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
A haule o Aukelenuiaiku i lalo o ka lua, aia hoi, elua kanaka e noho
ana. Mamua o ko Aukelenuiaiku haule ana, ko laua haule ana i lalo o ka
lua. Na ua poe kaikuaana la no o Aukelenuiaiku i kiola. Ike mai la ua
mau kanaka ala ia Aukelenuiaiku, minamina iho la laua, no ka maikai o
na helehelena o Aukelenuiaiku, ke nana aku, no ka maikai a me ke kina
ole o kona ano i mua o laua. Ia laua e kamailio ana, lohe aku la o
Aukelenuiaiku, ninau aku la ia: “Heaha ka olua e kamailio nei?” I mai
laua: “E minamina ana maua ia oe.” A lohe o Aukelenuiaiku, ninau aku la
ia: “I ke aha hoi?” Wahi a ua mau kanaka nei: “I ka make i ka moo, ia
Kamooinanea.” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Ahea puka mai ka moo?” I mai ua
mau kanaka nei: “Aia a pii mai ke kai, a emi aku, pii hou mai a emi
aku, alaila, hoea hou mai ke kai, alaila, pii pu mai me ka moo, o ka
make ka hoi ia o kakou.”
A pau ka olelo ana a laua ia Aukelenuiaiku, mahope o laila, pii mai la
ua moo nei o Kamooinanea, a kahea mai la: “E, Aukelenuiaiku e! homai oe
i kekahi kanaka i mea ai na’u.” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Haawi aku
auanei au ia oe, i aha hoi ko’u hoanoho o keia wahi mehameha?” Alaila,
nalowale aku la ua moo nei mai ko lakou mau maka aku. Ma ko lakou ike
ana aku i ka helehelena o ka moo, he mea e ka weliweli a me ka makau
launa ole, a he mea kaumaha loa ia i ka manao o ua mau kanaka nei. A
nalo ka moo mai ko lakou maka aku, i mai la ua mau kanaka nei ia
Aukelenuiaiku: “Kupanaha! eia ka ua loaa kou inoa i ka moo; akahi wale
no hana ana i pakele ai; ina e hoea mai ua moo nei, o ka manawa ia e
pau ai i ka ai ia, aka, ano ke ike nei maua, ua pakele i keia wa, a ina
e nalowale loa, pakele maua i ka make.”
Ia lakou e kamailio ana, hoea hou mai la ua moo nei, a kahea mai la:
“E, Aukelenuiaiku e, e haawi mai oe i kekahi kanaka na’u.” Hoole aku o
Aukelenuiaiku: “Aole e loaa aku ia oe ke kanaka.” A lohe ua moo nei i
keia olelo a Aukelenuiaiku, i mai la ia: “E haawi mai oe ia’u i hookahi
kanaka, i aha kau uku o ka hiki ana mai i anei? no ka mea, ua haawi ia
mai oe he kanaka make, e ai aku wau ia oe, aka, nana ae nei au ia oe, a
o ka mea i puka pono aku mai loko o’u, nolaila, aole au e ai aku ia
oe.” Ma keia olelo a ua moo la, ua ae aku o Aukelenuiaiku, a ua manao
iho la ia e hooko i ka olelo a kona kupunawahine moo, a Kamooinanea. Ia
wa, haawi aku o Aukelenuiaiku i hookahi kanaka i ua moo nei, i ka
manawa i loaa ai ia ia, oia kona manawa i ike ia ai, ua nalo koke i
loko o ka opu. A pau ia kanaka, nonoi hou mai la ua moo nei ia
Aukelenuiaiku i ka lua o ke kanaka. Haawi aku la no o Aukelenuiaiku ia
kanaka, a pau no ia ia i ka ai ia. A pau na kanaka elua, koe iho la o
Aukelenuiaiku, ia wa, hoi mai la ua moo nei a noho i luna.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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 — John Shaqi
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