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
Ma keia lele ana o Aukelenuiaiku, aole oia i lele pono maluna o ke au o
ke kaha pololei, nolaila, ua haule loa kona lele ana ma ka nenelu o ka
lewa, a kokoke loa e make. A ma keia lele ana hoi, ua lolohi loa ko
Aukelenuiaiku lima i ka paa i ka pahu o kona akua, o Lonoikoualii,
nolaila, hoololi ae la ia ma kekahi aoao, ma keia hoololi ana, ike iho
la o Lonoikoualii ke ’kua, ua haalele laua i ke au o ke kaha, kahi a
Namakaokahai i olelo mai ai. Nolaila, olelo ae la o Lonoikoualii ia
Aukelenuiaiku: “Ke lele nei kaua ma kahi e, aole maluna o ke au o ka
aina, aia ke a mai la ke ahi i ka honua, ua pau na mea a pau loa i
lalo, a, hookahi wale no mea i koe i luna nei.” Ninau aku o
Aukelenuiaiku: “Owai ka mea i koe i luna nei?” I aku o Lonoikoualii,
kona akua: “O kela mea e kau mai la, e lele pono oe a laila, puliki oe
a paa loa, alaila, ola kaua.” E pono e olelo uuku kakou no kela mea a
ke ’kua o Aukelenuiaiku e kuhikuhi nei, i maopopo. O ke kupunakane ia o
Namakaokahai, o Kaukihikamalama (he mahina). O kona mea i lohi ai i
lima, a ike ia ai e Lonoikoualii, o ka hoomakaukau ana i o nona e lele
ai mai luna mai a ka honua. Aka, mamua o kona makaukau ana e lele, ua
paa i ka hopu ia e Aukelenuiaiku, a ma keia hopu ana a Aukelenuiaiku,
ua puahilohilo ka mahina ke nana aku. O ke kumu i puahilohilo ai o ka
mahina, o ka puliki ana o Aukelenuiaiku, pela ka mea i olelo ia maloko
o keia moolelo.
A kau o Aukelenuiaiku a me Lonoikoualii i luna o ka mahina, ninau ae la
ka mahina me ka hookae ia Aukelenuiaiku: “Nawai ke kupu o oe e na
kanaka hookano? Aole i pii ia ko’u kua e ka’u moopuna ponoi, e
Namakaokahai, a ia oe, pii ia ana ko’u kua.” “Nau no ke kupu, owau nei
la.” “Na’u na wai?” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Nau no.” Olelo ae o
Kaukihikamalama: “Oi ana kahi o ka pili ana?” “Owau ke keiki a
Kapapaiakea laua o Iku.” I mai o Kaukihikamalama: “O ka hanai no oe a
Kapoino laua o Kamooinanea?” “Ae, owau no.” I aku ka mahina: “Mai make
e kuu haku.” Ma keia kamailio ana a Aukelenuiaiku me Kaukihikamalama i
ka lani, ua lohe o Namakaokahai i lalo nei i ko laua olelo ana. Ia wa,
akahi no a maopopo ia ia o Aukelenuiaiku keia, no ka mea, o ka inoa o
Aukelenuiaiku ia lakou, o Kanakaokai. Nolaila, olelo ae la o
Namakaokahai i kona makuakane, a me kona mau kaikunane: “Kupanaha! kai
no he kanaka e keia, aole ka; eia no ka o Aukelenuiaiku, ke keiki a
Kapapaiakea laua o Iku, ka hanai a Kapoino laua o Kamooinanea.”
Mahope o laila, kahea ae la o Namakaokahai ia Kaukihikamalama e lele
mai, me ka moopuna, oia o Aukelenuiaiku. A hoi mai la o Aukelenuiaiku i
ka honua, kena ae la o Namakaokahai i na mea hoomalamalama a pau loa e
lele i luna o ka lani, i malamalama o Aukelenuiaiku ke hoi mai, oia ka
la, ke ao, ka uwila, ke ahi.
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