Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 16, 16 April 1864 — Kahuna Hoopunipuni. [ARTICLE]

Kahuna Hoopunipuni.

E ka Nupepa Kuokoa e; Aloha oe.~No ko'u ike ana i ka nui launa ole o kou hoomanawanui i ka lawe ana i na ukana i hooiliia maluna ou e like me keia ke ano, nolaila, ua lana mai ko'u nianao, aole no e hooieiia ana ka'u wahi ukana ke hooiii aku ia oe, a nau ia e hoike akp imua ona makamaka o kaua; no ka mea, o ka mua paha keia o ko'u hoounauna ana aku ia oe.

Eia no ia : I ke ahiahi » ka la Snbati, oia hoi ka la 21 o Maraki, ia wa, iho aku la maua me ka'u wahine ine Kahele e ike i ka mai o kekahi makamaka o maua ; i ko maua hiki ana aku, e waiho ana no ia me kona mai, a aloha aku la mau ia ia; aloha raai ia no hoi keia ia maua, a pau ko aiaua noho ana malaila, o ko maua hoi mai la no ia a mawaho iho o ko maua pahale, kupu mnj la k& manao iloko o'u, olelo aku ia au ia Kahele ka'u lady, " E heie knua ma kahi o na keiki a kaua," ae mai la kela, no ka mea, he omaimai ko ka maua hunonawahioe, o ke kumu ia o ko'u manao ana e hele ilaila. 1 ko maua hiki ana aku e ai ana laua, paina pu ibo ia makou, a pan ka makou paina ana ; ia wa, ike aku la wau e lomi ana ka'u keiki i ke poo o kana wahine, ninau aku la au, " Heaha ka laau i koe o ko wahine f' Olelo mai la keia, " Ua pau ko uka, o ko kai koē, o ka hee, opihi, ame ka aama." Pane hou aku la au, "I ko olūa hoomaopopo ole no hoi paha, a pau ae ana ia, hana hou aku ana no hoi o na laau, anoai o loaa mai ka olu* olu." la manawa, olelo mai la ka'u keiki, " 0 ka tnai no hoi keia a Pikaiakaiala i ha-1 na ai," i aku la wau, " He wahakee ia, n he j wahi kauka oia no ko makou wahi nei. | Nolaila, ua paakiki loa mai la kela maia mea no, a loihi ka maua olelo ana pela, hoo-1

puka mai !a kela i kekahi olelo me ka leo nui. u I mnke ia oukou kuu wahine! i make>a oukou kuu wahine!!" wahi ana. A pau kana oielo ana, niuau aku au, " Nawai i oieiemai ia oe i make ia makou ko wahine !* Pane mai la kela, "Na Kahakumaka-ai he kahuna no Honuaula i Maui nei. Oiai i kekahi mau la, ua noho laua malaila e lapaau ai t ka mai, a nana no keia knhuna Kahakuma* ka-ai a oieio iho, aohe mea e ae i make ai ko wahine, o ko mau makua no," wahi ana. I aku la au, " Kuhihewa, hoopuoipuni kela kahuna," olelo mai kela 41 he kahuna akamai he mana," olelo aku au, " aole mana ia kahuna kanaka hoopunipuni,hookabi wale oomea mana o ke Akua nana i haoa na mea a pau. Pela 1 oleloia ina isaia 51: 12, 13. Owai hoi oe i makn'u aku ai oe i ke kanaka, i ka mea e make ana, i ke keiki a i ke kanaka hoi, ka mea e lilo ana i manu. 13. Ahoopoina ia lehowa, i kau mea i hana. H Ke ike mai la kakou i ka hoopuniponi o keia kahuna o Kahakumakaai, nana i ao mai i ka maua keiki i ke kuhihewa, ka i no paha ua pau ke kuhinewa ika wa ia Noa ma; ao» le ka! ke mau nei no i nei wa. Eoluolu oe e ka Lunahooponopono e waiho aku i ka'u wahi ukana ina kahi kaawale o ko kakou Nupepa. Ke hoi nei au e luu ika wai o Pahukawa, me ke kali aku o kou hoea mai, ke oki nei ka maka sila i kana hana. Me ke aloha no. Z. F. T. Kiwaha. Honokok&u, Maui, Marck 24: 1884.