Pōpoaki mei he Kau Taki Fakaʻēliá
Saikoloné, Kāingalotú mo e Ngāue tokoní
Lolotonga ʻema ngāue mo hoku uaifi ko Naomí ko ha Ongo Takimuʻa ʻi he Misiona Fiji Suva, naʻá ma vakaiʻi maʻu pē ʻa e ngaahi uepisaiti ki he afaá mei Nōvema ki ʻEpeleli ke ʻiloʻi ha faʻahinga saikolone ʻe ala uesia ai ʻema kau faifekau ʻoku ngāue ʻi he ngaahi ʻotu motú.
ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo ʻEpeleli 2018, naʻe foʻu ai ʻa e saikolone fakatalopiki ko Kení ko ha saikolone kalasi 2, ʻa ia naʻe fakafuofua te ne muimui ʻi ha kilomita ʻe laungeau ki he fakatonga ʻo e Motu ko Katavú. ʻI heʻemau ofi ange ki he ʻaho 11 ʻo ʻEpelelí, naʻe ʻikai ke kei nofo ʻi hono halanga naʻe fakafuofua ki aí, ka naʻe ngaʻunu fakatokelau hake ʻa e Saikolone Kení pea toe fakalalahi ange hono mālohí ki he kalasi 3 mo e mālohi ʻo e havilí naʻe aʻu pē ki he kilomita ʻe 215 ʻi he houa, ʻa ia naʻá ne haveki ʻa e Motu ko Katavú.
Naʻe ngāue ʻa ʻEletā Tupe mo ʻEletā Kulisiteniseni ʻi he motu ko iá, pea naʻá ku fuʻu hohaʻa ʻaupito pe ʻokú na fēfē pea pehē ki he kāingalotu ʻi aí. ʻI he mate ʻa e ʻuhilá, naʻe ʻikai malava ke fai ha fetuʻutaki ʻi ha ngaahi houa lahi. Naʻe faifai pea lava ʻa e ongo faifekaú ʻo fetuʻutaki. Ko e ʻuluaki meʻa pē naʻá ku fanongo ki aí ko e, “Palesiteni ʻokú ma sai pē,” pea naʻe fakafonu hoku lotó ʻe ha fiemālie mo e fiefia fakataha mo ha ngaahi lotu fakatōkilalo ʻo e houngaʻia.
Naʻá na vahevahe mai naʻe maumauʻi hona falé [ʻe he saikoloné], pea naʻe pau ke na unga ʻi ha taha ʻo e ngaahi ʻapi piliki siʻisiʻi ʻi he motú, ko e fale ʻo Brother Lala (ko e tokoni ʻi he kau palesitenisī fakakoló). Naʻe mole ʻa e konga lahi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa naʻa nau maʻú ka naʻa nau haʻao ʻa e vaotaá pea toe maʻu mai ai ha vala.
ʻI he fakakaukau ki he tuʻunga lelei [ʻa e ongo faifekaú], naʻá ku kamata ai ha ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu ke fetukutuku ʻa e ongo faifekaú mei he Motú. ʻI heʻeku tā atu ʻi he pongipongi hokó ke ʻoange ha ngaahi fakaikiiki lahi angé, naʻe kole mai ʻe ʻEletā Tupe mo ʻEletā Kulisiteniseni ʻo ʻikai ha toe fakakaukau ki heʻena ngaahi fiemaʻú, “Palesiteni, ʻe lava ke ma nofo pē? ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻe he kāingalotu mo e ngaahi fāmili ʻi he Motú ʻema tokoní ke toe langa honau ngaahi ʻapí.”
ʻI heʻena fakahaaʻi ʻa e fiemaʻu ko ʻení, naʻe fiefia hoku lotó mo tanganeʻia ʻi he ongo tamaiʻoeiki loto-fakatōkilalo ʻa e ʻEikí ʻa ia ʻokú na siʻaki ʻena ngaahi fiemaʻú ke fakahoko ha tokoni ʻoku fiemaʻu vivili ki he niʻihi kehé.
ʻI he uike ʻe ua hono hokó naʻá na ngāue taʻemālōlō ke fakamaʻa ʻa e veve mei he maumaú mo e ngaahi tāfea ʻo e ngaahi ʻapí pea tokoni ʻi hono fakaleleiʻi ʻo ha ngaahi ʻapi lahi. Naʻe hoko ʻa e ongo faifekau kei talavoú ni ko ha sīpinga ʻo e folofolá: “… Ko ʻeku tala moʻoni atu kiate kimoutolu, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou fai ia ki ha taha ʻoku kihiʻi siʻi hifo ʻi hoku kaingá ni ko hoʻomou fai ia kiate aú” (Mātiu 25:40).
Naʻe foki ʻa ʻEletā Tupe mo ʻEletā Kulisiteniseni ki Suva hili ʻa e uike ʻe ua ko iá ke toe vaheʻi ki ha ʻēlia kehe kae ʻoua leva kuo toe langa hake ʻa e ngaahi nofoʻanga faifekau ʻi Katavú. ʻI heʻeku sio atu ki heʻena hū mai ki he ʻapi fakamisioná, naʻe kehe ʻena hā maí. ʻIo, naʻe kiʻi ʻuli hona valá mo ʻikai ʻi ai ha misini fō pe haeane, he naʻe mole kotoa ʻi he saikoloné, ka naʻe maamangia hona fofongá ʻi heʻena manatu ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi naʻá na aʻusia ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻo e kāingalotú mo kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai kau ki he siasí.
Naʻe ʻomi ʻe heʻena ngāué ha ongoʻi uouangataha moʻoni ki he kakai ʻo Katavú mo teuteuʻi ha loto ʻo ha tokolahi ke tali ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi kuo fakafoki maí. Ko e moʻoni, naʻe fakafōtunga ʻe he ongo faifekau kei talavoú ni ʻa e veesi folofola ko ʻení: “Pea vakai ʻoku ou fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni koeʻuhí ke mou ʻiloʻi ʻa e potó; koeʻuhí ke mou ʻiloʻi ʻo ka mou ka ʻi he tauhi ʻo hoʻomou kāingá, ʻoku mou ʻi he tauhi pē ʻo homou ʻOtuá” (Mōsaia 2:17).
Te u houngaʻia ʻo taʻengata ki he sīpinga ʻa ʻEletā Tupe mo ʻEletā Kulisitenisení, ʻi heʻena fakafōtunga fakaʻofoʻofa ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e tauhi moʻoni ʻa e fekau lahi hono uá ke “ʻOfa ki ho kaungāʻapí ʻo hangē pē ko koé” (Mātiu 22:39).