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
Mahope o keia olelo ana, iho aku la o Aukelenuiaiku, me kona kaikuaana
me Ikumailani, a hiki i ka moku, pii aku la kona kaikuaana i luna o ka
moku, noho iho la o Aukelenuiaiku i lalo, maluna o ka uwapo. Alaila,
kahea aku la o Aukelenuiaiku i ke keiki. A pau ke kahea ana a
Aukelenuiaiku, kahea mai la ke keiki: “Pii mai e kuu makuakane i luna
nei o ka moku.” Ma keia kahea ana o ke keiki, pii aku la o
Aukelenuiaiku i luna o ka moku, a o na kaikuaana ona, aohe a lakou
olelo no Aukelenuiaiku, no ka mea, o ke keiki, oia ka lakou mea nui, ma
kana mea e olelo ai, malaila na makua ona a pau loa. No ke keiki, he
kapu ikaika loa kona, ina e olelo e make, make no, ina olelo e moe, moe
no, ina olelo e hele, hele no. Nolaila, he kapu kona kino a me kana
olelo, aole e hoole, aole hoi he leo hiki mamua ona. Oia wale no ka leo
oi.
Ia Aukelenuiaiku i luna o ka moku, olelo aku la ia i ke keiki, e kii i
ka laau a laua. A lohe ke keiki, kena ae la ia i na kanaka, e kii i ka
laau a laua. A hiki mai la ka laau a laua i luna o ka moku, ia manawa,
holo ka moku mai ka aina aku o Kuaihelani. Ma keia holo ana, eha o
lakou malama i ka moana, pau ka ai, ka ia, ka wai, pau na kanaka i ka
make i ka pololi, a pilikia loa iho la na makuakane i ka pololi. A loaa
na makuakane i ka pololi, noho iho la lakou i lalo o ka moku. O
Aukelenuiaiku a me ke keiki i luna, a loihi na la i hala, haohao iho la
ke keiki, iho aku la ia i lalo e nana ai. Aia hoi, e waiho ana kona mau
makua i ka pololi a me ka nawaliwali, no ka ai ole. Pii ae la ua keiki
la a luna o ka umauma o Kekamakahinuiaiku, kona makuakane ponoi, ke
kaikuaana inoino huhu o Aukelenuiaiku. Nana ae la kona mau maka i ke
keiki, a olelo ae la: “U, aloha! Aole o makou, ua nui na la i hala o ka
noho ana i ke ao, o oe ka hoi; ua pau ka ai a me ka ia, ka wai, a koe
elua puna ko wale no.” I aku ke keiki: “Aohe o’u pilikia i ka ai, no ka
mea, he ai no ka kuu makuakane, he lau, hoopa wale mai no i ka
lehelehe, o ka maona no ia, eha malama e noho ai me ka maona.” A pau ka
laua olelo ana, hoi aku la ia me na waimaka e helelei ana a hiki i mua
o Aukelenuiaiku. Ninau mai la kona makuakane: “E uwe ana oe i ke aha, a
he waimaka aha nei e helelei mai nei?” I aku ke keiki: “E uwe ana au no
Kekamakahinuiaiku, ua kokoke e make i ka pololi, hele aku nei au e
mauliawa ana.” Olelo aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “E kuu keiki, a, mai make oe
a me ou makuakane i ka moana nei, ina aole au e holo pu mai me oukou,
no ka mea, he enemi au no ko makuakane, aka, ma ka hanau ana mai a na
makua, aole au e hana e like me ko lakou manao ino ia’u. Nolaila, e kuu
keiki, eia ka ai a me ka ia, i loko o ka laau a kaua.” O ka inoa o ua
laau nei, o Kaiwakaapu. “E kii oe a hemo, na ka ai, na ka ia, na ke
kapa, a me na mea a pau loa, e hele mai i waho nei.” A hana aku la ua
keiki la e like me na olelo a Aukelenuiaiku, loaa iho la na mea a pau
loa. Ai iho la na makuakane a pau, na ohua ee moku a me ka poe
lawelawe, a ola ae la, pau aku la ka poniuniu pololi, a me ka
nawaliwali ana.
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