Naʻe ʻIkai Ke Tuku e Angi ʻa e Matangí
Te tau lava ʻo tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau fakalakalaka ʻi heʻenau fononga ke maʻu e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá.
ʻI he 2015, ʻi he vahefonua ʻo Penamipuko, Palāsilá, naʻe fengāueʻaki fakataha ha kau mēmipa ʻe toko 62 ʻo e Sōsaieti Lao J. Lūpeni Kalaké mo e ʻŌfisi Talatalaakí ʻi hono fakatotoloʻi ʻa e ngaahi pole fakalao ʻo e kakai ʻi he ngaahi ʻapi kehekehe ʻe fā ʻoku tauhi ai e kau toulekeleká. ʻI ha houa ʻe nima ʻi ha ʻaho Tokonaki ʻe taha naʻe fakaʻekeʻeke taha taha ʻe he kau loea ko ʻení ha toko 200 tupu naʻe nofo ʻi he nofoʻangá, ʻa ia kuo ngalo kinautolu ʻi he sōsaietí.
Lolotonga ʻenau ngaahi fakaʻekeʻeké, naʻa nau ʻilo ai ha ngaahi hia kehekehe kuo fakahoko ki he kau toulekeleká hangē ko hono liʻaki, ngaohikovia, mo hano ngāue hala ʻaki e paʻangá. Ko ha konga mahuʻinga ʻo e sōsaieti lao ko ʻení ko hono tokangaekina ʻa e masivá mo e faingataʻaʻiá. Hili pē ha māhina ʻe ua mei ai, naʻe lava ʻa e talatalaakí ʻo fakaʻilo ʻa e niʻihi ne kaunga ki aí.
Ko ʻenau tokoní ko ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ia ʻo e akonaki ʻa e Tuʻi ko Penisimaní “ʻo ka mou ka ʻi he tauhi ʻo homou kāingá, ʻoku mou ʻi he tauhi pē ʻo homou ʻOtuá.”
Naʻá ku fakaʻekeʻeke ha tokotaha lolotonga ʻa e polōseki taʻetotongí (pro bono) ko ha fefine angaʻofa taʻu 93 ko Lūsia. Naʻá ne fakahua mai ʻi heʻene houngaʻia ʻi heʻemau ngāué, “Ta mali kitaua!”
Naʻá ku ʻohovale mo tali ange: “Sio atu ki he finemui fakaʻofoʻofa ko eé! Ko hoku uaifí ia pea ko e loea fakavahefonuá ia.”
Naʻá ne tali vave mai: “Pea ko e ʻai ke hā? ʻOku kei siʻi ia mo talavou pea ʻe faingofua pē haʻane toe mali. Ko koe pē ʻoku ou maʻú!”
Naʻe ʻikai ke fakaleleiʻi kotoa ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ʻa e kau toulekeleka fakaʻofoʻofá ʻi he ʻaho ko iá. Naʻe ʻikai ha toe veiveiua ʻenau hokohoko atu ke aʻusia ha ngaahi faingataʻa mei he taimi ki he taimi ʻo hangē ko e kakai Sēletí ʻi honau ngaahi vaká ʻi he fononga faingataʻa ki he fonua ʻo e talaʻofá, ʻo “ngalo hifo ʻi he ngaahi loloto ʻo e tahí, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi fuʻu peau lalahi naʻe lōmakiʻi ʻa kinautolú.”
Ka ʻi he Tokonaki ko iá, naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe kinautolu ʻi he tauhiʻanga ʻo e kau toulekeleká, neongo hono fakangaloki kinautolu ʻe he sōsaietí, ka naʻe ʻafioʻi fakataautaha kinautolu ʻe ha Tamai Hēvani ʻofa, ‘a e Tokotaha ‘okú Ne tali ʻo aʻu ki he lotu faingofua tahá.
Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ʻEiki ʻo e ngaahi ʻeikí ke tō mai “ha fuʻu matangi fakamanavahē” ke puhi ʻa e kakai Sēletí ki he ngaahi tāpuaki kuo talaʻofá. ʻOku tatau pē mo e malava ke tau fili ke hoko ko ha tuʻoni matangi tokoni ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo e ʻEikí. Hangē pē ko e “ʻikai tuku ʻa e angi ʻa e matangí” ke puhi ʻa e kau Sēletí ki he fonua ʻo e talaʻofá, te tau lava ʻo tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau fakalakalaka ʻi heʻenau fononga ke maʻu e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá.
ʻI he ngaahi taʻu lahi kuohilí, ʻi he taimi ne ʻinitaviu ai au mo hoku uaifi ʻofeina ko Kālisí ki hoku uiuiʻi ke hoko ko ha pīsopé, naʻe kole mai ʻe heʻemau palesiteni fakasiteikí ke u fakakaukau ʻi he faʻa lotu ki ha ngaahi hingoa ke fokotuʻu ko hoku ongo tokoni. Hili ʻene fanongo ki he ongo hingoa ne u fokotuʻu angé, naʻá ne talamai ʻoku totonu ke u ʻiloʻi ha ngaahi meʻa fekauʻaki mo ha taha ʻo e ongo tangatá.
ʻUluakí, naʻe ʻikai lava ʻa e tangata ko ʻení ʻo laukonga. Uá, naʻe ʻikai haʻane meʻalele ke ne ngāue ʻaki ke ʻaʻahi ai ki he kāingalotú. Tolú, naʻá ne tui maʻu pē—maʻu pē—ha matasioʻata laʻā ki he lotú. Neongo ʻa e ngaahi hohaʻa moʻoni ʻa e palesitení, ka naʻá ku kei ongoʻi mālohi pē ʻoku totonu ke u fokotuʻu ia ke hoko ko hoku tokoni, pea naʻe poupou ki ai ʻa e palesiteni siteikí.
Ko e Sāpate ko ia naʻe hikinimaʻi ai au mo hoku ongo tokoní ʻi he houalotu sākalamēnití, naʻe ʻilonga pē ʻa e ʻohovale ʻa e kāingalotú. Naʻe lue māmālie mai ʻa e tangatá ni ki he tuʻunga malangá, ʻa ia ne huluʻi ai ʻe he maama ʻi ʻolungá ʻa hono matasioʻata laʻaá.
ʻI heʻene tangutu ʻi hoku tafaʻakí, naʻá ku ʻeke ange, “Tokoua, ʻoku palopalema hoʻo vakaí?”
Naʻá ne pehē mai, “ʻIkai.”
“Ko e hā leva e ʻuhinga ʻokú ke tui matasioʻata laʻā ai ʻi he lotú?” Ko au atu ia. “Siʻoku kaungāmeʻa, ʻoku fiemaʻu ke sio e kāingalotú ki ho fofongá, pea ʻe pau ke ke lava foki ʻo sio lelei ange ai kiate kinautolu.”
ʻI he momeniti ko iá, naʻá ne toʻo hono matasioʻatá pea naʻe ʻikai pē ke ne toe tui mai ia ki he lotú.
Naʻe ngāue pē ʻa e tokoua ʻofeina ko ʻení ʻi hoku tafaʻakí ʻo aʻu ki hono tukuange au mei he pīsopé. ʻI he ʻaho ní, ʻokú ne kei hokohoko atu pē ke ngāue faivelenga ʻi he Siasí pea ko ha sīpinga ia ʻo e ngāue mateaki mo e tukupā ki he ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí. Ka ʻi he ngaahi taʻu kimuʻá, naʻá ne hoko ko ha taha taʻeʻiloa ne tui matasioʻata laʻā pē ʻo ʻikai fakatokangaʻi ʻene tangutu ʻi he sea ʻi falelotú. ʻOku ou faʻa fifili, “Ko e ngaahi tokoua mo e tuofāfine faivelenga nai ʻe toko fiha ʻoku tau tangutu fakataha he ʻahó ni ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fakatokangaʻí?”
ʻOku tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau ʻiloa pe taʻeʻiloa, kuo pau pē ke hoko mai ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻá kiate kitautolu takitaha. ʻI heʻetau tafoki ki he Fakamoʻuí, te Ne lava ʻo “fakatapui ʻa [hotau] ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá ke hoko ko ha tāpuaki kiate [kitautolu]” pea tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau tali hotau ngaahi faingataʻá ʻi ha founga te ne tokoniʻi ʻetau fakalakalaka fakalaumālié. Te tau lava ʻo hoko ko e matangi “naʻe ʻikai [ke] tuku [ʻene] angí,” ke ʻomi ʻa e ʻamanaki leleí pea mo tataki ʻa e niʻihi kehé ki he hala ʻo e fuakavá, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau fai ia maʻá e kakai ʻoku nofo ʻi he tauhiʻanga ʻo e kau toulekeleká, ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ne fakamaauʻi hala, pe ko ha taha pē.
Naʻe fai ʻe hotau palōfita ʻofeina ko Palesiteni Lāsolo M. Nalesoní, ha fakaafe fakafiefia mo fakalaumālie ki he toʻu tupú: “ʻOku ou toe fakapapauʻi mālohi atu … e meʻa ne kole mai ʻe he ʻEikí ki he talavou moʻui taau kotoa pē ʻe malavá, ke teuteu ke ʻalu ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau. Ki he kau talavou ʻo e Siasí, ko e ngāue fakafaifekaú ko ha fatongia ia ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. … Kiate kimoutolu kau finemui ʻoku malavá, ko ha faingamālie mālohi lahi foki e ngāue fakafaifekaú, ʻo ka ke ka loto ki ai.”
Ko e ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻoku tali ai ʻe he kau talavou mo e kau finemui ʻe laui afe ʻa e ui fakaepalōfita ʻa e ʻEikí, ʻaki ʻenau ngāue ko ha kau faifekau. ʻOku mou fisifisimuʻa, pea hangē ko e lea ʻa Palesiteni Nalesoní, ʻoku malava ke “lahi ange [homou] ivi tākiekina he māmaní ʻi ha toe toʻu tangata ange kimuʻa!” ʻIo, ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga ia te ke hoko ko hoʻo tuʻunga lelei tahá ʻi he momeniti pē te ke tuʻu ai he senitā akoʻanga fakafaifekaú.
Kae mahalo te ke ongoʻi hangē ko Nīfaí, ʻo “tataki [koe] ʻe he Laumālié, ʻo ʻikai te [ke] tomuʻa ʻilo ʻa e meʻa te [ke] faí. Ka naʻá [ke] ʻalu atu pē.”
Mahalo te ke ongoʻi veiveiua hangē ko Selemaiá peá ke fakaʻamu ke ke pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai te u faʻa lea: he ko e tamasiʻi au.”
Mahalo te ke vakai ki hoʻo ngaahi vaivai fakafoʻituituí peá ke fakaʻamu ke ke kalanga hangē ko Mōsesé, ʻo pehē: “ʻE hoku ʻEiki, ʻoku ʻikai ko e leʻo afea au … : ka ko e lea tōʻohi au, mo e ʻelelo tōʻohi.”
Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha taha ʻiate kimoutolu kau talavou mo e kau finemui ʻofeina ʻokú ne maʻu ha fakakaukau peheni he taimí ni, manatuʻi kuo folofola mai e ʻEikí, “ʻOua naʻá ke pehē, ko e tamasiʻi koe: ka ke ʻalu kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ou fekau koe ki aí.” Pea ʻokú Ne, talaʻofa mai, “Pea ko ʻeni, ke ke ʻalu, pea ko au, te u ʻi ho ngutú, ke ako kiate koe ʻa ia te ke lea ʻakí.”
ʻE hoko hoʻo liliu mei ho tuʻunga fakakakanó ki he tuʻunga fakalaumālié ʻi he “ʻotu lea ki he ʻotu lea, ʻa e akonaki ki he akonaki” ʻi hoʻo fāifeinga fakamaatoato ke ngāue maʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he malaʻe ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú, ʻo fakafou ʻi he fakatomala fakaʻahó, tuí, talangofua kakató, mo e ngāue mālohi ke “fekumi maʻu pē, akoʻi ʻa e fakatomalá, mo papitaiso ʻa e kau uluí.”
Neongo te ke tui ha pine hingoa, ka te ke lava ʻo ongoʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai fakatokangaʻi pe kuó ke ngalo. Ka kuo pau ke ke ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻi ai haʻo Tamai Hēvani haohaoa, ʻokú Ne ʻafioʻi fakafoʻituitui koe, pea mo ha Fakamoʻui ʻokú Ne ʻofa ʻiate koe. ʻE ʻi ai hoʻo kau taki fakamisiona, neongo ʻenau ngaahi tōnounoú, ka te nau tokoniʻi koe hangē ko e “[matangi ʻoku] ʻikai tuku [ʻene] angí” ʻi hono tataki koe ʻi ho hala fononga ʻo e ului fakatāutahá.
ʻI he “fonua ʻoku mahutafea ʻi he huʻa huhú mo e honé” te ke ngāue ʻi ho misioná, ʻe fanauʻi foʻou fakalaumālie ai koe pea te ke hoko ko ha ākonga ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi he toenga hoʻo moʻuí ʻi hoʻo ʻunuʻunu ke ofi kiate Iá. Te ke ʻiloʻi ai ʻoku ʻikai ke ke teitei ngalo.
Neongo ʻe tatali ha niʻihi “[ʻo] fuoloa” ke maʻu ha tokoni, he ʻoku “ʻikai ha tangata” ʻe lava ʻo fai leva ʻa e tokoni kiate kinautolú, ka kuo akoʻi mai ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻoku ʻikai teitei ngalo ha taha ʻiate Ia. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, naʻá Ne hoko ko ha sīpinga haohaoa ʻo e fekumi ki he toko tahá ʻi he momeniti kotoa pē ʻo ʻEne ngāue ʻi he māmaní.
Ko kitautolu takitaha—mo e niʻihi ʻoku tau feohí,—ʻoku tau fehangahangai mo ha ngaahi matangi fakafepaki mo e ngaahi kaupeau faingataʻa ʻoku nau lōmekina fakaʻaho kitautolu. Ka he “ʻikai tuku ʻa e angi ʻa e matangí ki he feituʻu ʻo e fonua ʻo e talaʻofá … ; pea [ʻe] pehē ʻa hono tekeʻi atu ʻa [kitautolu] ʻe he matangí.”
Te tau lava kotoa ʻo hoko ko ha konga ʻo e matangi ko ʻení—ʻa e matangi tatau naʻá ne tāpuekina ʻa e kakai Sēletí ʻi heʻenau fonongá pea mo e matangi tatau, ʻi heʻetau tokoní, te ne tāpuekina ʻa e niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai fakatokangaʻi pea kuo ngaló ke nau aʻu ki honau ngaahi fonua ʻo e talaʻofá.
ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ko Sīsū Kalaisi ʻa hotau Taukapo ki he Tamaí. Ko ha ʻOtua moʻui Ia pea ʻokú Ne hoko ko ha mātangi mālohi ke tataki maʻu pē kitautolu ʻi he hala ʻo e fuakavá. ʻI he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.