Fakakikite 3. Te Mahaki

“ ʼE ʼi ai anai . . . te ʼu taʼi mahaki.”—LUKA 21:11.

● Ko te tagata ko Bonzali, neʼe kau ki te tokoni ʼaē neʼe fai ki te kau mahaki ʼi Afelika, ʼi te kolo neʼe lahi ai te ʼu maumau ʼuhi ko te tau. Pea neʼe faiga mālohi ia ke ina faitoʼo ia te kau gāue ʼo te lameni ʼo te kolo ʼaia, ʼaē neʼe mamate ʼuhi ko te mahaki ʼaē ko te Marburg. a Neʼe ʼalunoa tana ʼu kolekole ʼaē neʼe ina fai ki te kau pule ʼo te tahi kolo lahi ke natou ʼomai ʼo tokoni ki tana gāue. Hili māhina e fā, pea hoki tau mai ai te tokoni ʼaē neʼe ina kole, kae neʼe kua mate ia Bonzali. Neʼe pikisia ʼi te mahaki ʼo te kau gāue ʼaē neʼe faiga ke ina haofaki.

KOTEĀ ʼAĒ ʼE HĀ ʼAKI MAI ʼI TE ʼU MEʼA ʼAĒ ʼE HOKO? Ko te ʼu mahaki ʼaē ʼe fakatupu kovi ki te ʼatefēfē (ohagē ko te mahaki ʼaē ko te pneumonie), mo te liligi, mo te SITA, mo te fatafata vaivai, pea mo te malaria, ʼe kau ʼi te ʼu mahaki ʼaē ʼe kovi ʼaupitō pea mo mafola ʼi te mālamanei kātoa. ʼI te taʼu 2004, neʼe fakafuafua te kaugamālie ʼo nātou ʼaē neʼe mamate ʼi te ʼu mahaki ʼaia e nima, neʼe teitei pē ko te toko 10 miliona fitugeau afe. ʼI te tahi age faʼahi, ʼe lagi ʼi te taʼu kātoa ʼe mate te toko tahi iā sekonita fuli e tolu, ʼuhi pē ko te ʼu mahaki ʼaia.

KOTEĀ TE ʼU PALALAU FAKAFEAGAI ʼE FAI MĀHANI E TE HAHAʼI? Kua lahi ia nātou ʼaē ʼe mahahaki ʼuhi ko te hoholo ʼo te tuputupu ake ʼo te kaugamālie ʼo te hahaʼi ʼi te mālamanei, ʼo lahi age ai ia nātou ʼaē ʼe feala ke pikisia ʼi he mahaki.

ʼE MOʼONI KOA TE ʼU PALALAU FAKAFEAGAI ʼAIA? Kua kaugamālie ʼaupitō age ia te tuputupu ʼo te hahaʼi ʼi te kele. Kae kua toe lahi age foki mo te ʼu fealagia ʼaē ʼa te tagata ke mahino tautonu ki he ʼu mahaki, mo ina sivisivi pea mo faitoʼo te ʼu mahaki ʼaia. Koia ʼi tona fakahagatonu, ʼe kua feala pē ke pulihi te mahaki ʼi te mālamanei kātoa. Kae ʼe mole ko te faʼahi ʼaia ʼe hoko, ʼe ʼāʼāsili age te ʼu mahaki ia.

KOTEĀ TAKOTOU MANATU? Ohagē ko tona fakakikite ʼi te Tohi-Tapu, ʼe lolotoga mamahi nei koa te hahaʼi ʼi he ʼu mahaki fakamataku?

Ko te ʼu mafuike, mo te hoge, pea mo te mahaki ʼe ko he ʼu mālohi ia ʼe fakatupu mamahi ʼaupitō ki te ʼu toko lauʼi miliona hahaʼi. ʼE ko te tahi age ʼu lauʼi miliona hahaʼi ʼe maʼuli mamahi ʼuhi pē ko ʼihi, he neʼe gaohi koviʼi te tokolahi e nātou ʼaē neʼe tonu ke natou puipui nātou. Kotou tokagaʼi pe koteā ʼaē ʼe fakakikite ʼi te Tohi-Tapu ʼo ʼuhiga mo te meʼa ʼaē kā hoko anai.

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[Fakamatala ʼo te pāsina 6]

“ ʼE ko he meʼa fakamataku mokā kai tokita sino e he laione peʼe ʼi he meʼa, kae ʼe toe fakamataku foki mokā kai kita e he mahaki fakamataku pea mo kita sio ʼe hoko atu pē te maʼuli ʼo meʼa fuli ʼi te kele.”—KO TE TAGATA ʼE INA SIVI TE ʼU MAHAKI ʼAĒ ʼE MAFOLA, KO MICHAEL OSTERHOLM.

[Haʼuʼaga ʼo te pāki pāsina 6]

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