“Ko ha Loto Foʻou,” Liahona, Tīsema 2024.
Ngaahi Leʻo ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní
Ko ha Loto Foʻou
Ne u fakaʻamu ke ʻi ha feituʻu kehe ʻi he Efiafi Kimuʻa ʻi he Kilisimasí, kae ʻikai ko ha pilīsone fakakautau.
ʻI ha Efiafi Kimuʻa ʻi he Kilisimasí lolotonga ʻemau nofo ʻi he ʻOtu Filipainí, naʻe foki vave mai ʻeku tangataʻeikí mei heʻene ngāue ko ha faifekau fakakautau ʻi he ʻApitanga Laulāpuna Kalaké.
Naʻá ne pehē mai, “ʻE Tema, ʻoku ou loto ke ke taʻo ha kūkisi pea fakaangaanga hono tā ha ʻū hiva Kilisimasi ʻi hoʻo kītaá. Tānaki mai foki mo e ʻū meʻa ki he teunga fakatātaaʻi ʻo e ʻAloʻí. Te tau nofo he efiafí ni ʻi he fale fakapōpulá.”
Naʻá ku kei ʻita pē ʻi heʻeku ongomātuʻá ʻi he hiki mai homau fāmilí ʻo mamaʻo ʻaupitó. Ne u fakaʻamu ke u fai ha meʻa kehe ʻi he Efiafi Kimuʻa ʻi he Kilisimasí, kae ʻikai ko e nofo ʻi ha pilīsone fakakautau. Naʻá ku lāunga ka naʻe ʻikai hano ʻaonga.
ʻI heʻemau hū atu ki he pilīsoné, naʻe taki kimautolu ki ha kiʻi loki ne ʻi ai ha ʻū sea mo ha tēpile. Ne ʻikai fuoloa kuo ava mai ha matapā, pea naʻe fakaafeʻi loto-māfana mai ʻe heʻeku tangataʻeikí ki he lokí, ha kulupu ʻo ha kau tangata kuo sēiniʻi mo lokaʻi honau nimá.
Ne mau hiva leva ha ʻū hiva Kilisimasi, fakatātaaʻi ʻa e Luke 2, pea mau maʻu ha ngaahi fakaneifua ne ngaohi ʻi ʻapi—ʻa ia ko e meʻa tatau pē ne mau mei fai ʻi ʻapí. Ka naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa naʻe kehe.
Naʻe fakamolū hoku lotó ʻi he pō ko iá, ʻi heʻeku siotonu ʻi he houngaʻia loto-fakatōkilalo ʻa e kau tangata ʻofeina ko iá. Naʻe kole mai ʻe ha taha ʻiate kinautolu fekauʻaki mo hono fakatātaaʻi ʻo e ʻAloʻí, “ʻE lava ke u kau mo au ai?” Naʻe fie kau foki mo ha niʻihi kehe. Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa, kuo tokolahi e “kau ʻāngelo” ne nau talaki e ʻaloʻi makehe ʻo e Fakamoʻuí.
Ko e kau pōpula ko iá naʻa nau ʻi ha feituʻu naʻe ʻikai ke nau loto ki ai, pea ne u ʻi ha fonua naʻe ʻikai ke u loto ke u ʻi ai. Ka naʻá ku ʻiloʻi naʻe ʻafioʻi mo ʻofaʻi kimautolu ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí, ʻa ia naʻá Ne ʻi ha tuʻunga foki ʻa ia naʻá Ne kole ʻi he loto-fakatōkilalo ke ʻave Ia mei ai (vakai, Luke 22:42). ʻI hoku lotoʻi taʻu 16, naʻá ku ʻiloʻi naʻe ʻikai te u tuenoa.
ʻOku ʻikai ko e kau tangata pē ko iá naʻa nau holoholoʻi honau loʻimatá ʻi he Efiafi ko ia Kimuʻa ʻi he Kilisimasí. Ko e efiafi liliu moʻui ko iá naʻe ʻikai ko ʻemau fakafiefiaʻi ia ʻo e Kilisimasí ka ko e mālohi ia ʻo Kalaisi ke hiki hake mo fakamoʻuí.
Ko e meimei taʻu ʻeni ʻe 50 mei he Efiafi Kimuʻa he Kilisimasi ko iá, ka ʻoku kei hoko pē ia ko ha manatu melie toputapu. Ko ʻeku meʻaʻofa Kilisimasi makehe, taʻeʻamanekina, mo nāunauʻia tahá ko ha loto foʻou. Naʻe liliu e meʻa kotoa pē kiate au hili e efiafi ko iá.
Naʻá ku houngaʻia ʻi he moʻui ʻi Filipainí, maʻu ha ngaahi kaungāmeʻa foʻou, ʻilo ha ngaahi founga ke ngāue tokoni ai, pea ne u fili ke fiefia—koeʻuhí pē ko e fakamoʻoni naʻá ku maʻu kau kia Sīsū Kalaisí mo e mālohi ʻo e ʻEne ʻofá ʻi he Efiafi Kimuʻa ʻi he Kilisimasi ko ia ʻi he fale fakapōpulá.
ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻe lava ke toʻo ʻe hotau Fakamoʻuí ʻa e ngaahi haʻí mei hotau ʻatamaí mo hotau lotó, ʻi heʻetau haʻu kiate Iá. Ko Ia ʻa ʻetau meʻaʻofa maʻongoʻonga tahá.