“Ko e Fonó,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ko e Fonó,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Ko e Fonó
Naʻe tohi ʻa Siosefa Sāmita kia Māteni Hālisi ʻi Fēpueli ʻo e 1831, “Kuo mau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fono ʻo e Puleʻangá talu ʻemau ōmai ki hení, pea kuo tali fiefia kinautolu ʻe he kau ākonga ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ko ʻení.”
Naʻe teʻeki ai ke ʻosi ha māhina ʻo e ʻi ʻOhaiō ʻa Siosefá ʻi he taimi naʻá ne tohi ai ʻa e ngaahi lea ko ʻení kia Māteni Hālisi, naʻe kei ʻi Palemaila pē ʻi Niu ʻIoke. Kimuʻa pea hiki ʻa Siosefa mei Niu ʻIoké, naʻe ʻoange ʻe he ʻEikí kiate ia ha fekau ke tānaki ʻa e Siasí ki ʻOhaiō pea palōmesi ange: “Te u foaki ai kiate kimoutolu ʻa ʻeku fonó.” ʻOsi pē ha taimi nounou ʻo e tūʻuta ʻa Siosefa ki Ketilaní, kuó ne maʻu ʻa e fakahā naʻe talaʻofá, ʻa ia naʻe fakahingoa ʻi he fuofua fakamatala naʻe tohí, “Ko e Ngaahi Fono ʻo e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí.” ʻOku fakatahatahaʻi ʻeni pea tali ko e folofola he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 42:1–73.
Ko e fiemaʻu ʻe he Siasí ʻa e fakahaá ʻi he taimi ko ʻení naʻe fuʻu mahino. Ko e taimi naʻe aʻu atu ai ki ʻOhaioó, naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Siosefa ko e Kāingalotu ʻi aí ʻoku nau fakamātoato ka naʻa nau puputuʻu ʻi he akonaki fakafolofola tokua ko e kau fuofua Kalisitiané “naʻa nau loto-taha mo fakakaukau taha pē: pea naʻe ʻikai ha taha ʻe ui ʻene meʻa naʻá ne maʻú ko e meʻa ʻaʻana; ka naʻa nau meʻa taha pē” (Ngāue 4:32).
Ko ha tokolahi ʻo e kau ului ʻo e Siasí ʻi ʻOhaioó ko e kau mēmipa ʻo e “ko e Fāmilí (the Family),” ko ha kulupu naʻa nau nofo fakataha ʻi he ʻapi mo e faama ʻa Lusi mo ʻAisake Moalií ko e feinga ke nau hoko ko ha kau Kalisitaine moʻoni. Neongo ko ʻenau taumuʻá ke tatau mo e fakamatala naʻe toki maʻu tonu ʻe Siosefa ki he Saione ʻo ʻĪnoké, ʻa ia naʻe aʻusia ai ʻe he kakaí ʻa e moʻoni “ʻo e loto-taha mo e fakakaukau tahá” pea fakangata ʻaupito ʻa e masivá (Mōsese 7:18), ka naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe he Palōfitá ʻoku muimui ʻa e kau ului ia ʻi ʻOhaioó ʻi ha ngaahi angafai ʻokú ne toʻo ʻa e tauʻatāina ke fili fakafoʻituituí, mo e haʻisiá—neongo naʻa nau “feinga ke fakahoko ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau mahinó.” Ko hono olá, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi lea mei he hisitōlia ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, ko e kau uluí naʻa nau, “fononga vave ʻaupito ke ʻauha ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakatuʻasinó: he kuo nau fakakaukau mei heʻenau lau ʻa e folofolá tokua ko e meʻa pē ʻoku maʻu ʻe ha tangata ʻoku ʻa ha taha pē ia ʻiate kinautolu.”
Naʻe taimi nounou pē tūʻuta atu ʻa Siosefa ki ʻOhaioó, kuo fakahā ange ʻe he ʻEikí “te mou maʻu ʻeku fonó ʻi he lotu ʻo hoʻomou tuí, koeʻuhí ke mou lava ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻa e founga ki hono puleʻi ʻa hoku siasí.” Hili ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi mei ai, naʻe fakatahatahaʻi leva ʻe Siosefa ha kau kaumātuʻa tokolahi pea ʻi he “fuʻu lotu lahi” naʻa nau kole ki he ʻEikí ke ne fakahā mai ʻEne fonó ʻo hangē ko e talaʻofá.
“Fakatapui Hoʻomou Ngaahi Koloá”
Ko e tali naʻe maʻu mei he fakahā kia Siosefá naʻá ne poupouʻi ʻa e ʻuluaki fekau lahí, ke ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻaki ʻa e lotó kotoa, ko e ʻuhinga ia ke tauhi ai ʻa e toengá kotoa, kau ai ʻa e fono ʻo e fakatapuí, ʻo fokotuʻu mai ai ko e ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻo e ouaú. Naʻe akoʻi ʻa e kau fuofua Kāingalotú, ko e fakatapuí ʻoku ʻuhinga ia ke ʻai ʻenau koloá ke toputapu ʻaki hono fakaʻaongaʻi ki he ngāue ʻa e ʻEikí, kau ai hono fakatau ʻo e kelekele ke langa ai ʻa Selusalema Foʻou mo fungani ʻaki ha temipale. Naʻe fakahā ʻe he fonó ko e fakatapuí ʻoku fakatou ʻuhinga pē ki he maʻu mai mo e foaki atú, he kuo ʻosi talaʻofa ʻe he ʻEikí ʻe maʻu ʻe he Kāingalotu faivelenga takitaha ha “meʻa feʻunga maʻana mo e fāmilí” ʻi heni pea mo e fakamoʻui ʻi he moʻui ka hokó.
Naʻe fakamahino ʻe he fonó ko e fakatapuí naʻe ʻikai ʻuhinga ia ke puleʻi fakatokolahi ʻa e koloá. Ka, ko e fiemaʻu ke fakamoʻoniʻi loto-fiemālie ko e ʻEikí ʻoku ʻaʻana ʻa e meʻa kotoa pea ʻoku totonu ke hoko ʻa e Kāingalotú takitaha ko ha “Tauhi ki heʻene koloa” pea haʻisia ai ki heʻene maʻú, he ʻoku finangalo moʻoni ʻa e ʻEikí, ke foaki tauʻatāina ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻa ʻenau tupú ki Hono fale tukuʻanga koloá ke fakaʻaongaʻi ki he tokoniʻi ʻo e masivá mo langa ʻa Saione.
Koeʻuhí ko e tui ʻa e kau ului ʻo ʻOhaioó ki he ngaahi fakahā ʻa Siosefá, naʻe fakaiku ai ʻo nau fakatatau ʻenau ngaahi angafaí ki he palani kuo fakahā ʻe he ʻEikí. Pea hangē ko hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe he hisitōlia ʻa Siosefá, “Ko e palani ko ia ʻo e ‘meʻa-tahá,’ naʻe ʻosi ʻi ai pea naʻe ui ‘ko e fāmilí,’ ʻpea tali ʻe hono kau mēmipá, naʻe mateuteu ke taʻofi koeʻuhí ko ha fono haohaoa ange ʻa e ʻEikí.”
ʻI he fakalau atu ʻa e taimí, naʻe fakahoko ʻe Pīsope ʻEtuate Pātilisi ʻa e fonó ʻi he lelei taha naʻá ne lavá, pea fakamoʻoni lofo-fiemālie ʻa e Kāingalotú ha ngaahi felotoi ʻo fakatapui ʻenau koloá ki he Siasí. Ka ko e talangofua ki he fonó naʻe fai ʻaki ʻa e loto-fiemālie, pea naʻe ʻi ai pē ha Kāingalotu naʻe ʻikai ke nau tali. Naʻe ʻi ai ha niʻihi naʻe ʻikai ke akoʻi, pea movetevete ai ha tokolahi. Naʻe ʻi ai ha Kāingalotu angatuʻu ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau fakafepakiʻi ʻa e fonó ʻi he fakamaauʻangá, ʻo iku ai ki hano fakaleleiʻi hono fakaleá mo ha ngaahi liliu ʻi hono fakahokó.
Naʻe toe mahino ki ha kau fuofua Kāingalotu kehe ko e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni taʻengata ʻo e fonó—ʻa e tauʻatāina ke filí, fatongia tauhí, pea mo e haʻisia ki he ʻOtuá—ʻe lava ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he feliliuaki ʻa e ngaahi tūkungá, hangē ko e taimi naʻe fakakaukau ai ʻa Laimani Kopelī ke ʻoua ʻe fakatapui ʻene faama ʻi Tomisoni ʻi ʻOhaioó, pea fekau ʻa e Kāingalotu naʻe ʻi aí ki Mīsuli, ʻi he taimi naʻe tuli ai ʻe ha kau fakamoveuveu ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí mei he Vahefonua Siakisoní ʻi he 1833, pea fakangata ai hono foaki mo e tali ʻe he pīsopé ʻa e ngaahi fakatapuí kae ʻikai ko e fonó. Pea hangē pē ko e fono ʻo e fakatapuí, neongo naʻe fakahā ia ʻi Fēpueli 1831, ka naʻe ʻikai ke kamata leva ai, pea naʻe ʻikai ke fakangata ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻikai ke loto ai ha niʻihi ke talangofuá, pea taʻofi mo e niʻihi kehe ʻi heʻenau feingá. Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni Kōtoni B. Hingikelī “ko e fono ʻo e feilaulaú mo e fono ʻo e fakatapuí kuo teʻeki ai fakangata pea ʻoku kei fakaʻaongaʻi pē.”
Tali ki ha Ngaahi Fehuʻi Kehekehe
Makehe mei hono fakamatalaʻi ʻo e fono ʻo e fakatapuí, naʻe tali ʻe he fakahaá ha ngaahi fehuʻi lahi naʻe mahuʻinga ki he Siasí ʻi he taimi ko iá. Naʻe ʻuluaki fehuʻi ʻe Siosefa pea mo e kau kaumātuʻa naʻe fakataha hifo ʻi Fēpueli ʻo e 1831 fekauʻaki mo e fakahaá pe ʻoku totonu ke “fakatahataha mai [ʻa e Siasí] ki ha feituʻu pē ʻe taha pe [te nau hoko atu māvahevahe peé.” Naʻe tali mai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻaki ʻoku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e ʻuluaki ngaahi veesi ʻe 10 ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 42, ʻo ui ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá ke nau malangaʻi tautau toko ua ʻa e ongoongoleleí, ʻo fakahā ʻa e folofolá ʻo hangē ha kau ʻāngeló, pea fakaafeʻi ʻa e kakai kotoa ke fakatomala, mo papitaiso ʻa kinautolu ʻoku loto-fiemālie ke papitaisó. ʻI he fakatahatahaʻi mai ko ia ʻa e Kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí mei he ngaahi feituʻu kotoá, ʻe teuteu leva ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá ki ha ʻaho ʻe fakahā mai ai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e Selusalema Foʻoú. Pea naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻEikí ʻo pehē, “te mou fakataha ki ha feituʻu pē ʻe taha.”
Naʻe tali leva ʻe he ʻEikí ha fehuʻi naʻe faingataʻaʻia ai ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ʻi ha ngaahi senituli lahi: ko e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí ko ha faʻunga maau, maʻu mafai fakaaoao pe ko ha taumalingi kehekehe pē ʻa e Laumālié mo ʻene ngaahi meʻafoakí? Naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai naʻa nau tala ʻoku nau maʻu ha ngaahi meʻafoaki fakalaumālie lahi, pea ko ha niʻihi naʻa nau fakafepakiʻi tatau, ʻo fakataʻeʻaongaʻi ʻa e hoko fakafokifā mai ʻa e Laumālié, kae poupouʻi kakato ha faʻahinga tuʻutuʻuni ʻoku ʻikai ke toe leʻeia. Naʻe hoko ʻa e palopalema ko ʻení ʻi he kamata mai ʻa e Siasí ʻi ʻOhaioó, pea naʻe tokoni ki ai ʻa e ʻEikí ʻaki ha ngaahi fakahā lahi, pea kau ai ʻEne fonó. Naʻe ʻikai ke lau ʻe he fonó ia ʻa e Siasí ko ha faʻunga maau pe tauʻatāina ke muimui ʻi he Laumālié; ka, naʻe fiemaʻu ʻa e kau malangá ke fakanofo ʻe kinautolu ʻoku mahino ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e mafaí, pea ke nau akoʻi ʻa e folofolá, pea mo nau fai ia ʻaki e mālohi ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.
Naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi konga ʻo e fonó naʻe toe fakamamafaʻi mo fakamatalaʻi ʻi he ngaahi fekau naʻe fakahā kia Mōsesé pea naʻe kau ai ha ngaahi fakahā lahi ange naʻe ʻi ai hano ngaahi fiemaʻu, ʻo fakatatau mo e faivelenga ʻa e Kāingalotú ki he meʻa kuo nau maʻú, kau ai mo hono vahevahe ʻo e ongoongoleleí.
Naʻe fifili ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá, “ʻE founga fēfē haʻanau tauhi honau ngaahi fāmilí lolotonga ia ʻoku nau malangaʻi ʻa e fakatomalá pe moʻua ʻi he Ngāue ʻa e Siasí?” Naʻe tali ʻe he ʻEikí ʻaki e veesi 70–73, pea toe fakamaʻalaʻala lahi ange ʻi ha ngaahi fakahā kimui, ʻoku maʻu he taimí ni ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 72:11–14 mo e 75:24–28. Naʻe toe fakamahinoʻi lahi ange ʻa e foʻi fakakaukaú ʻi he pulusinga ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava ʻo e 1835.
Naʻe toe kau foki ʻi he ngaahi konga kimuʻa ʻo e fonó ha tali nounou ki he ongo fehuʻi: ʻOku totonu ke kau ʻa e Siasí ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa fakapisinisi—tautefito ki hano moʻua—mo ha kakai ʻoku ʻikai ke kau ki he Siasí, pea ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻe he Kāingalotú ke faitokonia ʻa e tānaki ʻoku fai mai mei he Hahaké? Naʻe ʻikai ke fakakau ʻa e ngaahi talí ʻi he ngaahi fakamatala kimuí, mahalo koeʻuhí he naʻe tali ʻe he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 64:27–30 ʻa e fehuʻi ʻuluakí, pea ko e fehuʻi fika uá ʻoku fakapatonu ʻaupito ia ki ha feituʻu mo ha taimi ʻi he kuohilí mahalo he ʻikai fuʻu mahuʻinga ia ki he ngaahi toʻu tangata ʻo e kahaʻú.
“Founga ke Tauhi ai ʻEku Fonó”
ʻI he māhina tatau pē (Fēpueli 1831), naʻe maʻu ai ʻe Siosefa ʻa e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 43, ʻa ia naʻe fekauʻi ai ia ke fakahoko ha fakataha alēlea ke “ke mou feakoʻaki mo fefakamaamaʻaki ʻa kimoutolu, koeʻuhí ke mou ʻiloʻi ʻa e founga ke fai mo angi ʻaki ʻa hoku siasí, ʻa e founga ke fai ʻo kau ki he ngaahi tefito ʻo ʻeku fonó mo e ngaahi fekau kuó u ʻoatú.” ʻI he fekau ko iá, naʻe ui ai ʻe Siosefa ha fakataha ʻo ha kau kaumātuʻa ʻe toko fitu ʻa e Siasí ke fakakaukauʻi ha founga ke fai ʻi ha ngaahi fakatonutonu fekauʻaki mo e fono ʻo e angamaʻa kuo fakahā ʻi he fonó mo e founga ʻoku totonu ke fakahoko ai ʻe he Siasí ʻa e fonó ʻi ha ngaahi tūkunga kehekehe mei he fakapoó ki he angakoví. Naʻe tānaki atu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni makehe ko ʻení ki he fakalea ʻo e fonó ʻoku kau ʻi he taimí ni ʻi he veesi 74–93 ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 42.
Naʻe hanga ʻe he fonó, fakataha mo e “Ngaahi Tefito ʻo e Tui mo e Ngaahi Fuakava” ʻa e Siasí (ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 20), ʻo fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e Siasi tupulekina vavé ʻo taha pē hono ngaahi tuʻutuʻuní pea mo fakatahaʻi ʻa e ngaahi faiʻanga lotu kehekehe naʻe tupu haké ʻi heʻenau akonakí mo e angafaí. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e founga [kuo] fakahā ai, ʻoku fakahā ai, pea ʻe fakahā mai ai ʻe he ʻEikí Hono finangaló ki he Kāingalotú. Mei hono fakamaʻalaʻala ʻa e ngaahi konga ʻo e fono naʻe foaki kia Mōsesé pea mo e fakamahino ʻa e founga ʻoku totonu ke fakahoko ai ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻi honau ngaahi tūkunga ʻi he 1831, pea mo e talaʻofa ha fakahā lahi ange te nau fekumi mo fiemaʻu ʻi he kahaʻú, naʻe hoko atu ʻa e fakamatalá ni ke hoko ko ha fono ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.