Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 136, 19 September 1893 — HE MAU MOOLELO NO KE AU O KO KA REV. KEONI G. PATON [ARTICLE]

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

Noiio ana iwaena o Ka lahui Aikanaka o _KEu Hehepeeiiaa. “He uahoa ko’u mau la e noho nei maanei. Malia paha e like ana no ko’u hauoli a me kou lako ma ke ano he Moiwahine maluna o Aniwa. Aka, ke hoomaka nui nei nae na pegana o keia wahi e hoolono mai Ua ike ka Miss Paton ke hele hookokoke mai nei ka lakou ia Iesu. Ea, naui vrale no hoi ka hauoli i ka wa a makou e hiki ai ke xke aku ia lakou e mele ana ae haipule anai ko kakou hoola aloha. Mamuli oia . manaolana oia ko ? u kumu e ikaika ai ma ka hana.” He kanaka weliweli nui ia o Nasi, a he kanaka ino loa no hoi. Iloko o kekahi wa i loohia ai oia n:o kekahi maipilikia loa, ua ao mau aku au iaia, aka, ua lilō no nae na hana oluolu a pau i mea ole wale.no iaia. I kuu wa i liuliu ai no ka haalele ana ia Aniwa, ua hele maoli aku la no au e launa pu me ia. I kuu wa i haalele aku ai iaia, ua pane aku la au: “Pehea oe e Nasi, he hauoli no anei ae? Ua pane mai ia oia me ke auo hokukule: “Aole loa, a he ole loa no.” I aku la au: He makemake no anei oe i keia wahi keiki uuku au e ulu ae a like me oe, a e ukali hoi ma ke ala a.u i heleai?” “Aole, aole loa o’u makemake e hahai oia ma ko’u meheu.” “Ina pela, alaila, he mea pono e lilo oe i kristiano, a e haalele loa hoi i kou mau ano pegana a pau, no ka mea, ina aole oe e hana ana pela, alaila e ulu ae ana no oia a hahai ma ke ’ alahele o ka hakaka, o ka nuku a me ka powa i ke ola o 1 hai e like no me kau i hana ai. ' A e Nasi, aole e nele kona hoi-

no mai ia oe no kou alakai ana iaia e hele ma ia alahele o ka poino mauloa.” Ua komo loa keia mau olelo a’u iloko o kona naau, aka, aole nae oia ijpane mai. Mahope iho o ko makou holo ana, ua noho iho la he aha kuka mawaena o nakamaaina opio kristiano no ka noonoo a.na, i na mea e pili ana ia Nasi. Eia ka lakou olelo: “Ua ike no kakou i na hana ino a me na hookaumaha wale a Nasi i hana aku ai i ko kakou Misa aloha. Ua ike nohoi kakou ua lawe oia i ke ola 0 kekahi poe me kona mau lima ponoi, a ua kokua pu hoi oia iloko o kekahi mau hana powa a pepehi kanaka e ae he nui wale. He mea pono e lokahi like kakou i ke noi mau ana i kela a me keia la i ka Haku e hoohamahama mai i kona naau, a e hoainoe ae hoi 1 kona kulana, a e ao hoi iaia e aloha a e ukali mahope o na hana maikai, a e hoolilo hoi kakou ia kakou iho ma ka hooikaika ana e lilo mai o Nasi ma ka aoao o karisto, elike hoi me ka Misa hana ana ia kakou.” Nolaila, ua hoomakā koke lakou e hoike aku i nahana oluolu a pau e hiki ana ia lakou a ua hoao aku kela a me keia pakahio lakou e kokua aku iaia ma kana mau hana, me ka lawe ana i kela a me keia manawa kaawale no ke kamailio ana aku iaia e ae mai oia e haawi ia ia iho no T esu, a e heie hoi ma ke alahele hou o ko keia ola ana. I kinohi, ua hoole mai la oia ia lakou, a me ke ano hoonunuha ua paweo mai la oia. Aka aole nae i pio iki ka lakou mau haipule ana, a ua ulu mau ae ko lakou hoomanawanui a me ke aloha. Eia nae, mahope mai o ke kakali loihi ana, ua haawi pio mai la ko Nasi naau, a ua uwe aku oia imna o kekahi o na kumu. “Aole loa e hiki ia u ke kue hou aku i ko oukou Iesu. Tna he hiki iaia ke hoolilo mau ia’u e hana aku ia oukou e like me ia, alaila, ke haawi aku nei au ia'u iho nona. He makemake pu no hoi au iaia e hoo- , lilo mai ia’u a like me oukou. ; He ake nui loa au e loaa ia’u i ka naau e like me ko Iesu. - ’ Holoi ae la oia i na kiko pupuka i hapala ia ma kona hele

helena; a ua oki ae la oia i kona lauoho loloa ano pegana; a hele aku la oia i kahakai, auau iho la me ka holoi ana i kona kino a maemae; a ia wa ua hele poloiei mai laoiaimua o na poe knstiano, a aahu iho la he palule me ka lole wawae ekekei. A oka mea i koe, o ka loaa ona huke, a o ka mea i loaa iaia oka huke a loane. He nui kona hauoli e hoolohe aku i kekahi mea ina e heluhelu mai ana ia mea me ka leo nui i kekahi mau pauku o loko o ua huke la imua ona, a e inu mau aua hoi kona uhane i na manao hou me ka hauoli nui. . Aole i paa.