Fakatonutonu ʻi he Ngaahi Houa ʻOku Fiemaʻu ki he Kau Tāimuʻá
1 Ko kitautolu kotoa ʻoku tau houngaʻia ʻi hono maʻu ha kau tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻu mo e tāimuʻa tokoni ngāue mālohi ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Naʻa mo e feituʻu ʻoku fakangatangata mo ngāueʻi fakaʻāuliliki ʻi ha tuʻunga tuʻumaʻu, kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he kau tāimuʻá ha faʻifaʻitakiʻanga lelei ʻaki ʻenau ngāue faivelenga ki he Puleʻangá. Kuo nau fakalototoʻaʻi kotoa ʻa e kau malangá ke hanganaki femoʻuekina ʻi he kumi ki ha faʻahinga ʻoku nau “hehema totonú.”—Ng. 13:48, NW.
2 Kuo fakatokangaʻi ʻe he Sōsaietí ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa lahi ʻoku fehangahangai mo e kau tāimuʻá, tautautefito fekauʻaki mo hono maʻu ha ngāue fakaemāmani konga-taimí ʻa ia ʻe fakaʻatā ai kinautolu ke tokangaʻi feʻungaʻaki ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakafoʻituituí koeʻuhí ke nau kei hokohoko atu pē ʻi he ngāue taimi-kakató. Ko e ngaahi tuʻunga fakaʻikonōmika lolotongá ʻi he ngaahi fonua lahi kuó ne toe ʻai ai ke faingataʻa ange ki he niʻihi ke kau ki he ngāue tāimuʻá, neongo ko ʻenau holi loto-moʻoní ia. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi māhina kuo toki ʻosí, ko e ngaahi meʻá ni mo e ngaahi tafaʻaki kehe kuo fai ha fakakaukau fakalelei ki ai.
3 Ko ia ai, ʻi he vakai atu ki he meʻa ʻi ʻolungá, kuo fakasiʻisiʻi ʻe he Sōsaietí ʻa e houa ʻoku fiemaʻu fakatouʻosi ki he kau tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻú mo e tāimuʻa tokoní. ʻI hono kamataʻaki ʻa e tohimāhina ki he taʻu 1999, ko e fiemaʻu ki he kau tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻú ʻe houa pē ʻe 70 ki he māhina taki taha, pe ko ha fakakātoa ko e houa ʻe 840 ki he taʻu. Ko e fiemaʻu fakamāhina ki he kau tāimuʻa tokoní ʻe houa pē ʻe 50. Ko e houa ʻoku fiemaʻu ki he kau tāimuʻa makehé mo e kau misinalé ʻoku tuʻumaʻu taʻeliliu pē ia, koeʻuhí he ʻoku fai ha tokonaki ia ʻe he Sōsaietí ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke tokangaʻiʻaki ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakamatelie tefitó. Ko ia, ʻoku lava ke nau hangataha kakato ange ki heʻenau ngāue fakamalangá mo ngaohi-ākongá.
4 ʻOku ʻamanekina ko e fakatonutonu ko ʻeni ʻi he fiemaʻu ki he houá ʻe tokoniʻi lahi ange ai ʻa e kau tāimuʻá ke nau pikimaʻu ki he monū maʻongoʻonga ko ʻeni ʻo e ngāué. ʻOku totonu ke toe fakaava ai ʻa e hala ki he tokolahi ange ʻo e kau malangá ke ngāue tāimuʻa tuʻumaʻu mo tāimuʻa tokoni. Ko ha tāpuaki moʻoni ʻeni ʻoku totonu ki he tokotaha kotoa pē ʻi he fakatahaʻangá!