He mau makana nâu kêia na kô mâkou kûpuna.
These are gifts for you from our elders.
By their living examples, our kûpuna/elders bestowed their Hawaiian mana and values upon their keiki/children and mo`opuna/grandchildren.
These were the best gifts given, as lives imbued with these values are immeasurably enhanced and truly waiwai/rich, in heart and in spirit.
May you strive to embrace, cherish and preserve these values,
so you too may live a life of value.
These are gifts for you from our elders.
By their living examples, our kûpuna/elders bestowed their Hawaiian mana and values upon their keiki/children and mo`opuna/grandchildren.
These were the best gifts given, as lives imbued with these values are immeasurably enhanced and truly waiwai/rich, in heart and in spirit.
May you strive to embrace, cherish and preserve these values,
so you too may live a life of value.
Hawaiian Proverbs, Values & Truths Olelo No'eau to Live The Sacred Hawaiian Way
"Oli Mahalo"
Uhola ia ka makaloa la
Pu`ai i ke aloha a
Kuka`i ia ka ha loa la
Pawehi mai na lehua
Mai ka ho`oku`i a ka halawai la
Mahalo e na Akua
Mahalo e na kupuna la ea
Mahalo me ke aloha la
Mahalo me ke aloha la
The makaloa mat has been unfolded
Food is shared in Love
The great breath is exchanged
The Lehua honors and adores
From zenith to horizon
Gratitude to God
Gratitude to our ancestors
Gratitude with love
Gratitude with love
Prayer for protection
Ka malamalama o ke akua e ho'opuni mai ia kakou...
The LIGHT of God surround us...
Ke Aloha o ke akua e kipuni mai ia kakou...
The LOVE of God enfolds us...
Ka mana o ke akua e ho'opakele mai ia kakou...
The POWER of God protect us...
Ke alo o ke akua e malama mai ia kakou...
The PRESENCE of God watches over us...
Ma kahi a kakou, e hele aku ai he akua no...
Wherever we are, God is...
Amene
Amen
E ala e Ka la i kahikina I ka moana Ka moana hohonu Pi’i ka lewa Ka lewa nu’u I ka hikina Aia ka la. E ala e!
Awaken/Arise The sun in the east From the ocean The ocean deep Climbing (to) the heaven The heaven highest In the east There is the sun Awaken!
"E ala E" means "this is the way that it is".
The part that means arise is "aia ka la". It's describing the path of the sun: it starts in the east, over the ocean(moana), it comes to over head (nu'u), rising up (aia ka la)>(the musical note is suppose to raise in pitch to symbolize that ascension), E ALA E : (That's the way it is) This Is _ The Way _ [that] This Is; Is Path Is, Be Way Be, I Am the way I Am... etc.
PURE ALOHA
Ua Kuluma Ke Kanaka I Ke Aloha
It Is Natural For People To Behave In a Loving Way...
MAY WE ALL LEARN TO MAKE LOVE OUR WAY OF LIFE! (c)
Ku'ia kahele aka na'au ha'aha'a
A HUMBLE PERSON WALKS CAREFULLY, SO AS NOT TO HURT OTHERS..."
U`a mau ke ia o ka aina i ka pono;
The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness...
Pomaika'i I Kaa Po'e Pololi, a Make Wai No Kaa Pono; No Kaa Mea, E Ho'oma'ona 'Ia Lakou. Makaio 5:6
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst For Righteousness, For They Will Be Filled. Matthew 5:6
Ho'olohe Ke Pepeiao Nana I Kamaka Hana Kā Lima
Listen carefully. Observe with eyes, work with the hands...
A'ohe Hana Nui Ka Alu'ia
No Task Is Too Big When Done Together...
E Hana Mālie
Take Your Time and Do a Good Job
A'ohe Ulu e Loa'a i Ka Pokole o Kalou
No Breadfruit Can Be Reached When The Picking Stick Is Too Short.
Kā Hana Aka Makua o Ka Hanano ia'a Keiki
What Parents Do...Children Will Do...
E Noho Iho i Ke Opu Weuweu Mai Ho'oki'ekie Ha’aha’ha
Remain among the clumps of grass and do not elevate yourself... Stay Humble!
O WAI KOU INOA?
What Is The Source Of Your Living Waters?
The river of Life never stops flowing,
it flows through me... ♥
“E Pele, Pele, Pele, E Pele E!"
"The Legend of Pele Teaches One to Be Hospitable, Generous, Loving & Merciful to All Who Cross Ones Path, For One Knows Not the Spiritual Nobility of Whom One Entertains...!”
KAPU ALOHA E LOKAHI E!!!
He Who Lives In Harmony Within Himself, Lives PONO, Lives KAPU ALOHA, Lives LOKAHI with ALL THERE IS.
Kahu Kāhealani Kawaiolamanaloa Satchitananda
Health, Happiness & Harmony are Keys to Life, Balance, Oneness and Abundant Grace, Waiwai!!! for All Humanity the Sacred Hawaiian Way.
EO PAIKEA PAI`EA
UA MAU PU`U KOHOLA EA!!!
"Endless is the good that I have given you to enjoy."
-- Kamehameha I
Kahuna Nui Hale Kealohalani Makua
"Love all you see, including yourself." -- Hale Makua
“Malama Ko Aloha” — “Keep Your Love” —
a plea to both sides that no matter what obstacles come to Hawai‘i, keep your love of one another.-Chiefess Manono
"Ko Aloha La Ea, Ko Aloha La Ea" – Keep Your Love, Keep Your Love."
No matter what obstacles come, keep your love. No matter what suffering you face, no matter who you are or where you come from, with love you can surmount anything.
E hele me ka pu’olo
Always Take An Offering With You. Make Every Person Place or Condition Better Than You Left It Always.
Wherever You Go, Always Take Something With You.
This Is The Sacred Hawaiian Way, the Way of Abundant Flow Honoring Ke Akua and His Creation/Nature
Ho'olohe ke pepeiao nana I Kā maka hana kalima
Listen carefully. Observe with eyes, work with the hands..
Aloha Mai No Aloha Aku O Kaa Huhu Kaa Mea E Ola Ole Ai
When Love Is Given, Love Naturally Flows Back In Return.
I Ka Nana No A 'Ike.
By Observing, One Learns.
Ike 'Ia No Kaa Loea I Ke Kuahu.
An Expert Is Recognized By the Altar He Builds. It Is What One Does and How Well He Does It That Shows Whether He Is An Expert, Not What One Destroys Or One Belittles.
Ma Kahi O Kaa Hana He Ola Malaila.
Where Work Is, There Is Life.
Ua ola loko i ke aloha -He alii ka la'i, he ha Ku'ulani na
Life is an echo ---What u give out comes back
Ola I Ka Makana Ma Ke Akua
Life Is A Gift From God
"Pomaika'i Kaa Po'e E 'U Ana; No Kaa Mea, E Ho'olu'olu 'Ia Aku Lakou. Makaio 5:4
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn, For They Will Be Comforted. Matthew 5:4
Pomaika'i Ka Po'e I Ma'ema'e Ma Ka Na'au; No Kā Mea, E 'Ike Lakou I Ke Akua. Makaio 5:8
Blessed Are The Pure In Heart, For They Will See God."
Ho'olohe Kaa Pepeiao
Listen With Your Ears
'Ike Aku, 'Ike Mai, Kokua Mai; Pela Iho La Kaa Nohona 'Ohana.
Recognize and Be Reognized, Help and Be Helped; Such Is Family Life.
He ali`i ka aina, ha kauwa ke kanaka,
The Land is a Chief, Man is it's Servant...
Ho'ola'i Na Manu i ke Aheahe
The birds poise quietly in the gentle breezes...
Be at Peace in the World
If You See Everything As Divine and Sacred, Learning Takes Place. Sri SriSri Ammabhagavan
He punawai kahe wale ke Aloha
LOVE IS A SPRING THAT FLOWS FREELY...
Aia Ke Ola i ka Hiki
LIFE & PROSPERITY ARE IN THE CARE OF GOD
He Lama Keia Nou!
This is a Source of Light for You!
E ‘au malie i ke kai papa’u, o paki ka wai a pula ka maka.
Swim quietly in shallow water lest it splash into the eyes.
A cautioning to go carefully where one isn’t sure of conditions.
Mai Pale I Ke A'o A Ka Makua.
Do Not Set Aside the Teaching of Your Elders.
Pa`a Ka Waha
Observe, Be Silent and Learn
If words are exiting your mouth, wisdom cannot come in
I Keka, I Kaa Hoe Pae Aku I Kaa Aina.
Bail and Paddle, Paddle and Bail, and The Shore (end) Is Reached.
A Hala I Ka Lani
Up to heaven, Up To The Divine/God, "Until it passes unto heaven", or more figuratively "until the action or time reaches heaven".
Ke Aloha O Ka Haku: The Queens Prayer
by Queen Liliʻuokalani
ʻO kou aloha nō Your loving mercy
Aia i ka lani Is as high as Heaven
A ʻo Kou ʻoia ʻiʻo And your truth
He hemolele hoʻi So perfect
Koʻu noho mihi ʻana I live in sorrow
A paʻahao ʻia Imprisoned
ʻO ʻoe kuʻu lama You are my light
Kou nani koʻu koʻo Your glory, my support
Mai nānā ʻinoʻino Behold not with malevolence
Nā hewa o kānaka The sins of man
Akā e huikala But forgive
A maʻemaʻe nō And cleanse
No laila e ka Haku And so, o Lord
Ma lalo o kou ʻēheu Protect us beneath your wings
Kō mākou maluhia And let peace be our portion
A mau loa aku nō Now and forever more
Āmene Amen
Ka Pule a ka Haku
The Lord's Prayer
E ko makou makua i loko o ka lani,
Our Father which art in Heaven...
E ho'ano 'ia kou inoa
Hallowed be Thy name...
E hiki mai kou aupuni
Thy Kingdom come...
E malama 'ia kou makemake ma ke honua nei
Thy will be done on Earth...
E like me ia i malama 'ia ma ka lani la.
As it is in Heaven,
E ha'awi mai ia makou i keia la, i 'ai na makou no neia la.
Give us this day our Daily Bread,
E kala mai ho'I ia makou i ka makou lawehala 'ana,
And forgive us our Debts...
Me makou e kala nei i ka po'e i lawehala i ka makou.
As we forgive our Debtors...
Mai ho'oku'u 'oe ia makou I ka ho'owalewale 'ia mai,
And lead us not into Temptation...
E ho'opakele no na'e ia makou i ka 'ino;
But deliver us from evil...
No ka mea, nou ke aupuni,
For thine is the Kingdom
A me ka mana, a me ka ho'onani 'ia a mau loa aku.
For the power and the Glory Forever....
'Amene...
Amen....
A'o I Ke Koa, E A'o No I Ka Holo
When One Learns To Be a Warrior, One Must Also Learn To Run
A'o I Ka Ho'opunipuni, A'o Aku No I Ka 'Aihue
Learn To Lie and The Next Thing Will Be To Steal.
Aia Ke Ola I Ka Waha; Aia Ka Make I Ka Waha.
Life Is In The Mouth; Death Is In The Mouth.
Spoken Words Can Enliven, Spoken Words Can Destroy.
Aka'aka Loko i Ka Ike a Ke Aloha
The Secrets Within Me Are Seen Through A L O H A.
He 'Ike 'Ana Ia I Ka Pono
It Is Recognizing of the Right Thing.
One Has Seen The Right Thing To Do and Has Done It.
Ke aloha nô!
Aloha indeed!
Ku'i 'ia ke kukui pili ke aloha
Pili ke aloha kau maila e
Kukui aloha o Kohala e.
Connect with light,
Connect with love,
The love and light of Kohala.
Me ka mahalo nui.
With deep gratitude.
Ua Lehulehu a Manomano Kā ‘Ikena a Ka Hawai’i
Great and Numerous is the Knowledge of the Hawaiian People
Ho'omoe Wai Kahi Ke Kao'o
Let Us Travel Together Like Water Flowing In One Direction
Lana kakou i ka hau'oli o ha'i.
We rise by uplifting others.
‘O ka makua ke ko‘o o ka hale.
The parent is the support that holds the household together.
I maika‘i ke kalo i ka ‘ōhā.
The goodness of the taro is judged by the young plant it produces.
Parents are often judged by the behavior of their children.
E kūlia i ka nu‘u.
Strive to reach the highest.
Motto of Queen Kapi’olani. Strive to do your best.
PURE ALOHA
MALAMA KA MANA
MALAMA KA MANA'O
MALAMA KE ALOHA
MALAMA KAA PONO
MALAMA KE IPU I KA PIKO KAPU KE AO
TAKE CHERISHED CARE OF YOUR SACRED BOWL OF LIGHT
Ku Na Kaula Iwi Lae O'o O Molokai
Firm Are The Upright Expert See'ers Of Molokai and Their Descendants
“Nānā ka maka; ho‘olohe ka pepeiao, pa‘a ka waha”
“observe with the eyes, listen with the ears, and shut the mouth”
“nīnau ka waha and hana ka lima,”
“ask questions and work with the hands”
insight thru experience
He waiwai nui ka lōkāhi.
Unity is a precious possession.
‘Ike is translated as “to see, know, feel, recognize, perceive, and experience”
He ‘nipa‘a ‘a ka ‘oiā‘i‘o.
Truth is not changeable.
‘Onipa‘a.
Stand firm. This is the motto of Queen Lili‘uokalani. (Pukui, 1983, p. 275)
The words of Queen Lili‘uokalani in this ‘ōlelo no‘eau remind us to be strong in the face of adversity.
E lawe i ke a‘o malama, a e ‘oi mau ka na‘auao.
He who takes his teachings and applies them increases his knowledge.
Ua lehulehu a manomano ka ‘ikena a ha Hawai‘i.
Great and numerous is the knowledge of the Hawaiians.
Hana ‘i‘o ka haole!
The foreigner does it in earnest!
He Lama Keia Nou! (This is a Source of Light for You!)
He a‘ali‘i ku makani nai au; a‘ohe makani nana e kula‘i.
I am a wind-resisting ‘a‘ali‘i; no gale can push me over.
O ka Pono ke hana 'ia'a iho mai nalani.
Continue to do good until the heavens come down on you.
Malama Kekahi I Kekahi
Take Care of One Another
When I was growing up I learned about how sacred Poi is from our kupuna. I learned that in old Hawaii when people were talking at a meal and two people began to argue a kupuna would place the Poi between the two arguing.
They would stop the fighting, so to not argue over the Poi and disrespect it.
After we learned this our ohana/family would do the same thing at home. My parents would put the Poi between us. Or we would do it ourselves.
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Lawe i ka ma'alea a ku'ono'ono
Acquire Skill And Make It Deep.
U aka ua, ola ka nohona o ka `āina kula
The rain pours, life comes to the plants.
He keiki aloha nā mea kanu.
Beloved children are the plants. It is said of farmers that their plants are like beloved children, receiving much attention and care.
I hāna ka pō, i hāna ke ao.
Alert by night, alert by day.
Said of a farmer or fisherman who begins work before sunrise and continues into the daylight hours.
ʻO kāu aku, ʻo kā ia ala mai, pēlā ka nohona o ka ʻohana.
From you and from him—so lived the family.
The farmer gave to the fisherman, the fisherman to the farmer
Ka ‘ike a ka mäkua he hei na ke keiki.
The knowledge of the parent is absorbed by the child.
`Ai no i ka `ape he mane`o no ko ka nuku.
He who eats `ape is bound to have his mouth itch.
He who indulges in something harmful will surely reap the result.
Ho'okahi Makamaka O Ko Aloha
Our Love Begins The Union of Our Life Together.
He hi‘ialo ua milimili ‘ia i ke alo, ua hā‘awe ‘ia ma ke kua, ua lei ‘ia ma ka ‘ā‘ī.
A beloved one, fondled in the arms, carried on the back, whose arms have gone about the neck as a lei.
Said of a beloved child
He lei poina ‘ole ke keiki.
A lei never forgotten is the beloved child.
He Keiki Aloha Nā Mea Kanu.
Plants are beloved children; with nourishment, care and love, they flourish.
Ka ‘ike a ka makua he hei na ke keiki.
The knowledge of the parent is unconsciously absorbed by the child.
Kū i ka māna – we are like the ones we associate with and learn from.
Kū i ka māna literally translates as “to be like the one from whom you have learned”.
‘O ka makua ke ko‘o o ka hale.
The parent is the support that holds the household together.
Keiki Aloha Kai Aloha, Beloved Child, Beloved Sea
Ho‘okahua
(To Lay the foundation)
Pūlama I Nā Keiki (Cherish the Children)
VALUES OF ALOHA
ALOHA--
Aloha is a value, one of unconditional love.
Aloha is the outpouring and receiving of the spirit.
HO‘OHANA--
The value of work: To work with intent and with purpose.
‘IMI OLA--
To “seek best life.” Our purpose in life is to seek its highest form.
The value of mission and vision.
HO‘OMAU--
The value of perseverance. To persist, to continue, to perpetuate. Never give up.
KŪLIA I KA NU‘U--
The value of achievement and excellence. “Strive to reach the summit.”
Pursue personal excellence in all you do.
HO‘OKIPA--
The value of hospitality, a hospitality of complete giving.
Welcome guests and strangers with your spirit of Aloha.
‘OHANA--
Those who are family, and those you choose to call your family.
As a value, ‘Ohana is a human circle of complete Aloha.
LŌKAHI--
The value of teamwork: Collaboration and cooperation. Harmony and unity.
People who work together can achieve more.
The Kaona of LOKAHI, Is Inherent ONENESS, Connectedness to the Heaven, to the Earth, and All Life and All Relations.
KĀKOU--
The value of communication, for “All of us.” We are in this together.
Learn to speak the language of we. The Kaona Is All Inclusiveness. We Are One.
KULEANA--
One’s personal sense of Responsibility and Sacred Duty.
“I accept my responsibilities and Reason for Being, and I will be held accountable.”
‘IKE LOA--
The value of learning. To know well. To seek knowledge and wisdom. We Are Here To Learn, Grow and Expand into Greater Aloha/Love/Harmony as We Walk Up the Mountain of Life.
HA‘AHA‘A--
The value of humility. Be humble, be modest, and open your thoughts.
HO‘OHANOHANO--
To honor the dignity of others.
Conduct yourself with distinction, and cultivate respectfulness.
ALAKA‘I--
The value of leadership. Lead with initiative, and with your good example.
You shall be the guide for others when you have gained their trust and respect.
MĀLAMA--
The value of stewardship. To take care of.
To serve and to honor, to protect and care for.
MAHALO--
“Thank you”, as a way of living.
Live in thankfulness for the richness that makes life so precious.
NĀNĀ I KE KUMU--
Look to your Sense of Place and sources of spirit, and you find your truth.
PONO--
The value of integrity, of rightness and balance.
The feeling of contentment when all is good and all is right.
KA LĀ HIKI OLA--
“The dawning of a new day.” Optimism.
The value of hope and promise.
E hana me ka ha`aha`a
Let us work with humbleness.
Pehea kō piko?
How is your navel?
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