Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 44, 29 October 1864 — Kahuna Hoonohonoho Akua. [ARTICLE]

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Kahuna Hoonohonoho Akua.

E ka Nupepa Kuokoa e ; Aloha oe :— Ma ke ahiahi o ka auina la oka Poakahi, oia ka la 10 o Okatoba, ia'u e noho ana ma ko'u wahi home nei, e hooluolu ana au i ko'u kino ; aia hoi, lohe aku la au i ka Jeo o na kane, a me na wahine e hooho nui ana, "E! nu hou maoli hoi ha !!" Palua a pakolu ka hana ana pela, a aneane pono ole ko'a moe ana, ninau aku ia au, " Heaha ke~ ia ?" Pane mai la lakou, Heaha mai ka hoi kau, eia iho ka nu hou i keia po a ike iho oe," i aku la au, "Owai?" Pane hou mai Ja lakou, " O lesu, a keia po hanaia ka hula." Ninau hou aku la au, " Pehea ke ano o lesu, a me. kana mau ?" Olelo mai lakou, " Aole makou i ikem«l*» «» Ku i aka, oia ka ke Akua e nohu ana iluna o Kalaanaioha, n i kn po nei, hana ia o Mrs. Nakia, (ka wahine ia a Kahula,) i keia ia'iho nei, kalua ka puaa, ka moa, a nonoi aku la i inau dala ekolu ($3.00) i uku no lea hanu ana, oia ka na kahu'na kanaka, a keia po hana ia Kahula, o ka lesu mai ia n hana ai.'' I aku la au, " Aole hoi he mai o Nakia, iaia ka hoi e hana ai," i mai lakou, " E hana e hoi i ka wahine mamua, a mahope aku hoi ke kane."

Ia manawa, hoomakaukau iho la au i ko'u wahi iio e hele ilaila, i pau ai kuhihewa ia Lanai, la makou i puka oku ai malaila, (o ka hora ehiku ia,) aole nae ua kahuna nei, ua hele i kauhale e aku ; a i ka hora ewaiu, hoi mai ana o ua o Kalnauaioha nie ua maknni nei e noho ana iluna ona, oia o lesu alua, e noho ana no hoi ua knnaka mai nei, ka wahine, ke kaikamahine, ka hunona, ame makou hoi a nui wale ; e kali nna i ike i ke ano o kana mau hana, i ka pono a me kn pono ole. Ninau iho la ua kahuna nei, " Auhea ka mai ?'• •• Eia no hoi 18," wahi a ka wahine, u U ! heaha la in, he opala paha," pau kauna o ka hana ana pela. A pane hou mai la kela, " E hoomuka paha ka hana ?" Pane aku .ke kahu mai, 44 Aia no paha ia ia oe," wahi a ka lehulehu, 44 Ae, e hana." Alaila, kukuiuia ae la t> Nakia iiuna, mawaena pono o ke nnoina me ke ano hilahila, no ka mea, mai kona wa opiopio a luahine, akahi no a hanaia oia pela ; alaila, pule aku la ua kahuna nei, penei, 44 E ka makua ma ka lani, e lehova, e ike mai ia f u i kau*keiki, eia ka mai, e lawe i kona mau eha a pau, Amet,e." Ia wa koke no, olelo ae ia ua kahuna nei i na mea a pau oloko o ka hale, 41 I keia po a ao, o ke ola no ia o ia-la, heaha la keia mai ia'u, he opala pnha, aole au e hana i ka mai, i knhi e no ia e noho mai oi, ia oe au e hana ai, he ola ana ka ia ia." * 1 ae la ua kahuna nei, e heluhelu kekahi uia ka Baibala, Zalatia 6: 8, a pau ka heluhelu ana a K. Kauleinamoku, wehewehe mai la ua kahuna nei i ke ano oia pauku, e like me ka poe e haiolelo ana. A ninau ae la i ka wahine, " Pehea oe ?" I aku keia, 14 Ke »ho lua iho nei, o ka akau no o ka hema," ae, e nana ma Halelu 1: I—4» wehewehe hou ia no, e ane like me mamua. la manawa, hamama ae la ka waha o ua kahuna nei, hehi iho ia ka wawae akau iluna o ka moena, hamama hou ka waha, hehi hoi ka wawae bema. Pau kauna o ka hamama ana, ua like ia me elua kauna o ka hehi ana, he ane oopa j»ha i ka nana aku, no ka mea, ua aneahe elua hdra ke ku ana iloko o ia wa. Kena hou no kela e heluhelu ma I«aia 3 : 4, a no ka pono 'ole o kana mea i manao ai ma ia |>auku iloko o ka K. Kauleinamoku heluhelu ana, no ka mea, ua heluheluia e like me na mea i kakauia ma ka Baibafa. Aka, na kfekahi no o kona poe hoahele i heluhelu ano e i ua pauku nei, plenei ka he-

luiielu ana, " E noho na kanaka maliina o ka nma, e noho hoi na keiki uuku maluna o lakou." Ninau ae la ua kahuna nei ika mea e heluhelu ana, " Owai ia kanaka ?" " O iala hoi paha," wahi a ka Wa e heluhelu ana. 1 hou mai la ua kahuna nei, " Owai hoi ke keiki uuku ?" I aku lu ka mea e heluhelu ana, wO oe hoi paha ia." Ia wa koke no, hooho ae la ua Akua makani nei me ka leo nui i piha i ka wahahee, "Ae ! Ae !! Owau no ia ka Mesia, kahi keiki uuku, a na'u i hoonoho aku nei ka anela iluna o iala ?" Aia hoi, uwa ae la na mea a pau e noho ana iloko, a holo aku ia iwaho, a namu aku la, penei, " sipi, sipi, sipi, &c. Paka, : paka, &c., n puhi aku la ika paka a akaaka ae la. Hoi mai la a loko, pane aku la keia Akua makani, " Maeele loa au," " Ae, e noho ilalo, ina he manao e hoi," wahi a kekahi Akua makani, kani aku la ke oli a ua wahine nei. a olelo hou mai la no ua kahuna nei, " Heaha ia kela mai i kuu manao, he opala paha." Hoekepue ae la hoi kela Akua makani. aole luli, aole pane, oia nana mai i no. Ninau hou mai la ua kahuna nei, "pehea kou manao i ka mai a kaua,iio ka mea, , ke noho malie aohe walaau." Aki j mai ana ua pupule nei, " ki, ki, ki," "No 1 ka po kela mai," wahi aua kahuna nei, a mahope, hai ae la ke kahuna, " o keia Akua ! la, noonei no, ua ike no oukou, eia la he wahine ehu." Ninau aku la ka lehulehu, "aole ia hoi e pono ke hai ae i ka inoa ?" A ma ia hope mai, hai ae la ua kahuna nei i ka inoa o kona Akua makani, o " Kamalamaiama," pau ae ia o lesu alua. Hoi ka hoopunipuni malalo iho o Puuonale, waiho ka wahahee i Kahua, ahu ka hoka i kapaknhakai, puehu kukui akimona 0 ka mikina mai i Kohala nei e hoopunipui r.i ai. Ma ko'u manao ana, ina oke dailota keia o na uhane o kakou nana e hookele i ke awa oka lani, e kau ouanei i Kapua. O keia kanaka, no Hilo-paliku mai, o kona wahi noho, o Opea i Honohina, Kuhua i Halaia, miki mai ana i Kohala nei nei e hoot punipuni ai, e kuhi ana paha he wahahee i ī ka niapahi, hana wale iho no, a maluna ke keokeo malalo ka ulamau, hoi malu aku nei 1 Hiio-paeleku. Me ka inahalo. i S. W. Kailiwela. Kaīpuhaa. Kohala A., Hawaii, Oka. 18,1864.