Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 86, 21 June 1893 — HE MAU MOOLELO NO KE AU O KO KA REV. KEONI G. PATON [ARTICLE]

HE MAU MOOLELO NO KE AU O KO KA REV. KEONI G. PATON

No'no ana Iwaeua o ka Laiiui Aīkanaka o jsru H:etoeredlsa. 0 ka lakou mau mea ai a me ko lakou mau aahu he kumu hoolilo nui loa kela iko makou wahi loaa. Ua alakai mau makou i keia poe opippio no Iesu. Ma keia la ano o ka nui oko makou poe kumu a poe kokua hoi, mailoko mai lakou oka poe i maopopo he poe make lakou ina aole keia mau hale o na keiki makua ole. Ua moku ia ko’u kuli me ke koiholu. Owili kokeae la au i kahi i moku a paa ma.' ko’u hainaka, a nonoi aku la au i ua kanaka e auamo ia’u a hoea i kauhale. Iloko o kela wa, ua piha ko’ū mau pakeke me na makau lawaia, nolaila, ua uku aku la au he hookahi makau i ke kanaka naha au e auamo a hala kekahi wahi o ke alahele. la wa, ua kahea, aku laaui kekahi kanaka e aku e lawe ia’u no kekahi makau hou, a pela ko lakou halihali pakahi ana ia’u mamuli o ko’u uku ana ia lakou me na makau lawaia a hiki wale au i kahi pupupu hale a makou e noho ana. Mamuli o keia eha i loaa la’u, ua hiki ole ia’u ke hele no ka’u hana no kekahi mau hebedoma. 0 ko’u poe makamaka Aneitium i hele mai ai e kokua ia’u i ke kapili ana i ko makou hale, ua Mki ole ia lakou e hoomau aku i ka hana ana ika hale ke ole owau pu kekaM malaila, nolaila, i ke ku ana mai o ka moku Dayspring, ua uku aku la au iko lakou mau uku hana, a kauoha aku lā au ia lakou a pau e hoi maluna oia moku no ko lakou wahi ponoi, no ka mea, ua ane nele loa mai au i ka lako mea a,i ole e Mki ai ia’u ke malama ia lakou. He mea paakiki loa ka maliu ana mai oko Aniwa poe kanaka i keia mea he hana, a aole no hoi lakou eae iki ana' e hana ina no ma ka uku dala pu aku. He maalahi wale no na mea e pono ai oko lakou mau makemake, a ua lawa loa hoi ko lakou mau hemahema o ka noho ana mai ko lakou mau mahinaai mai. I kuu wa

i koi aku ai ia lakou, ua pane mai la lakou: “0 ka mea i kuluma ina kane o Aniwa nei, he noho wale aku no na kane a nana • a nana aku ika hana mai ana I wahine.” Ua manao mua na kanaka e hoola koke ia ana ka lakou mau mai e ka laau lapa.au Pelekane, Nolailā, ua pii koke ae la ka hūhu iloko o ko lakou mau noonoo hupo a ano kamalii. Ua manao pu no hoilakou mamuli oka nonōi wale ana mai no, a i ole ma o kekahi wahi mea uuku wale no e pānai ia aku ana ia lakou he ahua nui palena ole o na pahi, ! kalakoa, makau lawaia, hulu1 hulu moe,.a pelawale aku. He ’ hikiwawe lo,a ko lakou ' huhu i na e hoole ia aku ana ka lakou • noi. Nolaila, ika wa i hoola ■ ia ai ko lakou mau mai eka • laau Pelekane, ua ahewa mai ■ la lakou ia makou ma ka i ana ! mai ia mākou aku ke kumu o ■ ko lakou mau mai, no ka mea, ua ike lakou i ka hana a ko lakou poe kahuna, oia hoi, aole 1 wale o ka hoola wale no ina mai aka, o ka haawi pu mai kekahiinamai. Hepinepine ■ na wa a’u e lioao mua ai ika laau mamua o ka ae ana mai o ko lakou poe mai e inu ika laau, a ina e ola ole kekahi o lakou ika inu hookahi ana i ka laau alaila, he mea paakiki loa ka Mki ana ke hoohainu hou aku iua mea mai la me ua laau hookahi la. Ma kekahi la, oiai au e kapili ana i ka hale, ua hoea māi la kekahi kaukaualii aoo o waeha o ka aina me kana mau keikikane e ike ia makou. 0 keia mau mea a pau a laua i ike mai ai, he mau mea kamahao wale no i ko lakou mau maka. Māhope iho oko lakou huli hoi a hiM i ko lakou kauhale, ua loohia ia iho la kekahi o na keikikane me ka mai, uolāila, ua ahewa mai la ka makuakane ia makou ame ka pule, me kona kalahea ana ae, ina e make io ana ke keiki mamuli o keia mai, alaila, e pepehi malu ia ana makou a pau i mea enaai o kona inaina wela. Mamuli o ka lokomaikai o ke Akua, ama o ko makou malama pono loa ana i ka mea mai ame ka laau lapaau kupono, ua loaa mai la ke ola i ua mea mai la. Ia wa, ua huli koke ae la ua alii aoo la, a iloko o kela wa, ua lilo koke oiai hoaloha pili paaloano makou, me ka paulele o kona uhane holookoa maluna o makou. He ekolu hapaha mile ka mamao mai ko makou hale misiona aku a ke awa pae waapa, no ia mea, ua kapili iho la au i kaa huila palala.

5 muu. uw mai la ka’u kaapahu l lima mai Sidane mai, a i ua kii aku la au i kel kalii poekanaka ekol kua ia’u ma ka hana ana i alanui no ua kaa > la e hiki ai ke hooholo i ia. [ Mamua ae o ka paa > pono loa ana o ka hale i misiona, ua hooweliweli . ia mai la e pau ana i ke i ahi, a ua hoomakaukau , pu ia mai la makou me na pu. Aka, ua kiai paa ■ ia ko makou maluhia e i na koa o ko makou hoaioha Namakei i ka po a ■ mekeao. Uakaalomau > ae he kauaka Errom- ; anga mawaho ae o ko [ makou wahi no na la , he auahulu me kana , koi kaua a me ka pu • ; kaupoohiwi. Ua hoo- , mau aku la ho au i ka'u i hana me ka’u wahi koi kaua ma ko’u aoao i na . wa a pau, me ko’u hoike i ole aku i kekahi hoai- , lona o ka hopohopo. He poe makau wale no ; keia poe powa a.. pau, a , aole loa lakou e hoao i iki e hana i kekahi mea i ka wa e nana ia aku ana. Ua kipaku ia ua kanaka Erromanga la e ke alii aoo maikai mahope iho o kona lohe ana i na hana a ua kanaka malihihi la. He kahua maikai loa keia no ko makou misiona. Heihonakamoe ma kela a me keia aoao a puni ua wahi la o makou, a ma o a maanei o ke alahele e moe ‘ ana mailalo mai a hoea i ka hale, ua hoonani ia e na mea kanu ulu wehiwehi, a mahope mai hoi o na mea kanu hoowehiwehi e ulu ana he lalani o na kumulaau alani. (Aole i pau.)