“Oku Ne Kalaga Leʻo-Lahi”

Ko e Palovepi vahe 8 ʻo e Palovepí ʻoku kamataʻaki ia ha foʻi fehuʻi tali loto: “Ikai oku kalaga ae boto? bea ai mai e he [“ʻiloʻilo,” NW] hono leʻo?”a ʻIo, ʻoku hanganaki kalanga ʻa poto mo ʻiloʻilo, ka ʻoku mātuʻaki ʻikai ke tatau ia mo e fefine ʻulungaanga taʻetaau ʻa ia ʻoku toitoi ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu fakapoʻulí pea fanafana ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea fakatauele ki he telinga ʻo ha kiʻi talavou naʻe tokotaha mo taʻetaukeí. (Palovepi 7:​12) “I he tumutumu oe gaahi botu maoluga, moe gaahi botu i he gaahi vee hala. Oku ne kalaga [“leʻo-lahi,” NW] i he gaahi mataba, moe gaahi matanikolo, i he ava oe gaahi mataba.” (Palovepi 8:​1-3, PM) Ko e leʻo mālohi mo fefeka ʻo potó ʻoku fanongoa leʻo-lahi mo mahino ia ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kakaí—ʻi he ngaahi matapaá, ʻi he ngaahi veʻehalá, pea ʻi he ava ʻo e ngaahi matapā ʻo e koló. ʻOku malava ke fanongongofua ʻa e kakaí ki he leʻo ko iá pea nau tali.

Ko hai ia ʻe lava ke ne fakaʻikaiʻi ko e poto fakaʻotua ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Folofola fakamānavaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa e Tohitapú, ʻoku ala maʻu ia ʻe he meimei tokotaha kotoa pē ʻi he māmaní ʻa ia ʻoku holi ke ne maʻu iá? “Ko e Tohitapú ʻa e tohi mafolalahia taha ʻa hono laú ʻi he hisitōliá,” ko e lau ia ʻa e The World Book Encyclopedia. ʻOku toe tānaki mai ki ai: “Kuo tufaki ʻa e ngaahi tatau lahi ange ʻo e Tohitapú ʻi ha toe tohi kehe. Kuo toe liliu ʻa e Tohitapú ʻo tuʻo lahi ange, pea ki he ngaahi lea lahi ange, ʻi ha toe tohi kehe.” ʻI hono ala maʻu ʻa e Tohitapú kakato pe ko hono ngaahi konga ʻi he lea mo e ngaahi lea fakafeituʻu lahi ange ʻi he 2,100, ko e peseti ʻe 90 tupu ʻo e fāmili ʻo e tangatá kuo nau aʻu ki ha kiʻi konga ʻo e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he lea ʻanautolú.

ʻOku talaki fakahāhā ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e Tohitapú ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē. ʻI he ngaahi fonua ʻe 235, ʻoku nau malangaʻi longomoʻui ai ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá mo akoʻi ki he kakaí ʻa e ngaahi moʻoni ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. Ko ʻenau ongo tohi makatuʻunga ʻi he Tohitapú ʻa e Taua Leʻo, ʻoku pulusi ia ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻe 140, pea ko e ʻĀ Hake!, ʻoku pulusi ia ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻe 83, kuo tufaki taki taha kinaua ʻo laka hake ʻi he 20 milioná. Ko e moʻoni ʻoku hanganaki kalanga leʻo-lahi ʻa poto ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kakaí!