Ka Lau Oliva, Volume I, Number 1, 1 January 1871 — Ka Laau Oliva. [ARTICLE]

Ka Laau Oliva.

•Ua uln nui ka laau 01iva ma na aina o ka &oao Kōmohana o Asia. Ma ludea a md na aina e pili pu ana me ke Ivaiwaenahonvia ? M nui na laau oliva. Ua ulu manaawawa, A ma na puu, ma na mauna, maloko o na mala v a ma na pahale. O ka mauna o 01iveta, he .paa pu i na laau oliva ; a o ka mala hoi o Getesemane s he mala laau oliva ia. Elua ano o keia laau. lie ulu wale kea o kekahi ua kanuia, a ua mahi nuiia iloko o na mala. O ka oliva i kanuia a malama nuiia iloko o na pa, oia ka laau maikaia he waiwai no hoi; o kona kino, he nui a maikai, he ala oluolu, o na lala, he uliuli a he nani ke nanalku ; ua like ke ano o na lau me na lau o ka laau wilou. I ka mahina o lune o kela a o keia makahiki e pua mai ai. He keokeo na pua, a o ka hua he poepoe, mawaho ka io ono, a maloko he anoano paakiki. Ēia ka waiwai o ka laau oliva. Ua hana ia ka laau i na mea maikai he nui, na pani puka, a me na mea lioonani no 'na hale. Maloko o ka Luakini o Solomona, ua hanaia na Keruba elua no ka laau oliva, a pie na pani puka, a me na laau ku, he laau oliva ia mau mea. He mea waiwai nui ka hua o ka laau oliva. He momona ka hua ke ai, a ua laweia i na aina e he nui wale, he mea kalepa, aka, o ka aila oliva ka waiwai nui o keia laau. I ka wa kahiko, ma na aina hikina, oka ail<\ oliva ka aila no na ipu kukui. Ua kawili pu ia no hoi ka aila me ka palaoa, a hie na mea ai e ae i momona ka ai. Ile laau lapaau ka aila oliva i ka wa kaliiko, a i keia wa 110 hoi kekahi; ua kawili pu ia me ka waina, he laau hamo, a he laau inu no hoi. Ua hookomo nuiia ka aila oliva iloko o na oihana hoomana o ka lahui o Iseraela L T a poniia na'lii, na Kahuna a me ua Kaula i ka aila oliva. I a komo nui hoi keia aila iloko o na mohai a me na mea kuni a na Kaliuna i haawi mau ai iloko o ka halelewa i ka wa i hoomana'i lakou i ke Akua. Xo ka ka laau oliva, me kona hua a me a no ka ike ia he mea waiwai nui; nolaila, ua laweia keia laau ma ka ke Akua olelo, i mea hoike i ke ano maikai o ko ke Akua poe kanaka. " Kapa aku la o lehova i kou inoa, (ko Iseraela) he laau oliva uliuli maikai, a maikai ka hua." ler. 11:16. "A.e like auanei kona nani, (kolseraela) me ka laau oliva." Hosea 14:6. O te kanaka hilinai i ke Akua, 'ua like ia ka laau oliva uliuli iloko o ka hale oj

ke Akua." 1 Halelu 52:8. Eka makua hana poho, "E like no kou mau keiki me na laau oliva e kupuni ana i kou papaaina." Halelu 128:3. Ua kaulana ka lau oliva 110 kona lilo ana ' i hoailona ma ka waha o ka manu nurra, no ko ke Akuu aloha. Xo ka inea, "A ahiahi hoi mai la ka manu nunu i ona la, aia he lau oliva liou ma koua M aha. Pela o oa i ike Sii, ua emi iho ka wai niai luna aku oka honua," Kin. 8:11. Nolaila paha i lilo ai ka lau oliva i hoailona mau loa no k» malu a me ke aloha.