Ka Pohihihi o ke Kulanakauhale Hemolele
He mea pohihihi na mokuna hope o ka buke Hoikeana. I ka ʻike mua ʻana, me he mea lā e hōʻike mai ke Akua i ka nui o Kona kulanakauhale gula nui, e pili ana i na hale no ka poe i hoolapanaiia. Akā inā mākou e ʻeli hohonu i nā ʻikepili akua a me nā nane a pau, ʻike mākou i nā mea ʻoi aku ma mua o kahi cube ʻoi aku ma mua o 1500 mau mile ka lōʻihi, laula, a me ke kiʻekiʻe!
He moʻolelo i haʻi ʻole ʻia ma waena o nā laina—he moʻolelo i hiki ke wehewehe wale ʻia e kekahi i iho mai ka lani mai e lawe mai i kēlā mālamalama i kahi honua i ka pouli. ʻOi aku ka nui o ke kūlanakauhale Hemolele ma mua o ke kūlanakauhale kino, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole he manaʻo uhane wale nō. He kino maoli ia, ua ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu mau ana, a ua ākea loa ʻaʻole i lawa ka lōʻihi o ke ao pau ʻole e ʻike i kāna mau waiwai āpau. He wahi ia e hoʻomalu ʻia ai ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi e ka mea nāna i hana i nā ʻāpana āpau, ʻo ia ka manawa. ʻO ia kahi āu e noho pū ai me ia ma luna o kona noho aliʻi, ke manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe.
A lohe aku la au i ka leo nui, mai ka lani mai, i ka i ana mai, Aia hoi, aia no ka halelewa o ke Akua me kanaka, a e noho pu oia me lakou, a e lilo lakou i poe kanaka nona, a me lakou pu ke Akua, a o ko lakou Akua no ia. A na ke Akua no e holoi i na waimaka a pau mai ko lakou mau maka aku; aole he make hou, aole kaumaha, aole uwe, aole eha hou; ( Hoikeana 21:3-4 )


