí, naʻe ʻeke ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ki Heʻene kau ākongá pe ko e hā ʻoku nau maʻú. Ko Ia ʻa e Tupuʻanga ʻo e māmaní, ʻEiki ʻo e langí mo e māmaní, ka naʻá Ne kei kamata ʻaki pē ʻa e meʻa ne nau maʻú, ʻi he feituʻu ne nau ʻi aí.
“ʻOku ʻi heni ʻa e tama, ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e foʻi mā paale ʻe nima, mo e ika siʻi ʻe ua.” 46
ʻOku kamata ʻaki ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e meʻa pē ne nau maʻú: “ʻOmi ia kiate au.” 47
ʻOku ʻi ai nai ha taimi ʻokú ke vakai ai kiate koe, ki he meʻa pe ko hai ʻoku fie maʻu ke ke akoʻí, mo fakakaukau ki he founga ʻe feʻunga ai ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ke maʻú? Mahalo ʻoku hangē pē ko e kau ākongá, ʻoku tau sio ki he foʻi mā mo e ika siʻisiʻi ʻoku tau maʻú pea tau pehē, “Ka ko e hā ia ʻi he fuʻu tokolahí?” 48
ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kau faiakó, ʻoku tau fakaafeʻi ʻa e fānau akó takitaha ke nau tokoni mai ki he kalasí. ʻOku ʻi ai ha fānau ako ʻe niʻihi ʻoku lahi ʻenau tokoní pea niʻihi ʻoku siʻisiʻi. ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kau ako mo e kau faiakó (pea ʻoku tau kau lōua heni fakatouʻosi), ʻoku tau kamata ʻaki ʻa e meʻa pē ʻoku tau maʻú, ʻi he tuʻunga pē ʻoku tau lolotonga ʻi aí. Te Ne toki ʻai kitautolu ke tau faivelenga ange mo fakalahi hotau ngaahi iví. ʻOku fakahā mai ʻe he tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e tupulaki mei he tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi aí ʻa e foʻi moʻoni ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻoku fakahaofi kitautolu ʻe Heʻene ʻaloʻofá, “hili [ʻetau] fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻe ala faí.” 49
ʻOkú Ne fiefia ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau ʻomi ai ʻa ia ʻoku tau maʻú mo e tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi aí pea haʻu kiate Iá.
Taumuʻa 3: ʻOku ngāue hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻi ha founga maau.
Kuó ke ʻosi ʻi ha haʻofanga tokolahi nai ʻoku nau feinga mo pikitai ki ha meʻa ʻoku nau fie maʻu? Kuó u ʻosi aʻusia ia. Naʻe ʻikai tokanga ʻa e kakai ia ʻi muʻá ki he kakai ʻi muí. Naʻá ku manavahē kapau ʻe tō ha taha, ʻe tāmoloki kinautolu.
ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, naʻe “fekauʻi kinautolu [kau ākongá] ke nau tangutu tautau tokolahi.” 50 Naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu tautau tokolahi kinautolu “ʻo fakaʻotu, tautau toko teau, pea …toko nimangofulu.” 51
ʻI he Siasí ʻoku tau lave ai ki ha kau paionia tokolahi. ʻOku tau lave ai ki ha kakai tokolahi naʻa nau moihū ʻi he temipalé. Kiate kitautolu, ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻa e foʻi lea kakai tokolahi ki ha kulupu faaitaha ʻoku nau taumuʻa taha.
Pea, lolotonga hono ui ia ko ha potu lalá, naʻe ʻikai fakatangutu ʻe hotau ʻEikí ʻa e fuʻu kakaí ʻi he kelekele efú. Naʻá Ne fekau ke nau nofo tautau tokolahi “ʻi ha mohuku maʻuiʻui.” 52 Naʻá ne fili ha potu ʻa ia “naʻe mohukuʻiá.” 53
Taumuʻa 4: Naʻe fakahā ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ha loto houngaʻia.
Naʻá Ne toʻo ʻa e ngaahi foʻi maá mo e ngaahi mataʻi iká, pea “hanga hake ki he langí, naʻá Ne tāpuakiʻi, mo tofitofi ia. 54
Naʻe kei ʻohake pē ʻe he Tupuʻanga ʻo e langí mo e māmaní, ʻa e Tuʻi ʻo e ngaahi tuʻí ha fakafetaʻi kimuʻa peá Ne tofitofi ʻa e maá mo e iká pea fakalahi ia ʻi honau lotolotongá kotoa, “[kae] ʻoua [kuo] nau fiu” he kaí.55
Taumuʻa 5: Naʻe fafanga ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e kau ākongá pea fekau ke nau fafanga ʻa e fuʻu kakai tokolahí.
Ko e foungá ia, ka ʻoku toe mahulu ange ia. Ko hono fakamālohia ia ʻo e kau tauhi sipí ke lava ke fakamālohia ʻe he kau tauhi sipí ʻa e fanga sipí. Ko hono akoʻi ia ʻo e kau faiakó ke lava ke akoʻi ʻe he kau faiakó ʻa e fānau akó. Ko ha sīpinga fakalangi ia ʻi he Tohi Tapú, ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná, pea ʻi Hono Siasi kuo toe fakafoki maí: pea naʻá Ne “ʻatu e maá ki heʻene kau ākongá, pea tufaki ʻe he kau ākongá ki he kakaí.” 56
Ko e meʻafoaki māʻongoʻonga ia ʻo e foaki mo e tali fakalaumālié. ʻI heʻetau ʻilo te tau faiakó ʻoku tokoni ia ke tau ako. ʻI hono akoʻi ʻo e niʻihi kehé ke akó, ʻoku tau ako ai ke tau faiako. ʻOku tokoniʻi heʻetau ngaahi sīpinga ʻo e akó mo e faiakó ʻa ʻetau fānau akó ke nau ʻilo te nau lava pē mo kinautolu ke ako mo faiako.
Taumuʻa 6: Naʻe fafanga ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e toko 5,000 mo e toko tahá ʻi he taimi tatau.
ʻI ha founga fakaofo, naʻe tofitofi ʻa e maá mo e iká pea toki tufaki ki he tokotaha kotoa ʻi he fuʻu kakai tokolahí. “Pea ne nau kai kotoa,” 57 “pea naʻa nau kai ʻo mākona ai kotoa pē.” 58
Ko ha mana ʻeni ʻoku tau fekumi ki ai ko e kau faiako—ke akoʻi ʻetau kalasí kotoa mo e tokotaha kotoa pē ʻi he kalasí. ʻOku fie maʻu heni ke tokangaʻi ʻa e toko 5,000 pea mo e toko tahá. ʻE lava ai ke feau e ngaahi fie maʻu fakalukufuá mo e ngaahi fie maʻu fakafoʻituituí. Pea toe mahulu haké, ko e malava ko ia ke feau ʻa e mana fakalaumālié ke feʻunga pē ʻa ia ne tau kamata ʻakí.
Taumuʻa 7: ʻOku fakapapauʻi ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻoku ʻikai mole ha meʻa.
“Pea kuo mākona ʻa kinautolu, pea tala ʻe ia ki heʻene kau ākongá, Tānaki hono toengá, kae ʻoua naʻa liʻaki ha meʻa.” 59
ʻOku kau hono kamata ʻaki ʻa e houngaʻia he meʻa ʻoku tau maʻú ʻi hono fakapapauʻi ʻoku ʻikai mole ha meʻa ʻi he ngataʻangá. ʻOku ʻikai mole noa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e langí. ʻOku fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he kamataʻangá, pea ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe toe ke maumau ʻi he ngataʻangá.
Naʻe vahevahe ʻe ʻEletā Lisiate G. Sikoti e founga te tau lava ai ʻo hiki ʻetau ngaahi fakakaukaú mo ʻilo pe ʻoku toe ʻi ai ha meʻa. 60 ʻOku fakahā ʻe he toutou kolé, maʻú, hikí, fakalaulaulotó, talangofuá, ʻeke pe ʻoku toe ʻi ai ha meʻá, ʻa e folofola ʻa hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻe “foaki fakalahi kiate kimoutolu ʻoku tokangá.” 61
ʻIkai ngata pē aí. ʻI Heʻene fakamatalaʻi Ia ko e mā ʻo e moʻuí, naʻe folofola hotau Fakamoʻuí: “Pea ko e finangalo ʻeni ʻo e Tamaí naʻá ne fekau au, koeʻuhí ko ia kotoa pē kuó ne foaki kiate aú, ke ʻoua naʻa mole ha toko taha.” 62 ʻOkú Ne tauhi ʻa kinautolu kuo foaki kiate Ia ʻe he Tamaí, ke ʻoua naʻa mole ha taha. ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kau faiako, kau faifekau, kau ngāué, ʻoku tau fai e meʻa kotoa pē ʻi heʻetau tuí mo e mālohí ke tauhi ʻa kinautolu kuo fakafalala mai ke tau tokangaʻí, ke ʻoua naʻa mole ha taha.
Taumuʻa 8: Ki hotau Fakamoʻuí, ʻoku lahi ange e meʻa ʻoku tau maʻu he ngataʻangá he kamataʻangá.
ʻI hono fakapapauʻi ʻi he loto houngaʻia ʻoku ʻikai mole ha meʻá, naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe he kau ākongá ha mana kehe: “Pea ne nau tānaki ʻa e toenga kaí” 63 “ʻo fakafonu ʻa e kato ʻe hongofulu mā ua ʻi he toenga mā paale ʻe nimá” 64 “mo e iká” 65 “hili ʻa e kai ʻa e kakaí. 66
Ko e mana ʻo e fakalahi fakalaumālié, ʻi heʻetau nofomaʻu ʻi hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻoku tau maʻu ʻo lahi ange ʻi he ngataʻangá he meʻa ne tau kamata ʻakí. ʻOku tau ʻofa lahi ange, ako lahi ange, ueʻi fakalaumālie lahi ange, angaʻofa lahi ange he ngataʻangá mei he kamataʻangá. ʻOku hoko e ngaahi ako fonuʻia he laumālié ko ha mā he fukahi vaí—hangē ko e maá mo e iká, ʻo lahi ange he kamataʻangá.
Tau fakamatalaʻi fakanounou angé ʻetau fealēleaʻakí:
ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí hotau lotó mo hotau ngaahi tūkungá. ʻOku ueʻi Ia ʻe he manavaʻofá ke tāpuakiʻi mo tokoniʻi kitautolu ʻi he founga kotoa pē.
ʻOkú Ne kamata mei he meʻa ʻoku tau ʻi aí, mo ia ʻoku tau maʻú, naʻa mo hono tali ʻo e mā mo e iká mei ha kiʻi tama.
ʻOkú Ne ngāue ʻi ha founga maau.
ʻOkú Ne loto houngaʻia. ʻOkú Ne hanga ki he langí kimuʻa peá Ne tāpuakiʻi mo tofitofí.
ʻOkú Ne ʻuluaki vahevahe mo e kau ākongá, pea kole ki he kau ākongá ke ʻoange ki he kakaí.
ʻOkú Ne ʻafioʻi ʻa e founga ke tokangaʻi mo akoʻi ai ʻa e toko 5,000 mo e toko tahá ʻi he taimi tatau.
ʻOkú Ne tānaki ʻi he loto houngaʻia ʻa ia ʻoku tau maʻú, ke ʻoua naʻa mole ha meʻa.
ʻOkú Ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke mahino ʻoku lahi ange ʻa ia ʻoku tau maʻu he ngataʻangá mei he kamataʻangá.
ʻIkai ngata pē aí. Ko hono fafanga ʻo e fuʻu kakai tokolahí ʻoku ʻikai ko e fuofua taimi ia pe ko e ngataʻanga hono fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e maá mo e iká ke akoʻi mo fakamoʻoniʻi Hono māfimafí.
Hangē ko ʻetau kaveinga hono hivá:
Taumuʻa 9: Kiate kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ʻa e mata ke mamatá mo e telinga ke fanongó, ʻoku akoʻi ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí mo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e sakalamēnití.
“Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa e kau tangata ko iá ki he mana kuo fai ʻe Sīsuú, naʻa nau pehē, Ta ko e moʻoni ko ʻeni ʻa e palōfita naʻe pehē ʻe haʻu ki māmaní.” 67
Mei ai, naʻe fehuʻi ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ki Heʻene kau ākongá fekauʻaki tonu mo e maá mo e iká:
“ʻOku ʻikai te mou manatu?
“ʻI heʻeku tofitofi ʻa e foʻi mā ʻe nimá ki he toko nima afé, naʻe fiha ʻa e kato naʻe pito ʻi he toenga ne mou ʻavé? Pea nau pehē kiate ia, ʻE Hongofulu Mā Ua.
“Pea ko e fitu ki he toko fā afé, naʻe fiha ʻa e kato naʻe pito ʻi he toenga ne mou ʻavé? Pea nau pehē, ʻE Fitu.” 68
Ke toe fakaongo atu: Ko Hono māmaní ʻoku ʻo e mā mo e ika, lahi fau.
Ki he fefine ʻi he vaitupú, ʻi he ʻuhinga pau ʻo e kelekele mōmoá, naʻe folofola hotau Fakamoʻuí ko Ia ʻa e vai moʻuí. Naʻe folofola ʻa Sīsū kiate ia, “Ko ia ʻe inu ʻi he vai te u foaki kiate iá, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe fieinu ia; ka ko e vai te u foaki kiate ia ʻe ʻiate iá ko e matavai mapunopuna hake ki he moʻui taʻengatá.” 69
Kiate kinautolu naʻe kole kia Sīsū, “Naʻe kai ʻa e maná ʻe heʻemau ngaahi tamaí ʻi he toafá, te ke foaki kiate kimautolu ʻa e mā mei he langí?” 70 Pea folofola ange ʻe Sīsū, “ʻOku foaki ʻe heʻeku Tamaí … ʻa e mā moʻoní mei he langí.” 71 “Ko au ko e mā ʻo e moʻuí.” 72 “Ko ia ʻoku tui kiate aú ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻa e moʻui taʻengata.” 73
ʻOku ʻikai mo ha toe meʻa ʻe ʻiloa ange, mahuʻinga lahi ange, pe fakamāmani lahi ange ʻi he maá mo e vaí. Ko e hā ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he taimi ʻoku fakatahaʻi ai ʻa e mā ʻo e moʻuí mo e vai moʻuí? Ko ia, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e sākalamēnití.
ʻI he fakaʻosinga ʻo ʻEne ngāue ʻi he māmaní, ʻi ha sīpinga kuo mamata ai ʻa e kau ākongá kimuʻa, naʻe toʻo ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e “maá, ʻo ne fakafetaʻi, mo tofitofi ia, ʻo ne ʻatu kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, … fai ʻeni ʻi he fakamanatu kiate au.” 74
ʻI he kamataʻanga ʻo ʻEne ngāue hili ʻEne toetuʻú, naʻe toe ʻi ai ha sīpinga angamaheni, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻa e sākalamēnití ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Nīfaí, ko ʻEne fanga sipi kehé:
Naʻá Ne fekau ʻEne kau ākongá ke ʻomi ha mā mo ha uaine.
Naʻá Ne fekau ʻa e kakaí ke nau nofo ki he kelekelé.
Naʻá Ne toʻo ʻa e maá mo tofitofi mo tāpuakiʻi ia.
Naʻá Ne ʻoange ki he kau ākongá pea fekau ke nau kai.
Pea ʻi he kai ʻa e kau ākongá ʻo mākoná, naʻá Ne fekau ʻa e kau ākongá ke ʻoatu ki he kakaí.
Naʻe kai ʻa e kakaí pea nau mākona. 75
Kimui ange, naʻe toe tāpuakiʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e sākalamēnití ki he kau Nīfaí, ka naʻe maʻu ʻa e maá mo e uainé ʻi he mana:
“Ko ʻeni, kuo ʻikai ke ʻomi ha mā, pe uaine… ;
“Ka naʻá ne foaki moʻoni ʻa e maá ke nau kai, mo e uaine foki ke nau inu.” 76
Naʻá Ne talaʻofa ko kinautolu naʻe maʻu ʻa e maá mo e uainé ki hono laumālié he “ʻikai fiekaia pe fieinua hono laumālié ʻo taʻengata, ka ʻe mākona pē ia.” 77
Ko e moʻoni, “ʻi he hili ʻa e kai mo inu ʻa e kakai kotoa pē, vakai, naʻe fakafonu ʻa kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e Laumālié.” 78
Ko hono fakahoko ʻeni ʻo e talaʻofa māʻongoʻonga ʻo e sākalamēnití ki he kakai tangatá mo e fefine ʻi he toʻu tangata kotoa pē, ʻi he tūkunga kotoa pē, kiate kitautolu kotoa ʻoku moʻui fakafalala ki he maá mo e vaí: “Pea ʻoku monūʻia ʻa kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku fiekaia mo fieinua ki he māʻoniʻoní, he ʻe fakafonu ʻa kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.” 79
ʻE kāinga, fakamālō atu hoʻomou hoko ko ha kau ako mo ha kau faiako fakaofo ʻi ha māmani fiekaia mo fieinua fakalaumālié. Fakamālō atu he tokoni ki hono fakahoko e lēsoni takitaha, mo hoʻomou feohi mo e kau akó, ko ha kātoanga kai fakalaumālie ʻo e maá mo e iká!
ʻE kāinga, ʻoku fonu mahuohua ʻi hoku lotó ha matavai mapunopuna ʻo e vai moʻuí mo ha ʻofa kakato ki hoku Fakamoʻuí.
Kimuí ni mai, ʻi heʻeku tufa ʻa e maá mo e vaí, naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻa e ʻofa lahi ʻa hotau Fakamoʻuí kiate kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataipe toputapu ko iá. Naʻá ku ongoʻi houngaʻia foki ki hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻi hono fokotuʻu ʻa e ouau ʻo e sākalamēnití.
ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻi heʻeku fakakaukaú (kau ai ʻa e ʻaho Sāpaté), ʻoku ou ongoʻi ha pehē mai ʻoku ou fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ou lavá ʻi he taimí ni. Taimi lahi, ʻoku ou ongoʻi ʻa e ʻamanaki lelei mo e fakalotolahi te u lava ʻo “haʻu kia Kalaisi pea hoko ʻo haohaoa ʻiate iá,” 80 neongo ʻeku ngaahi tōnounoú.
ʻOku ou ʻamanaki pē te mou vakai ki he maá mo e iká ʻi ha founga foʻou. 81
ʻOku ou ʻamanaki te mou aʻusia ha meʻa fakafiefia, fakaofo, mo ha ueʻi fakalaumālie ʻi hono felalangaʻaki ʻo e ngaahi fakamatala fakafolofolá, ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongoleleí, pea mo e ngaahi lea ʻa e kau ʻaposetolo mo e kau palōfita moʻuí ʻi hoʻomou ngāueʻi ʻa e ngaahi falala toputapu ke tokoniʻi ʻetau fānau akó ke nau ʻilo lahi ange ki hotau Fakamoʻuí, pea haʻu kiate Ia ʻi he loto ʻapasia.
ʻOku ou ʻamanaki te mou manatuʻi ko e māmaní ʻoku ʻo e ʻEikí ia mo hono kakató kotoa.” 82 Ko Hono māmaní ʻoku ʻo e mā mo e ika. ʻOku ʻi ai ʻEne talaʻofa fakasākalamēnití pea ʻoku feʻunga pea hulu ia.
ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ʻi he loto houngaʻia ki he ʻOtuá, ko ʻetau Tamai Taʻengatá; Hono ʻAlo Māʻoniʻoní, ko hotau Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí; mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní. ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ʻi he loto houngaʻia ki he ngaahi moʻoni kuo toe fakafoki maí mo e hokohoko mai ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mei he Palōfita ko Siosefá kia Palesiteni Tōmasi S. Monisoni ʻi he ʻaho ní, ki he ngaahi folofola māʻoniʻoní, mo e fakafiemālie, fakahinohino, mo e fiefia te tau lava ʻo maʻu ʻi heʻetau maʻu Hono Laumālié ke ʻiate kitautolu ʻi heʻetau manatu maʻu ai pē kiate Iá.
Tatau ai pē pe ko e fē e feituʻu ʻokú ke ʻi aí, tatau ai pē ho tūkungá, tatau ai pē hoʻo fiefiá mo e ngaahi faingataʻá, ʻoku ou ʻamanaki pē kuó ke ongoʻi ʻi heʻetau fakataha he efiafi ní ʻa e lahi ʻo e ʻofa ʻa e ʻEikí mo Hono Siasí ʻiate koé. ʻOkú ne fakahoko ia. ʻI he huafa toputapu mo māʻoniʻoni ʻo hotau ʻEikí mo e Fakamoʻui, ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.
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