Ke Au Okoa, Volume IV, Number 14, 23 July 1868 — No ka Laina Mokumahu. [ARTICLE]

No ka Laina Mokumahu.

"Ia Maleaainana Aloha Jlina." Owai oe o ka mea noua ka.iuoa maluna, ua ike au i na makaainana o Molokai a me Lanai, a o oe e na makaain&na, no hea la ? malia o oe paha ka makaaiuana nana i hopu i ka polieo o ka laau a ke alii ea, malia no au i ike ole ai ia oe. Auhea oe, ua halawai mai nei au me kau mau olelo pane ia ! u ma kuu inoa Lanikaula, hauoli wale hoi au e nanea nei i ka paanaau 0 kuu moolelo ia oe o kuu iwi kuamoo a malama kuauhau, o kou mea hoi ia i hoolaia ai 1 keia ao, o kanuia mai au i ka lepo, e ola ana oe ka ilamuku nana au e keeo, aole hoi ana ua hala, a ke wahalelo mai nei hoi oe, e keeo ana i na kumu au a me ou mau hookapuhi na Lunahooponopono o ke " Kuokoa," pono wale, i nui no paha ka ikaika i punahele ai ia laua; ka noho'na ka paha ia Honolulu, e ao hou mai oe ia'u, aole make hoinoino hou aku ina mua ou, pela paha, nani wale. Ano la, akahi no hoi oe a pane mai nei ia'u, wahi au, aole ka hoi nau i kukala mua ae a hoopuka ae ai i na inoa o makou imua 0 ke akea he poe kipi, e kauoha ana i na makaainana o Molokai a me Lanai, aole e koho hou mai. Kahaha, he kupanaha oe a ka newenewe, ke kaa e ia oe ke kapalili a me ka manene i ka lilo ana o na dala he kanalima tausani no ka uku manawalea i ka laina mokumahu, oiai hoi, aohe kauoha a na makaainana naauao o ka apana nana i hoouna mai ia maua i ka Ahaolelo, oia hoi o Molokai a me Lanai e hoole aku maua i ka laina mokumahu, a lilo nae ia oe ka pololo i ke kamailio, a ia oe ka papa, aole e koho hou mai, me be la ia oe ia wahi, heaha kou knleana ia Molokai a me Lanai o ka papa ana ? Aia wai e koho ai, ia oe <~i, ke kauoha nei an ia oe, e hoike hou mai oe i moolelo ho'u no LanikauH, alaila oe e komo ai, a ina aole, e ike ana oe me ko mau maka ponoi, e hoi hou mai ana no au i ka Ahaolelo, ke makemake au e hana balota hou, i lohe oe e ka mea hoohalahala no ke kanalima tausani 1 ka laioa mokumahu. E aho la paha oe i na oe i kamailio mai no kekahi mea okoa, alaila la oe puka, alaila loaa ke kanalima tausani dala o ka nupepa au a me na haku na luna o ua nupepa la a oukou. A no kou pane maoli ana aiai nei ia'u, no na mea a'u i kamailio ai no ka laina mokumahu, a no ia mea ke pane aku nei au ia oe ma na huaolelo pokole loa*. A eia mai la malalo iho na haina kupōno i lohe oe, a ina aole no oe e lohe ana, e hele kino mai no imua o'u a lohe i kuu leo ponoi aole iko bai. He mea makehewa wale no ia'u ke waiho hou aku imua ou a me 6u hoa . lui knma aZu i boikc mai ai, eolaīla, o tuu olelo hope ia oe a me ko mau alakai mua, a me ou hookapuhi, ke ao ia mai nei au e ka olelo penei: " Mai haawi aku ikā mea hoano na na ilio, aole hoi e hoolei ika oukou mau momi iihua o na puaa, o hehiia ilalo e ko lakou mau wawae, a e kepa mai hoi lakou moku oukou." Matt Ch. 7:6. v. Mai hooki nae i ka oukou ao aku i na makaainana o Molokai a me Lanai, i puka oe i nei kau ahaolelo aku.

Hookahi a'u mea-i koe no bo pane ana mai, ina au i hoopaakiki aku hoi hulu ole au i Molokai. O ko'u makemake ia o kuu hoi hulu ole i like ai au me ko hoa, ke koe o na hulu ma na maha, nani wale ka ikena i kona puehu, a e hoao mai ia'u i like ai. Ke oki nei au, aloha no kaua, Lanikaula.