Ko e Hā ʻa e Meʻa ʻOkú Ke Fakakaukau Ki Aí?

ʻOku ou ongoʻi ʻoku lahi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku liliú, pea ʻoku teʻeki ai ke u mateuteu ki ai. Ko e hā e ‘uhinga ʻoku ʻikai ke tatau ai pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻá?

—Ko e Tupu Hake ʻi Kulenitaá

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Tā Fakatātā ʻa Pauline Gregory

Siʻi Tupu Hake,

Fakakaukau ki he talanoa makehe ʻokú ke saiʻia taha aí. Naʻe fehangahangai ʻa e kau moʻungaʻi tangatá mo ha ngaahi liliu mo e faingataʻa lahi ʻe niʻihi kimuʻa pea nau toki aʻusia ʻenau taumuʻá, ko ia? Kapau naʻe ʻikai liliu ha meʻa maʻanautolu, he ʻikai makehe ha meʻa! ʻIkai ha ngataʻanga fakafiefia!

ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻa e liliú ki hoʻo talanoá foki. ʻOku angamaheni pē ʻa e ongoʻi loto-mamahí, hohaʻá, pe ilifiá. Kae manatuʻi ko koe ʻa e moʻungaʻi tangata ʻo hoʻo talanoá. Ko e liliu kotoa pē ko ha faingamālie ia ke ako mo tupulaki ai. Pea ʻe tokoniʻi koe ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní.

Talamonū atu ki hoʻo ngaahi aʻusia makehé!

Ko e Kaumeʻá

Maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau ki ha aʻusia makehe ʻaki haʻo tā fakatātaaʻi koe ko ha moʻungaʻi tangata ʻo ha aʻusia makehe!