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
I aku la ia i kana hunona: “E, i mua ou wau i hana aku ai i
ka hewa, a me ka pono ole, a nolaila, ke waiho aku nei au i ka mohai i
mua ou, elua lau kanaka (ewalu haneri ia).” A hiki o Kuwahailo me na
lau kanaka elua i mua o Aukelenuiaiku, ninau mai o Aukelenuiaiku: “He
kanaka aha keia?” Olelo mai kona makuahunowai: “He mohai ia oe.” I aku
o Aukelenuiaiku: “Ua oki ke kanaka no ka moopuna, a no ka aina no hoi.”
Mahope o laila, hai aku la na keiki ia Kuwahailo: “He olelo ka makou i
hoouna ia mai nei e ko kaikamahine e hai aku ia oe.” Ninau aku o
Kuwahailo: “Heaha kana olelo ia oukou?” Eia kana olelo ia makou: “O
luna, o lalo, o uka, o kai, maluna ko hunona, malalo aku oe e noho ai,
a me na mea a pau loa.” Ma keia mau olelo a na keike he mea oluolu loa
ia i ko Kuwahailo manao, ae mahope o keia olelo ana, ahaolelo iho la
lakou. Ma keia ahaolelo ana, hele mai la o Makalii e halawai me
Aukelenuiaiku. Ma keia hele ana mai o Makalii, hele pu mai la me kana
wahine me Malanaikuaheahea.
Maanei e kamailio uuku no ka wahine a Makalii. O keia wahine o
Malanaikuaheahea, he wahine maikai a me ka nani loa, o kona kino ke
nana aku, ua like me ka ula o ke ahi ka ula. I kona ku ana a hele mai
kona hale noho mai, ua paku ia ka malamalama o ka la, a pouli, nee mai
la ka uakoko, uhi mai la ka ohu, kokolo mai la ka noe, halii mai la ke
awa, kahe mai la ka wai ula, olapa ka uila. Mahope o keia mau mea, ike
ia mai la ke kino o Malanaikuaheahea, e hele mai ana ma luna o ka
welelau o ka lima o na kanaka, ua nani loa me ka hiwahiwa ua wahine la
ke nana aku, nokamea, ua hoohinuhinu loa o Makalii i kana wahine, a ua
nani loa. O ka la, ua pau ia ma hope ona, o ke anuenue malalo o kona
mau wawae. A ike o Aukelenuiaiku i keia mau mea a pau i mua ona, a me
ka wahine a Makalii, ua maule kona manao, ua poniuniu kona lunaikehala,
a ua maule kona noonoo kanaka, nolaila, olelo o Aukelenuiaiku, e hoi i
lalo nei.
MOKUNA XII.
NO KAUMAIILUNAOHOLANIKU.
A hiki o Aukelenuiaiku i mua o kana wahine a me ka laua keiki noho iho
la laua he kane a he wahine, a hala elua malama. Ia wa, moe iho la o
Aukelenuiaiku i ke awakea, a i loko o keia moe ana, ike aku la ia ma ka
moe uhane i ka uhane o kana keiki, o Kaumaiilunaoholaniku. O keia keiki
a Aukelenuiaiku, oia no kela keiki a lakou i holo pu mai ai mai
Kuaihelani mai, a kela kaikuaana huhu o Aukelenuiaiku, a
Kekamakahinuiaiku. A ike o Aukelenuiaiku i ka uhane o ua keiki la, uwe
iho la ia i loko o kona wa hiamoe, a puoho ae la me ia uwe no.
Ma keia ala ana, kau mai la ka halialia ia Aukelenuiaiku, no ke keiki a
me na kaikuaana, nolaila, uwe hamama ae la ia. Ia Aukelenuiaiku e uwe
hamama ana, ninau aku la kana wahine o Namakaokahai: “Heaha hoi kau e
uwe nei?” “E uwe ana au i ke aloha i kuu keiki.” “Ua loaa keiki no ka
oe?” “Aohe na’u, na ko’u kaikuaana, i ka la a makou i ku mai ai ianei
ka make ana. A maloko o kuu moe uhane, ike aku nei au i kona uhane, e
pii mai ana mai loko mai o ke kai, oia ka maka mua o na uhane a pau
loa.”
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