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`Ekolu mea nui ma ka honua
`O ka mana`o `i`o ka mana`olana
A me ke aloha ke aloha ka i `oi a`e
Pömaika`i nä mea apau
Pömaika`i nä mea apau
E nä mäkua nä keiki
Nä mamo a Iuda me `Epelaima
E pa`a ka mana`o i ka pono i `oi a`e
Pömaika`i nä mea apau
Pömaika`i nä mea apau
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Three important things in the
world
Faith, hope
And love, love is the
best
And everything is
blessed
And everything is
blessed
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- Oh parents, children
- Descendants of Judah and
Ephraim
- Think always that righteousness
is best
- And everything is
blessed
- And everything is
blessed
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Source: Na 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.
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