Naʻa Nau Lea Kiate Kitautolu
Ko e hā ʻOku Totonu ke Tau Fai ʻi he Taimi ʻOku ʻIkai ke Tau ʻIlo ai ʻa e Meʻa ke Faí?
ʻOku ʻamanaki mai ʻa e ʻEikí te tau fakaʻekeʻeke, ako, mo ngāue ʻo aʻu pē ki he taimi ʻoku ʻikai ke tau maʻu ai ʻa e ʻilo haohaoá.
Hili ʻa e toutou taʻe malava ʻa Nīfai mo hono ngaahi tokouá ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi peleti palasá meia Lēpaní, ne ʻalu leva ʻa Nīfai ke fai ha feinga fakaʻosi, “ʻo ʻikai te [ne] tomuʻa ʻilo ʻa e meʻa [ke ne] faí” (1 Nīfai 4:6).
Kuo fehangahangai ha kau palōfita tokolahi ʻi he ngaahi kuongá mo e palopalema tatau ʻi he pau ke nau ngāue ʻi he tuí. Naʻe fekauʻi ʻa ʻĀtama ke ne fai ha ngaahi feilaulau ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻilo hono ʻuhingá (vakai, Mōsese 5:5–6). Naʻe tuku ʻe ʻĒpalahame hono fonua tupuʻangá kae fononga ki ha fonua foʻou ke hoko ko hono tofiʻa neongo naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻilo pe naʻe tuʻu ʻi fē (vakai, Hepelū 11:8; ʻĒpalahame 2:3, 6). Naʻe fononga ʻa Paula ki Selusalema ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻilo pe ko e hā ʻe hoko kiate ia ʻi he taimi ʻe aʻu atu aí (vakai, Ngāue 20:22). Naʻe tūʻulutui ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi he vaoʻakaú ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻilo pe ko e fē ʻa e siasi ʻoku tonu ke kau ki aí (vakai, Siosefa Sāmita—Hisitōlia 1:19).
ʻE lava pē ke tau fakatokangaʻi ʻoku tau ʻi ha ngaahi tūkunga ʻe fie maʻu ai ke tau fai ha ngāue ka ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ke faí. Kae mālō, he ʻoku akoʻi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi ʻolungá, ki ha ngaahi founga ke tau laka atu ai ki muʻa neongo ʻa ʻene taʻe paú.
Naʻe poupouʻi ʻe Nīfai hono ngaahi tokouá ke nau faivelenga ʻi hono tauhi ʻo e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻEikí (vakai, 1 Nīfai 4:1). Pea naʻá ne toki ngāue leva ʻi he tui ko iá. Naʻe “totolo atu ki he loto koló, ʻo … ʻalu atu ki he fale ʻo Lēpaní,” ʻo “tataki [ia] ʻe he Laumālié” (1 Nīfai 4:5–17). Naʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻi hono fakahā ange ʻe he Laumālié kiate ia ʻa e meʻa ke faí ka naʻe toe ʻoange mo e ʻuhinga ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke ne fakahoko iá (vakai, 1 Nīfai 4:12–14).
Naʻe tali ʻe ʻĀtama ʻaki haʻane “talangofua … ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻEikí” (Mōsese 5:5). Naʻe ngāue ʻa ʻĒpalahame ʻi he tuí, pea ko hono olá, “naʻe ʻāunofo ai ʻi he fonua ʻo e talaʻofá” (Hepelū 11:9). Naʻe fili ʻa Paula ke ʻoua naʻa ilifia ki he “ngaahi haʻí mo e ngaahi meʻa fakamamahí” kae fakaʻosi ʻene ngāue naʻá ne “maʻu mei he ʻEiki [ko] Sīsuú” (Ngāue 20:23–24). Naʻe fakalaulauloto ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ki he ngaahi folofolá mo fakapapau ke muimui ʻi he fakaafe ke ne “kole ki he ʻOtuá” (Siosefa Sāmita—Hisitōlia 1:13).
Ko Hotau Fatongia ke Ngāué
ʻOku fakatokanga mai ʻa e folofolá ko e taʻe-ʻiló ʻoku ʻikai ko ha ʻuhinga ia ki hono taʻe-fakahokó. Naʻe “holi [ʻa Nīfai] ke [ne] ʻilo ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe mamata ki ai [ʻene] tamaí,” peá ne fakalaulauloto ki ai ʻi hono lotó, pea naʻe “ʻave [ia] ʻe he Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí” (1 Nīfai 11:1). Lolotonga iá, naʻe fakamoleki ʻe Leimana mo Lemiuela hona taimí ʻi he “fakakikihi ʻo kau ki he ngaahi meʻa kuo lea ʻaki ʻe [Līhai] kiate kinautolú” (1 Nīfai 15:2).
ʻOku ʻamanaki ʻa e ʻEikí te tau fakaʻekeʻeke, ako, mo ngāue—neongo ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa ʻe malava pē ke tau taʻe ʻilo ki ai ʻi he moʻui ko ʻení. Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ko iá ko e houa ʻo ʻEne Hāʻele ʻAngaua Maí. Naʻá Ne folofola, “Ko ia, leʻo: he ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo ʻa e feituʻu laʻā ko ia ʻe haʻu ai homou ʻEikí” (Mātiu 24:42). Koeʻuhí ko e taʻepau ko ʻení, naʻe faleʻi ai ʻe Palesiteni Uilifooti Utalafi (1807–98) ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ke nau teuteu, ka naʻá ne fakapapauʻi ange ʻe kei hoko atu pē ʻene tō ʻa e ʻuluʻakau ko e selí.1
Naʻe pehē ʻe ʻEletā Lisiate G. Sikoti ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, “[Ko e taimi ʻokú ke moʻui taau ai pea taau hoʻo filí mo e ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Fakamoʻuí pea fie maʻu ke ke ngāué, fakahoko ia ʻi he loto falala.” Naʻe toe hoko atu ʻa ʻEletā Sikoti ʻo pehē, kapau te tau ongoʻingofua ʻa e ueʻi ʻa e Laumālié, “[ʻe hoko mai ha fakakaukau fiemohea, ʻo fakamahino ʻoku ʻikai ko ha fili totonu ia, pe ko ha nonga mo ha ongoʻi māfana ʻi he lotó, ko e fakamahino naʻe totonu hoʻo filí] [vakai, T&F 9:8–9]. Ko e taimi ʻokú ke moʻui angatonu ai mo ngāue ʻi he loto falalá, he ʻikai tuku ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ke tō atu ki tuʻa taʻe ʻoatu ha ongo ko ha fakatokanga kapau naʻá ke fai ʻa e fili ʻoku halá.”2
Fakamoʻoniʻi ki he ʻEikí
ʻOku ʻi ai ha ongo meʻa ʻe ua mei heʻeku moʻuí—ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ke u fakapapauʻi ai ʻa e meʻa ke faí—ʻokú ne fakamahino hono mahuʻinga ʻo e talangofua ki he ngaahi fekaú mo muimui ki he kau palōfita moʻuí. Naʻe ʻosi ʻeku paʻangá ʻi heʻeku ʻi he ʻunivēsití, ko ia ne u kumi leva haʻaku ngāue fakataimi. Ko e taimi naʻe maʻu ai ʻeku ʻuluaki sieké, naʻe ʻikai ke u ʻilo pe ʻe feʻunga ke u aʻu ai ki he vahe hono hokó. Ka naʻá ku manatuʻi e talaʻofa ʻa e ʻEikí fekauʻaki mo e vahehongofulú: “[Mo u] ʻahiʻahiʻi ai au … pe te u fakaava ʻa e ngaahi matapā ʻo e langí pe ʻikai, peá u lilingi hifo kiate kimoutolu ha tāpuaki” (Malakai 3:10).
Naʻá ku pehē leva ke u fakamoʻoniʻi ki he ʻEikí. Naʻá ku ʻuluaki totongi ʻeku vahehongofulú, peá Ne tāpuakiʻi ai au ke u moʻui. Naʻá ku ako heni ke u falala ki Heʻene ngaahi talaʻofá.
Hili ha ngaahi taʻu lahi mei ai, kuo ʻi ai haʻama fānau kei iiki mo Sisitā ʻĒlisi pea naʻá ku toki kamata ʻi ha ngāue foʻou, ka ne fetongi ʻe hoku pulé ʻa e palani ʻo e maluʻi fakafaitoʻó. Naʻe mei ʻosi ʻa e palani motuʻá ʻi he ʻaho ʻuluaki ʻo Suné pea kamata ʻa e palani foʻoú he ʻaho ʻuluaki ʻo Siulaí, ʻo ʻikai ai ke ʻi ai haʻama maluʻi ʻi ha māhina ʻe taha. Naʻe ʻikai ke ma ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ke faí, ka ʻi he taimi ko ʻení, ne ma manatuʻi ha lea naʻe fai ʻe Palesiteni N. ʻEletoni Tena (1898–1982) ʻa ia naʻá ne faleʻi ai ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ke ʻi ai maʻu pē haʻanau maluʻi fakafaitoʻo.3
Naʻá ku talanoa leva mo e kautahá, pea mau aleaʻi ha aleapau ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku hoko atu pē maluʻí ʻi he lolotonga e māhina ko Suné. ʻI he ʻaho 28 ʻo Suné, ne tō ai ʻema tamasiʻi lahi ko Metí (Matt) mei he papa tulihopo māʻolunga he vaikaukauʻanga ʻo e kaungāʻapí ʻo ta he funga faliki simá. Naʻe mafahi hono ngeʻesi ʻulú pea uesia hono ʻutó. Naʻe ʻoatu fakavavevave ia ʻi ha helikopeta ki he falemahakí, ʻo faitoʻo ai ia ʻe ha kau mataotao. Naʻe fuʻu lahi fau hono totongí pea naʻá ne mei uesia lahi fakapaʻanga kimautolu. Meʻa mālié, he naʻe totongi ʻe he maluʻi fakafaitoʻó ʻa e konga lahi ʻo hono faitoʻó.
Ko e Hā ʻOku Totonu Ke Tau Faí?
Ko e hā leva ʻoku totonu ke tau fai ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻilo ai ʻa e meʻa ke fai? ʻOku ʻikai fie maʻu ke tau sio mamaʻo mei he kau palōfitá, folofolá, mo e Fakamoʻuí ke maʻu ha tali. ʻOku akoʻi kitautolu ʻe he ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni mahuʻinga ko ʻení ke tau:
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Fekumi ki he talí ʻi he ako pea mo e lotu.
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Talangofua ki he ngaahi fekaú.
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Falala ki he ʻEikí mo ʻEne ngaahi Talaʻofá.
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Muimui he palōfitá
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Laka atu ʻi he tui, kae ʻoua ʻe ilifia.
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Fakahoko hotau misioná.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi sitepú ni taki taha, ʻofa ke tau muimui ai ʻi he faleʻi ʻa Palesiteni Poiti K. Pēká, ko e Palesiteni ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá: “Muimui maʻu pē, ʻo maʻu ai pē, ki he ngaahi ueʻi ʻa e Laumālié.”4
Faitā ʻa Matthew Reier
Naʻe tuku ʻe ʻĒpalahame hono fonua tupuʻangá kae fononga ki ha fonua foʻou ke hoko ko hono tofiʻa neongo naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻilo pe naʻe tuʻu ʻi fē. Naʻá ne fakahoko ʻeni ʻi he tui pea, ko hono olá, “naʻe ʻāunofo ʻi he fonua ʻo e talaʻofá.”
ʻOku ʻikai fie maʻu ke tau sio ʻo mamaʻo atu mei he kau palōfitá, ngaahi folofolá, pea mo e Fakamoʻuí ke maʻu ha tali.
Toʻohemá: Ko e Mavahe ʻa ʻĒpalahame mei Hālaní, tā ʻe Bernard Benton; toʻomataʻú: tā fakatātaaʻi ʻe Gregg Thorkelson