Hangē ko ha Tamasiʻi Siʻí

Naʻe ui [ʻe Sīsū] “ha tamasiʻi siʻi ke ʻalu ange kiate ia, …

“ʻO ne pehē, ʻOku ou tala moʻoni atu kiate kimoutolu, Kapau ʻe ʻikai liliu ʻa kimoutolu, ke tatau mo e tamaiki īkí, ʻe ʻikai te mou hū ki he puleʻanga ʻo e langí.

“Ko ia ia te ne fakavaivaiʻi ia ʻo hangē ko e tamasiʻi siʻí ni, ko ia pē ʻoku lahi ʻi he puleʻanga ʻo e langí.” …

… Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne ʻomi ʻa Kalaisi Tonu ke tangi ʻi he konga ongo taha ʻi hono kotoa ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná? Ko e hā naʻe akoʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻi he taimi naʻá Ne ui hifo ai ʻa e afi fakalangí mo e kau ʻāngelo maluʻí ke takatakaiʻi ʻa e fānau ko iá, mo fekau ʻa e kakai lalahí ke “vakai ki [heʻenau] fānau īkí”?

ʻOku ʻikai ke tau ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne fakatupunga kotoa iá, ka ʻoku ou fakakaukau naʻe ʻi ai ʻene kaunga ki heʻenau haohaoá mo e loto-maʻá, ko honau natula loto-fakatōkilaló, pea mo e meʻa te ne lava ʻo ʻomi ki heʻetau moʻuí kapau te tau puke maʻu ia. …

Ka ʻoku ʻofa moʻoni ʻa e fānaú ʻiate Ia, pea ʻe lava ke ope atu ʻa e ʻofa ko iá ki he ngaahi vā fetuʻutaki kehe ʻi he moʻuí. ʻOku hangē nai ia ha laó, naʻa mo e kei taʻu siʻisiʻi taha ʻa e fānaú, ʻoku nau ʻofa ngofua, vave ke fakamolemole, mo kata fiefia pea lava ai ʻo fakamolū ʻa e loto taʻe-ʻofa mo fefeka tahá.

Pea ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻa e lisí. Maʻá? Falalá? Loto-toʻa? ʻUlungāngá? …

ʻE kāinga mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa, ʻoku fika ʻuluaki ʻi he lisi ʻo e ʻū tā fakaʻofoʻofa taha ʻoku ou ʻiló, ʻa e fanga kiʻi pēpē mo e fānau mo e toʻu tupu falalaʻanga mo mahuʻinga taʻehano tatau ʻo hangē ko kinautolu kuo tau lave ki ai ʻi he ʻaho ní. ʻOku ou fakamoʻoni ko e ʻīmisi kinautolu ʻo e tupulaki ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi he māmaní ʻi he kotoa ʻo hono mālohí mo e fakaʻofoʻofá.