Fakatomalá mo e Manavaʻofá
Ko ha Efiafi mo ʻEletā Kim B. Clark
Fakataha Lotu Fakaemāmani Lahi maʻá e Kakai Lalahi Kei Talavoú • 7 ʻo Mē, 2017 • Tāpanekale Sōlekí
ʻOku ou fakamālō ki he kuaeá ko e fakalangilangi fakaʻofoʻofa ko ia ki hotau ʻEikí mo e Fakamoʻuí. ʻOku ou houngaʻia foki ko e tautapa ko ia ʻi he lotu kamatá ke ʻiate kitautolu ʻa e Laumālié, koeʻuhí ke tau lava ʻo ako he poó ni ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakaʻamu ʻa e ʻEikí ke tau akó. ʻOkú ma fiefia mo ʻEletā Clark ke kau fakataha mo kimoutolu ʻi he fakataha lotu fakaemāmani lahí ni.
ʻOku ou fie vahevahe mo kimoutolu ha ngaahi fakakaukau mahuʻinga ki hoku lotó ʻa ia ʻoku ou ʻamanaki ʻe ʻuhinga mālie kiate kimoutolu.
ʻUluakí, ʻoku ou fie fakahoko atu ʻeku ʻofá: Kuó u maʻu ha ongoʻi makehe ʻi hoku lotó ki he kakai lalahi kei talavou ʻo e Siasí. ʻOku mou ʻi ha tuʻunga ʻo hoʻomou moʻuí ʻoku mou fai ai ha ngaahi fili mātuʻaki mahuʻinga—ʻa e feinga ʻi hoʻomou akó, kumi ngāué, ngāue fakafaifekaú, teití, malí, mo e kamata ha fāmilí. Kuó u ongoʻi mo sio tonu ʻi he mālohi lahi ʻoku mou maʻu ki he leleí ʻi hoʻomou fai mo tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fuakava toputapú pea mo hoʻomou fekumi ki he finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí. ʻOku mou fakaofo! Pea ʻoku ʻofeina kimoutolu ʻe he ʻEikí. ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ia.
ʻOku ou fie vahevahe atu foki ʻeku fakamoʻoní pea mo ha fakalotolahi. ʻOku ou loto pē ke mou ʻiloʻí ko e ʻOtuá ʻetau Tamai moʻui ʻi he Langí. ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi naʻá Ne foaki mai ʻa e palani ʻo e fakamoʻuí pea mo e meʻaʻofa fakaofo ko ia ʻo Hono ʻAlo ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ko hotau Fakamoʻui mo e Huhuʻi. ʻOku ou ʻilo ko e Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá ko e palōfita ia ʻo e kuonga ʻo e kakato ʻo e ngaahi kuongá. ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻe toe foki mai ʻa Kalaisi. ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau mateuteu ki Heʻene toe hāʻele maí.
Te tau teuteu fēfē ki he meʻa kāfakafa ko iá? ʻE lava ke ongo fakamafasia! ʻOku lahi fau e meʻa ke faí! ʻOku ou fie ʻoatu ha fakalotolahi mo ha ʻamanaki ʻi ha tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻe ua te ne tokoni ke tau mateuteu: fakatomala mo manavaʻofa.
Ne akoʻi kitautolu ʻe Palesiteni Monisoni he konifelenisi lahi ʻo ʻOkatopa kuo ʻosí: Ko e uho ʻo e palaní ʻa hotau Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí. Ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻa ʻEne feilaulau fakaleleí, naʻe mole e meʻa kotoa. Ka ʻoku ʻikai feʻunga ke tau tui pē kiate Ia mo Hono misioná. ʻOku fie maʻu ke tau ngāue mo ako, fekumi mo lotu, fakatomala mo fakalakalaka.”1
Kuo pau ke tau fakatomala. Hono ʻikai ko ha tāpuaki ia! Te tau lava ʻi he Fakalelei mo e mālohi ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí ke ikunaʻi ʻa e vaivaí, faingataʻaʻiá, mamahí, mo e angahala kotoa pē. Kuó u ʻiloʻi neongo ʻoku faʻa fekauʻaki ʻa e fakatomalá mo e taʻofi ʻo ha meʻa ʻokú ke fai, ka ʻe lava ke toe fekauʻaki pē mo ha meʻa ʻoku fie maʻu ke ke kamata fakahoko ʻa ia kuo teʻeki ke fakahoko ki muʻa.
Ko e taha e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau kamata fakahoko ko e konga ʻo e fakatomalá ko haʻatau tokoni ki ha kakai kehe. ʻOku tuʻunga ʻi heʻetau tokoni ki he niʻihi kehé, ʻo fetākinima mo e ʻEikí, mo aʻusia ʻEne ʻofa haohaoá, ʻa ʻetau ʻiloʻi lelei hotau Fakamoʻuí. Ne u ʻosi mamata ʻi he mālohi ʻoku maʻu ʻi he tokoni ki he niʻihi kehé, ʻi ha houalotu sākalamēniti he māhina kuo hilí.
Naʻá ku hū atu ki he falelotú mo haku kaungāmeʻa, peá ne tuʻu ke fakafeʻiloaki ki ha taha ʻo e fānau fefine iiki ʻi heʻene kalasi Palaimelí. Naʻe fokotuʻu hoku kaungāmeʻá ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e houalotú ko e palesiteni foʻou ia ʻo e Fineʻofá. Ne tafoki mai e kiʻi taʻahine naʻe fakalea ki ai heʻema hū atu ki falelotú, ʻo sio mai ki hono kaungāmeʻá, ko ʻene faiakó. Ne ʻiloʻi ʻe he kiʻi taʻahiné ni ʻe tukuange ʻa ʻene faiakó pea kamata ke ne tangi, pea ʻunu fakavave ki he muiʻi seá ʻo falala atu hono ʻulú ki he uma ʻo ʻene faʻeé! Naʻá ku vakai ki hoku kaungāmeʻá, ki he palesiteni fakasiteiki foʻou ʻo e Fineʻofá, peá u fakatokangaʻi ʻoku tangi foki mo ia! Naʻe ongo kiate au ʻa e fakaʻilonga ko ia ʻo e ʻofá. Naʻe kamata ke u fakatēloʻimata mo au. Ko ʻeku sio tonu ʻeni ʻi he meʻafoaki ʻo e ʻofa haohaoa ʻa Kalaisí, ʻa ia ʻoku mei he Fakamoʻuí ki Hono kau muimui moʻoní, ʻi heʻenau ngāue ʻi Hono puleʻangá.
ʻOku akoʻi kitautolu ʻe he Molonai vahe 7:
“Ko ia, ʻe hoku kāinga ʻofeina, kapau ʻoku ʻikai te mou maʻu ʻa e manavaʻofá, ko e meʻa noa pē ʻa kimoutolu, he ʻoku ʻikai fakaʻau ʻo ngata ʻa e manavaʻofá. Ko ia mou nofo maʻu ʻi he manavaʻofá, ʻa ia ʻoku mahuʻinga taha ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, he kuo pau ke ngata ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē—
“Ka ko e manavaʻofá ʻa e ʻofa haohaoa ʻa Kalaisí, pea ʻoku tolonga ia ʻo taʻengata.”2
Kāinga, ʻoku ou fakatauange te tau takitaha ngāue ʻi he tui kia Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo tafoki kiate Ia, fakatomala mei heʻetau ngaahi angahalá, pea tauhi kiate Ia ʻaki hotau lotó kotoa. ʻOku ou ʻilo kapau te tau fai ʻeni, te tau hoko ko ʻEne kau muimui moʻoni. Pea kapau te tau “lotu ki he Tamaí ʻaki ʻa e ivi kotoa ʻo e lotó, koeʻuhí ke fakafonu [kitautolu] ʻaki [ʻEne] ʻofá,”3 ʻoku ou ʻilo te tau maʻu ha tui, ʻamanaki lelei, mo ongoʻi ha ʻofa lahi ange—ʻa ia ko e ʻofa haohaoa ʻa Kalaisí. ʻI he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.
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