Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIV, Number 39, 26 September 1885 — "E HOOINO AKU IA MEROZA." [ARTICLE]

"E HOOINO AKU IA MEROZA."

(LUNK. 5:23.) He kulanakauhale Meroza. Ua noho wale na kanaka, aole hele i ke kaua e kokua ia Debora me Balaka 1 ke kaua ana aku ia Sisera me kona puali kaua he nui wale, me ona mau kaa kaua hao he 900. O labina ke alii o Kanaana. Ua hooluhi loa oia ika poe Iserae!a he 20 makahiki, no ko lakou hewa ia mai ia lehova mai. Uwe nui lakou ia lehova a noi aku iaia e kokua mai, a e hookuu ia lakou mai ka auamo oolea aku a lahina

Debora, he wahine ia, a oia ka lunahooponopono 1 ka Iseraela la wa. Ho ala oia ia Balaka, a olelo, e lawe oe he 110,000 koa, a hele a kaua aku i na pulali koa o Sisera ke kapena koa o labiina. Na lehova mai ia, aae oia e hele ina e hele pu Debora me ia. Aae no oia e hele pu. Ka hele pu no ia o laua ine 10,000 koa. A kaua aku ia Sisera ma. Make nui na koa enemi, a holo Sisera a komo iloko o ka hale 0 laela he wahine, a noi i wahi wai. A haawi laela i wahi wa«u. He wahine aloha keia ika poe Iseraela. Lilo Si sera i fea hiauioe loa. Ka lawe no ia o laela i ke kui me ka hamare, a makia i kona waha ike kui, a paa ika lepo, a rAake oia. Ka lanakila no ia o ka Iseraela maluna o labinx A nui ka hauoli ana. Ua maluhia ka aina he 40 makahikL

Meroza nae, ua hoino ia no ke kokua ole aku i keia lanakila ana. He kaua nui i keia wa. Ka ona ke alii He mau Debora, mau Balaka, mau laela. e kaua aku ana i UnakiU maluna o keia alii me ona mau kaa hao he 900. He mau Men>za kekahi, aole kokua ma keia kaua, noho wale a kokua nawaliwali kekahi. Hoopai mama na lunakanawai. Ma ke dala wale no paha ka hoopai no kekahi karaima nul Mai make kekahi wahine i ka pepehi inoia eke kane ona ika iama. He mea oie na dala he 50. Ina he mau maUma iloko o ka lialepaahao me kahi hana oolea. Makau paha ka mea 1 hoopaiia. Heaha U ka ona Meroza? He hope weliweli paha. E makau ia. D. B.