"FAITH, HOPE, and LOVE" ki‘i na Kalimapau

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​                         mana‘o‘i‘o ​               
FAITH - the manifestation of truths
                  (the physical plane)

                        mana‘olana 
HOPE - the surrounding truths
                  (the mental plane)
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                              aloha
LOVE - Aloha, the greatest truth of all
                  (the Spiritual plane)

   na​ MAUINUIAKAMA PULAMA COLLIER

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                      ‘Ekolu Mea Nui                                                     Three ways in which we experience the world
 
                 ‘Ekolu mea nui ma ka honua                                    Three primary things of this world
                 O ka mana‘o‘i‘o, ka mana‘olana                             Faith, Hope,
                 A me ke aloha, ke aloha kai ‘oi a‘e                              and Love… of the three, Love is Superior
                 Pomaika‘i na mea a pau                                             Everything prospers
                 Pomaika‘i na mea a pau                                             Everything is blessed

                 E na makua, na keiki,                                                  Oh parents, children,
                 Na mamo a luda me Epelaima.                                descendants of Judah and Ephraim,
                 E pa'a kamana'o i ka pono i oi ae                            think always that righteousness is best,
                 Pomaika'i na mea apau,                                             Everything prospers
                 Pomaika'i na mea apau                                              Everything is blessed



​Based on I Corinthians 13:13 "And now these three remain:  Faith, Hope and Love.  But the greatest of these is Love".  This himeni (hymn) was composed for the Congregational Church's Ho‘ike (Celebration) on the island of Mau‘i about 1925, by ‘Oiwi Hawai‘i Haku Himeni (Hawaiian Composer of Hymns) Robert J.K. Nawahine (1865 - 1951) who was an outstanding musician and leader of the central Mau‘i churches.
 
*Note: Great-grand-nephew of Robert J. K. Nawahine is HCCW lālā ‘ōiwi Pila Short. His wife, HCCW lālā ho‘okama Eveline Short.  They two reside in Līhuʻe, Wahiawā, Halemano, puʻuhonua kapuʻahuawa, piko ʻo Kūkaniloko, O‘ahu, Island, Hawai‘i.                                                                      

"e kūkaʻawe i nā kapu o Kūkaniloko nō ka mea aloha nō hoʻi kākou iā lākou i nā kau a kau..."
 “to guard the kapu of Kūkaniloko because we love them for all time…”