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
A lohe kana wahine i keia mau olelo a kana kane, i mai la ia: “Ua ola
ko keiki.” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Pehea e ola ai?” I mai kana wahine:
“Aia a hoolohe oe i ka’u olelo, alaila, ola ko keiki.” “Pehea au e
hoolohe ai?” “E lawe oe i ka ai a me ka ia a waho, i laila oe e ai ai,
malama o ike mai ka uhane o ko keiki i ko ai aku, hele mai. A i hiki
mai ka uhane o ko keiki i ko alo, mai hopu oe, a i hele a ku ma ko kua
mai hopu no oe, aka, i hele mai a noho i luna o ko uha, alaila oe hopu
ae, ola ko keiki a me ou kaikuaana, aole e make, no ka mea, e pii ana
ka uhane i ke kuahiwi, i ka ai pioia.”
Mahope o keia mau olelo, hana aku la o Aukelenuiaiku e like me na olelo
a kana wahine, ia ia e ai ana launa mai la ka uhane o ke keiki. I aku
ka wahine ia Aukelenuiaiku: “E wikiwiki kau ai ana i noho paa mai ka
uhane o ko keiki.” Ia Aukelenuiaiku e ai wikiwiki ana, poai mai la ka
uhane o ke keiki ma kona mau aoao a pau loa, ma ke kua a ma ke alo. No
keia kokoke loa o ka uhane o ua keiki la, hopu aku la o Aukelenuiaiku,
ia wa, nalowale ka uhane o ke keiki. I aku ka wahine: “Aole e loaa ko
keiki, ua wikiwiki oe i ka hopu, ina oe i hoolohe i ka’u olelo, ina ua
ola ko keiki. Ua make loa aku la ka uhane o ko keiki.”
Ma keia olelo a kana wahine, he mea kaumaha loa ia i ko Aukelenuiaiku
manao, a ua hoomaopopo loa iho la ia e like me na olelo a kana wahine,
e make io ana no ka uhane o ke keiki. Nolaila, hooke ai iho la o
Aukelenuiaiku, maloko o na la elima, a me na po elima, aohe ai i ka ai,
aohe inu i ka wai, pela no a pau na mea e ae, no ka nui o ke aloha i ke
keiki.
A ike o Namakaokahai i ko Aukelenuiaiku hooke ai, i aku ia i kana kane:
“Heaha kou mea i haalele ai i ka ai?” I aku ke kane: “Ua ike no oe e ka
wahine i ke kumu o ko’u hooke ai ana, oia no ka uhane o kuu keiki;
nolaila, aia a pau ae kuu kaumaha, alaila, ai aku no wau i ka ai.”
No keia mea, komo mai la ke aloha i loko o ka wahine no kana kane,
nolaila, olelo aku la ia i ke kane: “Aia a nui ko ikaika, ola ko keiki,
a me ou kaikuaana, aka, i emi ko ikaika, aole e ola ko keiki a me ou
kaikuaana.” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku i ka wahine: “Heaha ia mea a’u e hana
aku ai me ka ikaika?” “O ka wai ola loa a Kane. Ina i loaa ia oe, ola
ko keiki a me ou kaikuaana.” Ma keia olelo a kana wahine, lalau iho la
o Aukelenuiaiku i ka ai a me ka ia, a ai iho la, o ke kumu o ka ai ana,
o ka lohe ana i ka mea e loaa ai o ka uhane o ke keiki, a me na
kaikuaana ona. Mahope o ka ai ana, ninau aku o Aukelenuiaiku i ka
wahine: “Mahea ko’u alanui e kii ai i ka wai ola loa a Kane?” I aku ka
wahine: “Eia ko alanui e hele ai; mai ke alo o kaua a ka hikina a ka la
malaila oe e hele ai, loaa ka wai ola a Kane.”
MOKUNA XIII.
NO KA IMI ANA O AUKELENUIAIKU I KA WAI OLA LOA A KANE.
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