2010
ʻI ha Fanga Kiʻi Founga Iiki mo Faingofua
ʻAokosi 2010


ʻI ha Fanga Kiʻi Founga Iiki mo Faingofua

Elaine S. Dalton

ʻI he taimi ʻoku ou fakakaukau ai ki he ngaahi meʻa ne u ʻausia ʻi heʻeku kei finemuí, ʻoku ou fakakaukau ki he lahi fau ʻa e fanga kiʻi meʻa iiki mo faingofua naʻa nau fakamālohia ʻeku fakamoʻoní (vakai, ʻAlamā 37:6–7). Naʻe hangē pē e uooti ʻi heʻeku finemuí ha fuʻu fāmilí. Ko ʻene fai pē haʻamau kai fakauooti, naʻe haʻu e tokotaha kotoa pē ki ai. Ko e taimi naʻe fai ai ha pasā ʻa e Fineʻofá pe laka ʻa e Palaimelí, naʻe haʻu e tokotaha kotoa ki ai. Ko ʻemau moʻui fakasōsialé ʻa homau uōtí.

ʻI he foki ʻeku manatú ki he fuofua fakaʻaliʻali ʻa e uōtí ne u kau aí, ʻoku ou manatuʻi ʻemau faʻa ako faiva hengihengiá, ʻa e ngaahi lotú, ʻa e talanoa ki he niʻihi kehé lolotonga ʻemau tatali ke hoko ʻemau kongá, mo ʻemau feongoʻiʻaki loto-māfana ʻi heʻemau vali e ʻū fakatātā ki he faivá, fakaangaanga, mo mau ako fakatahá. Ko e ngaahi taimi ʻeni ne u vakai ai ki he ngāue moʻoni ʻa e ongoongoleleí ʻi he moʻui ʻa ha kakai moʻoni. Ne u sio he founga hono fakaleleiʻi ʻe heʻeku kau ʻetivaisá e ngaahi palopalemá, ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kau takí ʻi he lahi e ngaahi meʻa ke faí, ʻa e fengāueʻaki ʻa e ngaahi hoa malí, pea ne u fai ha ngaahi fili fakalongolongo ke u moʻui ʻaki e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻoku akoʻi kiate au ʻi he ʻaho Sāpaté. Naʻá ku ongoʻi e laumālié ʻi he taimi ne mau lotu ai ke hoko ha maná, hangē ko hano manatuʻi ʻemau ngaahi kongá pe ko e moʻui lelei ʻa ha taha ʻo e toʻu tupú.

ʻOku ʻikai te u manatuʻi ʻe au e ngaahi lea ne u fai he fakaʻaliʻalí, pe manatuʻi kotoa e ngaahi meʻa kehe naʻe hokó. Ka ʻoku ou manatuʻi ʻa e ongo ne u maʻu ʻi heʻemau fakahoko iá pea mo ʻeku mamata ki he fofonga ʻo e kau mēmipa ʻo homau uōtí ʻo sio ki heʻenau saiʻia aí mo ongoʻi ʻa ʻenau ʻofá.