Ko e Feilaulau Taʻe-siokita mo Toputapu ʻa e Fakamoʻuí

Naʻe tuʻo taha hano talamai ʻe Palesiteni Melioni G. Lomenī (1897–1988), “ʻOua naʻa fakahā kiate kinautolu koeʻuhí pē ke mahino kiate kinautolu, kae fakahā kiate kinautolu koeʻuhí ke ʻoua naʻa nau maʻuhala.”

Naʻe pehē ʻe Nīfai, “He ʻoku fiefia ʻa hoku laumālié ʻi he meʻa mahinongofuá; he ʻoku anga pehē ʻa e ngāue ʻa e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtuá ʻi he fānau ʻa e tangatá. He ʻoku foaki ʻe he ʻEiki ko e ʻOtuá ʻa e maama ki he ʻatamaí” (2 Nīfai 31:3).

Ko ia, fakafanongo! Te u lea mahino ko ha taha kuo ui pea ko hoku fatongia ke fai pehē.

ʻOku mou ʻilo ʻoku ʻi ai ha fili. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ia ʻe he folofolá ʻaki e ngaahi lea ko ʻení: “[Ko e] ngata motuʻa, ʻa ia ko e tēvoló, … ʻa ia ko e tamai ʻa e ngaahi loi kotoa pē (2 Nīfai 2:18). Naʻe kapusi ia ki tuʻa ʻi he kamataʻangá (vakai, T&F 29:36–38) pea ʻikai foaki ange ha sino fakamatelie. Kuó ne fuakava ʻeni ke veuki “ʻa e palani lahi ʻo e fiefiá” (ʻAlamā 42:8) mo hoko ko e fili ki he māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē. ʻOku tāfataha pē ʻene ʻohofí ki he fāmilí.

ʻOku mou moʻui ʻi ha kuonga ʻoku mafola ai ʻa e fakamalaʻia ʻo e ponokalafí ʻi he māmaní. ʻOku faingataʻa ke hao mei ai. ʻOku nofotaha ʻa e ponokalafí ʻi he tafaʻaki ho natulá ʻa ia ʻokú ke maʻu ai ʻa e mālohi ke fakatupu ha moʻuí.

ʻOku fakaiku ʻa e fakahōhōloto ʻi he ponokalafí ki ha ngaahi faingataʻa, vete mali, mahaki, mo ha faʻahinga palopalema ʻe hongofulu tupu. ʻOku ʻikai hano kaunga ʻoʻona ki he tonuhiá. ʻOku tatau hono tānaki, mamataʻi, pe toʻotoʻo takaí mo hano tauhi ʻo ha ngata huhu kona ʻi hoʻo kato ʻi ho tuʻá. ʻOkú ne fakaʻatā koe ki ha ʻohofi fakalaumālie hangē ko ha ngata huhu kona ʻaki hono kona fakamaté. ʻE lava ke mahinongofua pē ki ha taha, ʻi he tuʻunga ko ʻeni ʻo e māmaní, ʻe lava ke ne maʻu noa pē koe, lau ai, pe mamata ai taʻe-fakatokangaʻi hono ngaahi nunuʻa fakalilifú. Kapau ʻoku fakamatalaʻi koe ʻe he meʻá ni, ʻoku ou fakatokanga atu ke ke taʻofi. Taʻofi ia he taimí ni!

ʻOku akoʻi ʻe he Tohi ʻa Molomoná “kuo akonakiʻi ʻa e tangata [kotoa] ʻo feʻunga koeʻuhí ke nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e leleí mei he koví” (2 Nīfai 2:5). ʻOku kau heni koe. ʻOkú ke ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú mo e meʻa ʻoku halá. Mātuʻaki tokanga ke ʻoua naʻá ke fakalaka ai.

Neongo ko e lahi taha ʻo e ngaahi fehalaākí ʻe lava ʻo vete fakafoʻituitui pē ki he ʻEikí, ka ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi maumaufono ʻoku fie maʻu ʻo lahi ange ai ke maʻu ha fakamolemole. Kapau ko hoʻo ngaahi fehalaākí ne mamafa, talanoa mo hoʻo pīsopé. Kapau naʻe ʻikai pehē, ʻe feʻunga pē ʻa e vete hia fūfūnaki mo fakatāutahá. Ka ke manatuʻi, ko e pongipongi maʻongoʻonga ʻo e fakamolemolé he ʻikai ala hoko fakaʻangataha mai. Kapau ko e kamataʻangá ʻokú ke tūkia, ʻoua te ke foʻi. Ko hono ikunaʻi ʻo e lotofoʻí ko e konga ia ʻo e siví. ʻOua te ke foʻi. Pea hangē ko ʻeku faleʻi kimuʻá, ko e ʻosi pē hoʻo vetehia mo siʻaki ʻa e ngaahi angahalá, ʻoua naʻá ke toe manatu ki ai.

ʻOku ʻi ai maʻu pē ʻa e ʻEikí. Kuó Ne fuesia mo totongi ʻa e tauteá kapau te ke loto ke tali Ia ko ho Huhuʻí.

ʻI hotau tuʻunga fakamatelié, mahalo he ʻikai ke lava ʻo mahino kakato kiate kitautolu ʻa e founga ne fakakakato ai ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻEne feilaulau huhuʻí. Ka ʻi he taimi ní ʻoku ʻikai ke mahuʻinga tatau ʻa e foungá pea mo e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻEne faingataʻaʻiá. Ko e hā naʻá Ne fai ai ia maʻaú, maʻaku, pea mo e faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá? Naʻá Ne fakahoko ia koeʻuhí ko e ʻofa ki he ʻOtua ko e Tamaí pea mo e faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangtá. “ʻOku ʻikai ha tangata ʻe lahi hake ʻene ʻofa ʻi he meʻá ni, ke ne foaki ʻene moʻuí koeʻuhí ko hono kāingá” (Sione 15:13).

Naʻe hāʻele ʻa Kalaisi ʻi he Ngoue ko Ketisemaní ʻo mavahe mei Heʻene kau ʻAposetoló ke lotu. Ko e hā pē ʻa e meʻa ne hokó ʻoku mahulu hake ia ʻi he mālohi ʻoku tau maʻu ke ʻiloʻí! Ka ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi naʻá Ne fakahoko ʻa e Fakaleleí. Naʻá Ne finangalo lelei ke Ne toʻo kiate Ia ʻa e ngaahi fehalaākí, ngaahi angahalá mo e halaiá, ʻa e veiveiua mo e manavasiʻi ʻa e māmaní kotoa. Naʻá ne fuesia ʻetau mamahí koeʻuhí ke ʻoua naʻa tau mamahi. Kuo tofanga ha kakai matelie tokolahi ʻi he mamahí pea mo mate ʻi ha mateʻanga fakamamahi mo fakalilifu. Ka naʻe mahulu hake ʻa ʻEne mamahí ʻiate kinautolu kotoa.

Kuo aʻusia tonu ʻi hoku taʻú ʻa e mamahi fakaesinó, pea ʻoku ʻikai fakafiefia! ʻOku ʻikai hao ha taha ia ʻi he moʻuí ni ʻo taʻe ako ha meʻa ʻe taha pe ua fekauʻaki mo e mamahí. Ka ko e mamahi fakatāutaha ʻoku ʻikai ke u lava ʻo makātakiʻí ko e taimi ʻoku ou ʻilo ai kuó u fakatupu ke mamahi siʻa tahá. Ko e taimi ia ʻoku ou maʻu ai ha fakalika ki he mamahi naʻe foua ʻe he Fakamoʻuí ʻi he Ngoue ko Ketisemaní.

Naʻe kehe ʻa ʻEne faingataʻaʻiá mo e ngaahi faingataʻaʻia kehe kotoa ʻi muʻá, pe mei ai, koeʻuhí he naʻá Ne toʻo kiate Ia ʻa e ngaahi tautea kotoa kuo faifaiangé pea hilifaki ki he fāmili ʻo e tangatá. Fakakaukau ki ai! Naʻe ʻikai hano moʻua ke totongi. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne fai ha meʻa hala. Ka neongo ia, ne tānaki ʻa e halaia kotoa pē, ʻa e mamahí mo e loto mamahí, ʻa e mamahiʻia fakasinó mo e fakamaá, ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi fakaʻatamai, fakaeloto, mo fakaesino kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiloa ʻe he tangatá—naʻá Ne foua kotoa kinautolu. Kuo ʻi ai ha Tokotaha matematē pē taha ʻi he hisitōlia kotoa ʻo e tangatá naʻe hala ʻatā haʻane angahala, naʻe taau ke ne fuesia ʻa e angahala mo e ngaahi maumaufono ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá peá ne ikuna ʻa e mamahi naʻe fetākinima mo hono totongi ʻo kinautolú.

Naʻá Ne foaki ʻEne moʻuí peá Ne folofola, “He ko au ia ʻoku toʻo kiate au ʻa e ngaahi angahala ʻa māmaní” (Mōsaia 26:23). Naʻe tutuki Ia; naʻá Ne pekia. Naʻe ʻikai ke nau lava ʻo toʻo ʻa ʻEne moʻuí meiate Ia. Naʻá Ne finangalo pē ke pekia.

Kapau kuó ke tūkia pehē ʻi ha taimi, kapau ʻokú ke ongoʻi ʻoku maʻu pōpula koe he taimí ni ʻe he filí, te ke lava ʻo laka ki muʻa ʻi he tui ʻo ʻikai toe ʻalu fano pē ʻo fefokifokiʻaki ʻi he māmaní. ʻOku ʻi ai ha niʻihi ʻoku nau tuʻu mateuteu ke tataki fakafoki mai koe ki he nongá mo e malú. Pea naʻa mo e ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá, hangē ko hono talaʻofa ʻi he folofolá, ʻoku hoko mai “o ka hili ʻemau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ala faí” (2 Nīfai 25:23). Ko e ala hoko ʻa e meʻa ní, kiate au, ko e foʻi moʻoni mahuʻinga taha ia ke ʻiloʻí.

ʻOku ou palōmesi ʻe lava ke hoko mai ʻa e pongipongi fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo e fakamolemolé. Pea ʻe toki toe hū ki hoʻomou moʻuí ʻa e “melino [ʻa e] ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku lahi hake ʻaupito ʻi he faʻa ʻiloá” (Filipai 4:7) ko ha meʻa ʻoku hangē ko e hopo ʻa e laʻaá, pea he ʻikai te ke pe te [Ne] “toe manatu ki [hoʻomou] angahalá” (Selemaia 31:34). Te ke ʻiloʻi fēfē? Te ke ʻiloʻi! (Vakai, Mōsaia 4:1–3).

Ko e meʻa ʻeni kuó u haʻu ke akoʻi kiate kimoutolu ʻoku faingataʻaʻiá. Te Ne fakaleleiʻi ʻa e palopalema he ʻikai ke mou lava ʻo fakaleleiʻí, ka kuo pau ke ke totongi ki ai. ʻOku ʻikai ke lava ʻo hoko taʻe te ke fakahoko e meʻa ko iá. Ko ha pule lelei ia ʻi he ʻuhinga, kuó Ne ʻosi totongi ʻa e mahuʻinga ne fie maʻú, ka ʻoku finangalo ke ke fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke ke faí, ʻo tatau ai pē kapau ʻoku fakamamahi.

‘Oku ou ‘ofa ‘i he ‘Eikí mo e Tamaí ʻa ia naʻá Ne fekauʻi mai Iá. ʻE lava ke tekaki atu ʻetau ngaahi kavenga mafasia ʻo e loto mamahí, angahalá, mo e ongoʻi halaiá ki Hono ʻaó, pea ʻi Hono tuʻunga ʻaloʻofá, ʻe lava ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē “kuo totongi kakato.”

“Mou haʻu, pea ke tau alea fakataha: he neongo ʻa e tatau ʻo hoʻomou angahalá mo e kulaʻahoʻahó, ʻe hoko ia ke hinehina ʻo hangē ko e ʻuha hinaekiakí; kapau ʻoku kulokula ia ʻo hangē ko e kulamūmū, ʻe tatau ia mo e fulufuluʻi sipi.” Ko ia, ne hoko atu ʻa ʻIsaia, “kapau te mou loto ki ai mo talangofua” (ʻIsaia 1:18–19).

Ko e folofolá ke “ako ʻa e potó ʻi hoʻo kei siʻí; ʻio, ako ʻi hoʻo kei siʻí ke tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻOtuá” (ʻAlamā 37:35) ko ha fakaafe ia ʻoku haʻu fakataha mo e talaʻofa ʻo e nonga mo e maluʻi mei he filí. “ʻOua naʻa manukiʻi hoʻo kei siʻí ʻe ha taha; ka ke ʻi he kakai tuí ko e fakaʻilonga, ʻi he lea, mo e ʻulungaanga, mo e ʻofa, mo e faianga, mo e tui, mo e māʻoniʻoni” (1 Tīmote 4:12).

ʻOua naʻá ke ʻamanaki ʻe hamolemole ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻi hoʻo moʻuí. Naʻa mo kinautolu ʻoku moʻui ʻi he founga totonú, ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻe hōhoatamaki ai. Fehangahangai mo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo e moʻuí ʻi he fakatuʻamelie mo e ʻiloʻilo pau, pea te ke maʻu ʻa e nonga mo e tui ke tokoniʻi koe ʻi he taimí ni pea mo e kahaʻú.

Kiate kimoutolu kuo teʻeki ke mou maʻu kotoa ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻoku mou ongoʻi ʻoku totonu ke mou maʻú, ʻoku ou tui taʻe toe veiveiua ʻoku ʻikai ha aʻusia pe faingamālie ʻe fie maʻu ki he huhuʻí mo e fakamoʻuí ʻe taʻofi meiate koe ʻoku moʻui faivelengá. Moʻui taau ai pē; maʻu ha ʻamanaki lelei, faʻa kātaki, pea mo faʻa lotu. ʻOku ʻi ai pē founga ʻoku iku lelei ai e meʻa ʻoku hokó. ʻE tataki koe ʻe he meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní mo fakahinohino hoʻo ngaahi ngāué.

Kapau ko e taha koe ʻo kinautolu ʻoku fefaʻuhi mo e ongoʻi halaiá, loto mamahí, pe loto foʻí tuʻunga ʻi ha ngaahi fehalaaki kuó ke fai pe ʻi ha ngaahi tāpuaki kuo teʻeki maʻu, lau ʻa e ngaahi akonaki fakalotolahi ʻoku ʻi he himi “Haʻu kia Sīsuú”:

ʻOku ou fakahā mo hoku Ngaahi Tokoua ko e Kau ʻAposetoló, ko e kau fakamoʻoni makehe kimautolu ʻo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻOku toe fakapapauʻi ʻa e fakamoʻoni ko iá ʻi he taimi kotoa pē ʻi he niʻihi kehé, ʻa e ola fakamaʻa ʻo ʻEne feilaulau toputapú. ʻOku moʻoni ʻa ʻeku fakamoʻoní mo ia ʻo hoku Ngaahi Tokouá. ʻOku maʻu ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻEikí. ʻOku ʻikai ko ha sola ia ki Heʻene kau palōfitá, kau tangata kikité, mo e kau tangata maʻu fakahaá.

ʻOku mahino kiate au ʻoku ʻikai ke mou haohaoa, ka ʻoku mou fononga ʻi he hala ko iá. Maʻu ʻa e loto-toʻá. ʻAi ke mou ʻiloʻi ko e tokotaha ʻokú ne maʻu ha sinó ʻoku mālohi ange ia ʻi ha taha ʻoku ʻikai te ne maʻu ha sino.² ʻOku taʻofi meia Sētane ha sino; ko ia ka ʻi ai ha taimi te ke fehangahangai ai mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí, ʻai ke ke ʻiloʻi te ke mālohi ange koe ʻi he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kotoa pē kapau te ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e tauʻatāina ke fili naʻe foaki ange kia ʻĀtama mo ʻIvi ʻi he ngoué pea tukuʻau mai ʻo aʻu ki he toʻu tangatá ni.

Kapau te ke nofo ʻamanaki atu ʻi he fakatuʻamelie mo e holi ke fai ʻa e meʻa ʻe finangalo ʻa e ʻEikí ke ke faí—ko e meʻa pē ia ʻoku fie maʻú.