Ko ha Moʻui Manavaʻofa

Naʻe toʻo mei he Ngaahi Akonaki ʻa e Kau Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí: Siosefa SāmitaLēsoni ʻa e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-Melekisētekí mo e Fineʻofá ki he 2007), 599.

ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha hili ia haʻane ʻuha ʻi Nāvū, naʻe lue lalo atu ʻa Makalita Mekinitaia mo hono tuongaʻane lahí, ʻa Uālisi ki he akó.

Uālisi, vave naʻá ta tōmui.

ʻOku ou ʻalu atu.

Makalita, ʻoku pipiki hoku suú!

Mo au pē. ʻOku fuʻu lahi e pelepelá.

Naʻe ʻilo ʻe he ongo kiʻi tamaikí he ʻikai te na lava ʻo mavahe mei ai, ko ia naʻe kamata ke na tangi he naʻá na fakakaukau kuo pau ke na nofo pē ai.

Ko e hā ʻeni?

Siosefa!

ʻOku pipiki homa vaʻé.

Naʻe fusi hake ʻe Siosefa e ongo tamaikí mei he pelepelá.

Naʻá ne fufulu e pelepelá mei hona suú.

ʻOkú ke hā fakaʻofoʻofa he ʻahó ni, Makalita. ʻOua te mo tokanga ki he pelepelá—ʻe maʻa pē ia.

Naʻá ne holoholo hona loʻimatá.

Kiʻi talavou, ʻai ke ke fiefia. Ko ha tuongaʻane lahi lelei ʻaupito koe. Hokohoko atu pē hono tokangaʻi lelei ho tuofefiné.

Naʻe toki fakamatala ʻa Makalita ki mui ki he meʻa naʻe hokó: “ʻNe ʻi ai leva ha ofo ʻi heʻeku ʻofa ʻi he tangata maʻongoʻonga, lelei, mo anga fakaʻeiʻeiki ko ia ʻa e ʻOtuá?”

Mo ō ā ki he akó.

Mālo, Siosefa.

Nofo ā ē!

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