Hisitōlia ʻo e Siasí
Ko ha ʻApiako pea mo ha Fakakoloaʻi


“Ko ha ʻApiako pea mo ha Fakakoloaʻi,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)

“Ko ha ʻApiako pea mo ha Fakakoloaʻi,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá

Ko ha ʻApiako pea mo ha Fakakoloaʻi

T&F 88, 90, 95, 109, 110

ʻI he faʻahitaʻu failau ʻo e 1834, ʻi ha fakataha ʻa e kau maʻu lakanga fakataulaʻeiki kotoa ʻi Ketilani, ʻi ʻOhaioó, naʻe vahevaahe ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻene vīsone ki he ikuʻanga ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe ope atu ia ʻi he meʻa naʻe lava ke mafakakaukaua ʻe kinautolu kotoa naʻe ʻi he fakatahá, naʻá ne pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai ke lahi ange hoʻomou ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e ikuʻanga ʻo e Siasí mo e puleʻangá ʻi ha kiʻi pēpē ʻoku kei huki ʻi he funga ʻo ʻene faʻeé.” Peá ne toki kikiteʻi leva: “Ko ha kihiʻi toko siʻi pē ʻo kimoutolu kau Lakanga Fakataulaʻeikí ʻoku mou mamata ki ai he pōní, ka ʻe fakafonu ʻe he Siasí ni ʻa ʻAmelika Noate mo ʻAmelika Saute—te ne fakafonu ʻa māmani.”

Kuo pau pē naʻe hoko ʻa e fakakaukaú ni ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ki he kakai tangata ʻi he lokí ka ko ha meʻa ʻoku hā faingataʻa. Kuo nau ʻosi lavaʻi ha ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻi he malaʻe ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú, ʻo papitaiso ha kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ʻi he ngaahi konga ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití mo Kānata. Ka ʻi he fakakaukau ʻo e ʻave ʻo e ongongoleleí ki māmani kotoá, naʻa nau ongoʻi moʻoni honau ngataʻangá. Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa kuo pau ke hoko ke fakatokolahi ai ʻa e kau mēmipa tokosiʻi ʻo e Siasí ki ha tui fakaemāmani lahi? ʻE tokoni fēfē ʻa e kau kaumātuʻa ʻo e Siasí ke fakahoko e vīsone ʻa e ʻEikí?

Ko ha Talaʻofa ʻo ha Tokoni Fakalangi

ʻI he Fuakava Foʻoú, naʻe talaʻofa ai ʻe Sīsū ki Heʻene kau ʻAposetoló ha tokoni fakalangi ʻi heʻenau ō ke “malanga ʻaki ʻa e ongoongoleleí ki he kakai kotoa pē.” Naʻá ne fakahinohinoʻi kinautolu ke nau kiʻi “tatali … ʻi he kolo ko Selusalemá, kae ʻoua ke toki fakakoloaʻi ai kimoutolu ʻaki ʻa e mālohi mei ʻolungá.” Naʻe fai ʻe he ʻEikí mo ha talaʻofa tatau ki he Kāingalotú ʻi he 1831, ka hili ʻenau fakataha hake ki ʻOhaioó, ʻe “fakakoloaʻi ai kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e mālohi mei ʻolungá” pea toki fekauʻi atu ke nau fakamafola ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e ongoongoleleí. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu kimuí, naʻe toki mahino ko e fakakoloaʻi ko ʻení ko ha ngaahi ouau pau naʻe fakahoko ʻi he Temipale Nāvuú mo e ngaahi temipale kimuí, ka ʻi he 1830 tupú, naʻe mahino pē ko ha taumalingi fakalaumālie tatau mo e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e Penitekosí, ko ha fakakoloaʻi moʻoni pe foaki ʻo e mālohi fakaofo kiate kinautolu naʻe ō ke fakamafola ʻa e ongoongoleleí.

ʻI ha fakahā naʻe maʻu ʻi he konga kimui ʻo Tīsema 1832 mo e konga kimuʻa ʻo Sānuali 1833, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 88, naʻe fakamahino ai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻe he kau kaumātuʻá ke nau “mateuteu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he taimi te u toe fekauʻi atu ai ʻa kimoutolu” ke mou fakamoʻoni mo fakatokanga ki he kakai ʻo māmaní. Naʻe fekauʻi ʻe he fakahaá ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ke nau fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa kinautolu pea nau “feakoʻiʻaki” mo langa hake ha “fale ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Ko hano toe fakaongo ʻo e fekau ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú, naʻe fekau ai ʻe he fakahaá ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá ke nau “tatali” ʻi Ketilani, ʻa ia ʻe fakahinohinoʻi ai kinautolu mo fakaivia ʻi he ʻapiakó, “ke fakahaohaoʻi ʻa [kinautolu] ʻi [heʻenau] ngāue fakafaifekaú ke ʻalu atu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Senitailé ko hono fai fakaʻosí.”

Ko e Ako ʻi he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá

Naʻe kamata ke ngāue ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻo fakatatau ki he fakahaá ke “fokotuʻu ha ʻapiako maʻá e kau Palōfitá” ʻi Ketilani. Naʻe ʻikai ko ha meʻa foʻou ki he Kāingalotú ʻa e foʻi fakakaukau ʻo e fokotuʻu ha ʻapiako ki he kau palōfitá. Naʻe hoko foki ʻa Hāvaati mo Ieili ʻi he senituli 17 mo e 18, ko ha ʻapiako fakalotu ki hono akoʻi ʻo e kau faifekaú, pea naʻe faʻa ui pē kinaua ʻi he taimi ko iá ko e ongo akoʻanga ʻo e kau palōfitá. Kimui maí, naʻe hanga ʻe he ngaahi ngaʻuta fekauʻaki mo e Fakaakeake [Fakalotu] Lahi Fika Uá—ko ha ngaahi fakaakeake fakalotu naʻe mafola ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e senituli 19—ʻo fokotuʻu ha ngaahi akoʻanga fakafaifekau fakataautaha ʻaki ʻa e hingoa tatau pē.

Naʻe ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe he kau fuofua Kāingalotú ha ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni pe taukei fakaako feʻunga ʻo e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau fokotuʻu akó, ka naʻa nau fai pē ʻi he tui. Naʻe teʻeki ai ke ʻi ai ha fale ʻo e ʻEikí ke fai ki ai ha fakataha, ka naʻe fokotuʻu fakaʻofisiale ʻa e Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá ʻi he ʻaho 22 mo e 23 ʻo Sānuali 1833, ʻi ha kiʻi loki ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he falekoloa ʻo Niueli K. Uitenií ʻi Ketilani. Neongo naʻe fakatou kau ʻa tangata mo fafine ki ha konga ʻo e fakataha ʻi he ʻaho 22 ʻo Sānualí, ka naʻe tukutaha pē ʻa e ʻapiakó ki he houʻeiki tangata naʻe ʻosi fakanofo ki he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. Naʻe maʻu ʻe kinautolu naʻe kau ʻi he ʻuluaki fakatahá ʻa e “hāsino ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní,” ʻo kau ai ʻa e lea ʻi he ngaahi lea kehekehé.

Naʻe ʻikai tatau mo ha ʻapiako angamaheni, ʻo ʻi ai ha ngaahi faʻahitaʻu fakaako mo ha taimi-tēpile pau ʻi ha feituʻu pau, ka ko e Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá naʻe fetōʻaki pē mo hikihiki holo. ʻI he ngaahi kolo faama hangē ko Ketilaní, naʻe maʻu ange ai ʻi he ngaahi māhina ʻo e faʻahitaʻu momokó ha taimi lahi ki ha faʻahinga ngāue hangē ko e akó. Naʻe feʻunga ʻa e ʻuluaki kalasí mo ha meimei māhina ʻe tolu pea tutuku pē ʻi ʻEpeleli. Ko e ngaahi kalasi hoko aí, naʻe ui kehekehe pē ko e “akoʻanga ʻo e kau palōfitá,” ko e “akoʻanga ʻo ʻeku kau ʻaposetoló,” mo e “akoʻanga ʻo e kau Kaumātuʻá,” naʻe fai ia ʻi he faʻahitaʻu māfaná ʻi Mīsuli, pea toe fai ʻi Ketilani ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 1834, mo e faʻahitaʻu momoko ʻo e 1835–36 ʻi he ʻōfisi paaki ʻo e Siasí ʻi he fungavaka ki ʻolunga ʻo e Temipale Ketilaní naʻe teʻeki ke ʻosí.

Naʻe fai ʻe he fakahā ʻo Tīsema 1832 ha fakahinohino pau ki he lēsoni ke akoʻi ʻi he ʻapiakó, ʻa ia ʻe fakatou kau ai ha ngaahi tefito fakalotu mo fakaʻatamai. Kuo pau ke mateuteu lelei ʻa e kau akó ʻi he “fakakaukau, tefitoʻi moʻoni, tokāteline, mo e fono ʻo e ongoongoleleí,” pea naʻe pau foki ke nau ako ki he māmaní—ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻi ʻolungá, meʻa ʻoku ʻi aí, mo e meʻa ʻoku ʻi he lalo-fonuá. Kuo pau ke nau ako ʻa e hisitōliá mo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku lolotonga hokó, mo e meʻa ʻe ala hoko ʻi he kahaʻú ʻo fou ʻi he fakahā fakapalōfitá. Naʻe pau ke nau ako ki he ngaahi fonua mulí. Naʻe pau ke fakahinohinoʻi ʻa e Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōftiá ʻe ha faiako naʻe ʻosi fokotuʻu fakaʻofisiale pea mo e feakoʻiʻaki tonu ʻa kinautolu ʻoku kaú, ʻo nau takitaha maʻu ha taimi ke lea “ke fakamāmaʻi kotoa pē.”

ʻI ha fakahā ʻi he ʻaho 8 ʻo Māʻasi 1833, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 90, naʻe ʻoange ai ʻa e “ngaahi kī” ki he Kau Palesitenisī toki fokotuʻu foʻou ʻo e Siasí ke tokangaʻi ʻa e Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá, pea ʻoku hangē naʻe kamataʻi ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni fakalaumālié, ʻo tokoni ki ai ʻa Sitenei Likitoni. Ko e Akoʻanga ʻo e kau Palōfitá ʻa e feituʻu naʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻe fitu ʻi he teolosiá ʻoku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e Lectures on Faith (Ngaahi Lea ʻi he Tuí). Naʻe fakakau ʻa e ngaahi leá ni ʻi he ngaahi pulusinga kimuʻa ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá. Naʻe hoko ia ko e konga ʻuluaki ʻo e tohi naʻe ui ko e “Tokāteliné,” ka ko e konga hono uá ko e “Ngaahi Fuakavá,” pe ngaahi fakahaá. Naʻe hoko ʻa e The Lectures on Faith [Ngaahi Lea ʻi he Tuí] ko ha tokoni mahuʻinga fakateolosia ʻo e konga kimuʻa ʻo e taʻu 1830 tupú.

Ko e ako ʻo e leá naʻe hoko ia ko ha konga lahi ʻo e founga ako angamahení, ʻo kamata ʻi he kalama ʻi he lea faka-Pilitāniá. Ko e konga lahi tahá, naʻe ʻikai ke ako lelei ʻa e kau kaumātuʻa ʻi he akó pea hangē ko e lau ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá ko ha fānau ʻa ha mātuʻa masivesiva, pea naʻa nau maʻu pē ha “kiʻi ʻilo ki he laukongá mo e tohí pea mo e fakavaʻe ʻo e Fiká.” Neongo naʻe paea ʻa ʻOasoni Haiti ʻi heʻene kei siʻí pea siʻisiʻi pē ʻene kiʻi akó, ka naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e meʻafoaki ki he akó pea naʻe fokotuʻu ia ko ha faiako. ʻI ha ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi, naʻe foki ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ki ʻapi ʻi he efiafí ʻo fakatahatahaʻi mai hono fāmilí ke akoʻi ange ʻa e ngaahi lēsoni kalama naʻá ne ako ʻi he ʻaho ko iá ʻi he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá. Naʻe ʻi ai ha lēsoni ʻi he lea faka-Hepeluú, naʻe akoʻi ʻe ha palōfesa Siu mei ha kolisi ofi pē, naʻe fakahoko ia ʻi he 1836 pea naʻe kau ki ai ha kau ako tokolahi ʻo e Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá.

Ko e Hoko ʻo Maʻa mo Uouangatahá

Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá ʻa e kau fuofua Kāingalotú ke nau aʻusia ha tuʻunga fakaako lahi ange ʻi ha toe taimi kimuʻa ai. Ka naʻá ne toe tokoniʻi foki ha ngaahi taumuʻa naʻe ope atu ia ʻi he ako pē ʻo e ngaahi moʻoní mo e ngaahi fakakaukaú. Naʻe tupu hake ʻa e ʻuluaki toʻu tangata ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻi ha tukufakaholo naʻe mātuʻaki fakamahuʻingaʻi ai ʻa e ongoongo ʻo e fakafoʻituituí pea naʻe angamaheni pē mo faipoupoua ke fakafepakiʻi fefeka ha anga taʻengali. Ko e fokotuʻutuʻu naʻe fakahā ki he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá naʻe fai ia ke tokoniʻi ʻa e kāingalotú ke nau ikunaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tōnounou ko ʻeni ʻi honau anga tukufakaholó. ʻOku fakamamafaʻi ʻe he ngaahi tōʻonga angafaí ia ʻa e fiemaʻu ke maʻa mo uouangatahá.

Ke hoko ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá ʻo “maʻa mei he toto ʻo e toʻu tangata ko ʻení” pea fakamavaheʻi kinautolu mei māmaní, naʻa nau kau ʻi ha ouau ʻo ha ngaahi fufulu. Hili hono fufulu ʻe he kaumātuʻa takitaha hono matá, ongo nimá, mo e ongo vaʻé, naʻe fufulu leva ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e ngaahi vaʻe takitaha ʻo e kaumātuʻá, ʻo muimui ki he sīpinga naʻe fakahoko ʻe Sīsū ʻi he Sione 13:4–17 mo e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 88:138–41. Naʻe fufulu ʻe Siosefa ʻa e vaʻe ʻo e mēmipa foʻou takitaha ʻo e akoʻangá pea toe fakahoko ʻa e ouaú ʻi he ngaahi fakataha kehe ʻa e Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá. Naʻe hoko kimui ʻa e fufulú mo e paní, kau ai hono fufulu ʻo e vaʻé, ko ha konga ia ʻo e ngaahi teuteu ki he fakataha mamalu naʻe fakahoko ʻi he Temipale Ketilani foʻou naʻe toki fakatapuí, pea naʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi fufulu ko ʻení ko ha konga mahuʻinga ia ʻo e fakataha molumalú.

Naʻe ʻi ai foki ha meʻa naʻe ʻikai fuʻu fakatokangaʻi naʻe ʻaonga lahi ʻi he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá, ko e maʻá. ʻOku manatuʻi ʻe ha taha ʻo e kau akó, ko e ʻaho kotoa pē, kimuʻa pea fai ʻa e akó, “naʻa mau kaukau mo tui vala maʻa.” Naʻe faʻa lāunga ʻa ʻEma Sāmita fekauʻaki mo e fakapalakū ʻa e kau akó ʻi heʻenau fakateka tapaká pea fakaiku ai ki he fakahā ʻoku ʻiloa ko e Lea ʻo e Potó.

Makehe mei hono fakahoʻata ʻo e maʻá, naʻe toe fakataumuʻa foki ʻa e fufulu ʻo e vaʻé ke tokoni ʻi he ʻai ke faaitaha ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá. Naʻe toutou fakamanatu ange ʻe he ngaahi fakahaá kiate kinautolu ke nau “feʻofaʻaki” pea “tuku ʻa e fefakaangaʻakí,” mo fakatokanga, “Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke mou taha ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻaku ʻa kimoutolu.” Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ko e uouangatahá naʻe ʻuluaki fiemaʻu ia ki he maʻu ʻenitaumení pea naʻe hoko ia ko e konga e ʻuhinga ʻo e Saioné. Naʻe feinga maʻu pē ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ke vā lelei ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí ʻi ʻOhaiō mo Mīsulí, pea naʻá ne akoʻi, makehe mei he maʻa fakalaumālié, ko e fufulu ʻo e vaʻé, naʻe “fakataumuʻa ia ke fakatahaʻi hotau lotó, ke tau taha ʻi he lotó mo ʻetau ongó.”

Naʻe toe taumuʻa foki ʻa e fakafeʻiloaki naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ke fai ʻi he hū atu ki he ʻapiakó ke ne fakatupulaki ʻa e vāleleí, ʻo aʻu ai pē ki ha tūkunga fakakikihi. Naʻe pau ke ʻuluaki hū ʻa e palesitení pe faiakó ʻo fakafeʻiloaki ki he tokotaha ako takitaha ʻaki haʻane hiki hono nimá ki ʻolunga ʻo pehē, “ʻIkai ko e tokoua pe kāinga koe? ʻOku ou fakaʻapaʻapa kiate koe ʻi he huafa ʻo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ko e fakaʻilonga pe fakamanatu ʻo e fuakava taʻengatá, ʻa ia ko e fuakava ʻoku ou tali ai koe ki he feohi fakakāingá, ʻi he loto-fakapapau ʻoku tuʻu maʻu, taʻe-faʻa-ueʻi, pea ʻikai feliliuaki, ke hoko ko hoʻo kaumeʻa mo e tokoua ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he ngaahi haʻi ʻo e ʻofá, ke ʻaʻeva ʻo taʻehalaia ʻi he ngaahi fekau kotoa pē ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻi he fakafetaʻi, ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata. ʻĒmeni.” Ko e tokotaha ako ko ia ʻoku feinga ke hū atu ki he ʻapiakó te ne toe lau mai ʻa e fuakavá pe ko ʻene pehē mai pē, “ʻĒmeni.”

Naʻe toe maʻu sākalamēniti fakataha foki ʻa e kau ako ko ia ʻi he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá—ka naʻe mei tatau ange ʻa e lahi ʻo e konga maá mo e vaí ki he lahi ʻo ia naʻe ngāue ʻaki ʻi he ʻOhomohe Fakaʻosí ʻi he kiʻi konga mā mo e meʻi vai ʻoku angamaheni ki ai ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi he ʻaho ní. Hangē ko e manatu ʻa Sēpeti Kolotiliní, “Naʻe ʻomai ha mā mafana ke faingofua hono pakipaki ki ha ngaahi konga lalahi meimei tatau mo e kuku hoku nimá pea naʻe takitāuhi ʻa e taha kotoa ha ipu sioʻata ʻo e uaine pea tangutu ʻo kai ʻa e maá mo inu ʻa e uainé.”

Ko e Ngāueʻi ʻo e Ngaahi Talaʻofá

Neongo ʻa e ngaahi ouau fakakātoá ni, naʻe ʻikai faʻa maʻu maʻu pē ʻa e vāleleí. Naʻe fakaʻosi ʻa e ʻuluaki fakatahá ʻi ʻEpeleli 1833 ʻi he taimi naʻe lahi ai ʻa e ngaahi uiuiʻi ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea ʻi ai mo ha fakahā ʻi Sune (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 95) naʻá ne fakamahinoʻi naʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻosi lelei ʻa e akó: naʻe folofola ai ʻa e ʻEikí ʻo pehē, “Naʻe tupu ʻa e ngaahi fefakakikihiʻaki ʻi he akoʻanga ʻo e kau palōfitá, ʻa ia naʻe fuʻu fakamamahi ʻaupito kiate au.” Naʻe valokiʻi ʻe he fakahā tatau ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi he ʻikai ke nau fai mo kamata ngāue ki he fale ʻo e ʻEikí pea mo toe fakamanatu ko e feituʻu ia ki he “akoʻanga ʻo ʻeku kau ʻaposetoló.” Naʻe palōmesi ʻa e fakahā ko ʻení ʻe hoko mai ʻa e “fakakoloaʻi” ʻoku nofo ʻamanaki ki aí ʻi ha “fakataha molumalu” ʻi loto ʻi he temipale foʻoú.

ʻI he kamataʻanga ʻo e 1834, naʻe fakataha mai ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí mei Mīsuli mo ʻOhaioó ke kau ʻi he akoʻangá pe teuteu ki he fakataha molumalu ko ia te nau maʻu ai ʻa e fakakoloaʻí. Naʻe mahino pē foki naʻe ʻikai ke faʻa vālelei ʻa e kau taki ʻo e ongo feituʻú ni, pea naʻe anga ʻaki ʻa e taʻe-fāitahá ʻa e vahaʻa taimi ko ʻení. ʻI he meimei taimi tatau naʻe ʻoatu ai ʻe ʻOasoni Haiti ha tohi fakaanga fefeka kia Siosefa Sāmita ʻo fekauʻaki mo ha kē mo e ʻAposetolo ʻe taha, ko e tokoua ʻo Siosefa ko Viliami Sāmitá. Naʻe fakafisi ʻa Haiti ke haʻu ki he akó kae ʻoua kuo fakaleleiʻi ʻa e meʻá ni. Neongo naʻe vave pē hono fakaleleiʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe hohaʻa ki ai ʻa Haití, ka naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi fakakikihi kehe naʻá ne kei ueisia ʻa e kulupú. Naʻe pehē ʻe Siosefa Sāmita, “ʻOku ngāue ʻaki ʻe he filí ʻene kākā kotoa pē ke taʻofi ʻaki hono fakakoloaʻi ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻaki ʻene fakatupu ha māvahevahe ʻi he toko 12, pea pehē foki ki he kau 70, pea mo e fakakikihi mo e femehekaʻaki ʻi he kau Kaumātuʻá.”

Meʻa mālie, he naʻe ʻomai ʻe he fahaʻitaʻu momoko ʻo e 1835–36 ha vahaʻa-taimi naʻe fakaʻamua lōloa ki ai ʻo e fakalelei mo e nofo melino ʻi he Siasí. Naʻe fakaleleiʻi e vā ʻo Siosefa Sāmita mo hono tokoua ko Viliamí, ko ha meʻa naʻe anga ʻaki ai ʻa e faʻa tautukí. Naʻe ngata ha fuʻu vākovi lahi ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí mo e Kōlomu ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻaki ha fuʻu fakalelei ongo moʻoni pea mo ha fuakava naʻe mei faitatau mo e fakafeʻiloaki ko ia ʻi he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá. Fekauʻaki mo ha houalotu ʻa e Siasí ʻi ha taimi nounou mei ai, ʻa ia naʻe lea ai ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí kuo toki uouangatahá, ʻoku lipooti ai ʻe he tohinoa ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, “Naʻe lilingi hifo ʻe he ʻEikí hono laumālié kiate kimautolu, pea kamata ke feveteʻaki ʻe he kau tangatá ʻenau ngaahi fehālaākí pea ʻikai fuoloa kuo lōmekina ʻa e haʻofangá ʻe he loʻimatá pea ko e loto ʻo hamau niʻihi naʻe ʻikai haʻamu lea feʻunga ke fakamatalaʻi ʻaki, naʻe tō kiate kimautolu foki ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e lea kehekehé ʻo hangē ko e ʻuʻulu ʻa ha fuʻu matangi mālohi, pea fakafonu ʻaki hoku laumālié ʻa e nāunau ʻo e ʻOtuá.” Ko ia kuo nau uouangataha, pea ʻi he faʻahinga hāsino pehē ʻo e tali ʻe he ʻOtuá, naʻa nau teuteuʻi ai kinautolu ke maʻu ʻa e fakakoloaʻi naʻe talaʻofa maí.

Ngaahi Taumalingi Fakalaumālié

Naʻe hoko ha ngaahi hāsino fakalaumālie fakaofo ʻi ha ngaahi taimi kehekehe ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e kalasi ʻi he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá ʻi he ngāue ko ia ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá ke moʻui fakatatau mo e vīsone ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kinautolú, pea mo teuteu ki he fakakoloaʻí. Naʻe pehē ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ko e faʻahinga meʻa fakaofo pehení ko “ha fakamelomelo ia ʻo e ngaahi fiefia ʻe lilingi hifo ʻe he ʻOtuá” ʻi he fakataha molumalú.

ʻI he taimi naʻe mateuteu ai ʻa e Temipale Ketilaní ke fakatapui ʻi Māʻasi 1836, naʻe feinga ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ke maʻu ha tataki ki hono teuteuʻi ha lotu ki he meʻa mātuʻaki mahuʻingá ni. Ko e lotú, naʻe foaki ia ʻi he fakahā pea ʻoku pulusi ʻi he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 109, naʻe fekauʻaki mo ha ngaahi kaveinga lahi naʻe tokanga ki ai ʻa e Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá ʻi he teuteu lōloa ki he fakakoloaʻi ʻaki ʻa e mālohí. ʻOku lau ki he akó, maʻa fakalaumālié, fokotuʻutuʻu leleí mo e uouangatahá, pea mo e ngāue fakafaifekaú.

ʻI he fakataha molumalu ʻi he temipalé ʻa ia naʻe tatali fuoloa ki aí, naʻe aʻusia ʻe ha kakai tokolahi ha ngaahi aʻusia fakalaumālie mālohi naʻa nau fakamoʻoniʻi hono fakakoloaʻi ʻaki ʻo e mālohí. Naʻe lekooti ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻo pehē, “Naʻe hā ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ki ha niʻihi, kae tauhi mai ʻa e kau ʻāngeló ki ha niʻihi kehe, pea ko ha ʻaho ʻo e penitekosi mo e fakakoloaʻi moʻoni, ke manatuʻi fuoloa, he ʻe ongo atu mei he feituʻú ni ki māmani, pea ʻe tukufakaholo ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻo e ʻaho ní ʻi he ngaahi peesi ʻo e hisitōliá ki he toʻu tangata kotoa, ʻo hangē ko e ʻaho ʻo e Penitekosí.” Naʻe kau ʻi he fakatapui ʻo e Temipale Ketilaní ʻi he uike ko iá, ha ngaahi fakahā mo ha ngaahi meʻa-hā-mai kehe.

Ko e taimi naʻe lotu ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita mo ʻŌliva Kautehe ʻi he tuʻunga malanga ʻo e temipalé ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate ko hono 3 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1836, naʻe ʻaʻahi mai kiate kinaua ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi mo ha kau ʻāngelo talafekau tokolahi. Naʻe fakahā ai ʻe Kalaisi ʻokú na maʻa, pea tali ʻa e fale naʻa nau langa Moʻoná mo fakapapauʻi “ʻa e ʻenitaumeni ʻa ia kuo ʻosi fakakoloaʻi ʻaki ʻeku ongo tamaioʻeikí.” ʻI he hili pē ʻa e meʻa ko iá, naʻá na maʻu tonu meia Mōsese “ʻa e ngaahi kī ʻo hono tānaki mai ʻo ʻIsilelí mei he potu ʻe fā ʻo e māmaní,” pea mo ha toe ngaahi kī kehe mei ha kau palōfita kuonga muʻa kehe. ʻI heʻena fakakaukaú, kuo ʻosi fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi talaʻofá pea naʻe ʻikai toe fiemaʻu ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá ke nau nofo lōloa ʻi Ketilani.

Ki He Ngaahi Puleʻangá Kotoa

ʻI he ngaahi māhina hono hokó naʻe mavahe atu ai ʻa e kau faifekaú mei Ketilani ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí. Naʻe folau ʻa ʻOasoni Haiti mo Hīpa C. Kimipolo ki ʻIngilani ʻi he 1837. Naʻe ʻomai ʻe he ngāue fakafaifekau ko ʻení mo e ngaahi ngāue fakafaifekau hoko ai ki he Ngaahi ʻOtu Motu Pilitāniá ha kakai ʻe lauiafe ki he Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní mo liliu ʻa e halafononga ʻo e hisitōliá. Naʻe lipooti ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻi he 1844, “Kuo ō atu ha kau faifekau ʻo e siasí ni ki he ʻInitia Hahaké, ki ʻAositelēlia, Siamane, Konisitenitinoupolo, ʻIsipite, Pālesitaine, ngaahi ʻOtu Motu ʻo e Pasifikí, pea ʻoku nau teuteu ʻeni ke fakaava ʻa e matapaá ʻi he fonua lahi fau ʻo Lūsiá.” Ko e ngaahi ngāue fakafaifekau ko ʻeni, naʻe fai hano konga lahi ʻe he niʻihi naʻe ako ʻi he Akoʻanga ʻo e Kau Palōfitá mo fakakoloaʻi ʻaki ʻa e mālohi ʻi he Temipale Ketilaní, ʻokú ne fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e laka atu ʻa e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí ke ne fakafonu ʻa māmani kātoa.

  1. Wilford Woodruff, ʻi he Conference Report, Apr. 1898, 57.

  2. Maʻake 16:15; Luke 24:47–49; vakai foki, Mātiu 28:18–20.

  3. “Revelation, 2 January 1831 [D&C 38],” josephsmithpapers.org.

  4. Naʻe tui ʻa Sione Kolili mo ha niʻihi kehe ko e talaʻofá ni naʻe fakahoko ia ʻi he taimi naʻe fuofua fakanofo ai ha niʻihi fakafoʻituitui ki he lakanga fakataulaʻeiki māʻolungá ʻi Sune ʻo e 1831. Naʻe lipooti ʻe ha niʻihi ha ngaahi meʻa fakaofo fakalaumālie, ka naʻe vave pē mahino ʻoku ʻi ai ha fakakoloa maʻongoʻonga ange ʻe hoko mai (vakai, John Corrill, Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints [Commonly Called Mormons] [St. Louis, Missouri: printed by author, 1839]; Karen Lynn Davidson, Richard L. Jensen, and David J. Whittaker, eds., Histories, Volume 2: Assigned Histories, 1831–1847, vol. 2 of the Histories series of The Joseph Smith Papers, ed. Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman [Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2012], 145).

  5. “Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126],” josephsmithpapers.org; naʻe ʻai ke fakaonopooni ʻa e fakaʻilonga leá.

  6. “Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126].”

  7. Joseph Smith, “Letter to William W. Phelps, 11 January 1833,” josephsmithpapers.org.

  8. Vakai, Joseph F. Darowski, “Schools of the Prophets: An Early American Tradition,” Mormon Historical Studies, vol. 9, no. 1 (Spring 2008), 1–13.

  9. “Minutes, 22–23 January 1833,” 7, josephsmithpapers.org.

  10. Joseph Smith, “History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834],” 287, josephsmithpapers.org.

  11. Naʻe ʻasi ʻa e hingoa “akoʻanga ʻo ʻeku kau ʻaposetoló” ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 95:17. Naʻe ʻasi mo e “akoʻanga ʻo e kau kaumātuʻá” ʻi he Joseph Smith, “History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838],” 562, josephsmithpapers.org.

  12. “Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126].”

  13. Historical introduction for “Doctrine and Covenants, 1835,” josephsmithpapers.org.

  14. Joseph Smith, “History, circa Summer 1832,” 1, josephsmithpapers.org.

  15. Naʻe mahino ʻoku ʻi ai ha meʻafoaki ʻa ʻOasoni Haiti ʻi he meʻafoaki ʻo e ngaahi lea kehekehé peá ne ako maʻuloto kimui ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi he lea faka-Pilitāniá, lea faka-Siamané, mo e faka-Hepeluú (vakai, Orson Hyde, “The Marriage Relations,” ʻi he Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. [1854–86], 2:81).

  16. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Nov. 4, 5, 11, 1835, josephsmithpapers.org.

  17. Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 88:138.

  18. Zebedee Coltrin reminiscences, ʻi he Minutes, Salt Lake City School of the Prophets, Oct. 3, 1883; boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/ZebC.html.

  19. Zebedee Coltrin reminiscences, ʻi he Minutes, Salt Lake City School of the Prophets, Oct. 3, 1883.

  20. Jed Woodworth, “The Word of Wisdom: D&C 89,” history.lds.org.

  21. Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 88:123–24; 38:27.

  22. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Jan. 16, 1836; Dean C. Jessee, Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Richard L. Jensen, eds., Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839, vol. 1 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Papers, ed. Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2008), 157.

  23. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Nov. 12, 1835.

  24. Zebedee Coltrin reminiscences, ʻi he Minutes, Salt Lake City School of the Prophets, Oct. 3, 1883.

  25. “Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 December 1835,” josephsmithpapers.org. Ki hono fakaleleiʻi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hohaʻa ki ai ʻa ʻOasoni Haití, vakai, Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Dec. 17, 1835.

  26. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Jan. 1, 1836.

  27. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Jan. 1, 1836.

  28. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Jan. 16, 1836.

  29. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Jan. 17, 1836.

  30. Zebedee Coltrin reminiscences, ʻi he Minutes, Salt Lake City School of the Prophets, Oct. 3, 1883. ʻE fakahoko ʻe he ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻo e teuteu mo e fakakoloaʻi ko ʻení, hangē ko e fufulú mo e paní, fakahinohinó, mo e hū mai ki he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá, ha fatongia mahuʻinga ʻi he ouau fakakoloaʻí hangē ko ia naʻe fakahā ʻi Nāvuú.

  31. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Nov. 12, 1835.

  32. Joseph Smith, “Journal, 1835–1836,” Mar. 30, 1836.

  33. “Revelation, 3 April 1836 [D&C 110],” josephsmithpapers.org.

  34. Joseph Smith, “Latter Day Saints,” 409, josephsmithpapers.org. Naʻe pulusi ʻa e ʻēsei ko ʻení ʻi he Israel Daniel Rupp, ed., He Pasa Ekklesia (1844).