Tokangaekina e masivá mo e faingataʻaʻiá

2015

Māʻasi 2015

Ngaahi Meʻa Mahuʻinga Fakatokāteline

Tokangaekina e masivá mo e faingataʻaʻiá

ʻĪmisi

The painting depicts the Good Samaritan administering to the beaten and injured man stripped of his clothing. A camel rests behind to the right. The scene takes place in a rocky desert setting reminiscent of the Holy Land.

“Naʻe fakafehuʻi ʻe ha faiongoongo ʻa Mother Telesa ʻo Kalakatá fekauʻaki mo ʻene ngāue ʻaufuatō ke fakahaofi e kau tukuhāusia ʻi he kolo ko iá. Naʻá ne pehē, fakatatau mo e sitetisitiká, naʻe ʻikai ke ne lava ha meʻa ʻe taha. Ne tali hangatonu ʻe he kiʻi fineʻeiki fakaofó ni ko ʻene ngāué ʻoku fekauʻaki mo e ʻofá, kae ʻikai ko e fiká. … Naʻá ne pehē kuó ne lava ʻo tauhi e fekau ke ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá mo e kaungāʻapí ʻaki ʻene tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻoku aʻu ki aí, ʻaki ha meʻa pē ʻokú ne maʻu. … Naʻe fakakaukau fakamātoato e taha faiongoongó ko e tui faka-Kalisitiané ʻoku mahino ʻoku ʻikai ko ha ngāue fakasitetisitika. …

“ʻE founga fēfē leva haʻatau ‘fakahoko e meʻa ʻoku tau lavá?’…

“… ʻOku ou fakaʻapaʻapa moʻoni kia Palesiteni Tōmasi S. Monisoní. … Pea ko e ʻata te u mataʻikoloa ʻaki ʻo aʻu ki haʻaku maté, ko ʻene folau vakapuna mai ʻi hono silipá mei he faingataʻaʻia fakaʻekonōmika ʻo Siamane Hahaké koeʻuhí he naʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻene foaki hono suti fika uá mo hono sote ʻe tahá kae toʻo foki mo hono suú ʻo foaki.”

ʻEletā Jeffrey R. Holland ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, “ʻIkai ko e Kau Kolekole Kotoa pē Kitautolu?” Liahona, Nōvema 2014, 40, 41, 42.