NGAAHI PEESI FAKALOTOFONUÁ
Kau Tā Fakatātā ʻi he Pasifikí kuo Filifili ki he Feʻauhi ʻAati Fakavahaʻapuleʻangá
ʻOku talanoa ha kau tā fakatātā ʻoku nau kau ki he Siasí mei Tonga mo ʻAositelēlia fekauʻaki mo e founga ʻoku tākiekina ai heʻenau tuí ʻenau tā fakatātaá.
Ne toki fili kimuí ni ha kau tā fakatātā mei he ʻēlia Pasifikí ki he Feʻauhi Tā Fakatātā Fakavahaʻapuleʻanga hono 12: Ko ʻĀlisi Peili mo Lina Naitu mei ʻAositelēlia, mo Moeaki Kīvalu mei Tonga.
Ko e feʻauhí ne totongi ia ʻe he Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, pea ko e taʻu ní ne fakaafeʻi ai e kau mamatá ke nau vakaiʻi ʻa e pōpoaki mālohi ʻo e ongoongoleleí “ʻoku tatau ʻa e kakai fulipē ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá” (2 Nīfai 26:33). Naʻe fakahū mai ʻe ha kāingalotu mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻo e Siasí ʻi ha tukui fonua ʻe 25 ʻa ʻenau ngāué, pea naʻe fili ai ha ʻū fakatātā ʻe 148 ki he fakaʻaliʻali fakaʻosí.
ʻOku lolotonga fakaʻaliʻali kinautolu ʻi he Mīsiume ʻo e Hisitōlia mo e ʻAati ʻo e Siasí ʻi Sōleki Siti, ʻIutā ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití.
ʻĀLISI PEILI
ʻOku nofo ʻa ʻĀlisi ʻi Lonisesitoni, ʻAositelēlia pea naʻá ne manako maʻu pē he tā fakatātaá, ka naʻe toki kamata pē ʻene tokanga fakamātoato ki he ʻātí ko ha maʻuʻanga moʻuí ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua fakamuimui ʻo ʻene ʻi he ako māʻolungá. ʻI hono taʻu 19, naʻe foaki ange ʻe ha fale ʻaati fakalotofonua ha faingamālie ke ne fakaʻaliʻali ai ʻene tā fakatātaá, pea ʻi he hili ha taʻu ʻe valu ʻo ʻene lavameʻa ʻi hono fakaʻaliʻali totongi ʻene ngāué mo kinautolú, naʻá ne fakakaukau leva ke ne foki ʻo fakaʻosi hono mataʻitohi B.A ʻi he Tā Fakatātaá ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti Pilikihami ʻIongí, ʻIutā.
“Kuo hoko maʻu pē ʻa e ʻātí ko ha konga mahuʻinga ia ʻo ʻeku moʻuí pea kuó ne tokoni ke u maʻu ha mahino lelei ange ki he ngaahi moʻoni mahuʻinga ʻo e ongoongoleleí pea mo ongoʻi e ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi ha ngaahi founga ne ʻikai ke u mei lava ʻo ongoʻi ʻi ha toe founga kehe.
ʻI he taimi ʻoku ou faʻu ai ha ngāue fakaʻaati, ʻoku ou feinga maʻu pē ke fai ia ʻi ha founga ʻoku ʻikai ngata pē ʻi heʻene fakaafeʻi e laumālié ki heʻeku loki ʻātí ka ki he moʻui ʻo kinautolu te nau mamata ʻi he ʻū fakatātaá ʻi heʻene ʻosí.”
ʻI hono lahi fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe ʻĀlisi ʻa e pení mo e vali ʻakilikí (pea mo e meʻafana valí he taimi ʻe niʻihi), ʻokú ne tuifio ʻene ngāué ʻaki e heliakí, manatu-ʻofá mo hono hisitōlia fakafoʻituituí mo fakafāmilí. ʻOkú ne fakaʻaongaʻi e fōtunga ʻo e monumanú ke fakamatalaʻi mo fakahaaʻi ʻaki e ngaahi ongo ʻa e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻoku ʻikai eʻa ki tuʻá.
Naʻe fili ʻene fakatātā ko e, “Ko e Niʻihi Kehé,” ko ha Pale Fakalāngilangi. ʻI he ngāué ni, ʻoku sio fakahangatonu mai ai ha faʻahinga ʻe tolu ʻo e sipí ki he tokotaha mamatá, ʻo fakaafeʻi ai hano vakavakaiʻi fakalelei.
“Lolotonga e ngāue ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻi he māmani fakamatelié pea mo e moʻui hili e māmaní, naʻá Ne faʻa lave ai kiate Ia ko e Tauhisipi Leleí. ʻI Heʻene hoko ko e Tauhisipi Leleí, naʻá Ne ʻiloʻi lelei ai ʻEne sipi takitaha peá Ne ʻofa taʻe-filifilimānako ʻiate kinautolu . . . Naʻá Ne fakaafeʻi e taha kotoa pē ke nau fanongoa Hono leʻó pea haʻu kiate Ia koeʻuhí ke Ne tataki lelei kinautolu ki ʻapi.”
“ʻOku tatau ai pē pe ko e hā e faʻahingá, tuʻunga tangata pe fefiné, pe hakó, ka ʻi he fofonga ʻo e Tauhisipi Leleí, ʻoku tau tatau kotoa pē ko ha fanga sipi ʻokú Ne ʻafioʻi, ʻofaʻi pea mo fiemaʻu.”
LINA NAITU
ʻOku haʻu ʻa Lina Naitu mei Fisi, ka naʻá ne hiki mo hono fāmilí ki Senē, ʻAositelēlia ʻi heʻene kei siʻí.
Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi hono talēniti ʻātí ʻi he akoʻanga māʻolungá ʻi he taimi naʻe fiemaʻu ai ke ne tānaki ha ngāue ko hano tā fakatātaaʻi pē kitá. ʻOku pehē ʻe Lina, “Naʻe meimei taimi taha ʻeni mo ʻeku lau ha lea ʻi he Siasí fekauʻaki mo hono fakatupulaki hotau talēnití pea ne u ongoʻi naʻe ueʻi au ke u fakatupulaki ʻeku taukei tā fakatātaá.”
Naʻá ne muimuiʻi e ueʻi ko iá ʻo ne aʻu ai ki he Akoʻanga Fakafonua ki he ʻĀtí ʻi Talingihesi, Senē, ʻa ia naʻá ne maʻu ai ha M.A. ʻi he ʻātí. ʻOkú ne hoko he ʻahó ni ko ha pule ʻi ha kautaha naunau ʻaati ʻa ia ʻokú ne tokoni ai ki he niʻihi kehé ke nau fili ʻa e naunau totonu ki heʻenau ʻū ngāue fakaʻātí.
ʻOku saiʻia ʻa Lina ke fakaʻaongaʻi e vaitohí, vali vaí mo e vali ʻakilikí ki heʻene ngāué.
“ʻOku kau ʻi heʻeku kaveingá ʻa e faʻunga ʻo e fonuá, faʻunga ʻo e tahí, tā fakatātaaʻi ʻo ha taha mo ha ʻū meʻa lahi ange. ʻOku ou maʻu foki ha vilitaki mālohi ke faʻu ha ʻū meʻa ʻoku fakalotoa ʻe heʻeku tuí pea ʻoku ou hanganaki atu ke faʻu ha ʻaati fakalotu mo fakalaumālie lahi ange.”
Ko ʻene ngāue kuo filí ʻoku ui ko e “Ko e Vao ʻAkau Tapú.” ʻOku fakatefito ia ʻi ha laʻitā ne ʻoange ʻe ha ongo faifekau matuʻotuʻa ʻa ia ne na ʻaʻahi ki he Vao ʻAkau Tapú ʻi Niu ʻIoke. Naʻe kamata ngāue ʻa Lina ʻi he fakatātā ko ʻení ʻi he 2020 lolotonga ʻene mamata ʻi ha lea ʻi he Konifelenisi Lahí fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi aʻusia ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi heʻene kei talavoú, ʻi he feituʻu ko iá.
“ʻI heʻeku fakafanongó, naʻe hē atu ʻeku fakakaukaú ki he meʻa naʻe hokó pea naʻe tohoakiʻi au ki he laʻitaá . . . naʻá ku ongoʻi hono tataki ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻa hoku nimá.”
ʻOku hoko ʻa e vao ʻakaú ko ha fakamanatu ia kia Lina ʻoku ʻofa mo fanongo ʻa e ʻOtuá ki Heʻene fānaú. “ʻOku hoko ʻa hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo e ongoongoleleí, ʻo kamata pē mei he hā mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he vaotā ko iá, ke ʻomi ai ha hala ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻo e tangatá ke nau maʻu ai e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá.”
MOEAKI KIVALU
Naʻe kamata e tā fakatātā ʻa Moeakí ʻi heʻene ako ʻi he Ako Māʻolunga ʻo Liahoná ʻi Nukuʻalofa, Tonga. Naʻe tuʻo taha ʻene fika tolu ʻi ha feʻauhi ʻaati fakavahaʻapuleʻanga ʻi Tenimaʻake, pea kimui ange aí naʻá ne maʻu ha mataʻitohi B.A. ʻi he ʻĀtí mei BYU ʻAitahō ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití. ʻI he taʻu ʻe 9 kuohilí, kuó ne akoʻi ai e ʻātí ʻi hono ʻapiakó, ʻa e Ako Māʻolunga ʻo Liahoná.
ʻOku ngāue ʻaki ʻe Moe ʻa e loló, vali ʻakilikí mo e vali vaí pea ʻokú ne fakamatalaʻi ʻene ʻātí ko hano fakahaaʻi ʻo ha fakakaukau kehekehe. ʻOkú ne saiʻia taha ʻi hono tā e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku “ope atu ʻi he veilí.”
“Ne u foua ha ngaahi meʻa ne u meimei mate ai ʻi heʻeku kei siʻí, ʻa ia ʻokú ne tākiekina au. ʻI he taimi ne palesiteni fakamisiona ai ʻeku tamaí, naʻá ne kole mai ke u tā fakatātaaʻi ʻa e palani ʻo e fakamoʻuí ko ha meʻangāue fakafaifekau . . . Naʻe fakatupunga ai haʻaku fakakaukau loloto pe ʻoku fēfē nai e tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e veilí.”
Ko ʻene ngāue kuo filí ko ha kongokonga ngatu mo e vali ʻakiliki ʻi ha laʻipepa fefeka ʻoku ui ko e, “ʻOku Tatau ʻa e Kakai Fulipē ʻi he ʻAo ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Ko ha meʻa makehe ʻo e ngāué ni ko hono fakakau ai ʻa e konga ngatú.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Moeaki, “Ko e ngatú ko ha konga mahuʻinga ʻaupito ia ʻo e ʻulungaanga faka-Tongá. ʻOku kofu ʻaki ia e pēpē valevale toki fanauʻi maí, ʻoku tui ia ʻe he fefine malí mo e tangata malí ʻi hona ʻaho malí, pea ʻoku kofu ʻaki ia e puha maté ʻi he putú. ʻOku hoko moʻoni ia ko e faʻunga ʻo ʻemau moʻuí. Kiate aú, ko ha veili moʻoni ia ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e moʻuí ni mo e maama fakalaumālié pea ʻoku mahuʻinga leva ke fakakau ia ʻi heʻeku ʻātí.”
ʻI heʻene fakatātaá, ʻoku fakamavaheʻi ʻe he ngatú ʻetau moʻui fakamatelié mo ha moʻui ʻi langi. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e veili ko iá, ʻoku fakatātaaʻi ai ha kau ʻāngelo ʻoku nau vēkeveke ke ala atu ʻo faitāpuekina ʻa kinautolu ʻoku faingataʻaʻia lahí.
ʻOku pehē ʻe Moeaki, “ʻOku tatau ʻa e kakai fulipē ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá . . . ʻOku tau fakaʻamua kotoa pē ha nonga, ʻofa mo e fiemālie, ʻoku tau ongoʻi kotoa pē ʻa e ngāue fakaetauhi mai ʻa e Fakamoʻuí mo ʻEne kau ʻāngeló kiate kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi taimi faingataʻá.”