“Ko e Tākiekina Lelei ʻa e Ongoongoleleí Kiate Aú,” Liahona, Sepitema 2024.
Ngaahi Leʻo ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní
Ko e Tākiekina Lelei ʻa e Ongoongoleleí Kiate Aú
Naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní koeʻuhí ko e kakai ʻi he lotú.
ʻI heʻeku kei tupu haké, naʻe hoko ʻa e tamai ʻeku faʻeé ko ʻeku moʻungaʻi tangatá, ʻa ʻeku acheii (ʻasei). Naʻá ne tui mālohi. Naʻá ku ʻalu mo ia ki ha ngaahi siasi kehekehe, ka naʻe ʻikai ke u tui fakalotu.
ʻI heʻeku fetaulaki mo Siná, ʻa ia naʻe hoko ko hoku uaifí, naʻá ne hoko ko ha mēmipa faivelenga ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní. Naʻá ne loto ke u ako fekauʻaki mo e Siasí koeʻuhí ke ma lava ʻo mali ʻi he temipalé. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke u loto ki ai. Naʻe ʻikai ke tui ki ha siasi.
Naʻe faifai peá ma mali ʻi he puleʻangá. Hili hono fanauʻi homa ʻofefiné, naʻe ʻikai pē ke u fie kau ki he Siasí, ka naʻe kei maʻulotu pē ʻa Sina.
Ne faifai peá u fakakaukau ke u fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku ʻikai moʻoni e siasi ʻokú ne kau ki aí ʻaki ʻeku kau ki he ngaahi siasi kehé. Ne hokohoko atu ʻeni ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi, ka naʻe tatau ai pē pe ko e fē ha feituʻu ne u ʻalu ki ai, naʻe ʻikai ke u ongoʻi fiemālie.
Ka ʻi ha Sāpate ʻe taha lolotonga hono teuteuʻi ʻe Sina homa ʻofefiné ke na ʻalu ki he lotú, naʻe kamata ke u teuteu foki mo au ki he lotú. Naʻá ne sio mai kiate au peá ne fehuʻi mai, “Ko e hā ho meʻa ʻoku faí?” Ne u tali ange, “Ko e ʻai ke u ʻalu mo kimoua ki he lotú.” Naʻá ne sio ki homa ʻofefiné peá ne pehē ange, “Teuteu ke vave! ʻOku ʻikai ke ta loto ke liliu ʻene fakakaukaú!”
Ko ia, naʻa mau ō leva. Koeʻuhí naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻo fakafou ʻi he kakai ʻi he lotú, naʻa nau mahuʻinga ki hoku fakauluí. Hili iá, ne haʻu e ongo faifekaú ki homau ʻapí. Naʻá na fakaofo, naʻe fakaʻofoʻofa e ngaahi akonaki naʻá na vahevahe kiate aú, pea naʻe fakafonu ʻe he Laumālié hoku lotó (vakai, Molonai 10:4–5).
ʻI he taimi ne u ʻaʻahi ai ki heʻeku kui tangatá ke talaange ʻa e meʻa ne u maʻú, naʻe ʻikai ke ne fiefia. Ka naʻá ku ʻiloʻi naʻe pau ke u fai e meʻa ne u ʻilo ʻoku moʻoní.
Naʻá ku kau ki he Siasí, pea naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuó u sila mo Sina ʻi he temipalé. Naʻe silaʻi homa ʻofefiné kiate kimaua, pea kuó ma maʻu ʻeni ha toe fānau ʻe toko tolu ne fanauʻi ʻi he fuakavá.
Naʻe ʻosi ha taʻu ʻe 10 pea toki lava ke fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻe heʻeku acheii ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau tui ki ai ʻi he Siasí. ʻI he fakaʻosi ako hoku fohá mei he ako māʻolungá, naʻe talaange [heʻeku kui tangatá] ki he taha kotoa ʻi he lea faka-Navahoó, “ʻOku ou fiefia ʻi he fāmili ko ʻení. ʻOku ou poupou ki he meʻa ʻoku nau tui ki aí. ʻOku ʻiloʻi moʻoni ʻe heʻena fānaú ʻa e founga ʻo e lotú.”
Ko au pē ʻi hoku kāinga ofí ʻoku mēmipa ʻi he Siasí, ka ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku nau tali naʻá ku ului moʻoni, pea ʻoku nau mamata ki he tākiekina lelei ʻa e ongoongoleleí ki hoku uaifí, mo ʻema fānaú, pea mo aú.