“Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií,” Ko e Kaumeʻá, ʻAokosi 2025, 26–28.
Ngaahi Talanoa mei he Folofolá
Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií
Naʻe tokolahi ha kakai ʻi Mīsuli naʻe ʻikai ke nau saiʻia ʻi he Kāingalotú. Naʻe fekauʻi atu ʻe he kōvaná ha kau sōtia ke feingaʻi kinautolu ke nau mavahe.
Naʻe puke pōpula ʻe he kau sōtiá ʻa Siosefa Sāmita mo e kau taki kehe ʻo e Siasí. ʻI ha pō ʻe taha, naʻe kakata ʻa e kau leʻó ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kovi kuo nau fai ki he Kāingalotú.
Naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Siosefa ʻo kaila, “Fakalongolongo!” Naʻá ne lea ʻaki ʻa e mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá. Naʻe kole fakamolemole ʻa e kau leʻó pea tuku ʻenau talanoá.
Kimui angé, naʻe tuku ʻa Siosefa mo hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻá ʻi ha fale fakapōpula ʻi ha kolo naʻe ui ko Lipetī. Naʻe momoko, siʻisiʻi, mo fakapoʻuli ʻa e fale fakapōpulá. Ko e mohuku ʻuli pē naʻe maʻu ke nau mohe aí. Naʻa nau puke ʻi he meʻakai naʻe ʻoange kiate kinautolú.
Naʻe hohaʻa ʻa Siosefa ki he Kāingalotú. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo fai ha meʻa ke tokoniʻi kinautolu.
Naʻe lotu lahi ʻa Siosefa. Naʻá ne fehuʻi pe kuo fakangaloki ʻe he ʻOtuá ia mo e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí.
Naʻe tali ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e lotu ʻa Siosefá. Naʻá Ne folofola ange, “ʻE hoku foha, ke ʻi ho laumālié ʻa e melino.” Naʻe fakahā ʻe he ʻOtuá kia Siosefa he ʻikai tolonga hono ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá ʻo taʻengata pea te nau hoko ʻo lelei kiate ia. Naʻá Ne talaʻofa te Ne ʻia Siosefa “ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 121:7, 46).