“Te u Lava Fēfē Nai ʻo Toe Ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālié?,” Liahona, ʻOkatopa 2022.
Ngaahi Leʻo ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní
Te u Lava Fēfē Nai ʻo Toe Ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālié?
ʻI hono hivaʻi ʻe he kuaeá ʻa e “Sīsū ē Ne ʻAloʻi,” naʻe kamata ke holo e ʻā fakapoʻuli naʻá ne ʻākilotoa aú.
Naʻa mo e ngaahi taimi faingataʻa tahá, kuó u ongoʻi maʻu pē ha nonga ʻi hoku ngaahi ʻahiʻahí ʻo fakafou ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní. Ka naʻe liliu ia ʻi he taimi naʻá ku faingataʻaʻia ai ʻi he mamahi naʻá ne ʻai ke u tokoto ʻi ha māhina ʻe ua.
Naʻe fakaʻau ke siʻisiʻi ange ʻa e mamahí hili e ʻosi hoku faitoʻó, ka naʻe kamata ke u fefaʻuhi mo e loto-mafasiá. ʻI he taimi tatau, naʻe hangē kiate au kuo mole ʻeku malava ke ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālié.
ʻI ha māhina ʻe ono, naʻá ku ongoʻi liʻekina peá u fakaʻamu lahi ke u toe ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālié. Naʻe taimi lōloa pea langa e taimi fakaakeaké, ʻa ia naʻe hangē naʻe toe fakatupu lotosiʻí taʻe kau ai ʻa e Laumālié.
Naʻá ku talanoa mo ʻeku pīsopé, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ʻoku hanga ʻe he loto-mafasiá ʻo fakapuliki e Laumālié he taimi ʻe niʻihi ke ʻoua te tau ongoʻi ia. Naʻe fakafiemālieʻi au ʻe heʻene faleʻí, pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe ha tāpuaki lakanga fakataulaʻeiki mei hoku husepānití ha mālohi lahi ange ʻi heʻeku tatali ke u toe ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.
Naʻe hoko maʻu pē ʻa e konifelenisi lahí ko ha maʻuʻanga ivi fakalaumālie kiate au, ka ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e fakataha kamata ʻo e konifelenisi lahi ʻo ʻEpeleli 2019, naʻe ʻikai ke u ongoʻi ha meʻa. Naʻe liliu ʻeni lolotonga e fakataha hono hokó ʻi he taimi naʻe hivaʻi ai ʻe ha kuaea fakatahataha mei he ʻUnivēsiti Pilikihami ʻIongí ʻa e “Sīsū ē Ne ʻAloʻi.”1
Naʻe fakamolū hoku lotó ʻe he fakalea mo e fakatātā ne u sioloto ki ai ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ko ha lamí. Naʻá ku fakatokangaʻi kuo fakapuliki ʻe ha ʻā ʻo e ʻitá, loto-mafasiá, mo e ongoʻi liʻekiná ʻeku malava ke ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālié. Ne ʻākilotoa au ʻe ha ʻā fakapoʻuli, ʻo faingataʻa ai ke u ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālié ʻi hoku lotó. ʻI he taimi naʻe hivaʻi ai ʻe he kuaeá ʻa e veesi hono uá, naʻe kamata ke holo ʻa e ʻā ko iá.
Naʻe muimui ʻa Sefilī R. Hōlani ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻi he himí ʻaki ʻene lea, “Vakai ki he Lami ʻa e ʻOtuá.”2 Naʻe ʻiate au ha ʻofa ki he Fakamoʻuí mo e Tamai Hēvaní, ʻi he mālohi ne tānaki mai ʻe heʻene ngaahi leá.
ʻE lava ʻe ha ngaahi fakafeʻātungia lahi ʻo taʻofi kitautolu mei hono ongoʻi e Laumālié, ka te tau lava ʻo ikunaʻi e ngaahi ʻā vahevahe ko ʻení ʻi he tokoni mei he Tamai Hēvaní mo Hono ʻAló. ʻOku mahino lelei kia Sīsū Kalaisi hoku ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá. ʻI he ʻofa kiate kitautolu mo ʻEne Tamaí, “Naʻá Ne toʻe ʻi he toto mo e loʻimata.”3
ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní ʻa e meʻa te ne ʻomi ʻa e fakafiemālié kiate kitautolú, pea ʻokú Ne ʻafioʻi ʻa e taimi ke tāpuekina ai kitautolu ʻi heʻetau tupulaki fakalaumālie lahi tahá.