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
Maanei e ike ai kakou i ko Aukelenuiaiku mana a me kona hele ana i ka
aina malihini e huli i ka wai ola a Kane. Olelo aku ka wahine i kana
kane: “Maluna o keia kaha pololei oe e hele ai, malaila oe e lele
pololei ai, mai lele oe ma ka hema o ke kaha, o hala oe i ka lewa, make
oe. A mai lele oe ma ka akau o ke kaha o haule oe i ka nenelu make oe,
aole oe e ola. O keia mau olelo a pau loa, e hoopaa oe ma ko naau.” A
pau na olelo a ka wahine i kana kane, lalau aku la o Aukelenuiaiku i ka
pahu o kona akua o Lonoikoualii, hookomo ae la maloko o kona poaeae,
aahu iho la i ke kapa lehu mawaho ona. A makaukau ko Aukelenuiaiku
hele, lele aku la ia a aloha i ka wahine, honi iho la laua, a pau ke
aloha ana o Aukelenuiaiku me kana wahine o Namakaokahai, lele aku la ia
ma ka hikina a ka la.
A hala ka mahina hookahi o ko Aukelenuiaiku lele ana, hemo ae la o
Namakaokahai a waho o ka hale, nana ae la. Mahope o keia nana ana, noho
iho la o Namakaokahai hookahi mahina hou, alua mahina, hemo ae la a
waho nana, i nana ae ka hana, e lele ana no ke kane. Noho hou iho la ia
kakali, hookahi mahina hou, a hala ia mahina, nana hou ae la ia, aohe
ike ia o Aukelenuiaiku. Ma keia nalo ana o Aukelenuiaiku mai ko
Namakaokahai maka aku, manao iho la ia ua make kana kane, no ka lele
ana ma waho o ke kaha pololei. Ma kona noonoo, ua haule o Aukelenuiaiku
i ka nenelu o ka lewa nuu a me ka lewa lani. Mahope o keia, uwe hamama
ae la o Namakaokahai i ke aloha i ke kane. Ma keia uwe ana, lohe aku la
na kaikunane i keia leo uwe, hele mai la lakou e ike, ninau mai la:
“Heaha kau e uwe nei?” “O ke kaikoeke o oukou ua make.” Ma keia wahi, e
kamailio iki kakou no na mea a pau loa, i ko lakou uwe ana a me ke
kanikau ana no Aukelenuiaiku.
A hiki na kaikunane i mua o Namakaokahai, kena aku la ia: “E kii i na
mea a pau o luna, e iho mai e kanikau no Aukelenuiaiku, oia ka po, ke
ao, ka la, ka hoku, ka hekili, ke anuenue, ka uwila, ka waipuilani, ka
ohu, ka ua noe, ka mahina oia o Kaukihikamalama, he kupunakane no
Namakaokahai. O lakou a pau loa, ina aole lakou e hiki mai e uwe i kuu
kane, pau loa lakou i ka make ia’u.” Mahope o keia olelo ana, ua kiina
na mea a pau loa, a ua akoakoa mai lakou i loko o ka wa pokole loa, no
ka makau o make ia Namakaokahai.
A hiki mai keia poe, kena hou aku la o Namakaokahai: “E kii i ko ka
lani poe, oia keia, Kuwahailo, Makalii, Kamalanaikuaheahea, Kukuena,
Mahuia, Ikuwa, Welehu. O keia poe a pau loa, e iho mai lakou i lalo nei
e uwe kanikau ai kuu kane, ina aole lakou e hiki mai i ka’u kauoha pau
lakou i ka make ia’u. A e olelo aku oukou i kuu kaikunane ia Makalii,
pau ka hele ana mai o ka wahine maluna o ka lima o na kanaka, ina ia e
hoole i keia, make ia ia’u i keia la.”
Mahope o keia mau olelo, ua makaukau na mea a pau loa, a ua akoakoa i
loko o ka wa pokole. O ka hana a keia poe a pau loa, o ke kanikau i ke
kane a ke ’lii wahine, oia no o Aukelenuiaiku. Ma keia kamailio ana, e
hoi hou kakou e olelo no ka lele ana o Aukelenuiaiku.
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