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
I kekahi manawa, mahope mai o ka manawa i aneane ai e hookuu ia Kila i
Tahiti, no ke kii ia Laamaikahiki, ia manawa, aneane e hookuu aku o
Moikeha ia Kila e holoholo pu me kona mau kaikuaana. A no ia manao ana
pela, nolaila, olelo aku la o Moikeha ia ia: “E kuu keiki, ua pau ka’u
aua ana ia oe ma ke koi a kou mau kaikuaana, nolaila, e hookuu no wau
ia oe, e hele pu me kou mau kaikuaana, malia paha, o kou hele no ia,
hele loa, nolaila, e hele pu oe me kou mau kaikuaana, ma ka lakou wahi
e hele ai, hele pu aku oe. Aia a pau ae na la kapu heiau, alaila ma ia
mau la iho, e hele aku oe i Tahiti.” I mai la o Kila: “Mai hookuu oe
ia’u me ko’u mau kaikuaana, mamuli paha make wau; e pono paha ia oe ke
haawi aku i akua no lakou, i makau ai lakou i ke akua, i ole ai lakou e
pepehi mai ia’u, alaila, pono wau ke hele pu me kuu mau kaikuaana.” A
ike ae la o Moikeha he pono io ka ke keiki, alaila hoakoakoa ae la oia
i kana mau keiki a pau, a olelo aku la i akua no lakou. Aka, ma keia
olelo a Moikeha, aole i ae kana mau keiki pela. Alaila, hoapono iho la
o Moikeha i ka Kila olelo, nolaila, aole i hookuu aku oia ia Kila e
hele pu me kona mau kaikuaana.
A mahope iho o keia manawa, hoomakaukau ae la o Moikeha no ko Kila holo
i Tahiti e like me kona manao mua ana. Mamua nae o ko Kila holo ana aku
i Tahiti, olelo aku la o Moikeha ia ia: “I holo auanei oe, a hiki i
Oahu kipa aku auanei oe i ou mau makuahine, aia ko laua wahi la ma ka
aoao e nana la ia Molokai, alaila kolea aku oe ia laua, alaila aole oe
e hoohewahewaia.”
A pau ka Moikeha olelo ana, alaila, wae ae la oia i na kanaka e hele pu
me Kila. O Kamahualele, laweia ae la oia i hoa hele no ke alii, ma kona
ano keiki hookama. O Kapahi a me Moanaikaiaiwa, laweia ae la laua i mau
hoewaa. O Kipunuiaiakamau ma, elua laua, laweia ae la laua he mau
hookele, a he mau kipu no hoi. Ina e holo loa ana na waa i mua a aneane
e kuia aku paha i uka, alaila e kahea auanei o Kamahualele: “E
Kipunuiaiakamau ma, ia olua!” Alaila e kipu auanei laua, emi hou na waa
i hope, a nolaila i kapaia ai ko laua inoa mamuli oia ano
Kipunuiaiakamau. O Kaukaukamunolea ma, elua laua, ua laweia laua i mau
kiu (pailata), o lakou na kanaka o Tahiti mai i hoouna pu ia me Kila. A
ma keia holo ana o Kila, makemake ae la kekahi mau kanaka o Kauai e
hele pu me ia, o Hooholoku ma, elua laua. A ma ka makemake hoi o
Kamahualele, lawe ae la oia ia Kuaiwilu laua o Kuaineno, he eiwa paha
ko lakou nui, o ke alii, umi lakou.
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