Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLII, Number 26, 28 June 1907 — MOOLELO O BATIMEA PUAAIKI. [ARTICLE]

MOOLELO O BATIMEA PUAAIKI.

l'a <> r,;ai.v.ea Puaaiki ma W.iikiii.M .ui. a n.io 1 niaopopo kona makahiki i h.inauia al. aka ua man.ioia i ka niakahiki o ka Haku 1785. I ki'n i wa k nnaiii u.i eliia kona lua e kona makuahini- me kona manao e hoolel maloko oluila, aka na ke Akua 1 i ka t::ana-. aloha lloko o ke. kahi makamaka <'P.a, a nana oia 1 )iooj.aki i»-. i k, iia >va uuku he keiki koloho no ia: i:a ono loa hoi oia i ka Au'n. nvia no pal»a ke<cahi mau keiki 0 Hawaii n«*i i neia kau, e hele wal® aua ko'-iaiii aolo papale; pela no & Puaaiki. l T a a'oia no hoi oia ika hula, ama ia īm'a 'ua inakomake loa na'iii iaia. Ke hoomahui noi palia kekahi o ou» kou. o na koiki o Hawaii nei, i neia mea he liula. Aole no i pomaikai o Puaaiki i ka loaa ana iaia keia mea he hula; nolaila, n:ai ae aku oukou ia hana lapuwalo, he hana no ia no Sa« tana, aka e lioomahu'i oukou i ka hele 1 ke Kula Sabati, ame na hana pona apau. I ka hiki ana mai o na misionari ma Hawaii nei i ka inakahiki 1820 e noho ana o Puaalkl ma Hawali ia manawa aole nae i akaka loa kona hull ana i ka pono. A ma ia hope mai ua ikeia kona hull nui ana mn ka pono, a lilo i koa ikaika. no lesu. Ua hoolilo mai ke Akua iaia i mea e nani ai kona inoa. Ua nui na kanaka ana i hoohuli ai, aole o lakou wale, o na'lii p« no hol kekahi, h* kauwa ikaika loa o Puaaiki ma na hana a ka Haku, he paahana kupono hoi no kona mau Kihapai, ua bapetizo ia oia, a ma ia bapetizo ana ua loaa. iaia ka inoa Batimea, mamuli o ka kanaka makapo o lesu i hoola ai, lna •. nana aku i ke kii, ke ike la kakou e> paa ana oia i ke kookoo makona lima, ine he kahuhipa la e ho-a ana I kana poe hipa. He hoailona ia o ka poe makapo, ka papale la no hoi ia I kona papale; ke aahu la no hol oia i kona kapa, aola no i'nani kona helehelena i ka nana aku aka o kona naau ua maemae loa iioko o lesu. Hoakaka o ke kii o Puaaiki eia me kou mea kak'au. I kona manawa e noho ana ma L»ahaina; ua alolia ia mai ia e na kanaka ame ke Akua, mahope mai holo aku oia fio Hilo, makekahi wahi e ae he malamalama iki no paha, aka ma Hilo, nui ka pouli, aole wahi alii haipule e noho nna malai'a ia manawa; nolaila, Ua nui loa ka Bktimea hana malaila. Aka, i ka hele ana o kekahi mau Mii sionari malaila, ua hooikaika loa ola i [ka imi nnauao; aole nae i loheia ma na iko liolionu o kela ao kona hooikaika ana, aka, ma ka olelo no a ke Akua nolaila, o nn koiki Hawaii, mai kuhl« Iw u a oukoii. o ka naauao ma na niea 0 koia ao, oia ka mea e pomaikai ai, aole pola; ua oj aku ka pomaikai ke loaa ka naauao iloko o ka ke Akua j 01i.'.0. n.ai ua hoi mai o Batimea | 111ai Milo niai. a noho ma Wailuku, |Maui, iiut!. r iila ua iiio oia i luna EkaMcsia, a mahope mai ua iilo oia i Kaluina hai'ololo. I kona lilo ana 1 kaliuna hai'ololo, «a ikaika loa ia ma na hana a ka llaku i na manawa apau. lla ia hope mai ua loohia o Batimea 1 kekahi ma'i nui, a oia no kona ma'i a'hiki i kona la i make ai, aka nae, iloko o kona wa ma'i, manao no ia e mako nna, aki, aole oia 1 maka'u i ka niako. .N'olaila, ua akaka mai kona wa i luili ai i ka pono a hiki i kona make ana, ho kanaka maikai o Batimea. Ao!e no i wao mai ke Akua i kona poo Iknnaka mailoko mai o ka poe waiwai a lianohano o ke ao nei, aka malloko mai o ka.poe hnahaa a ilihune. Ua kakau o Rev. J. S. Gelina he wahi moololo no Bat'mea Puaaiki. hi inoolelo no Batimea Puaaiki, a no loko mai olaila iwae ia ai keia mau manao j>okolo nona. E na keiki Hawaii noi o oukou me Batimoa. Ij. P. Ua hoopuka ia keia mooielo o Batimea, Puaaiki. " SIMON PAALUHI. 9'.>o Alanui Moi, Honolulu, T. H.