Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XII, Number 42, 18 ʻOkakopa 1873 — Ka mana o ka Baibala. Pilipo Pohaku ma. [ARTICLE]

Ka mana o ka Baibala. Pilipo Pohaku ma.

He poe kanalna paha kekahi, a ninau mai, auhea ka mana oka B»ibala ? Pela paha kekahi mau kahu ekalesis, kahu kula Sabati, e ao mau ana i ka Baibala i oa kanaka, ina haumaoa. Nana lakou, a kali i ka huli io ana mai o kanaka, o kamalii. nae e ike ana, na huli kekahi. Ua ae lu&i paha kekahie huli. Aka, he huli waha wale iho no f aole he huli oiaio. A ninau lakou, auhea ka mana oka Baibala ? He mana no ka Baibala. I akaka ua mana nei, e helnhelu i keia wahi kaao pokole no Pilipo Pohako. He kanaka mahiai oia He wahine hoi kana. Ma ke kino wale no kn laua manan. Aole laua i manao ike Akna, aole helnhelu ika Baibala, aole hele ika halawai. Noho pu no laua, a lilo laua i mau makua no na'keiki eono. Aole nae i loihi ke ola ana ona keiki. Ua pau lakou ika make. Nni ke kaoikau ana oka maknahine. He maknakane haipnle no kona. Launa pn oia me ia, a hai akn i ka olelo maikai a lesu, a paipai aku ia ia e heluhelu Ika B*ibala, i loaa ka mea e maha'i kona naaa keumaha. A heluhelu iki no oia i ka wa e mahiat aoa ke kane. A ala mai kona noonoo ana, a manao e hnli ma ka pono, aole nae oia i huli koke.

He mau keiki hou ka laua mahope oka make ana o kela poe mua. Aka, aole heSabati maloko o ia ohana. Hele no ka makuakama i ka mahiai ana ma ka la Sabati. Paipai no ka wahine ia ia e hele ikn hilawai ma ia la, aole make e mahiai. Hookuli nae oia, a hoomau no ma ka hana hewa ana.

Mahuahua ka waiwai o Pilipo, ikaika hoi kona kino, a manao paha oia e mau ana kona ikaika. Aka, ma kekahi la, ua loohia oin i ka mai, a nawaliwali iho la ke kanaka ikaika. Ia ia e oni maha ole ana ma kona wahi moe, kan kona maka maluna o kekahi buke, a ninau <iku la, he huke aha ia ?

Pane ia, ka Baibala. Ho mai, aoho mea e ae e pau ai na eha, e like me ka B»ibala. Heluhelu oia, a hoomaha iki. Alail» helu* helu hou a hoomau no ika helohelu ana, a ike, na hoahewa ka Baibala i kona hoohiki ino ana ika inoa oke Akoa, i kona hehi ana i ke Sabati, i kona hoopoina ana ia lehova, ike maopopo oia i kona hewa he nui loa. Ala mai ka mihi. Ano hon ka noho ana. Ola oia. A ma ke Sabati mua komo oia iloko o ka luakini, aku ilnna me ka Biibala—ma kooa lima, a olelo. "Eia ka mear mana ka Baibala, ma kona mana i huli ai au. Oia ka'u kumu, nana wau i hoola mai. A hnli mai ka wahine, me ke kaikamahine, a lilo lakou ekolui mau haipule io. Koe nae nakeikikane. Paakiki loa lakoo. Kaamaha ka makuakane no ko lakou huli ole. Paipai oia ia lakou e hele i ka halawai. Lohe lakou i kona paipai mau ana, a ike lakon i kona make lanakila ana ma ke ano haipule, hookuli nae lakon, a hoomau no ma ka hewa. Mana no ka Baibala, ika poe heluhela, a noonoo, a malama. Ola lakou. Make nae ka poe helahelu ole, a heluhelu wale me ka malama ole. E huli man oukou i ka Palapala Hemolele, me ka malama pono, i ola oukou. Hawaii.