Ka Oiaio, Volume VIII, Number 3, 13 March 1896 Edition 03 — KE AUPUNI O BABULONA. [ARTICLE]

KE AUPUNI O BABULONA.

O keia man olelo mahope nei mai "Na manao wehewehe i ka Bahe a Daniela, a meHoikena," e pili ana i ke> aupuni g«la, i hoaiiona ia ma ke poo o ke kii kanaka, kekahi rrtea e hoike ana i ke ano o keia anpuai nani. "Ua hoike ia mai ke ano o keia aupuni roa ke ano o na mea i kuhikuhiia mai hoi xaa ke kii, —ke poo gnla., Ua ku oi kelakela ae' keia knlanakanhale o Babulona, ma ke kulana i oi ae i kona mau hoakulanakauhale o keia mau la. Eku ana hoi oia ma ka mahina ai o ka Hikina; i knkulnia iloko okekahihuina-ha like he (50 mile ka lmina anapnni, a he 15 mile oka aono kookalu; i hoopuni ia e kekahi pa kiekie he 350 kapnai, ahe 84 kapuai ka manoanoa; i malieleheleia iloko o 67Gkuea, he 2£mile ke anapuni huina-ha; me kona mau alanni he 50, he 150 kapnai ke akea, e holo» kea ana fekahi i kekahi, nae ka poīolei a nie ka raoe iliwai, ahe 15 mil3 ka loihi pakahi. Ua kukuluia kona mau 225 mile kuea aina, me na hale noho a me na malapna nani,—nie na mea lehnlehn wale līol iloko ihō ōna o ua ano kamuhao o ke ao nei, aka ua oi aku no nae kona kulana kamahao mamua o lakou a pau. Aole i ikeia kekahi kuianakauhale e like me keia mamua aku oiia; aole loa no hoi i ike ia kona lua mahope mai a keia wa. Aia hoi oia e ku ana me ko ke ao ma konamau wawae, he alii-wahine iloko o kona nani lua ole, e kono ana hoi i ka peui a ka inea haku moolelo 1 noho ia e ka nhane hemolele i-fiiawi aku ia ia i keia mauolelo hoonani "kamaikai o na aupuui, ka ui o ko Kalaelie naui," pela oia 1 noho ai ]ie kulanakauhalo nani knpono no kela aupuni i hoailona ia ma ko poo o ke kii i kaulana ma ka moolelo. I'ela iho la keia liahuloiia, me kona alii o Nabuka»eza, koa, opio, ikaika, a i piha boi ina ike o keia noho ana, e nnho ana ma kona noiio moi." O Babulon"a, he kulauakauhale i kukuiuia ai ke towela o Babela, a malaila i hookahuli ai ka olelo a ka lahuikanaka ma ka olelo hookahi a lilo he lehuleliu na olelo. O ke ano nui o keia olelo Babulona, lie huikau, a pela i pili ai ke auo o na hoomana lehulehu o keia manawa, He iiuikau na hoomaua, he lehnlehu na kahua, —« nolaila, ua pololei ke kapaia ana he huikau, a e like me kananio Babulona, a hoomaka oia e haalele i ka oiaio a hoao lakou e hapai ia lakon maluna o ke Akua, pela lakou i hoopuehn ia.ai, a noho mai he aupnni okoa mahope ona. Oia ke„aupuni dala.