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
Haalele laua ia Aliapaakai no ka papau, hele aku la laua a noho i
Leahi. Ia laua e noho ana ma Leahi, hoao iho la laua i ke kohi i ka
lepo a no ka papau, haalele laua a hele hou aku la, mai Leahi aku a
hiki i Molokai, ma Kalaupapa, noho iho la laua i laila.
Ma keia noho ana i laila, kohi iho la laua i ka lepo, a loaa ke kai o
lalo, haalele iho la laua ia Molokai. Ua kapa ia nae ia lua a laua i
kohi ai o Kauhako. Malaila aku laua i hele ai a noho ma Haleakala ma
Maui. Kohi iho la laua i ka lua a hamama i luna o ke kuahiwi. Na Pele
laua me Hiiaka, ke a o Hanakaieie ma Kahikinui.
Maanei kakou e olelo ai no Namakaokahai. Ia Pele laua o Hiiaka ma
Kauai, ia wa lakou i hakaka ai me ka ikaika loa, a pio o Pele laua o
Hiiaka, hookuke ia mai laua. Ia laua e hele ana ma ka hookuke a
Namakaokahai, hoi aku la o Namakaokahai a noho i Nuumealani. Oia ka
aina kiekie e nana ana ia Maui. Ia Namakaokahai e noho ana i
Nuumealani, ike mai la ia ia Pele laua o Hiiaka, e hoa ana i ke ahi i
luna o ke kuahiwi o Maui. Alaila, haalele o Namakaokahai ia Nuumealani,
hele mai la a hiki i Maui. Hakaka iho la lakou, a make loa o Pele, hoi
aku la o Namakaokahai a noho i luna o Nuumealani. Mahope o laila, nana
hou mai la oia i Hawaii; ma keia nana ana, e a hou aku ana ke ahi a
Pele i Mauna Loa, nolaila, haalele o Namakaokahai i kona manao pepehi
ia Pele laua o Hiiaka.
Maanei, e olelo uuku ia ko Pele ano. Ua make loa o Pele ma keia pepehi
ana a ko laua kaikuaana, aka, ua hele uhane aku o Pele a hiki i Hawaii,
a ma laila oia i ola hou ai. A na Pele laua o Hiiaka i kohi kela lua o
Kilauea, e pili la ma ke kuahiwi o Mauna Loa. A ua lilo ia wahi i
kuleana alokio no Pele a hiki i keia la, aole mea nana e hoole. Ma keia
hoi ana o Namakaokahai mai kona pepehi ana ia Pele a make loa, hoi aku
la ia a hiki i kona aina ponoi, o Kalakeenuiakane, noho iho la me na
kane a me na keiki.
A hala ka wa loihi, hakaka na keiki a elua. O ke kumu o ka hakaka ana,
i pai ia ka lae o Kauilanuimakaehaikalani e kona kaikuaana, ke keiki a
ka mua loa o Aukelenuiaiku, oia kela keiki leo kapu loa. Olelo hoakaka:
o keia mau keiki a elua, hookahi keiki kanaka, hookahi keiki akua, o ke
keiki akua, o Kauilanuimakaehaikalani. Ia laua e hakaka ana, olelo aku
o Kauilanuimakaehaikalani, penei:
“Ka poe make iki,
He poe ai oukou na ka ilo,
He poe iwi kuakea,
Na ko’u mau makua oukou i hoola,
He poe oukou a moe ana i lalo o ke kai;
Ua popo na maka.”
Ma keia mau olelo a ua keiki la, ua huhu loa na makua. Nolaila, hehu
mai la na makua i ka hoi i Kuaihelani ko lakou aina, a ike ko lakou
kaikaina a me ka wahine e hoi ana, kaohi mai laua e noho aole make e
hoi, aka, he mea ole ia i ko lakou manao. A makaukau lakou e hoi, hoi
mai la lakou a ka moana, loohia lakou i ka poino a me ka make, nolaila,
ua pale hou lakou i lalo o ka moana a make iho la. A maanei, ua pau loa
ka olelo no lakou, ua make aku la, a e olelo kakou no na mea i koe, no
Namakaokahai, a me Aukelenuiaiku.
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