Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IV, Number 35, 2 September 1865 — No ka lilo ana i Keonimana. [ARTICLE]

No ka lilo ana i Keonimana.

O ka huaolelo Beritania Keommama, elua no ano o ia huaolelo. .Elua a ekolu paha kenetuna i hala aku, ua aneane like loa ke ano o keia huaolelo ma ka olelo Beritania, me ka loaa ana 0 na hana a ke Alii; ke ano oluolu o ka noho ana, ka ike ana i ka manawa e kunou ai, a Ikawa e wehe ai ika papale. O kekahi ; ano keia e malama mau ia nei i keia manaj wa. Ua manao iho kekahi poe, ina e loaa ia lakou na lole maikai, rae na lole pilipono I i ke kino, a me ko lakou ike ana i ke kahi - i ko lakou mau lauoho, a me ko lakou hoope ana ia lakou i ka wai ala, ua lilo lakou ī j poe Keonimana. Aole no hoi oia wale no, 0 ko lakou ao ana kekahi i ka paa maikai ana o ke kookoo, me ke kau ae i ka paka | kika ma ka waha me he mea la, ua makaukau lakou tha ia mea; a ina lakou e hele .ana e hui me kekahi poe maikai me ko lakou hoopilikia ole ia mai, a ina he hiki ia lakou ke j inu i ka waina. a me ka inu ana no ke ola o kekahi, a me ka hoopuka aku i na leo naj henahe ina wahine. Oia poe kanaka, ua j kapaia e kekahi poe, he poe Keonimana, oiai he poe ona rama lakou, he poe moekolohe, ! he poe hoopunipuni, a he poe olelo ino. Aka, ke olelo nei makou, aole he pomaikai nui oia mau mea. He mea pono no k&u ike ana i kou ano, i lilo ole ai oe i mea ino imua o ka poe e manao nui ana ma na mea oke Keonimana. He kupono io no ke ao ana i ike ai i ke aloha ana, a i kā wa e kunou ai a pela'ku. Aka, inn mawaho wale no ke ano Keonimana o ke kanal<a e like me keia, he wahi mea uuku loa ia. Ina he keinaka hoopunipuni, aihue, a moekolohe ia, e lilo ana no paha ia i Keonimana ma ke ano o keia huaolelo, eia nae, he kanaka lapuwale ia, aole ia i kupono e lilo i hoahanau no na kanaka maikai. Ua oi aku ka hanohano o ke kanaka kuaaina naaupo mamua ona. Aka, he ano okoa no nae kekahi o ka huaoleloKeonimana. Ma keia ano o ke Keonimana, he kanaka ia i like ko loko me ko waho, a oia ka mea nona ka manao maikai. O Keonimana maoli, he kanaka ia i hana'ku ia hai e like me kona makemake e hana in rriai, a ua hana iho ia me ka oluolii a me ka maikai. O keia Keonimana niaoli, ua hana iho 1 na mea maikai a pau a ke Keonimana hoopunipuni e hana ai, a ua oi aku no. He gula maoli 'keia kanaka, a o kekahi hoi he hoohinuhinu ipu laau wale iho no. Ina he ilihune kekahi kanaka ma ka lole, a.maikai ma ka naau, alaila he Keonimana oiaio maoli ia. He nui wale ka poe lopa i oi aku mamua o kekahi poe waiwai a hanohanohoi ma keiaano Keonimana. Ua halawai iho makou me kekahi mau kuaaina o Hawaii nei me na kanaka ī oi aku ko lakou ano Keonimana mamua o na kanaka hookano a hoomahie hoi o Honolulu nei, ka poe hoi i manao iho o lakou wale no ka poe Keonimana. O ka amara, ke kamana, o ke kanaka mahiai, a me ke kanaka luina, e lilo no lakou i Keonimana ina e maikai ka lakoa hana, a he nui no o lakou he mau Keonimana oiaio. Ua pili ke Keonimana ina oihana a pau. Nolaila, ke kau leo aku nei makou i ka poe heluhelu o ke Kuokoa e hahai aku mahope o ia ano. £ kokua aku no makou ia oukou. Mai kuhihewa oukou, o ka lole maikai a me ina piki lima maikai, o na puapuamoa, papale piwa he mea ia e Keonimana ai. Aka, e hoomanao oukou o ka oiaio maoli keia, aole " ia o waho. Aole oka mea hinuhinu mawaho o ke kanaka e like me ke Koheoheo ke komo iho a wehe ae. Oke kanaka Keonimana maoli, he Keonimana ia i na manawa a pau o ka po a me ke ao, ma ke kulanakauhale nei a ma kuaaina, a iloko o na hui maikai a pau, a mawaena o kana wahine ponoi me kana mau keikū O ka lilo ana i Keonimana ma keia' ano, aole ia he mea e lilo ai i Keristiano, aka,oia nae ka mea e ukali koke aku ana. Ina hoi h? Keonimana, a he Keristiano kekahi kanaka a keiki paha, alaila, ua hololea loa ia i ka maikai, ua kupono a ua mahaloia. He Keonimana Keristiano anei oe ?