“‘Langa Hake Hoku Siasí’” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Langa Hake Hoku Siasí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
“Langa Hake Hoku Siasí”
Naʻe tuʻu ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi he kauvaí ʻo ala hifo ʻo puke ʻa e nima ʻo ʻene tangataʻeikí ʻi he hili hono fokotuʻu hake ʻe ʻŌliva Kautele ʻa e tangataʻeiki ko Sāmitá mei he vaí. Naʻe ofoofo ʻa Siosefa ʻo pehē, “E hoku ʻOtua, kuó u moʻui ʻo mamata ki hono papitaiso ʻeku tangataʻeikí ki he siasi moʻoni ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.” Naʻe fuʻu lahi fau ʻene fiefiá. Naʻá ne fekumi ki ha feituʻu ke kiʻi nofo toko taha ai. Naʻe muimui ai ʻa hono kaungāmeʻa ko ʻŌliva Kautelé mo Siosefa Naiti. Naʻe toki fakamatalaʻi kimui ʻe Naiti ʻa Siosefa ko e “tokotaha uesia fakaeongo lahi taha ia kuó u mamata ki ai ʻi ha tangata.”
Naʻe taʻu lahi ʻa e ʻikai pē ke teitei tui ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí ki he fakamatala ʻa e kau lotu ʻo e taimi ko iá, ka ko ʻeni kuó ne maʻu ʻa e moʻoni naʻe fekumi ki ai ʻi he ngaahi vīsone mo e ngaahi fakahā ʻa hono foha ko Siosefa ko e Siʻí. Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻa e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí ʻi he ʻaho 6 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1830, pea naʻe kau ʻa Siosefa ko e Lahí ʻi he kau fuofua papitaisó.
ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e faʻahitaʻu māfana ʻo e 1828, naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe he ngaahi fakahā kia Siosefa Sāmita ko e Siʻí hano fokotuʻu ha siasi. ʻI he hili ʻa e fakamoleki ʻe Māteni Hālisi ʻa e ngaahi ʻuluaki laʻi peesi ʻe 116 ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, naʻe tala kae tohi ʻe Siosefa ha fakahā ʻa ia naʻe folofola ai ʻa e ʻEikí ʻo pehē, “Te u fokotuʻu ʻa hoku siasí.” Naʻe fakaʻau ʻo mahino ko e misiona ʻo Siosefa Sāmitá he ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi he liliu ʻo e ʻū lauʻi peletí. Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau muimui naʻe tuí, hangē ko Siosefa Naití, ʻa e ngaahi teuteu naʻe hangē naʻe fakapulipuli ʻa ia naʻe fakahoko ʻe Siosefa mo ʻŌlivá.
Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Naiti kimui naʻe ʻikai haʻane ʻilo ki he teu fokotuʻu ʻo e siasí ka ʻi ha kiʻi taimi nounou pē pea fakahoko iá. Naʻá ne pehē, “Ko e faʻahitaʻu Failau ʻeni ʻo e 1830, naʻá ku ʻalu ai ʻi mo ʻeku Kulupú ʻo ʻave ʻa Siosefa ki heʻene Tangataʻeikí ki Menisesitā. Ko e taimi naʻa mau fononga aí, naʻá ne talamai kuo pau ke fokotuʻu ha Siasi ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne talamai ʻa e taimí.”
Naʻe ʻosi kamata pē ʻa e teuteú talu mei Sune ʻo e 1829. ʻI he māhina ko iá, naʻe tala kae tohi ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā kia ʻŌliva Kautele ʻa ia ʻe hoko ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 18. Naʻe fakahinohinoʻi ai ʻa ʻŌliva ke “langa hoku siasí, mo ʻeku ongoongoleleí, pea mo ʻeku maká.” ʻI hono fai iá, naʻe fakahā kia ʻŌliva ke “falala ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa ia kuo tohí.” Naʻe meimei ʻosi hono liliu ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, pea naʻe fakaʻongaʻi moʻoni ʻe Kautele ʻa e folofolá ʻi heʻene kamata ke fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e faʻunga ʻo e siasi foʻoú.
Naʻe hiki ʻe Kautele ha tohi fakamatala naʻá ne ui ko e “Ngaahi Fakamatala ʻa e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí” ʻi he teuteu ki he fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí. Ko e lahi ʻo e fakamatala ko ʻení ko ha toʻo fakahangatonu pe ko ha toe fakalea pē mei he Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Pea hangē ko e siasi ʻo e kakai Nīfaí, ʻe ʻi ai ha kau taulaʻeiki mo ha kau akonaki ʻi he siasi foʻou ko ʻení. ʻE ʻi ai foki mo ha kau ākonga, pe kau kaumātuʻa. Naʻe fokotuʻu foki ʻe he fakahā ʻo Sune 1829 ʻa Kautele mo Tēvita Uitemā, ke na fili ʻa e toko hongofulu mā ua te nau hoko ko e kau ʻAposetolo ʻe fekauʻi atu ke nau fakamafola ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e siasi foʻoú.
Ko ha tokolahi ʻo kinautolu naʻa nau tali ʻa e pōpoaki ko iá naʻa nau nofo ʻamanaki ki he fokotuʻu ʻo ha siasí. ʻI he meimei taimi ko ʻení, naʻe fanongonongo ai ʻe Siosefa ha fakahā naʻe fakapapauʻi ai naʻe totonu ke fokotuʻu ʻa e Siasí ʻi he ʻaho 6 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1830. ʻI he ʻaho ko iá, naʻe fakataha mai ha kakai tangata mo fafine ʻe toko fāngofulu pe nimangofulu ki he kiʻi ʻapi ʻo Pita Uitemā ko e Lahí, ʻi Feieti, ke mamataʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻe hokó. Ko hanau toko ono—Siosefa Sāmita, ʻŌliva Kautele mo ha toko fā kehe—naʻa nau hoko ko e niʻihi fakaʻofisiale ke fokotuʻu ʻa e siasí.
Naʻa nau “kamata ʻaki ʻa e fakatahá ha lotu molumalu.” Naʻe ʻeke leva ʻe Siosefa mo ʻŌliva ki he kau mēmipa kehe ʻe toko faá pe te nau loto ke tali kinaua ko honau ongo faiako fakalaumālie pea ʻoku totonu ʻapē ke nau hoko atu ʻo fokotuʻu ʻa e Siasí. ʻI he loto ki ai ʻa e kakai tui naʻe ʻi he fakatahá, naʻe fakanofo leva ʻe Siosefa ʻa ʻŌliva Kautele ko ha kaumātuʻa ʻo e Siasí, pea fai ʻe ʻŌliva ʻa e meʻa tatau kia Siosefa. Naʻe taʻu 24 ʻa Siosefa ʻi he taimi ko iá; na;e taʻu 23 ʻa ʻŌliva.
ʻI he ʻosi hono ui, hikinimaʻi, mo fakanofo ʻa e kau tangata kuo fakamafaiʻí, naʻe lava leva ʻa e Siasí ke fakamanatu ʻa e sākalamēniti ʻo e ʻohomohe ʻa e ʻEikí. “Naʻa mau toʻo leva ʻa e maá, ʻo tāpuakiʻi pea pakipaki ia mo kinautolu, pea tāpuakiʻi foki mo e uainé, pea inu ia mo kinautolu.” Hili ʻa e sākalamēnití, ʻoku lekooti ʻi he hisitōlia ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, “Naʻa mau hilifakinima leva ki he mēmipa takitaha ʻo e Siasí naʻe ʻi aí, ke nau ala maʻu ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, pea mo fakamaʻu ko e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí. Naʻe lilingi mai kiate kimautolu ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻi ha tūkunga lahi moʻoni. Naʻe kikite ha niʻihi, ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻemau fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa e ʻEikí mo fiefia lahi ʻaupitó.”
ʻI he ʻaho pē ko iá, “Lolotonga ʻemau kei nofo fakataha” ki hono fokotuʻu ʻo e siasí, naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā ʻe taha. ʻOku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 21, naʻe fakahinohinoʻi ʻe he fakahaá ʻa e siasi toki fokotuʻu foʻoú “ʻoku totonu ke tauhi ha Lekooti ʻiate kimoutolu” ʻa ia ʻe ʻiloa ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ko ha “tangata kikite & Tangata liliu lea & ko ha [Palōfita] mo e ʻAposetolo ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi pea mo e Kaumātuʻa ʻo e Siasí.” Naʻe fakahoko ʻe ʻŌliva Kautele ʻa e fakanofó, koeʻuhi ko hono fatongia ko e ʻAposetolo mo e kaumātuʻa. Neongo naʻe vahe ʻa ʻŌliva ko e Kaumātuʻa Hono Ua ʻo e Siasí, ka ʻi he fakahā ʻi he ʻaho 6 ʻo ʻEpelelí naʻe toe fokotuʻu ia ko e “ʻuluaki tokotaha Malangá,” ko ha lakanga naʻá ne fakahoko ʻi hono fai ʻa e fuofua malanga ki he kakaí ʻi he ʻaho 11 ʻo ʻEpelelí.
Neongo naʻe fakamahinoʻi ʻa e fatongia takitaha ʻo Siosefa mo ʻŌlivá, ka ʻoku ʻikai mahino ʻa e kaunga ʻo e “Ngaahi Fakamatala ʻo e Siasi ʻo Kalaisi” naʻe hiki ʻe ʻŌlivá. Hili ha taimi mei hono fakakaʻosi ʻe ʻŌliva ʻa e ngaahi fakamatalá, naʻe talaange ʻe Siosefa ki ai ʻoku kei toe pē. ʻOku ngalingali ko e fakahā ko ia kia Siosefa, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko ha konga ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 20, naʻe kakato ia hili ʻa e fakataha ki hono fokotuʻu ʻo e siasí ʻi ʻEpelelí kae kimuʻa pē ʻi he fuofua konifelenisi ʻa e Siasí, naʻe fakahoko ʻi Suné. ʻI he konifelenisi ʻo Suné, naʻe tali ai ʻa e fakamatala ko ʻeni naʻe maʻu ʻi ha fakahaá ke hoko ko ha faʻunga fakamatala ki he siasi foʻoú. Naʻe fakamahinoʻi hono mahuʻingá ʻe he foʻi moʻoni ko ia, he ko e ʻuluaki fakahā ia naʻe pulusi ʻi he nusipepa ʻa e Siasí, pea toki paaki kimui ko e vahe 2 ʻo e tatau ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava ʻo e 1835, hili hono tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e peesi talamuʻakí ko ha fakahā ʻi he 1835.
ʻI he vahaʻa ʻo e ongo māhina mei he fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí pea mo e tali ʻo e ngaahi fakamatala foʻou ʻi Suné, naʻe tupu ha ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e fiemaʻu ke papitaiso ʻa kinautolu naʻe tuí kapau naʻa nau ʻosi papitaiso ʻi he ngaahi siasi kehé. ʻI he ngaahi uike ʻo e ʻuluaki fakataha ʻa e Siasí naʻe maʻu ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 22, ʻo fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ke toe papitaiso ʻi he siasi foʻoú.
Ko e Siasi foʻou ʻo Kalaisí naʻe ʻikai ko ha toe lotu faka-Kalisitiane kehe pē. Hili ha ngaahi taʻu lahi ʻo e fakamamaʻo ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí mei he ngaahi siasi naʻá ne ʻilo ʻi he feituʻu naʻá ne ʻi aí, naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi ʻi he Siasi kuo fakafoki maí ha faʻahinga meʻa naʻe kehe: ko ha tokotaha kuo fakamafaiʻi ki he siasi fakaeʻaposetoló mo e kau palōfita, fakahā, pea mo e mafai.