Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIII, Number 38, 20 September 1884 — Na Kilokilo. [ARTICLE]

Na Kilokilo.

Ua kapaia ka poe akeakamai o Helene ma kekahi ano, he poe kilokilo, no ka mea, ua hiki ia lakou ke hoike 1 na mea e hiki mai ana ame na mea a pau i hanaia. He lehnlehu loa o lakou e noho ana a e ola ana iloko 0 na makahiki like oie ia au kahiko.

O Thales kekahi o na kilokilo, ua hanauia oia mawaena o eono a me ehiku hanen makahiki mamua o ka hoea ana mai ona Karistiano. I kona au e noho ana, e noho pu ana he ehiku poe akeakamai a kilokilo, a ua kapaia lakou 4, Na kanaka noeau ehiku o Helene." Ua manao waleia .o keia kanaka hope. oia o Thales, ka oi loa o lakou ma ka naauao. Oiai keia kanaka e holoholo ana nia kekahi po, aiawa ae la kona mau maka i ka lani a nana aku U i na hoku, a iaia e nanea ana i ka n*na me ka hoomau no o kona wawae i ka hele, poholo iho ia oia iloko o kekahi auwaha lepo poho a paumaele loa iho la. Ike aku la ke kahi luahine i keia poino holo aku la oia no ke kokua ana i ke kilokilo, a pane aku la: "No keia mua aku, e Thales, ke hoike aku nei au ia oe ika olel'o ao, mai hoolilo hou 1 kou poo kahi e kau ana kou panana alakai m£ ka makaikai ana i na hoku e imoimo mai la ma ka lani, oiai kou mau wawae e au hele ana mao a maanei o ka ilihonna, no ka inea, o kou haule mua ana iloko o keia auwaha. lepo uuku, o kou haule ana no ia iloko o ka auwaha i oi ae ka nui mamua o keia, ina me keia mau kau hana." Nolaila, manao iho )a na kanaka o ka oi ka hoi ka luahine. O Yythagoras kekahi kilokilo, ua hoakaka oia penei : Ika make ana oke kanaka, e hoi aku no ka uhane iioko o ke kino o ka holoholona a me na manu i oiai ua noho mua no kona uhane īloko ! o ke kino o ka manu pikake.

O Heraceūtusa kekahi o lakou, ka mea i kapaia, "Ke kilokilo o ka pouli," no ka mea o kana mau olelo a pau, ua like wale no me ka nane. Ua manar oia he mea ole ka naauao ke loaa a hoomaopopo ia e ka poe hupo. Ua hoi ke ae no hoi keia kanaka, he ao luhi keia a me ka popilikia, a i hiki ole hoi i kona mau maka ke nana aku i na ka naka me ke kulu ole o kona mau waimaka. Mahope iho, ua hele aku la ia a noho iho la maloko o kekahi ana mawaena o na mauna, a e ola ana i ka io 0 na holoholona a me ka mole 0 na laau, a ua oi aku ia poino mamua 0 ka poino 1 hiki i kona naau ke noonoo. O Empedocles ke kilokilo i noho kokoke loa ana ma ka mauna o Etena ma | ka mokupuni 0 Sicile. He mau nanai--1 na hohoma kona, a he ano alii ma ka nana 'ku oiai e kau ana ma kona poo kekahi lei kalaunu; ua kapa aku na kanaka laia he noeau, a no kona hanoha no ole paha ma ia ano, nolaila, ake iho la oia e kapa īa aku ia he akua. Mahope iho o kona hoomakaukau ana i kekahi ahaaina nui, ua nalo honua īho la oia, a aole i ikeia kona wahi i 'nele ai. Mft kona nalowale ana, ua manao na kanaka ua pii oia i ka lani. | Aka, he manawa pokole mahope iho o j keia nalowaie aoa, ua pahu ae Ia ka peI Ie ma ka mauna Etena, a kiolaia ae la i kekahi kamaa kah:.:o mailoko ae o keia I luapele. Ma ka na.na pono ia ana, ua hoomaopopo iho la na kanaka o kekahi

no ia o na kaiuaa o ke kilokilo i nalowale, a akahi no a maopopo i na kanaka ua hele keia kanaka hupo a hoolei iiia ?ho ilo':o o ka luapek, i e īrtanaoia ai he akua io oia a u t hala. i ka lani e noho ai.