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 manawa, hele aku la o Kila me ua kahuna luahine nei, a ao ua po nei,
mai ia la ae a ahiahi, hiki aku la laua ma kahi e kokoke aku ana i kahi
a Laamaikahiki i noho ai. I aku la o Kukelepolani: “Maanei kaua e noho
ai a hiki i ka manawa e kani hou mai ai ka pahu, alaila komo aku kaua i
ka puka o mua, he hale ia e hoomanamana ai i na akua. A hiki auanei
kaua ma ka puka o ka mua; alaila, komo aku auanei oe i loko, a pee ae
oe malalo o kuono o ka hale mua. Malaila oe e noho ai a hiki i ka
manawa e komo ai ko kaikuaana i loko o ka hale, alaila, nana aku oe, a
o ka mea nana e komo ae a hookani i ka pahu, oia no o Laamaikahiki; a
ike aku oe, alaila, mai wikiwiki aku oe, kali aku oe a kai ka aha, oia
ko manawa e kahea aku ai.”
Noho iho la laua a hiki i ka manawa i kani ai ka pahu, ma ke ahiahi,
mahope iho o ka napoo ana o ka la. Ia manawa, hele aku la laua nei a ku
ma ka puka o ka mua. Ia manawa komo aku la o Kila i loko, a noho iho la
ma kahi a Kukelepolani i kuhikuhi ai. A komo aku la o Kila iloko o ka
mua, alaila, hookaawale ae la o Kukelepolani ia ia ma ke kaawale, e
like me ke kanawai mau o na wahine ma ia hale, aole e hoolauna aku na
wahine ma ka hale kapu.
Ia Kila maloko o ka mua, aole i upuupu mahope iho o kana komo ana aku,
ia manawa, komo mai la o Laamaikahiki, a ku imua o ka pahu, alaila,
nana aku la o Laamaikahiki o ka hiki mai o na kahuna, no ke kai ana o
ka aha. A ma ia wa komo mai la na kahuna nana e kai pu i ka aha me ke
alii. I ke kahuna e hoomaka ana e pule, a i ka pau ana ae o ka pule a
ke kahuna, ia manawa, hoomakaukau ae la na kahuna me ke alii e kai i ka
aha.
Ia manawa, hele mai la o Kila, a kahea mai la: “Welina hoi ia oe e
Laamaikahiki.”
Laamaikahiki. “Owai oe?” “Owau nei o Kila i uka, o Kila i kai, o
Kila-pa-Wahineikamalanai, o kama wau a Moikeha.”
Laamaikahiki. “Ke ola la no ka o Moikeha?” “Ke ola la no.”
Laamaikahiki. “Ka walea ana?” Kila. “I walea ia Kauai i ka la hiki ae a
po iho, i keekee a ka nalu o Makaiwa, i ke kahuli mai a ka pua kukui o
Puna, o ka waihalau o Wailua, noho no ia Kauai a make ia Kauai.”
A no keia hana a Kila, ninau pono aku la o Laamaikahiki: “Heaha kau
huakai i hiki mai ai i o’u nei?” I aku la o Kila: “I hoouna ia mai nei
wau e ka makuakane o kaua e kii mai ia oe, e holo aku e ike mai ko
kakou makuakane ia kakou apau. No ka mea, ua hele mai nei wau e like me
ke kauoha a ko kakou makuakane, a hiki iho nei wau maanei; aka, aole
nae he loaa. A nolaila, ua hoomakaukau e hoi, e ole ka luahine, loaa
iho nei oe.” A no keia olelo a Kila, hoomakaukau koke ae la o
Laamaikahiki e holo me kona kaikaina i Hawaii nei e like me ka makemake
o Moikeha. I ka manawa i manao ai o Laamaikahiki pela, alaila lawe ae
la oia me kana mau kahuna, a lawe pu ae la no hoi me ke akua, o
Lonoikaoualii.
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