Vahe 1
Feituʻú mo e Taimí
“Talaange ki ai ke fakafoki mai ʻa e Siasí.”
Naʻe fakaʻohovaleʻi ʻe he kihiʻi leʻosiʻi mo ongo fakavavevavé ʻa e finemui taʻu hongofulu mā ono ko Nola Siu ʻIueni Kutí, pea naʻá ne puputuʻu ai. Naʻe pehē [ʻe Nola], “Ko e hā?”
“Talaange ki ai ke fakafoki mai ʻa e Siasí.”
Naʻe toe fanongo lelei pē ʻa Nola ki he pōpoakí. Naʻe hangē naʻe fanafana ange ha taha ʻi hono telinga toʻomataʻú. Ka naʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻe ofi mai. Naʻá ne tuʻu toko taha ʻi tuʻa ʻi ha hōtele ʻi Hongo Kongo ʻi Sepitema ʻo e 1954. Naʻe toki fakahekeheka atu ha kau ʻaʻahi tokosiʻi mei he ʻIunaiteti Siteití ʻi ha pasi ke ō ki he malaʻe vakapuná, pea naʻá ne taʻataʻalo kiate kinautolu.
Ko e kau ʻaʻahí ko ha kau taki ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní naʻa nau folaua ʻa ʻĒsia Hahake. Naʻe laui piliona tupu ʻa e kakai naʻa nau nofo ʻi he konga ko ia ʻo e māmaní, ka naʻe meimei ko ha toko tahaafe pē ʻiate kinautolu naʻa nau tali ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi kuo fakafoki maí. Naʻe teʻeki ke fokotuʻu fakaʻofisiale ʻa e Siasí ʻi Hongo Kongo ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi, ko e talu mei he moveuveu fakasōsiale ʻi Siainá mo e tau ʻi Kōleá naʻe fakatupunga ai ʻa e tāpuni ʻe he kau taki ʻo e Siasí ʻa e misioná ʻi he 1951. Ka ko ʻeni kuo ʻosi ʻa e fekeʻikeʻí, pea kuo foki mai ʻa e kau ʻaʻahí ke ʻaʻahi kia Nola mo e Kāingalotu kehe ʻe toko hongofulu mā valu naʻa nau nofo ʻi he koló.
Ko e taki ‘i he kulupú ko ʻEletā Hāloti B. Lī, ko ha mēmipa matuʻotuʻa ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Ua ʻa e Siasí. Naʻe lava ke tala ʻe Nola ko ha tangata mahuʻinga ia, ka naʻe ʻikai haʻane ʻilo feʻunga ki hono puleʻi ʻo e Siasí ke ne tala ʻa e ʻuhingá. Ka naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ko e pōpoaki naʻe fanafanaʻi angé naʻe fakataumuʻa ia kia [ʻEletā Lī].
Naʻe ʻikai ke ne toe tatali, naʻá ne ala atu ki he pasí mo e fakaʻamu ke ʻoua naʻa lele ʻa e pasí. Naʻá ne pehē atu, “Aposetolo Lī.”
Naʻe ala mai ʻe ʻEletā Lī ʻi ha matapā sioʻata naʻe ava, pea naʻe puke mai ia ʻe Nola. Naʻá ne kole ange, “Kātaki muʻa ʻo fakafoki mai ʻa e Siasí. Ko e taʻe-maʻu ʻe kimautolu ko e Kaingalotú ʻa e Siasí, ʻoku mau hangē ai ko e kakai ʻoku ʻikai haʻanau meʻakaí. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke fafanga fakalaumālie kimautolu.”
Naʻe loʻimataʻia ʻa e fofonga ʻo e ʻaposetoló. Naʻá ne pehē ange, “ʻOku ʻikai ko au ʻoku faituʻutuʻuní, ka te u lipooti ki he kau takí.” Naʻá ne talaange kia Nola ke ne lotua mo tui faivelenga pē, ʻo ne fakapapauʻi ange kapau ʻe kei ʻi ai pē ha Kāingalotu faivelenga hangē ko iá, naʻe ʻi Hongo Kongo pē ʻa e Siasí.
Naʻe fetongi-kia leva ʻa e pasí ʻo ne mavahe.
Naʻe ʻosi atu ha ngaahi māhina mo e ʻikai pē ke ongona ʻe Nola ha meʻa mei he Siasí. Naʻá ne fifili ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi pe te ne toe fanongo koā meiate kinautolu. Kuo faingataʻaʻia maʻu pē ʻa e kau faifekau ʻo e Siasí ʻi Hongo Kongo. Naʻe ʻuluaki malanga ai ʻa e kau ʻeletaá ʻi he 1850 tupú, ka naʻe hoko ʻa e mahamahakí, ngaahi faikehekehe ʻi he tui fakalotú mo e anga fakafonuá, masivesivá mo e faingataʻa ʻo e lea fakafonuá ke nau liʻaki ai ʻa e misioná ʻi he hili pē ha ngaahi māhina siʻi ʻo e ʻikai ha papitaisó. Naʻe tūʻuta mai ʻa e kulupu fakafaifekau hono hokó ʻi he 1949, ka naʻe taʻu pē ʻe ua ʻa e fuoloa ʻa e misiona ko iá.
Lolotonga ʻa e taimi ko iá, naʻe hoko ʻa Nola mo hono ongo tehiná ko e fuofua kau Siaina ke kau ki he Siasí ʻi Hongo Kongó. Naʻe kau honau fāmilí ʻi he kau kumi hūfanga ʻe laukilu naʻa nau omi ki he kolonia Pilitāniá ke hola mei he moveuveu ʻi he fonua lahi ko Siainá. Naʻe tuʻu ʻa e hetikuota ʻo e misioná ʻi he hala naʻa nau nofo aí, pea naʻe ʻave kinautolu ki ai ʻi he pongipongi kotoa ʻe he mali ua ʻo e tamai ʻa Nolá, ko e ʻamanaki te nau ako ʻa e lea faka-Pilitāniá pea mo ha meʻa pē naʻe akoʻi ʻe he kau faifekaú.
ʻOku kei manatuʻi pē ʻe Nola ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni mei he Tohi Tapú naʻá ne maʻu meia Sisitā Sai Langi Akí, ko ha faifekau mei Hauaiʻi naʻe hakoʻi Siaina, ʻa ia naʻá ne tokoniʻi ia ke ne ako ʻa e lea faka-Pilitāniá. Naʻe maʻu ʻe Nola ha fakamoʻoni ʻo e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí ʻi he taimi ko iá. Naʻe tokoni ʻene fakamoʻoní ke ne kei mālohi ai ʻi he hili ʻa e tāpuni ʻa e misioná, ʻi he taimi naʻe hangē kuo tō ʻa e laʻaá ʻi Hongo Kongó. Neongo naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ouau ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí, houalotu sākalamēnití, ʻū ʻapisiasí mo ha ʻū tohi ʻa e Siasí ʻi he lea faka-Siainá, ka naʻá ne pīkitai pē ki heʻene tui kia Sīsū Kalaisí.
ʻI ʻAokosi 1955, ko e mei lava ia ha taʻu ʻe taha mei he ʻaʻahi atu ʻa ʻEletā Lií, naʻe haʻu ha tangata lōloa, ʻulu kelo ki he fale faiva naʻe ngāue ai ʻa Nolá. Naʻe fakatokangaʻi [ʻe Nola] he taimi pē ko iá ko Kalānite Heatoni ia, ʻa ia naʻe ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi Hongo Kongo kimuʻa pea tāpuni ʻa e misioná. Naʻá ne toki tūʻuta pē mo hono uaifi ko Luaná ʻi Hongo Kongo ke fakaava ʻa e Misiona Southern Far East, ʻa ia naʻe toki fokotuʻu foʻoú.
Naʻe mātuʻaki fiefia ʻaupito ʻa Nola. Naʻe hangē pē ko e meʻa naʻá ne ʻamanaki ki aí, naʻe talanoa ʻa ʻEletā Lī mo e kau taki ʻo e Siasí fekauʻaki mo e Kāingalotu ʻi Hongo Kongó. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻi he foki mai pē [ʻa ʻEletā Lī] ki he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, naʻá ne fokotuʻu ange ke toe fakaava ʻa e misioná pea naʻe aʻu ʻo ne fakamatala ʻa e talanoa fekauʻaki mo Nolá ʻi he konifelenisi lahi ʻa e Siasí. Naʻe ui leva ʻe he palesiteni ʻo e Siasí, Tēvita O. Makei, ʻa Kalānite ke ne tataki ʻa e misiona foʻoú, ʻa ia naʻe kau ki ai ʻa Hongo Kongo, Taiuani, ko e ʻOtu Filipainí, Kuamu mo ha ngaahi feituʻu kehe ʻi he vahefonuá.
Naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Nola, “ʻOku malava ke ʻi ai ha ʻamanaki lelei. Kuo fakatuʻamelie ʻa e Kāingalotu ʻi Hongo Kongó ki he kahaʻu ʻo e Siasí ʻi honau feituʻú!”
ʻI he ʻaho 22 ʻo Sepitema 1955, ko e meimei māhina ia ʻe ua hili hono fakaava ʻo e Misiona Southern Far East, naʻe foki mai ʻa Palesiteni Tēvita O. Makei ki Sōleki Siti hili ia ha uike ʻe nima ʻo ʻene ʻaʻahi ki he Kāingalotu ʻi ʻIulopé. Neongo naʻá ne heka vakapuna ʻi he ʻahó kakato mo hono uaifi ko ʻEma Leí, ka naʻá na talitali fiefia ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí, kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí, mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa naʻa nau omi ki he malaʻe vakapuná ke talitali kinauá.
Naʻe kiʻi tuʻu ʻa Palesiteni Makei ʻi he halá ke talanoa ki he kau faiongoongó mo e kau faitaá fekauʻaki mo e konga mahuʻinga ʻo ʻene folaú: ʻa e fakatapui ʻo e temipale ofi ki Peeni, Suisalaní. Kuo hoko ʻeni ko e temipale hono fitu ʻoku lolotonga ngāue ʻi he māmaní, pea ko e fuofua temipale ia ke langa ʻi ʻIulopé. Naʻe fakahoko hono fakatapuí ʻi ha ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻe hongofulu tupu ʻi ha ngaahi lea fakafonua ʻe fitu. Pea kuo maʻu ʻe ha Kāingalotu ʻIulope ʻe laungeau honau ʻenitaumení ʻi ai.
Naʻe fiefia ʻa e kakai ʻo Pēní ʻi he fale toputapú. Naʻe talaange ʻe Palesiteni Makei ki ha faiongoongo ʻe taha, “ʻOku nau ui ia ‘ko hotau temipalé,’ pea kuo tala ʻeni ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ʻi aí ko e kakai Kalisitiane.”
Naʻe hoko ʻa e Temipale Swiss ko ha fakataipe ia ʻo e tukupā ʻa e Siasí ki hono fokotuʻu ha ngaahi haʻofanga mālohi ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní hili ia ha laui taʻu lahi ʻo hono poupouʻi ʻo e Kāingalotú ke nau fakatahataha ki ʻIutaá. ʻI hono langa ko ʻeni ʻo e ongo temipale ʻi ʻIngilani mo Nuʻu Silá, ko ha feinga ia ʻa e Siasí ke langa ʻa e ngaahi temipalé ke ofi ange ki hono kāingalotu ʻoku mafola ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní pea mo fakafaingamālieʻi ange hono maʻu ʻo e ngaahi ouau fakatemipalé.
Naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Palesiteni Makei ko e ngaahi temipale ko ʻení ko e kamatá pē ia. Hangē ko ia naʻe kikiteʻi ʻe Siosefa Sāmitá, ʻe ‘u‘ufi ʻe he moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ‘a e fonua kotoa pē mo fakaongo ‘i he telinga kotoa pē.
Kuo teʻeki ke hokosia ʻa e ʻaho ko iá, ka naʻe fakalakalaka ʻa e Siasí. Neongo ko e konga lahi ʻo e māmaní kuo teʻeki ke nau fanongoa ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi kuo fakafoki maí, ka kuo tupulaki ʻa hono ʻiloʻi ʻo e Siasí talu mei he fakaʻosinga ʻo e Tau Lahi ʻa Māmani Hono Uá. Naʻe lau miliona tupu siʻi pē ʻa e Kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ʻi he māmaní, ka naʻe tokolahi ʻa e kakai naʻa nau manumanumelieʻia ʻi heʻenau moʻui fakapotopotó, ngaahi tuʻunga ʻulungaanga faka-Kalisitiané, tokangaekina ʻo e masivá mo e pōpoaki fakafiefiá. Naʻe hoko foki mo e Kuaea Tāpanekale ʻa e Siasí ko ha kulupu fakaʻaliʻali ʻiloa ʻi he fakamafola ʻa e ngaahi letioó ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní. ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e taʻú, ʻi hono fakamanatua ʻe he Siasí ʻa hono taʻu 125, naʻe fakahikihikiʻi ai ʻe he New York Times (Taimi ʻo Niu ʻIoké), ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi nusipepa ʻiloa taha ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, ʻa e Kāingalotú.
ʻI he fakalaulaulotoa ʻe Palesiteni Makei mo hono ongo tokoni ko Sitīveni L. Lisiate mo J. Lūpeni Kalaké ʻa e ikuʻanga ʻo e Siasí, naʻa nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakafeʻātungia naʻe hanganaki mai ʻi he halanga ki ha tupulaki maʻongoʻonga angé.
Ko ha fakafeʻātungia ʻe taha ʻa hono feingaʻi ʻo ha ʻū ʻapisiasi lelei mo ha ʻū fale kehe maʻá e Kāingalotú. ʻI he 1920 tupú, naʻe faʻu ʻe he Siasí ha polokalama ki hono ʻomi ki he ngaahi haʻofangá ha ʻū palani tuʻu pau ki he langa falé mo ha paʻanga lahi ke tokoni ki he Kāingalotu fakalotofonuá ke langa ha ʻū fale kuo fakanaunau ʻaki ʻa e ʻuhilá, taki ʻa e vaí ki loto, pea kimuí ni mai ke fakanaunau ʻaki ʻa e mīsini ʻea fakamokomokó. Ka ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu naʻe ʻikai ke loko tokolahi ai ʻa e Siasí, naʻe lahi ha ngaahi kolo naʻe ʻikai ke nau maʻu ʻa e naunau pe taukei ke fakahoko ha ngaahi ngāue lalahi. Ko hono olá leva naʻa nau faʻa fakataha ʻi ha ngaahi holo totongi.
Naʻe toe lahi ange ʻa e palopalemá ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu lahi ʻi he māmaní. Naʻe fefaʻuhi ha ngaahi kolo ʻe niʻihi koeʻuhí ko e tokosiʻi honau kāingalotú, ʻikai taukei ʻa e kau taki fakalotofonuá, ʻikai hokohoko ʻa e fetuʻutaki mo e ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi ʻo e Siasí, mo e ʻikai ke liliu ha konga lahi ʻo e ʻū tohi ʻa e Siasí ki he lea fakalotofonuá. Naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi feituʻu ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau fuʻu mamaʻo mei he ngaahi siteiki pe vahefonua ʻo e Siasí ke tauhi ha ngaahi haʻofanga ʻoku mālohí.
ʻIkai ke ngata aí, ka koeʻuhí ko e peseti ʻe 90 ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní naʻa nau nofo ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, naʻe faʻa fekauʻaki pē ʻa e Siasí ia mo ʻAmelika. Naʻe hoko ʻa e fakakaukau ko ʻení ke tupu ai ha ngaahi palopalema ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga kominiusí hangē ko e Sovieti ʻIunioní, ʻa ia naʻe lahi ʻenau huʻuhuʻu ki he ʻIunaiteti Siteití pea mo e tui fakalotú fakalūkufua. ʻI he taʻu ʻe hongofulu kuo ʻosí, naʻe faʻu ʻe he ngaahi puleʻanga peheé ha ngaahi lao naʻá ne fakafaingataʻaʻiaʻi—ka ʻikai pē naʻe taʻe-malava ai—ke ngāue ʻa e Siasí ʻi hono ngaahi kauʻāfonuá.
Naʻe hoko ʻa hono fakaava ʻo e Misiona Southern Far East ke fakahaaʻi ai naʻe vēkeveke ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí mo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ke fakalahi ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú ki ha ngaahi vahefonua foʻou, kae tautautefito ki ʻĒsia mo ʻAmelika Tonga. Ka neongo iá, naʻe ʻi ai ha fakafeʻātungia makehe ia ʻi ʻAfilika. Talu mei he 1850 tupú, naʻe fakangatangata ʻe he Siasí ʻa e kakai hakoʻi ʻAfilika ʻUliʻulí mei heʻenau maʻu ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí pe maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ouau ʻenitaumení mo e sila ʻi he temipalé, ko ia naʻe siʻisiʻi hano fakahoko ʻe he Siasí ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi he konitinēniti ko iá. Ka neongo iá, naʻe kei maʻu pē ʻe he kau taki ʻo e Siasí ha ʻū tohi mei he kakai ʻi ʻAfilika Hihifó ʻoku fakahaaʻi ai ʻenau saiʻia ʻi he ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí.
Naʻe ʻikai ke ngalo ʻia Palesiteni Makei ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa mo e ngaahi lavameʻa ko ʻení ʻi he māhina ʻe ono naʻe hoko aí, ʻi he taimi naʻá ne folau ai ki Kalefōnia ke fakatapui ʻa e Temipale Los Angeles. Naʻe kamata ʻa e ngaahi palani ki hono langa ʻo e falé ʻi he malumalu ʻo e fakahinohino ʻa Palesiteni Hiipa J. Kalānité, ka naʻe hoko ʻa e Tō Lalo Lahi Fakaʻekonōmiká mo e Tau Lahi ʻa Māmani Hono Uá ke fakatoloi ai hono fakakakató ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻe uofulu. Ko e temipale lahi taha ia kuo langa ʻe he Siasí, pea naʻe hoko ʻa e ʻiloa hono fanongonongo ʻo e ʻoupeni hausí ke maʻu ai ʻe ha kakai ʻe fitu kilu ha faingamālie ke hū ki loto ʻo ako fekauʻaki mo hono taumuʻa toputapú.
‘I he ouau fakatapuí, naʻe fakafetaʻi ai ʻa Palesiteni Makei ki he ʻEikí ʻi heʻene vakai atu ki he haʻofangá ʻi he loki fakatahaʻanga ʻo e temipalé.
Naʻá ne fakahā ʻi heʻene lotu fakatapuí, “Kuo mau ongoʻi Hoʻo ʻafio ʻi hení pea kuo mau tokanga ki Ho leʻó ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻo e veiveiuá mo e puputuʻú. ʻI he loto-fakatōkilalo mo e loto-houngaʻia lahi, ʻoku mau fakahaaʻi ai heni ʻi Ho fale māʻoniʻoní, ʻa Hoʻo tataki fakalangí mo Hoʻo maluʻí mo e ueʻi fakalaumālié.”
ʻI he meimei taimi peheni, ʻi Sao Paulo, Palāsila, naʻe kamata ai ʻe ha faifekau Metotisi ko hono hingoá ko ʻĒliu ta Losa Kamākou ʻa ʻene taʻu hono tolú ʻi ha ʻunivēsiti fakalotu. ʻI ha ʻaho ʻe taha, naʻe talaange ʻe hano maheni mei heʻene feohiʻanga fakalotú naʻá ne fetaulaki mo ha ongo faifekau ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, pea naʻá ne fakaafeʻi ʻa ʻĒliu ke kau ange ki heʻena ʻaʻahi hoko maí.
Naʻe fieʻilo ʻa ʻĒliu fekauʻaki mo e Kau Māʻoniʻoní mo ʻenau ngaahi akonakí, ko ia naʻá ne tali ai ʻa e fakaafé. Kuo ʻi Palāsila ʻa e Siasí ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻeni ʻe tolungofulu, ka ko ha kāingalotu pē ʻe meimei toko tahaafe tolungeau ʻi he fonuá, pea kuo teʻeki ke fetaulaki ʻa ʻĒliu ia mo ha taha ʻiate kinautolu. Ko e meʻapangó, naʻe ʻikai ke omi ʻa e ongo faifekaú ia ʻi he ʻaho naʻa nau ʻapoinimeni ki aí.
Hili ha taimi nounou mei ai, lolotonga ha fealeaʻaki fakakalasi fekauʻaki mo e natula ʻo e ʻOtuá, naʻe fehuʻi ʻe ʻĒliu ki heʻene palōfesá pe naʻe tui nai ʻa e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ki he Toluʻi ʻOtuá, pe fakakaukau ko e ʻOtua ko e Tamaí, ko Sīsū Kalaisi, pea mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ko ha sino pē ia ʻe taha.
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe he palōfesá, “ʻOku ʻikai ke u maʻu ha fakamatala ki ai.” Naʻe ʻikai foki ke ne ʻiloʻi pe ko ha kau Kalisitiane nai ʻa e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní.
Naʻe talaange ʻe ʻĒliu, “ʻOku ou tui pē ʻoku nau fakakaukau ko e kau Kalisitiane kinautolu he ko e hingoa fakaʻofisiale ʻo e siasí ko e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.”
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe he palōfesá, “Sio angé pe ʻe lava ke maʻu ha taha ʻi Sao Paulo.” Naʻá ne fokotuʻu ange leva ke fakaafeʻi mai ʻe ʻĒliu ha tokotaha ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ke lea ki he tamaiki akó ʻi heʻenau fakatahaʻanga fakauiké.
Naʻe ʻalu ʻa ‘Ēliu ki he ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi ʻo e Siasí ʻi he loto koló ʻo fakaafeʻi ʻa ʻAsaeli Solenisoni, ko e palesiteni ʻo e Misiona Brazilian, ke lea ʻi he fakatahaʻangá. Naʻe fakaʻamu ʻa Palesiteni Solenisoni ke ne tali ʻa e fakaafé, ka koeʻuhí naʻe ʻosi ʻi ai ha meʻa kehe naʻá ne tukupā ke fai kimuʻa, naʻá ne talaange leva te ne fekauʻi atu ha ongo faifekau kei talavou ke na fetongi ia.
Naʻá ne talaange kia ʻĒliu, “ʻOku ou ʻilo fakapapau ʻoku ʻosi mateuteu lelei ʻa e ongo talavou ko ʻení.”
ʻI he ʻaho naʻe fai ai ʻa e fakatahá, naʻe aʻu mai ha ongo faifekau mei he ʻIunaiteti Siteití—ko ʻEletā Tēvita Lisiatesoni mo Lousa Kolo—ki he ʻunivēsití. Naʻe talitali lelei ʻe ʻĒliu ʻa e ongo talavoú pea fakafeʻiloaki kinaua ki ha tamaiki ako ʻe toko nimangofulu nai mo ha kau faiako ʻe toko hongofulu mā ua naʻe ʻi he lokí. Naʻe lue ʻa ʻEletā Lisiatesoni, ʻa ia naʻe kiʻi taukei ange ʻi he lea faka-Potukalí, ki he tuʻunga malangá ʻo kamata lea fekauʻaki mo e Siasí. Lolotonga iá, naʻe tohi ʻe ʻEletā Kolo ha ngaahi poini mahuʻinga ʻi he palakipoé.
Naʻe tanganeʻia ʻa ʻĒliu ʻi he loto-toʻa mo e nonga ʻa ʻEletā Lisiatesoní. Naʻe ʻuluaki lea ʻa e talavoú fekauʻaki mo e Toluʻi ʻOtuá, ʻo ne fakamoʻoni ko e Tamaí, ko e ʻAló, pea mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ko ha sino kehekehe ia ʻe tolu. Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo kamata ke fakahohaʻasi ia ʻe he haʻofangá, ʻaki ʻenau ʻeke ha ngaahi fehuʻi kehekehe. Naʻe faifai pea pehē mai ʻa ʻEletā Lisiatesoni, “Tuku pē ke u lea ke ʻosi pea ka hili ia pea mou toki fehuʻi mai leva.”
Naʻe fakalongolongo ʻa e haʻofangá, pea hoko atu leva ʻe he faifekaú ʻene pōpoakí. Naʻá ne faʻa lave ki he Tohi Tapú, pea ko e taimi kotoa pē naʻá ne lea ʻaki ai ha veesi folofola, naʻe fakaava ʻe he kau palōfesá mo e tamaiki akó ʻenau folofolá ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku tonu ʻene meʻa ʻoku lea ʻakí. Naʻe lava ke tala ʻe ʻĒliu naʻe ʻikai ke poupou hono kaungā-akó ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe akoʻi ʻe he ongo faifekaú, ka naʻa nau fakafanongo angamalū ange ʻi he taimí ni.
Naʻe lea leva ʻa ʻEletā Lisiatesoni fekauʻaki mo e kaveinga ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e papitaisó. Naʻá ne pehē, “Kapau te ma fakamoʻoniʻi atu kiate kimoutolu ʻokú ma maʻu ʻa e mafai ke fai-papitaisó, ko e toko fiha nai ʻiate kimoutolu te mou loto-fiemālie ke papitaisó?”
Naʻe kaila hake ha tokotaha ako ʻe taha ʻo pehē, “ʻIo!” pea naʻe mata ʻita ʻa e talēkita ʻo e ʻunivēsití ki he tokotaha ko iá ʻi heʻene taʻe-loto ki aí.
ʻI he taimi naʻe fakaʻosi ai ʻe ʻEletā Lisiatesoni ʻene leá, naʻá ne fakaafeʻi ha ngaahi fehuʻi mei he haʻofangá. Naʻe tuaiekemo ʻa e fehuʻi ʻe ha tamaiki ako ʻe niʻihi fekauʻaki mo e Fakapō Fakatokolahi ʻi he Moʻunga Mētoú mo e ngaahi moveuveu kehé. Naʻe hangē naʻe fakaʻamu ʻe ha tamaiki ako ʻe niʻihi ke ʻasi ʻoku hangē ʻoku nau saiʻia ʻi he Siasí.
Hili ʻa e fakamatalá, naʻe ʻalu ʻa ʻĒliu mo ha tamaiki ako kehe ʻe toko tolu ʻo kai hoʻatā mo e ongo faifekaú. Naʻa nau ʻeke ki he ongo faifekaú ha ngaahi fehuʻi lahi ange, ʻo fakahaaʻi ʻenau fie fanongo moʻoni ki heʻena pōpoakí. Naʻe fakaʻamu ʻa ʻĒliu ke ako lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e Siasí, ka naʻe mahuʻinga hono taimí. Naʻá ne maʻu mo hono uaifi ko Naiá ha fānau iiki ʻe toko fā, pea naʻe lolotonga feitama foki [mo hono uaifí]. Naʻá ne femoʻuekina ʻi he tokanga ki he akó mo e fāmilí.
Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa, kuo ʻikai ke ne toe tokanga ke ako fekauʻaki mo e Kau Māʻoniʻoní pea ʻikai ke ne toe fetuʻutaki mo e ongo faifekaú.
ʻI ha ʻaho ʻe taha ʻi Mē 1956, naʻe luelue ai ʻa Mōsese Muti mo hono kaungāmeʻa mo e kaungā mēmipa ʻi he Siasí ko ʻAtonio ʻAmasió ʻi ha foʻi hala ʻi he tuʻa kolo ʻo Nukuʻalofa, Tongá, ʻi he ʻOtu Motu Pasifikí. Lolotonga ʻena talatalanoá, naʻe lele hake ha kā ʻo fakalaka ʻiate kinaua ʻo taʻofi fakafokifā. Naʻe fakatou ʻilo ʻe he ongo tangatá ko e kā ia ʻa Feleti Sitouní, ko e palesiteni ʻo e Misiona Tongá. Ko Palesiteni Sitouní naʻe taʻu nimangofulu nai—naʻá ne lahi siʻi hake pē ʻia Mōsese. Kuó ne ngāue mo hono uaifi ko Siliviá ʻi he fonuá ʻi ha māhina ʻe ono nai.
Naʻe fakavave atu ʻa Mōsese mo ʻAtonio ki he kaá, ʻo na fakalea kia Palesiteni Sitouni. Naʻe fehuʻi ange [ʻe Palesiteni Sitouni], “ʻOkú mo ʻiloʻi nai ha taha ʻe fie ʻalu ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau?” ʻI he Pasifiki Tongá, naʻe uiuiʻi ʻe he Siasí ha “kau faifekau ngāue” tokolahi ke fakavaveʻi ʻa hono langa ʻo e falelotú ʻi he feituʻú. Naʻe toki fakangofua ʻe Palesiteni Makei ʻa hono langa ʻo ha ʻū falelotu foʻou ʻe uofulu mā taha ʻi Tonga, pea naʻe fakangofua ʻa Palesiteni Sitouni ke ne uiuiʻi ʻa e Kāingalotu fakalotofonuá ke nau fakahoko ʻa e ngāué.
Naʻe sio ʻa Mōsese kia ʻAtonio, pea naʻe fakaʻilonga fehuʻi ʻa hono kaungāmeʻá. Naʻe toko fāafe tupu ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ʻi Tongá, ka naʻe ʻikai pē ke na ʻiloʻi ha taha ʻe lava ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau. Naʻe ʻomi ʻe he ngaahi misiona ngāué ha ako ngāue maʻá e Kāingalotú ʻi he tō pilikí, tau ʻuhilá, taki e vaí mo e tufungá, ʻa ia ʻe ala tokoni ke nau maʻu ai ha ngāue maʻuʻanga moʻui hili ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ka ʻe lava ke faingataʻa ʻa e ngāué.
Naʻe kikihi atu ʻa Palesiteni Sitouni, “Pau pē ʻokú mo ʻilo ha taha. Fēfē koe Muti?”
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Mōsese, “Kapau ko ha ui mei he ʻEikí, te u ʻalu fiefia.” Kuó ne mēmipa mo hono uaifi ko Salaviá ʻi he Siasí ʻi ha taʻu ʻe uofulu tupu. Kuo tuʻo lahi ʻena ngāue fakafaifekaú, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngāue ke tokoni ke langa ʻa e Kolisi Liahoná, ko e ʻapiako māʻolunga foʻou ʻa e Siasí ʻi Tongá. Ka naʻe ngāue ʻa Mōsese ʻi he taimí ni ko ha pule ʻi he ʻū naunau langá maʻá e puleʻanga Tongá pea naʻe tokolahi hono fāmili ke tauhí. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne fie fakahohaʻasi ʻene moʻuí koeʻuhí pē ko e fiemaʻu ʻe he palesitení ha faifekau ʻoku vēkeveké.
Naʻe fakapapauʻi ange ʻe Palesiteni Sitouni, “ʻOku fiemaʻu koe ʻe he ʻEikí. ʻOku ʻi ai nai haʻo paʻanga, pe paʻanga kuo fakahū?”
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Mōsese, “Ko e ʻuhinga ia ne u fai atu ai ʻa e tali ne u ʻoatú. ʻOkú Ne ʻafioʻi ʻa e tuʻunga masiva ʻoku mau ʻi aí pea mo e meʻa te Ne tāpuekina ʻaki kimautolú kae lava ke mau fakahoko ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú.”
Naʻe fokotuʻu ange ʻe Palesiteni Sitouni, “Fēfē kapau te ke talanoa ki ai mo Salavia. Toki talamai pe ko e hā ʻene ongo fekauʻaki mo e ʻalu ko ʻeni ʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú.”
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Mōsese, “Ko e meʻa pē ʻoku ou fie ʻilo ki aí ko e feituʻú mo e taimí.”
Naʻe talaange ʻe he palesitení te ne ngāue ʻi Niuē, ko ha kiʻi motu ʻoku maile ʻe fāngeau nai mei he fakatokelau-hahake ʻo Tongá. Naʻe lolotonga ʻi ai ha kau faifekau ʻe toko fā ke malanga ʻaki ʻa e ongoongoleleí mo teuteu ke langa ha falelotu ai, ka naʻe tuai e fakalakalaka ʻa e ngāué.
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Mōsese, “ʻE fiefia hoku uaifí mo hoku fāmilí ke mau ʻalu.” Naʻá ne talanoa ange kia Palesiteni Sitouni fekauʻaki mo ha misi naʻá ne toki maʻu ʻa ia naʻá ne lue fakataha ai mo Salavia ʻi ha kiʻi motu kehe. Naʻe pehē ʻe Mōsese, “Ko ha feituʻu ia ʻoku tuʻu takai ai ʻa e tukui koló ʻi he matāfanga ʻo e motú. Kuo teʻeki ai ke u mamata ʻi ha motu pehē kimuʻa. Pau pē ko Niuē ia!”
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe palesiteni, “Tā ʻoku sai. Ko ha uike ʻe ua mo e konga ke ke teuteu aí kimuʻa pea tūʻuta mai ʻa e vaká.”
Naʻe fiefia ʻa Salavia ʻi hono talanoa ange ʻe Mōsese fekauʻaki mo e uiuiʻi ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea naʻá na fakafetaʻi fakataha ki he ʻEikí. Talu ʻena mali ʻi he 1933, kuo teʻeki ai ke ʻiloʻi [ʻe Salavia] ha taimi kuo fakasītuʻaʻi ai [ʻe Mōsese] ha faingamālie ke ngāue ʻi he Siasí. Pea naʻe vahevahe [ʻe Salavia] ʻa e māteaki [ʻa Mōsese] ke ngāue fakafaifekaú, ʻo falala ʻe faitāpuekia kinaua ʻe he ʻOtuá koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi feilaulau kuó na fakahoko Maʻaná.
Naʻe fakaʻānaua ʻa e fāmili Mutí ke maʻu honau ngaahi tāpuaki fakatemipalé ʻo laka ange ia ʻi ha toe meʻa. Ko e temipale ofi tahá naʻe tuʻu ia ʻi Hauaiʻi, ko ha maile ia ʻe toluafe ʻa hono mamaʻó, pea naʻe hoko ʻa e fakamole ʻo e folaú ke tuai ai ʻenau fakahoko ʻa e folaú. ʻI he ʻosi pē ʻa e temipale ʻi Nuʻu Silá, ʻe toe faingofua ange ʻa e feinga ko ia ke aʻusia ʻa e taumuʻa ko ʻení. Ka neongo ia, ʻe kei mamafa pē ʻa e totongí ke na malava ʻo fuesia, tautautefito ki he taimí ni ʻi heʻena teu ke toe ʻalu ʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú.
Kaekehe, naʻe ʻi ai pē ʻuhinga ke na ʻamanaki lelei ʻe ʻi ai pē ʻaho te na hū ai ʻi he temipalé. ʻI he 1938, lolotonga ha ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa Mōsese, naʻe ʻaʻahi mai ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Siaosi ʻAlipate Sāmitá ki Tonga ʻo foaki ʻa e Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-Melekisētekí kiate ia. Naʻe talaʻofa ange ʻe he ʻaposetoló, “Kapau te ke hokohoko atu ai pē hoʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú, te ke hū ʻi he temipalé ʻo ʻikai te ke fakamoleki ha sēniti ʻe taha mei ho kató.”
ʻI he ʻaho 29 ʻo Mē 1956, naʻe fakahekeheka ai ʻa Mōsese mo Salavia ʻi ha vaka ki Niuē mo ha toko fā ʻo e fānau iiki hifo ki laló. Naʻe maʻu ʻe he fāmilí ha paʻanga feʻunga pē ke totongi ʻaki ʻenau folaú. Ka ko e founga te nau tauhi ai kinautolu ‘i he malaʻe ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú, naʻe ʻi he toʻukupu ia ʻo e ʻEikí. ʻI he fakaʻau ke puli atu ʻa Tonga kae hoko mai ʻa e peau lalahí mo e ʻikai ʻiloʻiloa ha motu ʻi he tafaʻaki langí, naʻe maʻu ʻe he fāmili Mutí ha tui mālohi ki he ngaahi talaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá.
Hili ha ngaahi māhina siʻi mei he mavahe atu ʻa e fāmili Mutí ki Niueé, naʻe moʻutāfuʻua ʻa ʻĒliu ta Losa Kamākou fekauʻaki mo e papitaiso ʻo e fānau valevalé, ko ha founga angamaheni ʻi he siasi Metotisí mo e ngaahi siasi faka-Kalisitiane kehé. ʻI he kamataʻangá, naʻá ne fiemaʻu pē ha fakamahino. Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga naʻe papitaiso ai ʻe he ngaahi siasí ni ʻa e fānau valevalé? Naʻe ʻaonga fēfē nai ʻa e papitaisó ki he pēpeé? Naʻe hangē naʻe ʻikai ha lau ia ʻi he Tohi Tapú fekauʻaki mo e founga ko iá, ko ia naʻá ne ʻeke ai ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻí ni ki heʻene kau palōfesá mo e kaungāako ʻi he ʻunivēsiti fakalotú. Naʻe ʻikai pē ha taha ia te ne lava ʻo fai ha tali ʻe fakafiemālié.
Naʻe fokotuʻu ange ʻe ha tokotaha, “Ko ha tukufakaholo fakahisitōlia ia, ʻoku totonu pē ke fakatolonga.”
Naʻe ʻikai pē ke ʻilo ʻe ʻĒliu ia ha ʻuhinga lelei. Naʻá ne fehuʻia, “Ko e hā hono ʻaongá? ʻOku moʻoni nai ʻa e ngaahi tukufakaholo fakahisitōliá?”
Ko e lahi ange ʻene fakakaukau ki he papitaiso ʻo e fānau valevalé, ko e lahi ange ia ʻene taʻemanongá. Naʻe toki fāʻeleʻi pē ʻe hono uaifi ko Naiá ʻa ʻena tama hono nimá, ko ha tamasiʻi naʻe fakahingoa ko Hōsea. Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ka fiemaʻu ai ʻe ha valevale hangē ko Hōseá ke papitaisó? Ko e hā ha angahala kuó ne fai?
Naʻe kau fakataha ha tamaiki ako kehe ʻi he ʻunivēsití mo ʻĒliu ʻi hono fehuʻia ʻa e founga ko iá. ʻI he ʻohovale ʻa e kau ʻōfisa pule ʻi he akó, naʻa nau fakahoko ai ha kōsilio ʻa e kau faiakó ke ʻinitaviu ʻa ʻĒliu mo e kau ako kehé. Naʻe lea totonu ʻa ʻĒliu ki he kau palōfesá. Naʻá ne talaange kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ʻikai ke u maʻu ha fakamoʻoni feʻunga ki he papitaiso ʻo e fānau valevalé. Ko ha founga ia ʻoku ʻikai poupouʻi ʻe he tokāteline ʻoku lava ʻo mahino kiate aú pe ʻilo ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú.” Naʻá ne pehē, ʻi heʻene hoko ko e faifekaú he ʻikai ke ne lava ʻi hono konisēnisi tauʻatāiná ʻo papitaiso ha pēpē.
Hili ʻa e ʻinitaviú, naʻe tuli fakataimi ʻa ʻĒliu mo hano ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻe toko tolu ʻi ha teemi ʻe taha ke nau fekumi ki he ngaahi tali ki heʻenau ngaahi fehuʻí. ʻI he taimi naʻe tala ai ʻe ʻĒliu kia Naia ʻa e ongoongó, naʻe loto-mamahi [ʻa Naia]. Naʻá ne tatau pē mo ʻĒliu ʻi he līʻoa kia Sīsū Kalaisi mo e ako ʻo e Tohi Tapú, pea naʻe ʻikai ke ne saiʻia ʻi he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻunivēsití kia ʻĒliú. Kapau he ʻikai hoko ʻa e ako ʻa ʻĒliú ke ne poupou ai ki heʻenau ngaahi fakakaukaú, ʻe fakangata leva ʻe he kōsilio ʻa e kau faiakó ʻa ʻene ako ʻi he ʻunivēsití—ka ʻikai ko ʻene ngāue ʻi he potungāué.
Naʻe toe feinga fakaʻosi ʻa ʻĒliu ke mahino kiate ia ʻa e papitaiso ʻo e fānau valevalé. Naʻá ne kole ki ha niʻihi ʻo hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻá mo e kau palōfesá ke tokoni ange kiate ia ʻi he fekumi ki he ngaahi talí. Naʻa nau fakasītuʻaʻi ia. Naʻa nau pehē ange, “Ko e hā hono ʻaongá? He ʻikai pē teitei liliu hoʻo fakakaukaú ʻaʻau.”
Naʻe kikihi pē ʻa ʻĒliu, “Ka ʻoku ou fakaʻamu ke liliu ʻeku fakakaukaú. ʻOku ou fiemaʻu ke kumi ha ʻuhinga lelei ke liliu ai ia.”
Naʻe faifai pea loto-lelei ha palōfesa ʻe taha ke tokoni kiate ia. Naʻá na ako ʻa e potufolofola kotoa pē fekauʻaki mo e papitaisó ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú, ʻo na vakai ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi ki he ngaahi fakamatalá pea mo e tohi totonu faka-Kalisí ki ha ʻilo lahi ange. Hili ha ngaahi uike siʻi mei ai naʻe pehē ange ʻe he palōfesá, “ʻOkú ke moʻoni. ʻOku ʻikai ha makatuʻunga fakafolofola ki he tokāteliné.”
ʻI he fakaʻosinga ʻo e taimi naʻe tuli ai ʻa ʻĒliú, naʻá ne toe fakataha mo e kōsilio ʻa e ʻunivēsití ʻo ne fakahā ange kiate kinautolu kuo teʻeki pē ke liliu ʻene fakakaukau ki he papitaiso ʻo e fānau valevalé. ʻI he ʻiloʻi ʻe he kōsilió naʻe ʻikai ha toe meʻa te nau fai ke liliu ai ʻene fakakaukaú, naʻa nau fakangata ʻene ako ʻi he ʻunivēsití.
Naʻe kamata ngāue ʻa ʻĒliu ʻi ha pangikē, ka naʻe hoko atu pē ʻene laukonga fekauʻaki mo e papitaisó, ʻo ne feinga ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e akonaki ʻa e ngaahi siasi kehé. Naʻe poupouʻi ʻe Naia ʻene fekumi ki ha moʻoni lahi angé, ka naʻe fakakaukau hono kāingá naʻe ngali kehe pea naʻe teʻeki taimi ke ne mavahe mei he ʻunivēsití. Naʻe ʻikai tokanga ʻa ʻĒliu ki heʻenau laú. Naʻá ne lotua maʻu pē ha fakahinohino, ʻo ʻikai ngata pē maʻana ka ko ha fakahinohino foki maʻa Naia mo hona fāmilí. ʻI heʻene hoko ko e tamaí, naʻá ne ongoʻi ko hono fatongiá ke tataki ʻene fānaú ki he māmá mo e moʻoní.
Naʻe manatuʻi hake ʻe ʻĒliu ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe taha ʻa e ongo faifekau ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻa ia naʻá na omi ki hono ʻapiakó. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻá ne ʻosi fakatau mai ha tohi fekauʻaki mo hona siasí naʻe ui Ko ha Ngāue Lahi mo Fakaofo, ka naʻe teʻeki ke ne lau ia. Naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e tohí ʻi ha tukuʻanga tohi peá ne fakaava ia. Ko e tokotaha naʻá ne faʻu ʻa e tohí ko Lekalani Lisiate, ko ha ʻaposetolo ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻa ia kuo tuʻo ua haʻane hoko ko ha palesiteni fakamisiona. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe he vahe takitaha ha tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí, ko e foʻi poini kotoa pē naʻe fakamamafa ʻene fakamatalá ʻi he Tohi Tapú ke maʻu mei ai ha tokoni.
Naʻe vave pē ha ʻikai ke toe tokanga ʻa ʻĒliu ki he ngaahi siasi kehé. Naʻe maʻu kotoa ʻene tokangá ʻe he Ko ha Ngāue Lahi mo Fakaofo. Naʻá ne fakakaukau, “ʻOku maʻu ʻe he tohi ko ʻení ʻa e ngaahi tali naʻe ʻikai ke toe maʻu ia ʻe ha taha.”
Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi naʻe pau ke ne fekumi ki he Siasí. Naʻe lahi ʻa e meʻa ke ne ako fekauʻaki mo e Kau Māʻoniʻoní.