Fakaʻilekitulōnika Pē: Ngaahi Akonaki ʻa e Kau Taki ʻo e Siasí mei he Mītia Fakasōsialé
Uouangataha—“Loto-Taha mo Fakakaukau Taha”
Vakai ki he meʻa kuo akoʻi ʻe he kau palōfita moʻuí, mo e kau taki kehe ʻo e Siasí kau ki he uouangatahá ʻi he mītia fakasōsialé.
ʻOku tau monūʻia ʻi he Siasí ke maʻu ha kāingalotu mei ha ngaahi puipuituʻa mo ha ngaahi tūkunga kehekehe. Kuo tāpuekina kitautolu takitaha ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní ʻaki ha ngaahi ʻulungaanga, ngaahi meʻafoaki, mo ha ngaahi talēniti makehe, pea ko e konga ia ʻo e meʻa ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ke fakaʻofoʻofá. Neongo ʻetau kehekehé, kuo fekauʻi kitautolu ʻe he ʻEikí ke, “mou taha pē; pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai te mou taha, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻaku ʻa kimoutolu” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 38:27). Neongo he ʻikai ke lava pea ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau tatau, ka te tau lava ʻo taha ʻi heʻetau fāifeinga ke kau fakataha mo moʻui ʻaki ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.
Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni Lāsolo M. Nalesoni ʻo pehē: “Naʻe fakakau ʻe Sīsū ha tautapa ki he uouangatahá ʻi ha lotu kimui ange. Naʻá Ne pehē, ʻʻE Tamai, ʻoku ou lotu kiate koe koeʻuhí ko kinautolu, … koeʻuhí ke nau tui kiate au, koeʻuhí ke u ʻiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ʻokú ke ʻiate aú, ʻe Tamai, koeʻuhí ke tau taha pēʻ [3 Nīfai 19:23]. Te tau lava foki mo kitautolu ʻo lotu ke maʻu ʻa e uouangatahá. Te tau lava ʻo lotu ke tau loto-taha mo fakakaukau taha mo e kau pani ʻa e ʻEikí pea pehē ki hotau ngaahi ʻofaʻangá. Te tau lava ʻo lotua ha femahinoʻaki mo ha fefakaʻapaʻapaʻaki ʻiate kitautolu mo hotau kaungāʻapí. Kapau ʻoku tau tokanga moʻoni ki he niʻihi kehé, ʻoku totonu ke tau lotua kinautolu [vakai, Mātiu 5:44]. ‘Pea felotuaʻaki ʻa kimoutolu … ,’ ko e akonaki ia ʻa Sēmisí, he ‘ko e lotu fakamātoato ʻa e tangata māʻoniʻoní ʻoku ʻaonga lahi’ [Sēmisi 5:16].”
Kuo lea ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí ʻi he konifelenisi lahí fekauʻaki mo e uouangatahá. Kuo nau toe vahevahe foki ha ngaahi pōpoaki fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi tefito ko ʻení ʻi he mītia fakasōsialé, pea kau ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻeni:
Ko e Uouangatahá ko ha Fakamoʻoni Mālohi ia ki he Ivi Tākiekina ʻo e Fakamoʻuí
“ʻI he taimi ʻoku ou lau ai ʻa e folofolá, ʻoku ou mālieʻia ʻi he fekauʻaki ʻa e lahi ʻo e ngāue ʻa e Fakamoʻuí mo hono fakatahatahaʻi mai ʻo e kakaí. Kau Siú mo e kau Senitailé, kau tānaki tukuhaú mo e kau tangata toutaí, kakai tangata mo fafine.
Ko e uouangatahá ko ha fakamoʻoni mālohi ia ki he ivi tākiekina ʻo e Fakamoʻuí. Naʻe fakahā ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ʻe tui ʻa e māmaní kiate Ia ʻi heʻenau mamata ki he uouangataha ʻa ʻEne kau tamaioʻeikí. Mahalo ʻe tokolahi ange ha kakai ʻi he māmaní te nau maʻu ha fakamoʻoni kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo Hono Siasí ʻi heʻenau mamata ʻoku tau uouangataha lahi ange, ko ʻEne kau ākongá.
Ko e uouangataha ʻoku tau fekumi ki aí ʻoku ʻikai ko hono ʻai ke sio ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ki he ngaahi meʻá ʻi he founga tatau; ka ko e ʻai ke sio ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ki he feituʻu tatau—kia Sīsū Kalaisi. ʻOku ʻikai ko ʻetau ngaahi aʻusiá pe puipuituʻa angamahení ʻokú ne fakatahatahaʻi kitautolú. Ka ko ʻetau taumuʻa angamahení. ʻOku tau taha, ʻo ʻikai koeʻuhí ko e feituʻu naʻa tau ʻi aí ka ko e feituʻu ʻoku tau fāifeinga ke ʻalu ki aí, ʻo ʻikai koeʻuhí ko e tuʻunga ʻoku tau ʻi aí ka ko e tuʻunga ʻoku tau feinga ke aʻusiá.
“Ko hono moʻoní, ko hotau faʻifaʻitakiʻanga haohaoa ʻi he fekumi ki he uouangatahá ko hotau Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí. Fakamālō ki Heʻene feilaulau fakaleleí, ʻe lava ke faitāpuekina kotoa ai ʻa e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻo taʻengata.
ʻOku fiemaʻu ha ngaahi fakakaukau lahi ki he ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo hono fokotuʻu ʻa e Siasi ʻo e Fakamoʻuí, ka ʻoku nau maʻu kotoa ha mata ʻoku hanga taha pē ki hono fakalāngilangiʻi ʻo e Tamai Hēvaní mo Sīsū Kalaisí.”
ʻEletā Tieta F. ʻUkitofa ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, Facebook, June 23, 2023, facebook.com/dieterf.uchtdorf.
Tuku ke Tau Fakahoungaʻi ʻa e Makehe ʻOku Maʻu ʻe he Tokotaha, Kaungāʻapi, mo e Kaungāmeʻa Takitaha
“Naʻa ku toe tui hoku tatā kuo fuoloa hono tukú ke feʻiloaki mo e kau ʻamipasitoa mo e kau fakafofonga fakatipilomētika mei he ngaahi fonua ʻi he funga ʻo e mamaní ʻi ha fakataha kimuí ni ʻi he feituʻu faka-Hihifó. Naʻe ʻai ʻe he polokalama fakaʻofoʻofa ko ʻení ke u ongoʻi houngaʻia ʻi he ngaahi feohi fakakaungāmeʻa kuo mau fakatupulaki ʻi he ngaahi taʻu kuo hilí pea pehē ki he ngaahi vā fetuʻutaki foʻou ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻemau fakatupulakí.
“ʻOku tau fakataha mai mo ha ngaahi puipuituʻa fakafonua, lea fakafonua, mo e tui fakalotu makehe. Tau houngaʻia muʻa ʻi he meʻa makehe ʻoku haʻu mo e tokotaha takitaha, kaungāʻapi, mo e kaungāmeʻa ko hotau kāinga moʻoni.
‘Pea ko ʻeni ʻoku ʻikai ai ko e kau muli mo e kau ʻāunofo ʻa kimoutolu, ka ko e kaungā kolo mo e kāinga māʻoniʻoni pea mo e fale ʻo e ʻOtuá’ (ʻEfesō 2:19).”
ʻEletā Quentin L. Cook ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, Facebook, Nov. 3, 2023, facebook.com/quentin.lcook.
Kuo Pau ke Tau Hoko ʻo Taha ʻi he Sino ʻo Kalaisí
“Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi ʻuhinga naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ha siasí, ʻa Hono Siasí, ke tau maʻu ha aʻusia ʻo e ʻofa ki he niʻihi kehé, ke ʻiloʻi hono hanga ʻe he manavaʻofá ʻo ueʻi kitautolu ke tau fakahoko iá.
ʻOku fakapotopoto ʻa hono fokotuʻu ʻo e ngaahi ʻiuniti fakalotofonua ʻo e Siasí ʻo fakatatau ki he tuʻunga fakasiokālafí. ʻOku ʻikai ke tau fili ha haʻofanga lotu ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he tokotaha ʻoku tau saiʻia pe fie feohi mo iá. ʻOku fili ʻa e ngaahi uōtí maʻatautolu ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi ha vahevahe fakasiokālafi lelei, pea ʻoku tau ako ke nofo, tokoni, mo ʻofa ʻi he kakai ʻoku kehe honau puipuituʻá, ngaahi meʻa ʻoku nau saiʻia aí, mo e ngaahi fakakaukaú.
Mahalo ʻe ʻi ai ha kakai ʻe kiʻi faingataʻa ke tau feohi mo ia, ka kuo pau ke tau hoko ʻo taha ʻi he sino ʻo Kalaisí. Ko ʻeku kolé ke tau hanga kia Sīsū Kalaisi ʻi heʻetau ngaahi fakakaukaú mo e tōʻongá koeʻuhí ke fakafonu kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e ʻofa haohaoa ʻa Kalaisí ʻa ia ʻoku foaki ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻkiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku muimui moʻoni ʻi hono ʻAlo ko Sīsū Kalaisí’ (Molonai 7:48).”
ʻEletā D. Todd Christofferson ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, Facebook, Nov. 30, 2023, facebook.com/dtodd.christofferson.
ʻE Lava ke ʻOmi ʻe he Temipalé ʻa e Uouangataha ʻo e Lotó mo e ʻAtamaí
“Kapau ʻoku tau ʻamanaki ke ongoʻi ʻa e Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí, kuo pau ke tau fakaʻaongaʻi ha taimi ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻe faingofua ke nofoʻia ai Hono Laumālié.
ʻOku kau ʻi he ngaahi potu toputapu taha te tau lava ʻo tuʻu aí ʻa e ngaahi temipale ʻo e ʻEikí. ʻI he fakaʻosinga ʻo e uike ní, naʻá ku maʻu ha fiefia makehe ʻi heʻeku kau fakataha mo e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻi Siapaní ʻi heʻeku fakatapui ʻa e Temipale Okinawa Japan.
Mahalo ʻoku mou ʻiloʻi ʻoku makehe ʻa e fonua ko Siapaní kiate au. ʻOku hangē maʻu pē ʻa e ʻaʻahi ki aí ko haʻate foki ki ʻapí. Makehe mei heʻeku hoko ko ha faifekau maʻá e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi heʻeku kei talavoú ʻi Siapani ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi kuo hilí, naʻá ku hoko mo Lesa ko ha taki fakamisiona, pea kimuí ni mai ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻo ʻĒsia Tokelaú. Ko hono fakakātoá naʻe nofo homau fāmilí ʻi Siapani ʻi ha taʻu ʻe fitu.
Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi tafaʻaki fakaofo ʻo e temipale ko ʻení ko e foʻi moʻoni ko ia te ne tokoniʻi ʻa e Siteiki ʻOkinaua Siapaní ʻoku lea faka-Siapaní kae pehē foki ki he Vahefonua Fakakautau ʻOkinaua Siapani ʻoku lea faka-Pilitāniá.
ʻOku fakaofo moʻoni ke fakakaukau ki he hisitōlia ʻo e ongo kulupu ko ʻení mo mamata ki heʻenau fakataha mai ke ngāue maʻá e ʻEikí ʻi he temipalé.
ʻE fakaʻatā ʻe he temipale ko ʻení ʻa e kāingalotu ʻOkinaua ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ke nau fakaʻapaʻapa ki heʻenau ngaahi kuí—ʻo kau ai ʻa e niʻihi tokolahi naʻa nau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi mate fakatuʻupakē koeʻuhí ko e taú.
Kiate kinautolu ʻi ʻOkinauá—pea kiate kitautolu kotoa—ʻe lava ke ʻomi ʻe he temipalé ʻa e nonga mo e fiemālie mo e uouangataha ʻo e lotó mo e ʻatamaí mo e fakaʻapaʻapá mo e līʻoa ki heʻetau ngaahi kui kuo mamaʻo atú.”
ʻEletā Gary E. Stevenson ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, Nov. 12, 2023, facebook.com/stevenson.gary.e.
ʻOku Tau Laka Atu Ki Muʻa ko e Fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá
“ʻOku tafe atu ʻa e Vaitafe ʻIuasú ʻi he fakatonga ʻo Palāsilá ki ha potu māʻolunga tokalelei ʻoku tupu mei ai ʻa e vaitō ʻoku ʻiloa fakaemāmani lahi ko e Vaitō ʻIuasú—ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi fakatupu fakaʻofoʻofa mo fakaofo taha ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he māmaní. ʻOku tafe ha fuʻu vai lahi ki ha kiʻi vaitafe ʻe taha pea vahevahe leva ia ʻo tupu ai ha fanga kiʻi vaitō kehekehe ʻe laungeau.
ʻI he talanoa heliakí, ko e tupuʻanga makehe ko ʻeni ʻo e ngaahi vaitoó ko ha fakatātā ia ʻo e fāmili ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he māmaní, he ʻoku tau maʻu ʻa e tupuʻanga mo e nāunau fakalaumālie tatau, ko e tupu mei hotau tukufakaholo mo e pīkinga fakalangí.
Ka neongo ia, ʻoku tau takitaha moʻui ʻi ha ngaahi anga fakafonua, hako, mo e matakali kehekehe, mo ha ngaahi fakakaukau, aʻusia, mo e ongo kehekehe. Ka neongo ʻení, ʻoku tau laka ki muʻa ko e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo e kāinga ʻia Kalaisi, ʻo ʻikai mole ʻetau fetuʻutaki fakalangí, ʻa ia ʻoku tau hoko ai ko ha kakai makehe mo ha kolo ʻofeiná.
ʻOfa ke tau fakafenāpasi hotau lotó mo e ʻatamaí ki he ʻilo mo e fakamoʻoni ko ia ʻoku tau tatau kotoa ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá, kuo fakakoloaʻi kakato kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e tuʻunga malava mo e tofiʻa taʻengata tatau.
ʻOfa ke tau fiefia lahi ange ʻi hotau pīkinga fakalaumālié pea fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga mo e meʻafoaki kehekehe ʻoku tau maʻú. Kapau te tau fai ia, ʻoku ou palōmesi atu te tau moʻui ʻi ha founga makehe, ʻo hangē ko e vai ʻo e Vaitō ʻIuasú, ʻo ʻikai mole ʻa e fehokotaki fakalangi ko ia ʻoku tau ʻiloa ai ko ha kakai makehé, ko e fānau ʻa Kalaisi, pea ko e kau ʻea hoko ki he puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.”
ʻEletā Ulisses Soares ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, Facebook, Nov. 19, 2023, facebook.com/soares.u.
ʻOku ʻOfa ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní ʻi he Kakai Kotoa pē
“Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni fakahinohino ʻo e Fineʻofá ko e ngāue uouangataha ke tokoniʻi ʻa kinautolu ʻoku faingataʻaʻiá. ʻI he 2022, naʻe tokoniʻi fakaemāmani lahi ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e Fineʻofá ʻa e ngāué ni ʻo fakafou ʻi ha ngaahi houa ngāue tokoni mo ha ngaahi tokoni ʻofa fakaetangata taʻefaʻalaua ki he ngāue tokoni ʻofa fakaetangata ʻa e Siasí.
ʻI he taʻu kuo ʻosí, kuo vali ai ʻe he houʻeiki fafine ʻi he Siasí ha naunau fale ke tokoni ki he niʻihi tukuhausiá, kau atu ki ha ngaahi ngāue tokoni fakavavevave ʻe 483 ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní, pea aʻu pē ʻo nau lue ʻi he pelepelá ke tufaki ʻa e ngaahi naunau ʻoku fuʻu fiemaʻú kiate kinautolu ʻoku faingataʻaʻiá.
“Naʻe fakamatalaʻi nounou ʻe Silivia, ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ʻi Pōlani, ʻa e loto-moʻoni ʻa e houʻeiki fafiné ke nau fai ha tokoni lelei ʻaupito: ʻOku fakanatula pē ʻeni. ʻI he taimi ʻokú ke mamata ai ki ha kakai ʻoku nau fiemaʻu ha tokoní, peá ke tokoni. … ʻO tatau ai pē pe ko ha mēmipa koe ʻo e Siasí pe ʻikai. ʻOku ʻofa ʻa e [Tamai Hēvaní] ʻi he kakai kotoa pē.’
‘Ke ʻilo lahi ange, vakaiʻi ʻa e Lipooti Fakataʻu ʻa e Siasí ʻo e 2022 ki hono Tokangaʻi ʻo Kinautolu ʻOku Faingataʻaʻiá.”
Fakatokangaʻi ange: Te ke toe lava ʻo ʻilo lahi ange ʻi he 2023 Summary: Caring for Those in Need.
Sisitā J. Anette Dennis, Tokoni ʻUluaki ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī Lahi ʻo e Fineʻofá, Facebook, Apr. 4, 2023, https://www.facebook.com/RS1stCounselor.
Naʻe Fakaʻatā ʻe Heʻemau Ongoʻi Uouangatahá ʻa e Hala ki he Fakahaá
“ʻI heʻemau hū atu ki he ngaahi falelotu ʻi Seni Tieko mo Nāvuú fakatouʻosi, naʻa mau ongoʻi ha meʻa. Naʻa mau fakatokangaʻi ʻoku mau ʻi ha loki ʻoku fonu ʻi ha kau fafine ʻoku nau fuʻu fiemaʻu moʻoni ʻa e ʻofa, fakamoʻui, mo e fakafiemālie ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. Naʻa nau tuku ki he tafaʻakí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kehe naʻá nau mei fai ʻi ha pō Falaité ka nau fakataha mai ke maʻu ha fakahā fakataautaha.
Naʻa mau ongoʻi ʻa e uouangatahá ʻi heʻemau hoko ko e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo e ʻOtuá mo e kau mēmipa ʻo e Fineʻofá ʻi heʻemau tuʻu fakataha ʻo fepikitaki ʻi he tuʻunga malangá. Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe he fakaʻamu moʻoni mo e feilaulau ʻa e kau fafine ko iá mo e uouangataha naʻa mau ongoʻi ʻi heʻemau hoko ko e houʻeiki fafine ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻa e hala ki ha ngaahi pō fakaofo ʻo e mālohí mo e fakahaá. Naʻa mau tuku ki he tafaʻakí ʻemau fanga kiʻi tohí ka mau lea ʻaki ʻa e meʻa naʻe fakahā mai ʻe he ʻEikí ki homau lotó. Naʻa mau falala ʻe fakafou ʻi heʻemau ngaahi leá mo e pōpoaki ʻoku ʻikai ke haohaoá, ʻa e folofola fakafoʻituitui ʻa e ʻEikí ki he loto ʻo e fefine takitaha. ʻOku ʻikai ke Ne teitei liʻaki ha faingamālie ke ʻofa mo tāpuekina ai Hono ngaahi ʻofefiné ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau fakataha ai ʻi Hono huafá.
Kuo ʻomi fēfē koe ke ke ofi ange ki he Fakamoʻuí ʻi hoʻomou fakataha ko e houʻeiki fafine ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e kau mēmipa ʻo e Fineʻofá?”
Palesiteni Susan H. Porter, Palesiteni Lahi ʻo e Palaimelí, Facebook, Nov. 1, 2023, https://www.facebook.com/PrimaryPresident.
Ko e Uouangatahá mo e Tuʻunga Tataú ko e Konga ia ʻo e Ngaahi Tefitoʻi Moʻoni ʻo e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí
“Lolotonga hono lau ʻa e ʻNgaahi Tefitoʻi Moʻoni ʻo e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí’ ʻi he Tohi Tuʻutuʻuni Fakakātoá, naʻe fonu hoku lotó mo e ʻatamaí ʻi ha ongo foʻi lea pau: ko e uouangatahá mo e tuʻunga tataú. Makehe mei he meʻaʻofa taʻe-mafakatataua ʻo Hono ʻAlo pē Taha naʻe Fakatupú, ʻoku ʻikai ke u lava ʻo fakakaukau ki hano fakahaaʻi lahi ange ʻo e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ki Heʻene fānaú, ka ko e ngaahi tāpuaki taʻemafakatataua ʻoku lava ke maʻu tatau mo Hono ngaahi fohá mo e ngaahi ʻofefiné ʻo fakafou ʻi Hono lakanga fakataulaʻeiki māʻoniʻoní.
‘ʻOku tafe atu ʻa e mālohi ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeiki ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he kāingalotu kotoa pē ʻo e Siasí—ʻa e fefine mo e tangata—ʻi heʻenau tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fuakava kuo nau fai mo Iá’ (Tohi Tuʻutuʻu Fakakātoa: Ko e Ngāue ʻi he Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, 3.5, Gospel Library).
“Kuo tāpuekina fēfē hoʻo moʻuí ‘e he lakanga fakataulaʻeiki māʻoniʻoní?”
Sisitā Amy A. Wright, Tokoni ʻUluaki ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī Lahi ʻo e Palaimelí, Facebook, 1 Sānuali, 2024, https://www.facebook.com/Primary1stCounselor.
Te Tau Lava ʻo Tokanga ke “Fakatokangaʻi” ʻa e Niʻihi Fakafoʻituitui Kotoa pē ʻi he Siasí
“Ko e … talanoa ʻeni mei hoku kaungāmeʻa mamae ko Kefilini Kotilisi, ko ha Mēmipa Faleʻi ki he Fakataha Alēlea Lahi ʻa e Palaimelí, pea naʻe ongo moʻoni ia ki hoku lotó:
‘Naʻá ku ʻalu mo hoku husepānití ki ha houalotu sākalamēniti mo homa fohá mo hono fāmilí ʻi Simisonivili, Kalolaina Saute. Naʻe ʻalu vave hono uaifí ki he lotú ke tā ʻa e ʻōkaní, pea naʻá ma kiʻi tōmui mai mo homa fohá mo e makapuná, ʻo kumi ha nofoʻanga ʻi mui. Naʻa mau tangutu vave ki lalo ʻo kamata fanongo ki he himi kamatá naʻe tā ʻe he ʻōkaní, mo ʻema ʻiloʻi naʻe haʻu homa mokopuna tangata taʻu uá mo e meʻafakaʻata naʻá ne saiʻia taha aí. Naʻá ne kamata fakaʻaongaʻi ia ke fakaʻataʻi fakalelei ʻa e haʻofangá, pea ʻi heʻemau feinga ke tokoni ke toʻo ʻa e meʻa fakaʻatá meiate iá, naʻá ne lāunga mai ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ou loto ke u sio ki heʻeku faʻeé ʻi he ʻōkaní!”
‘He toki meʻa fakafiefia ʻa hono fakahaaʻi ʻo e ʻofá mo e fakaʻamu ʻa ha kiʻi tamasiʻi ki heʻene faʻeé!
ʻKo e fakaʻanauá ia ke tau haʻu kotoa mo haʻatau “meʻa fakaʻata” ke tau maʻu ai ha fiefia kae toe lava ke tau fesiofaki moʻoni ʻi heʻetau fakataha mai mo lotu fakataha ʻi he Sāpaté.’
‘ʻI heʻetau teuteu ki he houalotu sākalamēnití, ʻoku tau taumuʻa nai ke “fakatokangaʻi” ʻa e niʻihi fakafoʻituitui kotoa pē ʻi he haʻofangá? ʻOku tau “fakatokangaʻi” nai ʻetau fānau pelepelengesí, toʻu tupú, mo e kau taautaha lalahi kei talavoú ko ha kakai mahuʻinga ʻoku nau kau mai ki he ngāue maʻongoʻongá ni? ʻOku tau “fakatokangaʻi” nai kinautolu ko ha kau mēmipa ʻo e fuakavá mo ha fatongia makehe ke fakahoko ʻi hono langa hake ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá?
‘ʻʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ko e taimi ʻoku tau kamata ai ke “fakatokangaʻi” mo fakakau mai ʻa e kāingalotu kotoa pē ʻo e haʻofangá, ʻe hoko ʻetau moihū ʻi he ʻaho Sāpaté ko ha meʻa fakafiefia, toputapu, māʻoniʻoni, mo fakatefito ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi.’”
Sisitā Amy A. Wright, Tokoni ʻUluaki ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī Lahi ʻo e Palaimelí, Facebook, 19 Fēpueli 2024, https://www.facebook.com/Primary1stCounselor.