Pāʻani Paka a me ka Baibala
ʻO Richard Middleton kekahi koa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hele nei i nā lawelawe hoʻomana a ma kahi o ka lawe ʻana i kahi Baibala, ua hohola ʻo ia i kahi papa piha o nā kāleka pāʻani i mua ona. I ka wā a kahi luna i haʻi aku ai iā ia e waiho iā lākou ua hōʻole ʻo ia i ke kauoha. Ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia i mua o ka mea nui no ka mea ʻo ka hōʻole i manaʻo ʻia he hana kolohe ʻole. I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana o Middleton no kahi wehewehe ua haʻi ʻia iā ia inā hiki iā ia ke hōʻike i kahi wehewehe kūpono ʻaʻohe hoʻopaʻi.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka mea nui a me ka ʻaha i kona hele wale ʻana i kahi lā ʻewalu. Heʻuʻuku kāna kālā e hoʻolilo ai i nā mea e pono ai. ʻAʻole hiki i ke kāne ke uku no ka ʻai, inu, holoi ʻana, a i ʻole nā mea e pono ai a kūʻai aku paha i kahi Baibala a i ʻole puke pule. Ua lawe ʻo Middleton i kāna mau kāleka a hoʻomaka i ka wehewehe ʻana i kāna hoʻohana ʻana i nā kāleka i ka wā o ka lawelawe.
‘Hoʻomaopopo mai ka Ace iaʻu aia hoʻokahi Akua. Hoʻomaopopo ka ʻelua a me ʻekolu iaʻu i ka makua, Keiki, a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. ʻO nā mea ʻehā no nā ʻeuanelio ʻehā - ʻo Matthew, Mark, Luke a me John. Hoʻomaopopo ka ʻelima iaʻu i nā puʻupaʻa ʻelima i kauoha ʻia e ʻoki i kā lākou mau kukui. He ʻumi akā he ʻelima naʻauao a hana lākou e like me ka mea i haʻi ʻia a he naʻaupō ʻelima.
ʻO nā mea ʻeono i ka manawa a ke Akua i lawe ai i ka honua a me ka lani. ʻLelo mai nā mea ʻehiku iaʻu ua hala ka manawa i ka Haku no ka hoʻomaha. Hoʻomaopopo ka ʻewalu iaʻu i nā kānaka pono ʻewalu i pakele i ke kai a Kahinaliʻi - ʻo Noa a me kāna wahine a me kāna mau keiki kāne ʻekolu a me kā lākou mau wahine. Hoʻomaopopo ka ʻeiwa iaʻu i nā lepero he ʻumi i ʻimi e hoʻōla. Hoʻokahi wale nō i hoʻi mai e mahalo iā Iesū. ʻEiwa ʻaʻole i hele akā hele e haʻi i ka poʻe āpau i ka mea i hana ʻia. ʻO nā hoʻomanaʻo he ʻumi o nā Kauoha he ʻumi i hāʻawi ʻia iā Mose. '
‘Hoʻomaopopo mai ka Mōʻīwahine iaʻu i ka Mōʻīwahine o Seba i hele aku iā Solomona e ʻimi i kona naʻauao. Hoʻomaopopo ka Mōʻī iaʻu i ka Mōʻī Nui o ka lani a me ka honua. ʻO ke knave (jack) ka mea nāna i lawe iā Middleton i mua o ka ʻaha. '
‘ʻO ka helu o nā kiko kiko ma ka papa o nā kāleka ʻo 365 ka helu o nā lā i ka makahiki. Hōʻike nā kāleka 52 i ka helu o nā pule i ka makahiki. ʻO nā mea hoʻopunipuni e hiki ke lanakila i ka pahu he 13 e hōʻike ana i nā mahina o ka makahiki. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo kēia ʻāpana kāleka kaʻu Baibala, kuʻu Alemanaka, a me ka Buke Pule. '
Ua kauoha ka mea nui i kona poʻe kānaka e hoʻokipa iā Middleton. Hāʻawi lākou iā ia i ke kālā a me ka meaʻai. Ua haʻi aku ka mea nui iā ia he hoa naʻaupō.