E Kuʻu Akua ē

O My God

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Ka Palapala Mākaʻikaʻi

(Heluhelu ʻia kēia pule, i hoʻomāʻikeʻike ʻia e ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ma Kona Wahi Hoʻāno. Puana ʻia ma ka pule mehameha kekahi.)

ʻO ka mea e puana aku i kēia pule me ka haʻahaʻa a me ke kipona aloha, ʻo ia ka mea e hauʻoli ai a ʻoliʻoli ka naʻau o kēia Kauā; kohu like ia i ka pili alo a alo me Ia.

ʻO ia nō ka Hanohano Poʻokela!

E ke Akua ē, kuʻu Akua! Me ka haʻahaʻa a me nā waimaka au e hāpai aʻe ai i nā lima nonoi iā ʻoe a huli iho koʻu alo i ka ʻehu lepo o ka Paehumu Ou, ka mea i hiʻilani ʻia aʻela ma luna aku o ka ʻike o ka naʻauao a i luna hoʻi o ka hoʻomaikaʻi a nā mea a pau e hoʻonani ana iā ʻOe. E ʻoluʻolu, e nānā mai ʻOe i Kāu kauā, i moe haʻahaʻa a kolokolohai ma ka paehumu Ou, me nā ʻalawa ʻana mai o ka maka o Kou aloha a e hoʻoluʻu ihola iā ia i Ka Moana o Kou lokomaikaʻi mau loa.

E ke Akua ē! He kauā haʻahaʻa loa ʻo ia Ou, i ilihia a e noi haʻahaʻa nei iā ʻOe, paʻa ihola i Kō lima e pule kūlipo ana iā ʻOe, e hilinaʻi ana iā ʻOe, me nā waimaka i mua o Kou alo, e kānaenae ana iā ʻOe a e noi ana iā ʻOe, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana:

E ka Haku, e kuʻu Akua ē! Ō hō mai i Kō aloha e lawelawe au i Kou poʻe i aloha ʻia, e hoʻoikaika iaʻu i kaʻu lawena iā ʻOe, e hoʻomālamalama maila i kuʻu lae me ka mālamalama o ka hoʻomana ma Kou pōʻai ʻihiʻihi, a me ka mālamalama hoʻi o ka pule i Kou aupuni hanohano. Ō hoʻoulu mai i haʻahaʻa kuʻu naʻau ma ka paepae lani o Kou puka, a e kōkua i koʻu hihia ʻole aku i nā mea a pau o loko o nā ao hemolele Ou. E ka Haku ē! Ō hāinu mai iaʻu me ka ipu o ka naʻau haʻahaʻa; me ka ʻaʻahu o ka naʻau haʻahaʻa e hōʻaʻahu mai ai iaʻu, a i ka moana o ua naʻau haʻahaʻa lā e hoʻoluʻu iho ai iaʻu. Ō hoʻolilo iaʻu i ʻehu lepo i ke ala o ka poʻe aloha Ou, a e ʻae mai iaʻu e mōlia i koʻu ʻuhane no ka ʻāina i hoʻohiehie ʻia ihola e nā koʻele wāwae o Kou poʻe wae ʻia ma ke ala Ou, e ka Haku o ka Hanohano Poʻokela.

Me kēia pule e kānaenae aku ai Kou kauā iā ʻOe, i ka wehena kaiao a i ke kulu aumoe. Ō hoʻokō i ka ʻanoʻi ona, e ka Haku! Ō hoʻomālamalama i kona puʻuwai, e hoʻohauʻoli i kona naʻau, e hoʻā i kona mālamalama, i hiki ai iā ia ke lawelawe i Kou Kumu a me Kou poʻe kauā.

ʻO ʻOe ka Mea Hō Mai, ka Mea Menemene, ka Mea Lako Loa, ka Mea ʻOluʻolu, ka Mea Lokomaikaʻi, ka Mea Aloha.
~ Na ʻAbdu’l-Bahá

English Language

Tablet of Visitation

(This prayer, revealed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, is read at His Shrine. It is also used in private prayer.)

Whoso reciteth this prayer with lowliness and fervor will bring gladness and joy to the heart of this Servant; it will be even as meeting Him face to face.

He is the All-Glorious!

O God, my God! Lowly and tearful, I raise my suppliant hands to Thee and cover my face in the dust of that Threshold of Thine, exalted above the knowledge of the learned, and the praise of all that glorify Thee. Graciously look upon Thy servant, humble and lowly at Thy door, with the glances of the eye of Thy mercy, and immerse him in the Ocean of Thine eternal grace.

Lord! He is a poor and lowly servant of Thine, enthralled and imploring Thee, captive in Thy hand, praying fervently to Thee, trusting in Thee, in tears before Thy face, calling to Thee and beseeching Thee, saying:

O Lord, my God! Give me Thy grace to serve Thy loved ones, strengthen me in my servitude to Thee, illumine my brow with the light of adoration in Thy court of holiness, and of prayer to Thy kingdom of grandeur. Help me to be selfless at the heavenly entrance of Thy gate, and aid me to be detached from all things within Thy holy precincts. Lord! Give me to drink from the chalice of selflessness; with its robe clothe me, and in its ocean immerse me. Make me as dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones, and grant that I may offer up my soul for the earth ennobled by the footsteps of Thy chosen ones in Thy path, O Lord of Glory in the Highest.

With this prayer doth Thy servant call Thee, at dawntide and in the night-season. Fulfill his heart’s desire, O Lord! Illumine his heart, gladden his bosom, kindle his light, that he may serve Thy Cause and Thy servants.

Thou art the Bestower, the Pitiful, the Most Bountiful, the Gracious, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá