`Ekolu Mea Nui - by Robert J.K. Näwähine

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`Ekolu mea nui ma ka honua
`O ka mana`o `i`o ka mana`o lana
A me ke aloha ke aloha ka i `oi a`e
Pômaika`i nâ mea âpau
Pômaika`i nâ mea âpau

E nâ mâkua nâ keiki
Nâ mamo a Iuda me `Epelaima
E pa`a ka mana`o i ka pono i `oi a`e
Pômaika`i nâ mea apau
Pômaika`i nâ mea apau

 



Three important things in the world
Faith, hope
And love, love is the best
And everything is blessed
And everything is blessed

Oh parents, children
Descendants of Judah and Ephraim
Think always that righteousness is best
And everything is blessed
And everything is blessed

 

Source: Nâ Mele o Hawai`i Nei by Elbert & Mahoe - Based on I Cor 13:13 "And now abideth faith, hope and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love", this himeni was composed for the Congregational church's ho`ike in Maui about 1925, by Robert Näwähine (1868-1951) an outstanding musician and leader of the central Maui churches. Music clip by Gippy Cooke