Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LXI, Number 25, 22 June 1922 — HE MEA PONO I KAHUNA NA KANAKA APAU [ARTICLE]

HE MEA PONO I KAHUNA NA KANAKA APAU

Ma k& hoomaopopo ao i ka moolelo o na kauUna tpau i maopopo ma n* moolelo o sa l&hui kanaka like ole, ua ikeia aku keia wahi ano hoopahaohao mai i ka noonoo, ma o ka ike iho ,aia e pilipu ana me na alakai keia -wahi mea be kahuna. Nana aku kakou ia Saula ke alii o ka Iseracla, he alii oia a he kahuna; pela mai o Davida, he alii a hc kahunaj a o Solomona, ho alii a he kahuna. Kii mai kakou ia Kamehameha, he alii a he kahuna. Pela i'o no i naauao ai a mana ka hooponopono aupuni ana. Ma kuu manao he mea pono i 'o no ke imi i na ike like ole a hoopilipu ae me keia oihana kahunapule. E nana ma kela Kuokoa aku la, i na kanaka i kaulana iwaena o Hawaii, i kapaia hoi he mau pukuniahi, oia o Pilipo, Kawahi, Kaai a he lehulehu aku. He poe keia o ka aina ma ka lakou mau oihaua. 0 Pilipo he lunamakaainana naauao, ahe kahunapule. 0 Nawahi he loio a he kahuna—aole paha i poniia elikc me ka makomake o kc ao nei, aka, he haule ole na alakai hana hoonaauao iaia ma ka halepule o Haili, liilo, a eia no ia ano e ku nei i keia )a iwaena o kakou. He mea pono e lilo kakou apau i poe kaliuna me ka nana ole i kau oihan'a ma keia ola ana. O keia no kekahi ho'iho'i i ke Akua mamua a mahope kau. He mea pono ia oe o ke poola, no kau oihana e lawe pu mai i ka oihana kahuna, i maopopo kou kulana, he poola a he kahuna. Pela ae na oihana like ole.

E nana ae i ke alii a kakou i moe, he alii, he elele a he kahuna ma kana mau hana; o ia ke aloha he haawi ike ola no na Bipa« He mea ole kau hoole i keia, ina oef e lawelawe ana i na haqa a kahuna, a ko* Akua i kauoha mai »i—o ia k« aloha, ka oluolu, ka lokomaikai, ke kokua, a pela aku —ua kahuna oe. Mailoko ae o koia oihaaa kahuna e pufca ae ai o na mea olelo ana no na kahuna hookohukohu manaoio i ke Akua, o hoole ana nae i ka mana o ia mea. He nui na hana maikai e ikeia ao. E nana iho 'i keia mau manao a hoomaopopo iho. E hele oe o imi i ka naauao a loaa, hoopilipu ae me kei» oihana e lele oi ana oe ma ia mahele naauao o kau imi ana. E nana aku ia 'Aharahama Linekona, k» makua o ke kaulike. Ho kahuna maopopo oia ma kana mau hana. Pela ke kaulana o kona inoa «like nie 3ca ka Buke Hemolele: 0 kanaka pono ua like lakou me aa hoku o aa ana ia ao aku a ia ao aku. Pela ae nei no o Kamehameha ka nai aupuni—ke AHi Kalanianaole ka na'i aina. • Hc maikai keia mau kahoaka a'u e ike nei, aka, heaha ia mea i ka poe paulele maluna o ka ike ame ke akamai o keia aof Na keia oihana e kokua nui ia oe e ka mea makee i ka pono o ka lehulehu; a i makemake oe e kou mea heluhelu ,e lilo i hoku hele »o ka Pakipika ,eia iho ko alahele. O ka makua o keia bila hoopulapula, iie kamana ,he kalaiaina, he «enatoa » he kahuna no ke Akua kumu lani.