Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XIII, Number 3, 17 January 1874 — O ka ana anei ka mea ku i ka pono? [ARTICLE]

O ka ana anei ka mea ku i ka pono?

PeU mai kekahi poe. Pehea la oae oe, i e ka me;i hel«ihelu mai ? He oiuio auei lakou—O ka ao* ka pouo. oiai u k& haawi > aku ka niea inea a pobo wale ? ! E ! heahn uuanei ke pob<» ? Ua 000000 \ paha oe a maopopo ia ia c»e, et ! Ina pela, j e hai mai t»e i ka'u e niuau aku nei. I Ua kaou paha oe i wahi kumu alani ; nau, me ke kipulu maikai aku, a me ka! malama pouo no hoi, tO«i koua wa kauwowo a hiki ike oo Ca kali hoomaoawa nui hoi oe i kauo hoohoa aoa mai, a haU kekahi mau makahiki he nui no. A pehea la kou manuo ; a ike pooo, he kumu hua ole kena, a nele oe i ka uku ote ta mai ? He hooluilahala oo ka kou, oo kou poho ! A ua pooo hoi kao, oo ka mea, aole loa he pooo ke loaa mai a nui i kekahi, a aua loa hoi oia i ua loaa nei oona iho wale no. Pela ka ke Akua, u pela hoi ka ke kanaka Ea f Ua ike akea la kou huhu i kan wahi keiki, no kooa lawe mau i kau, oiai, aohe ona hoihoi i ke kauwahi o kao, ma ka hoolohe a malama mai ia oe, e ka makua. He keiki hookuli no kau, a haaleie hoi i ka mea uaua ia i malama, me ka minamina ole i ka lahi, mai kooa wa hauau a i ke 00. Xol;iila kou kaniuhu. "He luhi makehewa ko*u no ke keiki a'u i aloha nui ai.'* " He poho wale I*' " Uu nui ka i loaa aku la ia la, oiai, o kona hoihoi mai i kekahi, aole loa no !" " Anwe hoi au, ka makua i al >ha ole ia mai ai !"

E ! pehea ka pono ? Oka aua anei ka ruea miikai, i kou m;toao, o kn hauwi pahn? M;»l una palia u i like kou manao tne ko ke Akua. O ka haawi aku, ka mea kn i ka pono. Ua ike paha oe, i ke kannwai e kau nei maluna o konaka a pau. Oia keia : ''O ka mea loaa wale mai, a haawi ole aku, na poino maoli no ia." Hana mai ke Akna i kaaaka a pau, i poe kokua kekahi i kekahi. Aun hai pololei mai no io, i pau ke kuhihewa oka mea aua. "Ua oi ka poinaikai o ka haawi ana aku, mamua o ka ioaa ana mai " Aoko ke Akua pomaikai no hoi ia kekahi. He mea haawi nui oia, a haawi mau. O na pono kino a me na pono ohane a kakou e hauoli nei, nona wale mai no ia. A pehe.i kakou, ea ? E hoohaiike ole anei me ka ka Makun Lani f Aole, e h(»o--halike no i pomaikai io. A i ole, ea, o iike au'nei kakou me ke kai o Sodonoa, oin ke kai make. He loaa waie kona, ka wai hoihui o loredane Aole nae ona wahi hiawi iki aku, aole loa he k uln wai hookahi. He aoa loa oo ; a nolaila kona iilo ana i ka nwaawa lauoa ole ; a haalele wale na mea oia • pau iaia, a make io oo ua kai pi nei, a make loa. He aie maoii nae keia, a'u e kamailio aku oei—o ka haawi ;tku hoi. He nui k* aie a ka poe i loaa wale mai ka lakou la. He aie ka lakou na kekahi poe nele ma kahi e. Peia mau ka ke Kaooha Hoo.

A pehea o Hawaii nei ? He aiea e kona 1o»a ! He ooi a dho» boi na ooea i h»awi wale ia naoa ; a tia : ke ku wale mai nei ia imua o ka maka o ka lehuleha. A oeie aoei 0 Hawaii oei i ks aie ole, 9a ? Aole. Ua like ka noi o kana aie me ka nui o kona loaa ro«i. Aole loa i haawiii ra»i kana, e waiho onaa ia ma keia Pae Aina, e like roe k» wai o loredane, iloko o ke Kai Make ! Kauoha mai la ke Akoa i» kakou e hooiii aka i ua mau pomaikai U 1 ka poe e o ho nele nei ma na aina poali e. e like*me ko Hawaii ia «1 kahiko !oa ako oei. A pela io 00 kakou i hoonaak* ai e hana. Mc he mea la me i keia wa, ua paopauaho kekahi poema ia haoa maik»i! Pehea U ko ookoo maoao «a mea eoa hoaaloha i loaa wale niai a nui ? B.