Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVII, Number 17, 28 April 1888 — NA EKALESIA. [ARTICLE]

NA EKALESIA.

Nahuma II >. AG2 !ī'<e o N»n€ta "ie he kīowai b. z,i: ka eeanawa n;imua mai: aka f e he.3 aku no lakea. E ku ou<cl*. e ku' aehe mea nana t horc. O ka olelo winana keia a ke kau'a o Nahuma no Ntr,cv2. k kuianakauha'.e a'ii kaubr . : ao ke 3i»pjni A>urii i ka »a kahiko La. na kekoke p-aha ia wa ke Kaukahmali?. i hookumu ia e Nitnorr«.K O keia kuhnakauhile o Nineva, ka n>ea i kapa nsi ia» he aHv a he moiwahīne i rv-ho ioihi a iiuiin lea ma na aira o ks hikina. r.a ktia wahi no hoī i h ouna ia ai ke kauia o lona, ewalu haneri makahiki mamua aku o

Kristn. no ki hai ana aku Ina mea e hiki mai ana maluna 0 keki kulanakauhale ia Aka nae, ua hoopanee ia ki luku ia ana. oiai t:a mihi hoohaahaa ko ia ku !anakv<:h.«!e iniua o ke Akua Mana n Li haia ae !a ia olelo'kaumaha, i wanana u e ke kaula e lom, hookahi kanaha !a i ktve a e iuku ia o Ninevx No'.aiia, e loaa keia maii ninau ma!a!o iho nei penei: I—lVnea la o Nineva e iike ai me he kio\vjii la ma ka manawa mamua mai? O Nint-va, <auha!e nui kaulana, he waiwai loa k<> kiila j>oe kamika, he poe ko3. he poe hanohano loa ka noho ana, he nui w:i!e kona mau pakaua e hoopuni iaia. Oi aku kona poe kalepa mamua ona hoku. Ua hoohalike īa kona mau alii me he mau uhini !a, 0 kona mau koa ua ake no me ka uhini kalehulehu a paapa wale aku, 0 na kanaka iloko o ke:a kulanakauhale he mau haneri tausan: ko lakou nui. Ua hookiekie ia ae kona kulana a me kona hanohano nui kiekie, a me kona mau maka keleawe kinohinohi haaheo, nolatla, ua piha o Nineva ika makaleho ia e na lahuikanaka 0 ko na aina e mai.

Ua hele nui mai na malihim malaila, ua hoohihia ia ko lakou mau puuwai e na lealea a me na hana hewa he nui loa o ia kulanakauhale, makena \va!e na mea e huki aku ana i ka naau o ke kanaka e kumo poo aku, uhane, a me ka ikaika a pau loa. O ke kiowai, he wahi makemake nui ia oia e na manu ahiu o ka lewa, a me na holoholona hihiu o ke kula, he ma kemake nui keia mau holoholona hihiu i na kiowai, he wahi e auau ai !akou, he wahi hoonanea luana ai, he wahi no hoi e hiamoe ai lakou ma kona mau aoao, he wahi hoi e ai ai na manu i na lepo opilopilo, he wahi no hoi e paani lealea ai na holoholona i ko lakou wa e hauoli ai. Pela auanei o Nineva e like ai me he kiowai la mamua mai, hc kahua paani lealea ola no na lahui malihini o ko na aina e, a me na keiki kupa o ia aina ma ia aupuni o Asuria. O Nineva ke kulanakauhale i hooipoipo ia me he lilina ume naau la. no kona hanohano kiekie pookela loa i ka wa kahiko loa. II —Owai lakou ma keia pauku i olela ia e holo aku ana? O kona mau mea nani hoehaeha puuwai o ke kanaka? O na waiwai i hoahu ia a manoanoa e ka poe kalepa ola kulanakauhale. O kona hanohano kiekie a ihiihi 1 kukulu ia aai ka manu iluna. O kona mau leaiea 1 hoohialaai ia a hai na pua oke kula. O kona poe alii i hele a lehulehu wale mc he mau uhini la ka nui. O kona niau luna koa kini paapu wale. O kor»vi poe kanaka a pau loa o ia aupunia nie na kanaka hana hewa hoomana kii a pau loa, oia na mea a pau e holo aku ana.

111 — Owai ka poe i kauoha la mai aole lakou e nana i hope? O kekahi hapa o ka lahui lul>aio e noho ana malaila ia manawa, oia hoi, na mamo a Abcrahama, o ka poe no u i kauoha la e ke Akua ma ka waha o keia kaula o Nahuma, aole lakou e nana i hope, aole no hoi lakou e manao i na mea o ia kulanakauhale i ka wa a me ka manawa e lawe ia aku ai ia mau mea a pau. O kekahi poe kahunapule eaeno e noho ana malaila ia manawa, aoie lakou he poe ludaio, aka, ua komo pu lakou ma keia kauoha aole e nana i hope, ua kamailio no o lesu ma na euanelio a na lunaolelo, aole no keia pa wa?e no kana poe hipa, he poe hipa ae no kona euawaho.

IV—Ka hopena o keia olelo no Nineva. Heaha la? E luku ana ke Akua i keia kulanakauhale iue kona inaina wela loa, e haawi ana ke Akua i ka uku hoopai maluna o Nineva no kona hana hewa ana, no kona haaheoa, me kona hookiekie, e maalo aku ana na mea. a pau au i moeuhane ai, e uwe kanikau auanei ee me he wahine hanau keiki ia i kona la popilikia, ika aianawa o kona haakokohi ana, e hiki mai ana kou hopena aw?hia loa; a oie kou hooneoneo u ana, a noho kanaka oie ia ana oema ia hope aku a roau : ioa, e ulu mai auanei na iaau inoino loa, na holoholona ai kanaka, na manu ai heana pilau oka waooahele, a ir,e oa tnea inomo a pau ioa. Oia na ho* ailona mo o kou hoowahawaha ia ana e N"inevi, a hiki i keia la. £ heiuhelu i ka mokuna 1 o Nahuma.

Pehea la oe e Hawaii aloha nui, e like aku anei oe mn Nineva? Ae; heaha na hoike e like ako ai oe me NineTa? Na hana he nm wale, ona rama

ikea, liu!a, moekekhe piahilahj, b«hi Sabati *a!<\ h<3okiU maha lehulehu loa. ea ieaiea maooanoa rale. heekano a me ki hookiekie pupepu wife, na \*oe hookiekie ike Akua he mau mana, na ho<?auna kiiiloko ou e Hawa« he raau lehu T makena waie na enemi o ka P^na r\!\%L K na hoa paahana» na ohuahaipuie o ke Akua ma Hawaii nei» e kupaa kakou, e naue ole. E kaua me ka wiyo ole, e ksu i ka hae o ka lanakila oke aupunio lesu r e hilinai nuikakou ma!una o k.i mana o ke Akua, aole ma ke akamai o kanaka. Me ke al»ha, f. N. Paiklll