Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 127, 4 September 1893 — HE MAU MOOUELO NO KE AU O KO KA REV. KEONI G. PATON [ARTICLE]

HE MAU MOOUELO NO KE AU O KO KA REV. KEONI G. PATON

Noiio ana iwaena o ka lalioi Aikanakao jiu HLeloepeeiiea. 0 ka ■wa kupono keia e koomaikeike aku ai i ka moolelo 0 Waiwai. He hoike pono ana ia i ka pohihihi oia ia mea o ka hooholo ana aku o makou i kela mea o ka ninau laahia o ka mare ana a lehulehu wale na wahine. He kanaka naauao nui loa oia, a i kona mau la opiopio ua hoike oia ikona koa a me kona kupaa. Ua lilo kana mau kokua ana mai ia’u imeawaiwai loa ia’umaka imi ana i ke ano oiaib maoli oia mea he olelo kumu oia lahui i kuu wa e unuhi ana i ka Eaihala. He kanaka . oia i noho poo maluna o kekahi lahuikanaka mahuahua, aka i keia wa nae, he alii oia i nele i ka lahui ole. Ua make ia kana keikikane a hooilina hookahi mamuli o ka • * . , loaa ana i ka mai lolokaa oiai oia e kokua ana ia makou i ka ohikihiki ana i na pohaku puna, a ua make koke oia ma ia wa. Ua mare ia hoi kana kaikamahine hookahi me kekahi kaukaualii opio. Mahope man ua pau aku i ka make ka hapanui o kana poe wahine ehiku a koe wale no he elua i ola mai. Mahope mai, ua lilo mai o Waiwai i mea hele mau mai i ka halawai haipule, a i ka wa 1 hoala mua la ae ai o ka makou papa kukakuka, ua hookomopu.ia mafo Waiwai a me kana 'mau wahiae a i elua. 1 ka wa kukakuka, ua hoohpka nui ia kona uaau i ka wa i hai ia aku ai oia aole e hiki oia ke papekiko ia, a aole no hoi e hiki ke ae ia oia e ai pu ma ka papaaina a ka Haku, aia wale no a kapae mua oia i kekahi o kana mau wahine, oiai aole he ae o ke Akua i kekahi karistiano e lawe a oia mamua aku o hookahi wahine i ka wa hookahi. Ua ao ia aku no nae lakou e hoomau mai no ka hele mau ana mai i ka pule, a e hoomau aku ke ao ana i ke kulana o keia mea he noho ana karistiano a hiki i ka wa e pii mahuahua loa aku ai ko lakou naauao ma ia mea, a hiki hoi i ka wa a ke Akaa e wehe mai ai i ke alahele pololei nokeia mea. Eia nae, he mau wahine hooikaika like laua i ka hana,

a he hoomaopopo like hoi i na mea a pau a Waiwai e makemake ae ai, a ua hoomau oia i ka malama ike kulana noho aloha ana ia laua a elua. Mahope mai o ka hooko ana o na kanaka e ae a pau o ka moku_puni malalo hoi o ka mana o ka noho ana karistiano e haalele ika lakou poe wahine a koe he hookahi wale no aka mea hookahi, ia wa, ua ahe hilahila mai o Waiwai oiai oia wale no ka mea hookahie noho ana me na wahine elua, a i ole, ua manao paha.oia he mea naauao nona ka hoike ana ikonakulanahilahila. Nolaila, ua hoomaka aku la oia e nuku ia laua imua o keakea, me ke kipaku okoa aku ia laua a i elua e haalele mai iaia i hiki 1 ai oia ke komo i hoahanau no ■ ka liiakini, a e like hoi me ke- ■ kahi poe karistiano e ae. Aka, 1 ua lohe mai la nae au mai ke1 kahi mea mai, aohe ona make- ; make io e haalele mai kana mau wahine iaia, aua olelo 1 aku oia iua mau wahine la ' ana ina e hoao ana kekahi o laua e haalele iaīa, alaila eki > koke ia no eia ika pu. . 1 , ±Aole ipau .)