Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 8, 20 Pepeluali 1864 — No ka Pomaikai io. [ARTICLE]

No ka Pomaikai io.

Ua hanaia ke kanaka e ke Akua, me ka makemake i kekahi mau. mea ana i ike ai. Ua m&kemake ke kanaka i ka aiame ka i-a, ka lole, ka aina, ka hanohano, ame na mea 6 ae he nui wale ; a o ka loaa ana mai ia ia 0 na mea a kona naau e kuko ai, ua kapaia oia he pomaikai nona. Penei: Ina i pololei kekahi kanaka, a loaa ia ia ka ai ono, a maona ia, ua kapaia oia he pomaikai. He lehulehu no nae ke ano oka ponmikai. Ua loaa mai ia kakou kekahi poinaikai ma ka ai ana i ka ai, ma ka inu ana i ka wai, ma ka lohe ana i kekahi leo maikai, ma ka ike ana i kekahi mea nani loa, e like me ka la, ame ke anuenue, ma ka honi ana i kekahi mea ala ; a ua kapaia keia he pomaikai no ke kino, no ka mea, ma na wahi o ke kino e komo mai ai keia pomaikai. Ua loaa hoi ia kakou kekahi pomaikai okoa ma ka heluhelu ana i ka palapala, ma ka manao, ma ka noonoo, a ua kapaia he pomaikai no ka manao. No ka mea, iloko o ka manao wale no ia e ulu ai. Eia no kekahi; oka launa pu ana me na makamaka, am'e na hoahanau, he pomaikai okoa no ia, a ua kapaia he pomaikai launa. Eia no hoi kekahi; o ka oluolu ma ka hana pono ana, ua kapaia keia he pomaikai no ka pono, no ka mea, mailoko mai o ka hana poko ia mau mea e puka mai ai. Ua kupono ke kanaka i keia mau mea e oluolu ai, a e olioli ai hoi kona naau, a ua haawi nui ia mai keia mau mea, it»e he mau punawai la no ka pomaikai—i pomaikai na kanaka. Ua hanuia ke kanaka me ka makemake i keia mau mea, a ua haawiia mai na mea e maona ai kona makemake. Nolaila, ua akaka loa ko ke Akua makemake e noho pomaikai na kanaka ma keia ao. He lehulehu loa no na mea ake Akua 1 haa\Vi mai ai i pomaikai no na kanaka, ma kana ai ana, inu ana, noho ana, hele ana, holo ana, heluhelu palapala ana, launa ana me na jmakamaka, hana lokomaikai ana ia hai, ame na mea ano like e ae a pau oia ano; ua loaa mai kekahi oluolu no ke kino ame ka uhane, a ua pomaikai na kanaka i keia mau mea, ke pili pono ka lakou hana ana i na Kanawai paa o ke Akua. Eia nae kekahi mea nui: He palena ko keia mau pomaikai m*pau. Ina4 lilo loa ke kanaka ikekahi mea maikai, a ma ua mea ia wale no kona |nanao ame kona makemake, amd kona hooikaika ana, pono ole auahei kela kanaka. Mamuli lilo kela mea ana c manao ai he pomaikai, i mea hoino nona ; penei e akaka ai: Pomaikai ke kanaka ika ai, aka, ina i pakela ai kekahi, aoie ja he pomaikai, he poino ka hope, ina e ai kakou i ka ai a maona iki, aole piha loa, he pono ia, oluolu ke kino, he mama, he ikaika, a makaela hoi ka manao,aka,inai piha loa ka opu i ka ai ame ka i-a, me he mea pehu la, alaila. hiki mni la ka hiamoe, ka liliha, ka molowū, k& inni, a poino loa Ke kanaka. Aole i pau ke ano o na pomaikai i ka hāi ia aku, aiā a oluolu ka munao o ka Luna HooponopoW e hoopuka ia keia, alaila, hai hou aku au/f.&a hope o keia kukuiu manae aoa. "V W. H. Kamoawa. Kaluaoloiii, Waikiki lnU, JVbv. 25,1863.