Ko e Mahuʻinga ʻo e “Ibu Vaivai”
Ko e Mahuʻinga ʻo e “Ibu Vaivai”
NAʻE tohi ʻe he ʻapositolo ko Pitá: “Ko kimoutolu foki ae kau tagata, ke mou nonofo mo kinautolu [homou ngaahi uaifí] o fakatatau ki he ilo, o fakaabaaba ki he unoho, o tāu moe ibu vaivai.” (1 Pita 3:7, PM) Ko e lave Fakatohitapu ko ʻeni ki he kakai fefiné ko e “ibu vaivai,” ʻokú ne tuku hifo nai ai ʻa e kakai fefiné ʻi ha faʻahinga founga? Tau sio angé ki he meʻa naʻe muʻaki ʻuhinga ki ai ʻa e tokotaha fakamānavaʻi naʻá ne hikí.
Ko e foʻi nauna faka-Kalisi naʻe liliu ko e “fakaabaaba” ʻoku ʻuhinga iá ki he “totongi, mahuʻinga, . . . mo e tokaʻi.” Ko ia ai, ʻoku fiemaʻu ia ki he husepāniti Kalisitiané ke ne tōʻongafai fakaalaala ki hono uaifí, ʻo fakahāhā ki ai ʻa e fakaʻatuʻi totonu te ne fai ki ha ipu pelepelengesi mahuʻinga. ʻOku ʻikai ʻaupito ko ha fakasiʻia ʻeni ia ʻo e uaifí. Ko e fakatātaá, fakaʻuta atu ki he maama Tiffany ʻoku sīpinga fakamatalaʻiʻakaú. ʻOku lava moʻoni ke pehē ko e maama fakaʻofoʻofa ʻaupito ko ʻení ʻoku pelepelengesi. ʻOku holo nai hono mahuʻingá koeʻuhi ko hono natula pelepelengesí? Mole ke mamaʻo! ʻI he 1997 ko e ʻuluaki maama Tiffany ʻoku sīpinga fakamatalaʻiʻakaú naʻe fakatau ia ʻi ha fakatautuki naʻe feʻunga ia mo e tola ʻAmelika ʻe 2.8 miliona! ʻI he ʻikai ke hōloa hono mahuʻingá koeʻuhi ko hono faʻunga pelepelengesí, naʻe toe mahuʻinga ange ia ai.
ʻI he tuʻunga meimei tatau, ko hono fakatatau ʻa e ngeia ʻo ha fefine ki ha ipu vaivaí ʻoku ʻikai ke fakasiʻia pe tuku hifo ia ai. ʻI he nofo mo hono uaifí ʻo “fakatatau ki he ilo” ʻoku ʻuhinga iá ʻoku fakakaukau ʻa e husepānití ki he mālohi mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ke lavaʻi, ngaahi meʻa ʻoku saiʻia mo fehiʻa ai ʻa hono uaifí, mo ʻene vakaí mo e ngaahi ongoʻí. Ko e husepāniti tokangá ʻokú ne ʻiloʻi mo tokaʻi ʻa e ngaahi kehekehe fakaeʻulungāanga ʻiate ia mo hono uaifí. ʻOkú ne fakahāhā ʻa e fakaʻatuʻi totonu ki hono uaifí “koeuhi ke oua naa taofia” ʻene “gaahi lotu.” (1 Pita 3:7, PM) Ko ha husepāniti ʻoku ʻikai te ne tokaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungāanga lelei fakafefine ʻa hono uaifí ʻokú ne ʻai ai ʻa hono vahaʻangatae tonu mo e ʻOtuá ke ʻi ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki. ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku ʻikai ke fakasiʻia ʻe he Folofola ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻa e kakai fefiné. Ka, ʻokú ne fakahīkihikiʻi mo fakangeingeiaʻi kinautolu.
[Maʻuʻanga ʻo e Tā ʻi he peesi 32]
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