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 lohe o Aukelenuiaiku i ko lakou holo, nonoi aku la ia; “Owau kekahi e
holo me oukou.” Olelo mai kona kaikuaana o Ikumailani: “Aole oe e holo
me makou, no ka mea, aohe o makou kumu e ae o ka holo, o oe wale no.
Ina oe e make aku nei, aole makou e haalele ia Kuaihelani nei.” Ma keia
olelo hoole a kona kaikuaana, hoopuka aku o Aukelenuiaiku i kana mau
olelo aloha: “E, powa wale ka hele aku a ko hai aina make. Moe ia ka
iwi aoao e ke kanaka e, e ke aikane, aole hoi o ka pokii, o ka hoa i
hanau pu ia mai ai, mai loko mai o ka aa hookahi. Nolaila, ke nonoi aku
nei au, owau kekahi e holo me oukou, i make oukou ko’u poe kaikuaana,
alaila, make pu aku wau. Alaila, kaulana ka inoa i hope nei, ‘O mea ma,
make pu no me ko lakou pokii.’ Nolaila, aole e waia ka inoa mahope
nei.”
Ma keia mau olelo a kakou e lohe nei, he mea e ko Aukelenuiaiku imi
hala, a, hilahila ole no hoi, me kona ike pono iho no, na kona mau
kaikuaana kona pilikia. O ka mea aiwa loa aku ka ia i ka hahai e
hoomano ai. Nolaila, ina he oiaio na ko Aukelenuiaiku waha ponoi keia,
ua ae ia kona mau poino, a ua pono no ia ke make. Aka, ma keia koi ana
a Aukelenuiaiku, ua loaa i kona poe kaikuaana ka pono a me ke ola, a ua
loaa hoi ka pomaikai i olelo ia e ke kupunawahine moo ia Aukelenuiaiku.
A ua hooko ia hoi kana mau olelo wanana no Aukelenuiaiku, ma keia holo
ana o ka moku.
A pau ka Aukelenuiaiku olelo ana, i mai kona kaikuaana oluolu, o
Ikumailani: “Aole oe e holo ia’u, aka, e hele oe a ke keiki a kakou
olelo aku, a i ae mai, alaila oe holo.” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Pehea
auanei au e olelo aku ai e hoolohe mai ai kela ia’u?” “E hele oe a
kahea aku ma kona inoa ponoi, penei: ‘E Kaumailunaoh olaniku e! e kahea
mai oe ia’u e pii aku kaua i luna o ka moku, e lealea ai kaua, e paani
ai, aole oe e kohu me keia poe elemakule, owau kou hoa e kohu ai, he
kamalii, he kamalii.’” A pau ke aoao ana a kona kaikuaana ia ia, olelo
mai ko lakou makuakane ia ia: “E kuu keiki, mai hele oe, o make hou oe.
No ka mea, aole oe i pakele i ko kakou wa e noho pu nei? Aiwa loa aku
oe a hele, o kou make ana no ia aole maua e ike ia oe.” I aku o
Aukelenuiaiku: “Aole au e noho me olua, e hele ana au e makaikai, a e
nana i na aina o loko o ke kai; nolaila, e hele ana au.”
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