Ko ha Māmani Taʻefaitotonu
ʻOKÚ KE loto tatau ʻi he pehē ʻoku tau moʻui ʻi ha māmani taʻefaitotonú? ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua ʻokú ke fakakaukau pehē. He ko hono moʻoní, pe ko e hā hotau ngaahi talēnití pea tatau ai pē pe ʻoku fakapotopoto fēfē ʻetau palaniʻi ʻa ʻetau moʻuí, ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fakapapauʻi ʻa e tuʻumālié pe lavameʻá pe naʻa mo e meʻakaí. ʻOku faʻa hoko ai ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻa Tuʻi Solomone poto ʻo e kuonga muʻá: “Ko e maá ʻoku ʻikai ko e meʻa ia ʻa e potó, naʻa mo e tuʻumālié ki he ʻatamaiʻiá, pe ko e lavameʻá ki he taukeí.” Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? Koeʻuhí, ʻoku hoko atu ʻe Solomone, “ʻoku puleʻi kotoa kinautolu ʻe he taimí mo e meʻa ʻoku hokonoá.”—Koheleti 9:11, The New English Bible.
“ʻI he Hoko Fakafokifā Mai ʻa e Ngaahi Taimi Koví”
ʻIo, ko e “taimí mo e meʻa ʻoku hokonoá,” ʻa ia ʻoku faʻa ʻuhinga ia ki he hoko ʻo ʻi he feituʻu hala ʻi he taimi halá, ʻokú ne faʻa maumauʻi ʻa ʻetau ngaahi palani kuo teuteuʻi fakaleleí mo ʻetau ngaahi ʻamanaki fakamānako tahá. Fakatatau kia Solomone, ʻoku tau “hangē ha ika ʻoku maʻu ʻi ha kupengá, hangē ha foʻi manupuna kuo maʻu ʻi ha tauhelé, . . . ʻi he hoko fakafokifā mai ʻa e ngaahi taimi koví.” (Koheleti 9:12, NE) Ko e fakatātaá, ko e kakai ʻe laui miliona ʻoku nau ngāue taʻehelaʻia ke ngoueʻi ʻa e kelekelé ke maʻu ai ʻa e meʻakai maʻa honau ngaahi fāmilí, ka ʻoku nau fihia fakafokifā ʻi he “ngaahi taimi koví” ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai ai ha ʻuhá pea tāmateʻi ai ʻe he pakukaá ʻa ʻenau ngoué.
ʻOku feinga ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke tokoni, ka naʻa mo e tokoni kuo ʻoange ki he kau maʻukovia ʻo e “ngaahi taimi koví” ʻe he toenga ʻo e komiunitī ʻo e māmaní ʻoku faʻa hā ngali taʻefaitotonu ia. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻi he taʻu ʻe taha ki muí ni mai, ʻi hono tauʻi ʻa e hongé, “naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he konitinēniti kātoa [ʻo ʻAfiliká] ʻa e vahe nima pē ʻe taha ʻo e paʻanga tokoni ʻa ia naʻe vaheʻi ki he tau ʻi he Kūlifá,” ʻo fakatatau ki he lau ʻa e kautaha ngāue tokoni tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻe taha. Naʻe totonu ʻa hono fakamoleki ʻe he ngaahi fonua ko ia ʻoku koloaʻiá ʻa e liunga nima ʻo e lahi ʻo e paʻangá ʻi he fai ʻo ha tau ʻi he fonua ʻe taha, ʻi he paʻanga ko ia ʻoku fakamoleki ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e mamahi mo e faingataʻaʻia naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he hongé ʻi ha konitinēniti fakakātoa? Pea ʻoku totonu nai ʻi ha taimi ʻo e tuʻumālie fakamatelie ʻa e tokolahí ʻa e pehē ko e toko 1 ʻi he toko 4 ʻo e kau nofo ʻi he foʻi māmaní ʻoku nau kei nofo ʻi he masiva ʻangoʻango fakaʻaufuli pe ko e pehē ko e fānau ʻe laui miliona ʻoku nau mate ʻi he taʻu taki taha ʻi he ngaahi mahaki ʻoku lava pē ʻo faitoʻó? Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ʻikai!
Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku kau ʻi he “taimí mo e meʻa ʻoku hokonoá” ʻa e meʻa lahi ange ia ʻi he “hoko fakafokifā mai ʻa e ngaahi taimi koví.” Ko e ngaahi ivi mālohi ʻoku mātuʻaki fakalaka atu ʻi hotau mālohí ʻoku nau toe puleʻi foki ʻa ʻetau moʻuí mo fakatupunga ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hoko kiate kitautolú. Ko e meʻa moʻoni ia naʻe hoko ʻi Beslan, Alania, ʻi he fakatōlau ʻo e 2004, ʻi he taimi naʻe mate ai ʻa e laui ngeau ʻo e kakaí, ko e tokolahi ʻo kinautolu ko e fānau iiki ʻi honau ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻi he ʻapiakó, ʻi ha fepaki anga-fakamanu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau tautoitoí mo e kau tau maluʻí. ʻOku moʻoni, ko kinautolu tonu naʻe maté mo kinautolu naʻe hao moʻui ʻi he meʻa fakamamahi ko iá naʻe fakatuʻunga lahi taha ia ʻi heʻene hokonoá—ka ko e tefitoʻi tupuʻanga ʻo e ‘ngaahi taimi kovi’ ko iá ko e fepaki fakaetangatá.
ʻE Pehē Maʻu Ai Pē Ia?
“Ka ko e anga ia ʻo e moʻuí,” ko e lau ia ʻa e niʻihi ʻi heʻenau lea ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakamaau taʻetotonú. “Kuo ʻosi pehē maʻu pē ia, pea ʻe pehē maʻu ai pē ia.” Fakatatau kiate kinautolu, ko e mālohí te ne lōmekina maʻu ai pē ʻa e vaivaí, pea ko e tuʻumālié te ne ngāueʻaki maʻu ai pē ʻa e masivá. Ko e meʻa ko iá fakataha mo e “taimí mo e faingamālié,” ko ʻenau laú ia, te ne uesia kitautolu ʻi he lolotonga ko ia ʻa e kei ʻi ai ʻa e fāmili fakaetangatá.
Kuo pau moʻoni ia ke ʻi he tuʻungá ni? ʻE aʻu nai ʻi ha taimi ʻo malava ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau ngāueʻaki ʻa ʻenau ngaahi malavá ʻi he founga ʻatamaiʻiá mo fakapotopotó ke utu ʻa e pale totonu ki he kotoa ʻo ʻenau ngāue mālohí? ʻE lava ʻe ha taha pē ke fai ha meʻa pē ke ʻomi ai ʻa e liliu tuʻumaʻu mo tuʻuloa ki ha māmani taʻefaitotonu? Fakakaukau ki he meʻa ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he kupu hono hokó ʻi he kaveinga ko ení.
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