Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume X, Number 44, 4 November 1871 — Umikumamalima Makahiki ma Tureke. [ARTICLE]

Umikumamalima Makahiki ma Tureke.

Eia kekahi mau manao noloko o ka moolelo o Miss West, kekahi wahine Misionari Atnerika ina Tureke j ewalu nae o keia mau makahiki, ua noho oia ma Constantinople. He kumu o Miss West e ao ana i na wahine e heluhelu i ka Baibala, i ike lakou i ke ola o ka uhane ma o lesu Karisto la. " Kokoke pau na makohiki elua, ua hele maua Miss Dwight e ike i kekahi ohana Aremenia, e noho ana īioko o ke kulanakauhale kahiko. Ika wa mamua, he mea make i ka haole e komo iloko o kela kulanakauhale. E kamailio ana inaua ika make ana 0 kekahi hoahanau. Pane koke mai kekahi wahine me ka mnnao nui, penei ; " Nani ka pouli o ka luakupapau ia inakou mamua. Haalulu nui no makou i ka manao o ka make ! —a hele mahea ? aole maopopo ia makou. Aka, i keia wa, aloha i ke Akua, no ka mea, ua kau mai ka malamnlama maluna o ka luakupapau. Ke hoomaikai nei makou ike Akua, no kona hoouna ana moi ia oukou na Misionari, e ao mai ia makou ma keia mea. 1 ka make ana o ko makou poe aioha, ua maopopo ko lakou wahi e heie aku ai—a e īke hou auanei inakou īa Inkou." A pau na makahiki ekolu, hele pu maua Mrs. Parsons, ma ia hale aku ia hale nku, e noi ana i na wahine e akoakoa ma ka hale halawai ika auina la. He 40 ka nui oka poe i iauna mai, a kekahi o lakou, aole lohe iki i ka leo o ke ola mamua'ku. INo ka mea, he kanawai ma kela kauhaie ; —" Aole pono ika wahine e komo iloko o ka luakini, mamua o kona hoohanau mai ana i na keiki elua." Nolaila, aole launa iki kekahi poe wahine me kela poe hoomana naaupo. Aka, i keia wa, ua komo lakou iloko o ka luakini, a nani ko lakou hoolohe ana ; ua kulou mai, me na iehelehe hamama, a e kahe ana ka waimaka ma na papalina o na luwahine. j A pau ka hnlawai, kali no lakou ; aole ma-1 kemake e hoi aku—a liuliu iki, apo mai ke-i kahi luwahine ia'u iloko o kona mau lima, j e i mai ana ; —" He anela o ke Akua no oe, | ua hoounaia mai oe e ao mai ia makou."; Ua ninau pinepineia no au penei;—" Aole ou wahi makuwahine? " Pane aku la no au, " Ae, he makuwahine maikai no.". Alaila, ninau hou mai lakou, " Pehea la e hiki ia ia ke ae ia oe e heie aku i ka aina e?" Pane hou aku au, "No ka mea, ua aloha oia i ko oukou mau uhane, a nui kona makemake ia oukou e hele ika lani; ke pule aku nei oia i ka Haku no oukou i kela la i keia la." Oia ka mea i hooala koke mai i ko lakou manao; —a nana iakou kekahi i kekahi, me he mea la, " Ina manao nui mai pela kona makuwahine, pono ia kakou ke manao nui ia kakou iho." O ko'u maleuwakine, oia ke poo olelo no na haiao he nui wale i kela poe wahine naaupo. Ninau mai lakou penei; " E hiki anei i kou makuwahine ke heluhelu ? " Alaila, ua hai aku au ia lakou ; " O ka Baibala ka mea e hooluolu ana ia ia i kona noho ana he wahine kanemake, a puni hoi ina popilikia he nui wale." Eia kana olelo hope mai ia'u, " E kuu keiki, ina o oe ka mea e hctohuli mai i ba pegana hookahi i ke ola, oia ka mea e hooluolu mai ia'u no ko'u haawi ana ia oe i keia oihana."

Ma ka lokomaikai o ke Akua, ua kaheaia no au e hele a noho ma Harpoot, ma ka muliwai Euperate, e kiai a hooponopono i ke kula no nu makuwahine, a me na kaikamahine. He poe wahine lakou na na kane e hoomakaukau ana e hai aku i ka olelo a ke Akua. Maloko o keia kula, o ka Baibala ka palapala i ao nui ia ; ua komo ia iloko o kela haawina keia haawina. Aole au ike i kekahi mea e ae e hooala i ka manao, a e paipai, a e hoomaemae i na haumana, e like me ke ao ana ia iakou i ka Palapala Hemolele. A kokoke mai kuu wa e haalele ia Tureke, ua hele au i kekahi kauhale, o Malatia kona inoa. Ika la Sabati, olelo ke kahunapule ina wahine penei; " E noho pono oukou i ko oukou mau hule i ka la apopo, (Monede) no ka mea, e hele ana ke kumu e ike ia oukou." A i ko'u hele ana, loaa mai ia'u he 15—a 20 paha ma kela wahi keia wahi, e kaii ana, e lohe i ka olelo o ke ola ma ko'u mau lehe* lehe. I ko'u hai ana'ku ia lakou i ka moolelo o ko lesu make ana ma ke kea,nui ka poe i uwe waimuka ; a i ko'u hoi ana, hahai mai lakou ia'u ika ipuka, a noi mai, penei; " E hai hou mai i wahi mea iki." ka poe i hoomaka ia wa e heluhelu i ka olelo a ke Akua no lakou iho.