Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XVIII, Number 6, 8 Pepeluali 1879 — Na Misiona. [ARTICLE]

Na Misiona.

Sctte?, o.i r.o, ka mnke ana nu ke »hi o ka wahiae m» ke kme mare ke make eke kane n;3re. Aia uo nii Hmdu Asia keia hana niaupo loa. Ma ka hapa o Hindu i !Uo ia Beritio!«, ua papa ia a ua hoopauia ia haoa e ka mana Beritania. La pao no hoi kekahi ika maoa oka ke Akua o'.eia. Ao'e oae i pau loi ia ma kahi i iiio ia Beritania. 51a ka makahiki i hala aku !a, ua make ke Kuhina nui o Nepaula. So Beretania ia. Ua make pu me ia ekoiu rr.au wahine ana ma ka paila wahje ahi kupapau. Ke ano keia, ua oiake ke kane. Ua hana ia he paila wahie rne ka opala rna!oo. CJa wahiia ke kupapau o ke kane i ka lole keokeo, a kahikoia i na pua nam a aaia, a kau ia maiuna oka maneie. Ua amo ii ka maneie e ni kanaka eha ine ki papaie oie, a ane nele }oa ika ioie. He ukaii ho.kahi, me ia ke ahi no ka paila wahie. Hahai wawae ka wahine kane make i ki manele. Ua kahiko eia oia ika ioie nani me na lei pua. Ua hanai e ia i na mea ono me kahi iaau pepehi eha. Hahai pu he poe kaikimahine oli a hula, a hoolei i na pua maiuna o ka wahine, a hoomana ia ia me he akua la. Mahope iho, he hookani pahu. Mahope iho na makamaka, a mahope loa ka pee makaikai wale. A hiki i ka pai!& wahie, ua kauia ka maneie me ke kupapau maiuna o ka paiia wahie. Kau pu ia ka wahine ma ia paiia, me ka moe ana o ke poo o ke kane make ma kona uha. Hoaa i » ka pai!a wahiemao maanei, a emo o!c puni i ke ahi a pii weliweli na iapaiapa ahi. Hookani ikaika na pahu, na pu i ole e lohe ia ka uwe ana o ka wahine. A pau ka paiia wahie i ke ahi, inaua ; koe kekahi hopa o na kmo make, ua hooili- j iliia a hooleiia iloko o kahi muliwai !aa e ; kokoke mai ana. ' No ke aha kcta hana naaupo !oa ma Hi-1 nedu ? ; 1 Ma ka uianao o na Hineiiu, aia a make kekahi, komo no ka uhane iloko o ka mea e,: he kanaka paha, he holoholona haumia pa- | ha, iloko o kekahi mea i hoowahawaha ioa ia. Hooweliwoli na kahuna Hinedu ina wahine kane make, i na make pu ole lakou me na kane ma ka paila wahie kupapau, e komo ana ka uhane o na kane īloko o ka mea ino, hoopaiiua loa la. Aloha ka wahine i i ke kane a nalu iho la, e aho e make pu au ' me ke kane, mamua oke komo ana o kona • uhane iloko o ka moo īno. Pela hoi ka uhane o ka wahine ke make oia, e komo ia iloko o ku n»ca ino. Aka, i na make pu oia ine ke k.uie, e kouio pu hiua iloko o ka pomaikai ina kela ao. 2 i\a wahine kahe make tna Hineilu, he ! poe i hoohaahaa loa la lakou. j Wa wahme kane make opio it keiki o!e kai | hoohaahaa loa ia. Ua ako ia ko lakou !auo- ; ho a olohelohe ke pou. Ina ulu hou ae, ! ako hou ia no, hoohilahilu ia oia. Aole hiln j ke hoonani i ka maku, e like ine na wahme ■ mare. Uu hookapUiu ua pepeiau, ua apo j iima, me ka iole maikai. Hookahi wale no j lole aahu i ae ia, he Io!e ino kalakala ia, he j hoailona no kona auo wahine kane make. j Hilahiia oia a uhi no i kona maka i ike o!e ia. j Kona wahi moe, malalo ia ina ka pap.i, ine ; kahi bela kalakala, a o ka uhi, o leona lole j la wale no ia, Hookahi no ai ana ma ka la, a o ia ai, he | ai ono ole, aohe mea e miko ai. Kauohaia ! e hookeai pinepine, hookeai oolea. j Kana hana, ka wili mau no i ke kurino, Ka huki wai, ka holoi iole iepo, ki burumi me ka hoomaemae i ka hale, ka unai ana i na ipuhao me ke kuke ana i ka ai. Ua kapu ke kamailio ana me ka poe ui a 00. Me ka poe kainalii uuku, me na iuaiiine a elemakule wale no e kamailio ai. Pomaikai oia ke loaa kekahi mea hookahi i aloha iki a hooinaua iki iaia. £ uho iki na wahiue kanemake mea keiki, me na wahine ! kanemake no na oihana haahao, oihana' kauwa. Aka, ano like no ka hoohaahaaia una o iakou ilaio loa. Noiaiia kekahi o keia make pu ana o na wahine me na kane ma Hiueeiu. Ua hooikaika ioa 13eritania"me na iuisionari e hoopau i keia hana nuaupo loa. A ua pau no kekahi hapa koe nae kekahi hapa.—ilarpers Weekli/,