Ka Lanakila, Volume I, Number 2, 8 July 1909 — NA ILIILI HANAU O ATENAI. [ARTICLE]

NA ILIILI HANAU O ATENAI.

"Mamuli o ko Adamu hiamoe ana i poino ai k&kou," wahi a kekahi lede Hawaii i kona koolua. "Pela no a no ka mea, i ko Ewa hiamoe ole ana i loaa ai ko Satana hoa walaau, a poino ana kakou." "Pehea i oi loa aku ai ke aloha mamua o ka manaoio ame ka manaolana?" "A no ka mea, ua nanahu na niho o ke Aloha i ka Pohaku Kumu o ke kahawai i ka manawa a ka waikahe e holomoku ana; nolaila, lilo no ka Manaoio ame ka Manaolana i ke ko a ke au, a oia mau ke Aloha me he pipipi 'la i humuhumuia i ka pohaku." E hana elike me ka hiki; malama elike me ka hiki; a e haawi elike me ka hiki. Aka, ina e hana hiki ole; malama hiki ole; a haawi hiki ole; alaila, heaha ka mea Ioaa? Eia no ka mea e loaa mai ana. He poke-hau huihui mailoko mai o ke kapuahi wela hoohee hao o Ulakoheo. Piha ia'u ka rumi, a piha no ia'u ka hale holookoa; aka, aole e hiki ia oe ke laīau ia'u a hoopaa iloko o kou poli. Owai au? Owau no ka mea i oleloia: "He 'Uwahi' ke kapeku e hei ai ka ia manu 0 Puawalii." He kino keokeo loihi ko'u e ku ana iluna. I ka ulaula ana o kuu lauoho, alaila, e pokole, poupou a pauhananuu auanei au. Owai la hoi au? "O oe no hoi o Ihoihokukui." "Ehia ou mau makahiki i keia wa?" wahi a kekahi lede opio i kekahi keonimana. "O ke kanaha keia o ko'u mau makahiki." "Alaila, he mamo oe na ka Iseraela 1 haalele ai ia Aigupita?" wahi a ka lede. "Aole, aka, owau kekahi e ai nei i ka hone, a e inu nei i ka waiu o Kanaana." Ua haalele koke iho la ka lede opio i kona hoa a hele aku la; a no ka mea, ua maopopo iho la i ua lede 'la, o kona hoa i kamailio ai, oia kekahi o na keiki malama iliiili hanau o Atenai. "Ina he hoku ko ke Kapena Makai, he hoku no hoi ko ka pepeepaka nau, alaila, mai hea mai laua i hele mai ai?" wahi a kekahi i kona hoakula. "Ka! Olelo mai kuu papa ia'u, ua hiki mai laua i lalo nei mai ka lani mai," wahi a ke kokoolua. "Ua kuhikuhi mai nei o papa ia'u i kekahi holoholona ma ke kula ia maua i hele mai nei," wahi a kekahi wahi kaikamahine i kona kaikunane. "Pehea ka papa olelo ia oe no ua holoholona 'la?" "Olelo mai nei o papa h 'u penei: E

nana i kela holoholona, aia he elua makau kekee; elua ipu olelo; eha kiwai ame hookahi peahi hoemu nalo." "Ae, aole aku la kena he holoholoma e aku, aka, lie bipi wahine aku la kena>" ]\ra ka hora ewalu kakahiaka o ka Poaono aku nei i hala ma ke awawa o Manoa, ua hiki aku ma ua aina 'la a ka' Ua Tuahine i hoopunana mau ai, he kaakaiki pahaahaa Nipona o ka Aina o ka Mikado, a ku ana mawaho o kekahi o na hale e nohoia nei oia uka. "What's you want, Charley?" wahi 'a ka lede nona ka home. "Mi nemo 110 Chali," i pane aku ai kahi Kepani. "Well, what's you want? M wahi a ka lede. "Mi wanti woka-woka," wahi hou a ka Nipona i pane aku ai. "What kind of work you want?" wahi no a ka lede. "Mi laiki kat wuda, mi laiki so wuda, and mi wanti paila wuda." "Oh! All together three kinds of work." "lesa, thri kaina hana-hana." "How mueh you charge to cut, saw and pile my wood?" "010 semu thri kai-na e he?" "Yes; three kinds of work." "Wele, iu laiki thri kai-na woka —woka, wele, ai si, ni jiu ko sen, go ji sen, stijiu ko sen—iehien. 010 semu like pu wanidala. "One dollar?" wahi a ka lede. "lesa," wahi a kahi Togo. "Then how mueh you charge for only two kinds of work?" wahi no a ka lede. "On-le-tu kai-na nao, befoa thri kai-na, e he?" "Yes, now only two kinds." "Kat wuda, so wuda. Wani kaina, no moa, ehe?" "Yes, one kind, no more," wahi a ka lede "Kat wuda t so wuda, ai si, ni jiu ko sen, go ji sen, stijiu leo sen, wele thri koato." "Three quarter?" wahi a ka lede. "lesa, thri kuato." "And how mueh you charge for only one kind of work?" "Tu kai —no moa?" "Two kinds, 110 more?" wahi a ka lede. "Olai, wani kai-na no tu maehi wokawoka, ai si, jiu ko sen, go gi sen, wele hafa-dala." "Half a dollar, hey?" "lesa, hafa-dala." "And how mueh you charge for no more work? r ' "No moa kai-na? No kat, no so, no paila wuda?" "No cut, no sow, and no piling of wood." "0-10-semu no moa hana-hana. I tinka iu fulu mi," wahi a kaaka o lapana, me ka haalele pu ana iho i ua wahi 'la no kahi e loa,x ai o kana woka-woka ha-na-hana.