“ʻŪ Tohi ʻi he Papitaiso ʻo e Kau Pekiá,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“ʻŪ Tohi ʻi he Papitaiso ʻo e Kau Pekiá,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
ʻŪ Tohi ʻi he Papitaiso ʻo e Kau Pekiá
Ko e taimi naʻe fakafoki mai ai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻia Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e tokāteline ʻo e huhuʻi ʻo e kau pekiá ʻo fakafou ʻi he fakahoko ʻo e papitaiso fakafofongá, naʻá Ne tali ha ngaahi fehuʻi kuo lauitaʻu mo feau ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻamú. Kuo lauisenituli, mo e tipeitiʻi ʻe he kau Kalisitiané pe ko e hā ʻe hoko ʻi he hili ʻa e moʻui ko ʻení ki he lauimiliona taʻe-ʻiloa naʻe moʻui kae ʻikai ʻilo ki he ongoongolelei ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí. Naʻa mo Siosefa Sāmita tonu naʻe loto-moʻua ʻi he ikuʻanga ʻo siʻono tokoua ʻofeina ko ʻAlaviní, ko ha taha Kalisitiane faitotonu ka naʻe ʻikai papitaiso.
ʻI Sānuali 1836, naʻe mamata ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi ha meʻa-hā-mai ki he nāunau fakasilesitialé ʻo ne ʻilo ai ko kinautolu naʻe ʻikai ke nau maʻu ʻa e kakato ʻo e ongoongoleleí ʻi he moʻui ko ʻení ka naʻa nau mei tali kapau naʻe ʻoange ha faingamālié, hangē ko hono tokoua ko ʻAlaviní, he ʻikai ke taʻofi meiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi pale māʻolunga tahá ʻi he moʻui ka hokó. ʻI he meʻa-hā-mai ko ʻení, naʻe kamata ai ke fakahā māmālie mai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e ngaahi tokāteline mo e founga ngāue fekauʻaki mo e papitaiso maʻá e kau pekiá kia Siosefa Sāmita mo kinautolu naʻe hoko mai kimui ʻi aí, ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi.
Naʻe fakamahinoʻi ʻe he meʻa-hā-mai ʻa Siosefá ʻa e ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka naʻe ʻikai ke mahino kakato pe ʻe fakaʻatā pē ʻa e fiemaʻu fakafolofola ʻo e papitaisó ʻo ʻoua ʻe fai kia ʻAlavini mo e niʻihi kehe hangē ko iá pe ʻe fakahoko ia ʻi ha faʻahinga founga ʻe taha. Naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe ha Kāingalotu ʻe niʻihi ʻa e siʻi ʻo ʻenau ʻiló ʻi he meʻá ni. Hangē ko ʻení, naʻe “fakakaukau lahi ʻa [Siosefa Filitingi] ki he kaveinga ʻo e huhuʻi ʻo kinautolu kuo pekia ʻi he fuakva kuo maumaú” peá ne fakamahamahalo pē “mahalo ko kinautolu ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosi ko ʻení te nau papitaiso kinautolu ʻi he hāʻele mai ʻa e Fakamoʻuí.”
Ka naʻe akoʻi ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻi he meʻafakaʻeiki ʻo Sīmoa Pulunisoní ʻi he ʻaho 15 ʻo ʻAokosi, 1840, ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ia ʻe lava ke fakahoko ʻe he houʻeiki tangata mo fafine ʻi māmaní hono fakafofongaʻi honau kāinga pekiá mo fakahoko ʻa e fiemaʻu ʻo e papiatisó maʻanautolu. Naʻe tali fiefia ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻa e faingamālie ko ʻení pea nau kamata ai pē ke nau papitaiso maʻa honau ngaahi ʻofaʻanga kuo pekíá ʻi he ngaahi vaitafé mo e fanga kiʻi tafenga vai ofi ki Nāvuú.
Pea ʻi Sānuali ʻo e 1841, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā mahuʻinga naʻe ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi he fiemaʻu ke langa ha temipale ʻi Nāvuú ka naʻe fakafehokotaki taʻengata ai ʻa e ouau ʻo e papitaiso maʻá e kau pekiá mo e ngaahi temipalé: “He ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha faiʻanga papitaiso ia ʻi he māmaní; ke lava ai ʻeku kau maʻoniʻoní ʻo papitaiso ʻa kinautolu kuo pekiá, he ʻoku fai pē ʻa e ouaú ni ia ʻi hoku falé.” Naʻe ngāue fakavaevave ʻa e Kāingalotu ʻi Nāvuú ke langa ʻa e temipalé, pea ʻi Nōvema 1841, kuo mapuni ʻa e konga ki laló, pea ʻosi tā-tongitongi ha vai faiʻanga papitaiso lelei feʻunga mei he ʻakaú.
ʻŪ Tohi ki he Papitaiso ʻo e Kau Pekiá
ʻE toki ʻomai ha ngaahi fakahinohino mo e fakamahino lahi ange ʻi he ouau foʻou ko ʻení ʻamui. ʻI ʻAokosi 1842, naʻe tukuakiʻi ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita tokua naʻe kaungā fai ʻi he feinga ke fakapoongi ʻa Lilipani W. Pōkisi, ko e kōvana mālōlō ʻo Mīsulí. Ke hao mei hano taki pōpula, naʻe meimei ke toitoi maʻu pē ʻa Siosefa ʻi ha māhina ʻe tolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻapi ʻo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa falalaʻangá. Naʻe tohi ʻe Uilifooti Utalafi ʻi heʻene tohinoá ʻo pehē, “Kuo ʻikai maʻu ʻe Siosefa ha faingamālie ke hā ai ki he kakaí,” ka “ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻa e ʻEikí ʻo hangē ko ʻene ʻi he Motu ko Patimosí mo Sioné,” ʻo fakamahino naʻe foua ʻe Siosefa ha ngaahi aʻusia fakalaumālie ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻene puli mei he kakaí.
ʻI he ʻaho 31 ʻo ʻAokosí, naʻe ʻasi taimi nounou mai ai ʻa Siosefa ke lea ki ha kiʻi fakataha tokosiʻi ʻa ha kau mēmipa Fineʻofa ʻa e Houʻeiki Fafiné pea mo fakahoko ange, fakatatau mo e lekōtí, ʻa e meʻa kuó ne ʻilo ʻi he ngaahi uike kimuʻá: “Kuo pau ke ʻi ai ha tauhi lekooti maʻanautolu kotoa pē ʻoku nau papitaiso maʻá e kau pekiá, ke ne hoko ko ha fakamoʻoni ke lekooti mo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻoku moʻoni mo tonu ʻene lekōtí. ʻE fiemaʻu ia, ʻi he Fakataha Lahí, ke fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni.”
ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó, naʻá ne kamata ke fai ha tohi ki he Siasí ʻa ia naʻe hoko kimui ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 127. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Siosefa ʻi he tohí ni ʻa ʻene mavahé koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi tukuakiʻi ʻoku fai kiate iá ka naʻá ne fakapapauʻi ki he Kāingalotú ko e taimi ko ia ʻe “tolona ʻaupito ai ʻa e taufá, te u toe foki atu leva kiate kimoutolu.” Naʻá ne pehē kuo fakahā ange ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e ʻaonga ke ʻi ai ha tokotaha tauhi lekooti ki he papitaiso maʻá e kau pekiá mo fakamatalaʻi ange hono ʻuhingá: “Koeʻuhí ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi lekooti kotoa pē ke tohi ia ʻi he langí. … Pea ko e tahá, tuku ke ʻai ke maau ʻa e ngaahi lekooti kotoa pē, koeʻuhí ke tuku ia ʻi he ngaahi tauhiʻanga tohi ʻo hoku temipale toputapú, ke tauhi ʻi he fakamanatu mei he toʻu tangata ki he toʻu tangata, ʻoku folofola ʻe he ʻEiki ʻo e Ngaahi Kau Taú.”
Naʻá ne fakaʻosi ʻaki ʻene tohí ʻa ʻene pehē ʻokú ne loto ke lea “mei he tuʻunga malangá ʻi he tefitó” ka te ne fiemālie pē ke “ʻoatu ia kiate kimoutolu ʻi he meilí.” Naʻá ne tuku ai kia ʻIlasitasi Teepi ke ne ʻave ʻa e tohí kia Viliami Keleitoni ʻi he Sāpate ko iá, ʻaho 4 ʻo Sepitemá, “ke lau ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kāingalotú ʻi heʻenau fakataha ʻi he Vao ʻAkaú.” ʻOku lipooti fiemālie ʻe he tohinoa ʻa Siosefá, “Ko e taimi naʻe lau ai ʻa e tohi ko ʻení ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kau takí, naʻá ne fakafiefiaʻi honau lotó pea mahino hono mālohi ke fakaʻaiʻai mo ueʻi kinautolu ke nau loto-toʻa mo faivelengá.”
ʻI he ʻaho 7 ʻo Sepitemá, naʻe toe fai ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha tohi hono ua ʻi he kaveinga tatau pē, “ʻa ia naʻá ne fekauʻi ke lau ʻi he Sāpate hono hokó,” ʻaho 11 ʻo Sepitemá. ʻOku maʻu ʻi he taimí ni ʻa e tohi hono ua ko ʻení ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 128. ʻI he tohi ko ʻení, naʻe fokotuʻu atu ai ʻe he Palōfitá ha fakaikiiki lahi ange ki hono tauhi ʻo e lekōtí, ʻo fiemaʻu ha kau fakamoʻoni, tokotaha tauhi lekooti ʻi he uooti takitaha ʻe 10 ʻo Nāvuú, pea mo ha tauhi lekooti fakakātoa ke ne fakatahaʻi ʻa e ngaahi lekooti ʻo e ngaahi uōtí kātoa ki ha “Tohi fakakātoa ʻa e Siasí.”
Pea toki tuku mai leva ʻe Siosefa ha ʻuhinga fakafolofola lōloa ki hono fakahoko ʻo e papitaiso maʻá e kakai pekiá pea mo hono fiemaʻu ke ʻi ai ha tokotaha tauhi lekōtí. Naʻá ne akoʻi ʻoku hanga ʻe he ngaahi ouau maʻá e kau pekiá ʻo fakatupu ha ngaahi haʻi mahuʻinga mo taʻengata ʻi he ngaahi toʻu tangatá: “[He] ʻe taaʻi ʻa māmani ʻaki ha malaʻia tuku kehe ʻo kapau ʻe ʻi ai ha faʻahinga fehokotakiʻanga mālohi, ʻi he ngaahi tamaí mo e fānaú, faʻahinga kaveinga pe ko ha meʻa. Pea vakai! ko e hā ʻa e kaveinga ko iá? Ko e papitaiso maʻá e kakai kuo pekiá. [Koeʻuhí] he ʻikai ke tau lava ʻo haohaoa taʻe kau ai ʻa kinautolu. Pe ʻe lava ke fakahaohaoʻi kinautolu, ʻo ʻikai ke tau kau ai.”
Naʻá ne fakaʻosi ʻaki ʻa e ui fakafiefia mo ʻiloa ko ʻeni ke ngāué: “Kāinga, he ʻikai koā ke tau fai atu ʻi ha ngāue mahuʻinga pehē? Laka atu ki muʻa kae ʻoua ʻe … fakaholoholomui. Ke mou loto-toʻa, ʻe kāinga! pea fai atu, fai atu ki he ikuna. Tuku ke fiefia ʻa homou lotó, pea nēkeneka ʻo lahi ʻaupito. Tuku ke pā mai ʻa e fonuá ʻi he hiva. Tuku ke lea atu ʻa e kau pekiá ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi hiva ʻo e fakafetaʻi taʻengata ki he tuʻi ko ʻImānuelá, ʻa ia naʻá ne tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he teʻeki ai ke ʻi ai ʻa e māmaní, ʻa e meʻa te tau lava ai ʻo huhuʻi ʻa kinautolu mei honau fale fakapōpulá; he kuo pau ke tauʻatāina ʻa e kau pōpulá. … Pea tuku ke tau ʻoatu ʻi hono temipale [māʻoniʻoní], ʻo ka ʻosi ia, ha Tohi, ʻoku tuʻu ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi lekooti ʻo hotau kau pekiá, ʻa ia ʻe feʻunga ke tali ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē.”
Naʻe tali ʻa e ongo tohi ko ʻeni meia Siosefa Sāmitá ʻi he 1844 pea kuó na hoko ko e konga ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá talu mei ai. Naʻe muimui pau ʻa e Kāingalotú ki he ngaahi fakahinohino naʻe fai ʻi he ongo tohi ko ʻení, pea naʻe ui mo e kau tauhi lekooti ki he uooti takitaha. Naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe he kau tauhi lekōtí ha tohi fakamoʻoni tatau pe ko ha foomu ke lekooti ai ʻa e ngaahi papitaisó: “ʻOku ou fakamoʻoniʻi, naʻá ku mamata pea mo fanongo ʻi he ʻaho ʻoku hā atu hení, ki hono fakahoko ʻo e Ngaahi Papitaiso ko ʻeni ʻi he Vai Papitaiso ʻi he Fale ʻo e ʻEikí ʻi he Kolo ko Nāvū, ʻIlinoisí; pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻa [blank] mo [blank] ko e Ongo Fakamoʻoni ki he ngaahi Papitiso ko iá, pea ko e Lekooti foki ko iá naʻá ku fai ia pea ʻoku moʻoni.”
“ʻOtu Lea ki he ʻOtu Lea”
Hili ʻo e pekia ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ‘i Sune ʻo e 1844, naʻe fetongi ʻe Pilikihami ʻIongi ʻa e taki ʻo e Siasí ko e Palesiteni ‘o e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ‘Aposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e faʻahitaʻu momoko ʻo e 1844–45, naʻá ne fakafeʻiloaki ai ha fakaleleiʻi lahi ange ki he fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi papitaiso maʻá e kau pekiá pea mo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e liliu ko ʻení ʻi he konifelenisi ʻo ʻEpeleli 1845.
ʻI heʻenau fakavavevave ke fakahoko ʻa e ouaú ni maʻa honau ngaahi ʻofaʻangá, naʻe fakahoko ai ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻa e papitaisó ʻo ʻikai fai ha tokanga ki he tuʻunga tangata pe fefiné, pea papitaiso ai ha houʻeiki tangata ia ʻo fakafofongaʻi ha houʻeiki fafine mo ha houʻeiki fafine ʻo fakafofongaʻi ha houʻeiki tangata. Talu mei he taimi ko iá, mo e akoʻi ʻe ʻIongi he “ʻikai ke toe teitei sio [ʻa e Kāingalotú] ʻoku papitaiso ha tangata ʻo fakafofongaʻi ha fefine, pe ko ha fefine ʻo fakafofongaʻi ha tangata.” Ko e hā leva, ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe fakangofua ai ʻa e meʻá ni ke kei hokó? “Ko e taimi ʻoku foaki ai ʻe he kilukiluá ha fono ki hono kakai fakangatangatá, kuo pau ke ne hifo ki he meʻa ʻoku lava ai ʻe kinautolu ʻoku nau maʻu ʻene fonó, ko e taimi naʻe ʻuluaki foaki ai ʻa e tokāteline ʻo e papitaiso maʻá e pekiá, naʻe kei kamakamata pē ʻa e siasí ni. … Kuo tataki maʻu pē ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e kakaí ni ʻi he foungá ni, ʻo foaki ange ha meʻa siʻi ʻi heni pea siʻi ʻi hena, ʻo ne fakalahi ai honau potó, pea ko ia ʻokú ne maʻu ha meʻa siʻi mo fakahoungaʻi iá te ne maʻu ʻo lahi ange.”
Naʻe heliakiʻi ʻe ʻIongi ʻa ʻene fakamatala ki he ongo tohi ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, “Ko e taimi naʻe ʻuluaki fakahā aí, ko hono fokotuʻutuʻú kotoa naʻe ʻikai fakahā ai, pea naʻe toki fakahā mai ia kimui ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e ngaahi lekōtí, kau kalaké, mo ha fakamoʻoni ʻe toko taha pe ua, he ka ʻikai ʻe ʻikai hano ʻaonga ki he kāingalotú.” Naʻá ne fakaʻosi ʻaki, “Naʻe ʻikai ke maʻu ʻe Siosefa ʻi heʻene lolotonga moʻuí ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē fekauʻaki mo e tokāteline ʻo e huhuʻí, ka kuó ne tuku ʻa e kií mo kinautolu ʻoku mahino ki ai ʻa e founga ke maʻu mo akoʻi ai ki he kakai maʻongoʻongá ni ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku fiemaʻu ki honau fakamoʻui mo e hākeakiʻi ʻi he nāunau fakasilesitiale ʻo hotau ʻOtuá.”