Faivelenga Lolotonga e Taimi ʻo e Faingataʻá: “Mei he Faingataʻá ki he Fiefia Nāunauʻiá”

ʻOku faingataʻa ke tau ngāueʻi hotau fakamoʻuí mo fakahoko e ngaahi taumuʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá taʻe kau ai ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻá pe ko ha ngaahi feilaulau.²

Kuo hoko e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí mo e faingataʻá ko ha meʻa maheni ke aʻusia ʻe he Kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe palani pē ʻe he ʻOtuá ke pehē. ʻOku ou pehē, ko e taimi ne tau ʻi he maama fakalaumālié aí, ʻi he taimi naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ai ke tau haʻu ki he tuʻunga ʻahiʻahiʻangá ni ʻo foua e ngaahi aʻusia ʻoku tau lolotonga tofanga aí, naʻe lelei pea tau loto fiemālie pē ki ai; kuo ʻikai fakafiefia ha ngaahi tūkunga ʻe niʻihi ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fakaʻamu ki ai ʻa e niʻihi. Ka ʻoku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua ne tau mamata pea mahino lelei kiate kitautolu, naʻe fie maʻu ke tau aʻusia ʻa e meʻá ni kae lava ke tau aʻusia hotau hakeakiʻí mo e nāunaú; pea neongo kapau naʻe hā taʻefakafiemālie kiate kitautolu, ka naʻa tau loto fiemālie pē ke talangofua ki he finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá pea ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku tau ʻi heni aí.³

Kuo fakapapauʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi Hono lotó te Ne siviʻi kitautolu kae ʻoua kuó Ne ʻafioʻi ʻa e meʻa te Ne lava ʻo fakahoko kiate kitautolú. Naʻá Ne siviʻi ʻa Hono ʻAlo ko Sīsuú. … Kimuʻa peá Ne [Fakamoʻuí] hāʻele mai ki he māmaní, naʻe ʻosi tokaimaʻananga pē ʻa e Tamaí ia ki Hono halá mo Ne ʻafioʻi te Ne lava ʻo falala kiate Ia he taimi ʻe tuʻu ai e fakamoʻui ʻo e māmaní ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmakí; pea naʻe ʻikai siva ʻEne ʻamanakí. ʻOku tatau pē mo kitautolu. Te Ne siviʻi kitautolu pea te Ne hokohoko atu hono feinga ke siviʻi kitautolú, ka Ne lava ʻo fokotuʻu kitautolu ʻi he tuʻunga māʻolunga taha ʻo e moʻuí pea foaki mai mo e ngaahi fatongia toputapu tahá kiate kitautolu.⁴

Kapau te tau lavameʻa ʻo fakalaka atu ʻi he ngaahi ngahau vela ʻa e filí ʻo tau anganofo mo taʻeueʻia ʻetau angatonú, te tau ʻamanaki atu ke maʻu ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo hotau ngaahi faingataʻá, ha taumalingi lahi mo maʻongoʻonga mai ʻa e Laumālie mo e mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá kiate kitautolu—ʻa ia ko ha fakakoloa maʻongoʻonga kiate kinautolu kotoa pē te nau kei tauhi maʻu ʻenau ngaahi fuakavá. …

Kuo fehuʻia ʻe ha niʻihi hotau kāingá pe ko e hili ange ʻa e moʻuí ni te nau lava nai ʻo feohi kakato mo e Kau Palōfita mo e Kāingalotu ʻo e kuonga muʻá, ʻa ia ne nau kātekina ʻa e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí mo e fakatangá; ka e pehē ki he Kāingalotu … ne nau faingataʻaʻia ʻi Ketilani, Mīsuli mo ʻIlinoisí. Hangē naʻe fakameʻapangoʻia ʻa e kāingá ko e ʻikai ke nau feohi he ngaahi taimi faingataʻa ko iá. Kapau ʻoku ʻi heni hamou niʻihi ai, te u ʻoatu ha tala fakafiemālie, kuo pau ke mou kiʻi tatali ʻi ha taimi nounou pea te mou maʻu e ngaahi faingamālie tatau pē, ke mou fiemālie ai. He ʻikai lava ke fakahaohaoaʻi kitaua kae ʻoua kuó ta foua ʻa e mamahí: Naʻe pehē pē mo Sīsū [vakai, Hepelū 2:10]. ʻI he lotu mo mamahi ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Ngoue ko Ketisemaní, naʻá Ne fakamelomelo mai ai ʻa e founga fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻoku fie maʻu ki he moʻui ʻa kinautolu kuo fakalotoa ke nau feinga ke maʻu ha nāunau ʻi he puleʻanga fakasilesitialé. ʻOku totonu ke ʻoua naʻa feinga ha taha ke hao mei ai ʻaki haʻane fakaʻaongaʻi ha founga ngali kehe.⁵

ʻOku ʻikai ha toe founga kehe ʻe lava ke fakalakalaka fakalaumālie ai ʻa e Kāingalotú mo nau mateuteu atu ke maʻu ha tofiʻa ʻi he puleʻanga fakasilesitialé, ka ko e fou pē ʻi he faingataʻa. Ko e founga ia ʻoku fakatupulaki ai ʻa e ʻiló mo iku fokotuʻu maʻu ai ʻa e melinó ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní. Kuo taku ʻo pehē kapau naʻe melino mo tupulaki hotau ʻātakaí he taimí ni, te tau fakafiefiemālie pē. Ko ha tūkunga ia ʻe fie maʻu ʻe ha kakai tokolahi; he ʻikai ke nau vilitaki kinautolu ia ke maʻu e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e taʻengatá.⁶

Pe te ke vakai fakatāutaha pe fakalūkufua ki ai, kuo tau mamahi pea kuo pau ke tau toe mamahi pea ko e hā nai hono ʻuhingá? He ʻoku finangalo ʻa e ʻEikí ke tau foua ia ke fakahaohaoaʻi ai kitautolu.⁷ [Vakai ki he fokotuʻu fika 2 ʻi he peesi 127.]

ʻOku kau ʻi hotau ngaahi faingataʻá ha ngaahi fakatauvele, ʻa ia ʻe lava ke tau fakahaaʻi ai e lahi ʻo ʻetau fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻetau tui fakalotú. ʻOku mou maheni mo e meʻa naʻe hoko kia Siopé. Naʻe fakaʻilo kiate ia ʻa e toetuʻú, pea mo e Huhuʻí pea naʻá ne ʻiloʻi kapau te ne mate, te ne mamata ki hono Huhuʻí ʻi he māmaní ʻi he ʻaho fakamuí [vakai, Siope 19:25–26]. Naʻe fakahaaʻi mai ʻe he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi naʻá ne fehangahangai mo iá ʻa ʻene fakamahuʻingaʻi e ngaahi fakakaukau fakalangi ko ʻení, ʻo mahulu hake ia ʻi ha toe meʻa. …

… ʻOku ʻikai ke tau manavahē he ko hotau Kaumeʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá. Mahalo pē ʻe hokohoko atu ʻetau moʻulaloa ki ha ngaahi tūkunga lahi ʻe taʻe-fakafiemālie kiate kitautolu. Ka ʻe fakafou he ngaahi tūkunga ko iá ʻa ʻetau malava ʻo fakahaaʻi ki he kau ʻāngeló ʻoku tau ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻo lelei ange ia ʻi heʻetau ʻofa he ngaahi meʻa ʻo e māmaní.⁸ [Vakai ki he fokotuʻu fika 3 ʻi he peesi 127.]

Mahalo kuo foua ʻe ha tokolahi ʻo kimoutolu ha ngaahi faingataʻa lalahi kae lava ke toe fakahaohaoaʻi ange hoʻomou tuí, fakatupulaki ange hoʻomou lototoʻá, fakalahi atu hoʻomou ʻilo ki he ngaahi mālohi ʻo e langí; pea ʻoku hoko ʻeni ki muʻa pea toki fai homou huhuʻí. Kapau ʻe tō mai ha faingataʻa kiate koe … ; kapau ʻe hoko mai kiate koe ʻa e ʻahiʻahí pea pau ke ke foua ia; pea tukuange mai ʻa Sētane ʻi homou lotolotongá mo hono ngaahi mālohi fakalotoa kākā mo olopotó; pea tō mai kiate kimoutolu ha ngaahi fakatanga fakafepaki;—hiki hake leva ho ʻulú ʻi he houa ko iá ʻo fiefia he kuo lau ʻokú ke taau ke ke mamahi fakataha mo Sīsū, ʻa e kāingalotú pea mo e kau palōfita māʻoniʻoní; peá ke ʻiloʻi kuo ofi mai e taimi ke huhuʻi ai koé.

ʻE kāinga, ʻoku ou ongoʻi ke u naʻinaʻi atu mei hoku lotó. Mou fiefia—ʻoua ʻe loto siʻi; he ʻoku vave ke hokosia mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻe holoholoʻi ai homou loʻimatá, fakafiemālieʻi ai homou lotó pea te mou utu e ngaahi ola ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi ngāué. …

Faitotonu, angamaʻa, anga fakaʻeiʻeiki, angamalū mo loto fakatōkilalo, lototoʻa mo mālohi, tanumaki e moʻui fakatōkilaló ʻo hangē ko e ʻEikí; pikitai ki he moʻoní neongo ʻa e afí, heletaá, fakamamahiʻí pe maté.⁹

Talu mei he taimi ne tau maʻu ai ʻa e Ongoongoleleí ʻo aʻu mai ki he lolotongá ni, mo hono faʻa ʻomai ʻe he ʻEikí ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi mo ha ngaahi faingataʻa, kapau ko ia; pea taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku faingataʻa fau ke tau tali e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi taʻe te tau lāunga mo hanu. Ka kuo faitāpuekina kitautolu ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi he ngaahi taimi peheé ke tau ikunaʻi e ngaahi ʻahiʻahí pea mo kātekina ʻa e faingataʻá.¹⁰

ʻOku aʻusia ʻe he tangata mo e fefine kotoa pē ʻoku tauhi ki he ʻEikí, neongo e lahi ʻenau faivelengá, ha ngaahi taimi faingataʻa fau; ka ʻo kapau kuo nau moʻui faivelenga, ʻe hoko mai kiate kinautolu ʻa e māmá pea te nau maʻu ha fiemālie.¹¹

Ko e meʻa pē ʻoku fie maʻu ke tau malu moʻoni ai lolotonga e ngaahi tūkunga ko ʻeni ʻo e faingataʻá pe fakatangá, ko ʻetau fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo faitotonu mo faivelenga pea tauhi mateaki e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni kuo tau maʻú; fefaitotonuʻaki; ʻoua naʻa tāmoloki e totonu ʻa ha taha; moʻuiʻaki ʻa e foʻi lea kotoa pē ʻoku folofola ʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá pea ʻe tokoniʻi mo poupouʻi kitautolu ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻi he tūkunga kotoa pē, pea te tau mavahe mai mei he lotolotonga ʻo e faingataʻá kuo mahutafea e ngaahi tāpuakí ʻi hotau ʻapí, fāmilí, ʻetau tākanga monumanú, ʻi heʻetau ngoueʻangá—pea ʻe faitāpuekina kitautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he tapa kotoa pē. Te Ne foaki mai mo fakalahi ʻetau ʻiló, ʻatamai leleí pea mo e potó.

ʻOfa ke fakalahi mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻEne ngaahi tāpuakí ki he kakaí ni. ʻOfa ke tau faivelenga, ʻo tauhi faivelenga ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni kuo tau maʻú, ʻo tauʻaki fekumi ki he lelei ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻaki e kotoa hotau lotó pea ʻe lilingi mai ʻe he ʻOtuá Hono Laumālié kiate kitautolu pea te tau ikuna ʻi he ngataʻangá.¹² [Vakai ki he fokotuʻu fika 3 ʻi he peesi 127.]

ʻI heʻetau fakakaukau atu ki he meʻa kuo fai ʻe he ʻEikí maʻatautolu ʻi he kuohilí, lolotonga pea mo e kahaʻú, te tau ʻiloʻi ko ha kakai monūʻia fau kitautolu! Kuó u faʻa fakakaukau ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi ʻulungaanga fisifisimuʻa ʻe lava ke maʻu ʻe he Kāingalotu ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, ko ha loto houngaʻia pe fakafetaʻi ki heʻetau Tamai Hēvaní ko e meʻa kuó Ne foaki mai maʻatautolú pea mo e hala kuó Ne tataki mai ai kitautolú. Mahalo naʻe ʻikai fakafiefia maʻu pē ʻa e fononga mai he hala ko iá; ka kuo tau toki ʻiloʻi kimui ange ne faʻa fakamoʻoniʻi mai ʻe he ngaahi meʻa taʻe-fakafiemālie ko iá ʻa ʻene lelei taha kiate kitautolú.¹³

Ko e ʻahiʻahi kotoa pē ʻoku foua ʻe ha tangata, kapau te ne faivelenga lolotonga e ʻahiʻahi ko iá peá ne fakalangilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e tui fakalotu ʻokú ne kau ki aí, ko ʻene aʻu mai ko ia ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e ʻahiʻahi pe faingataʻa ko iá, ʻe toe ofi ange ʻa e tokotaha ko iá ki he ʻOtuá, ofi ange ki ai ʻo fakatupulaki ʻene tuí, potó, ʻiló mo e mālohí pea ʻokú ne lototoʻa leva ke kole ki he ʻEikí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻokú ne fie maʻú. Kuó u ʻiloʻi ha kakai kuo nau tetetete ʻi he fakakaukau atu ki heʻenau foua ha ngaahi faingataʻa pau pea hili ʻenau foua e ʻahiʻahi ko iá, kuo nau lava ʻo maʻu ai ha lototoʻa ke ui mo kole ki he ʻEikí ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki naʻa nau fie maʻú. …

ʻOku tau maʻu e ʻuhinga kotoa pē ke fiefia pea fonu ʻi he nēkeneka mo e fiemālie neongo ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻokú ne ʻākilotoa kitautolú. Pea ko e hā leva e lahi ʻo ʻetau fakalakalaká, lahi ʻo e ʻilo kuo tau maʻú pea mo e meʻa te tau lava ʻo fuesia he taimi ní, ʻo laka ange ia he taʻu ʻe taha, ua pe nima kuohilí, pea ʻoku tau lava nai ʻo kātekina lelei ange ia he taimí ni ʻo laka ange he ngaahi taʻu kuo hilí? Kuo fakamālohia mo fakatupulaki kitautolu ʻe he ʻEikí. Hangē ko e pēpē valevalé, ko e taimi ʻokú ne tupu hake aí, ʻoku ʻikai ke ne ʻiloʻi ʻe ia e founga ne mālohi ange ai hono iví mo e founga ʻe lava ke tupu lahi ai hono sinó. ʻOku tupu lahi ange ia he taʻú ni mei he taʻu kuo ʻosí. ʻOku pehē pē ʻetau fakalakalaka fakalaumālié. ʻOku tau ongoʻi mālohi ange he ʻahó ni, ʻo laka ange ia he taʻu ʻe taha kuohilí.¹⁴

ʻE ngalo kotoa e ngaahi feilaulau ko ia kuo mou faí, ʻa e faingataʻa mo e masiva kuo mou fouá, pea te mou fiefia kuo mou maʻu ha taukei mei ai. … ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa kuo pau ke tau ako mei he faingataʻa kuo tau fouá, kae pehē ki he ʻilo kuo tau maʻu mei aí, pea neongo ʻe fakatupu mamahi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, ka ʻe mahuʻinga fau ia kiate kitautolu ʻi he moʻui ka hokó. …

… ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi kuo ʻikai fakafiefia maʻu pē hoʻomou moʻuí; kuo mou foua ha ngaahi ʻahiʻahi lahi pea mahalo kuo mou ikunaʻi ha ngaahi faingataʻa lahi; ke ʻi he hokohoko atu hoʻomou angatonú, ʻe vavé ni pē haʻamou mavahe hake mei he ngaahi faingataʻá ki he fiefia nāunauʻia ʻo e maama fakasilesitialé.¹⁵ [Vakai ki he fokotuʻu fika 4 ʻi laló.]