Ikuʻi ʻa Māmani mo Maʻu ha Fiemālie
Ngaahi Konga Fakamatala
ʻOku ʻuhinga nai ki he hā hono ikuʻi ʻa māmaní? ʻOku ʻuhinga ia ke ikunaʻi ʻa e fakatauele ke tokanga lahi ange ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻo māmaní ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻuhinga ia ke falala lahi ange ki he akonaki ʻa Kalaisí ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau fakapoto ʻa e tangatá. … ʻOku ʻuhinga ia ke fili ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei ha meʻa pē ʻokú ne tuli ʻa e Laumālié. …
ʻE founga fēfē leva haʻatau ikuʻi ʻa māmaní? … Ko e taimi kotoa pē te ke feinga ai pea mo muimui ki he ueʻi ʻa e Laumālié, ko e taimi kotoa pē te ke fai ai ha meʻa lelei—ha ngaahi meʻa he ʻikai fai ʻe he “tangata fakakakanó,” ko hoʻo ikuʻi ia ʻa māmaní. …
Sai, ʻoku tāpuekina fēfē nai ʻetau moʻuí ʻi hono ikuʻi ʻo māmaní? Ko e talí ʻoku mahino: Fakahoko ha fefuakavaʻaki mo e ʻOtuá ʻo haʻi kitautolu kiate Ia ʻi ha founga te ne ʻai ke faingofua ange e meʻa kotoa ʻo e moʻuí. Kātaki ʻo ʻoua naʻá ke maʻuhala ʻeku ʻuhingá: Naʻe ʻikai ke u pehē ʻoku fakafaingofuaʻi ʻa e moʻuí ʻi hono fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi fuakavá. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻamanaki ki ha fakafepaki, he ʻoku ʻikai loto ʻa e filí ke ke ʻilo e mālohi ʻo Sīsu Kalaisí. Ka, ʻoku ʻuhinga hoʻo ngāue fakataha mo e Fakamoʻuí ke ke maʻu faingamālie ki Hono iví mo e mālohi huhuʻí. …
… ʻOku ou kole atu ai kimoutolu he taimí ni—ke tokangaʻi hoʻomou fakamoʻoni kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻEne ongoongoleleí. Ngāueʻi ia. Tanumaki ia ke tupulaki. Fafanga ʻaki e moʻoní. …
… ʻI hoʻomou tuku ke lāngilangiʻia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi homou moʻuí, ʻoku ou palōmesi atu ha nonga, loto-toʻa, fiefia, ʻio, mo ha fiemalie lahi ange.