“ʻĒsela Taia: Mei he Taʻetuí ki ha Tokotaha Tui,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“ʻĒsela Taia: Mei he Taʻetuí ki ha Tokotaha Tui,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
ʻĒsela Taia: Mei he Taʻetuí ki ha Tokotaha Tui
ʻI he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 1830, naʻe nofo ʻa ʻĒsela Taia ʻi he kolo ko Fāmingitoní, ʻi Niu ʻIoke, mo hono uaifi ko ʻElisapesí, pea mo ʻena fānaú. Naʻá ne taʻu tolungofulu tupu lahi pea naʻe lahi ʻa e ngaahi taʻu naʻá ne nofo ai ʻi he feituʻu ko iá ʻo langa ha ngaahi hala fakakavakava, ngaahi meʻa ke ne taʻofi e ʻoho mai ʻa e vaí, mo ha ngaahi fahiʻanga papa.
Ko e Taʻetuí
ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e taʻu ko iá, naʻe talaange ʻe ha niʻihi ʻo e kau tangata ngāue naʻá ne fakangāueʻí ha talanoa ʻoku sasala holo kau kia Siosefa Sāmita mo ʻene liliu ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Naʻe fakaʻikaiʻi ʻe Taia ʻa e talanoá ʻo pehē ko ha fie ʻOtua pea naʻá ne “fuʻu ʻita ʻaupito fekauʻaki mo ia.”
Ko ha konga ʻo ʻene ʻita vavé he naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ʻa e fāmili Sāmitá, naʻá ne fakangāueʻi ʻa Siosefa kimuʻa, mo ʻene tamaí, mo hono ngaahi tokouá, ʻi ha ngaahi ngāue ofi ki Palemaila. Ko e foʻi fakakaukau ko ia ʻo e liliu ʻe Siosefa mo pulusi ha tohi folofolá naʻe mātuʻaki fehangahangai ia mo e meʻa naʻe ʻilo ʻe Taia fekauʻaki mo e talavou taʻe-akó.
Naʻe hohaʻa ʻa Taia ʻi heʻene ʻilo naʻe ʻi ai ha kau mēmipa ʻi hono fāmilí kuo nau kamata ke tokanga ki he Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Lolotonga haʻane kiʻi mavahe ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi, naʻe heka hoosi hono tokoua ʻi he fonó mo hono ʻilamutú ke fanongo ʻi he malanga ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá. ʻI he taimi naʻe foki mai ai ʻa Taiá, naʻá ne tafuluʻi kinaua, mo fakapapauʻi he “ʻikai ke na toe ō ʻi heʻene fanga hōsí ke fanongo ʻi he malanga ʻa e kakai anga taʻe faka-ʻOtua ko iá.” Naʻá na kei vilitaki pē “ʻoku ʻi ai ha meʻa ʻaonga ai, pea ʻe lelei kapau ʻe ʻalu ʻa [Taia] ʻo fanongo kiate ia.”
Naʻe kei taʻetui pē ʻa Taia, ka naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo haʻu hono tokoua ke ʻaʻahi mai mei ʻOapeeni, Niu ʻIoke, ne ʻi ha maile nai ʻe 40 ki he hahaké. Naʻá ne loto mo ia ke ʻilo lahi ange ki he Tohi ʻa Molomoná peá ne fiemaʻu ʻa Taia ke na ō ʻo fanongo ki he malanga ʻa e ongo Sāmitá. Naʻe taliʻi fefeka ʻe Taia, “He ʻikai ke maʻu au ʻoku ou ʻalu ki ha faʻahinga loi pehē.” Naʻe fakapapauʻi ange ʻe hono tokouá he ʻikai hoko ha meʻa ʻi he ō pē ke fanongó—he ko hono moʻoní naʻe ʻilo ʻe Taia ʻa e fāmili Sāmitá. Naʻe fakapāpākū pē loto ʻa Taia ke ʻalú.
Ko e Tokotaha Tuí
ʻI ha ʻaho Sāpate ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo ʻOkatopá, naʻe meimei maile ʻe 12 e fononga ʻa e ongo tautehiná ki he faama ʻa e fāmili Sāmitá ʻi Manisesitā, ʻi he fakatonga pē ʻo Palemailá. ʻI heʻena aʻu atú, naʻá na fetaulaki mo ha “fuʻu kakai tokolahi” naʻa nau fakafonu ʻa e konga kelekele takatakai ʻi he fale ʻakau ʻo Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí pea ʻova atu ki he halá.
ʻI he fakataumuʻa ʻa Taia ke fanongo ki he meʻa naʻe lea ʻakí, naʻá ne feteketekeʻi atu ʻi he kakaí ke na maʻu ha feituʻu ofi ki he tuʻunga malanga ʻi muʻá. ʻI he kamata ke malanga ʻa Hailame Sāmitá, naʻe mole atu ʻa e fakafepaki ʻa Taiá. Naʻá ne tohi kimui ange fekauʻaki mo ʻene ongo ki he meʻa naʻe akoʻi ʻe Hailamé ʻo pehē: “Naʻe tō mamafa ʻa e foʻi lea kotoa pē ki hoku lotó. Ne u fakakaukau naʻe tuhu mai e foʻi lea kotoa pē kiate au. … Ne tafe ʻa e loʻimatá ʻi hoku kouʻahé, he naʻá ku fuʻu hīkisia mo loto-fefeka. Naʻe tokolahi ha kakai ʻi ai naʻa nau ʻiloʻi au. … Naʻá ku tangutu kae ʻoua kuó u fakakaukau lelei peá u toki hanga hake.”
ʻI he ʻosi ʻa e malangá, naʻe fakaʻaliʻali ange ʻe Hailame kia Taia ha tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Ko e taimi naʻá ne toʻo ai ʻo fakaavá, naʻe fakafonu ia ʻi he taimi pē ko iá ʻaki ha “fiefia taʻe-hano-tatau.” Naʻá ne ʻeke ange ʻi heʻene tāpuniʻi ʻa e tohí, “Ko e hā hono mahuʻingá?” Naʻá ne totongi ʻa e silini ʻe 14 pea ʻalu mo e tohí. Ko e taimi naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻe Māteni Hālisi, ʻa ia naʻe tuʻu pē he tafaʻakí, ʻoku moʻoni ʻa e tohí, naʻe tali ange ʻe Taia “ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke ne toe talamai kiate au, he naʻá ku ʻosi ʻiloʻi pē ia ʻe au ʻoku moʻoni ʻo hangē pē ko iá.”
ʻI heʻene aʻu ki ʻapí, naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe Taia neongo ʻene tui kakató, ka kuo pau ke ne feinga lahi ke tokoniʻi hono fāmilí, kaungāmeʻá, mo e kaungāʻapí ke mahino kiate kinautolu, tuku kehe atu ʻa e tui ia ʻo hangē ko iá. Naʻe mafola ʻa e talanoá ʻi hono ngaahi kaungāʻapí ko ʻĒsela Taiá, ʻa e tangata ʻoku fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻi he malaʻe ʻo e pisinisí, kuo hoko ia he taimí ni ko ʻĒsela Taia ko ha tokotaha ʻoku tui kia Siosefa Sāmita mo ʻene “Tohi Tapu koulá.”
Naʻe vave ʻa e feʻefiʻefihi ʻa e ʻapi ʻo Taiá ʻi he loto-vēkeveke ʻa e ngaahi kaungāʻapí ke fakalotoʻi ia ke ʻoua naʻá ne tuí. Naʻá ne manatuʻi ʻo pehē, “Naʻa nau fakafonu hoku ʻapí ʻi he ʻahó kakato, pea feinga ʻa e kau tangatá ke ʻai ke tui hoku uaifí ʻoku ou vale pea ʻe mole hoku ngaahi kaungāmeʻá mo hoku kelekelé kotoa.” Ko e taimi naʻe feinga ai ʻa Taia ke fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻene tui fakalotu foʻoú ki ha ongomātuʻa Metotisí, naʻá na fakataʻeʻaongaʻi pē ʻene fakamatalá ʻo mole ai e ʻamanaki ʻa e uaifi ʻo Taia ko ʻElisapesí. Naʻá ne tohi ʻo pehē, “Naʻe kamata ke tangi hoku uaifí, mo talamai ʻoku ou fakasesele, pea ʻe useia au ʻe he tui foʻou ko ʻení, pea te ne liʻaki au.” Naʻá ne lava ʻo fakafiemālieʻi ʻene manavasiʻí, ka ʻe vave pē hano toe fakafepakiʻi ʻo ʻene tui fakalotu foʻoú.
Naʻá ne ʻalu mo ʻene Tohi ʻa Molomoná ki he kolo ofi mai ko Kānataʻikuá, ka naʻe ʻikai fie ongo ki ai hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻá, pea nau taufetongi ʻi hono vahevahe ange ʻenau fakakaukaú. ʻI he taimi naʻa nau ʻeke ange ai pe naʻá ne kei tui pē ki aí, naʻá ne tali ange, “He ʻikai ke u lava ʻo talaatu naʻá ku tui ki ai, he naʻá ku ʻiloʻi moʻoni ia.” Naʻe talamai ʻe ha ʻētita ʻo ha nusipepa fakalotofonua “te ne lava ke talamai kiate au ʻoku ʻikai ke u ʻiloʻi ha meʻa kau ki he ʻOtuá kapau naʻe teʻeki ke u maʻu ha ako fakaʻāuliliki.” Naʻe fakahaaʻi pē ʻe Taia ʻene kiʻi tuí pea fakamoʻoni ki he ʻOtuá pea mo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná.
Ko e Fakahaá
ʻI he kamataʻanga ʻo e ngaahi fehangahangai ko ʻení, naʻá ne aʻusia ha visione pe misi ʻa ia “naʻe haʻu ai ha tangata ʻo ʻomai kiate au ha takainga pepa, pea mo ha talupite foki pea talamai ke u ifiʻi ia. Naʻá ku talaange kuo teʻeki ai ke u ifiʻi ha talupite ʻi heʻeku moʻuí. Naʻá ne talamai te ke lava ʻo ifiʻi, ʻahiʻahiʻi. Naʻá ku fokotuʻu ia ki hoku ngutú pea ifiʻi, pea naʻá ne ʻomai ʻa e ongo fakaʻofoʻofa taha kuo faifaiangé peá u ongoná.” Naʻe vave ʻaupito ʻa e mahino ʻo e misi ʻa Taiá.
ʻI he Sāpate hono hokó, naʻe foki ʻa Taia ki Menisesitā ke feʻiloaki mo e kakai tui kehé. Naʻá ne fetaulaki ʻi he taimi ko ʻení mo Siosefa Sāmita ʻo ne fakamatala ange ki ai ʻene aʻusia ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Naʻá ne tali ʻa e fakaafe ʻa Siosefa ke ne papitaisó pea fononga ʻi ha ngaahi laumaile siʻi ki ha kiʻi anovai, ʻo papitaiso ai ia mo ha niʻihi kehe ʻe Paʻale P. Pālati, pea kau ai ha tangata naʻe hingoa ko Nofolopu Suiti. Naʻe hilifakinima kinautolu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita.
Hili ha taimi nounou mei honau papitaisó, naʻe uiuiʻi ʻa Taia mo Nofolopu ke na ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi ha fakahā (ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fakahā 33) naʻe tala kae tohi ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻi ha feituʻu ofi ʻi Feieti, ʻi Niu ʻIoke. ʻI he fakahā ko ʻení, naʻe fekauʻi ai ʻe he leʻo ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa kinaua ke, “Hiki hake [homo] leʻó ʻo hangē ko e leʻo ʻo ha talupité ke fakahā ʻa ʻeku Ongoongoleleí ki ha toʻu tangata & Anga-kākā mo paongataʻa.” Naʻe fakamanatu ʻe he kupuʻi folofolá ni kia Taia ʻa ʻene misí. Naʻá ne aofangatuku ʻo pehē, “Ko e takainga pepá ko e fakahā ia kiate au mo Nofolopu Suití. Ko ʻŌliva [Kautele] ʻa e tangata naʻá ne ʻomai ʻa e takainga pepá mo e talupité.”
Ko e Faifekaú
Naʻe pehē ʻe he fakahaá “Fakaava homo ngutú,” mo ekinaki ki he ongo faifekau foʻoú ke “ʻoua ʻe taʻofi.” Ka naʻe tali ʻe ʻĒsela Taia mo Nofolopu Suiti ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ko ʻení ʻi ha ngaahi founga mātuʻaki kehe ʻaupito. Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo mavahe ʻa Suiti ia meia Siosefa Sāmita ke fokotuʻu ʻa e siasi naʻá ne ui ko e “Siasi Haohaoa ʻo Kalaisí.” Naʻá ne kamata mo ha toko nima kehe ke fai ha ngaahi fakataha, ka naʻe ʻikai ke fuʻu ʻuʻuku ʻa e mavaeua ko ʻení.
ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, naʻe kamata leva ʻa Taia ke tokoni ʻi he fakamafola ʻo ʻene tui fakalotu foʻoú. Naʻá ne aleaʻi mo Siosefa Sāmita ke ʻalu ange ʻo malanga ʻi hono ʻapí mo fakalotolahiʻi hono fāmilí, kaungāmeʻá, mo e kaungāʻapí ke nau ōmai ki ai. ʻI he ʻaho naʻe palani ki aí, naʻe fonu hake ʻa e feleoko fute ʻe 50 lōloa mo fute 18 māʻukupu ʻo Taiá, pea fanongo ʻa e matangá ki ha malanga ʻa Siosefa mo Hailame Sāmita pea pehē mo ha kau faifekau toki uiuiʻi foʻou ʻe toko fā: ʻŌliva Kautele, Paʻale P. Pālati, Pita Uitemā ko e Siʻí, mo Saipa Pitasoni.
ʻI Tīsemá, naʻe toe fokotuʻu ʻe Taia ha fakataha ʻe taha, kae fai ia ʻi Kanataikua. Naʻá ne ʻuluaki feinga ke maʻu ha falelotu ʻo e Siasi Metotisí ke fai ai ʻa e fakatahá ka naʻe ʻikai ke nau tali pea, ko ia naʻá ne kole leva ʻa e fale fakamāuʻangá. ʻI he efiafi ko iá, naʻe feʻiloaki ai ʻa Sitenei Likitoni mo Taia pea mo ha niʻihi kehe ʻi hono ʻapí, pea nau ō mo Taia ki Kanataikua ʻo ne “leʻo ʻa e matapaá” ʻi he lolotonga malanga ʻa Likitoní.
Koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi aʻusia fakalaumālie ongo mālohi naʻe fakaiku ai ʻo ne uluí, naʻe fakahoko ai ʻe Taia ʻa e ui ʻi he fakahaá ke ne vahevahe ʻene tuí neongo ʻa ʻene tuʻu fakatuʻutāmaki ki hono ongoongó mo ʻene moʻuí. Naʻá ne tohi kimui ʻo pehē, “Ko e taimi ʻoku fakahā ai ʻe he ʻOtuá ki ha tangata ha meʻa ʻi he mālohi ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní te ne ʻiloʻi ʻoku moʻoni ia. He ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo fakaveiveiua ai.”