Vahehongofulú, ko ha Fono ki Hotau Maluʻí pea mo ‘Etau Fakalakalaká

‘I he konga ki muʻa ‘o Mē 1899, ne ongoʻi ai ‘e Palesiteni Sinou naʻe ueʻi ia ke ‘aʻahi ki he kolo Seni Siaosí mo ha ngaahi nofoʻanga kehe ‘i he fakatonga ‘o ‘Iutaá. Naʻá ne fokotuʻutuʻu fakavavevave leva ha falukunga kakai, kau ai mo ha kau Taki Māʻolunga, ke nau fakahoko ‘a e fononga lōloa ko ‘ení mo ia.

Ko e taimi naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ai ‘e Palesiteni Sinou ‘a e fononga ko ‘ení, naʻe ‘ikai ke ne fakahā ‘e ia ki ha taha pe ko e hā ‘a e ‘uhinga ‘oku nau ō aí—naʻa mo ia naʻe ‘ikai ke ne ‘ilo ‘a e ‘uhingá. Naʻá ne pehē ki mui ange, “Ko e taimi naʻa mau mavahe ai mei Sōleki Sití, naʻe ‘ikai ke mau ‘iloʻi ‘a e ‘uhinga ‘o ‘emau ‘aʻahi ki he ngaahi nofoʻanga ‘i he fakatongá.”¹ Ka ‘i he ‘aho 17 ‘o Meé, hili pē ia e aʻu atu ‘a e kau fonongá ki Seni Siaosí, naʻe “fakahā mahino” mai ‘a e finangalo ‘o e ‘Eikí ki Heʻene palōfitá.² ‘I ha fakataha naʻe fakahoko ‘i he ‘aho 18 ‘o Mē 1899, naʻe fakahā ai ‘e Palesiteni Sinou:

“Ko e folofola ‘a e ‘Eikí kiate kimoutolu, ko hoku ngaahi tokoua mo e tuofāfiné, ‘oku totonu ke mou loto ki he meʻa ‘oku fie maʻu meiate kimoutolu ko e kakai ‘oku toka ai ‘a e ‘amanaki lelei ‘o e hākeakiʻí mo e nāunaú. Ko e hā ia? Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoku hoko ai ia ko ha faʻahinga meʻa ke toutou fakaongo atu ki homou telingá mei he taimi ki he taimi kae ‘oua mahalo kuo mou fiu he fanongo ki aí. … “Ko e folofola ʻa e ʻEikí kiate kimoutolú ʻoku ʻikai ko ha meʻa foʻou; ko ʻeni ia: KUO HOKOSIA ʻA E TAIMI KI HE TAHA KOTOA PĒ ʻI HE KĀINGALOTU ʻO E NGAAHI ʻAHO KIMUI NÍ, ʻOKU HOLI KE MATEUTEU KI HE KAHAʻÚ PEA MO FOKOTUʻU MAʻU HONO VAʻÉ ʻI HA FAKAVAʻE ʻOKU TOTONÚ, KE NE FAKAHOKO ʻA E FINANGALO ʻO E ʻEIKÍ PEA MO TOTONGI KAKATO ʻENE VAHEHONGOFULÚ. Ko e folofola ia ʻa e ʻEikí kiate kimoutolú, pea ʻe hoko ia ko e folofola ʻa e ʻEikí ki he ngaahi nofoʻanga kotoa pē ʻi he fonua ʻo Saioné kotoa.” Ka hili haʻaku mavahe meiate kimoutolu pea mou fakakaukauʻi ‘a e meʻá ni, te mou fakatokangaʻi kuo hokosia ‘a e taimi ‘oku totonu ai ke tuʻu ‘a e tangata kotoa pē ‘o totongi kakato ‘ene vahehongofulú. Kuo tāpuekina kitautolu ‘e he ‘Eikí mo ‘aloʻofa kiate kitautolu ‘i he kuo hilí; ka ‘e hokosia mai ha taimi ‘e fie maʻu ai kitautolu ‘e he ‘Eikí ke tau fakahoko e meʻa kuó Ne fekaú kae ‘oua ‘e toe toloi. Ko e meʻa ‘oku ou leaʻaki kiate kimoutolu ‘i he Siteiki ko ‘eni ‘o Saioné te u leaʻaki ia ki he Siteiki kotoa pē ‘o Saione kuo ‘osi fokotuʻú. He ‘ikai ha tangata pe fefine ‘oku fanongo mai he taimí ni ki he meʻa ‘oku ou leaʻakí te ne ongoʻi fiemālie kapau he ‘ikai ke totongi vahehongofulu kakato.”³

‘I he ngaahi taʻu ‘e 50 ki muʻa ‘o ‘ene hoko ko e ‘Aposetoló, naʻe hāhāmolofia ke leaʻaki ‘e Palesiteni Sinou ‘a e fono ‘o e vahehongofulú ‘i haʻane malanga. Naʻe liliu ‘eni ‘i Seni Siaosi ‘i ‘Iutā, koeʻuhí ko e fakahā naʻá ne maʻú. Naʻá ne pehē ki mui ai, “Naʻe teʻeki ai ke u maʻu ha fakahā ‘e toe haohaoa ange ‘i he [fakahā] naʻá ku maʻu ‘i he kaveinga ‘o e vahehongofulú.”⁴ Mei Seni Siaosí, naʻe fononga leva hono kaungā fonongá mei he kolo ki he kolo ‘i he fakatonga ‘o ‘Iutaá ‘i heʻenau fononga foki ki Sōleki Sití, ‘o nau fakahoko ai ha ngaahi fakataha ‘e 24. Naʻe fakahoko ai ‘e Palesiteni Sinou ha malanga ‘e 26. Pea ko e taimi kotoa pē naʻe lea ai, naʻá ne faleʻi ‘a e Kāingalotú ke nau talangofua ki he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú.

Naʻe foki mai ‘a e kau fonongá ki Sōleki Siti ‘i he ‘aho 27 ‘o Meé. Naʻe pehē ‘e ha taha faiongoongo he nusipepá, “Naʻe hā ngali mālohi ange ‘a e Palesitení he ‘ahó ni ‘i he ‘aho ko ia naʻe mavahe ai mei Sōlekí.” ‘I heʻene tali ki he fakamatala ko ia naʻe pehē naʻá ne “kātakiʻi lelei ‘a e fonongá,” naʻe pehē ‘e he palōfita taʻu 85 ni: “ʻIo, ko ‘enau laú kotoa ia. … Kuo fakahoko ‘e he fonongá ha lelei maʻaku. Kuo teʻeki ke u ongoʻi lelei ange ‘i heʻeku moʻuí. ‘Oku ou ongoʻi ‘oku poupouʻi au ‘e he ‘Eikí ko ha tali ‘o e ngaahi lotu ‘a e Kāingalotú.”⁵

Makehe mei heʻene fakamatala ki heʻene moʻui leleí, naʻá ne toe fakamatala ‘a ‘ene ongo fekauʻaki mo e tui pea mo e angatonu ‘a e Kāingalotu ‘i he fakatonga ‘o ‘Iutaá. Naʻá ne pehē naʻe talitali lelei ia mo hono kau fonongá “ʻaki e ngaahi fakafōtunga māfana taha ‘o e fiefiá pea mo e houngaʻiá.”⁶ Naʻá ne pehē ko e taimi naʻá ne faleʻi ai ‘a e Kāingalotú ke nau talangofua ki he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú, “naʻe nofoʻia ‘e he Laumālie ‘o e ‘Eikí ‘a e kakaí, pea naʻa nau fiefia lahi fau, mo nau fakapapau ‘i honau lotó te nau tauhi ‘a e tefitoʻi moʻoni ko ‘ení ki he taupotu tahá pea ‘i hono laumālié.”⁷ Naʻá ne pehē ‘i haʻane tali ha fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e tuʻunga fakalūkufua ‘o e kakaí: “ʻOku nau nofo ‘i ha ngaahi ‘api lelei, ‘oku nau vala lelei, pea ngali ‘o hangē ‘oku lahi ‘enau maʻu ‘a e ngaahi meʻa lelei ‘o e māmaní ke nau kai mo inu. ‘Oku tofanga ‘a e kakai ‘i he Siteiki Seni Siaosí ‘i ha laʻalaʻā lahi, ko e kovi taha kuo tō ki he fonuá, ka ‘oku nau maʻu ha tui ‘e vavé ni pē haʻane ‘uha.”⁸

‘I he ‘aho 29 mo 30 ‘o Meé, naʻe fakahoko ai ‘e Palesiteni Sinou ha malanga ‘e ua ‘i he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú, ‘uluakí ki he kau ‘ōfisa ‘o e Mutuale ‘a e Kau Finemuí (Mutual Improvement Association) pea toki hoko ‘a e kau ‘ōfisa ‘i he Mutuale ‘a e Kau Talavoú.⁹ ‘I he fakaʻosi ‘o ‘ene malanga hono uá, ne fokotuʻu leva ‘e ‘Eletā B. H. Lōpeti (Roberts) ‘o e Kau Fitungofulú ‘a e tukupā ko ‘ení, ‘a ia naʻe poupouʻi ia ‘i he lototaha ‘a kinautolu kotoa naʻe ‘i aí: “Tukupā: Ke tau tali ‘a e tokāteline ‘o e vahehongofulú, hangē ko hono fakamatala atu ko ‘eni ‘e Palesiteni Sinoú, ko e folofola pea mo e finangalo lolotonga ia ‘o e ‘Eikí kiate kitautolú, pea ‘oku tau tali ‘aki ia hotau lotó kotoa; te tau tauhi ia ‘e kitautolu, pea te tau fai ‘a e meʻa kotoa pē ‘i hotau mālohí ke ‘ai ‘a e Kāingalotu ‘o e Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní ke nau fai pehē.”¹⁰ ‘I he ‘aho 2 ‘o Siulaí, naʻe kau ai ‘a e Kau Taki Māʻolungá mo e kau fakafofonga kotoa pē mei he ngaahi siteikí mo e ngaahi uooti ‘i he Siasí ki ha fakataha mamalu ‘i he Temipale Sōlekí, hili ia haʻanau ‘aukai mo lotu ‘o teuteu mai ki he fakatahá ni. Naʻa nau tali ‘i he lototaha he fakatahá ‘a e tukupā tatau.¹¹ Naʻe fai pau ‘a Palesiteni Sinou ki he tukupā ko ‘ení, ‘o ne akoʻi ‘a e fono ‘o e vahehongofulú ‘i ha ngaahi siteiki lahi pea mo tokangaʻi ‘a e ngāue tatau ne fakahoko ‘e he toenga ‘o e kau takí.

Hili ha ngaahi māhina mei he ‘aʻahi ‘a Palesiteni Sinou ki he fakatonga ‘o ‘Iutaá, kuó ne maʻu ha tala ‘o e toe tukupā ‘a e Kāingalotu ‘o e Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní ke talangofua ki he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú. Naʻe ‘oange ‘e he ongoongó ni kiate ia “ʻa e fiefia mo e fakafiemālie lahi tahá,”¹² koeʻuhí he naʻá ne ‘ilo ‘e makatuʻunga ‘i ha talangofua taʻe-tuku ki he fonó ni, ha lilingi mai ‘a e “ngaahi tāpuaki ‘a e Fungani Māfimafí ki he kakaí ni, pea ‘e fakalakalaka “mālohi mo vave” ‘a e Siasí ‘i ha tuʻunga kuo teʻeki ai aʻusia ki muʻa.”¹³

Naʻe toutou fakapapauʻi ‘e Palesiteni Sinou ki he Kāingalotú ‘e tāpuekina fakafoʻituitui kinautolu, fakatuʻasino mo fakalaumālie fakatouʻosi, ‘i heʻenau talangofua ki he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú.¹⁴ Naʻe fakahoko ha konga ‘o e palōmesí ‘i ‘Aokosi 1899, ‘i he taimi ne maʻu ai ‘e he kakai ‘o Seni Siaosí ha fakanonga fakataimi mei heʻenau laʻalaʻaá; naʻe fakapaleʻi ‘enau tuí ‘aki ha ‘uha ‘inisi ‘e 2.93, ‘o laka ange ia ‘i he ‘uha ne nau maʻu ‘i he māhina fakakātoa ‘e 13 ki muʻá.¹⁵ Naʻe toe palōmesi ange foki ‘a Palesiteni Sinou ‘e hanga ‘e he talangofua ki he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú ‘o ‘omai ha ngaahi tāpuaki ki he Siasí fakakātoa. Naʻá ne ongoʻi fakapapau ‘e lava ‘e he vahehongofulu ‘a e kakai faivelengá ‘o fakatauʻatāinaʻi ‘a e Siasí mei hono ngaahi moʻuá, ‘a ia naʻe ‘uhinga lahi taha ‘ene hokó mei he fakatangá.¹⁶ Naʻe fakahoko ‘a e palōmesi ko ‘ení ‘i he 1906, ‘osi ia ha taʻu ‘e nima mei heʻene pekiá. ‘I he konifelenisi lahi ‘o ‘Epeleli 1907, naʻe fakahā ai ‘e Palesiteni Siosefa F. Sāmita:

“ʻOku ou tui kuo teʻeki ai ha taimi ‘i he hisitōlia ‘o e Siasí, naʻe tauhi fakakātoa mo totonu ange ai ‘a e fono ‘o e vahehongofulú ‘o hangē ko ia ne fai ‘e he Kāingalotu ‘o e Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní. Ne fakalaka e vahehongofulu ‘a e kakaí he lolotonga ‘o e 1906, ‘i he vahehongofulu ‘o ha toe taʻu. Ko ha fakaʻilonga lelei ‘eni ‘oku fakahoko ‘e he Kāingalotu ‘i he Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní honau fatongiá, ‘oku nau tui ki he Ongoongoleleí, ‘oku nau loto fiemālie ke tauhi e ngaahi fekau ‘a e ‘Otuá, pea ‘oku nau moʻui faivelenga ‘aki ia ‘i ha toe taimi ki muʻa. ‘Oku ou toe fie lea atu ‘i ha meʻa ‘e taha kiate kimoutolu, pea ‘oku ou fai ia ‘i ha founga ‘o e fakamālōʻia, kuo tau lava, ‘i he tāpuaki ‘a e ‘Eikí pea mo e faivelenga ‘a e Kāingalotú ‘i he totongi ‘enau vahehongofulú, ke totongi hotau moʻuá. Ko e ‘aho ní ‘oku ‘ikai ke moʻua ‘aki ‘e he Siasi ‘o Sīsū Kalaisi ‘o e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ‘i he Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní ha paʻanga ‘e taha ‘o ‘ikai taʻe-totongi ia he taimi pē ko iá. Kuo fāifai pea kuo tau ‘i ha tuʻunga te tau lava ai ‘o totongi taʻe-fai ha fakamoʻua. ‘Oku ‘ikai fie maʻu ke tau toe fakamoʻua, pea he ‘ikai ke tau toe fai pehē kapau ʻe hokohoko atu ‘a e Kāingalotu ‘i he Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní hono moʻui ‘aki ‘enau tui fakalotú mo tauhi ‘a e fono ‘o e vahehongofulú.”¹⁷ [Vakai, fokotuʻu fika 1 he peesi 184.]

Fakakaukauʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻi hoʻo ako ʻa e vahé pe teuteu ke faiakó. Ke maʻu ha tokoni lahi ange, vakai, peesi vii–x.

1. Toe fakamanatu e fakamatala ‘o e maʻu ‘e Palesiteni Sinou e fakahā fekauʻaki mo e vahehongofulú (peesi 175–79). Fakakaukau ki heʻene loto fiemālie ke fononga ki Seni Siaosí pea mo e mateuteu ‘a e kakaí ke talangofua ki he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú. Ko e hā ha meʻa te tau lava ‘o maʻu mei he fakamatala ko ‘ení?

2. Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ‘oku hoko ai ‘a e vahehongofulú ko ha “fono ‘oku ‘ikai faingataʻa”? (Ke maʻu ha ngaahi sīpinga, vakai, peesi –81.) Ko e hā nai ha ‘uhinga ‘e fakakaukau ai ha kakai ia ‘e niʻihi ko e fono ‘o e vahehongofulú ‘oku faingataʻa ke talangofua ki ai? ‘E anga fēfē ha tokoni e ngaahi akonaki ‘a Palesiteni Sinoú ki ha taha ke ne maʻu ha fakamoʻoni ki he totongi vahehongofulú?

3. Ako ‘a e konga ‘uluaki ‘oku kamata ‘i he peesi 181. Ko e hā ha ngaahi tāpuaki kuó ke maʻu mo ho ngaahi ‘ofaʻangá tuʻunga ‘i he ngaahi langa pea mo e ngaahi polokalama ‘oku fakapaʻanga ‘aki e vahehongofulú? Ko e hā ‘oku hoko ai e totongi vahehongofulú ko ha faingamālié?

4. Naʻe fakamoʻoni ‘a Palesiteni Sinou ‘e tāpuakiʻi kitautolu ‘i heʻetau talangofua ki he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú (peesi –83). Ko e hā ha ngaahi tāpuaki kuo ‘omi ‘e he fono ‘o e vahehongofulú ki hoʻo moʻuí? ki he moʻui ‘a e kau mēmipa ho fāmilí mo e kaungāmeʻá?

5. Fakakaukauʻi ‘a e faleʻi ‘a Palesiteni Sinou ki he mātuʻá pea mo e kau faiakó (peesi 183). ‘Okú ke pehē ko e hā ‘oku mahuʻinga ai ki he fānaú ke totongi ‘enau vahehongofulú, “neongo pe ko e hā haʻane siʻisiʻi”? Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ke akoʻi ai ‘a e fānaú ke nau totongi vahehongofulu mo e ngaahi foaki kehé?

Ngaahi Potufolofola Fekauʻakí: Malakai 3:8–10; T&F 64:23; 119:1–7