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 mau olelo a Aukelenuiaiku, aohe nalowale i kana wahine, ia
Namakaokahai. I aku ka wahine: “E maalea, kuhi ana anei oe he naaupo
au, i kau mau hana, a me kau mau olelo hoopunipuni? Ua maopopo ia’u, he
wahine kau o kai e iho mau nei oe i na la a pau loa. Nolaila, eia ko’u
manao ia oe: “E noa ko kino ia hai, mawaho, a o ka ili a me ka io, na’u
ia na ka mea waiwai, aole o’u makemake e uwau, a e hana ino ia oe.”
Ma keia mau olelo a ka wahine, heaha la ia ia Aukelenuiaiku, he mea
ole. Hoomau aku la no ia i ka iho i ke kamakoi, a ma keia iho hou ana a
Aukelenuiaiku, a hoi mai aohe kino i koe i ka uwau a me ke nahu ia, a
pela me ka ai i ka uwau ia. A ike ka wahine, o Namakaokahai, i ka pau
loa o ka ili o ke kane i ka uwau ia, a me ka hoolohe ole no hoi o ke
kane ia ia, ke ao aku, nolaila, haalehe ia i ka huhu i ke kane, a lilo
kona huhu i na kaikaina, ia Pele a me Hiiaka.
Maanei, e nana pono kakou i ka huhu aloha ole o Namakaokahai i kona mau
hoahanau o ka pupuu hookahi, a me ka lewalewa. A hoomaka o Namakaokahai
i ka huhu, lalau aku la ia i na kaikaina a pepehi. Ma keia pepehi ana o
Namakaokahai, lele mai na kaikunane kokua i na kaikaina, pau pu i ka
eha. Lele liilii na kaikunane me na kaikaina ia Namakaokahai, a ua
lanakila loa ia maluna o lakou. Nolaila, makau na kaikaina a hele aku
ma kahi e e noho ai. Ma keia noho ana ma laila, kii aku la no o
Namakaokahai hookuke i na kaikaina. Ma ka manao o na kaikaina, ua pau
ae la no ka huhu o ko laua kaikuaana o Namakaokahai. No ka huhu ino loa
o ko laua kaikuaana, nolaila, hoohiki iho la laua, aole e hoi hou i
hope, aole hoi e noho i ka aina hookahi me ko laua kaikuaana, no ka
makau i ka huhu. Nolaila, ma keia kipaku ana, noonoo iho la laua i kahi
e hele ai a noho, a ua loaa no ia laua, o Kauai.
Ma keia hele ana a laua, hiki laua ma ka aina o Kauai a noho iho la, me
ko laua manao e haalele ko laua kaikuaana i ka hahai ia laua. O kahi a
Pele laua o Hiiaka i noho mua ai o Kauai, o Puukapele, aia ma ka hikina
o Mana. Ia laua e noho ana i laila, hoa ae la laua i ke ahi ma laila;
ma keia a ana o ke ahi, ua holo aku kona malamalama i kahi kiekie o
Nuumealani, oia kahi a Namakaokahai e noho ana nana i na kaikaina. Ua
like paha ke kiekie o ia aina me ke kuahiwi o Kaala.
Ia Pele ma e ho-a ana i ke ahi a ike o Namakaokahai, ia wa no o
Namakaokahai i hiki ai i Kauai a hakaka me na kaikaina; ma keia hakaka
ana kokoke e lanakila o Pele ma laua o Hiiaka, aka, no ka nui loa o ko
Namakaokahai ikaika, ua pio laua ia la. Nolaila, kipaku ia mai laua mai
Kauai mai, a hele a noho i Oahu. No keia hakaka ana ua kapa ia kela
aina o Puukapele a hiki i keia la.
Mahope o keia haalele ana ia Kauai, hele mai la o Pele laua o Hiiaka a
noho i Kealiapaakai ma Moanalua, Oahu, malaila laua i eli iho ai a kaka
i ka lepo, a noho iho la ma laila. Ua lawe pu mai laua i ka manu a me
ka paakai, a ma laila i haule ai keia mau mea, o ka paakai a me ka
manu. Nolaila, kapa ia keia mau inoa elua, o Kealiamanu, a me
Kealiapaakai.
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