Ko Hono ʻOmi ʻo e Palaimelí ki ʻApí
ʻOku ʻAtā ki he Tokotaha Kotoa Pē ʻa e Ngaahi Tāpuaki ʻo e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí
ʻE lava ke ke fakaʻaongaʻi e lēsoni mo e ʻekitivitī ko ʻení ke ako lahi ange ai ki he kaveinga ʻa e Palaimelí ki he māhina ní.
ʻI he taimi naʻe liliu ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, naʻe ʻi ai haʻane fehuʻi mo ʻene tangata tohi ko ʻŌliva Kautelé. Naʻá na ō ki he vao ʻakaú ke lotua. Lolotonga ʻena lotú, “naʻe ʻalu hifo ha talafekau mei he langí ʻi ha ʻao ʻo e maama.” Ko e talafekau ko ʻení ko Sione Papitaiso. Naʻá ne hilifaki hono nimá ʻi he ʻulu ʻo Siosefa mo ʻŌlivá pea foaki ange kiate kinaua ʻa e Lakaga Taulaʻeiki Faka-ʻĒloné. Naʻe fekau ʻe Sione Papitaiso ʻa Siosefa mo ʻŌliva ke na fepapitaisoʻaki. Hili ha taimi nounou mei ai, ne omi ʻa e ʻAposetolo ko Pita, Sēmisi mo Sioné ki māmani ʻo fakanofo ʻa Siosefa mo ʻŌliva ki he Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-Melekisētekí. Kuo toe ʻi he māmaní ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeiki ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Vakai, Siosefa Sāmita—Hisitōliá 1:68–72.)
ʻE lava ke tau maʻu ha ngaahi tāpuaki mo ha ngaahi ouau fakaʻofoʻofa tuʻunga he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. ʻOku kau he ngaahi tāpuaki peheé ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku foaki ki he ngaahi pēpē foʻoú, kau mahakí, pea ki he fānaú ʻe heʻenau tamaí pe ko ha taha maʻu lakanga fakataulaʻeiki moʻui taau kehe. Kuo pau foki ke tau maʻu ha ngaahi ouau lakanga fakataulaʻeiki pau ke tau toe foki ai ki he Tamai Hēvaní. ʻOku kau ʻi he ngaahi ouau ʻe niʻihi ko ʻení ʻa e papitaiso ʻi he fakaukú, maʻu ʻo e meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, mo e ngaahi ouau fakatemipale toputapu te nau lava ʻo silaʻi fakataha ʻa e ngaahi fāmilí ke taʻe ngatá. ʻOku fakahoko foki he temipalé ʻa e ngaahi ouau maʻá e kakai kuo nau pekia ka naʻe ʻikai ke nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e ongoongoleleí. ʻOku ʻAtā ki he Tokotaha Kotoa Pē ʻa e Ngaahi Tāpuaki ʻo e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí!
Toʻohemá: Ko Hono Toe Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-Melekisētekí, tā ʻe Kenneth Riley © 1965 IRI; ʻi lotó: tā fakatātaaʻi ʻe Phyllis Luch © 1988 IRI; Tāpuakiʻi Kinautolu ʻi Hono Huafá, tā ʻe Walter Rane © IRI; toʻomataʻú: ngaahi tā fakatātaá fai ʻe Rebecca Miller