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
Ia Moikeha i ka lealea a hoi mai, me ka manao ua pono ka noho ana, aole
ka.
Hoi mai la o Moikeha, a launa iho la me ka wahine me Luukia; aka, aole
nae i hooki o Luukia i kona pane mai ia Moikeha, aia a hiki i ka manawa
e hoohuoi ai o Moikeha no ka huna paa loa ia ana o ko Luukia wahi huna,
ia manawa e hoopau ai o Luukia i kona pane ana ia Moikeha. A hiki o
Moikeha ma ko lakou hale alii, ia manawa koke no, ike aku la o Moikeha
i ke ano e ana o ko Luukia mau helehelena, aka, ua haohao koke no o
Moikeha, aka, aole nae i ninau koke aku o Moikeha i ke kumu oia ano e
ana.
A ma ka po ana iho, i loko o ko laua manawa moe, he mea haohao ia
Moikeha i ka moe pu ana me kona pau, aole hoi i ikeia ia mea mamua i
loko o ko laua mau la oluolu. E like me kona (Moikeha) ike ana i ka
hana a kela wahine ana, pela no oia i kali ai me ka nana ana i loko o
na po eha, aia nae, e mau ana no ka paa mau o ka pau o Luukia; a no ia
mea, ma kekahi po iho, makemake ae la o Moikeha e ike ia laua iho ma ko
laua kuleana mau. I ka manawa i kupu ae ai ko Moikeha manao e ike me
kana wahine, alaila, wehe ae la o Moikeha i ka pau o Luukia, a hemo, i
nana aku ka hana o ke kane, ua hoahaia o Luukia i ka aha a paa loa, mai
ka puhaka a na kumu uha. Nolaila, ninau aku la o Moikeha ia Luukia, i
ke kumu o keia hana a ka wahine, aka, aole nae e hiki ia Luukia ke hai
aku. Koi aku la o Moikeha ia Luukia mai ke ahiahi a aumoe, e hai mai i
ke kumu o keia hana ana, aka, aole nae i haawiia mai hookahi huaolelo.
A no keia mea, ano e ae la ko Moikeha manao, a olelo iho la oia oia
wale, me ka i iho: “Kupanaha keia hana au e ka wahine, i ka noho iho
nei no ka i ka pono a o ke oki mai nei no ka ia o ka leo; o ke aha la
ko’u hewa i kamaahaia iho nei ka’u wahi i manao ai. A heaha la hoi
kana, eia hoi wau ke hele nei a huna na maka i kahi e, i ku hoi kuu
makaia.”
Ia manawa, hoolale koke ae la o Moikeha i kana keiki hookama, e
hoomakaukau na waa, me ka olelo aku o Moikeha i ua keiki la: “E holo
kaua i Hawaii, no ka mea, e naauaua ana wau i ke aloha o ka wahine
Luukia, a nalo kaupaku o kuu hale Lanikeha nei la, alaila pau ka manao
ana ia Tahiti.” Ia manawa, hoolale koke ae la o Kamahualele i na
i-hoewaa, a makaukau, alaila, lawe ae la o Moikeha i na kaikuahine ona
ia Makapuu laua o Makaaoa, a lawe ae la i na kaikaina ia Kumukahi laua
o Haehae, a lawe pu ae la i kona kahuna ia Mookini, a me na kanaka
koikoi o ko Moikeha alo, oia o na hookele a me na kahuna punahele, a me
na kiu nana e nana ka aina.
Ma ia wanaao, ma ka puka ana o ka hoku hookelewaa, kau ae la o Moikeha
maluna o na waa ona, a kau pu aku la no hoi me kona mau hoa holo. Mai
ia wanaao a puka ka la, ike mua lakou ia Hilo, ua pono ka holo ana, ia
wa ku mai ai o Kamahualele a pule aku la ma ke ano mele e like me ka
mea i oleloia ma mua ae. A hiki mai la lakou i Hilo, makemake ae la o
Kumukahi laua me Haehae e noho i Hilo, a hoonoho ae la o Moikeha ia
laua malaila.
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