Ka Elele Poakolu, Volume II, Number 5, 6 April 1881 — He Hoopumpunī īaīo. [ARTICLE]

He Hoopumpunī īaīo.

E ka Elele Poakolu; Āloha oe\ — _ Aia ma Kakaako ae nei, ke noho. nei kekahi kanaka ua kapaiaia iho, he kaula mai ke Akua mai. A he nui ka poe i puni mahope o kana hoopunipuni. Ua lawe oia i . ka buke nui hooweliweli, a oia ke kahua , kahi ana e lawelawe ai ma ke ano hoola. I kekahi 'mau la» i kaa hope ae. Ua lawelawe iho la oia a me kona mau kokua i kekahi mea i loohia ia e ka mai weliweli oia hoi, ka hepela ; wahi a ua poe kaula ole wale nei, o keia mai he mea paani wale no keia, he hiki loa ia makou ke hoola i ka mea i loaa i keia mau haawina. . Aohe laau e ae a makou eia wale no, o ka pule. Wahi hoi a Lohiau. I mana no ka pule i ka la o ke ola. Ua hookapu loa laleou i ka hoohainu ana ikapaakai, aila, huaie, lupepa a me na laau, ano Iike. Hookahi wale no laau, o ka pule, oia pule no la la o ka hiki no ia o ke kauka a me' na makai a o Kahakaaulana ka pahu hopu. Kupanaha maoli keia, aohe pepehi kanaka e ae e ike ia nei, o keia poe wāle no. Eia no hoi kēkahi eia ka he inakemake loa ke Akua i kā noho pu me ka wahine manuahi, wahi a lakou, a kē noho nei keia kanaka kaula me kana punua peepoli. Minamina ino ka olelo . hemolele a ke Akua i ka hoohaukae ia e keia hoopunipimi oiaio. He mana a he maemae ka pule, aka', he ma-nawa-ko ia hana maikai, a he manawa hoi • ko ka, laau e haawi ia i ka mea mai ; aole o ke pale loa ana īa ola. Me ka mahalo. J. Kealohapauole. Honolulu, Mar. 25, 1881. • . *■ (