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
Ua oleloia he alii nui o Olopana no ka mokupuni o Hawaii, a o Luukia
kana wahine, ma Waipio ko laua wahi noho mau. Aka, ekolu nae Olopana i
kamailio ia mawaena o kekahi poe. O ka Olopana i oleloia iloko o ka
moolelo kaao o Kamapuaa. A o ka Olopana i oleloia no Tahiti, a o ka
Olopana ka mea nona keia moolelo. Aka o ka Olopana nona keia moolelo,
oia no ka Olopana i holo mua i Tahiti me kana wahine me Luukia, a oia
no ka mea i olelo ia iloko o ka moolelo o Moikeha. A penei no ka
moolelo no Olopana a me Luukia. Aole nae e hiki ke lawe mai i ka
mookuauhau no ko Olopana hanauna, no ka mea, aole i maopopo; o ka noho
alii ana no Hawaii a me ka hiki ana i Tahiti, oia wale no ka mea i ike
ia ma ko Olopana moolelo. A penei no ia: Noho alii iho la o Olopana me
Luukia kana wahine, no ka Mokupuni o Hawaii. Aia na kanaka a pau malalo
o laua. A i ka manawa i wai kahe nui ai o Waipio, oia ka wai kahe nui
ana i halana ia ai ka aina, a lilo na hale a me na kanaka i ka moana,
ia manawa ka lilo ana o Olopana laua me Luukia a noho i Tahiti. Aka,
aole nae i ike ia ko laua mea i hiki ai i Tahiti, aka, ma ka lohe ana o
ko Hawaii nei ia Moikeha ma, aia o Olopana ma i Tahiti, nolaila, ua
manaoia e ko Hawaii nei, ua lilo maoli i ka moana ma ka au ana a pae ma
Tahiti. No ka mea, mai ka hoomaka ana o ka wai nui ma Waipio a hiki i
kela manawa i loheia ai ia Moikeha ma ka haohaoia ana.
Ma ka manao ana hoi o kekahi poe kahiko, maluna o na waa ka holo ana a
hiki i Tahiti. A no ka nui loa o ka hoopaapaa o na makaainana o Hawaii
no Olopana, nolaila, holo aku la o Ulu ko Kau alii maluna o ka waa naku
akaakai. Ma kela holo ana o Ulu maluna o kona waa akaakai aole i ikeia
ko Ulu hiki ana i Tahiti, aole no hoi i loheia, aka, he kahuna ka mea
nana i holo aku e imi mahope o ka Ulu holo ana, a waena moana, ike mua
ke kahuna ua make, nolaila hoi mai ke kahuna. Mahope iho oia manawa,
aole he alii o Hawaii, nolaila lilo ae la o Kapukini, ke alii o Puna, i
alii no Hawaii a puni. A o Olopana hoi, noho aku oia i Tahiti me kana
wahine me Luukia i ka manawa e noho alii ana o Moikeha me kana wahine
me Kapo. A ike ae la o Moikeha ua maikai o Luukia imua o kona mau maka,
nolaila lawe ae la o Moikeha i wahine moekolohe nana, e like me ka mea
i olelo ia ma ka moolelo o Moikeha, Mokuna I. (E pono ke nana malaila.)
A o Olopana hoi; mahope iho o ko Moikeha haalele ana ia Tahiti a holo
mai i Hawaii nei. He nui na hana maikai a Olopana ia manawa, a no kana
mau hana maikai he nui, hahai ae la na kanaka malalo ona, a noho alii
ae la oia no Tahiti. Aka, i ka manawa i lohe ai o Kupohihi ka makuakane
pili koko o Moikeha, ua kuokoa ae la o Tahiti malalo o Olopana,
nolaila, kiiia mai la o Olopana e hookuke. A no ia mea, hoi mai la o
Olopana i Hawaii nei, me kana wahine me Luukia. He nui ke aloha o na
kanaka ia Olopana no kana mau hana maikai, a nolaila, ua nui ke aloha
ia Luukia o na wahine. A ma keia mea, ua nui na kanaka i holo pu mai me
Olopana ma ia hoi ana mai i Hawaii nei.
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