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Lēsoni 148—Ko e Hokohoko ʻi he Kau Palesitenisií: Fili ʻe he ʻEikí ke Tataki ʻa e Siasí


“Lēsoni 148—Ko e Hokohoko ʻi he Kau Palesitenisií: Fili ʻe he ʻEikí ke Tataki ʻa e Siasí,” Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava – Tohi Lēsoni ʻa e Faiako Seminelí (2025)

“Ko e Hokohoko ʻi he Kau Palesitenisií: Fili ʻe he ʻEikí ke Tataki ʻa e Siasí,” Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava – Tohi Lēsoni ʻa e Faiako Seminelí

Lēsoni 148: Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 135–136

Ko e Hokohoko ʻi he Kau Palesitenisií

Fili ʻe he ʻEikí ke Tataki ʻa e Siasí

Pilikihami ʻIongi mo Siosefa Sāmita

Kuo teʻeki ai aʻusia ʻe he kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ʻi he kuonga ʻo Siosefa Sāmitá ʻa e pekia ʻa ha palōfita. Naʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he hoko hono fakapoongi ʻo Siosefa mo Hailamé ko ha taimi faingataʻa fakaelotó ka ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fakatupu puputuʻu mo taʻepaú ko e tokotaha te ne tataki ʻa e Siasí. Ka neongo ia, naʻe teuteuʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ha founga ke hokohoko atu ai Hono Siasí ʻi he malumalu ʻo e tataki fakaepalōfitá. ʻOku fakataumuʻa ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení ke tokoni ke fakatupulaki ʻe he kau akó ʻenau falala ʻoku hokohoko atu hono tataki ʻe he ʻEikí ʻEne ngāué naʻa mo e pekia ʻa ha palōfita.

Ngaahi ʻEkitivitī Ako ʻOku Ala Fakahokó

Ko ha taki foʻou ʻo e Siasí

Ke kamata ʻa e kalasí, fakakaukau ke vahevahe ʻa e tūkunga ko ʻení.

Fakakaukauloto ʻoku ʻi ai haʻo kaungāmeʻa ko Kepaleli naʻe toki kau ki he Siasí mo hono fāmilí. Hili ʻene mavahe mei he seminelí ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe taha, ʻokú ne fai atu ha ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa ʻi he Siasí. ʻOkú ne fifili pe ko e hā ʻoku hoko ʻi he taimi ʻoku pekia ai ʻa e Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí pea mo e founga ʻoku fili ai ha palōfita foʻoú. ʻOkú ne fifili foki pe ʻoku founga fēfē haʻatau fakapapauʻi ko e tokotaha totonú ʻa e palōfitá.

  • ʻI ha meʻafua 1 ki he 5, ko e 1 ko e maʻulalo pea māʻolunga ʻa e 5, ʻoku fēfē hoʻo loto-falala ki ho tuʻunga malava ke tali ʻa e fehuʻi ʻa Kepalelí?

  • ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā ʻe mahuʻinga ai ke mahino ʻa e founga ʻoku liliu ai ʻe he tuʻunga fakatakimuʻá ʻa e ngāue ʻi he Siasí?

Mahalo te ke fie poupouʻi ʻa e kau akó ke nau fekumi ki he tokoni ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻi heʻenau akó ʻi heʻetau ako lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e sīpinga kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻEikí ki hono fili ʻo kinautolu ʻoku nau tataki Hono Siasí. Fakaafeʻi kinautolu ke fekumi ki ha fakahā ki he ʻuhinga ʻoku mahuʻinga ai ke mahino ʻeni kiate kinautolu ʻi he taimí ni ʻi heʻenau moʻuí.

Ko hai te ne fetongi ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá?

ʻE ala tokoni ke mahino ki he kau akó ha niʻihi ʻo e meʻa ne hoko ʻo aʻu ki he ʻuluaki liliu ʻo e tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa ʻi he Siasí. Ke fai ʻení, te ke lava ʻo fakamatalaʻi fakanounou pe lau ʻeni:

ʻI he taimi ne fakapoongi ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, naʻe teʻeki ai aʻusia ʻe he kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ha pekia ʻa ha palōfita. Makehe mei he mamahi lahi ʻi he pekia ʻa Siosefá, naʻe ʻi ai ha niʻihi naʻe ʻikai ke nau fakapapauʻi pe ʻe anga fēfē ha hoko atu ʻa e Siasí. Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau ʻAposetoló naʻa nau ʻi he fakahahake ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi he taimi ne nau ongona ai ʻa e pekia ʻa Siosefa mo Hailamé. ʻI heʻenau ʻilo ʻa e ongoongo fakamamahí, naʻa nau kamata fononga foki leva mo ha kau faifekau kehe ki Nāvū.

ʻI he ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí, naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai tokosiʻi ne nau fai ha ngaahi fokotuʻu kehekehe fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke hoko ʻi he tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa ʻo e Siasí.

Fakakaukau ke fakaafeʻi ha kau ako ʻe toko tolu ke omi ki muʻa ʻi he kalasí. Te ke lava ʻo ʻai ke lau leʻolahi ʻe he tokotaha ako takitaha ha taha ʻo e ngaahi palakalafi ʻe tolu ko ʻení. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻa e ʻuluaki fakamatala ʻi laló kia Sitenei Likitoni. ʻOku fekauʻaki ʻa e fakamatala hono uá mo Pilikihami ʻIongi. ʻOku fekauʻaki ʻa e fakamatala hono tolú mo Sēmisi Sitālingi. Kiʻi tatali hifo hono fakahā ʻa e ngaahi hingoá ki he kau akó.

Naʻe pehē ʻe he Tokoni ʻUluaki ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí naʻe fakahā ange kiate ia ʻi ha meʻa-hā-mai he ʻikai lava ʻe ha taha ʻo fetongi ʻa Siosefa. Naʻá ne fokotuʻu mai ʻoku totonu ke ne hoko ko e “tauhi” ʻo e Siasí.

Naʻe pehē ʻe he Palesiteni ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá naʻe foaki ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e mafai ʻo e Fakamoʻuí ke tataki ʻa e Siasí ki he Kōlomu ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá.

Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe ha mēmipa naʻe papitaiso ʻi ha māhina ʻe fā kimuʻa pea pekia ʻa Siosefá, ha tohi mo ha fakamoʻoni hingoa ʻo Siosefa Sāmita ʻa ia naʻá ne fili ai ia ko e fetongi ʻo Siosefá.

  • ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻá ke mei fai ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ne hoko ko ʻení, kapau ne ke hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko ʻení?

  • Ko e hā ha ngaahi hohaʻa naʻá ke mei maʻu fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fokotuʻú ni?

Ko ha sīpinga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻEikí

fakaʻilonga laʻipepa tufáFakakaukau ke fakaafeʻi ʻa e kau akó ke kumi ha ngaahi potufolofola, ngaahi fakamatala mei he kau taki ʻo e Siasí, mo ha ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni kehe kuo fokotuʻu fakalangi ki he founga ʻe lava ke tau ʻilo ai ko e palōfitá ko e tamaioʻeiki ia ʻa e ʻEikí kuo filí. Fakaafeʻi ʻa e kau akó ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e laʻipepa tufa ko ʻení ko ha konga ʻo ʻenau akó, ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e founga naʻe ʻilo ai ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻa e tokotaha ke nau muimui ki ai hili ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá:

Tokotaha ke Muimui Ki Ai hili ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá

Kimuʻa pea pekia ʻa e Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá, naʻá ne akoʻi ʻeni ki he Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá:

ko e Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá

Ngaahi tokoua, … ʻoku ofi ke hoko ha ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga. Mahalo pē ʻe fakapoongi au ʻe hoku ngaahi filí. Pea kapau te nau fai ia, kae ʻikai foaki kiate kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi kī mo e mālohi naʻe tuku kiate aú, ʻe mole ia mei māmani. Ka, kapau te u lava ʻo foaki kinautolu ki homou ʻulú, pea tuku ā ke u tō ki he ngaahi nima ʻo e kau fakapoó ʻo kapau ʻe tuku ʻe he ʻOtuá ke hoko, pea te u ʻalu ʻi he fiefia mo e fiemālie kakato, ʻi heʻeku ʻilo kuo lava ʻeku ngāué, pea kuo ʻosi fokotuʻu mo e fakavaʻe ʻa ia ʻe ohi hake ai ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he kuonga ko ʻeni ʻo e kakato ʻo e ngaahi kuongá.

Kuo pau ke ʻi he uma ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻa e fatongia ʻo hono taki ʻo e siasí ni mei heni ʻo fai atu pea ʻoua naʻa mou mālōlō kae ʻoua kuo mou fokotuʻu ha niʻihi ke nau fetongi kimoutolu. (Ngaahi Akonaki ʻa e Kau Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí: Siosefa Sāmita [2007], 616)

Naʻe akoʻi foki ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ko e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí pē ʻa e kulupu māʻolunga hake ʻi he Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, ka ʻi he taimi ʻoku pekia ai ʻa e palōfitá, ʻoku veteki leva ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí (vakai, History, 1838–1856 [Manuscript History of the Church], volume B-1, 691, josephsmithpapers.org).

  • Mei he meʻa naʻá ke akó, ko e hā ʻe tokoni atu ke ke tali e ngaahi fakamatala ʻe tolu naʻe fai kimuʻá?

  • Ko e hā ʻa e sīpinga naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻEikí ki he hokohoko atu ʻa e tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa ʻo Hono Siasí ʻi he pekia ʻa e palōfitá?

ʻI he taimi naʻe lea ai ʻa Pilikihami ʻIongi ki he Kāingalotú ʻi ha fakatahaʻanga lahi, naʻe lekooti ʻe ha tokolahi ha aʻusia fakaofo pea nau ongoʻi ha fakapapau mei he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.

Naʻe vahevahe ʻe Palesiteni Siaosi Q. Kēnoni (1827–1901), ʻa ia ne kau ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí kimui ange:

Palesiteni George Q. Cannon

Naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Pilikihami ʻIongi … peá ne lea ki he kakaí. … He ʻikai teitei ngalo ʻi ha taha naʻe ʻi ai, ʻa e ongo naʻa nau maʻú! Kapau naʻe toe tuʻu ʻa Siosefa mei he maté ʻo toe lea kiate kinautolu, ʻe kei tatau pē ʻa e ofo ai ʻa e tokolahi naʻe ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Ko e leʻo tonu pē ʻeni ia ʻo Siosefá; pea ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻenau fanongo ki he leʻo ʻo Siosefá; ka naʻe hangē ki he vakai ʻa e kakaí ko e fōtunga tonu pē ia ʻo Siosefá naʻe tuʻu ʻi honau lotolotongá. Ko ha meʻa fakaofo mo fakaʻofoʻofa lahi ia ne hoko ʻi he ʻaho ko iá ʻi he ʻao ʻo e fakatahaʻangá, ʻa ia kuo teʻeki ai ke mau fanongo ai. Naʻe foaki ʻe he ʻEikí ki Hono kakaí ha fakamoʻoni ʻo ʻikai ha toe veiveiua pe ko hai ʻa e tangata kuó Ne fili ke taki kinautolú. Naʻa nau fakatou mamata mo fanongo ʻaki honau mata mo e telinga fakakakanó, pea naʻe ongo ki honau lotó ʻa e ngaahi lea naʻe fakahokó fakataha mo e mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá, pea naʻa nau fonu ʻi he Laumālié mo e nēkeneka. Naʻe ʻi ai ha fakapoʻuli, pea mahalo mo ha ngaahi loto-veiveiua mo tālaʻa; ka naʻe mahino mai ʻi he taimí ni ki he tokotaha kotoa pē ko e tangata ʻeni kuo foaki ki ai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e mafai ʻoku fiemaʻú ke ngāue ʻi honau lotolotongá ko e fetongi ʻo Siosefá (George Q. Cannon, “Joseph Smith, the Prophet,” Juvenile Instructor, Oct. 1870, 174–75).

Naʻe lekooti ʻeni ʻe ʻEmelī Sāmita Hoiti, ko ha mēmipa naʻe ʻi ai ʻi he taimi naʻe lea ai ʻa Pilikihami ʻIongi ki he Kāingalotú:

Ne hanga ʻe he founga ʻo e fakaʻuhingá, fōtunga hono fofongá, mo e ongo ʻo hono leʻó ʻo fakafiefiaʻi kotoa hoku laumālié. Naʻe mamata hoku matá ki he sino ʻo Siosefa kuo fakapōngí. Naʻe ongoʻi ʻe hoku ongo nimá, ʻa e moko ʻīʻī ʻo e maté ʻi hono fofonga fakaʻeiʻeikí. Ne u ʻiloʻi kuo ʻosi mālōlō ʻa Siosefa. Ka naʻá ku faʻa ʻohovale mo toutou vakai ki he tuʻunga malangá ke sio pe ko Siosefa naʻe ʻi aí. Ka naʻe ʻikai, ko Pilikihami ʻIongi ia pea kapau ʻoku veiveiua ha taha he totonu ʻa Pilikihami ke ne puleʻi ʻa e ngaahi ngāué maʻá e Kāingalotú, ko ʻeku lea ʻeni kiate kinautolú. Te ke lava ʻo ʻilo ia maʻau ʻo fakafou ʻi he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻE fakahoko ia ʻe he ʻEikí maʻa Hono kakaí (Emily Smith Hoyt, ʻi he Lynne W. Jorgensen, “The Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Passes to Brother Brigham: A Collective Spiritual Witness,” BYU Studies, vol. 36, no. 4 [1996–97], 164).

  • Kapau naʻá ke ʻi ai, naʻe mei liliu fēfē nai koe ʻe he aʻusia ko ʻení?

  • ʻOku fekauʻaki fēfē ʻa e Molonai 10:5 mo e meʻa naʻá ke akó?

Fakaafeʻi ʻa e kau akó ke vahevahe ʻa e meʻa naʻa nau ʻilo mei heʻenau akó. Fakapapauʻi ʻoku mahino ki he kau akó ʻi he taimi ʻoku pekia ai ʻa e Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí, ʻoku veteki ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí pea tataki ʻe he Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻa e Siasí. Tokoni ke mahino ki he kau akó ʻoku foki ʻa e kau ʻAposetolo ʻoku ngāue ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ki honau tuʻunga ʻi he Kōlomu ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻo fakatatau mo e fakahokohoko ʻo e fuoloa ʻo ʻenau ngāué. Fakapapauʻi ʻoku mahino foki ki he kau akó ko e ʻAposetolo kuo ngāue fuoloa tahá, ko e Palesiteni ia ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, pea ʻokú ne hoko ai ko e Palesiteni hono hoko ʻo e Siasí.

ʻE lava foki ke ʻilo ʻe he kau akó ʻo fakafou ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, te tau lava ʻo maʻu ha fakamoʻoni naʻe ui ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa kinautolu ʻoku nau tataki ʻa e Siasí.

  • Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo fai, pe ko e hā kuó ke fai, ke maʻu ha fakamoʻoni fakalaumālie naʻe fili ʻe he ʻEikí hotau palōfitá ke tataki Hono Siasí?

Ke fakaʻosí, fakakaukau ke fakaʻatā ʻa e kau akó ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e meʻa kuo nau akó ke tali ʻaki ʻa e tūkunga mei he kamataʻanga ʻo e lēsoní. Ko e founga ʻe taha ke fakahoko ai ʻení ko hano ʻai ʻa e kau akó ke nau fakatātaaʻi ia mo hanau ngaahi hoa. Te ke lava ʻo poupouʻi ʻa e kau akó ke fakakau ʻenau fakamoʻoni ko e palōfitá ko e taki ia kuo fili ʻe he ʻEikí, ko ha konga ʻo ʻenau talí.