Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume X, Number 1, 7 Ianuali 1871 — Na ohana like ole. [ARTICLE]

Na ohana like ole.

Elua mau hale ; o ko kekahi, he ohana ike ole, hawawa, naaupo; ukiuki wa)e iho la na makua ; pakike na keiki; kue l;ikou kekahi i kekahi. Weiuwelu ke kapu ; aole Baibala ; aole hoi buke inaikai a ae; he mau buke lapuwnle wale no. Aole Pule Ohana. Hoomaloka maoli. O ka mea nui o ua ohana nei, oia no ka rama. Inu iho la na makua a ona, pela no hoi na keiki. Hakaka kekahi me kekuhi, a hoopaapaa ino me ka leo nui, kuaniuamu, kui aku a kui mai, a poino wale ka noho ana. Aia no ia ohana, he wahi kaikamahine maikai <> ka maka-, haukae nae a hawawa ; uole i kuliiiu ka lauoho, aole hoi i holoiia ka maka. Komo ae la ua kaikamahine nei i ka lua o na hale, kohi e noho mai ana he ohana haipule ; a ike aku la ia he maikai na moena, noho, papa aniani kilohi, a pela aku. Noho malie hoi na lala oua ohana nei me &a olu\)lu. Aole i hooweliweli aku na makua'i na keiki ; aole hoi pakike na keiki ina .makua. Aia iloko o lakou a pau ka makemake e kokua kekahi i kekahi. Lohe ae la ua kaikamahine uei i ka heluheluia mai o ka Baibala e ke poo o ka ohana, a haohao ae )a ia i ka pule ohnna, Uwe iho la oia, a helolei ka waimoka, a olelo aku la, "Auhea oukou e na inakamaka e, ke noho mai nei oukou i ka lani, ke noho mai nei au i ka po." He oiaio maoli, o ka hnle kahi i noho mai ai ka ohana haipulē io, he aka ia no ka lani, no ka meo, o ka mea hookahi e| hoopiha ai i ka lani me ka pomaikai, oia hookahi wale iho no iloko oua hale haipul&nei. Heahn la ia mea hookahi ? Aole anei he aloha ? Oia, oke aloha no. O na hua a ke aloha, o ke ahonui, oluolu, akahai, huliu ole a me ka maluhia ; no ia mea, pomaikai ko laila poe e iike. me ko ka lani puali. Oka hale nae kahi i noho mai ai ka poe hooinaloka, huahua, lokoino, pule ole, inu rama, hakaka, a pela aku, he uka ia o ka po. Aole malaila ka mea hookahi e pomuikai ai. Aole aloha, a nele i ke aloha ole, poino wale ka hope. Pehea la ko kakou mnu hale ? He aka anei oka lani ? He aka paha oka po. "O ka hoino o lehova, ain ia ma ka hale o ka mea hewa, Hoopoj «naikai oia i kahi e noho ai ka poe pono."