ʻO ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia lā: ʻAʻole hiki i ka ʻeha a ua hoʻomaka i ka lanakila

He lā Kalikimaka kēia no ka lani o ka puʻupaʻa: e hāhai kākou i kāna kūpaʻa. ʻO ka lā Kalikimaka kēia o ka martyr: e like me ia ke hāʻawi nei mākou i kā mākou mōhai. ʻO kēia ka lā Kalikimaka o Saint Agnes!
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua make ia i kona make ʻana i kona make ʻana i kona makahiki he ʻumikūmālua. Nani ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻia o kēia barbarism, ka mea i hiki ʻole ke hoʻokoe i kēlā mau makahiki palupalu! Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ikaika o ka manaʻoʻiʻo, i loaʻa i ka hōʻike i kahi ola i ka hoʻomaka. Hiki i kahi kino liʻiliʻi ke hāʻawi i kahi lumi no ka pahi kaua? Akā ʻo ka mea i hiki ʻole ke hao, ua lawa ka ikaika e lanakila ai i ka hao. Haalulu nā kaikamahine, kāna mau hoa, a hiki i ka maka o ka maka o ko lākou mau mākua a puka i waho me ka waimaka a me ka ʻuwā ʻana no nā kui liʻiliʻi, me he mea lā ua loaʻa iā lākou ka mea ʻike i nā ʻeha. Noho wiwo ʻole ʻo Agnes i ka lima o nā mea hoʻopaʻi, i pulu ʻia me kona koko. Kū paʻa ʻo ia ma lalo o ke kaupaona o nā kaulahao a laila hāʻawi aku i kāna mea āpau i ka pahi kaua a ka mea hoʻokō, ʻaʻole ʻike i ka mea e make ana, akā mākaukau no ka make. Kauō ʻia e ka ikaika i ke kuahu o nā akua a hoʻonoho ʻia i waena o nā lānahu ahi e ʻā ana, kīʻaha ʻo ia i kona mau lima iā Kristo, a ma nā kuahu like kapu e hāpai ai ʻo ia i ka pahu o ka Haku lanakila. Hoʻokomo ʻo ia i kona ʻāʻī a me kona mau lima i nā paʻa hao, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe kaula e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i nā lālā lahilahi.
ʻAno hou o ka make make! ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻehaʻeha, akā ua mākaukau no ka lanakila. He paʻakikī ka hakakā, akā maʻalahi ka lei aliʻi. Hāʻawi ka makahiki ʻōpio i kahi haʻawina maikaʻi loa i ka ikaika. ʻAʻole hele kahi wahine hou i ka male ma ke ʻano wikiwiki e like me ka hele ʻana o kēia puʻupaʻa i kahi o ka hoʻomāinoino: hauʻoli, ʻeleu, me kona poʻo i kāhiko ʻole ʻia me nā lei aliʻi, akā me Kristo, ʻaʻole me nā pua, akā me nā ʻano hanohano.
Uē nā mea āpau, ʻaʻole ʻo ia. Kahaha loa ka hapanui o ka mea, leʻaleʻa i ke ola i hauʻoli ʻole ʻia, hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ia me he mea lā ua leʻaleʻa loa ia. Pīhoihoi ka poʻe āpau no ka mea he hōʻike ʻo ia no ke akua nāna no kona mau makahiki i hiki ʻole ke lilo i mea hoʻoponopono nona iho. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia i kāna hōʻike i ke aloha o ke Akua, ʻo ia, ka mea e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻole ʻia a hōʻike ʻia no ka makemake o nā kānaka. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea i hele ma mua o ka kūlohelohe mai ka mea kākau o ka kūlohelohe.
He aha nā ʻōlelo hoʻoweliweli weliweli a ka luna i hoʻokokoke aku ai, e hoʻoweliweli iā ia, i nā mea hoʻowalewale ʻoluʻolu e hoʻohuli iā ia, a pehea ka nui o nā mea makemake ʻole i kona lima i kamaʻilio ʻole iā ia e haʻalele iā ia mai kāna kumu! Akā ʻo ia: «He hana hewa i ka wahine mare ke kali no kahi ipo. ʻO ka mea nāna wau i koho mua e loaʻa iaʻu. E ka luna hoʻokō, no ke aha ʻoe e hoʻolohi ai? E pau paha kēia kino: hiki ke aloha ʻia a makemake ʻia, akā ʻaʻole au makemake. " Kū mālie ʻo ia, pule, kūlou ke poʻo.
Ua hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka mea haʻalulu e haʻalulu ana, me he mea lā ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻohewa ʻia, e lūlū nei i ka lima ʻākau o ka mea hoʻopaʻi, e huluhulu ana i ka maka o ka mea makaʻu i ka makaʻu o haʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole makaʻu ke kaikamahine iā ia iho. No laila, loaʻa iā ʻoe i hoʻokahi mea make i ka make lua, o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hilinaʻi. Ua noho puʻupaʻa ʻo ia a loaʻa ka pā o ka martyrdom.