Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIV, Number 23, 6 June 1885 — I CAN'T HELP IT. [ARTICLE]

I CAN'T HELP IT.

(aole hiki ia'u.) O Ane kekahi wahine 1 ao ia no ka hiki wawe o kona huhu. Aole oe i ma lama i kau olelo. Ua hoopuka oe ina mea pono ole, na mea e ino ai kou mau hoalauna, a e iilo ana ia i mea e ino ai oe me kou home. Ae, ae, pela 10 no: ua ike au ua hewa; aka, aole hiki ia'u ke hoopaa i ko'u huhu. Puka wale mai no ia. Ina pela, e hele oe a noho pu me na bea ma ka nahelehele. Oka mea hiki ole ke kaohi i kona uhane ino, aole pono iaia ke noho me kanaka, e noho me na holoholona ka pono. Aka, ua kuhihewa oe. Hiki no ia oe ke malama 1 kou mau leheiehe, ke kaohi i kou manao ino. Ina halawai pu oe me kekahi mea ano nui, mea au i mahalo ai, mea hanohano, ano alii, ano Kiaaina &c. Oluolu no kau kamailio ana ine kau olelo a pau. Ma kou hale me na lala o kou ohana kou hoopuka ana i ka olelo huhu, olelo ino, ukiuki, hoohalahala, hoahewa wale. No ke aha? No kou kiai ole ia oe iho, a hoopaa ole 1 kau olelo i ke kaulawaha maloko o kou ohana. O oe no hoi, e ke kanaka maa i ka hoohiki ino i ka inoa o lehova, ke pane mai nei ar\ei oe, (I can't help it,) aole e hiki ia'u ke pale aku ? Hiki no, pela oe ia mau olelo homo i ke Akua imua o ke Kahunapule paha, me kekahi poe au i maka'u ai, me na haipule paha. Aka, imua o ka poe o keia ao, hoopuka wale oe i na olelo hailiili i ke Akua, ke huhu oe, a ke huhu ole paha. Hoo-

kamani oe, ea. He kanaka i loohiaia i ka eha nui a ; hiki ole ke hoomanawanui. I mea e oluolu iki ai, hoopuka oia i na huaolelo hoino i ke Akua, lohe kekahi hoa, a ninau, no ke aha kou hoopuka ana ia mau olelo homo ike Akua ? No ka nui o kuu eha, pane oia, aole hiki ke pale aku. Olelo keia hoa, e waiho ia mau hua ino, a eia ke pani ke hiki mai ko eha nui. " Haleluia. " Ma ia po iho, lohe kekahi poe ia hua.- Haleluia, Haleluia, Haleiuia, a olelo, he halawai Mekodika ma keia hale, e hooho ana kekahi. u Haleluia, Haleluia, Haleluia." A ma ke kakahiaka, ninau lakou no ke ano oia halawai Mekodika. Aole he halawal He kanaka i eha nui ka i hooha Haleluīa, ma ke ao ia e kona hoa, he jpani ia hua no kana olelo hoino i ke Akua mamua ke hiki mai kona eha nui Nui ka poe i maa ika olela " Aole hiki ia'u, aole hiki ke pule, aole hiki ke mihi, aole hikl ke haaleie i ka inu ra.ma, i ka puhi baka, nau baka, aole hiki ke hooie ke hoowaiewaie ia e inu i ka waioiml Aole hiki ke huli mai a komo Uoko o ka ekalesia. Aoie hiki ke hooie ia lakou iho, a hahai ike kea, a Hahai mamuli o lesu. No ke aha ka hiki ole? No ka makemake ole paha, no ka hilahiia paha, no ka maka'u i ke kanaka paha. No ka pili mau o ka naau kahika ina makemake io oee hana i kekahi mea maikai, meka manao, aoie hiki ia oe ke hana ia mea, e noi aku t ke Akua e kokua mai, e kokua ia oc i ka haalele i ka hewa, a i ka hana i ka pona £ noi aku ika Uhane Hmokk e hoolnmu hou la oe, i pau na mea kahiko, a am> hou ae la na mea a pao, Hawail.