Ke Kumu Hawaii, Volume II, Number 25, 10 Mei 1837 — Page 97

KE KUMU HAWAII.
HE PEPA HOIKEIKE I NA MEA E PONO AI KO HAWAII NEI.
"O ka pono ka mea e pomaikai ai ka lahuikanaka; aka, o ka hewa ka mea e hoinoia'i na aina."
Buke 2. HONOLULU, OAHU, MEI 10, 1837. Pepa 25.

NO KA ZEBERA.

                Ua like kekahi ano o ka Zebera me ko ka Lio. Ua like ka heluna o kona mau niho, a ua poepoe ka maiuu o kona mau wawae, aole hoi i maheleia, ua like no me ko ka lio.
                O ka Zebera, o ka lio, ua nui ka lio. O ka Zebera o ka hoki, ua nui ka Zebera. Ua olenalena ke oho o ka Zebera, a he onionio eleele nae. Ua kaawale ka olenalena, a me ka eleele. Nolaila ua like me ka mea i penaia. Ua like kekahi mau helehelena ona me ko ka lio, a me ko ka hoki kekahi. O kona kino a me kona uha, ua like me ko ka lio, a o ka ai, a me ke poo, ua like me ko ka hoki. He poepoe maikai kona kino, a ikaika maikai kona mau wawae e like me ko ka lio.
                Aole holoholona i oi aku kona maikai mamua o ko ka Zebera, ke nana aku. O ka onionio, oia ka maikai loa.
                Pokole makalii loa kona oho, a ua hinuhinu. Ua onionio kona kino a pau, he eleele, a ke olenalena, o ke kino, o ka ai, o ke poo, o ka maka, o na pepeiao, nolaila, i ka ike ana aku, ua like ia me ka mea i hoonaniia i ka ribine.
                Ua loaa ia holoholona ma na ululaau nui ma Aferika; aole i loaa ma A sia, a ma Europa, a ma Amerika.
                Ma na ululaau, kahi a ia lio e noho ai, ua hihiu loa ia, a no kona mama, loaa ole ia e na lio A rabia a pau.
                Makemake loa lakou e noho pu a hele pu, he ohana nui, nolaila, ua nui loa lakou i ikeia ma kahi hookahi.
                I ka wa e ai ai kekahi mau mea, kiai no kekahi mau mea, o hiki mai auanei ka enemi, he kanaka paha, o ka ilio paha. Ina ike mai ka poe kiai i ke kanaka, a i ka ilio huhu paha, alaila hoike koke aku la lakou i ka poe e ai ana: alaila, holo nui lakou, a no ko lakou mama, aole loaa iki lakou i kekahi holoholona.
                No ka hihiu o ka Zebera aole ia i hoolaka loa ia, no ka mea, ina i paa i kona wa uuku, hoowahawaha no ia i ka e hoohana mai ia ia,
                Ina i malama pio ia oia i na makahiki he nui loa, a hanai mau ia i ka lima o ke kanaka hookahi, aole ia e oluolu ke noho ke kanaka ma kona kua. A ina hele mai ka malihini, alaila, moe koke no kona mau pepeiao, ilalo, a hoomakaukau e nahu mai, a i ole ia, e huli no a keehi mai.
                Ma kona wahi ua hakalia loa ka loaa ana o keia lio. No kona hihiu a me kona akamai, aole ia e loaa i ka hoowalewale, a no kona mama aole loaa i ka hahai ana. Nolaila aole i loaa pinepine ka Zebera nui. I ka wa uuku, hahai ka poe hahai, a hoomanawanui loa, a pomaikai ke loaa, no ka mea, he lio kuai nui loa ia lio.
                A e kuai nui loa no hoi kona ili, no ka maikai, a no ka mea, aole i loaa pinepine. Ua manao nui loa ia ia lio, i mea hoike; a nolaila ke kuai nui, i mea hoike aku i kanaka.
                O ka onionio o ka Zebera, oia kona mea like ole loa me ka lio. A he okoa no kekahi helehelena ona, okoa ko ka lio. Ua nui ka lio, a ua oi aku ka maikai o kona ai, a me kona poo, a me kona mau pepeiao mamua o ko ka Zebera.
                He mama ka Zebera, he lohi ka lio. He lokomaikai nae ka lio, a oluolu ia ke lawe i ke kanaka ma kona kua. Ina i ee ke kanaka maluna o ka Zebera, o kona pii no ia, a holo ino, i haule ke kanaka.
                E hoomanawanui no ka lio ma na hana a pau a ke kahu e haawi aku ai ia ia. Aka, o ka Zebera, aole hiki ke hoolaka ia ia, no kona huhu loa. Ma ka onionio maikai o