Ka Lama Hawaii, Volume I, Number 16, 1 August 1834 — Page 1

KA
LAMA HAWAII.
HE MEA IA E HOOLAHA IKE, A HE MEA HOI E PONO AI KE KULANUI.
“I naaupo ka uhane, aole ia he maikai.”................NA SOLOMONA.
Makahiki 1. MAUI, LAHAINALUNA, AUGATE 1, 1834. Helu 16.

HE DIA.
 
NO KA DIA.

            Ua nui loa na holoholona i like kekahi ano me ko ka Dia. Aka, o ka Dia maoli ka mea maikai o lakou a pau ma na helehelena ona.
            Ua loihi kona mau wawae, a ua uuku ua poepoe kona kino a ua maikai; a o ka Dia kane ua kiekie kona poo, a he manamana, maikai kona mau pepeiaohao he oluolu kona mau maka, he makaala loa.
            Ua ulaula kona kua, a ma na aoao, he hapa ka ula, a malalo o ka ai, a ka umauma, ua kokoke keokeo.
            Ekolu kapuai a me ka hapa kona kiekie, a eha kapuai kekahi. Elima kapuai kona loa, a eono no kekahi. Ekolu kapuai ka loa o kona mau pepeiaohao, a ua manamana.
            Ewalu no niho ko ka Dia, ma ka iwi a lalo, aole niho ma ke a luna a he umikumamalua ona kui ma ke a lalo, a pela no maluna; a i huiia na niho a me na kui he kanakolukumamalua lakou.
            Ua loaa keia holoholona maikai, ma Europa, a ma Asia, a ma Amerika.
            E like me ko ka Dia maikai ma na helehelena, pela no ia ma ka oluolu a me ka maikai o kana hana ana. Ina ike mai ia i ke kanaka, e holo mama no oia, aole hoi ia e hooeha mai i kekahi ke hahai ole ia oia.
            E hiki wawe no ke hoolakalaka ia ia, i kona wa opiopio, ke malama ponoia ia me ka lokomaikai. He mea makau wale ia, a ina hoolakaia, holo wale ia i ka ilio uuku, a me ke kanaka ana i ike ole ai mamua.
            Haule no kona mau pepeiaohao i kela makahiki keia makahiki, i ka malama o Maraki ka haule ana. A haule na hao kahiki, ulu koke no na hao hou. A hala na malama ekolu ua nui na hao, uuku na hao kahiko.
            E hiki no ke heluhelu i na makahiki o