Ngaahi Fili ki ʻItānití

ʻI he ngaahi taʻu ne u ngāue fakatoketā aí, ne u maʻu ai ha tokaʻi lahi moʻoni ki he sino ʻo e tangatá. Ne fakatupu ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ko ha meʻaʻofa maʻau pea ʻoku fakaofo moʻoni! Fakakaukau ki ho matá ʻene lava ke sió, telinga ʻoku fanongó, mo e louhiʻi nimá ʻene ongoʻi e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo kotoa ʻi ho ʻātakaí. ʻOkú ke ako, fakakaukau, mo fakaʻuhingá koeʻuhí ko ho ʻatamaí. ʻOku pamu taʻe mālōlō ho mafú he ʻaho mo e pō, pea hangē ʻoku ʻikai ke ke faʻa fakatokangaʻí.⁸

ʻOku hanga pē ʻe homou sinó ʻo maluʻi ia. Ko e mamahí ko ha fakatokanga ʻoku ʻi ai e meʻa ʻoku fehalaaki pea ʻoku fie maʻu ke fai ha tokanga ki ai. ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi maluʻi ki he sinó he taimi ʻoku faʻa hoko ai e mahaki pipihí, ke ne fakafepakiʻi e siemú.

ʻOku hanga pē ʻe hoʻomou sinó ʻo fakaleleiʻi ia. ʻOku moʻui e laveá mo e mamulumulú ʻiate ia pē. ʻE lava ke toe moʻui e ngaahi hui ne fasí. Kuó u fakamatalaʻi ha konga siʻi pē ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo lahi ne ʻai ʻe he ʻOtuá ki hoʻomou sinó.

Neongo ia, hangē ʻoku ʻi he fāmilí kotoa, kapau ʻoku ʻikai ko e taha kotoa ha ngaahi tūkunga fakaesino ʻe fie maʻu ha tokanga makehe ki ai.⁹ Ne ʻomi ʻe he ʻEikí ha sīpinga ki hono tokangaʻi ha faʻahinga faingataʻa pehē. Naʻá Ne folofola, “ʻOku ou foaki ki he tangatá ʻa e vaivaí koeʻuhí ke nau loto-fakatōkilalo; … he kapau te nau fakavaivaiʻi ʻa kinautolu … pea tui kiate au, te u liliu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa vaivaí ko e mālohi kiate kinautolu.”¹⁰

ʻOku faʻa ʻomi e ngaahi laumālie makehé ʻi ha ngaahi sino taʻe haohaoa.¹¹ ʻOku lava ʻe ha meʻa-foaki ʻo ha faʻahinga sino pehē ʻo fakamālohia ha fāmili ʻi he loto fiemālie ʻa e mātuʻá mo e ngaahi tokouá mo e tuofāfiné ke fakatatau ʻenau moʻuí ki he fānau ʻoku ʻi ai haʻanau fie maʻu makehé.

Ko e holo ʻo motuʻá mo e maté ko ha meʻaʻofa mo ia mei he ʻOtuá. ʻOku mahuʻinga ki he palani lahi ʻo e fiefia ʻa e ʻOtuá e mate ho sino fakamatelié.¹² Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí he ʻoku fakaʻatā ʻe he maté ho laumālié ke foki ki ʻapi kiate Ia.¹³ Mei he vakai ʻoku taʻengatá, ko kinautolu pē ʻoku ʻikai mateuteu ke feʻiloaki mo e ʻOtuá ʻoku nau lau ʻoku fuʻu vave e hoko mai ʻa e maté.

ʻOku ʻikai ke fai ha ofo ʻi hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he ʻAposetolo ko Paulá ko ho sinó ko ha “temipale ʻo e ʻOtuá.”¹⁴ koeʻuhí he ko ha konga mahuʻinga ia ʻi he palani taʻengata ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e taimi kotoa pē te ke sio ai he sioʻatá, fakakaukau ko ho temipalé ho sinó. ʻE lava heʻetau houngaʻia—he moʻoni ko iá he ʻaho kotoa pē—ʻo tākiekina lelei hoʻo ngaahi fili kau ki he anga hoʻo tokangaʻi ho sinó mo hoʻo fakaʻaongaʻi iá. Pea ʻe makatuʻunga ho ikuʻangá mei he ngaahi fili ko iá. ʻOku anga fēfē ʻeni? Koeʻuhí he ko ho sinó ko e temipale ia ho laumālié. ʻOku uesia ho laumālié mei he anga hoʻo fakaʻaongaʻi ho sinó. ʻoku kau ʻi he niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fili ʻe makatuʻunga mei ai ho ikuʻanga taʻengatá ʻa e:

• Te ke fili fēfē e founga ke tokangaʻi mo fakaʻaongaʻi ai ho sinó?

• Ko e hā e ngaahi ʻulungaanga fakalaumālie te ke fili ke fakatupulakí?

Ko ho laumālié ko ha meʻa ʻoku taʻengata. Naʻe folofola e ʻEikí ki Heʻene palōfita ko ʻĒpalahamé: “Naʻe fili koe ʻi he teʻeki ai ke fanauʻi koé.”¹⁵ Naʻe folofola ʻaki ʻe he ʻEikí mo ha meʻa meimei tatau kia Selemaia¹⁶ mo ha niʻihi kehe tokolahi.¹⁷ Naʻá Ne fakahā foki mo ha meʻa tatau ʻo kau kiate koe.¹⁸

Kuo ʻafioʻi koe ʻe hoʻo Tamai Hēvaní ʻi ha taimi fuoloa. Ko Hono foha mo e ʻofefiné, naʻá Ne fili ke ke haʻu ki he māmaní ʻi he taimi ko ʻení, ke hoko ko ha taki ʻi Heʻene ngāue maʻongoʻonga ʻi he māmaní.¹⁹ Naʻe ʻikai ke fili koé koeʻuhí ko ho tuʻunga fakaesinó ka ko ho ngaahi ʻulungaanga fakalaumālie, hangē ko e loto-toʻá, mālohí, angatonu ʻo e lotó, holi ki he moʻoní, holi ke maʻu e potó, mo ha holi ke tokoniʻi e niʻihi kehé.

Naʻá ke ʻosi fakatupulaki ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi ʻulungaangá ni ʻi he maama fakalaumālié. Te ke lava ʻo fakatupulaki e ngaahi ʻulungaanga kehé ʻi māmani²⁰ ʻi hoʻo vilitaki ke fekumi kiate kinautolú.²¹

Ko ha ʻulungaanga fakalaumālie mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻa hono mapuleʻi kitá—ko ha mālohi ke fai e filí ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi ha ʻuhinga lelei kae ʻikai ko e uʻá. ʻOku fakatupulaki ʻe he mapuleʻi kitá ha konisēnisi mālohi. ʻOku makatuʻunga mei ho konisēnisí e anga hoʻo fakafeangai fakaʻulungaanga ki he ngaahi tūkunga faingataʻá, fakatauelé, mo fakatupuloto foʻí. ʻOku tokoniʻi ʻe he ʻaukaí ho laumālié ke ne matuʻuaki hono puleʻi ho uʻa fakaesinó. ʻOku toe fakalahi foki ʻe he ʻaukaí hoʻo maʻu e tokoni fakalangí, koeʻuhí he te ne fakamālohia hoʻo lotú. Ko e hā ʻoku fie maʻu ai ke mapuleʻi kitá? Naʻe tuku ʻe he ʻOtuá ha holi lahi ʻiate kitautolu ki hono fakatupulaki ʻo e ʻofá, ʻa ia ʻoku mahuʻinga ki hono fakatolonga e fāmilí.²² ʻI heʻetau mapuleʻi ʻetau holí ke fakangatangata pē ʻi he ngaahi fono ʻa e ʻOtuá, te tau lava ke fiefia ʻi ha moʻui ʻoku fuoloa ange, ʻofa lahi ange, pea kakato ʻetau fiefiá.²³

ʻOku ʻikai fai ha ofo, he ko e ʻahiʻahi lahi taha ke hē mei he palani ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he fiefiá, ʻoku tupu ia mei hono ngāue hala ʻaki e ngaahi holi mahuʻinga mei he ʻOtuá. ʻOku ʻikai ke faingofua maʻu pē hono puleʻi hotau uʻá. ʻOku ʻikai hatau taha te ne lava ʻo puleʻi fakaʻaufuli ia.²⁴ ʻOku hoko e ngaahi fehalaaki. ʻOku hoko e tōnounou. Fakahoko mo e faiangahala. Ko e hā leva te tau faí? ʻE lava ke tau ako meiate kinautolu. Pea te tau lava ʻo fakatomala moʻoni.²⁵

Te tau lava ʻo liliu ʻetau tōʻonga moʻuí. ʻE lava ke liliu ʻetau holí. ʻE founga fēfē? ʻOku taha pē e foungá. ʻOku toki lava pē ʻa e liliu moʻoní—liliu fakaʻaufulí—ʻi he ivi faifakamoʻui, fakamaʻa, mo malava ʻo e Fakalelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.²⁶ ʻOkú Ne ʻofa ʻiate koe—ʻiate kimoutolu kotoa!²⁷ ʻOkú Ne fakaʻatā ke ke maʻu Hono mālohí ʻi hoʻo tauhi vēkeveke, fakamātoato, mo totonu ʻEne ngaahi fekaú. ʻOku faingofua pehē pea mo pau. Ko e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ko ha ongoongolelei ia ʻo e liliu!²⁸

Ko e laumālie mālohi ʻo e tangatá, ʻa ia ʻokú ne puleʻi e ngaahi holi kovi ʻo e kakanó, te ne puleʻi ʻe ia e ongó mo e uʻá pea he ʻikai pōpula ia kiate kinautolu. Ko e faʻahinga tauʻatāina ia ʻoku mahuʻinga ki he laumālié ʻo hangē ko e mahuʻinga ʻa e ʻokisikená ki he sinó! Ko e tauʻatāina moʻoní ʻa e tauʻatāina ko ia mei hono puleʻi kitautolu ʻe heʻetau ngaahi holi fakakakanó!²⁹

ʻOku tau “tauʻatāina ke fili ʻa e tauʻatāiná mo e moʻui taʻengatá … pe fili ʻa e pōpulá mo e maté.”³⁰ ʻI heʻetau fili ha hala māʻolunga ange ki he tauʻatāiná mo e moʻui taʻengatá, ʻoku kau e malí he hala ko iá.³¹ ʻOku tala ʻe he Kāingalotú ko e “mali ʻi he vā ʻo ha tangata mo ha fefiné naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ia ʻe he ʻOtuá pea ko e fāmilí ʻ a e uho e palani ʻa e Tokotaha Fakatupú ki he ikuʻanga taʻengata ʻo ʻEne fānaú.” ʻOku tau toe ʻilo foki ko e “tuʻunga tangatá pē fefiné ko e ʻulungaanga mahuʻinga ia ʻoku ʻiloʻi ai ʻa e tuʻunga mo e taumuʻa ʻo e tokotaha fakafoʻituituí, ʻi he maama fakalaumālié, mo e moʻui fakamatelié, pea mo e taʻengatá.”³²

ʻOku mahuʻinga e mali ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ha tangata mo ha fefiné he ko ha konga tefito ia ʻo e tokāteline ʻa e ʻEikí pea ʻoku mahuʻinga ia ki he palani taʻengata ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko e mali ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ha tangata mo ha fefiné ko e sīpinga ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he kakato ʻo e moʻui ʻi he māmaní pea ʻi he langí. He ʻikai lava ke ngaohikovia, taʻe mahino, pe taki hala ʻa e sīpinga ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he nofomalí.³³ Kapau ʻokú ke fie maʻu ʻa e fiefia moʻoní. ʻOku maluʻi ʻe he sīpinga ki he nofomali ʻa e ʻOtuá e mālohi toputapu ʻo e fakatupú mo e fiefia ʻi he feohi moʻoni ʻo e malí.³⁴ ʻOku tau ʻilo ne mali ʻa ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻi he ʻOtuá kimuʻa peá na aʻusia e fiefia ʻo e fakataha ko ha husepāniti mo ha uaifí.³⁵

ʻI hotau kuongá, ʻoku tokanga makehe mo fakatāutaha e ngaahi potungāue fakapuleʻangá ki hono maluʻi ʻo e nofomalí koeʻuhí he ʻoku fokotuʻu ʻe he ngaahi fāmili mālohí e founga lelei taha ki he moʻui leleí, akó, uelofeá, mo e tuʻumālie ʻa e toʻu tangata kei tupu haké.³⁶ Ka ʻoku fuʻu mālohi hono tākiekina e ngaahi potungāue fakapuleʻangá ʻe he ngaahi ākenga fakasōsialé mo e ngaahi fakakaukau fakaetangatá ʻi heʻenau faʻu, mo toe faʻu, mo feinga ke fakamālohia e ngaahi laó. ʻOku tatau ai pē pe ko e hā e ngaahi lao mo e tuʻutuʻuni ʻe fokotuʻú, he ʻikai lava ke liliu e tokāteline ʻa e ʻEikí kau ki he malí mo e moʻui maʻá.³⁷ Manatuʻi: neongo ka fakalaoʻi ʻe he tangatá e faiangahalá, ʻe kei lau pē ia ko e angahala ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá!

Lolotonga ʻetau faʻifaʻitaki ki he angaʻofa mo e mavaʻofa ʻa hotau Fakamoʻuí, mo fakamahuʻingaʻi e totonu mo e ongo ʻa e fānau kotoa ʻa e ʻOtuá, he ʻikai ke tau lava ʻo liliu ʻEne tokāteliné. ʻOku ʻikai ʻatautolu ke liliu ia. ʻOku ʻomi ʻEne tokāteliné ke tau ako, mahino, mo tauhi ki ai.

ʻOku lelei e tōʻonga moʻui ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. ʻOku kau ʻi Heʻene foungá e angamaʻa kimuʻa he malí mo e anganofo kakato lolotonga e nofomalí.³⁸ Ko e founga pē ʻa e ʻEikí te tau aʻusia ai e fiefia ʻoku tolongá. ʻOku ʻomi Heʻene foungá ha fiemālie ʻe tolongá ki hotau laumālié mo ha nonga e tuʻuloá ki hotau ʻapí. Ka ko e lelei tahá, ko hono tataki kitautolu ʻe Heʻene foungá ki ʻapi kiate Ia mo ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní, ki he moʻui taʻengatá mo e hākeakiʻí.³⁹ Ko e uho moʻoni ʻeni ʻo e ngāue mo e nāunau ʻo e ʻOtuá.⁴⁰

Siʻoku kāinga ʻofeina, ko e ʻaho takitaha ko ha ʻaho ke fai ai ha fili, pea ʻe makatuʻunga hotau ikuʻangá mei heʻetau ngaahi filí. ʻE ʻi ai ha ʻaho te tau tuʻu ai he ʻao ʻo e ʻEikí ke fakamāuʻi.⁴¹ Te tau fakahoko ha ʻinitaviu fakatāutaha mo Sīsū Kalaisi.⁴² Te tau fakamatala ki he ngaahi fili ne tau fai fekauʻaki mo hotau sinó, ʻulungaanga fakalaumālié, mo e anga ʻetau fakaʻapaʻapaʻi e sīpinga ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he nofomalí mo e fāmilí. Ko ʻeku lotu fakamātoató ke tau fai ha fili fakapotopoto he ʻaho takitaha ʻe aʻu ki ʻitānití, ʻi he huafa toputapu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí, ʻēmeni.