Kau Muimui ʻo e Pilinisi ʻo e Melinó
Ngaahi Konga Fakamatala
ʻI heʻetau hoko ko e kau ākonga ʻa e Pilinisi ʻo e Melinó, kuo fakahinohinoʻi kitautolu ke tau moʻui ʻi he “taha [hotau] lotó ʻi he uouangataha mo e feʻofoʻofani” [Mōsaia 18:21]. …
… Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi fakaʻilonga mahino taha ʻoku tau ʻunu ke ofi ange ai ki he Fakamoʻuí pea hoko ʻo hangē ko Iá, ko e founga ʻofa, faʻa kātaki, mo angaʻofa ʻoku tau fai ki hotau kāingá, neongo pe ko e hā ʻa e tūkungá. …
… ʻOku ʻikai ha ofo ʻi he kau ʻi he ngaahi founga ʻa e filí ʻa ʻene ueʻi hake ʻa e tāufehiʻá mo e fehiʻanekiná ʻi he loto ʻo e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOkú ne fiefia ʻi he taimi ʻokú ne mamata ai ki he fefakaangaʻaki, manuki, mo e felauʻikoviʻaki ʻa e kakaí. …
Siʻoku kāinga ʻofeina, ʻi heʻetau faifeinga ke fakatupulaki ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga hangē ko ia ʻoku maʻu ʻe he Fakamoʻuí, te tau lava ʻo hoko ko ha meʻangāue ʻo ʻEne melinó ʻi he māmaní ʻo fakatatau mo e sīpinga naʻá Ne fokotuʻú. ʻOku ou fakaafeʻi kimoutolu ke mou fakakaukau ki ha ngaahi founga te tau lava ai ʻo liliu kitautolu ke hoko ko ha kakai langaki moʻui mo poupou, kakai ʻoku maʻu ha loto-mahino mo faʻa fakamolemole, kakai ʻoku vakai ki he lelei ʻi he niʻihi kehé, ʻo manatuʻi maʻu pē “kapau ʻoku [ʻi] ai ha meʻa ʻoku māʻoniʻoni, fakaʻofoʻofa, pe ongoongo lelei pe feʻunga mo hono vīkivikiʻí, ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻia ʻoku [tau] fekumi ki aí” [Ngaahi Tefito ʻo e Tui 1:13].
ʻOku ou palōmesi atu ʻi heʻetau tulifua mo fakatupulaki ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ko ʻení, te tau fakaʻau ʻo lelei mo ongoʻingofua ange ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu ʻa hotau kāingá pea te tau aʻusia ʻa e fiefiá, melinó, mo e tupulaki fakalaumālié.