Ke ʻIate Koe ʻa e ʻOtuá Kae ʻOua Ke Tau Toe Feʻiloaki
Siʻi ngaahi tokoua mo e tuofāfine ʻofeina pea pehē ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmili Hingikelií, ko ha lāngilangi moʻoni moʻoku ʻa e faingamālié ni ke u salute mo fai ai ha fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoku kaumeʻa mamae mo e kaungā-ngāue ko Palesiteni Kōtoni B. Hingikelī.
Naʻe tohi ʻe he punaké:
ʻI heni mo ē, ʻi he taimí ni pea ki muʻa,
Mo hono faʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ha tuʻukimuʻa ʻi he tangatá.
Naʻe hoko ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī ko ha tuʻukimuʻa pehē—naʻe tuʻukimuʻa ʻi he ʻiló, tuí, ʻofá, fakamoʻoní, manavaʻofá mo e vīsoné. ʻOku ʻikai ha lea feʻunga ke u fakamatalaʻi lelei ʻaki ʻa e hulu fau ʻeku manatu ʻofa kiate iá. ʻOku faingataʻa ke u manatu ki ha taimi naʻe ʻikai ke ma feʻilongaki ai. Ne ma kaungāmeʻa fuoloa pē kimaua ʻoku teʻeki ai uiuiʻi ha taha ʻiate kimaua ke hoko ko ha Taki Māʻolunga pea kuó ma fengāueʻaki fakataha ‘o lahi hake ʻi he taʻu ʻeni ʻe 44 ʻi he Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá mo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí. Kuo lahi fau ha ngaahi meʻa kuó ma feʻinasiʻaki ai he kuohilí—ʻa e loto mamahí mo e fiefiá, mamahí mo e kakatá. Talu mei heʻene pekia he Sāpaté, mo ʻeku fakakaukauloto ki ha ngaahi meʻa lahi kuó ma aʻusia fakataha. Te u vahevahe atu pē hanau niʻihi.
ʻI Mē ʻo e 1964 ne vahe fakataha kimaua ki he Siteiki Kanisoni ʻIutaá. Ki muʻa pea fai ʻema fuofua fakataha he Tokonakí, ne u fakatokangaʻi atu ʻoku fakapipiki ʻaki ha pepa kilipa ʻa e nima ʻo e sote nima lōloa ʻo Palesiteni Hingikelií, kae ʻikai ko hono meʻa fakamaʻu totonú. Ne u pehē ange ki ai, ʻʻE Kōtoni, ʻoku ou saiʻia tama he meʻa fakamaʻu nima ho soté!” Naʻá ne kata peá ne pehē mai naʻe ngalo ia ke haʻu mo ia. Ne u tali ange leva koeʻuhí ko ʻeku hoko ko ha tama Sikauti leleí, ne u ʻosi haʻu mateuteu pē pea te u fiefia ke ʻoange ki ai ha foʻi seti pine ʻe taha—pea ne u fai ia.
ʻI ha taimi ʻe taha, ʻi he kongaloto ʻo e ngaahi taʻu ʻo e onongofulú, naʻe fakaafeʻi au mo Sisitā Monisoni pea mo ʻEletā Sipenisā W. Kimipolo mo Sisitā Kimipolo ʻe he fāmili Hingikelií ke mau maʻu meʻatokoni efiafi honau ʻapí. ʻI he efiafi ko iá, naʻe tatangi e fafangu ʻo e matapaá. ʻI hono fakaava haké, naʻe tuʻu mai ai ha taha ʻo e kau faiako fakaʻapi ʻa e fāmili Hingikelī—toko taha pē, ʻikai kau ai hono hoá. Naʻe fakaafeʻi mai ia ki loto pea naʻá ne tangutu he sea ʻi loto falé. Ne mau tangutu kotoa ki lalo pea ne mau mālieʻia ʻi he kamata ke “fakaʻekeʻeke” ʻe he faiako fakaʻapí ʻa e fāmili Hingikelií pe ʻoku fēfē ʻenau fai ʻa e lotu fakafāmilí, ako fakafāmili ʻa e folofolá, efiafi fakafāmili ʻi ʻapí, ako fakatāutaha ʻo e folofolá mo e alā meʻa pehē. ʻI heʻena tali ʻa e fehuʻi taki taha, naʻe toe fai atu ʻe he faiako fakaʻapí ia mo ha fehuʻi ʻe taha. Ko e moʻoni foki ne fai ʻeni ʻi he laumālie lelei pea naʻe mahino kiate kimautolu naʻe fai fakamātoatoʻi ʻe he faiako fakaʻapí hono fatongiá.
ʻI he ngaahi taʻu siʻi kuohilí, ne tau fiefia ai hono siofi ʻo Palesiteni Hingikelī mo hono tokotokó, ʻi heʻene lue ki hono nofoʻanga he Senitā Konifelenisí mo taʻataʻalo ki he kakaí, pe fakaʻaongaʻi ia ke tātaaʻi ʻaki ha uma ʻo ha taha. Kuo taʻu lahi ʻema sio mo Palesiteni Hingikelī ki he toketā tatau pē pea ʻi ha taha ʻo ʻeku ngaahi ʻaʻahi ki he toketaá he ngaahi taʻu kuohilí, naʻe pehē mai e toketaá, “Te ke lava nai ʻo tokoni mai? ʻOku totonu ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī ʻa hono tokotokó ke ne lueʻaki ke poupou kiate ia. Ko e meʻa fakamuimuitaha ia ʻoku tau fie maʻú ko haʻane tō ʻo motu hono alangá pe toe kovi ange ai. Ka ʻokú ne taʻataʻalo holo ʻe ia ʻo ʻikai fakaʻaongaʻi ki heʻene lué. Talaange ko e tokotokó naʻe ʻoatu ʻe heʻene toketaá pea ʻoku fie maʻu ke ne fakaʻaongaʻi ia ki hono taumuʻa totonú.”
Ne u fakafanongo ki he kole ʻa e toketaá peá u tali ange, “ʻE toketā, ko ha tokoni pē au kia Palesiteni Hingikelī. Ko koe ʻene toketaá. Talaange ʻe koe!”
Tuku muʻa ke u vahevahe fakaʻosi atu ʻeni—ko ha kiʻi tōʻonga naʻe ongo moʻoni kiate au. ʻI he pongipongi Tuʻapulelulu kotoa pē, ʻoku fakataha ai ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí mo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻi he temipalé. ʻOku mau heka he fanga kiʻi saliote ʻi lolofonua pea ʻave kimautolu mei he tauʻanga meʻalele ʻa e ʻōfisi ʻo e Siasí ki he temipalé. Lolotonga e ngaahi māhina momokó, naʻe tui maʻu pē ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī ha kote mo ha tatā he kiʻi heka nounou ko iá. ʻI he fakalaka atu ʻemau kiʻi salioté ʻi lalo he Hala Lahí, naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī kuo mau mei aʻu ki he temipalé, ko ia naʻá ne toʻo fakalongolongo leva ʻa hono tataá ʻo hili pē hono fungá. Hangē naʻá ne ʻiloʻi lelei ʻa e momeniti ko iá. Ko ha fakahaaʻi faingofua ia ʻo e loto ʻapasiá mo e fakaʻapaʻapa ki he fale ʻo e ʻEikí pea naʻe ongo moʻoni ia kiate au.
ʻE manatu hamou tokolahi ne ako kia ʻEiki Tōmasi Moa, ko ha tangata ngāue fakapuleʻanga mo faʻutohi ʻi Pilitānia naʻá ne taukaveʻi mālohi ʻene ngaahi tui fakalotú. Naʻe ui ia “ko ha tangata ʻo e ngaahi faʻahitaʻú.”
ʻI he uhouhonga ʻo e fepakipaki ʻo taimí pea mo e moveuveu hotau kuongá, ne ʻomi ʻe he Tamai Hēvaní maʻatautolu ha “tangata ʻo e ngaahi faʻahitaʻú.” Ko hono hingoá ko: Palesiteni Kōtoni B. Hingikelī. Ko hotau palōfita, tangata kikite mo e tangata maʻu fakahā. Ko ha taulanga ū ʻi he uhouhonga ʻo e matangí. Ko ha maama-kamo ki he kau kaivai molé. Ko hotau kaumeʻa. Naʻá ne fakafiemālieʻi mo fakanonga kitautolu he taimi naʻe fakailifia ai e ngaahi tūkunga ʻo e māmaní. Naʻá ne tataki kitautolu ʻi he hala ʻoku fakatau ki heʻetau Tamai Hēvaní.
Koeʻuhí naʻe ʻikai lava ke aʻu e taha kotoa pē ʻo feʻiloaki mo Palesiteni Hingikelī, ko ia naʻá ne folaua ai e māmaní ke aʻu kiate kinautolu, ʻi he taimi naʻá ne lava aí. Ko ha palōfita ia ki he kakaí. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne taʻetokanga ki he fānau ne nau lolofi mai ki hono tafaʻakí pe ko e mātuʻa ʻo e fānau ko iá.
Kuo hoko moʻoni ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī ko ha palōfita hotau kuongá. Naʻe pehē ko e ʻEikí naʻe “tupulaki ʻi he potó mo e lahi pea naʻe ʻofeina ia ʻe he ʻOtuá mo e tangatá”1 pea naʻá ne “feʻaluʻaki holo ʻo fai lelei … he naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa e ʻOtuá”2. Naʻe līʻoa ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī ʻene moʻuí ke fai lelei pea naʻe ʻiate ia moʻoni ʻa e ʻOtuá.
ʻI ha uike ʻe taha mo e konga kuohilí, ne u fakataha ai mo Palesiteni Hingikelī mo Palesiteni ‘Aealingi ʻi heʻemau fakataha ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí. Naʻe mālohi ʻa hono leʻó pea matala ʻene fakakaukaú. Naʻá ne lototoʻa mo loto fakapapau. Hili ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi mei ai, naʻá ne tokoto ʻo fakaofi ke ne pekiá; naʻe fakataha mai hono fāmilí ke feohi mo ia he ngaahi houa fakaʻosi ʻo ʻene moʻuí. Ne u faingamālie mo Palesiteni ‘Aealingi ke kau fakataha mo ia mo hono fāmilí he Tokonakí pea mo e Sāpaté pea kau ange ki ai mo Palesiteni Poiti K. Peeka. Te u manatua maʻu pē he toenga ʻo ʻeku moʻuí, ʻa e momeniti fakaʻosi ko ia ne u ʻaʻahi ai ki hono ʻapí, ki muʻa pē peá ne pekiá. Ne ma faingāue ki ai pea kau fakataha mai ki ai hono fāmilí mo ha niʻihi kehe pē ne nau maʻu ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. Ko ha taimi toputapu ia ʻo e māvaé; ne mau ʻiloʻi naʻe manifi ʻa e vilí pea kuo ui mai ia ki he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá.
ʻI heʻeku foki ki ʻapí, ne u manatu ki he lea mālie mo ongo ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī ʻi heʻene lea he fakamafola fakasatelaite ʻa e fakataha lahi ʻa e Fineʻofá ʻi Sepitema 2003, he taimi naʻe kei moʻui ai ʻa hono ʻofaʻanga ko Māsolié. Naʻá ne lea ʻo kau kiate ia ʻo ne pehē: “Ko e taʻu ʻeni ʻe 66 kuó ma ʻaʻeva fakataha ai, ʻi he ʻofa mo e fakalotolahi, ʻi he houngaʻia mo e fakaʻapaʻapa. He ʻikai fuoloa mei heni kuo hū atu ha taha ʻiate kimaua ʻi he veilí. ʻOfa pē he ʻikai fuoloa kuo hoko atu ai mo e tokotaha ʻe toé. He ʻikai pē ke u ʻilo ʻa e founga ʻe lava ke u moʻui ai taʻe kau ai e fefiné ni, ʻo tatau pē ki he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, pea ʻoku ou fakatau ange he ʻikai lava ke ne moʻui taʻe te u kau atu ki ai.”3
Ne ʻikai lava ha māhina ʻe ono mei ai kuo hū atu ʻi he veilí ʻa hono ʻofaʻanga ko Māsolié. Naʻá ne manatu ʻofa kiate ia he ʻaho kotoa pē mo e momeniti kotoa pē. Ko ha fakataha nāunauʻia ia ʻokú na fakahoko atu he taimi ní.
Kiate kimoutolu fānau, makapuna mo e makapuna ua, manatuʻi ʻoku kei moʻui pē ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī. ʻOkú ne ʻi ha misiona fakalangi ki ha niʻihi kehe, ʻoku tatali mai ki heʻene tākiekiná mo e fakamoʻoní. ʻE lava ke maʻu ʻene kole kiate kimoutolú kotoa ʻi he Tohi ʻa 3 Sioné: “ʻOku ʻikai haʻaku fiefia ʻe lahi hake, ka ko ʻeku ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻeku fānaú ʻi he moʻoní.”4
Siʻoku ngaahi tokoua mo e tuofāfine, ʻoku kei hokohoko atu pē ʻa e meʻa ne tau ʻiloʻi mo ʻofeina ai ʻa Palesiteni Kōtoni B. Hingikelī. Ko hono laumālié pē ʻoku mavahe atu ki ʻapi ki he ʻOtua naʻá Ne foaki kiate ia ʻa e moʻuí. Neongo pe ko e fē ha feituʻu te u ʻalu ki ai ʻi he māmani fakaʻofoʻofá ni, te u ʻalu fakataha maʻu pē mo hoku kaumeʻa mamaé ni.
Ne laka hake he tuʻo tahá ʻa hono fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī e himi manakoá ni ko ha konga ʻo ʻene pōpoakí. ʻOku mou ʻiloʻi kotoa ia:
Ke ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻoua ke tau toe feʻiloakí;
Pea ke poupouʻi koe ʻe heʻene tataki fakalangí;
ʻO ne ʻōʻōfaki mai koe ki heʻene tākanga sipí.
Ke ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻoua ke tau toe feʻiloakí.
Ke ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻoua ke tau toe feʻiloakí;
ʻI he taimi ʻe lōmekina koe ʻe he faingataʻa ʻa e filí,
ʻO ne ʻākilotoa koe ʻi hono uma ʻofá.
Ke ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻoua ke tau toe fakatahá.
Ke ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻoua ke tau toe feʻiloakí;
ʻO ne hapahapai koe ʻi heʻene ʻofa lahí:
Mo ne kapusi ʻa mate mo hono fakailifiá.
Ke ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻoua ke tau toe fakatahá.
Kae ʻoua ke tau toe fakatahá, kae ʻoua ke tau toe fakatahá,
ʻI he toʻukupu ʻo Sīsū ko e ʻOtuá,
Ke ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻOtuá, kae ʻoua ke tau toe fakatahá.5
ʻOku ou fie vahevahe atu ʻene lea naʻe fai ʻi he konifelenisi lahí hili ʻene fakalau e himi ko ʻení. Naʻe hoko ia ko ʻene tatau fakaʻosi kiate kitautolú. Naʻá ne pehē: ‘ʻE hoku ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻofeina, ʻofa ke ʻiate kimoutolu ʻa e ʻOtuá kae ʻoua ke tau toe fakataha mai. Kuó u hivaʻi e fakalea faingofua ko ʻení ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu ʻe lauiafe he māmaní, ʻi he ʻofa mo e loto tokanga.”6 “Kuó u hivaʻi ia ʻi he faka-Pilitāniá kae hivaʻi ia ʻe ha niʻihi ʻi ha lea fakafonua kehe. Kuó u hiki hake hoku leʻó fakataha ʻi he fakalea fakangalongataʻa ko iá ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu kehekehe he māmaní. Kuó u hivaʻi ia ʻi he fakamāvae mo e kau faifekaú, kae lele noa pē hoku loʻimatá. Kuó u hivaʻi ia ʻi hoku teunga taú, lolotonga e taimi ʻo e taú…. Pea ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu ʻe lauiafe ʻi ha ngaahi tūkunga kehekehe ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi ko ʻeni kuohilí, kuó u hiki hake hoku leʻó ʻi he ngaahi lea fakamāvaé ni”7 “ʻE hoku ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻofeina, ʻofa ke tāpuakiʻi kimoutolu ʻe he ʻOtuá.”8
ʻE kāinga ʻofeina, ʻoku ou fie fakafofongaʻi kitautolu ʻi hono fai ʻo ha fakamāvae fakaʻosi ki hotau palōfita ʻofeina ko Palesiteni Kōtoni B. Hingikelī: ʻE Kōtoni, ke ʻiate koe ʻa e ʻOtuá, kae ʻoua ke tau toe feʻiloakí. ʻI he huafa toputapu ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ko Hotau Fakamoʻui mo e Huhuʻí, ʻēmeni.