Ngaahi Tali Mei he Kau Taki ʻo e Siasí
Founga Tokoni ki he Kau Faifekaú
ʻEletā David A. Bednar
ʻO e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá
Mei ha lea ʻi he konifelenisi lahi ʻo ʻEpeleli 2008.
ʻOku tau lotua ʻa e malu mo e lavameʻa ʻa e kau faifekaú ʻi he tapa kotoa pē ʻo māmaní. Pea ko ha konga angamaheni ia ʻo ʻetau ngaahi lotú ʻa e kole ke tataki e kau faifekaú ki ha niʻihi mo ha ngaahi fāmili ʻoku mateuteu ke maʻu ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo hono Toe Fakafoki mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí. Ka ko hono fakamulitukú, ko hota fatongiá ke kumi ha kakai ke akoʻi ʻe he kau faifekaú. ʻOku hoko ʻa e kau faifekaú ko ha kau faiako taimi kakato; ko kitauá ko ha kakai fekumi taimi kakato. Pea ʻi heʻeta hoko ko ha faifekau ʻi he toenga ʻo ʻeta moʻuí ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke ta lotua e kau faifekau taimi kakató ke nau fai ʻeta ngāué!
Kapau te tau lotu moʻoni pea kole ʻi he tuí, ʻo hangē ko Siosefa Sāmitá—kapau te tau lotu ʻaki e amanaki ke ngāué ʻo ʻikai ko e fakahaá ʻataʻatā pē—ʻe toki laka kimuʻa ʻa hono malanga ʻaki e ongoongoleleí ʻi ha founga ʻoku fakaofo moʻoni. ʻE lava ke kau ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻi he lotu ʻo e tuí:
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Fakamālō ki he Tamai Hēvaní koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi tokāteline mo e ngaahi ouau ʻo e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi kuo toe fakafoki maí ʻa ia ʻokú ne ʻomi e ʻamanaki leleí mo e fiefiá ki heʻetau moʻuí.
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Kole ha loto-toʻa mo ha loto-lahi ke lava ʻo lea pea vahevahe ʻa e ongoongoleleí ki hotau fāmilí mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá.
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Kole fakamātoato ki he Tamai Hēvaní ke Ne tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e niʻihi mo e ngaahi fāmili te nau tali ʻetau fakaafe ke akoʻi kinautolu ʻe he kau faifekaú ʻi [hotau] ngaahi ʻapí.
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Fakatukupaaʻi kitautolu ke tau fai hotau fatongiá ʻi he ʻahó ni mo e uiké ni—pea tautapa ke maʻu ha tokoni ke ikunaʻi ʻa e loto-hohaʻá, ilifiá, mo e veiveiuá.
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Fekumi ki he meʻafoaki ʻo e faʻa ʻiló—ʻa e matá ke mamata mo e telingá ke fanongo ʻi he hoko mai ha faingamālie ngāue fakafaifekaú.
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Lotu fakamātoato ke maʻu e mālohi ke ngāue ʻo fakatatau mo e meʻa ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku totonú.
ʻE fakahaaʻi e loto-houngaʻiá, pea mahalo naʻa kole ha ngaahi tāpuaki kehe ʻi ha faʻahinga lotu peheni, ʻa ia ʻe toki fakaʻosiʻaki e huafa ʻo e Fakamoʻuí. Pea ʻe toki hoko atu mo fakalahi ʻa e ngāue fakatapui ʻo e lotu ko iá.
ʻE lava ke fakahoko ʻa e sīpinga tatau ko ʻeni ʻo e fetuʻutaki ʻi he māʻoniʻoní mo e ngāue fakatapuí ʻi heʻetau ngaahi lotu maʻá e masivá mo e paeá mo e mahakí mo e faingataʻaʻiá, ngaahi fāmili mo e kaungāmeʻa ʻoku ongosiá pea mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai ke nau maʻulotú.
ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ʻoku ʻuhingamālie ange ʻa e lotú ʻi heʻetau kole ʻi he tui pea ngāué. ʻOku ou fakaafeʻi kitautolu hono kotoa ke tau lotu ʻi he tui ʻo kau ki he fekau mei he ʻOtuá ke tau malangaʻaki e ongoongoleleí. ʻI heʻetau fai ʻení, ʻoku ou palōmesi ʻe fakaava e ngaahi matapaá, pea ʻe tāpuakiʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻiloʻi mo ngāueʻi ʻa e ngaahi faingamālie ʻe hoko maí.