Vahe 123

“Vakai! Ko ʻEna ʻa e Tangatá!”

ʻI HE maongo kia Pailato ʻa e ʻulungaanga ʻo Sīsuú mo fakatokangaʻi ʻa ʻene tonuhiá, naʻá ne feinga ha founga ʻe taha ke tuku ange ai ia. “ʻOku ʻi ai homou anga foki,” ko ʻene tala ange ia ki he fuʻu kakaí, “ke u vete atu ha pōpula ʻe taha ʻi he laka-atú.”

Naʻe nofo pōpula foki ʻa Palapasa, ko e tokotaha ʻiloa ia ʻi he fakapoó, ko ia naʻe ʻeke ʻe Pailato: “Ko e fē nai ʻoku mou loto ke u vete atú, ʻa Palapasa, pe ko Sīsū, ʻoku ui ko Kalaisí?”

Naʻe fakalotoʻi ʻe he houʻeiki taulaʻeikí ʻo ueʻi ai ʻa e kakaí ke nau kole ke tuku ange mai ʻa Palapasa kae tāmateʻi ʻa Sīsū. ʻI he ʻikai ke foʻi ʻa Pailató naʻá ne tali, ʻo ne toe ʻeke ange: “Ko e fē ʻi he ongo meʻá ni ʻoku mou loto ke u vete atú?”

“Ko Palapasa,” ko ʻenau kailá ia.

“Pea ko e hā ai te u fai kia Sīsū ʻa ia ʻoku ui ko Kalaisí?” ko e ʻeke ia ʻe Pailato ʻi heʻene loto-mamahí.

Naʻa nau kalanga fakatutuli fakataha mai ʻo pehē: “Tuku ke tutuki ia!” “Tutuki! Tutuki ia!”

Naʻe kole fakamātoato ʻa Pailato, ʻi heʻene ʻilo ʻoku nau kole ke mate ha tangata ʻoku tonuhiá ʻo ne pehē: “He ko e hā ha kovi kuo fai ʻe he tangatá ni? Kuo ʻikai te u momoʻi ʻilo haʻane hiamatea; ko ia te u ʻai hano kini, pea vete ange.”

Neongo ʻa ʻene ngaahi feingá, koeʻuhi ko e fakaʻaiʻai ʻe honau kau taki lotú naʻe ʻita lahi ʻa e fuʻu kakaí, pea naʻa nau hanganaki kaila: “Tuku ke tutuki ia!” ʻI he fakaʻaiʻai ʻe he kau taulaʻeikí ke tekelili ʻa e kakaí, naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he fuʻu kakaí ia ha toto. Pea fakakaukau ange, ʻi he ʻaho ʻe nima pē ki muʻá, ko ha niʻihi ʻiate kinautolu naʻa nau kau nai ki hono talitali ʻa Sīsū ki Selusalema ko ha Tuʻi! Kae lolotonga iá, ko e kau ākonga ʻa Sīsuú, kapau naʻa nau ʻi ai, naʻa nau fakalongo pē pea mo ʻikai ke fuʻu tekeutua mai.

ʻI he sio ʻa Pailato kuo taʻeʻaonga ʻa ʻene ngaahi kole fakamātoató, ka kuo hoko ai ha maveuveú, naʻá ne toʻo mai ha vai ʻo ne fanofano hono nimá ʻi he ʻao ʻo e fuʻu kakaí, mo ne pehē: “Kuó u ʻataʻatā au mei he toto ʻo e tangata māʻoniʻoní ni. ʻOku ʻiate kimoutolu ia.” ʻI he meʻa ko iá, naʻe tali atu ʻe he kakaí: “Ko hono totó ke ʻeke kiate kimautolu mo ʻemau fānaú.”

Ko ia, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau ngaahi kouná​—pea mo ʻene holi ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa e kakaí ʻo lahi ange ia ʻi haʻane fai ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻilo ʻoku totonú​—​naʻe tuku atu ai ʻe Pailato ʻa Palapasa kiate kinautolu. Naʻá ne ʻave ʻa Sīsū peá ne fekau ke vete hono kofú ʻo haha ia. Naʻe ʻikai ko ha haha ʻeni ʻi he founga anga-mahení. ʻOku fakamatala ʻe he The Journal of the American Medical Association ʻa e founga naʻe ngāueʻaki ʻe he kau Lomá ki he hahá ʻo pehē:

“Ko e meʻa naʻe faʻa ngāueʻakí ko ha uipi nounou (flagrum pe flagellum) naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi lauʻi leta pe ko e ngaahi lauʻi leta kuo ʻosi fī ʻi he lōloa kehekehe, ʻa ia naʻe haʻi fakavahavaha ki ai ʻa e ngaahi foʻi pulu ukamea pe ko e ngaahi huiʻisipi māsila. . . . ʻI hono toutou tā mālohi ʻaki ʻe ha kau sōtia Loma ʻa e tuʻa ʻo e hiá, naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he ngaahi foʻi pulu ukameá ʻa e ngaahi volu loloto, pea ko e ngaahi lauʻi letá mo e ngaahi huiʻisipí ʻe matuʻu ia ki he kilí mo e kakanó. Ko ia, ʻi he hokohoko atu ʻa e hahá, ko e ngaahi mahae ʻo e kakanó ʻe aʻu ki he ngaahi uouá pea fakatupunga ai ʻa e tetetete ʻo e ngaahi konga kakano ʻoku fānoa ai ʻa e totó.”

ʻI he hili ʻa e haha fakamamahi ko ʻení, naʻe ʻave ʻa Sīsū ki he palasi ʻo e kōvaná, pea naʻe fakatahatahaʻi kotoa ki ai ʻa e kau taú. Naʻe hoko atu ai ʻe he kau sōtiá hono toe ngaohikoviʻí ʻaki hano ʻai ha kalauni talatala ʻo lolomi hifo ia ʻi hono ʻulú. Naʻa nau ʻai ha vaʻa kaho ʻi hono nima toʻomataʻú, pea nau fakakofu ʻaki ia ʻa e tupenu lanu-fisiʻifekika, ko e tupenu naʻe ʻai ʻe he haʻa tuʻí. Pea naʻa nau manuki kiate ia ʻo pehē: “ʻEī, Tuʻi Siu!” Pea nau ʻanuhi mo sipiʻi foki ia ʻi hono fofongá. Naʻa nau toʻo ʻa e vaʻa kaho fefeka mei hono nimá, pea nau ngāueʻaki ia ke tā ʻaki hono ʻulú, ʻo toe lolomi hifo ange ai ʻa e talatala māsila ʻo hono “kalauni” fakamāʻulaloʻí ki hono tumuʻaki ʻulú.

Ko e anga-molumalu mo e ivi mālohi ʻa Sīsū ʻi he fehangahangai mo e ngaohikoviʻi ko ʻení naʻe maongo lahi ia kia Pailato ʻo ueʻi ai ia ke toe fai ha feinga ʻe taha ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi ia. “Vakai! ʻOku ou ʻomi ia ki tuʻa kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke mou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai te u maʻu haʻane momoʻi hia,” ko ʻene lea ia ki he fuʻu kakaí. Naʻá ne fakakaukau nai ko e tuʻunga fakamamahi naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Sīsuú ʻe ongo ia ki honau ngaahi lotó. ʻI he tuʻu ʻa Sīsū ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kakai taʻeʻofá, naʻá ne tui ʻa e kalauni talatala mo e kofu-tuʻa lanu-fisiʻifekika pea ko hono fofongá naʻe tafe mei ai ʻa e totó pea naʻe hā mei ai ʻa e mamahi, naʻe pehē ʻe Pailato: “Vakai! Ko ʻena ʻa e tangatá!”

Neongo naʻe takaʻuli mo fepulopulasi, pea naʻe tuʻu mai ʻeni ʻa e tokotaha tuʻu-ki-muʻa taha ia ʻi he kotoa ʻo e hisitōliá, ko e moʻoni ko e moʻungaʻi tangata lahi taha ia kuo moʻui maí! ʻIo, naʻe fakahā ʻe Sīsū ha anga-molumalu fakalongolongo mo e nonga naʻe hā mei ai ʻa e tuʻunga ongoongoa ʻa ia naʻa mo Pailato naʻe pau naʻá ne lāuʻilo ki ai, he ko ʻene ngaahi leá ʻoku hā mahino mai ai ʻa e tuifio fakatouʻosi ai ʻa e fakaʻapaʻapá mo e fakaʻofaʻiá. Sione 18:​39–19:5; Mātiu 27:​15-17, 20-30; Maake 15:​6-19; Luke 23:​18-25.

▪ ʻI he founga fē naʻe feinga ai ʻa Pailato ke tuku ange ʻa Sīsuú?

▪ Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻa e feinga ʻa Pailato ke fakaʻataʻatā ia mei he kaunga ki he fatongiá?

▪ Ko e hā naʻe kau ki he hahá?

▪ Naʻe anga-fēfē hono lumaʻi ʻo Sīsū ʻi he ʻosi hono hahá?

▪ Ko e hā ʻa e toe feinga ʻe taha ʻa Pailato ke tuku ange ʻa Sīsuú?