ʻI He ʻAho Ní
ʻOku fakahoko ʻe hotau palōfita moʻuí ʻa ʻene tafaʻakí ke lōmakiʻi e māmaní ʻaki ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Kuo pau ke tau muimui ki heʻene takí.
Siʻoku kāinga ʻofeina, ʻoku toutou ngāue ʻaki ʻe he Tohi ʻa Molomoná e kupuʻi lea ko e “ʻi he ʻaho ní”1 ke fakamanatu mai e faleʻi, ngaahi talaʻofa, mo e ngaahi akonaki. Ne akonaki e Tuʻi ko Penisimaní ki he kakaí ʻi heʻene lea fakaʻosí ʻo pehē, “Fanongo ki heʻeku ngaahi lea ʻa ia te u lea ʻaki kiate kimoutolu he ʻaho ní; … fakaava homou telingá ke mou ongoʻi, mo homou lotó koeʻuhí ke mou ʻiloʻi, pea mo homou ʻatamaí koeʻuhi ke lava ʻo fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lilo ʻa e ʻOtuá ke mahino kiate kimoutolu.”2 ʻOku tatau pē ia mo e tūkunga ʻo e konifelenisi lahí. ʻOku tau haʻu ke fanongo ki he faleʻi “ʻi he ʻaho ní,” koeʻuhí ke tau “faivelenga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē”3 ki he ʻEikí mo ʻEne ongoongoleleí. ʻOku ou ongoʻi mālohi “ʻi he ʻahó ni” ki he mahuʻinga hono toe fakafoʻou ʻetau tukupā ki he Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ʻa ia ne fakahā ʻe Siosefa Sāmita “ko e tohi tonu taha ia ʻi ha toe tohi he funga māmaní.”4
ʻOku ou pukepuke atu ha tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Ko ʻeku tatau motuʻa ʻeni mei he 1970, pea ʻoku mahuʻinga ia kiate au. ʻOku mahino ʻa e lahi hono fakaʻaongaʻí, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha tohi ʻe mahuʻinga ange ki heʻeku moʻuí mo ʻeku fakamoʻoní ka ko e tohí ni. Ne u maʻu ha fakamoʻoni mei he Laumālié ʻi heʻeku lau iá ko Sīsū Kalaisi e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá,5 ko Ia ʻa hoku Fakamoʻuí,6 ko e ngaahi folofolá ni ko e folofola ia ʻa e ʻOtuá,7 pea kuo fakafoki mai e ongoongoleleí.8 ʻOku tō loloto e ngaahi moʻoni ko iá ʻi hoku lotó. Pea hangē ko e lea ʻa e palōfita ko Nīfaí, “ʻOku fiefia hoku laumālié ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻEikí.”9
Ko e talanoa ʻeni ki heʻeku Tohi ʻa Molomoná. ʻI heʻeku hoko ko ha faifekau kei talavoú, ne u fakahoko e faleʻi ʻa ʻEletā Melioni D. Hāngisí, ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻaʻahi ange kiate kimautolu ʻi he Misiona Eastern States. Ko e palesiteni mālōlō ʻo e Misiona British, pea ʻoku ʻi muʻá ni ʻi he ʻahó ni ha toko ua ʻo ʻene kau faifekaú: ko hoku Tokoua ʻofeina ko ʻEletā Sefilī R. Hōlani mo ʻEletā Kuenitini L. Kuki.10 Pea hangē pē ko ʻene kau faifekau ʻi ʻIngilaní, naʻá ne fakatukupaaʻi kimautolu ke mau lau tuʻo ua pe lahi ange mei ha tatau teʻeki fakaʻilongaʻi ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Ne u fakahoko e tukupaá. ʻI he lau ʻuluakí, ne fiemaʻu ke u fakaʻilongaʻi pe laineʻi e meʻa kotoa pē ʻokú ne tataki ʻeku tokangá pe fakamoʻoni kia Sīsū Kalaisi. Ne u ngāue ʻaki ha penivahevahe kulokula ʻo laineʻi ha ngaahi potufolofola lahi. ʻI he lau hono uá, ne pehē ʻe ʻEletā Hāngisi ke fakaʻilongaʻi e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mo e tokāteline ʻo e ongoongoleleí, pea ne u ngāue ʻaki e lanu puluú ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻaki e folofolá. Ne u lau tuʻo ua e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ʻo hangē ko ia ne fokotuʻu maí, pea toe lau tuʻo ua kae fakaʻaongaʻi e lanu engeengá mo e lanu ʻuliʻulí ke fakaʻilongaʻi e ngaahi potufolofola ne fuʻu mahuʻinga kiate aú.11 Hangē ko ia ʻoku mou vakai mai ki aí, naʻá ku fakaʻilongaʻi ha ngaahi meʻa lahi.
Na‘e mahulu atu e meʻa ne u laú ʻi hono fakaʻilongaʻi pē ʻo e folofolá. ʻI he taimi kotoa pē ne u lau ai e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, mei muʻa ki muí, ne u maʻu ha ʻofa lahi moʻoni ki he ʻEikí. Ne u ongoʻi ha fakamoʻoni mālohi ki he moʻoni ʻo ʻEne ngaahi akonakí mo e anga ʻenau fekauʻaki ki he ngaahi meʻa “ʻi he ʻaho ní.” ʻOku tuha moʻoni pē ʻa e tohí ni ia mo hono hingoá, “Ko ha Toe Fakamoʻoni ʻe Taha ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi.”12 Mei he ako ko iá fakataha mo e fakamoʻoni fakalaumālie ne u maʻú, ne u hoko ko ha faifekau ne ʻofa ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná mo ha ākonga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi.13
“ʻI he ʻaho ní,” ko e taha ʻo e kau faifekau maʻongoʻonga taha ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko Palesiteni Lāsolo M. Nalesoni. ʻI he taimi ne ui ai ia ko ha ʻAposetolo foʻoú, naʻá ne fai ha lea ʻi ʻĀkala, ʻi Kana.14 Ne ʻi he fakatahaʻangá ha kakai māʻolunga, ʻo kau ai ha tuʻi ʻo ha matakali ʻi ʻAfilika, ʻa ia naʻá na pōtalanoa ʻo fakafou ʻi ha tokotaha fakatonulea. Ko e tuʻí ko ha tokotaha ako fakamaatoato ia ʻo e Tohi Tapú peá ne ʻofa ʻi he ʻEikí. Hili e lea ʻa Palesiteni Nalesoní, ne hāʻele mai e tuʻí kiate ia, ʻo ʻeke ange ʻi he lea faka-Pilitānia lelei, “Ko hai koe?” Ne fakamatala ange ʻe Palesiteni Nalesoni ko iá ko ha ʻAposetolo ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi kuo fakanofo.15 Ko e fehuʻi hoko leva ʻa e tuʻí “Ko e hā te ke lava ʻo akoʻi mai kau kia Sīsū Kalaisi?”16
Ne toʻo hake ʻe Palesiteni Nalesoni e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻo fakaava hake ki he 3 Nīfai 11. Naʻe lau fakataha ʻe Palesiteni Nalesoni mo e tuʻí e malanga ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ki he kau Nīfaí: “Vakai, ko au ko Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he kau palōfitá ʻe haʻu ki he māmaní. … Ko au ko e maama mo e moʻui ʻa e māmaní.”17
Naʻe foaki ange ʻe Palesiteni Nalesoni e Tohi ʻa Molomona ko iá ki he tuʻí, pea folofola ange e tuʻí, “Naʻá ke mei lava pē ʻo ʻomai haʻaku taiamoni pe makakoloa, ka ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe mahuʻinga ange kiate au ka ko e ʻilo lahi ange ki he ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí.”18
ʻOku ʻikai ko e sīpinga pē ia ʻe taha ki he founga ʻoku vahevahe ai ʻe hotau palōfita ʻofeiná e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Kuó ne tufa ha tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ki ha kakai ʻe laungeau, mo fakahoko maʻu pē haʻane fakamoʻoni kia Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻI he taimi ʻoku feʻiloaki ai ʻa Palesiteni Nalesoni mo ha kau fakaafe, kau palesiteni, tuʻi, taki fakapuleʻanga, taki ʻo e pisinisi mo e ngaahi kautahá mo e ngaahi tui fakalotu kehekehé, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ʻi he ngaahi ʻuluʻiʻōfisi ʻo e Siasí pe ʻi honau ngaahi feituʻú, ʻokú ne foaki atu ʻi he loto-ʻapasia e tohí ni ko ha folofola ne maʻu ʻi he fakahā. Naʻá ne mei lava pē ia ʻo foaki kiate kinautolu ha ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻoku kofukofuʻi ʻaki ha līpine pea hili ʻi ha ʻū tēpile pe tesi pe toloa ko ha fakamanatu ʻo ʻene ʻaʻahí. Neongo ia, ʻokú ne foaki e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga taha kiate iá, ʻo laka ange ia he makakoloá mo e taiamoní, ʻo hangē ko e folofola ʻa e tuʻí.
Kuo pehē ʻe Palesiteni Nalesoni, “ʻOku maʻu ʻe he ngaahi moʻoni ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻa e mālohi ke faitoʻo, fakanonga, fakafoki, tokoniʻi, fakamālohia, fakafiemālieʻi, mo fakafiefiaʻi hotau laumālié.”19 Kuó u mamata ki hono puke maʻu e ngaahi tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻe kinautolu ne nau maʻu ia mei hotau palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá. He ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha meʻaʻofa lelei ange ai.
Naʻá ne toki feʻiloakí ni mo e hoa ʻo e palesiteni ʻo Kemipiá ʻi hono ʻōfisí ʻo ne foaki ange ki ai ʻi he loto-fakatōkilalo haʻane Tohi ʻa Molomona. Naʻe ʻikai ko ia pē. Naʻá ne fakaava hono ngaahi pēsí ke na lau fakataha, ke akoʻi mo fakamoʻoni kia Sīsū Kaliaisi, ki Heʻene Fakaleleí, mo ʻEne ʻofa ki he fānau kotoa ʻa e ʻOtuá—ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē.
ʻOku fakahoko ʻe hotau palōfita moʻuí ʻa ʻene tafaʻakí ko hono lōmakiʻi ʻa e māmaní ʻaki e Tohi ʻa Molomoná.20 Ka he ʻikai te ne lava ʻo fakahoko toko taha ia. Kuo pau ke tau muimui ki heʻene sīpingá.
Ne ueʻi au ʻe heʻene sīpinga fakalaumālié, kuó u feinga ʻi he loto-fakatōkilalo mo fakamaatoato ange ke vahevahe atu e Tohi ʻa Molomoná.
Kimuí ni mai ne u folau atu ʻi ha fatongia ki Mousemipiiki. ʻOku faingataʻaʻia e kakai ʻo e fonua fakaʻofoʻofá ni ʻi he masivá, mahamahakí, taʻe maʻu ngāué, afaá, mo e moveuveu fakapolitikalé. Ne u lāngilangiʻia ke feʻiloaki mo e palesiteni ʻo e fonuá, ko Filipe Neiasi. ʻI heʻene kolé, ne u lotua ia mo hono fonuá; ne u talaange kiate ia naʻa tau langa ha temipale ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi21 ʻi hono fonuá. ʻI he ʻosi ʻema ʻaʻahí, ne u foaki kiate ia ha tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻi he lea faka-Potukalí, ko ʻene lea fakafonuá ia. ʻI heʻene tali fiefia e tohí, ne u fakamoʻoni ki he ʻamanaki lelei mo e talaʻofa maʻa hono kakaí, ʻoku maʻu ʻi he ngaahi folofola ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he ngaahi peesi ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná.22
Ne ʻi ai ha taimi ne u feʻiloaki ai mo hoku uaifi ko Melanií, mo e Tuʻi ko Letisia III ʻo Lesofó mo e Kuiní ʻi hona ʻapí.23 Kiate kimauá, ko e tumutumu ia ʻo ʻema ʻaʻahí ko hono foaki kiate kinaua ha tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná mo hono vahevahe ange ʻeku fakamoʻoní. ʻI heʻeku manatu ki he aʻusia ko iá mo e ngaahi meʻa kehé, ʻokú ne fakamanatu mai kiate au ha veesi mei he folofola kimui ní: “Koeʻuhí ke lava ʻo malanga ʻaki hono kakato ʻo ʻeku ongoongoleleí ʻe he kau vaivaí mo e kau maʻulaló ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo e māmaní, pea ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ngaahi tuʻí mo e kau pulé.”24
Kuó u vahevahe e Tohi ʻa Molomoná mo e ʻAmipasitoa ʻo ʻInitia ki he Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá ʻi Sinivá, ʻInitila Mani Penitī25; pea mo ʻEne Pēteliake Toputapu ko Pātolomiú26 ʻo e Siasi ʻOfotokisī Hahaké mo ha niʻihi kehe tokolahi. Kuó u ongoʻi e Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí ʻiate kimautolu ʻi heʻeku ʻoange fakataautaha kiate kinautolu ʻa e “maka-tuʻu-loto [ko ʻeni] ʻo ʻetau tui fakalotú”27 mo fakahoko ʻeku fakamoʻoni kia Sīsū Kalaisi, ko e makatuliki ʻo ʻetau tuí.28
ʻOku ʻikai fie maʻu ia ke ke ʻalu ki Mousemipiiki pe ʻInitia pe feʻiloaki mo ha ngaahi tuʻi pe kau taki ke foaki ki ha taha e tohi ko ʻeni ʻo e ngaahi akonaki mo e talaʻofa toputapú. ʻOku ou fakaafeʻi kimoutolu, ʻi he ʻahó ni, ke foaki ha Tohi ʻa Molomona ki hoʻo ngaahi kaungāmeʻá mo e fāmilí, kaungāngāué, ko hoʻo faiako soká, pe tangata fakatau vesitapolo ʻi hoʻo māketí. ʻOku nau fiemaʻu e ngaahi folofola ʻa e ʻEikí ʻoku maʻu ʻi he tohí ni. ʻOku nau fiemaʻu ha tali ki he ngaahi fehuʻi fakaʻahó mo e moʻui taʻengata ka hoko maí. ʻOku nau fiemaʻu ke ʻilo ki he hala ʻo e fuakavá kuo tuku mai maʻanautolú pea mo e ʻofa tuʻu maʻu ʻa e ʻEikí maʻanautolú. ʻOku maʻu kotoa ia ʻi heni ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná.
ʻI he taimi ʻokú ke foaki ai kiate kinautolu ha Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ʻokú ke ʻoange ai hanau faingamālie ke nau ako mo ongoʻi e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke ke toʻo holo ha ngaahi tatau ʻo e tohi kuo pākí. ʻE faingofua pē haʻo vahevahe ia mei hoʻo telefoni toʻotoʻó mei he konga ʻo e ngaahi folofolá ʻi he polokalama ʻa e Gospel Library.29
Fakakaukau kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻe lava ke tāpuekina ʻenau moʻuí ʻe he ongoongoleleí, pea ʻave leva kiate kinautolu ha tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná mei hoʻo telefoní. Manatuʻi ke fakakau ai hoʻo fakamoʻoní mo e founga kuo tāpuekina ai he tohí ni ʻa hoʻo moʻuí.
Siʻoku ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻofeina, ʻi heʻeku hoko ko ha ʻAposetolo ʻa e ʻEikí, ʻoku ou fakaafeʻi kimoutolu ke muimui ki hotau palōfita ʻofeina ko Palesiteni Nalesoní, ʻi hono lomākiʻi ʻaki e māmaní e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. ʻOku fuʻu lahi e fiemaʻú; pea ʻoku fiemaʻu ke tau ngāue leva he taimí ni. ʻOku ou palōmesi atu te ke kau ʻi he “ngāue maʻongoʻonga taha ʻi he māmaní,” ko hono tānaki ʻo ʻIsilelí,30 ʻi hono tataki fakalaumālie koe ke tokoniʻi ʻa kinautolu kuo “kei taʻofi mei he moʻoní koeʻuhí he ʻoku ʻikai pē te nau ʻilo ʻa e feituʻu ke ʻiloʻi ai iá.”31 ʻOku nau fie maʻu hoʻo fakamoʻoni ki he founga kuo liliu ai ʻe he tohí ni hoʻo moʻuí mo tataki koe ke ke ofi ange ki he ʻOtuá, ʻEne melinó,32 pea mo ʻEne “ongoongo ʻo e fiefia lahí.”33
ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu fakalangi ke teuteuʻi e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻi ʻAmelika ʻi he kuonga muʻá ke ʻomi ke ne fakahaaʻi e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ke ʻomi ai ha ngaahi laumālie kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo ʻEne ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki mai “ʻi he ʻaho ní.” ʻI he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.