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
Aka, lohe ae la na kaikuaana o Kila, aia ka ai ma Waipio, manao ae la
ko lakou kupunakane, a me ko lakou makuahine e holo i ai i Waipio; aka,
aole nae e hiki ia lakou ke ae e hele, no ka mea, ua hana hewa aku
lakou ia Kila malaila, oia no ko lakou mea i kanalua ai, o hele auanei
lakou, o ike mai o Kila ia lakou, nolaila pono ole. Aka no ka paipai
nui o ko lakou makuahine i na keiki e holo, hoole loa aku na keiki. A
no ka paakiki loa o na keiki ma ko lakou manao, nolaila, ninau pakahi
aku la ko lakou mau makuahine i ka laua mau keiki, no ka makemake e
holo i ai i Waipio. Aka ua hoole na mea a pau o na keiki ana; a ma
kekahi manawa mahope mai, ninau pinepine aku no i na keiki; ekolu keiki
i hoole, a hookahi mea i ae e hele i ka ai i Waipio, o Kaialea.
MOKUNA VI.
KA HOLO ANA O KAIALEA I WAIPIO A ME KONA HALAWAI ANA ME KILA.
Ia Kaialea i holo ai i Waipio ma Hawaii, a hiki aku la oia ma laila me
kona mau hoa holo, ua papa ae la o Kila i na kanaka apau o Waipio mai
uka a kai, mai kela pali a kela pali o Waipio, aole e haawi wale i ka
ai, ina haawi he kanaka, o ka make ka hope, a i na he ai ahupuaa, a pau
kona ai ahupuaa ana, a pela aku. Aka, ia Kaialea no e holo aku ana, ike
e aku la no o Kila i na waa ona, manao ae la no o kekahi o kona mau
kaikuaana ko luna o na waa.
A i na waa i kau aku ai i uka, ike aku la o Kila i kona kaikuaana. A
nolaila i mea e maopopo ai ia Kila ko lakou hana ino ana ia ia, nolaila
kena ae la o Kila i na ilamuku e hao i na waa o Kaialea, oia hoi, o ka
la a Kaialea i hiki aku ai, he mau la kapu ia, aole he holo waa ma ia
la. A mamuli o ke kauoha a Kila hao ia ae la na waa e na kanaka alaila
manao ae la o Kaialea i kona hewa, nokamea, ua kauoha ia mai e ko lakou
makuahine a me kona mau kaikuaana aole e noho loihi i Hawaii. A no keia
haoia ana o na waa, manao ae la o Kaialea, aole e hiki i Kauai, manao
ae la oia i ka pilikia o ko ka hale poe. A lilo aku la na waa ma ka
lima o na ilamuku, hoi aku la oia me kona mau hoewaa ma na hale
kamaaina. Ia manawa o lakou ma na hale o na kamaaina, lohe ae la lakou
ua kapu ka ai, no ka mea ua papaia e Kila. Aole nae i lohe iki lakou i
ko Kila inoa ma Waipio ia manawa.
I kekahi la ana ae, hoouna ia mai la kekahi mau kanaka mai a Kila mai e
kii mai ia Kaialea e laweia iloko o kahi paa o ke alii. A ma ia manao
ana o Kila pela, nolaila, kiiia mai la o Kaialea, a laweia aku la ma
kahi paa o ke alii. Ia manawa, o Kaialea i hiki aku ai i mua o ke alii
o Kila, ike aku la oia ia Kila, alaila manao ae la ia i kona make, no
ka mea, i iho la o Kaialea i loko ona: “E make ana ka wau, no ka mea,
ua lawe mai makou ia ia a haalele maanei.” Aka, no kona lohe ana ’ku he
inoa e kana i lohe ai (o Lena) malaila oia i haohao ai.
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