Ma ka lokomaikaʻi o ke aliʻi

E like me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, makemake wau i ka ʻohana aliʻi Beritania. ʻO ka hānau ʻana o ka Haku ʻOihana George ʻaʻole wale nō he hanana hōʻeuʻeu nui no nā makua hou, akā no ka moʻolelo hoʻi i lawe ai kēia keiki liʻiliʻi me ia.

Ua heluhelu wau i nā puke e pili ana i nā aliʻi a me kā lākou pā hale, a ʻike wau i nā palapala moʻolelo a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoniʻoniʻoni. Ua hiki iaʻu ke lilo i ka mea e kau nei kona poʻo i ka lei a me ka poʻe e pili ana i ka mōʻī e hana like. I kekahi lā ʻo kā lākou punahele punahele a ke aliʻi a ma ke ʻano ʻē aʻe i alakaʻi ʻia ai lākou i ka guillotine. ʻO kā nā mea makemake paʻa loa a ke aliʻi ʻaʻole i maopopo i kāna paʻa mau loa. I ka wā o Henry VIII, ua ʻōhoihoi pinepine nā poʻo. I ka wā ma mua, ua hoʻoholo nā mōʻī i ka makemake i kekahi a i ʻole. Hoʻohana pinepine lākou i nā poʻe e hoʻokau i kā lākou hoʻolālā ponoʻī. ʻO ka ʻaha hoʻāla a kekahi manawa a puni ka ʻāina a puni ka manawa i make ai ka mōʻī no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me ka mea i make a i ʻole ka mōʻī e hiki mai ana.

Mai kēia ʻike hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike pono ai i hea ka kuleana i loko o nā loko Kristiano a no ke aha mākou e hilahila ai i ke ʻano o ke Akua me nā ʻano o nā alakaʻi, nā kūpuna a me nā mana ʻē aʻe. No ka poʻe e noho nei ma kahi mōʻī, ua kokoke like ke aliʻi me ke Akua. ʻO kāna mea i ʻōlelo ai, ʻo ke kānāwai a hilinaʻi nā mea a pau i kona aloha, ʻoiai inā ua manaʻo ʻo ia i kahi mamao loa e ʻike ʻia.

Inā ʻike ʻole kākou i ke Akua aia, a manaʻoʻiʻo paha ua hewa kāna mau kānāwai, ke hilinaʻi nei kākou i kona huhū, a inā e lōʻihi loa ana kākou iā ia, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia mākou. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, paʻakikīʻo ia e mālama i nā āpau. Ua mamao loa, i kahi ma ka lani. A i ʻole manaʻo mākou ua palekana mākou inā hana mākou i nā mea āpau e like me kona makemake: nui ka poʻe e manaʻo e hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa wale kona manaʻo inā pono lākou i ke Akua. ʻAʻole like ke Akua e like me nā aliʻi honua. E hoʻokele ʻo ia i ke ao āpau me ke aloha, ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka lokomaikaʻi. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hana hoʻopunipuni a ʻaʻole pāʻani i nā pāʻani me ko mākou ola.

Mahalo a mahalo iā mākou e like me nā keiki āna i hana ai. ʻAʻole ia e hoʻoholo i ka mea e ola ana a make ka maʻa, akā e ʻae iā mākou e ola i ko mākou ola a pau ka hoʻoholo ʻana no ka maikaʻi a no ka maikaʻi.

ʻAʻole kekahi o mākou, ʻo kā mea āna i hoʻoholo ai, ʻaʻole ia e hopohopo e pili ana iā mākou i ke ʻāpono i ko mākou Aliʻi Iesū a i ʻole ʻaʻole. Noho mākou a ma o ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua, ʻo ia ka mea mau loa, aloha a mākaukau. ʻAʻohe o ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua. ʻAʻole ia e hāʻawi iā ia i hoʻokahi lā a i ka lā aʻe e hoʻihoʻi mai ia iā mākou. ʻAʻole loaʻa iā mākou kahi mea e loaʻa iā ia. Loaʻa mau ʻia kona lokomaikaʻi, nā manawa a nui ʻole, like ʻole me ke aloha o ke Akua. Ma lalo o ke aloha a me ka mālama ʻana o ko mākou aliʻi, ʻaʻole nō māua hopohopo i ko mākou poʻo no ka mea mau mākou i kona ʻoluʻolu.

e Tammy Tach


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