Akoʻi ʻo e Taha Loto Faitotonú

Fai ʻe Palesiteni Henry B. Eyring

Tokoni ʻUluaki ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí

Mei he “ʻOku Tau Taha Pē,” Liahona, Mē 2013, 62–63.

Naʻá ku hoko ʻi he 1955 ko ha ʻōfisa ʻi he Laulā Puna Fakakautau ʻa e ʻIunaiteti Siteiti. Naʻe tāpuakiʻi au ʻe heʻeku pisopé kimuʻa peá u toki mavahe ki he ʻuluaki feituʻu te u ngāue ai, ʻa ia ko ʻAlapakiku ʻi Niu Mekisikou.

Naʻá ne pēhe ʻi heʻene lotú ko hoku taimi ʻi he laulāpuna fakakautaú ko ha taimi ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekau. Naʻá ku aʻu atu ki he lotú ʻi hoku fuofua Sāpate he Kolo ʻAlapakiku ʻUluakí. Ne haʻu ha tangata kiate au ʻo ne fakafeʻiloaki mai ia ko e palesiteni fakavahefonuá, peá ne talamai te ne ui au ko ha faifekau fakavahefonua.

Naʻá ku talaange ki ai te u ʻi ai pē ʻi ha ngaahi uike siʻi ki ha ako pea ʻe vahe leva au ki ha feituʻu kehe ʻi he māmaní. Naʻá ne talamai, “ʻOku ʻikai ke u ʻilo au ki he meʻa ko iá, ka te mau ui pē koe ke ke ngāue.” ʻI he lolotonga ʻeku ako fakakautaú, naʻe hangē pē ha foʻi monūʻiá ʻa hono fili au mei he kau ʻōfisa ʻe laungeau naʻe ʻi he akó, ʻo hangē ha faingamālie, ke u fetongi ha ʻōfisa ʻi he hetikuotá naʻe mate fakafokifā.

Ko ia ne u ngāue ai ʻi hoku fatongia ko iá ʻi ha taʻu ʻe ua. Ko e lahi taha ʻo e ngaahi efiafí pea mo e fakaʻosinga ʻo e uike kotoa pē, naʻá ku akoʻi ai ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ki he kakai naʻe ʻomai ʻe he kāingalotú.

Naʻá ku maʻu mo hoku ngaahi hoá ha ʻavalisi ʻo e houa ʻe 40 he māhina ʻi heʻemau ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea teʻeki ai ke mau teitei tukituki tuʻo taha ʻi ha matapā ke kumi ha taha ke akoʻi. Naʻe fakafonu ʻe he kāingalotú homau taimí pea aʻu ʻo mau akoʻi ha fāmili ʻe ua ʻi he efiafi pē taha. Naʻá ku siotonu ʻi he mālohi pea mo e tāpuaki ʻo e toutou kole ʻa e kau palōfitá ke hoko ʻa e mēmipa kotoa pē ko e faifekau.

ʻI he Sāpate fakaʻosi peá u mavahe mei ʻAlapakikú, ne fokotuʻu ai ʻa e fuofua siteiki ʻi he koló. Kuo ʻi ai ʻeni ha temipale toputapu ai, ko ha fale ʻo e ʻEikí, ʻi ha kolo ne mau fakataha ai ʻi ha taimi ʻi ha falelotu pē taha mo ha Kāingalotu ne nau ʻomai ha ngaahi kaungāmeʻa kiate kimautolu ke akoʻi pea mo nau ongoʻi e fakamoʻoni ʻa e Laumālié. Naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ko iá ne talitali lelei kinautolu ki ʻapi ʻi he Siasi moʻoni ʻo e ʻEikí.