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 ka Umi hana, o ka oo ihe me kona mau kanaka ponoi, oia o Koi,
Omaokamau, Piimaiwaa. O keia mau kanaka ekolu, he mau kanaka koa loa
lakou, a no ko lakou koa, ua hoolilo ia lakou he mau pukaua no Umi. O
ko lakou oi loa, ma ka lima akau, a ma ka lima hema, o Piimaiwaa. O
Koi, he ikaika lima hema, he nawaliwali kona lima akau, pela o
Omaokamau.
A liuliu ka noho ana o Umi ma Waipio, olelo aku o Kaoleioku ia Umi: “E
ke ’lii e, pono e kaapuni oe ia Hawaii nei a puni.” A lohe o Umi, ua
oluolu ia olelo i kona manao. Ia wa, kena aku la o Umi ia Piimaiwaa, e
hele e mamua e hai aku i na konohiki i ka hele aku o ke ’lii, a e olelo
aku, i ai, i ia. Pela no ke kala hele ana, a lohe na konohiki, a me na
’lii, i hoonoho ia i na moku o Hawaii eono, oia o Hilo, o Puna, Kau,
Kona, Kohala, Hamakua.
MOKUNA VI.
KO KE ’LII O UMI KAAPUNI ANA IA HAWAII ME KONA MAU ALII.
A makaukau ka hele o Umi, olelo aku la ia ia Kaoleioku, ma Kawaihae mua
e hele ai, no kona makemake loa e ike ia Kawaihae. A lohe o Kaoleioku i
keia olelo a Umi, i aku la ia i ke ’lii: “Aole oe e pono ke hele ma ke
komohana; eia wale no ka pono ia oe, e hele mua oe ma ka hikina. Oia
kou hoomaka ana e kaapuni i kou aupuni. Ina he ’lii oe ma lalo loa,
alaila, he pono oe ke hele ma ke komohana.” Ma keia mau olelo a
Kaoleioku, ua oluolu ia mea ia Umi.
Mahope o keia mau olelo, hele aku la o Umi me Kaoleioku a me na ’lii
aimoku, na kanaka he lehulehu loa, ma Hamakua. A hala elua anahulu ma
ke alanui o ka hele ana, hiki lakou ma Laupahoehoe (kahi o Paiea).
Maanei, e hoomaopopo kakou i ka heenalu ana a Paiea me Umi, i ko Umi
noho mua ana i Laupahoehoe, e like me ka olelo ma ka Mokuna III. Eia
nae, aole i hoakaka loa ia malaila.
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