Ko Hono ʻOhake ʻo e Fānaú ʻi he Māmá mo e Moʻoní

Ko e mahuʻinga ʻo e uouangataha ʻa e fāmilí —ʻo e feʻofaʻaki mo e fefakaʻatuʻiʻaki ʻi he fāmilí —he ʻikai ke lava ʻo fakamamafaʻi feʻunga. Ko e uouangataha fakalaumālie ʻi he feohi fakafāmilí ko e fakavaʻe pau ia ʻe tupulaki ai ʻa e Siasí mo e sosaietí. ʻOku ʻiloa ʻa e foʻi moʻoni ko ʻení mo mahino ki he filí, pea kuo teʻeki ke fai pehē ki muʻa, ʻi heʻene fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e founga, ivi, mo e mālohi kotoa ʻokú ne maʻú, ke fakavaivaiʻi mo fakaʻauha ʻa e faʻunga taʻengatá ni. Ko e ongoongolelei pē ʻo Sīsu Kalaisi ʻoku fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he ngaahi feohi fakafāmilí te ne taʻofi ʻa e ivi maumau fakatēvoló ni.⁶

ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki lalahi mo moʻoni ke fai ha tokanga ki ai, pea ko kinautolu ʻoku tau hohaʻa lahi ange ki ai ʻi he toengá fakakātoa, ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo ʻetau fānaú. Ko e maluʻi moʻoní pē taha pe ko e maluʻi ʻoku feʻungá, ʻe lava ke fai ia ʻe he ʻapí mo hono ngaahi mālohí.⁷

Kuo pau ke akoʻi ʻetau fānaú ke nau ʻilo ʻa e faikehekehe ʻo e leleí mo e koví, he ka ʻikai, he ʻikai ke nau lava ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa lahi ke mahino ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻikai fakangofua ai ke nau kau ʻi he ngaahi angafai ʻoku anga-maheni ʻaki ʻi honau kaungāʻapí. Kapau he ʻikai fakahinohinoʻi kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi tokāteline ʻo e Siasí, mahalo, he ʻikai mahino kiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku kovi ai ha koniseti he Sāpaté, fale heleʻuhilá he Sāpaté, huluʻi ʻo e heleʻuhilá, vaʻinga peisipoló, pe faʻahinga meʻa pehē, ʻi he taimi ʻoku kau ai honau kaungā-vaʻingá, ʻo ʻikai taʻofi ka ʻoku poupouʻi, ʻi he ngaahi meʻa koʻeni kuo taʻofi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi hono ʻaho tapú. ʻOku ʻa e mātuʻá ke akoʻi fakalelei ʻa ʻenau fānaú, [pea] ʻe fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e mātuʻá kapau ʻe tutupu hake ʻenau fānaú ʻo mavahe mei he mālohi ʻo e ngahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongolelei ʻo hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí.⁸

Kuo ʻosi fekau ʻe he ʻEikí kitautolu, ʻa e taha kotoa, ke ʻohake ʻetau fānaú ʻi he māmá mo e moʻoní. Ko e feituʻu ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e laumālie ko ʻení, he ʻikai ke lava pe ʻe lava ke ikuna ai ʻa e moveuveú, talangataʻá, mo e taʻe-tokanga ki he ngaahi fatongia toputapú.⁹

Kuo teʻeki tukuange ʻe he Tamaí ʻene totonu ki he fānau ʻoku fāʻeleʻi ki māmaní. ʻOku nau kei hoko ko ʻEne fānau. Kuó ne tuku kinautolu ke tokangaʻi ʻe ha ngaahi mātuʻa fakamatelie fakataha mo ha naʻinaʻi ke ʻohake kinautolu ʻi he māmá mo e moʻoní. Ko e tefitoʻi fatongiá, pea ʻoku pehē hono mahuʻingá, ʻoku ʻi he mātuʻá ke akoʻi ʻenau fānaú ʻi he māmá mo e moʻoní.¹⁰

Ko e ʻuluaki fatongia fekauʻaki mo hono akoʻi ʻo e fānau ʻo e Siasí ʻoku fai ia ʻi ʻapi. Ko e fatongia ia ʻo e mātuʻá ke ʻohake ʻenau fānaú ʻi he māmá mo e moʻoní, pea kuo ʻosi fakahā ʻe he ʻEikí kapau he ʻikai ke nau fai ʻeni, te nau tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e Fakamaauʻangá ke fai ha tali.¹¹

Naʻe pehē he ʻEikí ʻi ha fakahā naʻe fai ki he Siasí ʻi he 1831:

“Pea ko e tahá, kapau ʻoku maʻu ha fānau ʻe ha ongo mātuʻa ʻi Saione pe ʻi ha taha ʻo hono ngaahi siteiki ʻa ia kuo fokotuʻú, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai te nau akoʻi ʻa kinautolu ke nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e tokāteline ʻo e fakatomalá, tui kia Kalaisi ko e ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtua moʻuí, pea mo e papitaisó mo e foaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻi he hilifaki ʻo e nimá, ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau taʻu valu aí, ʻe ʻi he ʻulu ʻo e mātuʻá ʻa e angahalá.

“He ʻe hoko ʻeni ko e fono ki he kakai ʻoku nofo ʻi Saioné, pe ʻi ha taha ʻo hono ngaahi siteiki ʻa ia kuo fokotuʻú. [T&F 68:25–26.]

… ʻOku fie maʻu ʻeni ʻe he ʻEikí ke tau fakahoko.¹²

ʻE haʻisia ʻa e mātuʻá ki he ngaahi angafai ʻa ʻenau fānaú, kapau naʻe ʻikai ke nau akoʻi ʻenau fānaú ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga pea mo e akonaki.

Kapau kuo ʻosi fai ʻe he mātuʻá ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻi honau mālohí ke akoʻi totonu ʻenau fānaú ʻi he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga pea mo e akonaki kae ʻalu hē pē ʻa e fānaú, he ʻikai haʻisia ʻa e mātuʻá ia pea ʻe ʻi he ʻulu pē ʻo e fānaú ʻa e angahalá.¹³

Ko e tefitoʻi fatongia ke fai e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakatau ki he fakamoʻuí, ʻoku ʻi he fakafoʻituituí ia. Kuo tuku kotoa mai kitautolu ki māmani ke tau aʻusia ha ngaahi sivi ʻi he moʻui fakamatelié. ʻOku tau ʻi hení ke vakaiʻi pe te tau tauhi ʻa e ngaahi fekaú mo ikunaʻi ʻa māmani, pea kuo pau ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa te tau lavá maʻatautolu.

Ko e fatongia hono hoko ki hotau fakamoʻuí ʻoku tuku ia ki hotau ngaahi fāmilí. ʻOku hoko ʻa e mātuʻá ko e ngaahi maama mo e fakahinohino ki heʻenau fānaú pea ʻoku fekauʻi ke nau ʻohake kinautolu ʻi he māmá mo e moʻoní, ʻo akoʻi kiate kinautolu ʻa e ongoongoleleí mo tā e ngaahi sīpinga lelei. ʻOku fie maʻu ʻa e fānaú ke nau talangofua ki heʻenau mātuʻá, pea fakalāngilangiʻi mo fakaʻapaʻapaʻi kinautolu.

ʻOku hoko ʻa e Siasí mo hono ngaahi kupú ko ha faʻunga tokoni pē ke tokoniʻi ʻa e fāmilí mo e fakafoʻituituí.¹⁴

ʻĪmisi

A woman leading music in Primary. A girl is standing at her side holding a copy of the Book of Mormon.

ʻOku ou kole kiate kimoutolu, ko hoku ngaahi tokoua mo e tuofāfine ʻofeina, ngaahi husepāniti mo e uaifi, ngaahi tamai mo e ngaahi faʻē, ke mou ngāueʻaonga ʻaki ʻa e faingamālie kotoa pē ʻoku ʻoatu ʻe he Siasí ke akoʻi hoʻomou fānaú ʻi he ngaahi houalotu kehekehe kuo ʻoatu maʻanautolu ʻi he ngaahi fakahā ʻa e ʻEikí: ʻa e Palaimelí, Lautohi Faka-Sāpaté, ʻa e ongo houalotu ʻo e Mutualé [Talavoú mo e Finemuí], pea mo e ngaahi kōlomu ʻo e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeiki Siʻi Angé ʻi he malumalu ʻo e fakahinohino ʻa hotau kau pīsopelikí. …

… ʻOku tau maʻu ʻi he Siasí kotoa, ʻi ha feituʻu pē ʻoku lava ke tau maʻu ai ʻa e faingamālié ni, ʻa e seminelí mo e ngaahi ʻinisititiutí. … Houʻeiki tangata mo fafine, fekau hoʻomou fānaú ki he ngaahi semineli ko ʻení. Ko kinautolu ʻoku ō ki he kolisí te nau taʻu feʻunga, kapau ne nau maʻu e fakahinohino feʻunga ʻi heʻenau ʻi he toʻu tupú, ke hū ki he ngaahi ʻinisititiuti ʻo e Siasí.¹⁵

Ko e fakamoʻoni fakatāutaha mo fakafoʻituituí ʻoku hoko pea ʻe hoko maʻu ai pē ko e ivi ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní. ʻOku tanumaki lelei taha ha fakamoʻoni ʻi he fāmilí. … ʻOku totonu ke hoko hono maʻu mo pukepuke e fakamoʻoní ko ha meʻa fakafāmili. ʻOua naʻa mou taʻe-tokangaʻi ha faʻahinga meʻa ʻe ala tokoni ke fakamālohia e fakamoʻoni ʻa ha mēmipa ho fāmilí.¹⁶

Kuo pau ke tau maluʻi ʻa e [fānaú] mei he ngaahi angahala mo e kovi ʻo e māmaní ki he lahi taha te tau lavá koeʻuhí ke ʻoua naʻa taki halaʻi kinautolu mei he hala ʻo e moʻoní mo e māʻoniʻoní.¹⁷

Tokoniʻi hoʻomou fānaú ʻi he founga kotoa pē te mou lavá ke nau tupu hake mo ha ʻilo ki he ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. Akoʻi kinautolu ke lotu. Akoʻi kinautolu ke nau tauhi ʻa e Lea ʻo e Potó, ke ʻaʻeva angatonu mo fakatōkilalo ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻEikí koeʻuhí ka nau ka tupu ʻo fatutangata mo fatufefine, te nau lava ʻo fakamālō atu ʻi he meʻa kuo mou fai maʻanautolú pea vakai atu ki heʻenau moʻuí ʻi he loto houngaʻia pea mo e ʻofa ki heʻenau mātuʻá ʻi he anga hono tauhi kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi mātuʻa ko iá pea mo akoʻi kinautolu ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.¹⁸

• Fakatokangaʻi ʻi he “Mei he Moʻui ʻa Siosefa Filitingi Sāmitá,” ʻa e sīpinga ʻo ha ngaahi mātuʻa ʻoku nau fakahaaʻi e ʻofá ki heʻenau fānaú. Fakakaukauʻi ha ngaahi founga te ke lava ai ʻo muimui ʻi he ngaahi sīpinga ko ʻení, neongo pe ko e hā ho ngaahi fatongia fakafāmilí. ʻE fokotuʻutuʻu fēfē ʻe he mātuʻá kinautolu ke nau lava ʻo fakamoleki ha taimi lahi ange mo ʻenau fānaú?

• Naʻe meʻa ʻa Palesiteni Sāmita ki ha ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki fakalaumālie naʻe ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻene moʻuí (vakai, konga 1). Ko e hā mo ha ngaahi toe fakatuʻutāmaki kehe ʻoku ʻi he kuongá ni? ʻE founga fēfē ha tokoni ʻa e mātuʻá mo e ngaahi kuí ke matuʻuaki ʻe he fānaú ʻa e ngaahi mālohi ko ʻení?

• Fakakaukau ki he falala ʻoku fai ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní ki he mātuʻá ʻi Heʻene tuku ke nau tokangaʻi ʻEne fānaú (vakai, konga 2). Ko e hā ha fakahinohino mo e tokoni ʻokú Ne fai?

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻoku hoko ai ʻa e Siasí ko ha “faʻunga tokoni ke tokoniʻi ʻa e fāmilí mo e fakafoʻituituí”? (Vakai, konga 3.) Kuo tokonia fēfē koe mo ho fāmilí ʻe he ngaahi faʻunga ʻo e Siasí? Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo fai ke tokoniʻi ʻa e fānaú mo e toʻu tupú ke nau kau kakato?

• ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he konga 4 ha ngaahi founga ke tokoniʻi ʻa e fānaú mo e toʻu tupú ke nau moʻui ʻaki ʻa e ongoongoleleí. ʻI hoʻomou fakamanatu ʻa e faleʻi ko ʻení, fakakaukauʻi ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení: Ko e hā ha ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ke fakahoko lelei mo ho fāmilí? Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ke mou fakaleleiʻi? Ko e hā te ke lava ʻo fai ke tokoni ki he toʻu tupu ʻo e Siasí ke fakamālohia ʻenau fakamoʻoní?

Teutalōnome 6:1–7; Saame 132:12; Mōsaia 1:4; 4:14–15; T&F 68:25–28; 93:36–40; vakai foki, “Ko e Fāmilí: Ko ha Fanongonongo ki Māmani”

“Tokanga ke ʻoua naʻá ke fakangata vave ha fealēleaʻaki lelei koeʻuhí ka ke fakahoko kotoa ʻa e nagahi meʻa kuó ke teuteú. Neongo ʻoku mahuʻinga ke fakahoko kotoa e lēsoní, ka ʻoku mahuʻinga ange ke tokoniʻi e kau akó ke nau ongoʻi e mālohi ʻo e Laumālié, tali ʻenau ngaahi fehuʻí, fakatupulaki ʻenau mahino ki he ongoongoleleí, pea mo fakamālohia ʻenau tukupā ke tauhi e ngaahi fekaú.” Neongo ia, ʻoku [toe] “mahuʻinga [pē] ke fakaʻosi ha fealēleaʻaki he taimi totonú. ʻOku faʻa mole e laumālie ʻo ha fealēleaʻaki lelei ʻi he taimi ʻoku fuʻu lōloa aí. … Puleʻi e taimí. ʻIloʻi e taimi ʻoku totonu ke ʻosi ai e lēsoní. Tuku ha taimi feʻunga ke ke fakamāʻopoʻopo ai e meʻa kuo aleaʻí pea fai hoʻo fakamoʻoní” (ʻOku ʻIkai ha Ui ʻe Mahuʻinga Ange ʻi he Faiakó [1999], 71, 72).