“Ko Au Ia”
Ko e manavaʻofa ʻa Kalaisí—ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ia ʻi he līʻoa kakato ki he finangalo fakalangí—naʻe ʻi ai pea ʻe kei ʻi ai ia.
Ko e ʻaho Sāpaté ʻeni, pea kuo tau fakatahataha mai ke lea fekauʻaki mo Kalaisi mo hono tutuki Iá. ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku moʻui hoku Huhuʻí.
Fakakaukau angé ki he fakatātā ko ʻení mei he uike fakaʻosi ʻo e moʻui fakamatelie ʻa Sīsuú. Kuo fakatahataha mai ha kakai tokolahi, kau ai ha kau sōtia Loma kuo nau toʻo ha ngaahi ʻakau mo e heletā. ʻOku tataki kinautolu ʻe ha kau ʻōfisa mei he kau taulaʻeiki lahí kuo nau toʻo ha ngaahi tūhulu, naʻe ʻikai fononga tōtōivi mai ʻa e kulupú ni ke nau ikunaʻi ha kolo. ʻI he pō ko ʻení, naʻa nau fekumi pē ki ha tangata ʻe taha, ko ha tangata naʻe ʻikai ʻiloa ia ke ne faʻa toʻo ha meʻatau, ʻikai ke ne maʻu ha ako fakakautau, pe kau atu ki ha faʻahinga fetauʻaki fakatuʻasino ʻi ha faʻahinga taimi ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻEne moʻuí.
ʻI he fakaofi atu ʻa e kau sōtiá, naʻe ʻunuʻunu mai ʻa Sīsū ki muʻa ʻi Heʻene feinga ke maluʻi ʻEne kau ākongá, ʻo Ne folofola mai, “Ko hai ʻoku mou kumí?” Naʻa nau tali ange, “Ko Sīsū ʻo Nāsaletí.” Naʻe folofola ange ʻa Sīsū, “Ko au ia. … Pea ʻi heʻene pehē kiate kinautolu, Ko au iá, naʻa nau fakaholomui, ʻo tō ki he kelekelé.”
Kiate au, ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi kupuʻi lea ongo taha ʻi he kotoa ʻo e folofolá. ʻOkú ne talamai fakahangatonu kiate au, fakataha mo ha ngaahi meʻa kehe pē, ko e ʻi ai tonu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá—ʻa e Sihova maʻongoʻonga ʻo e Fuakava Motuʻá mo e Tauhi Sipi Lelei ʻo e Fuakava Foʻoú, ʻa Ia ʻoku ʻikai toʻo ha faʻahinga meʻatau peé—ko e fanongo pē ki he leʻo ʻo e Hūfangaʻanga ko ʻeni mei he Afaá, ʻa e [Pilinisi] ko ʻeni ʻo e Melinó mo e Taulaʻeiki Lahi ʻo e Ngaahi Meʻa Lelei ʻe Hokó, ʻoku feʻunga ʻānoa pē ia ke holomui ai ʻa e kau fakafepakí ʻo tō fetaʻotaʻomi mo fakaʻamu naʻe vahe ange ke nau ngāue ʻi he peitó, kae ʻikai ko e puke pōpula ko ʻení.
ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho siʻi pē kimuʻá, ʻi Heʻene hāʻele langilangiʻia ki he koló, ʻoku pehē ʻe he folofolá “naʻe ngatū ʻa e koló kotoa,” pea nau fehuʻi, “Ko hai eni?” ʻOku ou fakakaukauloto atu ko e fehuʻi “Ko hai ení?” ko e fehuʻi pē ia naʻe ʻeke ʻe he kau sōtia puputuʻu ko ʻení!
He ʻikai lava ke maʻu ʻa e tali ki he fehuʻi ko iá mei Hono fofongá, he naʻe ʻosi kikiteʻi ʻe ʻĪsaia ʻo fakafuofua ki ha senituli ʻe fitu nai kimuʻa ai, “ʻoku ʻikai ha sino lelei pe ha [matamatalelei] ʻiate ia, pea ka tau ka mamata kiate ia, ʻoku ʻikai ha fakaʻofoʻofa ke tau manako ai kiate ia.” He ʻikai teitei maʻu ia ʻi Hono ngaahi teunga masaní pe koloa fakafoʻituituí, he naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito Haʻane meʻa pehē. He ʻikai maʻu ia mei ha ako fakapalōfesinale ʻi he ngaahi falelotu honau feituʻú he ʻoku ʻikai ha fakamoʻoni ia naʻá Ne teitei ako ʻi ha taha ʻo kinautolu, neongo ʻi Heʻene kei tamasiʻi siʻí naʻá Ne lava ʻo fakatupunga ha puputuʻu ʻa e kau tangata tohi mo e kau loea tuʻukimuʻa mo mateuteú, ʻo fakaʻohovaleʻi kinautolu ʻaki ʻEne tokāteliné “ʻo taau mo ia ʻoku mālohi.”
Mei he akonaki ko ia ʻi he temipalé ki Heʻene hāʻele langilangiʻia ki Selusalemá pea mo e puke fakaʻosi mo taʻetotonu ko ʻení, naʻe faʻa tuku ai ʻa Sīsū ʻi ha ngaahi tūkunga faingataʻa mo kākā ʻa ia naʻá Ne ikuna maʻu pē—ko ha ngaahi ikuna ʻoku ʻikai haʻatau fakamatala ki ai tuku kehe pē ʻa e DNA fakalangí.
Ka ʻi he hisitōliá kuo tokolahi ha niʻihi kuo nau fakafaingofuaʻi, pea aʻu ʻo nau fakamaʻamaʻaʻi hotau ʻīmisi ʻo Iá mo ʻEne fakamoʻoni pe ko hai Iá. Kuo nau fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa Hono tuʻunga māʻoniʻoní ʻi heʻenau fakatonuhiaʻi ʻenau angafai taʻetāú, ko ʻEne fakamaau totonú ki he ʻita, ko ʻEne ʻaloʻofá ki he fakaoleoleʻi. Kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻa hoko ʻa e faʻahinga fakafaingofuaʻi peheʻi ʻo Iá ke tau fakafiefiemālie ai ʻo tukunoaʻi ʻa e ngaahi akonaki ʻoku taʻe-fakafiemālie kiate kitautolú. ʻOku moʻoni ʻeni ʻo aʻu pē, pe tautautefito, ki he taimi ʻoku tau talanoa ai fekauʻaki mo Hono tefitoʻi ʻulungaanga ʻiloa tahá, ʻa ʻEne ʻofá.
Lolotonga ʻa e ngāue ʻa Sīsū ʻi he māmaní, naʻá Ne akoʻi naʻe ʻi ai ha ongo fekau lalahi ʻe ua. Kuo akonekina kinaua ʻi he konifelenisí ni pea ʻe akoʻi ia ʻo taʻengata: “ʻOfa ki [he ʻEikí] ko ho ʻOtua [mo e] ʻofa ki ho kaungāʻapí ʻo hangē pē ko koé.” Kapau te tau muimui faivelenga ki he Fakamoʻuí ʻi he ongo tuʻutuʻuni mahuʻinga mo fehokotaki ko ʻení, ʻoku totonu ke tau piki ke maʻu ki he meʻa totonu naʻá Ne folofola ʻakí. Pea ko e meʻa totonu naʻá Ne folofola ʻakí ko e, “Kapau ʻoku mou ʻofa kiate au, fai ʻeku ngaahi fekau.” ʻI he efiafi tatau pē, naʻá Ne folofola ke “mou feʻofaʻaki kiate kimoutolu, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku ʻofa kiate kimoutolú.”
ʻI he ngaahi folofola ko iá, ko e ngaahi kupuʻi lea ko ia ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻofa moʻoni faka-Kalaisí—ʻoku faʻa pehē ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ko e manavaʻofá—ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻaupito ia.
Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku nau fakamatalaʻí? Naʻe founga fēfē ʻa e ʻofa ʻa Sīsuú?
ʻUluakí, naʻá Ne ʻofa ʻaki “[Hono] lotó, iví, ʻatamaí mo e mālohí kotoa,” ʻo Ne maʻu ai ʻa e ivi malava ke faitoʻo ʻa e ngaahi mamahi ʻoku loloto tahá mo folofola ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni faingataʻa tahá. Ko hono fakanounoú, ko e taha Ia te Ne lava ʻo foaki ʻa e ʻaloʻofá pea vilitaki ki he moʻoní ʻi he taimi tatau. Hangē ko hono tāpuakiʻi ʻe Līhai hono foha ko Sēkopé, “ʻOku fou mai ʻa e huhuʻí ʻo tuʻunga ʻi he Mīsaia Māʻoniʻoní; he ʻoku fonu ia ʻi he ʻaloʻofa mo e moʻoni.” ʻOku feʻunga ʻEne ʻofá ke ʻōʻōfaki kitautolu pea ʻoku toe fakaʻatā foki [Heʻene ʻofá] ke tau foua ʻa e mamahí ʻi he taimi ʻe fiemaʻu aí. Ko ia ai, ʻoku tau feinga ke ʻofa—ʻaki hotau lotó, iví, ʻatamaí, mo e mālohí kotoa—he ko e founga ia ʻokú Ne ʻofa ai ʻiate kitautolú.
Ko e ʻulungaanga hono ua ʻo e manavaʻofa fakalangi ʻa Sīsuú ko ʻEne talangofua ki he folofola kotoa pē naʻe haʻu mei he fofonga ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo fakafenāpasi maʻu pē Hono finangaló mo e ʻulungāngá ki Heʻene Tamai Hēvaní.
ʻI Heʻene hāʻele mai ki he Hemisifia Faka-Hihifó hili ʻEne Toetuʻú, naʻe folofola ʻa Kalaisi ki he kau Nīfaí: “Vakai, ko au ko Sīsū Kalaisi. … Kuó u inu mei he ipu kona ko ia naʻe tuku ʻe he Tamaí kiate aú, …, ʻa ia kuó u fai ai ʻa e … finangalo [ʻo] e Tamaí … talu mei he kamataʻangá.”
ʻI he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi founga naʻe mei fakafeʻiloaki ai ʻe Sīsū Iá, naʻá Ne fakahoko ia ʻaki hono fakahaaʻi ʻEne talangofua ki he finangalo ʻo e Tamaí—neongo pē naʻe ʻikai fuoloa mei he houa ʻo ʻEne fiemaʻu vivili tahá, naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he ʻAlo Tofu Pē Taha ko ʻeni ʻo e ʻOtuá naʻe mātuʻaki liʻekina Ia ʻe Heʻene Tamaí. Ko e manavaʻofa ʻa Kalaisí—ʻa ia ʻoku ʻilonga ia ʻi he līʻoa kakato ki he finangalo fakalangí—naʻe ʻi ai pea ʻe kei ʻi ai ia, ʻo ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho faingofua mo fiemālié pē, kae tautautefito ki he ngaahi taimi fakapoʻuli mo faingataʻa tahá.
ʻOku pehē ʻe he folofolá, ko Sīsuú “ko e tangata ʻo e ngaahi mamahi.” Naʻá Ne aʻusia ʻa e loto-mamahí, ongosiá, siva ʻo e ʻamanakí, mo e tuenoa fakamamahí. ʻI he ngaahi taimi kotoa ko ʻení, naʻe ʻikai fakaʻau ʻo ngata ʻa e ʻofa ʻa Sīsuú, kae pehē foki ki Heʻene Tamaí. ʻI he faʻahinga ʻofa ʻaufuatō peheé—ʻa ia ʻoku hāsino, fakaivia, mo foakí—he ʻikai foki ke ngata ai mo ʻetau ʻofá.
Ko ia ai, kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi taimi ko e lahi ange ko ia hoʻo feingá ko e lahi ange ia ʻa e faingataʻá; kapau ʻokú ke feinga ke ngāueʻi ho ngaahi vaivaí mo e tōnounoú, ʻoku ʻi ai pē taha ia pe ko ha meʻa ʻoku vilitaki ke poleʻi hoʻo tuí; kapau ʻokú ke kei ongoʻi ʻoku lōmekina koe ʻe he manavaheé lolotonga hoʻo ngāue mateakí, manatuʻi kuo hoko ʻa e meʻa tatau ki ha niʻihi ʻo e kakai tui faivelenga mo fakaofo taha ʻi he kuonga kotoa pē. Manatuʻi foki ʻoku ʻi ai ha mālohi ʻi he ʻunivēsí kuo fakapapau ke ne fakafepakiʻi ʻa e meʻa lelei kotoa pē ʻokú ke feinga ke faí.
Ko ia, ʻi he uhouhonga ʻo e mahutafeá kae pehē ki he masivesivá, ʻi he uhouhonga ʻo e fakahīkihiki fakatāutahá kae pehē ki he fakaangaʻi ʻi he tokolahí, ʻi he uhouhonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻelemēniti fakalangi ʻo hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí kae pehē ki he ngaahi tōnounou ʻa e tangatá ʻe pau ke kau ki aí, tau faivelenga pē ʻi he hala fonongá ʻi he Siasi moʻoni ʻo Kalaisí. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí he naʻa tau tukupā, hangē ko hotau Huhuʻí, ke ikunaʻi ʻa e faʻahitaʻu akó kakato—ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he kiʻi tali fehuʻi fakafeʻiloaki nounoú, kae aʻu atu ki he sivi lahí. Ko e meʻa fakafiefia hení he naʻe ʻosi ʻomi ʻe he Puleakó kiate kitautolu kotoa ʻa e ngaahi tali ki he siví, kimuʻa pea kamata ʻa e kalasí. ʻIkai ngata aí, ka ʻoku tau maʻu mo ha kau faiako tokoni tokolahi ʻoku nau fakamanatu mai ʻa e ngaahi tali ko ʻení ʻi ha ngaahi tuʻuʻanga pau ʻi he hala fonongá. Ka ko hono moʻoní, he ʻikai ngāue ʻeni kapau te tau faʻa hola ʻi he akó.
“Ko hai ʻoku mou kumí?” ʻOku tau tali ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo hotau lotó, “Ko Sīsū ʻo Nasaletí.” ʻI Heʻene folofola mai, “Ko au iá,” ʻoku tau peluki hotau tuí pea fakahaaʻi ʻe hotau ʻeleló ko Ia ʻa e Kalaisi moʻuí, ko Ia pē taha naʻe fakalelei maʻa ʻetau angahalá, naʻá Ne fua hake kitautolu ʻi he taimi naʻa tau fakakaukau ai kuó Ne liʻaki kitautolú. Ko e taimi te tau tuʻu ai ʻi Hono ʻaó pea mamata ki he ngaahi mataʻikafo ʻi Hono toʻukupú mo e toʻukupu kelekelé mo e vakavaká, ʻe kamata leva ke mahino kiate kitautolu ʻa ʻEne fuesia ʻetau ngaahi angahalá pea maheni mo e loto-mamahí, ke talangofua kakato ki he finangalo ʻo ʻEne Tamaí—koeʻuhí pē ko ʻEne ʻofa haohaoa ʻiate kitautolú. Ke fakafeʻiloaki ʻa e niʻihi kehé ki he tuí, fakatomalá, papitaisó, ko e meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, pea mo hono maʻu hotau ngaahi tāpuaki ʻi he fale ʻo e ʻEikí—ko e ngaahi “tefitoʻi moʻoni mo e ngaahi ouau” mahuʻinga ia ʻokú ne fakahaaʻi mai ʻetau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo e kaungāʻapí pea hāsino fiefia mei ai ʻa e Siasi moʻoni ʻo Kalaisí.
ʻE kāinga, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ko e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ko e founga ia kuo ʻomi ʻe he ʻOtuá maʻa hotau hakeakiʻí. ʻOku moʻoni ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻoku akoʻi aí, pea ko e lakanga fakataulaʻeiki ʻokú ne fakamafaiʻi iá ʻoku ʻikai makatuʻunga ia ʻi ha meʻa fakamāmani kae mei he ʻOtuá tonu. ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ko Lāsolo M. Nalesoní ko ha palōfita ia ʻa hotau ʻOtuá, ʻo hangē pē ko ʻEne kau tangata ʻi muʻá pea mo ʻEne kau tangata ʻe muimui maí. Pea ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ʻaho ʻe tataki ai ʻe he fakahinohino fakaepalōfita ko iá ha toʻu tangata ke mamata ki he Talafekau ʻo e Fakamoʻuí ʻoku hāʻele hifo hangē ha “ʻuhila mei he potu hahaké,” pea te tau kalanga, “Ko Sīsū ʻo Nasaletí.” Pea ʻe mafao taʻengata mai Hono toʻukupú ʻi he ʻofa ʻaufuatō, ʻo Ne folofola mai, “Ko au ia.” ʻOku ou palōmesi atu ia ʻaki ʻa e mālohi mo e mafai fakaeʻaposetolo ʻo Hono huafa māʻoniʻoni ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.