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 ola lakou i keia make ana i ka pololi, holo hou lakou
eha malama hou i ka moana, uhauha lakou i ka ai a me ka ia, ka wai, a
me na pono a pau loa, i loaa ia lakou mai loko mai o ka laau mana a
Aukelenuiaiku.
A pau na malama eha ma keia holo ana i ka moana, hoomaka ka la mua o ka
lima o ka malama. Ia wa, hai aku o Aukelenuiaiku i kona ike i na
kaikuaana, a me na kanaka a pau o luna o ka moku: “Apopo ike kakou i ka
aina, a ku no ia la, o ka inoa o ua aina ala o Holaniku. He nui na me
ai o ia aina, ka ai, ka awa, ke ko, ka maia, ka niu, a me na mea a pau
loa.”
A hala ka la ana i hoakaka ai, hiki mai ka lua o ka la, o ia kana la i
olelo ai e ku i ka aina o Holaniku. I ke kakahiaka nui, ike mua ia mai
la ke kuahiwi o ka aina, a awakea, ku lakou i ka aina. Ma keia ku ana,
lele aku la na kanaka i uka, loaa ka ai, ka wai, ka ia, ka awa a me na
mea e ae, o ka nui o ko lakou manawa i laila, eha po, eha ao. Kau lakou
i ka moku a holo aku la.
Ma keia holo ana, eha o lakou malama i ka moana, a pau ia mau malama
eha, hai aku o Aukelenuiaiku ia lakou: “Apopo kakou ku i ka aina.” A
lohe na kaikuaana, olelo mai lakou, “wahahee oe;” aka, aohe mea nana e
hoole mai o Aukelenuiaiku ma kona mau ano ike a me ke akamai, ua ae no
ka poe holo moku a pau loa, a o na kaikuaana wale no ka poe hoole, no
ko lakou opu inoino ia Aukelenuiaiku.
A kokoke mai la ka la a Aukelenuiaiku i olelo ai, ike aku la lakou i ka
aina o Kalakeenuiakane. Ma ia la a po, a ao, a kakahiaka ku lakou i ka
aina. O ke ’lii o ua aina ala he wahine, o Namakaokahai ka inoa.
I aku o Aukelenuiaiku i na kaikuaana: “Ia’u ka olelo o ka moku o
kakou.” I mai na kaikuaana: “Aole no hoi e kapili i moku nou, alaila no
hoi olelo.” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Ina ia’u ka olelo o ka moku, ola
kakou, ina ia oukou, make kakou, aole e ola.” Olelo mai na kaikuaana ia
Aukelenuiaiku: “Ihea la kau ao ana i neia mea he ikaika a me ke koa, i
olelo ai oe maluna o makou e noho malie, a o oe ka waha olelo.” “He
oiaio ia, ina he kaua ma ka lima, a ma ke alo, alaila, na oukou ka eha
a me ka make; aka, ina he kaua poipu, aole e loaa ia oukou, nolaila au
i olelo ai, e make ana kakou.” I mai na kaikuaana: “Aole no au olelo no
keia mau mea a pau loa, aia no i ko makou manao, e noho malie no oe.”
Ma kea mau olelo a kona mau kaikuaana, noho malie iho la o
Aukelenuiaiku, aohe olelo aku.
A kokoke lakou i ka aina, nana mai la ke ’lii wahine, o Namakaokahai, a
ike i ka moku e ku ana i ke awa, kena ae la ia i kona mau kaikunane
manu eha, e lele e ninau i ka moku i ka hana i holo mai ai. O ka inoa o
na kaikunane o Namakaokahai, o Kanemoe, Kaneapua, Leapua, Kahaumana.
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