Telie Loukoni—ʻUlukuai

ʻOku ako ʻe ha mēmipa foʻou taʻu hongofulu mā tolu ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ʻi ʻUlukuaí

Ko ha Palesiteni Palaimeli ʻi he Taʻu Hongofulu Mā Tolú

ʻI Māʻasi 1963, hili ha māhina ʻe fā mei hono papitaiso ʻo Telia Lokihoni taʻu hongofulu-mā-tolú, naʻá ne fakaʻamu ke totongi vahehongofulu. Naʻá ne hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo ha kolo [ʻo e Siasí] naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai ʻe toko uofulu ʻi Kolonia Suisa, ko ha loto kolo ʻi he fakatonga ʻo ʻUlukuaí. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ko e vahehongofulú ko ha fekau, pea naʻá ne loto-fiemālie ke fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku kole ange ʻe he ʻEikí. Ko ʻene palopalemá pē ko e ʻikai haʻane maʻuʻanga paʻanga hū maí.

Naʻá ne ʻalu ki heʻene faʻeé, ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí, ke maʻu ha faleʻi mei ai. Naʻe fokotuʻu ange ʻe heʻene faʻeé ke ne kumi ha founga ke maʻu ai ha paʻanga.

Naʻe loto ai ha kaungāʻapi toulekeleka ke ne totongi ʻa Telia ke ne ʻomi ha vai maʻa maʻá e [kaungāʻapi toulekeleká]. ʻI he ʻaho takitaha, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Telia mo ha hina sioʻata ki ha vaitupu ofi mai ki honau ʻapí, ʻo ʻutu mei ai ha vai meimei lita ʻe fā, pea taki ia ki he ʻapi [ʻo e motuʻa toulekeleká]. Hili ha ngaahi uike siʻi ʻene tānaki ʻa e paʻanga naʻá ne maʻú, naʻá ne ʻave ai ha peso (paʻanga) kia Vikitā Solali, ko ʻene palesiteni fakakoló, ko ʻene vahehongofulú ia.

Naʻe fehuʻi ange ʻe he palesitení, “Ko e paʻanga ʻe fiha naʻá ke maʻú?”

Naʻe tali ange ʻe Telia, “Peso ʻe tolu.”

Naʻe talaange ʻe Palesiteni Solali, “Sai, ko e vahehongofulú ko e peseti ʻe 10.” Ko e peso ʻe tahá—ko ha vahetolu ia ʻe taha ʻo e paʻanga naʻá ne maʻú—ʻoku fuʻu lahi ia.

Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Telia, “Ka ʻoku ou fie foaki ʻa e paʻangá.”

Naʻe fakakaukauʻi ʻeni ʻe Palesiteni Solali. Naʻá ne pehē ange, “Sai, fai ha foaki ʻaukai.” Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e foaki ʻaukaí peá ne tokoni kia Telia ʻi hono fakafonu ʻene fuofua laʻi foakí.

Hili ha kiʻi taimi nounou mei ai, naʻe kole ange ʻe Palesiteni Solali ke fakataha mo Telia. Naʻe teʻeki ke ui [tuʻo taha ʻa Telia] ki hono ʻōfisí kimuʻa, ko ia naʻe tailiili [ʻa Telia]. Ko ha kiʻi loki siʻisiʻi mo ha tesi ukamea pea mo ha tukuʻanga tohi ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻū tohi lēsoni ʻo e Siasí. ʻI heʻene tangutu ʻi ha sea ʻi he veʻe tesí, naʻe ʻikai ke aʻu lelei hono vaʻé ki he falikí.

Naʻe fakahā ange leva ʻe Palesiteni Solali ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻena fakatahá. Naʻe toki hiki atu ʻa e palesiteni Palaimeli ʻa e koló ke ngāue fakafaiako ʻi ha feituʻu ʻe taha, pea naʻe loto ʻa Palesiteni Solali ke fetongi ʻe Telia [ʻa e palesiteni Palaimelí].

ʻI he kuohilí, naʻe faʻa taki ʻa e kau faifekaú ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa ʻi he koló. Ka naʻe tui lahi ʻa Tōmasi Fiani, ko e palesiteni ʻo e Misiona ʻUlukuaí, ki hono tukuange ʻa e kau faifekau mei Noate ʻAmeliká mei he ngaahi tuʻunga fakatakimuʻá kae uiuiʻi pē ʻa e Kāingalotu fakalotofonuá. ʻI hono fakahoko iá, naʻe hoko ia ko ha meʻa mahuʻinga ki he ngaahi misiona mei Saute ʻAmeliká talu mei he ʻaʻahi ʻa ʻEletā Kimipolo ki he konitinēnití ʻi he taʻu 1959. Ko hono ʻoange ko ia ha ngaahi faingamālie fakalotofonua lahi ange ki he Kāingalotu fakalotofonuá—ʻo aʻu ki he Kāingalotu ʻoku nau taʻu hongofulu-mā-tolu peé—naʻe hangē ia ha sitepu naʻe fuʻu fiemaʻu ki hono fokotuʻu ha ngaahi siteiki ʻi Saute ʻAmeliká.

Naʻe teʻeki ʻalu tuʻo taha ʻa Telia ki he Palaimelí ʻi heʻene kei siʻí. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne fuʻu ʻilo pe ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he palesiteni Palaimelí. Ka, naʻá ne tali ʻa e uiuiʻí, pea naʻe ongo fiemālie ia.

Ka naʻá ne hohaʻa pe ʻe fēfē ha fakafōtunga ʻene ongo mātuʻá ʻi he ongoongo ko ʻení. Kuó na vete-mali, pea naʻe ʻikai ke na hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe mālohi ʻa e fāmili ʻene tamaí ʻi he siasi Faka-Palotisaní pea ʻikai ke nau loto ki heʻene mēmipa ʻi he Siasí. Naʻe tali lelei ange ʻe heʻene faʻē Katoliká ʻa ʻene tuí, ka naʻá ne hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo e fepaki hono uiuiʻí mo hono ngaahi fatongia ʻi ʻapí mo e akó.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Solali, “Te u talanoa ki hoʻo faʻeé.”

Naʻe faingataʻa, ka naʻe aʻu ʻo felotoi ʻa e palesiteni fakakoló mo Telia mo ʻene faʻeé: ʻe fai ʻe Telia ʻene ngaahi ngāue fakaʻapí ʻi he pongipongi Tokonakí, ko e ʻaho ia naʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e Palaimelí ʻi hono kolo ‘o e Siasí, pea ʻi he hili iá ʻe fakaʻatā leva ke ne fai ʻa hono ngaahi fatongia faka-Siasí.

Hili hono vaheʻi ʻo Teliá, naʻá ne ngāue leva ʻi hono uiuiʻi foʻoú. Koeʻuhí naʻe fuʻu tokosiʻi hono koló, naʻá ne fatongia ʻaki leva ʻa hono tataki mo akoʻi toko taha pē ʻa e fānau Palaimelí. Naʻe ʻoange ʻe Palesiteni Solali ha tohi lēsoni matolu maʻá e Palaimelí mo ha laʻi tohi fakahinohino ʻe ua ke ne ako mei ai.

Naʻá ne talaange, “Kapau ʻe ʻi ai haʻo fehuʻi, lotu!”

Kimuʻa pea teuteu ʻe Telia ʻene ʻuluaki lēsoní, naʻá ne lau ʻa e fakahinohinó. Naʻá ne fakaava leva ʻa e tohi lēsoni Palaimelí, hili hono nimá ʻi he ʻū pēsí, pea punou hono ʻulú.

Naʻá ne pehē, “Tamai Hēvani, ʻoku ou fiemaʻu ke akoʻi ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení ki he fānaú, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke u ʻilo pe ʻe fakahoko fēfeeʻi ia. Kātaki ʻo tokoni mai.”

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Vintenes (kiʻi paʻanga) maʻá e Falemahakí

Naʻe fakafalala lahi ʻa Telia Lokihoni, ko e palesiteni Palaimeli foʻou ʻi Kolonia Suisa, ʻUlukuaí, ki heʻene tohi lēsoní. Kuo faʻu ʻe he Siasí ʻa e tohi tuʻutuʻuní ʻo fakatefito ki he kau faiako mo e kau takimuʻa ʻo e Palaimelí ʻoku nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi misioná, pea naʻe lotua maʻu pē ʻe Telia fekauʻaki mo e founga lelei taha ke fakaʻaongaʻi ai iá. Naʻe faʻu ʻa e tohi lēsoní kimuʻa pea kamata vakaiʻi mo fakafaingofuaʻi ʻe he Kōmiti Fakafekauʻaki ʻa e Siasí ʻa e ʻū naunau kotoa ʻa e Siasí, pea naʻe peesi ia ʻe 300. ʻI he taimi tatau, naʻe houngaʻia ʻa Telia ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau lahi ki he ngaahi ʻekitivitií mo e ngāue fakameaʻa naʻe ʻomi aí. Neongo naʻe longoaʻa ʻa e fānau Palaimelí ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi lolotonga ʻene fai lēsoní, ka naʻe faʻa kātaki ʻa Telia. Kapau naʻa nau pauʻu, te ne lava maʻu pē ʻo ʻomai ʻenau mātuʻá ke tokoni.

ʻI hono teuteu ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni Palaimelí, naʻe ongoʻi ʻe Telia ko ha fatongia ia ke muimuiʻi pau ʻa e ngaahi naunau fakaʻofisiale ʻa e Siasí. ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi ai ʻa e fakahinohino ki hono fai ha feinga paʻanga fakataʻu maʻá e Falemahaki ʻa e Fānau Palaimeli ʻi Sōleki Sití. Naʻe fakaʻaiʻai ʻe he feinga paʻangá, ʻa ia kuo fai fakataʻu talu mei he taʻu 1922, ʻa e fānau Palaimeli kotoa pē ke tānaki ha koini ke tokoni ki he fānau kehe ʻoku nau faingataʻaʻiá. Kuo teʻeki mamata ʻa Telia ki ha sēniti ʻe taha ki muʻa, pea naʻe ʻikai ke ne fuʻu ʻilo lahi ki he falemahakí. Pea naʻe ʻikai foki fiemaʻu ke ne fekumi ki he fānau ʻoku faingataʻaʻiá—naʻe ʻosi tokolahi pē ia ʻi heʻene kalasi Palaimelí. Ka naʻá ne kei ongoʻi pē mo e palesiteni fakakolo ko Vikitā Solalí ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻa e feinga paʻangá maʻá e falemahakí.

Naʻe ʻikai ke nau fai ʻa e feinga paʻanga sēniti ʻe tahá, ka naʻe kole ʻe Telia ki he fānaú ke foaki ʻa e vintenes, ko e koini siʻisiʻi taha ia ʻi ʻUlukuaí. Naʻe faʻu ʻe he taha ʻo e mātuʻá ha kiʻi puha papa tānakiʻanga paʻanga, ʻa ia naʻe tautau ʻe Telia ʻi ha holisi ʻi he falelotú. Naʻá ne talaange ki he Palaimelí ʻe tokoni ʻa e paʻangá ki he fānau naʻe puké, ka naʻá ne tokanga ke ʻoua naʻa fakamālohiʻi ʻene kalasí. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne loto ke nau tānaki ha vintenes naʻe ʻikai ke nau lava ʻo maʻu ke foaki.

ʻI he ngaahi māhina hono hokó, naʻe ʻikai ke vakaiʻi ʻe Telia ʻa e kiʻi puhá pe fakahoko mai ko hai naʻe tokoní mo hai naʻe ʻikaí. Taimi ʻe niʻihi naʻe haʻu ʻa e fānaú mo e vintenes, pea ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻe niʻihi naʻe foaki ʻe he mātuʻá ha ngaahi koini ke tokoni ki he Palaimelí. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, naʻá ne fanongo ki he tō ha koini ki loto, pea pasipasi ʻa e fānaú ʻi heʻenau fanongo ki he ongó.

ʻI he ʻaʻahi ʻa e kau takimuʻa fakamisioná ki he Kolo Kolonia Suisā, naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Telia ke fakaava ʻa e puhá. Naʻe fonu ange ia ʻi he meʻa naʻá ne ʻamanaki ki aí. ʻI heʻene lau ʻa e koiní, naʻe tānaki ʻe he fānaú ha meimei paʻanga ʻAmelika ʻe ua. ʻI he nima ʻo Teliá, naʻe hangē ʻa e koiní ha koloa mahuʻingá.

Makehe mei aí, naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi, naʻe fakafofongaʻi ʻe he vintenes ʻa e tui mo e feilaulau ʻa e fānau Palaimelí—pea mo e fāmili ʻo e fānaú. Ko e koini kotoa pē ko ha kiʻi paʻanga ia ʻa e fefine uitoú, kuo foaki ʻaki ʻa e ʻofa ki he niʻihi kehé mo e Fakamoʻuí.

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Ko Hai ʻOkú Ou Poupou Ki Aí?

Naʻe lau ʻe Telie Loukoni ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻi ʻapi ʻi heʻene maʻu ha ueʻi fakalaumālie: “ʻOku fiemaʻu ke ke mavahe.”

Ko e ueʻi mālohi taha ia kuo faifai ange peá ne maʻú. Naʻá ne taʻu hongofulu-mā-ono pē, pea naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ka mavahe mei ʻapi ʻe uesia ai ʻene moʻuí. Ka naʻá ne toe ʻilo foki kapau ʻe nofo ʻi he feituʻu ʻoku ʻi aí, ʻe taʻofi ai ʻene tupulaki mo e fakalakalaka ko ha tokotaha muimui ʻo Kalaisí.

Talu mei hono papitaiso ʻo Teliá, mo hono poupouʻi ia ʻe heʻene faʻeé pea kuó ne faʻa haʻu ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ki he ngaahi ʻekitivitī ʻa e Siasí. Ka naʻe faingataʻaʻia fakapaʻanga ʻa e fāmilí, pea naʻe ʻi ai ha fefusiaki ʻi he vā ʻo ʻene tamai-uá mo ʻene faʻeé. ʻI he taimi tatau, naʻe nofo mamaʻo ʻene tamaí pea naʻe fakakaukau [ʻene tamaí] ʻoku taʻofi ʻe he Siasí [ʻa Telia] mei hono fāmilí. ʻI he taimi ʻoku nofo ai [ʻa Telia] mo [ʻene tamaí], naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne fakalele ʻa e Palaimelí pe kau ki heʻene ngaahi fakatahá.

Meʻamālié, he naʻe lahi ha ngaahi taimi naʻe lava ai ʻa Telia ʻo mavahe mei ʻapi ke ʻalu ki he ngaahi konifelenisi fakavahefonuá mo e ngaahi ʻekitivitī fakamisioná ʻi Monitivitiō mo e ngaahi kolo kehé. Naʻe saiʻia ʻa Telia ʻi he ʻalu ki he ngaahi fakataha mamaʻo ko ʻení, tautautefito ki he ngaahi konifelenisi ʻa e NGKMF (MIA) ʻa ia naʻá ne lava ke fakakaungāmeʻa ai mo e toʻu tupu kehe ʻi he Siasí—ko ha faingamālie naʻe ʻikai ke ne maʻu ʻi hono kiʻi kolo tokosiʻi [ʻi he Siasí]. Naʻe tokoni ʻa e houalotu fakamoʻoni ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e polokalama kotoa pē ke tupulaki ai ʻene tuí ʻo lahi ange.

Hili ha kiʻi taimi nounou mei hono ueʻi fakalaumālie ʻo Teliá, naʻá ne talanoa ki he palesiteni fakakoló. Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Palesiteni Solali ʻa e fāmili ʻo Teliá, pea naʻe ʻikai ke ne feinga ke fakalotoʻi [ʻa Telia] ke nofo. Naʻá ne talaange ha ongomātuʻa ʻi he loto koló, ko e fāmili Pelekuliní. Naʻe ʻikai ke na mēmipa ʻi he Siasí, ka naʻe mēmipa hona ʻofefine ko Meliamé.

Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Palesiteni Solali, “Ta sio angé pe ʻe tali ʻe hono fāmilí ke mou nofo.”

Naʻe vēkeveke maʻu pē ʻa e fāmili Pelekuliní ke tokoni ki ha taha ʻoku faingataʻaʻia, pea naʻa nau fiefia ke fakaafeʻi ʻa Telia ke nau nofo. Naʻe tali ʻe Telia ʻenau fakaafe loto-ʻofá pea naʻá ne loto ke tokoni ʻi hono fakamaau ʻo e falé pea mo ngāue ʻi ha ngaahi houa ʻi he falekoloa ʻi he kauhala ʻe tahá. Neongo naʻe faingataʻa ʻa e mavahe mei ʻapí, ka naʻe fiefia ʻa Telia ʻi hono ʻātakai foʻoú. Naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e poupou mo e fiemālie ʻi heʻene nofo mo e fāmili Pelekuliní.

Ka, naʻe ʻikai ke hao kakato ʻa ʻene moʻuí mei he fekeʻikeʻí. Naʻe hoko ʻa ʻUlukuai ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi fonua tuʻumālie ʻo Saute ʻAmeliká, ka naʻe hōloa ʻenau tuʻunga fakaʻekonōmiká. Naʻe huʻuhuʻu lahi ha kakai ʻe niʻihi ki he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, pea naʻa nau pehē ko e pule fakakominiusí ko e tali ia ki he faingataʻaʻia fakapaʻanga ʻa honau fonuá. ʻI he aʻusia ʻe he ngaahi fonua kehe ʻi Saute ʻAmeliká ʻa e faingataʻaʻia fakapaʻanga tataú, naʻe vave ʻa e mafola ʻa e tāufehiʻa ki ʻAmeliká ʻi he konitinēnití kotoa. Koeʻuhí ko e tuʻu ʻa e ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi ʻo e Siasí ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, naʻe faʻa fehangahangai ai ʻa e Kāingalotu ʻi Saute ʻAmeliká mo e taʻe-falalaʻiá mo ngaohikoviá.

Naʻe tokolahi ʻa e kaungāako ʻo Telia naʻa nau talanoa fekauʻaki mo ʻenau poupouʻi ʻa e pule fakakominiusí. Ke ʻoua naʻa hoko ha fakakikihí, naʻe fakahā ʻe Telia ʻene mēmipasipí mo e tui ki he Siasí ki ha kaungāako tokosiʻi pē. Kapau te ne talanoa tauʻatāina, ʻe ala manukiʻi ai ia.

ʻI ha efiafi ʻe taha, naʻe ʻaʻahi atu ai ʻa e ongo faifekaú ki he ʻapi ʻo Teliá. Ko e ʻamanaki ia ke ne ʻalu ki he NGKMF, ko ia naʻá ne ʻalu fakataha leva mo e ongo faifekaú. Naʻe fakaʻofoʻofa ʻa e ʻeá, ka ʻi heʻenau aʻu atu ki he loto-koló, naʻe ʻilo ʻe Telia ʻa e meʻa ʻe hokó. Naʻe tokolahi hono kaungāako naʻa nau saiʻia ke fakatahataha ʻi he loto-koló. Kapau te nau fakatokangaʻi ia mo e ongo faifekau mei ʻAmelika Noaté, te nau ʻiloʻi ko ha tokotaha Siasi ia.

Naʻe sio atu ʻa Telia ki he ongo faifekaú, peá ne fakakaukau he ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo maaʻi kinaua. Naʻá ne pehē ʻi hono lotó, “ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ko e Māmonga au, ka ʻoku mālohi fēfē nai ʻeku hoko ko e Māmongá?”

Naʻá ne loto-toʻa pea kolosi atu ʻi he loto-koló mo e ongo faifekaú. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi te ne fehangahanga mo e tuenoá ʻi he akó, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo sītuʻa mei heʻene tuí. Naʻe mālohi ʻaupito ʻene fakamoʻoni ki he ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí.

Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ʻoku moʻoni ia ʻo hangē ko ia ne ʻilo ʻe Siosefa Sāmitá. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo fakaʻikaiʻi ia.

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