Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
Folklore -- Hawaii; Hawaii -- Social life and customs; Hawaiian language -- Texts; Legends -- Hawaii
Mahope o ka olelo a ke ’kua ia Aukelenuiaiku, oili mai la ka momoku ahi
mai loko mai o ka lima o Kuwahailo a a ana i ka honua. O ka inoa o ua
momoku ahi la, o Kukuena, a mahope ona kuu ia mai la ka pohaku o Ikuwa,
he pohaku koeleele, oia ka hekili. A pa keia mau mea i ke kapa lehu o
Aukelenuiaiku, he mea ole laua, he opala, he mea uhauha na ka makani.
Ma keia moolelo, ua olelo ia, i ka wa i pa ai ka hekili i ke kapa lehu
o Aukelenuiaiku, nolaila mai ka nakeke o ka hekili a hiki i keia la.
A mao ae la ka momoku ahi a me ka pohaku, nana aku la o Kuwahailo ia
Aukelenuiaiku, e ku mai ana no, aole i make. He mea kaumaha loa ia i ko
Kuwahailo manao ana, a he mea inoino loa i kona ike ana aku e oia mai
ana kona enemi, ke ahikanana o Kuaihelani. Ia wa, kuu hou o Kuwahailo i
ka lua o ka momoku ahi, oia o Mahuia, a kuu hou i ka lua o ka pohaku,
oia o Welehu, o ka lua ia o na hekili ikaika loa, nakeke, opaipai ka
lani, naueue na kukulu o ka honua, haki kaikoo o ka moana, nakaka na
pohaku, kahako ka pali, lele ke koae. I ka pa ana i ke kapa lehu o
Aukelenuiaiku, ua lilo ia i mea ole, heaha la kona ano, he puahiohio
paha.
A hala keia make a Kuwahailo, i nana aku ka hana i ka oioi o
Kuaihelani, e ku mai ana no, aole i make, i iho o Kuwahailo: “Ka! akahi
no ka make ole o nei kanaka, no ka mea, o ka pau no keia o na mea make,
aohe make iho.”
Maanei e hoomaha iki kakou i ka hoolohe ana no Kuwahailo, a me
Aukelenuiaiku, a e kamailio kakou no na kaikunane o Namakaokahai, na
kaikoeke o Aukelenuiaiku. Ma keia lele ana o lakou mai ka honua ae a ka
lani, ua pakeu aku ko Aukelenuiaiku lele i ko na kaikoeke. No ka mea,
hookahi la, hookahi po o ka lele ana, o Aukelenuiaiku mai ka honua ae a
ka lani; elima la, elima po o ka lele ana o na kaikoeke, hiki i ka
lani. Maloko o ka manawa lele o na kaikoeke, ko Kuwahailo manawa i kaua
ai me Aukelenuiaiku i ka lani. A hiki na kaikoeke i luna ma kahi
kaawale i ko Kuwahailo wahi, ike mua ia mai la ka momoku ahi o Kukuena,
a me ka pohaku koeleele o Ikuwa e lele mai ana i mua o lakou. Uwe iho
la lakou i ko lakou kaikoeke i ka make, holo aku la lakou a moe leho i
ke kahawai ala, a pau ka lele ana mai o ke ahi a me ka hekili, mao ae
la, ike aku la lakou ia Aukelenuiaiku e ku mai ana. Ia lakou e nana ana
ia Aukelenuiaiku, kahea aku la lakou e hele mai a moe a leho pu iho me
lakou ma ke kowa o ka ala, no ka mea, hookahi make i koe, oia kela ahi
hope a me ka hekili a Kuwahailo. I aku o Aukelenuiaiku ia lakou: “Moe
ia no oukou ma laila, maanei no wau e ku ai, a pepehi aku ia
Kuwahailo.” A hala na make a Kuwahailo i hope, oili aku la na keiki a
ku ana i mua o Kuwahailo. Ninau mai ko lakou makuakane: “Pehea ko oukou
kaikuahine?” “Aia no ke noho la.” “A nohea hoi nei kanaka kupua?” “O ko
hunona ia o ke kane ia a Namakaokahai.” A lohe o Kuwahailo i keia olelo
a na keiki, ku iho la ia me ka makau a me ka haalulu, a noonoo iho la
ia i kana mea e hana aku ai ia Aukelenuiaiku, ka ihu kaeaea o
Kuaihelani.
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