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 wa o Kaialea ma kahi paa i mua o ke Alii, ninau aku la oia: “Mai hea
mai oe? A heaha kau hana i hiki mai ai maanei?” I aku la o Kaialea: “No
Kauai mai wau, a no ka pau ana o ko makou mau aina i ka wi, aole he ai,
nolaila hoounaia mai nei wau e holo mai i Hawaii nei i ai na makou, a
oia wale no ko’u mea i hiki mai ai maanei; aole hoi i manao e, e haoia
ana na waa.”
I aku la o Kila, ka mea i kapaia o Lena: “Aole anei oe i holo mua mai
maanei i keia manawa mamua aku nei?” Ia manawa, manao ae la o Kaialea
aole e hai aku i keia ninau, o hai aku auanei oia, ua hiki mua ma
Hawaii, manao oia o make io auanei, no ko lakou lawe malu ana i kekahi
keiki kamaaina a lakou i pepehi ai. Nolaila, hoole aku la oia, aole i
holo mua i Hawaii.
Mamua nae e ko Kaialea manao ia ana e hoopaa ma kahi paa, ua kuka mua
aku nae o Kila me kona hoa aikane paha o ke alo alii, a penei kana kuka
ana: “Ina i hiki mai o Kaialea maanei, alaila, na’u auanei e ninau aku
ia ia. A i hoole mai auanei kela i ka’u mea e ninau aku ai, alaila,
kuhikuhi ae wau ia oe, nau e nana ae.” A i ka manawa i hoole mai ai o
Kaialea i ka Kila ninau ana aku, alaila, olelo aku la o Kila i kona hoa
kuka: “E! e nana ae oe ia ianei, a e ninau pono aku paha ia ia.” A
nolaila, nana aku la ua hoa nei o Kila ia Kaialea, a ninau aku la:
“Aole anei oe i hiki mua ma Hawaii nei mamua aku nei? Aole anei oukou i
lawe aku i kekahi keiki o Waipio nei me oukou?” A no keia ninau a keia
hoa o Kila, nolaila, aole e hiki ia Kaialea ke ae aku i na mea i hana
ia e lakou e like me ka lakou hana ana. A nolaila, hoole aku la o
Kaialea: “Aole makou i hiki mua ma keia wahi, akahi no wau a ike iki ia
Waipio nei.” A no keia mea, ninau maoli aku o Kila: “Owai kou mau
makua?” Aole no i hai iki aku o Kaialea i kona mau makua ma ka oiaio,
aka, hai aku la no oia he inoa e. O hai auanei keia i kona mau makua,
manao keia o akaka loa kona make, no ka mea, ua ninau maoli ia mai oia.
A lohe ae la o Kila i ka hoole ana mai o Kaialea, alaila, i mea e
maopopo ai ia Kaialea, nolaila kena ae la o Kila, i ka ilamuku, me ka i
aku: “E hoopaa aku i keia kanaka; apopo, e kau aku ia ia ma ka lele, no
ka mea, o keia kanaka no ka mea nana i pepehi ia Kila, a na ianei no i
haalele i ko lakou kaikaina i ka moana. Mai nakiikii nae i ke kaula ia
ianei, e hookuu no pela ma ka hale, a hiki i kuu manawa e kauoha aku ai
e make, alaila make.” Mamuli o ke kauoha a ke alii, nolaila, laweia aku
la o Kaialea a hoonohoia ma ka mua, me ka malama maikai ana, a me ka
hanai ana i ka ai. Aka, o na mea ai a pau i laweia aku na Kaialea, aole
e hiki ia ia ke ai, no ka mea, ua kaumaha i ka make. Aka, aole nae pela
ko Kila manao, “e kau ma ka lele.” I mea e ike maopopo ai o Kaialea i
ka hewa oia hana ana a lakou.
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