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
Ma ia hoi ana mai o Olopana, ua kakauia na lima i ka uhi, a no ka ike
ana o ko Hawaii nei i ka uhi o Olopana, a me na kanaka o Tahiti i holo
pu mai ai me laua, nolaila, hoopili aku la lakou i ke kakau i ka uhi.
Ua oleloia, oia ka hoomaka ana o ke kakau uhi ma keia pae aina.
I ka manawa i hiki mai ai o Olopana me na kanaka o Tahiti mai, hoonoho
ae la o Olopana i na kanaka ma Maui, Molokai, Oahu, a me Kauai, a
nolaila ka mea i ano e ai ka leo o na kanaka o keia mau aina, aole he
like o na olelo ana ma ka leo. Noho ae la o Olopana ma Waipio me kana
wahine a i kekahi manawa, hookaawale ae la ia Luukia ma kahi kaawale
loa, me ka malama pono loa ia o ka maluhia. A ia a hiki i ka wa e
hana-wai ai o Luukia, hoihoi ia mai la oia a hoonoho ma Puukawaiwai
kahi e pili la me Kawaihae a me Waimea. Malaila ko Luukia halepea, ua
paia i ka pa a puni, nolaila i kapaia ai ka inoa o ua wahi la o
Panoluukia, o kona inoa ia a hiki mai i keia wa.
KE ANO O KO LUUKIA NOHO ANA MA KELA WAHI PUUKAWAIWAI.
He mea mau ia Luukia ka hoi ma kona halepea ke kokoke aku i ka manawa e
hanawai ai. I kekahi manawa, i ke kokoke ana o Luukia e hanawai pii mai
la oia mai Waipio mai. Aka, e noho ana kekahi kanaka koikoi ma Waimea,
o Waiauwia kona inoa, manao ae la oia e moe me Luukia. Nolaila, hele
aku la oia (Waiauwia) ma kahi o ka halepea o Luukia, a nonoi aku la e
moe me ia. I mai nae o Luukia, aole e hiki ke moe laua, no ka mea, aole
i pau ka haumia. A ma keia olelo a Luukia, haohao iho la o Waiauwia i
keia mea. Aka, hoopaa aku la no o Waiauwia, me ka makemake no e moe
laua. A no ia mea, olelo mai o Luukia, me ka i aku ia Waiauwia: “Mai
komo mai oe maloko nei, ua hanawai wau, nolaila wau i kaawale ai me ke
alii (Olopana).”
Akahi no a loheia keia mea e Waiauwia, he mea kapu no na kane ka noho
pu me na wahine i ka manawa e hanawai ai. Nolaila, hoi aku la o
Waiauwia, a hai aku la i kana wahine, he mea kapu loa ka noho pu ana o
na kane me na wahine ke hiki i ka manawa e hanawai ai na wahine.
I kekahi manawa, mahope mai o ko Waiauwia halawai mua ana me Luukia ma
Puukawaiwai, hele hou aka la ua o Waiauwia ma ka halepea mau o Luukia,
kahi hoi i halawai mua aku ai laua, kahi i haiia mai ai ke kapu. Ia
manawa, ia laua i halawai hou ai, mahope iho o ka pau ana o ko Luukia
hanawai ana; hai aku la o Waiauwia i kona makemake e launa me Luukia. A
mamuli oia ano, haule iho la o Luukia i ka hana hewa me Waiauwia.
Ua oleloia na Olopana i lawe mai ke kapu ma Hawaii nei. Ma ia hope mai
laha ae la ke kapu ma keia mau Mokupuni a pau.
KEKAHI KAMAILIO ANA O OLOPANA.
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