Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XVIII, Number 5, 1 February 1879 — Na Misiona. [ARTICLE]

Na Misiona.

Yorubs. Aia no ia aina »uai Af«rika Komohana. n»a ka H.kma aku o GoiQ€». Nui na aioa iiiiii e.nioko. Hookahi nae a!ii me kona mau a!ii milalo īho. No kekahi kama uuku loa, ui mokuahaot ke aapuoi. Aia no ke kaua kaloko, a kaua aku, kaua inai, a kokua ka poe keai degero ike kaua ana. 30 makahiki ke ka« ua aoa. 145 aioa ka i hoooeooeo ia. A noJoko wai o na ko?na, ua hana ia kekahi kulanakauhale. Abekuta ka inoa. Aia na ia ma kekahi papu maikai mawaena o na puu kiekie eioa. 100,000 kanaka malaiia. He negcro lakou. He poe oaaupo ioa mamua. He poe hoomanakii, a hoomana daimonio, a hoomana uhane o na kupuna. Ma kekahi leia a kekahi misionari ohila, ua hai ia mai penei. Ko Yoruba poe kanaka, he poe naaupo, he poe mnre iehulehu ino loa, a mohai i na kanaka na ka diabo!o. He poe aihue oie nae. Ikaika ke kanawai hoopai ika aihue. HiUi ke waiho waieia ka waiwai ma na alanui, he mau ia me ke koiohe ole ia. ika puka ana o keia inisionsri malmia, he mau alii eono. Maloko oko lakeu mau hale pakahi ka halawai ana mamua, a holo pono ka hana. Hoopauia nae na halawai, he mau malama no ka nui ono ahaaina ohani, a hoomau loihi ia. Nolaila, lil« ka misionari i ka hele i kauhale, e haiolelo liilii ana. Akahi no lakou a lohe i ka pule a ka Haku. £ ko makou makua iloko o ka lani, &c. 1 na ua lohe makou ia pule mamua, wahi a i kekahi alii, no ka Makua ma ka lani, ina ua hoemi ia ko makou mau akua liii, 100 paha ka poe hele ika halawai Sabati. He mau huli kekahi. Uielo kanaka, he hiki oie ke hoopau i ka hoomana i na uhane o na kupuna. Aia a hoopau ia, aiaila, e huli nui makou i poe Karistiano. Mui na akua kii o lakou. A hoomana hoi lakou i kekahi mau lala o ke kino, oi;i hoi ke poo, a me na manumana nui elua o na wnwae, he mau hope ia no na makua i make mamua aku. Aole Ukou e ai e i kekahi io mamua o ka mohaiana i keU^bi hapa na kekahi akua kii. oka Diabolo ko lakou akua nui. He apana pohaku kona kii, e ku ana ma ke alo oko lakou mau hale, a nona no ka mohai inua ana. lfa kekahi akua o lakou. Aole likou e hoomaka i kekahi hana a ninau eia keia akuo. He lau niu kai mohniia nana i oluolu oia e kokua moi. He kanuka kai mohaiia mamua iae ia akua i ko lakou makemake. Sanego kekahi akua nui, ke akua ia o ka hekili. Ma ka lakou olelo, he mau hoaiiona wale no ko lakou mau akua kii no ke akua nui oiaio. A hai nku keia uiau akua kii i ke Akua nui i ka nui o na mohai i mohaiia na lakou. Elua ahaama makuhiki. kahi i mohui ia'i na kanakn. Ma Augate ka mua, he wahine ka mohai. Ma Okatob.i ka lua, he kane ka mohai. Ma ka diaboio ka mohai wahine. Na Oranafe ka inohai kane. Keia ahaaina hope kai oi loa. Ma na la ehiku mamua o ka mohai ana, noho kanikau malu na kanuka. Pau na malihini i ka hoihoiia'Ku. Kapu ka walaau, ke mele anu, ka hula ana, ka hookaui pahu ana, ka hakaka nna. Kapu ka Moi. He mau luna, he mau kauw.i kuapua kai ne ia e ike ia in. Aole ioa ineia e ike kana mau uahine ia ia, 1 na mnke kekahi Haku, ua pepehiia kekahi mau knuwa ana, i mau hoa hele nona i kela uo i ike ole ia. Mamua oka hiki ana ona mision.vri ilaila, ua hooholo e ia na kauwa ma ke alanui mamua o ko lakou pepehiia ana. A pela no kekahi mau kauwa ekolu inahope o ka puka ana o na niisionari. Aka, o ka nui, ua pepehi maluia i ka mea i make ai na Haku. Ma ke ao ana a na misionari, ua hoemi ia keia pepehi naaupo nna. £ pule nui kakou, e hoopau loa ia keia mau hana naaupo apau. lapana. He 15 misiona euaneho ma lapana. 161 misionaTi ke helu pu ia na wahine. 94 Kihapai. 44 ekalesia. 1761 hoahanau. 102, haiolelo lapana. 52 Kula Sabati, 1556 haumana. Ma ka mak. 1572, 20 wale no hoahanau. He mau misionari hou i mukaukau e hele ana i lapana. Holo ponoka hana aka Haku ma lapana. E mau ka hoio pono ana. The Indepexdent.