Kae ʻOua Ke Tau Toe Fakataha Mai
Naʻá ne Akoʻi Au ki he Fokotuʻutuʻu Fakalangi ʻo e Taʻengatá
Mei he Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt (1979), 297–98.
ʻOku ou lava he taimí ni ʻo ʻofa ʻaki ʻa e laumālié pea mo e mahinó foki.
Konga naʻe toʻo mei he Ko Siosefa Sāmita mo Hono Kaungāmeʻá, fai ʻe William Warner Major, ʻi he angalelei ʻa e Church History Museum
Naʻá ku maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi he toe fakataha mo Palesiteni [Siosefa] Sāmita ʻi Filatelifiá, pea feohi mo ia mo ha niʻihi kehe ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho lahi, pea mo e kāingalotu ʻi he koló mo e feituʻu ko iá.
Lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻinitaviu ko ʻení naʻá ne akoʻi mai ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni maʻongoʻonga mo nāunauʻia ʻo kau ki he ʻOtuá mo e fokotuʻutuʻu fakalangi ʻo e taʻengatá. Ne u maʻu meiate ia ʻi he taimi ko ʻení ʻa e fuofua fakakaukau ʻo e faʻunga ʻo e fāmili taʻengatá, pea mo e feohi taʻengata ʻo e tuʻunga fefine mo e tangatá ʻi he ngaahi vā feʻofaʻaki mo ʻikai lava fakamatalaʻi ko iá ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai mo ha toe taha ka ko e kau potó, maʻá mo loto-maʻá pe ʻoku nau ʻilo hono fakamahuʻingá, ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻi he fakavaʻe ʻo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku taau ke ui ko e fiefiá.
Talu ai mo ʻeku ako ke fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e feʻofaʻaki mo e feongoʻiʻaki fakakāingá mo ʻene kaungatonu ki he nofo fakataimi ko ʻení, ʻo hangē ko ha meʻa ʻoku fakafeangainga kakato mo e lotó, kae lava ke fenāpasi mo hono tuʻunga fakalangí.
Ko Siosefa Sāmitá naʻá ne akoʻi mai kiate au ʻa e founga hono fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻo e ngaahi vā feʻofaʻaki ʻa e tamaí mo e faʻeé, husepānití mo e uaifí; ʻo e tuongaʻané mo e tuofefiné, fohá mo e ʻōfefiné.
Ko ia ne u ako mei ai ʻe malava ʻa e uaifi kuó u filí ke fakamaʻu kiate au ki taimi mo e kotoa ʻo ʻitānití; pea ko e ngaahi feongoʻiʻaki mo e feʻofaʻaki ʻokú ne ʻōʻōfakiʻi kimauá ʻoku mapunopuna ia mei he matavai ʻo e ʻofa taʻengata fakalangí. Ko ia ne u ako mei ai ʻoku tau lava ke tanumaki ʻa e ʻofa ko ʻení, pea tupulaki mo fakatupulekina ai e meʻa tatau ki he kotoa ʻo e taʻengatá; lolotonga e hā mai e ola ʻo ʻetau feohi taʻengatá ʻi ha hako tokolahi hangē ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻo e langí, pe ko e ʻoneʻone ʻo e matātahí.
Ko ia ne u ako mei ai ʻa e tuʻunga fakaʻeiʻeiki mo e ikuʻanga moʻoni ʻo ha foha ʻo e ʻOtuá, kuo fakakofuʻi ʻaki ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeiki taʻengatá, ko e pēteliake mo e taki ʻo hono hako taʻefaʻalauá. Ko ia ne u ako mei ai ko e tuʻunga fakaʻeiʻeiki māʻolunga taha ʻo e tuʻunga fakaefefiné ko e, hoko ko ha kuini mo taulaʻeiki fefine ki hono husepānití, pea ke pule ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata ko e kuini fehuhu ʻo hono hako taʻefaʻalauá.
Naʻá ku ʻofa pē kimuʻa, ka naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻa hono ʻuhingá. Ka kuó u ʻofa ʻi he taimí ni—ʻaki ha haohaoa—ko ha tuʻunga ʻo e ongo kuo hiki hake, mo hākeakiʻi, ʻa ia te ne kilala hake hoku laumālié mei he tuʻunga fakataimi pē ʻo e kiʻi tāputa maʻulaló ni ke mafola ʻo hangē ko e ʻōsení. Naʻá ku ongoʻi moʻoni ko e ʻOtuá ko ʻeku Tamai fakalangí ia; ko Sīsū ko hoku tokoua, pea ko e uaifi ʻo hoku lotó ko ha hoa taʻengata, mo taʻe-faʻamate ia; ko ha ʻāngelo tauhi angaʻofa ia, kuo foaki mai kiate au ko ha fakafiemālie, mo ha kalauni ʻo e nāunau ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata. Ko hono fakanounoú, ʻoku ou lava he taimí ni ʻo ʻofa ʻaki ʻa e laumālié pea mo e mahinó foki.