“Ko e Talafekaú pea mo e Fanongonongo Fakamafaiʻí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ko e Talafekaú pea mo e Fanongonongo Fakamafaiʻí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Ko e Talafekaú pea mo e Fanongonongo Fakamafaiʻí
ʻI ha pongipongi Mōnite momoko ʻe taha ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlaú, ko e ʻaho ono ʻo ʻOkatopa 1890, naʻe tangutu sīlongo ha Kāingalotu ʻe toko fitu afe ʻi he ngaahi sea papa lōloa ʻi he tāpanekale lahi fuopotopoto ʻi he Temipale Sikueá. Ko e konifelenisi lahi fakavaeuataʻu ia ʻa e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, pea kuo fakataha mai ʻa e kakaí ke fanongo ki he fakahinohino mei he kau tangata ʻoku fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ko e kau palōfita, kau tangata kikite, mo e kau tangata maʻu fakahaá.
ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe ʻikai ke tomuʻa tala ki he kau lea ia ʻi he konifelenisí, ʻa e taimi te nau lea aí. ʻOku toki vahe pē ʻe he Palesiteni ia ʻo e Siasí ʻa e kau leá ʻi he momeniti ko iá, ʻi he taimi te ne ongoʻi aí. Naʻe ʻikai ke teuteu ʻe ha taha ia kimuʻa haʻane lea. Naʻe tokolahi ha kau lea naʻa nau ōmai ki he konifelenisí ʻoku faʻo ʻi heʻenau folofolá ha kiʻi fokotuʻutuʻu , ka naʻe tokolahi mo ha niʻihi naʻe ʻikai pē ke nau ōmai mo ha meʻa kuo hiki, kae fakafalala pē ki he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ke ne fakafonu honau ʻatamaí ʻi he taimi te nau fanongo ai hono ui ʻe he palōfitá honau hingoá.
ʻI he kei tatali ʻa e kakaí ki he ʻuluaki lea ʻo e fakatahá, naʻe tafoki ʻa Palesiteni Uilifooti Utalafi ki hono toʻomataʻú, ʻo vakai atu ki he tangata naʻe tangutu ʻi hono tafaʻakí, pea kole ki ai ke tuʻu ʻo lea ki he matangá. Ko e tangata ko iá ko Palesiteni Siaosi Q. Kēnoni, ko e Tokoni ʻUluaki kia Palesiteni Utalafi ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí. Naʻe fakaʻohovale kia Palesiteni Kēnoni ʻa e kole ko iá, he naʻe fakakaukau ia ʻe ʻuluaki lea ʻa Palesiteni Utalafi ʻi he momeniti fakahisitōlia ko ʻení. ʻI ha ngaahi miniti siʻi pē kimuʻa ai, naʻe lau ʻe ʻOasoni F. Uitenī, ko ha pīsope ʻi Sōleki Siti, ʻa e Fanongonongo ko ha tohi fakamatala ʻiloa (ʻoku ʻilo he ʻahó ni ko e Fanongonongo Fakamafaiʻi 1) ʻa ia naʻe fakahā ai ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi ʻene taumuʻa ke talangofua ki he ngaahi lao tapui ʻo e mali tokolahí. Naʻe ʻosi tukuange ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi ʻa e fakamatalá ki he mītiá ʻi ha uike ʻe ua kimuʻa atu, ʻo ʻikai haʻane fakamatala ki ai. Naʻe sio fakamamaʻu ʻa Palesiteni Kēnoni ki ha kakai loto-fakamātoato mo vēkeveke, naʻe taha pē ʻa e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fakakaukaú.
Naʻe tohi ʻe Palesiteni Kēnoni, ʻo fekauʻaki mo hono ui ia ke leá, “Naʻá ku ongoʻi lahi ke u fakafisi mei ai.” “ʻOku ou tui kuo teʻeki ui au ke u fai ha meʻa ʻe toe faingataʻa ange heni.”
Kuo fakahoko ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻa e mali tokolahí ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻe nimangofulu. Naʻe fuʻu uesia lahi ʻa e houʻeiki fafiné mo tangata ʻi he tuʻutuʻuni ke nau kau ʻi ha tefitoʻi moʻoni naʻe muli ki honau tupuʻanga mo e natula fakalotú. Naʻa nau tofanga ʻi hano fakamavaheʻi fakafoʻituitui mo fakatokolahi, fakamamahiʻi, mo tuku pōpula ʻi he tefitoʻi moʻoni ko iá. Ka kuo nau tali foki ʻa e mali tokolahí ko e fekau ia ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he Siasí. Naʻa nau tui ʻoku fakahaohaoaʻi ʻe he mali tokolahí honau laumālié mo fakahaaʻi ʻenau makehé ʻi he vakai ʻa e māmaní. Ko e hā leva te ne fakamatalaʻi kinautolu he taimi ní? Naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe Palesiteni Kēnoni ko e ngaahi liliu lahi ʻi hono fakaʻuhingaʻí he ʻikai ke faingofua hano fai. Ko e faingataʻa ʻo e taʻofi ʻo e mali tokolahí ʻe feʻauhi pē mo e fakangata hono kamataʻí.
Hili hono lau ʻe Pīsope Uitenī ʻa e fakamatalá, naʻe hikinimaʻi ʻe he konifelenisí ke poupouʻi ia ko ha tuʻutuʻuni “kuo fakamafaiʻi mo fakapapauʻi” ki he Siasí. Ko e tokolahi tahá naʻa nau hikinima ʻo poupouʻi, ka naʻe ʻi ai pē ha niʻihi naʻe ʻikai ke nau hikinima koeʻuhí he naʻe ʻikai ke nau mateuteu ke tali ʻa e Fanongonongó ko ha finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻI he vakai atu ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí mei muʻa ki he fetāngihi ʻa e ngaahi husepānití mo e ngaahi uaifí, ki he loto-hohaʻa mo puputuʻu, ʻi he ʻikai ke nau ʻilo pe ko e hā hano ʻaonga ʻo e Fanongonongó kiate kinautolu mei heni ʻo fai atú.
Naʻe hiki ʻe Palesiteni Kēnoni hono nimá ʻo poupouʻi ʻa e Fanongonongó fakataha mo e niʻihi tokolahi taha ʻi he haʻofangá. Ka ko e mafatukituki ʻo hono fakatahaʻi ʻo ha kakai loto-kehekehé ʻi he meʻa naʻá ne ui “ko e kaveinga mātuʻaki pelepelengesi ko ʻení” naʻe hangē naʻe fuʻu faingataʻa ke fuesiá. ʻE lava ke huʻu ʻa e pōpoakí ʻi ha founga kehekehe ʻe lauiafe. Ko e taimi naʻe tuʻu ai ʻo luelue ki he tuʻunga malangá, naʻe holituʻu ʻene fakakaukaú. Naʻá ne tohi ʻo kau ki he momeniti ko iá ʻo pehē, “Naʻe ʻikai ke mahino kiate au pe ko e hā ha meʻa te u lea ʻaki ʻo kau ki he kaveingá ni.” “Naʻá ku tuʻu hake ka naʻe hala ha meʻa ʻi heʻeku fakakaukaú.”
Ko e Tokoní
Ko Siaosi Kueili Kēnoní naʻe hāhāmolofia ke ne taʻe lea ʻaki ha meʻa. Ko ha tangata anga fakakaumeʻa mo feohi, pea naʻe ako lahi ki he ngaahi foʻi leá ʻi heʻene moʻuí kotoa. ʻI heʻene taʻu hongofulu tupu ʻi Nāvuú naʻe ako ngāue ʻi he fale paaki ʻo e nusipepa ʻa e Siasí. Naʻe hoko atu ai ʻo ne fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi fale fai pulusi ʻiloa taha ʻi ʻIutā kotoa mo fakaʻaongaʻi ha konga lahi ʻo ʻene moʻuí ʻi he faʻu e ngaahi fakamatala fakaʻētita ʻi he ngaahi nusipepa ʻa e Siasí pea mo e ngaahi makasini naʻá ne pulusí.
ʻI hono fakatokangaʻi ʻo e ngaahi meʻafoaki ʻa Kēnoní mo hono tuʻunga fakangāue leleí, naʻe ui ai ia ʻe Palesiteni Pilikihami ʻIongi ki he lakanga fakaʻaposetoló ʻi he 1860 pea kimui ange ko ha tokoni ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí. Naʻe hoko ʻa Palesiteni Kēnoni ko ha tokoni ki ha kau Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí ʻe toko fā ʻi ha taʻu ʻe meimei tolungofulu.
Naʻe ʻiloa ʻa Siaosi Q. Kēnoni ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻene moʻuí ʻi heʻene mohu ʻatamaí. Naʻe fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ia ʻe hono kaungā ʻAposetoló ko ha tangata naʻe ʻikai hano tatau ʻi he tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa ʻo e Siasí. Ko e ʻAposetolo ia naʻe faʻa kole ke ne fai ʻa e ngaahi lea pe tohi ʻoku pelepelengesí. Naʻe ui ia ʻe he kautaha mītia he fakahahake ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití “ko e Māmonga Fakasanisaní” koeʻuhí he naʻe taku ʻo pehē ko e mataotao ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻoku fai ʻe he Siasí.
Ka naʻe toe fakakavengaʻi foki ʻe he ongoongo ko e mataotaó ʻa Siaosi Q. Kēnoni. Naʻá ne hohaʻa ʻi hono tala ko ia ʻa e tupuʻanga ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau naʻe ʻikai ke tupu meiate iá pea mo e ngaahi ngāue naʻe ʻikai ke ne kamataʻí. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne tali ʻa e pehē ko e tangata pulipulia ia ʻoku lava ai ʻa e ngāué. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi lelei ko hono fatongiá ko e faifaleʻi pē. Naʻe ʻikai ko e Palesiteni ia ʻo e Siasí, pea ʻikai ko e tangata ia ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi kī ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeiki ʻokú ne tataki ʻa e Siasí. Naʻe fakaʻakiʻakimui pē ʻo tuku ki he maʻumafaí neongo ai pē kapau naʻe ʻikai ke lava ʻo fakatokangaʻi ia ʻe ha niʻihi kehe.
Ko e Fakafepakí
Ko e fakafepaki fakapuleʻanga ko ia ki he fakahoko ʻe he Siasí ʻa e mali tokolahí ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi pole faingataʻa lahi ki he moʻui ʻa Siaosi Q. Kēnoní. Hili ha taʻu ʻe valu ʻo ʻene hoko ko e fakafofonga toko taha pē mei he Vāhenga ʻIutaá ʻi he Fale ʻo e Kau Fakafofonga (House of Representatives) ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití, naʻe tukuange ʻa Kēnoni mei he Fale Aleá hili hano pehē kuó ne maumauʻi ʻa e lao fakafonua ʻoku taʻofi fakaʻaufuli ai ʻa e mali tokolahí.
Naʻe kau ʻa Kēnoni ʻi he mali tokolahí ʻi heʻene kei taʻu tolungofulu tupu siʻí, he naʻe tui ko e meʻa ia naʻe finangalo ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ne fakahoko. ʻOku pehē, naʻe aʻu hono fāmilí fakakātoa ki ha uaifi ʻe toko nima mo e fānau ʻe toko 43. Naʻá ne laukau ʻaki ʻa e kau mēmipa ko ʻeni ʻo e fāmilí. Naʻá ne loto-mamahi koʻeuhí he naʻe lahi ʻene mamaʻo mei hono fāmilí ʻi he vahaʻa taimi ʻo e 1885 mo e 1888, ʻo faʻa hiki fakapulipuli mei he feituʻu ki he feituʻu, mo feinga ke hao mei he kau polisi fakapuleʻanga naʻa nau feinga ke puke pōpula ia ʻi heʻene maumauʻi ʻa e lao fakafonua ʻo e malí. Naʻá ne fai ʻene lelei taha naʻe lavá ʻaki haʻane fai ha ngaahi tohi lōloa ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí pea mo fakahoko ha ngaahi fakataha alēlea fakafāmili ʻi ha taimi pē naʻá ne lava ai ke fakahoko. Naʻe fāifai peá ne tukulolo ki he kau maʻumafaí pea loto ke ngāue ʻi ha māhina ʻe nima ʻi he ʻapi pōpula ʻi ʻIutaá mei Sepitema ʻo e 1888 ki Fēpueli ʻo e 1889.
Naʻe ʻosi kole fuoloa ʻa e kau maʻumafai ʻo e puleʻangá ki he kau taki ʻo e Siasí ke nau tuku atu ha fanongonongo ke fakangata ʻa e mali tokolahí. Naʻe fakafepakiʻi ʻe Palesiteni Kēnoni ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ko iá. Naʻe mantuʻi ʻe hono kaungā ngāué, ko ʻene lea maʻongoʻonga taha ʻi heʻene ngāué, naʻe hoko ia ʻi he loto fale ʻo e Fale Alea ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití, ʻa ia naʻe tuʻu ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo hono kaungā ngāué ʻo taukaveʻi ʻa e mali tokolahí ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he ʻuhinga fakalotu. Ko hono natulá ke taukapoʻi ʻa e mali tokolahí neongo ʻa e fakafepaki kotoa pē. Naʻe fakakaukau ki ha taimi ʻe taha naʻe fasitanunu ai hono fakatangaʻi ʻo e Siasí ʻo pehē, “Ko au ia, kuo teʻeki ke u sio au ki ha faʻahinga ʻuhinga mahino ke” fai ai ha fanongonongo ke fakangata ʻa e mali tokolahí. “Naʻe maʻu ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi ʻa e ongo tatau. Kuo pau ke tau falala ki he ʻEikí ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku tau faʻa fai maʻu peé, ke ne tokoniʻi kitautolu.”
Ko ha tangata anga fakatōlilalo, anga fakafaingofua, pea fakataha mo e kiʻi konga ʻo e ʻilo ʻa Kēnoní, naʻe maʻu leva ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi ʻa e aofangatuku kuo pau ke tomuʻa fai ha liliu kimuʻa ʻaupito pē pea toki fakahoko ia ʻe Kēnoni. ʻI he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 1889, naʻe haʻu ha palesiteni fakasiteiki kia Palesiteni Utalafi ʻo fehuʻi pe kuo pau nai ke ne fakamoʻoni ʻi ha lekomeni ʻa ha tangata ke kau ʻi he mali tokolahí, neongo kuo tapui ʻe he laó. Naʻe ʻohovale ʻa Palesiteni Kēnoni, ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻi he lokí, ʻi heʻene fanongo ki he tali ʻa Palesiteni Utalafí. Naʻe faleʻi ʻe Utalafi ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai ke taau ke fai ha faʻahinga mali peheni ʻi he Vāhenga [ʻIutaá] ʻi he taimí ni.”
Naʻe fakaʻuhingaʻi ʻaki ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi ha tala fakatātā: ko e taimi naʻe taʻofi ai ʻe he kau fakatangá ʻa e Kāingalotú mei hono langa ʻo ha temipale ʻi he Vāhenga Siakisoní, naʻe tali ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e foaki ʻa e Kāingalotú pea taʻofi ʻa e ʻuluaki fekaú. Naʻá ne pehē ʻoku tatau ia he taimí ni mo e mali tokolahí. Hili ʻene fai ʻa e fakamatala ko ʻení, naʻe tafoki leva ʻa Palesiteni Utalafi ki hono tokoní ki haʻane lau. ʻI he faʻa tokanga mo fakapotopoto maʻu pē ʻa Palesiteni Kēnoní, naʻá ne momou ai ke kamata ha meʻa foʻou. ʻI heʻene aʻu mai ki he taimi ko ʻení, kuo fakafepakiʻi mahino ʻe he Siasí ia ʻa e ngaahi lao fakafonua ke tapui ʻa e mali tokolahí. Naʻe tohi ʻe Kēnoni ʻi heʻene tohinoá ʻo pehē ko e fuofua taimi ia ke ne fanongo ai ki ha Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí ʻokú ne lea mahingofua ʻaupito ʻi he kaveinga ki hono fakangata ʻo e mali tokolahí. Naʻe tohi ʻe Kēnoni ʻo pehē, “Naʻe ʻikai ke fai haʻaku tali, he naʻe ʻikai ke u mateuteu ke tali kakato ʻene ngaahi fakamatalá.”
Ko e Fanongonongó
ʻI he pongipongi ʻo e ʻaho 23 ʻo Sepitema 1890, naʻe hū atu ʻa Palesiteni Kēnoni ʻo hangē pē ko e angamahení ki he ʻōfisi ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻi he Fale Kató (Gardo), ko ha fuʻu fale he sīpinga faka-Vikatōliá ʻi he fakatonga ʻo e Fale Punungahoné ʻi Sōleki Siti. “Naʻá ku ʻilo ai ʻoku hohaʻa lahi ʻa Palesiteni Utalafi fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa kuo fai ʻe homau ngaahi filí ke fakameleʻi kimautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e fonuá pea mo fai ha ngaahi fakamatala loi fekauʻaki mo ʻemau ngaahi akonakí mo e angafaí.” Naʻe tuku mai ʻe he Komisoni ʻo ʻIutaá, ko ha kiʻi kulupu ʻo ha niʻihi naʻe fili ʻe he puleʻangá ke nau tokangaʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e lao ke taʻofi ʻa e mali tokolahí, ha lipooti ʻo pehē tokua ʻoku kei hoko atu pē ke akoʻi mo fakamafaiʻi ʻe he kau taki ʻo e Siasí ʻa e mali tokolahí ʻi ʻIutā. Naʻe ongoʻi ʻe Kēnoni ʻoku totonu ke tuku ʻe he Siasí ha fakamatala fakaʻikaiʻi ʻo e meʻá ni. Ka naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Palesiteni Utalafi ki ha meʻa mālohi ange.
Naʻe maʻu ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi ʻa e sekelitali ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí, ʻa Siaosi Kipi, peá na hū ai pē ki ha loki he tafaʻaki ʻo e ʻōfisi ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí, ʻo tala-kae-tohi ai ʻe he Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí ʻene fakakaukaú kae hiki ia ʻe Kipi. Ko e taimi naʻe hū mai ai ʻa Palesiteni Utalafi mei he lokí, naʻe “fotu fiefia hono fofongá pea hangē naʻá ne fiemālie mo nonga lahi ʻaupito.” Naʻá ne kole ke lau ʻa e meʻa naʻe tohí kia Palesiteni Kēnoni, pea naʻe fai ia. “Neongo naʻe teʻeki ai ke maau ia ke pulusi,” ka naʻe ongoʻi ʻe Kēnoni “ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukaú pea naʻe mātuʻaki lelei ia. Naʻá ku talaange ki ai naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻe lelei ia.”
ʻI he kole ʻa Palesiteni Utalafi, naʻe ui ai ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Ua ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ke folau ʻi ha fatongiá, ke nau fakataha mai ʻi he taimi pē ko iá ki Sōleki ke fanongo ki hono lau ʻo e fakamatalá. Naʻe fakataha ʻi he hoʻatā efiafi ko iá ha kau ʻAposetolo ʻe toko tolu pea mo Siaosi Q. Kēnoni mo Siosefa F. Sāmita, ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí, ke fokotuʻu ha ngaahi fakalelei. Naʻe toki fakahū leva ʻa e ngaahi fakatonutonu ko ʻení, pea ʻave ki he falepākí ke pulusi he taimi pē ko iá.
Ko e fakamatala ʻi heʻene tohinoa ʻo e ʻaho ko iá, naʻe fakakau ai ʻe Kēnoni ʻa e ʻuluaki tala-kae-tohi ʻa Utalafí, fakataha mo e ngaahi fakalelei naʻá ne fokotuʻu angé. Naʻá ne pehē, naʻá ne fai ʻeni ke tonu ʻa e lekooti ki he ngaahi toʻu tangata ʻi he kahaʻú: “Kuo faʻa fakamālōʻia au ʻi he meʻa naʻe ʻikai ke u lea ʻaki mo ʻikai ke u faí.” Naʻá ne fiemaʻu ke lekooti ko e Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí naʻá ne tuku mai ʻa e Fanongonongó kae ʻikai ko hono tokoní. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Kēnoni ʻo pehē, “Ko e meʻá ni kakato ko e ngāue ʻataʻatā pē ʻa Palesiteni Utalafi. Kuó ne fakahā naʻe fakamahino ange ʻe he ʻEikí kiate ia ko hono fatongiá ʻeni, pea naʻá ne ongoʻi taʻe-toe-veiveiua ʻi heʻene fakakaukaú ko e meʻa totonú ia.”
Ko e Leá
Naʻe fakapapauʻi e Siaosi Q. Kēnoni ʻa e meʻa ʻe taha ʻi heʻene tuʻu he tuʻunga malanga ʻo e Tāpanekalé ke lea ki he fakatahaʻanga ʻo e konifelenisí ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻi ʻOkatopa ʻo e 1890. “Naʻá ku ongoʻi ko e hā pē ʻa e meʻa ʻe lea ʻakí naʻe pau ko e fakahā ia ʻe he Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí.”
ʻI he hanga atu ʻa Palesiteni Kēnoni ki he haʻofangá, naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi kuo fakafonu fakafokifā ʻene fakakaukaú ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo ha potufolofola. Ko e kupuʻi folofola ia mei he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 124 naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi ʻi haʻane talanoa mo e palesiteni fakasiteikí ʻi he taʻu kimuʻá. Naʻe kamata ʻe Kēnoni ʻene leá ʻaki ʻene lau ʻa e veesi 49: “ʻO kaú ka fai ha fekau ki ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo e tangatá, ke fai ha ngāue ʻi hoku hingoá, pea ʻoku ʻalu ʻa e ngaahi foha ko ia ʻo e tangatá ʻaki honau tūkuingata pea mo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku nau maʻu ke fai ʻa e ngāue ko iá, … pea ka ʻoho mai honau ngaahi filí kiate kinautolu ʻo taʻofi ʻa kinautolu mei heʻenau fai ʻa e ngāue ko iá, vakai, ʻoku taau mo au ke ʻoua naʻá ku toe ʻekeʻi ʻa e ngāue ko iá mei he nima ʻo e ngaahi foha ko ia ʻo e tangatá, ka ke tali ʻa ʻenau ngaahi feilaulaú.”
Naʻe hangē naʻe fakatokangaʻi ʻe Siaosi Q. Kēnoni ko hono fakapapauʻí naʻe maʻu ia mei hono ʻiloʻi ko e Fanongonongó naʻe fakavaʻe ia ʻi ha moʻoni fakafolofola. Naʻe ongoʻi ʻe he Palesiteni ʻo e Siasí naʻe ueʻi ia ke ne fakaʻaongaʻi e folofola ʻa e ʻEikí, ko ha teuteu ki ha meʻa ʻe taha, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo fai ʻe he kau palōfitá talu mei he kamataʻangá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Kēnoni, “ʻOku makatuʻunga ʻi he meʻá ni”—Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 124:49—“ʻa e ongoʻi ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi naʻe tonu ʻene tuku atu ʻa e fanongonongo ko ʻení.”
Naʻe kamata ke vete ange ʻa e ʻelelo ʻo Kēnoní, pea ʻi he miniti ʻe tolungofulu hono hokó, naʻá ne maʻu kotoa e tokanga ʻa e haʻofangá. Naʻá ne toki hiki kimui ange ʻi heʻene tohinoá ʻo pehē, “Naʻá ku maʻu ʻa e tauʻatāina lahi pea faingofua ʻeku leá, pea naʻe mahuʻi atu ʻa e manavasiʻi kotoa.”
Naʻá ne pehē ʻi he kamata pē ʻo ʻene lea ʻi he Tāpanekalé naʻá ne hoko ko ha taukapo lahi ʻo e mali tokolahí. “Naʻá ku fakahaaʻi ʻa ʻeku tui ki aí ʻi he liló pea ʻi he kakaí. Kuó u taukaveʻi ia ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē pea ʻi he tūkunga kotoa pē.” Ko e tui foki ko ʻení naʻe tupu ia ʻi he tui ko e ʻOtuá naʻe finangalo ke ne fakahoko ʻa e mali tokolahí. Naʻá ne pehē ʻi heʻene lea pē kiate iá, “Naʻá ku tui ko e fekaú ko ha meʻa pau mo mātuʻaki mahuʻinga kiate au.”
Pea naʻe ʻikai foki ko ha fakakaukau fakafoʻituitui pē ʻa Kēnoni ke tuku atu ʻa e Fanongonongó. “Te u lava ke pehē ʻiate au pē, naʻe ʻosi tuʻo lahi ha kole mai ke u fakahoko ha faʻahinga meʻa” te ne fakangata ʻa e angafaí. “Ka naʻe teʻeki ai pē ke ʻi ai ha taimi kuo hangē naʻe fakahā ai ʻe he Laumālié ʻoku totonu ke fai ʻeni. Naʻa mau tatali ki he ʻEikí ke Ne fai ha meʻa ki heni.”
Ka naʻe kehe ʻa e laumālie naʻá ne ʻākilotoa ʻa e Fanongonongó. Kuo mahino moʻoni kia Kēnoni kuo ngaue ʻa e ʻEikí he taimí ni. Naʻe “fakapapauʻi ʻe [Palesiteni Utalafi] te ne tohi ha meʻa, pea naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e laumālie ke fai iá. Naʻá ne ʻosi lotua ia mo toutou kole tāumaʻu ki he ʻOtuá ke ne fakahā ange ʻa e meʻa ke ne faí. Naʻe poupouʻi kakato ʻe Kēnoni ʻa e fakamatalá. “Naʻá ku ʻilo naʻe tonu ia, neongo ʻene fakafepakiʻi au ʻi he meʻa kotoa, ʻi ha ngaahi tafaʻaki lahi.”
Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ki he haʻofangá kuó ne fakatokangaʻi ha meʻa ʻe ua ʻi he Kāingalotú fekauʻaki mo e Fanongonongó. Ko e taha naʻe fotu ia meiate kinautolu ʻoku nau “ongoʻi loto-mamahi lahi koeʻuhí ko hono fiemaʻu ʻo e ngāue ko ʻeni kuo mau fakahokó.” Ko e fōtunga leva ʻe tahá ko ha fakamaʻitoʻa fakafoʻituitui: “ʻIkai naʻá ku ʻosi tala atu? ʻIkai naʻá ku tala atu ʻe fakaiku ki he meʻá ni?” Ko e kulupu fakamuimuí naʻa nau fakaangaʻi ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí ʻi he fuʻu fuoloa pea nau toki fai ʻení. Naʻa nau fakakikihi ʻo pehē, kapau naʻe vave e ngāue ʻa e kau takí, naʻe mei lava ke fakahaofi ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí mei he ngaahi taʻu lahi ʻo e faingataʻaʻiá mo e loto-mamahí.
Naʻe pehē ʻe Kēnoni naʻe kehe ʻa ʻene fakakaukau ʻaʻana mei he kulupu hono uá. “ʻOku ou tui naʻe fiemaʻu ia ke tau fakamoʻoniʻi ki he ʻOtua, ko e Tamai Taʻengatá, pea ki he langí mo e māmaní, ko ha tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻeni naʻe mahuʻinga kiate kitautolu—ʻe lava ke pehē ʻi ha ngaahi tafaʻaki ʻe niʻihi, naʻe mahuʻinga ange ia ʻi he moʻuí. Naʻe ʻikai ke tau mei lava ʻo fai ʻeni kapau naʻa tau tukulolo ʻi he taimi naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe kinautolu naʻá ku lau ki aí ke tau tukuloló.” He ʻikai ha taha te ne lava ke fehuʻia e loto ʻa e Kāingalotú ke tali ʻa e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni naʻa nau mahuʻingaʻia aí. Ko e ngaahi mamahi ʻa e kakai tangata, fafine, mo e fānau ʻoku “ʻikai fakamatalaʻí” naʻe ʻosi foaki pē kiate kinautolu ʻi he langí.
Aofangatukú
ʻI he tangutu pē ʻa Palesiteni Kēnoni ki laló, naʻe toe fakaʻohovaleʻi ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi hono tokoní—ʻaki ʻene tuʻu ke fai ʻene lea ʻaʻana. Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Utalafi, “Kuo fakahoko atu ʻe Brother Siaosi Q. Kēnoni homau tuʻungá” ʻo poupouʻi e lea ʻa hono tokoní pea hoko ai pē ia ko ʻene lea. “ʻOku ou pehē ki ʻIsileli, ʻe ʻikai tuku au ʻe he ʻEikí pe ko ha toe tangata ʻoku hoko ko e Palesiteni ʻo e Siasi ko ʻení, ke ne takihalaʻi kimoutolu. ʻOku ʻikai kau ia ʻi he polokalamá.”
Naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Kēnoni koeʻuhí ko hono ongoʻi lahi ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ʻi he konifelenisí ko e fakamoʻoni ia ʻoku hōifua ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he Fanongonongó. “Naʻe mātuʻaki lilingi lahi hifo ʻa e Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí, pea ʻoku ou tui naʻe maʻu ʻe he Kāingalotu faivelenga kotoa pē ha fakamoʻoni mei he ʻEikí ʻokú Ne poupou ki he meʻá ni, pea naʻe fakahoko ia ʻi Heʻene hōifua ki ai.”
Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Kēnoni ʻi heʻene tohinoa ʻo e ʻaho ko iá, “ʻOku ʻikai ke u lava ʻo mafakamatalaʻi ʻeku fakakaukau ki heʻetau ngāué. Neongo ia, ka ʻoku ou ʻiloʻi ʻoku totonu ia. ʻOku mahino kiate au ko e meʻa ko ʻeni naʻe fai ʻe Palesiteni Utalafí ko e meʻa ia ʻoku tonu.” Ko Palesteni Utalafí ko e talafekau ia ʻo e fakahaá, pea ko e tufakanga ʻo Kēnoni ko e tokoní, ke poupou mo taukapoʻi e ngaahi fakahā ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo hangē ko ia kuó ne fai ʻi heʻene moʻuí kotoá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Kēnoni, “ʻOku ʻi ai haʻaku fakamoʻoni mei he ʻEikí, ko ʻetau ngaahi feilaulau fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni pea mo ʻetau tuʻu maʻu ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni ʻi hono fakafepakiʻi ʻa e feinga kotoa ke fakamālohiʻi kitautolu ke taʻofi ʻa e mali tokolahí ʻoku mokoi ki ai ʻa e ʻEikí, pea ʻokú Ne folofola mai, ‘Kuo feʻunga ia,’ pea ʻoku tau tuku leva ia ki Hono toʻukupú.”