Ka Nonanona, Volume II, Number 17, 17 January 1843 — O KA MEA HANA-WATI A ME KA WATI. [ARTICLE]

O KA MEA HANA-WATI A ME KA WATI.

He nane keia o maopopo ai ka ino o ka hookamani. He nui na wati nani a maikai iloko o ka hale o kekahi mea hana wati; a no ka nani loa o kekahi wati olaila, haele ae na kanaka a pau a komo aku malaila e nana aku ia ia. "Ea, he wati maikai anei keia?" wahi a kekahi wahine hoihoi i ka mea hana wati "ke imi nei au i wati maikai io, a ina ua like ko ia nei maikai oloko me kona nani, ina ua kupono loa iaʻu." I mai la ka mea hana-wati, "ke minamina nei au i kuu hiki ole, ke hoomaikai aku ia ia. Aole oʻu makemake

e hoopunipuni i ka poe i hele mai nei e kuai, a nolaila kuu hiki ole ke kuai @ aku i ua witi nei. Aole au i ike i ka wati nani i oi aku ia ia, aka, he hookamani kona; no ka mea, ho oiaio, aole ona kani." Ke ao mai la keia nane ia kakou, aole e manao ma ko waho. Aia no kekahi poe kanaka, he maikai kowaho, me ka mau ino a hoopunipuni iloko. He lapuwale keia poe e like me kela wati i olelo ia, a e wahawahaia mai lakou; aka, he alohaia, a he pomaikai kekahi poe e ae i emi iho ka maikai o ko lakou helehelena owaho, ke maikai lakou oloko.