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 noho ana a Kila ma Waipio, hoopili aku la o Kila malalo o na
kamaaina, ma na mea a na kamaaina e olelo mai ai, malaila wale aku no o
Kila. O ke kahumu a me ka mahiai kana mau hana nui e hoounauna ia ai e
na kamaaina ona. Pela mau kana hana ana a hala ekolu paha puni. I
kekahi manawa, i ka wa i hoounauna aku ai kona mau kamaaina ia Kila e
pii i ka wahie i luna o ka pali, nolaila, pii aku la oia ma Puaahuku
kana wahie. I ka manawa o Kila i luna o Puaahuku, he kahuna ka mea nana
i ike aku i loko o Pakaalana i ka pio mau o ka onohi alii. A no ia mea,
hoomanao ae la ua kahuna nei he alii. A pela mau ka hana ana a ke
kahuna. Aka, aole i hoomau ka hoailona alii ia Kila i na la a pau, he
kakaikahi wale no. A ma kekahi manawa, hewa iho la o Kila ma ka noho
ana me na kamaaina mau ona. Ua manaoia ua o Kila, ua lawehala i ka mea
a na kamaaina, no ka ai ana i ka aikapu, i na mea hoi i manao ia no
mua. Aka, aole i lawehala iki o Kila ma ia mea. A no ia mea, holo aku
la o Kila i loko o Pakaalana, ka puuhonua no ka poe e manaoia ana he
lawehala.
Ia manawa ike hou mai la ke kahuna ia Kila, e like me kana ike ana i
luna o Puuahuku. A no ia mea, olelo aku la ua kahuna nei ia Kunaka, oia
ke alii o Waipio ia manawa, mahope iho o ko Olopana holo ana i Tahiti.
I aku la, ua kahuna nei: “E lawe ae oe i kela keiki i keiki na kaua;
aole kela he keiki e, he alii kela.” A ma ka olelo a ke kahuna, he
hoolohe wale aku no ka ke alii. A no ia mea, lawe ae la o Kunaka ia
Kila, i keiki nana, a kapa aku la i kona inoa o Lena. A no ka lilo ana
o Kila i keiki na Kunaka, haawi ae la oia ia Waipio a pau loa ia Kila.
A maluna o Kila ka hooponopono ana, maluna o ka aina a me na kanaka.
Ia manawa i lilo ae ai o Waipio ia Kila ka hooponopono, a me ka ai aina
ana, nolaila, e kuahaua aku ana o Kila i na kanaka e mahiai. A na Kila
i hoomaka ke koele, mai ia ia mai ka hoomaka ana o ke koele a hiki i
keia manawa. I kekahi manawa, makemake ae la o Kunaka i kana keiki, no
ka hoonoonoo ma ka hana.
A mahope mai, i ke kau ia Hua, oia ka manawa i olelo ia: “Koele na iwi
o Hua i ka la”, ia manawa, he kau la nui loa ia a puni na aina mai
Hawaii a Kauai; o na aina wai keia, hao lia ae la e ka la, maloo; maloo
ka ai, aole wahi mea ulu ma na kuahiwi. Aka o Waipio, oia wale no ka
aina i maloo ole ka wai, a o ka aina ai hookahi no hoi ia, o ka ilina
iho la no ia o Hawaii, a me Mani. A no keia kau la, ua wi na aina a pau
mai Hawaii a Kauai. O ka limu ka ai, a ane pilikia loa na aina i ka wi.
Aka, o Waipio, aole lakou i wi iki a hiki i ka pau ana o ka wi. I
kekahi manawa, hele nui ae la ko Hawaii, Maui, a me na aina a pau i ka
ai i Waipio.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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