Ngaahi ʻUlungaanga Fakalangi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí—Fonu ʻi he Manavaʻofa mo e ʻOfa

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Visiting teachers with an elderly woman.

Ko e Tākiekina ʻa e Kau Fefine Angatonú, fai ʻe Julie Rogers

ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá ʻa e manavaʻofá “ko e ʻofa ia ʻoku māʻolunga, fakaʻeieiki, mo mālohi tahá” (“Manavaʻofá”). Ko e ʻofa haohaoa ia ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. ʻI heʻetau ako kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo fāifeinga ke hangē ko Iá, ʻe kamata ke tau ongoʻi ʻEne ʻofa haohaoá ʻi heʻetau moʻuí pea ueʻi kitautolu ke tau ʻofa mo tokoni ki he niʻihi kehé ʻo hangē pē ko ia naʻá Ne mei faí. Ne pehē ʻe Palesiteni Tōmasi S. Monisoni, “Ko e manavaʻofá ko haʻate kātakiʻi ha taha kuo faihala mai.” Ko hono fakafepakiʻi ia e ongoʻi ʻitangofuá. Ko hono tali ia ʻo e ngaahi vaivaí mo e tōnounoú. Ko hono tali ia ʻo e kakaí ʻi honau tuʻunga totonú. Ko e vakai atu ia ʻo fakalaka ʻi he fōtunga fakaesinó ke aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻulungaanga he ʻikai toe mōlia he ʻalu ʻa e taimí. Ko hono fakafepakiʻi ia ʻo e ongoʻi ke fakakalakalasi e niʻihi kehé.”¹

ʻI he Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ʻoku tau ako ai ʻa e moʻoni maʻongoʻonga ko ia ʻoku tau “lotu ki he Tamaí ʻaki ʻa e ivi kotoa ʻo e lotó, koeʻuhi ke fakafonu ʻa [kitautolu] ʻaki ʻa e ʻofá ni, ʻa ia kuó ne foaki kiate [kitautolu] kotoa pē ʻoku muimui moʻoni ʻi hono ʻAlo ko Sīsū Kalaisí; koeʻuhi ke [tau] hoko ko e ngaahi foha [mo e ngaahi ʻōfefine] ʻo e ʻOtuá; koeʻuhi ka hoko ʻa e taimi te ne hā mai aí te tau tatau mo ia, he te tau mamata kiate ia ʻi hono anga totonú; koeʻuhi ke tau maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki leleí ni; koeʻuhi ke fakahaohaoaʻi ʻa kitautolu ʻo hangē ko ʻene haohaoá” (Molonai 7:48).