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
A pau keia mau kamailio ana a Kila me Luukia, hoi aku la i Lanikeha, i
ka hale i oleloia no Moikeha; ko Moaulanuiakea halealii. A mahope iho,
hele aku la o Kamahualele me Kila ma kahi i huna ia ai o Laamaikahiki,
aka, aole nae i loaa ia manawa. A nui na la o ka imi ana no
Laamaikahiki, aole he loaa iki. A hoomaha iho la o Kila i ka huli ana
ia Laamaikahiki, a i ka la mamua o na po kapu, olelo aku la o Kila ia
Kamahualele: “E hoomakaukau aku oe i na waa, a hoi aku kakou, no ka
mea, ua pau ka manao e imi aku i ke alii, e pono ke hoi a hai aku ia
Moikeha i ka nele. Malia paha o hoouna hou mai oia i mau mea e ae.”
E like me ka manao o Kila, pela no ka Kamahualele hooko ana, aka, he
mea makemake ole nae ia i ko Kamahualele manao. A no ia mea, kii aku la
o Kamahualele ia Kukelepolani, he luahine kilokilo, he kahuna a
Olopana, a laweia mai la i mua o Kila. Olelo aku la o Kamahualele ia
ia: “Alia kaua e hoi; e pono ia kaua ke kali ae i ka loaa o ke alii i
ka luahine, he kahuna keia a Olopana, malia paha, o hiki ia ia nei ke
kuhikuhi mai i kahi i noho ai ko kaikuaana.”
Olioli iho la o Kila i keia olelo, a he mea malihini loa no hoi ia ia
Kila. Aka, ninau aku nae o Kila, ia Kamahualele, me ka i aku: “Heaha ia
mea he kahuna? A pehea kana hana?” A no keia olelo a Kila, kuhikuhi
pono aku la o Kamahualele i ke ano o ke kahuna a me kana oihana. A no
ia kuhikuhi pono ana a Kamahualele pela, alaila, koi aku la o Kila e
hana mai i kana oihana i ike aku ai o Kila ia Laamaikahiki.
MOKUNA III.
KA WANANA ANA A KA LUAHINE IMUA O KILA, A ME KE KUHIKUHI ANA I KA MEA E
LOAA AI O LAAMAIKAHIKI.
Mamuli o ka makemake nui o Kila e loaa o Laamaikahiki, nolaila, hoakaka
maoli aku la o Kukelepolani i mua o Kila, me ka i aku: “Hookahi la i
koe, e loaa no ia oe o Laamaikahiki i loko o kuahiwi o Kapaahu; aia a
lohe aku kakou i ke kani mai o Hawea, oia ka pahu a ko makuakane a
Moikeha, aia kani mai ua pahu la, alaila, e lawe ae oe i kanaka, a hai
aku i luna o Lanikeha, ka heiau a ko makuakane; aia a hai oe i ke
kanaka ike oe i ko kaikuaana, no ka mea, he pahu hai kanaka ia ke hiki
i ka manawa e kani ai, ke hiki aku nae i na po kapu, no ka mea, apopo a
po iho, kapu loa, he po kauwila mau ia mai ko makuakane mai.”
Ia la a ke kahuna luahine e olelo la, ma ia po iho a ao ae, a ma ka po
o ia la iho, ma ka pili o ke ahiahi, ia manawa kani ana ka pahu a
Laamaikahiki. Ia manawa kena ae la o Kila ia Kamahualele i kanaka, i
mea e kau aku ai i ka lele, e like me ka olelo a ka luahine kahuna. Ia
po no, ma ka manawa i kani ai o ka pahu, hele mai la o Kukelepolani
imua o Kila, a olelo mai la: “Ua lohe ae nei oe i ke kani a ka pahu? Ua
hiki mai ka manawa e ike ai oe i ko kaikuaana, ano e hele mai oe mahope
o’u, ma kuu wahi e hele ai, malaila no oe e hahai mai ai.”
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