I. oia kahi e noho ai na kanaka, nolaila ua kapaia ka luakini a me ka halelewa, he hale o ke Akua. Eia ke ano o na hale ma ka Aina Hi- kina: ua kukuluia ma na aoao o ka hu- inahalike a puni, a he wahi akea iwae- nakonu. He pahale iwaenakonu i paa i ka paia o na hale a puni. Ma na aoao o keia pahale na puka makani a pau, aole puka ma ka aoao o ke alanui. Ma ke- kahi mau hale nui, elua, ekolu paha pahale oloko, me ke alanui mai kekahi a i kekahi. Ua kipapaia keia mau pa- hale oloko; a ma kekahi mau hale nui ua kanuia kauwahi o ia me ka laau, Hal. 84:3; 128:3; a he luawai hoi ilo- ko, 2 Sam. 17:18. Ma kekahi mau pa- hale ua kauia ka paku lole maluna, i ka wa wela; a malaila e noho ai na mea hale, a e halawai ai me na makamaka. He wahi noho loihi ilaila e moe ai, ma kahi oluolu i ka makani i ka wa wela. Ma ke alo o ka hale, he ala-hele me ka pio oluna, kahi e komo ai iloko o ka pahale iwaenakonu. Ma ka puka ma- waho o na hale nui, he kiaipuka, Oih. 12:13, 14. Ma keia ala-hele a ma ka pahale he mau puka komo iloko o ka hale. Ma kekahi mau hale he puka olépelepe ma ka aoao o ke alanui, 2 Na- lii 9:30. Ma na keena o ka poe waiwai, he mau paku lole maikai, Eset, 1:6; a ua pena maikai ia ka papa oluna, Ier. 22:14. He papa maoli kekahi papa hele, he mamora kekahi, he pohaku penaia ka- hi. He mau noho hilinai ma na paia. He hikiee kiekie ma kekahi aoao, me ke anuunuu e pii aku ai, 2 Nalii 1:4, 16. Aia ke ala pii iluna o ka hale ma ke kihi o ka pahale, Mat. 24:17. Ua pepepe ko luna o na hale a lau- mania, a he wahi pa a puni i ole e haule ka mea hele ilaila, Kan. 22:8; 2 Nalii 1:2; Ios. 2:6. Maanei ka noho ana o na kanaka i ka wa ahiahi, a kamailio pu, 1 Sam. 9:25; 2 Sam. 11:2; a maanei ka pule ana, 2 Nalii 23:12; Ier. 19:13; Oih. 10:9. I ka wa Kauhalelewa, hana iho la lakou i hale malumalu malaila, Neh. 8:16. Ma ke kauwahi e hiki no ke hele maluna o na hale mai kekahi hale a i kekahi, aole iho ilalo i ke alanui. I ka lawe ana o na kanaka i ka mai lolo ia Iesu, pii lakou maluna o ka hale, no ka paapu o na kanaka, a hookuu iho la i ka mai ilalo imua o Iesu, Mar. 2:4; Luk. 5:19. Mahuahua mai ka lepo maluna o ka hale i kekahi manawa, a ulu mai ka mauu, a i ka wa wela maloo koke iho la, Hal. 129:6, 7; Is. 37:27. Ma ka Aina Hikina, he hale pohaku ka nui o na hale. He uinihepa kekahi. Aka, he inoino na hale ma ia aina. He hale lepo kekahi, he hale ohi kekahi; aole liuliu a pau no. Nolaila hoohalike o Ioba i ke kanaka me ka hale, Iob. 4:19. Ma Suria a me Babulonia, pau e na kulanakauhale kahiko i ka lilo aku, o ke kahua wale no i koe, aohe hale. E nana HALELEWA.