Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XIII, Number 51, 19 December 1874 — Ua oi aku ka ino ia wai la ! [ARTICLE]

Ua oi aku ka ino ia wai la !

E hiki anei ia'u ke kokoa ia oe ? wahi a kekahi kaoaka maikai, i ke keikikane i kahikoia me ke kapa welowelu, e hiamoe »na ma ka aoao oke aUnui. I m«i la ke keiki kane; ua malohilohi au, pololi hoi, he loihi ke ala a hiki i ko'u wahi e bele aku ai, NolaiU ua alakai kt malihini iaia i koua home, makaoa i ka ai a mo ka lole iau, a haawi i wahi maikai e moe ai ia po. | He mea ilihone no nae keia kanaka ehoo* i kipa ana ; ehiku wale no ana man dala, a |ua malama oia ia mau ddla iloko o kekahi | wati nui kahiko. Ua baawi oia eono oia mau dala i ua keiki oei, a maluma i hookahi nona iho, a hoihoi ia mea iloko o ka wati kahiko. A penei kana olelo iua keiki la; " Apopo, pau ka paina kakahiaka, e hookoo aku ao ia oe e hele i kou wahi e helo aku ai." Ea ! Heaha ka hana, i kooukon manao, a ua keiki nei ia po? Eia : Ja ala mai oia i ke aomoe, hele malie, a aihue i ke dala hookahi i koe, a holo aku I«,* £ na makua, a me na kamalii, ua lohee anei oukou mamua i ka mea ino e like me keia ? I ko'u bai ana aku i keia mea i ko'u papa kula Sdbati, i mai iakou; " Aole keiki kaoe ma keia kula Sabati e haaa ino aku me ia." Alaila, olelo aku aa ia lakou peoei : Noleko o na la ehiku o kela hebedorna keia hebedoma, ua haawi mai ke Akua i na la eono, no na hana e pono ai ke kino; a malama oia i hookahi no ka la S*biti. Aka hoi, ua ike au i kekahi mau kanaka Ino, a me oa kamalii ino, e lawe wale aoa i ka Sabuti, i ka hiku o ka ln, no iakou iho; e auwana wale aoa i o ia nei, aule maUma iki ia la no ke Akua. I ko'u hm ana aku ia mea, ua kolou loa ke poo o kekahi keiki kane; a ua maopopo paha ia kakou ke kumu o koua hilahila, a me kooa kaumaha.