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
O Ukulii, hoi aku la no ia a na waa noho. Ninau o Kila: “Owai ke hele e
hakaka me Pohinakahonua?” I mai o Hohoiea: “Owau.” Ao ao mai la o Kila
a maopopo, hele aku la a ku me Pohinakahonua. Waiho iho ana o
Pohinakahonua i ka laau ma ka akau, alo o Hohoiea ma ka hema, hala; hue
lepo ae ana o Hohoiea i kana laau, mai ka papakole a ke poo ke kaawale,
make o Pohinakahonua. Uwa ka pihe o uka: “Alua a ka malihini, aole a ke
kamaaina, ikaiha kanaka o keia waa, ke make la na koa kiai o ka aina.”
Lawe ia aku nei ka lohe, a i ke ’lii ia Makalii olelo; a lohe o Makalii
iho mai la (aia kona wahi iluna); a hiki o Makalii i lalo me kana laua
palau, o Naulukohelewalewa. He kanaka maikai loa o Makalii ke nana aku,
ua like no me kona kaikuaana me Moikeha, he ikaika, he koa, he mana no
hoi, aole nae i like me Kila. A hiki o Makalii i ke kahua kapu, ku iho
la me kana laau palau, e hookaa ana me ka oniu ma ka akau a ma ka hema.
I aku o Kila i na kanaka o ka waa: “O Makalii kela, he ’lii, he ikaika,
aole oukou e ola ke hele aku e hakaka; owau ke hele ae. Eia nae ka’u
olelo ia oukou, i hele au a i make, oke ala no nei hoi ia Kauai, aka
hoi, i ola au, aole hoi o ia.”
Hopu iho la o Kila i kana laau palau o Kahikikolo, a lele iho la mai na
waa aku, a hehi iho la i ka paala. Uwa ka pihe o uka i ke kanaka maikai
o Kila; uwe ka naonao, kani na manu, nehe ka iliili, oleole ka pipipi,
mae ka manu, moe ka uwahi, pio ke anuenue, kui ka kekili, olapa ka
uwila, ua ka ua, kahe ka wai, kaikoo ke kai, popoi ka nalu, lele ke
akoakoa me ka puna i uka, olo ka pihe a ka hanehane, ala na ilina, ala
ke namu ke nawa, ka huhu ai laau, hoike ka olohe, hele mai kini o ke
’kua, ka pukui akua, ka lalani akua, na mea a pau loa. O keia mau mea a
pau loa, oia na kanaka o Moikeha, a i ka hiki ana o Kila kana keiki,
hoike lakou, oia ka hoailona o ke ’lii nui.
A kokoke o Kila i o Makalii la, hoomoe iho ana o Makalii i kana laau
palau, ia Naulukohelewalewa hio ka makani, lele ka lepo me ke one,
kahawai kahi i loaa ai i ka laau, nalo laua i loko o ka lepo. Manao o
uka, ua make o Kila; a pau ka wili ana o ka lepo, ku aku ana no o
Makalii me Kila, no ka mea, ua kaa akau ka Makalii laau, ma ka hema ka
hoomoe ana. Nolaila, komo o Kila i ka akau, a pakele i ka make weliweli
a Makalii.
Ku hou laua, hookaa na laau hoomoe o Kila i kana laau palau, ia
Kahikikolo i lalo o ka lepo, mana kahawai, kahe ka wai, wili ka
puahiohio, wili ka lepo me ke one i ka lewa. O Makalii, ua loaa i ka
hau o ka laau a Kila, ua waiho i lalo, o ke kumu o keia pakele ana o
Makalii, o ka olelo kauoha a Moikeha i ka wa i Kauai ia Kila penei: “Ke
hele la, a i hakaka oe me ko makuakane me Makalii, mai hana naaupo oe,
o make ko makuakane.” Oia wale no ko Makalii mea i ola ai, ina ua
haalele i ka la i ka mea mahana.
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