Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXII, Number 50, 15 December 1883 — KA LAAU ME KA POHAKU. [ARTICLE]

KA LAAU ME KA POHAKU.

I ka hele ana ma ke alanui, halawai pu kekahi luna ekalesia me kekahi diakono. Good morning, Father Nubesi, wahi a ke kahu i ke diakono. Olioli au i ka halawai pu ana me oe. Makemake au e kuka pu me oe. Pane ke diakona, ae, heaha ke kumu kuka ? Eia, he kahu ekalesia au ma Nikoba he wahi kuaaina no. la'u i puka aku

ai malaila, uuku ka ekalesia, uuku ka kula Sabati, a uuku ke anaina pule; ua paa pu kekahi kiha])ai i ka nahelehele. Ua mokuahana ka ekalesia, kue aku a kue mai, nui na ino, weliweli na hewa, ua hoino ia ka inoa o lesu, aua hoowahawahaia ka ekalesia. Ma ko'u noho ana ilaila, ine ke ao ana me ka hooikaika ana, ma ke ao, a ma ka po, ma na halawai, ma ke kula | Sabati, ma ka hele ana ma kauhale, a | ma na hana he nui wale, ua ano hou ia wahi. Ua ala ka ekalesia, ua pau ka mokuahana, nui ka poe i huli mai a a konjo iloko oka ekalesia. Maikai a nui ke kula Sabati, ua emi loa ka hewa a ua mahuahua loa ka pono. Pono loa ia, wahi a ke diakona, heaha la kou manao ? Eia, he kihapai uuku ko'u, a ua manao au e imi i kihapai nui ae. Nui ko'u noonoo ana i keia mau malama no ia mea. A ninau ka diakona, No ke aha kou hooko ole i kou manao ? Eia ke kumu, no ko'u kanalua ana, aloha au i ko'u ekalesia, a makau i ka haalele no ka loaa ole o ke panihakahaka kupono. Ke pani hawawa paha, makaukau ole e malama i ka ekalesia, a emi hou ka pono. Mokuahana hou ka ekalesia, hanai pono ole ia na hoahana hou, ka poe opio, a hoi i hope paha lakou. E Father Nubesi, heaha ko.u manao no keia mea ? Aole o'u makemake e hana wale me ka ninau mua ole īa oe e ka diakona. Pane ke diakona penei : Eke kahu ekalesia o Nikoba, e nana aku oe i kela pohaku nui e ku mai ana mao, me kekahi kumulaau e ku ana malalo, ua kanu ia he hua oka malaila aku, kupu ae ia a ulu ae a pii ae a lilo i laau nui. Pipili loa ia i ka pohaku, a pipiii ka pohaku iaia, a manao paha ka laau oia ke koo oka pohaku. Ina hina ka laau, hina pu me ka pohaku, a i kekahi manawa he makani nui ikaika mai ke Akua mai. Nana aku au, luliluli ka laau. Auwe ! e hina ana paha ka laau, nana hou aku au, a, emo ole, moku ka laau i ka ikaika o ka makani, a koe kahi kumu malalo. Paa nae ka pohaku. He kuhihewa ko ka laau, ke koo oia e paa ai ka pohaku. Aia ka potiaku kupāa mau la no, A kc manao nei oe t> ke kahu ui, o oe ke koo o kou ekalesia, ina help oe, hina ka ekalesia; he manao haaheo paha ia, aole e hina ana ka ekalesia oiaio. Hina paha kekahi koo, kekahi kia, aka e pani ia ana no ko laua wahi. Make Mose pani losua, make Samuela, pani Davida, a make lesu, pani ka Uhane Hemolele. Make Paulo ma P6teso, pani na kahunapule hou. Make Lutera, loaa nae kona pani. He mea uuku oe, ina hele oe i kahi e haalele anei ke Akua i ka ekalesia o Nikoba ? Ooe wale no anei ke koo piUl HU lil CK.ctIC3W ? Na ke-Akua no-o hoala i na pani no ka poe hina, no k a poe hele. Aka mai wikiwiki oe e ke kahu o kekahi ekalusia e haalele i kou kihapai ro kona uuku, alia a akaka lea, ua kahea ke Akua ia oe e haalele a hele i kahi e. Hawaii.