Sio Hake

Naʻe ui au heʻeku kei talavoú ke u ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi Hemipeeki ʻi Siamane. ʻI he Misiona Ako Lea Fakafonuá—ko e hingoa ia ki muʻa ʻo e senitā akoʻanga fakafaifekau ʻo e ʻaho ní—ne u faingataʻaʻia he ako e lea fakafonuá. ʻI he ʻosi ʻa e ʻuluaki uiké mo e uike hono uá, ne u fakatokangaʻi ʻoku laka ki muʻa e niʻihi kehe ia ʻi hoku vahé ʻo vave ange ia he tuʻunga ʻoku ou ʻi aí. Kuo nau ʻunu atu kinautolu ki he ngaahi lea faingataʻa angé, ka u kei fiu feingaʻi pē au e dies, ders, mo e dases.

Ne kamata ke u fuʻu hohaʻa—pea loto-foʻi. ʻE anga fēfē ha lelei ʻeku ngāue fakafaifekaú kapau ʻoku ʻikai lava ke u fetuʻutaki ki he kakai naʻe ui au ke u akoʻí?

Ne u lotu ke maʻu ha tokoni pea fekumi ke maʻu ha tāpuaki lakanga fakataulaʻeiki, ʻa ia naʻe lava ke maʻu ai ha nonga. Ka naʻe hokohoko atu pē ʻeku fekumí mo e faingataʻaʻiá, pea ʻi ai e ʻaho ne u fuʻu faingataʻaʻia pea toe hohaʻa ange ai ʻi ha toe taimi ki muʻa. ʻI he taimi ne u lue mai ai mo hoku hoá he fakafaletoló, ne u tuʻu he kiʻi loki ʻo e tauhi ʻapí. Ne u kole ange ki hoku hoá ke kiʻi tatali. Ne u hū ki he kiʻi lokí peá u tūʻulutui he veʻe taufalé. Ne u tangi ki he Tamai Hēvaní ke ʻomi ha fakafiemālie.

Naʻe tali ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e lotu ko iá. Ne ongo mai ki hoku ʻatamaí ʻa e fakakaukau ko ʻení: Naʻe ʻikai ke u ui mai koé ke ke poto ʻaupito he lea faka-Siamané. Naʻá ku ui koé ke ngāue ʻaki ho lotó, ʻatamaí, mo e iví kotoa.”

Ne u fakakaukau hake leva, “Te u lava ʻo fai ia. Te u lava ke ngāue ʻaki hoku lotó, ʻatamaí, mo e mālohí kotoa. Kapau ko e ʻuhinga ia hono ui mai au ʻe he ʻEikí, Te u lava ʻo fai ia.” Ne u tuʻu hake mo e ongoʻi fiemālie moʻoni.

Ne liliu leva ʻeku meʻafuá he taimi ko iá. Naʻe ʻikai leva ke toe fakahoa ʻeku fakalakalaká mo e lavameʻá ki hoku hoá pe kau faifekau kehe ʻi hoku vahé. Ka ne u nofo taha ki he anga e ongoʻi ʻe he ʻEikí e meʻa ʻoku ou faí. Ko ia naʻe ʻikai ke u sio ki he anga hono fakahoa au ki he niʻihi kehé, kae kamata ke u sio hake, ke ʻilo ʻa ʻEne fakakaukau ki heʻeku ngāué.

ʻOku ʻikai ke u ʻiloʻi pe naʻe vave ange ʻeku ako e leá pe lelei ange, ka naʻe ʻikai ke u toe hohaʻa ki he meʻa ko iá. Ne u ʻilo e meʻa naʻe finangalo e ʻEikí ke u faí, pea ne u maʻu e mālohi ke fai ia.

Ne kamata ke u fealeaʻaki mo e Tamai Hēvaní he pongipongí, ʻo fakahā kiate Ia ʻoku ʻikai ke u ʻiloʻi e meʻa ʻe hoko he ʻaho ko iá ka te u fai hoku lelei tahá. Ne u lotu, “Ko e hā pē ʻa e meʻa te u akó, fakaʻatā ke u ako ia, ka ʻe tatau ai pē pe ko e hā, te u fai hoku lelei tahá Maʻau he ʻahó ni.”

ʻI he poʻulí ne u toe lotu ʻo lipooti e meʻa naʻá ku akó mo ia naʻe faí. Ne u vahevahe mo ʻeku Tamai Hēvani ʻeku faingataʻaʻiá mo ʻeku lavameʻá. Naʻe kamata ke u tafoki kiate Ia—ke vakaiʻi ʻaki ʻeku fakalakalaká—kae ʻikai ki he niʻihi kehé pe ko au.

Ne u nofo mo e lēsoni ko ia ne u ako ʻi he kiʻi loki siʻisiʻi ko ʻení he taʻu ʻe 35 kuohilí kuo ʻi he kotoa ʻeku moʻuí, ʻi he ngaahi uiuiʻí mo e ngaahi fatongia lahi. ʻI he taimi kotoa pē ne kole mai ai ke u fai ha meʻa ʻa ia naʻe lahi ʻaupito e meʻa naʻe fai ki ai e ʻamanakí ʻi he meʻa te u malavá, ne u manatuʻi leva e meʻa ne u aʻusiá peá u pehē leva, “Tatali. Ko hai naʻá ne ui koé? Ko hai ʻokú ke ngāue ki aí? Ko hai ʻokú ke feinga ke fakafiemālieʻí?”

ʻOku lahi e ngaahi meʻafua kehekehe ʻa e māmani ʻoku tau nofo aí—ko e lahi tahá e ngaahi fakafuofua pē mei tuʻá. ʻOku lava ke fuʻu fefeka e ngaahi fakafuofua ko iá ki he kakai lalahi kei talavoú. ʻOkú ke ʻalu ki he akó ke maʻu ha maaka, ka ʻoku ʻikai fai ha sio ia ki he ngaahi meʻa kehe ʻoku aʻusia he kalasí pe ʻi ho fāmilí pe tūkunga ʻo e moʻuí. ʻOku ʻi ai e taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fua tautau kitautolu mei hotau fōtungá pe meʻalele ʻoku tau maʻú. ʻE lava ke fakatefito hotau mahuʻingá he tokolahi hotau ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻoku tohi ʻi heʻetau peesi he ʻinitanetí. ʻOku tau hohaʻa ki he fakakaukau mai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ki he tokotaha ʻoku tau faikaumeʻa mo iá pe ko e fakakaukau mai ʻa e kakaí ki haʻatau mali ʻoku teʻeki ke ʻosi e akó. ʻOku faingofua ke fihia he feingaʻi ke fakafiemālieʻi e niʻihi kehé, ka he ʻikai ke tau falala ki he ngaahi meʻafua ko ʻeni ʻi tuʻá; he ʻoku vave ʻa e māmaní ki he fakalāngilangiʻí mo e fakaangaʻí.

ʻOku ou tui ko e pole kiate kitautolu hono kotoá—kae mahalo ʻe tautefito ki he kakai lalahi kei talavoú—ko e feinga ke ʻoua ʻe sio ki he tafaʻakí ke vakai pe ko e hā e anga e vakai mai ʻa e kakaí ki heʻetau moʻuí ka ke sio hake ki he anga e vakai mai ʻa e Tamai Hēvaní kiate kitautolú. ʻOku ʻikai ke Ne vakai mai ki he fōtunga ʻi tuʻá ka ki he lotó (vakai, 1 Samuela 16:7). Pea ʻokú Ne ʻafioʻi lelei ange ʻi ha toe taha ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau fie maʻú.

Ko ia ʻe anga fēfē haʻatau “sio haké”? Ko e niʻihi ʻeni ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻe lava ke tokoni.