ʻI he Vahaʻataimi ʻo e Ngaahi Taʻu Siʻi Pē
Ngaahi Konga Fakamatalá
Ko e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻoku ʻikai ko ha lekooti fakahisitōlia pē ia ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he kuohilí. Ka ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he folofola ko ʻení ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻi he kahaʻú pea ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mahuʻinga, ngaahi fakatokanga, mo ha ngaahi lēsoni ʻoku fakataumuʻa ki he ngaahi tūkunga mo e ngaahi pole ʻo hotau kuongá. Ko ia ai, ko e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ko ha tohi ia fekauʻaki mo hotau kahaʻú pea mo e ngaahi taimi ʻoku tau lolotonga moʻui aí mo ia te tau moʻui ai ʻi he kahaʻú. …
ʻOku tangi mai ʻa e ngaahi leʻo fakakuongamuʻa mei he efú ke tau ako ʻi he ʻahó ni ʻa e lēsoni taʻengata ko ʻení: ʻoku fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e tuʻumālié, koloá, mo e moʻui fiemālié ʻo maʻu ai ha mālohi te ne ala tataki atu, naʻa mo e kau māʻoniʻoní, ke inu ʻa e kona fakalaumālie ʻo e hīkisiá. …
… Kuo pau ke tau tokanga maʻu pē telia ʻa e ongo ʻokú ne fakatupu ʻa e loto-hīkisiá mo hono fakamahuʻingaʻi pē kita ʻo fuʻu tōtuʻá, ko hano sivisiviʻi hala ʻo ʻetau tuʻunga falala pē kiate kitautolú, mo e fakatōliʻa pē ʻetau ngaahi holí kae ʻikai tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. …
Tuku muʻa ke u fokotuʻu atu, kapau te ke tui pe te u tui ʻoku tau mālohi mo loto-toʻa feʻunga ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he polepole ʻo e loto-hīkisiá, ta ʻoku mahalo ʻoku tau lolotonga fokoutua ʻi he mahaki fakaʻauha fakalaumālie ko ʻení. …
Ka ʻo kapau leva ʻokú ta tui ʻe ala uesia kitaua ʻe he loto-hīkisiá, te ta feinga leva ke toutou fakahoko ʻa e fanga kiʻi meʻa iiki mo faingofuá ʻa ia te ne maluʻi mo tokoniʻi kitaua ke ta hoko ko ha “tamasiʻi siʻi, angavaivai, angamalū, loto-fakatōkilalo, faʻa kātaki, fonu ʻi he ʻofa, pea loto-fiemālie ke fakavaivai ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻafioʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻoku lelei ke [ta] faí” [Mōsaia 3:19].
… ʻI heʻetau ako mo fakalaulauloto ki he lekooti ko ʻeni kuo ueʻi fakalaumālié, ʻe faitāpuekina kitautolu ʻaki ʻa e mata ke mamata, telinga ke fanongo, ʻatamai ke ne mākupusi, mo ha loto ke ne maʻu ʻa e mahino ki he ngaahi lēsoni ʻoku totonu ke tau ako “telia ʻa e loto-hīkisiá, telia [naʻa tau] tō ki he ʻahiʻahí” [Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 23:1].