Hisitōlia ʻo e Siasí
Fakamoʻoniʻi ʻo e Faivelengá


“Fakamoʻoniʻi ʻo e Faivelengá,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)

“Fakamoʻoniʻi ʻo e Faivelengá,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá

Fakamoʻoniʻi ʻo e Faivelengá

Fanongonongo Fakamafaiʻi 2

Pili mo Sālote ʻĀkuā

ʻOku fakamatalaʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú ʻa e talanoa ʻo ha kakai naʻa nau maheni mo e faingataʻá mo e mamahí. ʻI he Fuakava Motuʻá, naʻe ʻave fakamālohiʻi ʻa e fānau ʻIsilelí mei honau ngaahi ʻapí ko ha kau pōpula pea fakapōpulaʻi ʻi ha ngaahi fonua mamaʻo. Kimui aí, naʻe maʻu ʻe ha ngaahi mafai muli ʻa e fonua tupuʻanga ʻo e kakai ʻIsilelí ʻo puleʻi fakapuhopuhaʻa kinautolu. Naʻe tatali ai ʻa e kakaí ki ha fakamoʻui, he naʻa nau ʻosi ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa ko e kātekina ʻo e nofo pōpulá.

Kuo toe fakaongo mai ʻe he aʻusia ʻa ha kakai ʻAfilika taʻe-faʻalaua ʻi he senituli ʻe nima kuohilí, ʻa e aʻusia ʻa e kakai ʻIsileli ʻo e kuongamuʻá. Mei he kamata mai ʻa e 1500 tupú ki he 1888, naʻe fetuku ai ha ngaahi toʻu tangata ʻuliʻuli ʻAfilika mei honau fonua tupuʻangá ʻo fakangāue pōpulaʻi ʻi he ongo ʻAmeliká. ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1900 tupú, ko e meimei kotoa ʻo ʻAfiliká naʻe kapa ʻe ha ngaahi fonua muli.

ʻI he ongo tafaʻaki fakatouʻosi ʻo e ʻAtalanitikí, naʻe fakatupu ai ʻe he fakapōpulá mo e puleʻi fakakoloniá ha mavaeua lahi ʻi he kakai hinehiná mo e kakai ʻuliʻulí. Naʻe angamaheni ke hanga ʻe he laó ʻo ʻai ʻa e kakai hinehiná ke nau māʻolunga ange. Kae hili hono fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻi he 1830, naʻe tali ʻe he kakai ʻuliʻuli ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ongongolelei kuo fakafoki maí pea naʻe fakanofo ai ha kau tangata ʻuliʻuli tokosiʻi ʻe niʻihi ki he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. Neongo ia, naʻe fakatupu ʻe he mavahevahe fakamatakali tukufakaholó mo e tailiili ki he fakatanga mei tuʻá ʻo fakatupu ha ngaahi palopalema ki he feohi fakamatakali ʻi he Siasí.

Naʻe kamata ʻi he 1850 tupú hono taʻofi ʻo e kau mēmipa ʻuliʻulí mei haʻanau kau kakato ʻi he Siasí pea naʻe talaki ʻoku ʻikai ke lava ʻo fakanofo ki he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí pe maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ouau fakatemipalé. ʻI ha ngaahi toʻu tangata lahi, ko ha tokolahi ʻo e kāingalotu ʻuliʻuli ʻo e Siasí, naʻa nau tatau pē mo ha kakai ʻuliʻuli tokolahi ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní, naʻa nau foua ʻa e ngaahi tūkunga faingataʻa tahá mo fakaʻānaua ki ha kahaʻu ʻe lelei ange.

ʻI he kamata ko ia ke mafola fakaemāmani lahi ʻa e Siasí ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi hili ʻa e Tau Lahi ʻa Māmani Hono II, naʻe tokolahi ha kakai ʻuliʻuli naʻa nau ului ki he ongongolelei kuo fakafoki maí. ʻI ʻAfilika mo e Ongo ʻAmeliká, naʻe ʻi ai ha toʻu tangata foʻou ʻo ha kau paionia ʻuliʻuli naʻa nau falala ki he ʻEikí te ne fakaava ha founga ke nau kau kakato ai ʻi ha ʻaho ki he Siasí. Neongo naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi fakaʻilonga lelei ʻe ʻi ai ha liliu ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukau fakamatakali ʻi loto pea ʻi tuʻa mei he Siasí, ka naʻe kei hoko atu pē ʻa e lau lanú ke mafola, pea naʻe kei hoko atu pē ʻa e fakataputapui ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e temipalé ki he Kāingalotu ʻuliʻulí. Naʻe fakamaama ʻe he ngaahi aʻusia ʻi ha fāmili ʻe tolu ko Sālote ʻEnitoa-Kēsoni mo Viliami ʻĀkuā ʻi Kaná, Helevēsio mo Lota Toulinihō ʻĀsisi Mātini ʻi Palāsila, mo Siosefa pea mo Toe Leituala Filimana ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití—ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e hoko ko e Kāingalotu ʻo e Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻi he ngaahi taʻú ʻo aʻu mai ki he fakahā ʻo e 1978 naʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e ngaahi tāpuaki fakatemipalé ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e matakali fē.

Sālote ʻEnitoa-Kēsoni ʻĀkuā mo Viliami ʻĀkuā, Kana

ʻI he kei siʻi ʻa Sālote ʻEnitoa-Kēsoní, naʻe ʻalu ki ha siasi ʻIngilani mo ʻene ongomātuʻá pea mo hono ngaahi tokoua mo e tuoangaʻane ʻe toko 12. Ko ha tokotaha fakanatula pē ʻa Sālote ke lotu, mo ne maʻuloto ʻa e kotoa ʻa e ʻū himí pea aʻu ki he fakalea ʻo e misá.

ʻI he taʻu 11 nai ʻo Sāloté, naʻe feʻiloaki ʻene faʻeé mo ha faifekau pule fakafeituʻu ko Siosefa Viliami “Pili” Sionisoni. Naʻe ʻikai tatau ʻa Sionisoni ia mo e kau faifekau kehé—he naʻe ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi heʻene malanga mei he Tohi Tapú ka mei ha toe tohi folofola ʻe taha naʻe ui ko e Tohi ʻa Molomona. Naʻe tupu hake ʻa Sālote ʻo fanongo ki he ngaahi hingoa hangē ko Molonaí, Nīfaí, mo ʻĀmoní pea pehē ki ha ngaahi hingoa hangē ko e Mōsesé mo e Maʻaké. Fakataha mo e ngaahi himi motuʻa angé, naʻá ne toe hivaʻi ʻa e ngaahi himi ʻa e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho KImui Ní fekauʻaki mo Saione pea mo e Fakafoki mai ʻo e ongoongoleleí. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, naʻe faʻa fononga ai mo ha niʻihi ʻo hono siasí ki ha matātahi ke fefaʻuhi mo e ʻEikí ʻi ha lotu hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe ʻĪnosi ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná.

Naʻe fakataha ʻa e haʻofanga lotu naʻe kau ai ʻa Sāloté ʻi ha kiʻi fale maumau mo ha fuʻu foʻi ava ʻi he ʻató, ka naʻa nau teuteuʻi ʻa e falé ʻaki ha fakatātā ʻo e ʻāngelo ko Molonaí ke fakamanatu kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi temipale mamaʻó. Naʻe misi mo kikite ha kau mēmipa ʻe niʻihi ʻo e haʻofangá ki ha ʻaho te nau teunga hina ai ʻo tuʻu ʻi ha temipale fakaʻofoʻofa ʻi Kana. Ka, kimuʻa pea hoko mai ʻa e ʻaho ko iá, naʻa nau ʻiloʻi ʻe fiemaʻu ha kau fakafofonga ʻo e Siasí mei he hetikuota ʻo e Siasí ke nau ōmai ʻo ʻai fakaʻofisiale kinautolu ko ha konga ʻo e Siasí, fakaemāmani lahi.

ʻI he 1978, ko e taʻu ia naʻe ʻosi ai ʻa Sālote mei he kolisí, naʻe kamata ke ne ongoʻi ha fefūsiaki ʻi ha ngaahi mālohi kehekehe. ʻI he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá, naʻe fakautuutu ʻa e tui ʻa Brother Sionisoni ʻe hokosia mai ʻa e ʻaho ʻe tali ai ʻe he Siasi ʻoku tokolahi taha ai ʻa e kakai hinehiná, ʻoku hetikuota ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, ʻa e ngaahi haʻofanga lotu ʻo e Kāingalotu ʻuliʻuli ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻi Kaná, peá ne tataki ai ha ngaahi ʻaukai lahi ke fakavaveʻi ʻene hoko maí. ʻI he taimi tatau pē, naʻe kamata ke teiti ʻa Sālote mo Viliami ʻĀkuā. Naʻe fiefia ʻa Viliami ke ne tali hono kāinga mo e kaungāmeʻa Siasí ka naʻe kei momou ʻi he ngaahi akonaki ʻo e Siasí, fakaangaʻi hono ngaahi fale masivesivá, pea mo huʻuhuʻu ʻi he kakai hinehiná fakalūkufua, kau ai mo kinautolu naʻe lotua ʻe he Kāingalotu Kaná, ʻe ōmai ki honau fonuá.

Helevesio Mātini mo Lota Toulinihō ʻĀsisi Mātini, Palāsila

ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1970 tupú, naʻe fekumi ʻa Helevēsio mo Lota Mātini ʻi Palāsila ki he moʻoni fakalotú. ʻI he fakalotolahi ʻa e fāmili ʻo Lotá, naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ai ʻe he ongo mātuʻá ha taʻu lahi ʻi hono moʻui ʻaki ha tui fakalotu naʻe tuifio ai ʻa e ngaahi tukufakaholo fakaʻAfilikiá mo e ngaahi akonaki faka-Katoliká, pea mo e uiui-tēvoló. Neongo ia, naʻe fāifai peá na kamata ke ongoʻi ʻoku ʻikai ke ne feau ʻena fiemaʻu fakalaumālié pe ʻomai kinaua ke ofi ange ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí mo e ngaahi kui kuo pekiá.

ʻI he 1972, naʻe tukituki atu ai ha ongo faifekau ʻo e Siasí ʻi hona matapaá. Naʻe mahuʻingaʻia ʻa Helevēsio ka naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa naʻá ne tokanga ʻaupito ki ai. Naʻá ne fehuʻi ange, “Koeʻuhí ʻoku ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi homou siasí ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, ko ha fonua ʻoku ʻi ai hono hisitōlia ʻi he lau-lanú, ʻoku anga fēfē hoʻomou tui fakalotú ki he kau ʻuliʻulí? ʻOku fakangofua kinautolu ʻi he falelotú?”

Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Helevēsio ʻa e mākamio ʻa e faifekau matuʻotuʻa angé ʻi “heʻene tali ilifia ʻi hono seá.” Kimuʻa peá na talí, naʻe kole ʻa e ongo faifekaú ke nau lotu mo Helevēsio, Lota, pea mo ʻena fānaú. Peá na toki vahevahe leva ʻa e talanoa ki Hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí mo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e taʻofi ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e temipalé, ʻi he lelei taha ʻo ʻena mahinó. Naʻe ongoʻi fiemālie feʻunga ʻa Helevēsio ki heʻena talí ʻo tukutaha ai ʻene tokangá ki heʻena ngaahi akonaki foʻou kehé. ʻI ha ngaahi māhina siʻi pē, kuo fakalotolahiʻi ʻe he “laumālie ʻo e ngaahi leá … pea mo e ʻofa ʻa e kāingalotú” ʻi he lotú, pea papitaiso ʻa Helevēsio mo Lota. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻá na fiefia ke tuku ki he ongoongoleleí ke ne fakatupulaki ʻena moʻuí pea mo talitali—ʻo na fakakaukau ki he Nofotuʻí—ki ha ngaahi tāpuaki fekauʻaki mo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí.

Mahalo ko e taʻu ʻe taha, hili ʻena papitaisó, naʻe ʻohovale ʻa e fāmili Mātiní ʻi he taimi naʻe fokotuʻu ange ai ʻe hona tāpuaki fakapēteliaké ʻe silaʻi kinautolu ko e fāmili ʻi he moʻuí ni pea ʻe ngāue fakafaifekau ʻena tamasiʻi ko Mākisí. Naʻe ʻikai ke na fie loto-mamahi, peá na piki pē ki heʻena mahino te nau tatali ki he faʻahinga tāpuaki peheé kae ʻoua kuo liu mai ʻa Kalaisi. ʻI he taimi tatau, ʻi heʻena fiemaʻu ke mateuteu ki ha meʻa pē kuo palani ʻe he ʻEikí, naʻá na fakaava ai ha ʻakauni ngāue fakafaifekau maʻa Mākisi.

ʻI he ngaahi taʻu siʻi hono hokó, ʻi he tupulaki ko ia ʻa e fāmili Mātiní ʻi he Siasí, naʻe tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻe he kāingalotú—pea ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi naʻe ʻikai ke fakafiemālie ʻa e fuʻu tōtuʻa hono fakahaaʻi ʻo e ʻofá. ʻI ha meʻa ʻe taha, naʻe pehē ai ʻe ha pīsope naʻá ne ongoʻi ko e pole lahi taha kia Helevēsió ke kei faivelenga ʻi he Siasí ʻi he ʻikai fakanofo ia ki he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. Naʻe tali ange ʻe Helevēsio, “Pīsope, te u houngaʻia kapau ko hoku ʻahiʻahiʻi lahi tahá ia.”

ʻI he 1975, naʻe fakaafeʻi ai ʻa Helevēsio mo Lota, ke na ʻaʻahi ki he feituʻu naʻe langa ai ʻa e Temipale Sao Paulo Palāsilá koeʻuhí ko e fatongia ʻo Helevēsio ko e talēkita fakavahe lahi ʻa e Siasí ki he fetuʻutaki mo e kakaí. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e ʻaʻahí, naʻe kiʻi tuʻu ʻa Helevēsio mo Lota ʻi he feituʻu naʻá na toki ʻilo kimui ko e feituʻu ia ʻo e loki silesitialé. Naʻe pehē ʻe Helevēsio, “Naʻe ongo ki homa lotó ha laumālie mālohi fau.” “Naʻá ma fefāʻofuaʻaki mo tangi, kae ʻikai ke fuʻu mahino ʻa hono ʻuhingá.”

ʻOsi ha taʻu ʻe ua mei ai, ʻi he ouau ko ia ʻo e makatuliki ʻo e temipalé, naʻe ui ʻe Palesiteni Sipenisā W. Kimipolo ʻa Helevēsio ki hono tafaʻakí. Naʻá ne faleʻi ange, “Brother Mātini, ko e meʻa pē ʻoku fiemaʻu kiate koé ke ke anganofo. Faivelenga maʻu pē pea te ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki kotoa ʻo e ongoongoleleí.”

Ka ʻe faounga fēfē hano maʻu kotoa ʻe he fāmili Mātiní ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e ongoongoleleí ʻo ʻikai maʻu ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí pe maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ouau fakatemipalé? ʻI he taʻu hono hokó, naʻe fakamaʻu ai ʻa Mākisi mo ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí naʻe ʻikai haʻane kui ʻuliʻuli mei ʻAfilika. Pea neongo naʻe fiemālie pē ke falala ki he ngaahi talaʻofa ʻe maʻu kotoa ʻe he kāingalotú ʻa e ngaahi tāpuakí ʻi ha ʻahó, ka naʻe fakamamahi pē ʻa e fakakaukau atu ki he ʻikai ke lava ʻo fai ha mali temipalé.

Siosefa Filīmeni mo Toe Leituala Filīmeni, ʻIunaiteti Siteití

Kimuʻa fuoloa pē pea toki fanongo ʻa Siosefa Filīmeni ki he Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, naʻe ʻosi fakapapau pē ʻa Filīmeni ke foaki ʻene moʻuí kia Kalaisi. Naʻe mālohi hono fāmilí ʻi he kautaha Māʻoniʻoní, pea naʻá ne hoko ko ha faifekau malanga. ʻI he 1972, naʻe hū foki ai ʻa Siosefa ki he vaʻa fakakautaú pea naʻe vahe ia ki ha ʻapi fakakautau ʻi Hauaiʻi. Naʻe moʻua pē hono ngaahi ʻahó ʻi he ngāue fakakautaú, kae fakafonu hono taimi ʻataá ʻaki e malangá mo e lotú.

Ka naʻe ongoʻi ʻe Siosefa ʻoku ʻi ai pē meʻa ʻoku teʻeki ke ne maʻu. ʻI heʻene kumi fakahinohinó, naʻá ne kole ai ke kiʻi mālōlō ʻi ha uike ʻe taha, ʻo fononga meʻalele ki ha feituʻu lōngonoa ʻi ha matātahi, pea ʻaukai ai ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe nima. Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Siosefa, “Naʻá ku tautapa moʻoni ki he ʻEikí, ke u ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa ke fai ke maʻu ai ha mālohi mo e ivi fakalaumālie ke akoʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí ʻi he founga ʻoku totonú.” Naʻá ne toe fakahaaʻi foki mo haʻane fakaʻamu fika ua: ke maʻu ha uaifi ʻe ʻofa ʻi he ʻOtuá ʻo tatau mo ʻene ʻofa ange ki aí.

Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo tali ʻa e lotu ʻa Siosefá. Lolotonga haʻane ʻeva ki he Senitā Fakafonua Polinīsia ʻi Laʻié, naʻe feʻiloaki ai mo ha Kāingalotu tokolahi peá ne mālieʻia ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ki he ongoongoleleí. Kae fakamaʻunga ʻene tokangá ki ha taʻahine ʻosi faifekau ko Toe ʻIsapela Leituala he naʻe ongo kiate ia ko e faʻahinga fefine ʻeni kuó ne fekumi maʻu pē ki aí. Pea ʻi heʻene pōtalanoa mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa foʻoú, kau faifekaú, pea mo Toé, naʻe fakapapauʻi ai ʻe Siosefa kuó ne maʻu ʻa e Siasi ʻo Kalaisi kuo fakafoki maí. Naʻe papitaiso ia ʻi he ʻaho 30 ʻo Sepitema 1973.

ʻI heʻene hoko ko ha mēmipa foʻoú, naʻe tuifio pē ngaahi ongo ʻa Siosefa fekauʻaki mo e matakalí pea mo e Siasí. Naʻe kiʻi tailiili fekauʻaki mo ʻene hoko ko e mēmipa ʻuliʻuli pē taha ʻi hono uōtí. ʻIkai ngata ai, naʻe fakafeʻātungiaʻi ʻe he taʻofi ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e temipalé ia mei heʻene ongo fakaʻānaua vivili tahá: he ʻikai ke lava ʻo hoko ko ha faifekau ʻi he Siasí, pea he ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo fakahoko ʻa e mali naʻá ne fiemaʻú. Naʻe motuhi ʻe Toe, he naʻe fie mali ʻi he temipalé, ʻa ʻene fetuʻutaki mo Siosefá, ʻi heʻene ongoʻi ʻoku fakalalahi ʻene tokanga kiate iá.

Naʻe uesia ʻa Siosefa ʻe he meʻá ni he naʻe ʻikai ke ne maʻu ʻe ia ha fakamoʻoni fakafolofola ki ha fakatonuhiaʻi pau ʻo e tapui ko ʻení, he ko e lahi tahá ʻoku fekauʻaki pē ia mo ha fakaʻapē ki he moʻui ʻi he maama fakalaumālié. ʻI he taimi tatau, naʻá ne maʻu ha fiemālie ʻi he talaʻofa ko ia ʻe ʻi ai ha ʻaho, ʻi he Nofotuʻí, ʻe maʻu ai ʻe he kakai tangata ʻuliʻulí ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí. Naʻe pehē ʻe Siosefa, “Ko ʻeku fakakaukau ki he Nofotuʻí ʻoku ʻikai ko ha faʻahinga meʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai malava ke mahino.” “Naʻá ku ongoʻi moʻoni he ʻikai ke fuʻu taʻu lahi kuo hoko ʻa e ‘ʻaho lahi mo fakamanavahē ko iá.’”

Neongo ʻa e ngaahi faingataʻa naʻá ne fehangahangai mo ia ko ha tangata ʻuliʻuli i he Siasí, naʻe kei houngaʻia pē ʻa Siosefa ʻi he ongoongoleleí. Naʻá ne manatu ki ai ʻo pehē, “ʻI he ʻaho kotoa pē naʻe hoko ai ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ko ha maʻuʻanga fakahinohino mo ha nonga lahi ange pea mo ha konga tuʻu maʻu ʻo ʻeku moʻuí.” ʻI he ʻosi pē ʻena uluí, naʻe faingataʻa kiate ia ke ne fakakaukau pe ʻe anga fēfē haʻane moʻui taʻe kau ai ʻeni.

Naʻe toe faingataʻa foki kia Toe ke fakakaukau ki haʻane moʻui taʻe kau ai ʻa Siosefa. Neongo ʻe taʻofi ia ʻi haʻane mali mo Siosefa mei he sila ʻi he temipalé kuo fuoloa ʻene ʻamanaki ki aí, ka naʻá ne ongoʻi naʻe ueʻi ia ke hoko atu ʻena feohí. Naʻá na toe kamata teiti leva mo talanoa mo ʻena pīsopé ki heʻena malí. Naʻe ʻuluaki fakahaaʻi ʻe he pīsopé ʻa ʻene hohaʻa ki he taimi ʻo e femaliʻaki fakamatakalí mo e anga fakafonuá ka naʻá ne palōmesi ange kapau te na ʻaukai mo lotu, ʻe fakahā ange ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní kiate kinaua ʻa e meʻa ke faí. Naʻe ʻaukai mo lotu ʻa Siosefa mo Toe peá na ongoʻi hono fakapapauʻi ʻe he Laumālié ʻa ʻena filí. Naʻe teke ʻe ha niʻihi kinaua ke taʻofi ʻena feohí, ka naʻá na fai pau ki he tali naʻá na maʻú. Naʻá na mali ʻi he ʻaho 15 ʻo Sune 1974.

Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo tāpuekina ʻena malí ʻaki ha fānau pea fakakaukau leva ʻa Siosefa mo Toe ke na mavahe mei he sōtiá. Naʻá na hiki ki Sōleki Siti, pea ʻi ai haʻana fānau tokolahi ange. Ko e taha ʻo e ʻuhinga naʻá na fili ai ke nofo ʻi Sōleki Sití koeʻuhí ko e Kulupu Sēnesí, ʻa ia ko ha kulupu fakasōsiale mo fakalaumālie ki he Kāingalotu ʻuliʻulí. Ko hano konga lahi, naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi ʻoku fiemālie pē ia ʻi heʻene moʻui ʻi he Siasí. Ka naʻá ne hohaʻa, fekauʻaki mo e founga ke ohi hake ai hono ngaahi fohá ʻaki ha loto-toʻa feʻunga ke nau matuʻuaki hano lumolumaʻi ʻi heʻenau kei tupu haké ʻi he ʻikai ngofua ke nau maʻu ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí fakataha mo honau toʻú.

Ko e ʻAho ʻo e Talaʻofa Naʻe Tatali Fuoloa Ki aí

ʻI he fakaʻau ko ia ke tokolahi ange ʻa e ngaahi haʻofanga lotu ʻo e kakai tui ʻi Kana mo Naisīlia pea kau mai mo e kakai hangē ko e fāmili Mātiní mo Siosefa Filīmení ki he Siasí ʻi he ongo ʻAmeliká, naʻe māta tonu ʻa Palesiteni Sipenisā W. Kimipolo ʻi heʻenau faivelengá pea toe lahi ange ʻene femoʻuekina ʻi hono fakakaukauʻi ha founga ke tokoniʻi ai kinautolu ke nau tupulaki ʻi he tuí. ʻI ha meʻa ʻe taha, naʻe tō ai hono loʻimatá ʻi ha tohi meia ʻImānuela Pōnita, ko ha taha kalasi ono ʻi Kana, ko e kole mai ha Tohi ʻa Molomona maʻana pea mo ha tokoni ke ne siʻi hoko “ko ha taha Māmonga haohaoa.”

ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1978, naʻe lotu maʻu pē ʻa Palesiteni Kimipolo ʻi he temipalé ke maʻu ha fakahā ki hano foaki ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻo e temipalé ki he kau mēmipa ʻuliʻuli ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe faʻa talanoa lahi mo hono ongo tokoni ʻi he Kau Palesitensī ʻUluakí pea mo e kau mēmipa ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ki he kaveingá peá ne fakaafeʻi ke nau vakavakaiʻi mo lotua ʻa e meʻá ni.

ʻI he ʻaho 1 ʻo Sune 1978, naʻe fakataha ai ʻa Palesiteni Kimipolo mo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí mo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻi he loto temipalé. Naʻá ne toe kole ai ʻenau fakakaukaú pea mo ʻenau faleʻi fekauʻaki mo e fakataputapuí pea nau lotua ha fakahā. Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe ʻEletā Pulusi R. Makongikī, “Naʻá ku ʻosi aʻusia ha ngaahi meʻa fakaofo fakalaumālie kimuʻa, … ka naʻe ʻikai fakaofo ʻo hangē fau ko e meʻa ko ʻení. Naʻe meaʻi pea mo ongoʻi ʻe he Kau Takí kotoa ʻi honau laumālié, ʻi he taimi pē ko iá ʻa e tali ki he kole taaumaʻu ʻa Palesiteni Kimipoló.” ʻOsi ha uike ʻe taha mei ai, kuo pōpoaki ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ki he kau taki ʻo e Siasí ʻi he funga māmaní ʻo fakahā kuo toʻo ʻa e fakataputapuí. Naʻe toki tali kimui ʻa e fakamatala ko ʻení ke hoko ko e folofola ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá ko e Fanongonongo Fakamafaiʻi 2.

ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó, hili hono fanongonongó, naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Filīmeni ha telefoni mei heʻene pīsopé. ʻI heʻene hoko iá, naʻe ʻamanaki ke fai ʻenau konifelenisi fakasiteikí ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e uike ko iá: Naʻe ʻinitaviu leva ʻa Siosefa, fokotuʻu, pea ʻi he ʻaho 11 ʻo Sune 1978, naʻá ne hoko ai ko e fuofua tangata ʻuliʻuli naʻe fakanofo ki he Lakanga Taulaʻeiki Faka-Melekisētekí ʻi he hili ʻo e fakahaá. Kuo fāifai, pea te ne lava ʻo ngāue ʻaki ʻa e mafai naʻá ne lotua ke maʻú. ʻOsi ha uike ʻe ua mei ai, naʻe ʻave ʻe Siosefa mo Toe ʻena fānaú ki he temipalé. ʻI he tūʻulutui ʻa Siosefa mo Toe mo hona kiʻi fāmilí ʻi he ʻōlitá, pea fakahoko ʻe ʻEletā Tōmasi S. Monisoni ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e ouaú pea silaʻi fakataha ai kinautolu ki taimi mo e kotoa ʻo ʻitānití.

Ko e fāmili Mātiní ʻi Palāsila, naʻe hanga ʻe he ongoongó ʻo ʻai ʻena tamasiʻi ko Mākisí ke toloi ʻene malí kae fakahoko ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau naʻe fakamatalaʻi aí pea mo fakahū paʻanga ki ai ʻene ongomātuʻá. ʻI he hili pē hono fakanofo ʻo Helevēsio ko e kaumātuʻá, naʻe tuʻu leva ʻi he fuopotopotó ke fakanofo ʻa Mākisi ki he tuʻunga tatau. Naʻe pehē ʻe Helevēsio, “Naʻá ku ongoʻi naʻe ʻikai toe faʻa mapukepuke ʻeku fiefiá.” ʻOsi pē mei ai ha ngaahi uike siʻi, naʻe faingāue ki he kiʻi tamasiʻi ʻenau fefine ngāué mo siotonu ʻi he fakamoʻui fakaofo ʻo e kiʻi tamasiʻí. ʻI he Nōvema ko iá, naʻe fakaava ai ʻa e Temipale Sao Paulo Palāsilá pea naʻe silaʻi ai ʻa e fāmili Mātiní ʻo kau ai ʻa Mākisi, naʻe lolotonga ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi Sao Paulo ʻi Palāsila.

ʻI Kaná, naʻe fāifai pea fakaava ʻe he fakahā ʻi he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ha founga ke hū mai ai ʻa e kau faifekaú mo fokotuʻu fakapuleʻanga ʻa e ngaahi faiʻanga lotu ʻi aí. Ki he kau mēmipa hangē ko Sāloté, naʻe hoko ia ko ha tali mahino ki he ngaahi ʻaukai lōloa mo e ngaahi lotu lahi ʻa e Kāingalotu fakalotofonuá. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke fuʻu ongoʻi pehē hono husepāniti ko Viliamí. ʻI heʻene ngaahi akó, naʻe taʻe-falala ai ki he kakai kili hinehiná pea mo ʻenau ngaahi fakamatala ki he hisitōliá mo e tui fakalotú. Naʻe hoko ʻene fengāueʻaki mo e kakai kili hinehiná ke toe tafunaki ai ʻene taʻe-falala ko iá, pea naʻe ʻikai ke faʻafaʻa-tui ki he ʻamanaki ʻe haʻu ʻa e kau faifekau kili hinehiná ʻo ʻomai ha faʻahinga lelei ki hono fonuá.

Ka, ko e meʻa naʻá ne aʻusiá, naʻe fakaʻohovale ki ai. Naʻe ʻomai kiate ia ʻa e ongoongoleleí ʻe ha ongomātuʻa faifekau matuʻotuʻa ko Liiti mo Nāomi Keleki, ʻo fakafou ʻi heʻena ngaahi tōʻongá mo e leá. Naʻá na angaʻofa mo anga totonu. Naʻe ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi heʻena akoʻi ko e kakai kotoa pē ko e fānau ʻa e ʻOtuá ka naʻá na toe fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e taha kotoa pē naʻa nau fetaulakí. Naʻe pehē ʻe Viliami, “Naʻá na talitali lelei au ʻi ha founga kuo teʻeki fai mai ʻe ha taha lanu hinehina kiate au.” Ko e taimi pē naʻe mole ai ʻene huʻuhuʻu ki he kau talafekau lanu hinehiná, naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo ongoʻi ʻe Viliami ʻa e tō-loloto ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e ongoleleí ki hono lotó. Naʻe papitaiso, fakanofo ki he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí, mo tokoni ke langa ʻa e Siasí ʻi Kana, mei heʻene kamata tokosiʻí ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ʻi he ʻi he 2004 ʻi hono fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi ʻamanaki ʻa e kau fuofua mēmipá pea ʻi ai mo e temipale ʻo Kana peé.

Vivili Atu Ki Muʻa ʻi he Tui

Pea hangē ko hono fakamatalaʻi ʻe Helevēsio Mātini ki heʻene pīsopé ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e 1970 tupú, naʻe hoko ʻa e taʻofi ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e temipalé ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi lahi ʻi he kāingalotu ʻuliʻulí. Makehe mei honau ngaahi faingataʻaʻia fakafoʻituituí, naʻe ʻosi fehangahangai pea mo kei fehangahangai pē ha tokolahi mo e fakakaukau hala mo e maʻuhala ʻi he anga fakafonuá, ʻi honau ngaahi uōtí pe koló. Pea ʻoku kei fāifeinga mo e kau mēmipa ʻo e matakali kotoa ke mahino ʻa e fakataputapuí.

Tupu mei hono fakangata ʻe he fakahaá ʻa e fakataputapuí, naʻe foua leva ʻe he kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní ha feohi moʻoni mo mahuʻinga mo honau ngaahi kaungā Kāingalotú. Tuʻunga ʻi he faiako fakaʻapí mo e faiako ʻaʻahí, ngaahi uiuiʻi faka-Siasí, ngāue tokoní, mo e feohí, pea mo faʻa fengāueʻaki lahi ange leva ʻa e kau mēmipa mei he ngaahi matakali kehekehé ʻi heʻenau moʻuí. Naʻe feakoʻaki ʻa e kāingalotú, fefaleʻiʻaki, mo maʻu ha faingamālie ke femahinoʻaki lelei ange ʻi he ngaahi fakakaukaú mo e ngaahi aʻusiá.

ʻOku kei fekuki pē ʻa e Kāingalotú mo e ngaahi palopalema naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ngaahi senituli ʻo e nofo pōpulá, nofoʻi fakakoloniá, huʻuhuʻú, mo e māvahevahé. Ka naʻe ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻe he feohi ʻi he Siasí ha faingamālie ke nau loto taha mo fakakaukau taha ʻi heʻenau fetokoniʻaki ʻi he ʻofá. ʻI heʻenau vivili atu ki muʻa ʻi he loto-fakatōkilalo mo e tuí, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ha fakamoʻui mo ha ivi ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi, ko hotau Fakamoʻui kotoá.

  1. ʻOku lekooti ʻe he Fuakava Motuʻá naʻe hoko ʻa e kakai ʻIsilelí ko ha kau pōpula ʻi ʻIsipite, pea toe hoko mo ha tokolahi ʻo nofo pōpula ʻi ʻAsīlia mo Pāpilone. ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi tohi ʻi he ʻApokalifá naʻe hiki ʻi he taimi naʻe puleʻi ai ʻa ʻIsileli ʻe he kau tau ʻa Kalisí; he ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e kuonga ʻo e Fuakava Foʻoú, naʻe kapa ʻe he kakai Lomá ʻa ʻIsileli.

  2. ʻOku ngalingali ko Pita Keá, ko ha pōpula kimuʻa naʻe nofo ʻi ʻOhaiō, ko e fuofua tokotaha ʻuliʻuli ia naʻá ne tali ʻa e ongoongoleleí ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻaʻahi ai ʻa e kau faifekaú ki he feituʻu Ketilaní ʻi he 1830 (vakai, Mark Staker, Hearken, O Ye People: The Historical Setting of Joseph Smith’s Ohio Revelations [Salt Lake City: Kofford Books, 2009], 3). Ko ʻIlaisiā ʻĒpeli, Seini Mēningi, Sēmisi Q. Uoka Luisi, mo Kulini Feleikí ko e toe sīpinga kinautolu ʻo e kau fuofua Kāingalotu ʻuliʻulí. Naʻe faʻa fakakaukau ʻa e ngaahi fuofua kaungāʻapi ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻoku fakatuʻutāmaki ʻenau fakafiefiemālie mo e kakai ʻAmelika ʻuliʻulí, ko ha faʻahinga fakakaukau naʻá ne tafunaki ʻa e fakamamahiʻi ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻo kamata mai mei he 1832, ʻi he taimi naʻe tukuakiʻi ai ʻe he kakai ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní ʻoku ngaohikoviʻi ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻenau kau pōpulá (vakai, William W. Phelps, “To His Excellency, Daniel Dunklin, Governor of the State of Missouri,” The Evening and the Morning Star, vol. 2, no. 15 [Dec. 1833], 226–31).

  3. Vakai, “Race and the Priesthood,” Gospel Topics, topics.lds.org.

  4. ʻI he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, ko e ngaahi monūʻia fakalao ko ia naʻe maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻuliʻulí ʻi he ngaahi taʻu 1950 mo e 1960 tupú naʻe holo ʻi he 1970 tupú, he ko e tokolahi ʻo e kakai naʻa nau poupouʻi ʻa e fakangata ʻo e ngaahi lao filifilimānako ʻi he Tongá mo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e feinga ke fakalahi ʻa e fakatahaʻi ʻo e ngaahi matakalí ʻi he Tokelaú. ʻI ʻAfilika foki, naʻe lahi ai ha ngaahi fonua naʻe maʻu ʻenau tauʻatāiná ʻi he 1950 tupú mo e 1960 tupú, pea toki fakatokangaʻi hake ʻi he 1970 tupú naʻe kei hoko atu pē ʻa e ngaahi fakangatangata ʻo e tuʻunga tataú ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakavahaʻapuleʻangá.

  5. William E. D. mo Charlotte A. Acquah, ʻinitivaiu ʻe Matthew K. Heiss, Cape Coast, Ghana, Oct. 16, 1999, transcript, 26, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  6. Acquah, interview, 22.

  7. Helvécio Martins and Mark Grover, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins (Salt Lake City: Aspen Books, 1994), 39–40.

  8. Martins, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins, 44.

  9. Martins, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins, 45.

  10. Martins, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins, 46.

  11. Martins, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins, 57.

  12. Martins, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins, 64.

  13. Martins, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins, 66.

  14. Joseph Freeman, In the Lord’s Due Time (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1979), 43.

  15. Freeman, In the Lord’s Due Time, 67–68.

  16. Freeman, In the Lord’s Due Time, 66.

  17. Freeman, In the Lord’s Due Time, 87, 100–101. Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻa e Kulupu ko e Sēnesí ʻi ha feinga ke tali e kole ʻa ha kau mēmipa ʻuliʻuli ʻe toko tolu—ko Lūfini Pulitisifoofi, Talaiasi Kueli, mo ʻIusini ʻOla—ki ha tokoni ʻi hono fai ha ngāue mo toe fakamālohia mai ʻo e Kāingalotu ʻuliʻuli tokosiʻi ʻi he feituʻú. Naʻe fakataha ʻa ʻEletā Kōtoni B. Hingikelī, Tōmasi S. Monisoni, mo Poiti K. Peeka ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá mo e toko tolú pea nau tokoni ke fokotuʻu ʻa e kulupú (vakai, Edward L. Kimball, “Spencer W. Kimball and the Revelation on Priesthood,” BYU Studies, vol. 47, no. 2 [2008], 30).

  18. Janath Russell Cannon and Edwin Q. Cannon Jr., Together: A Love Story (Salt Lake City: Desktop Publishing, 1999), 153.

  19. Kimball, “Spencer W. Kimball and the Revelation on Priesthood,” 56.

  20. Chris Peterson, “Black Priesthood Holder Recalls Historic Day,” Deseret News, Apr. 23, 2010, deseretnews.com.

  21. Martins, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins, 70–71.

  22. Martins, The Autobiography of Helvécio Martins, 78.

  23. Acquah, interview, 8, 12–14.

  24. Acquah, interview, 14.