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
Lele aku la lakou ma na kino manu, a kau i luna o na ia o ka moku,
ninau iho la lakou: “Heaha ka hana a ka moku o ka holo ana mai ianei?”
I aku na kaikuaana, “He moku kaua.” A lohe ua mau manu la, hoi aku la
lakou a hiki i o Namakaokahai, ninau mai la: “He moku aha kela moku?”
“He moku kaua.” A lohe o Namakaokahai, puka mai la a ku i waho, me ka
pau ai kaua, a me ke kahili kaua ona.
Aka, mamua ae o ka lohe ana o Namakaokahai i na kaikunane manu ona,
olelo aku o Aukelenuiaiku i na kaikuaana ona: “E! auhea oukou, i hele
hou mai na manu e ninau i ka moku nei, e hai aku oukou, he moku
makaikai keia, aohe moku kaua.” Ia Aukelenuiaiku e olelo ana, hiki mai
la na manu i ka moku, a ninau hou mai la: “Heaha ka hana a keia moku o
ka holo ana mai i anei?” I aku na kaikuaana o Aukelenuiaiku: “He moku
kaua.”
MOKUNA V.
KE KAUA ANA O NA KAIKUAANA O AUKELENUIAIKU ME NAMAKAOKAHAI: KO LAKOU
MAKE ANA.
A hoi na kaikunane manu o Namakaokahai mai ka moku aku, alaila, lalau
iho la o Aukelenuiaiku i ka pahu laau ana, a kiola i loko o ke kai, no
ka mea, ua maopopo ia ia, e make ana na kaikuaana a me ka moku ia
Namakaokahai. A haule ka laau i loko o ke kai, lele aku la o
Aukelenuiaiku mahope, a au aku la i loko o ke kai. Ia Aukelenuiaiku e
au ana, kahea aku ke keiki, mahope; olelo aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Aole oe
e pono ke au mai, noho no peia.”
Ia ia e olelo ana i ke keiki, ku mai la o Namakaokahai i ke kahakai,
lalau iho la i kona pau ai kaua, a pau ae la mahope, lalau iho la i ke
kahili a kuehu ae la i ka lewa. Ia wa, lilo ae la ka moku a me na
kaikuaana o Aukelenuiaiku i lehu, nana aku la o Aukelenuiaiku, aohe ku
mai o ka moku, huli aku la no ia au me kana laau o Kaiwakaapu.
Ma keia mau pauku i kakau ia, ua hooko ia na olelo a ka moo ia
Aukelenuiaiku, ia ia e noho ana i lalo o ka lua. A ma keia kakau hou
ana, e ike kakou i ko Aukelenuiaiku hana ana me kona akua, a me ka lilo
ana o Namakaokahai i wahine nana.
A pae aku la o Aukelenuiaiku i uka, kauo aku la ia i ka pauku laau, a
waiho i ka ae one, hele aku la ia a malalo o ka ekoko, moe iho la no ka
luhi i ke kai. Ia Aukelenuiaiku e moe ana, hiki mai la o Moela, he ilio
kiai ia no ka aina, honi aku la ia i ka hauhauna kanaka, a hae aku la,
ia ia e hae ana, oili ae la o Namakaokahai i waho, a kahea aku la i na
kaikunane manu ona eha, a hiki mai la lakou. I aku la o Namakaokahai:
“E imi ae oukou i keia mea a ka ilio e hae nei, he kanaka paha no luna
o ka moku, ua pae ae nei paha i uka, akahi ka hae o ka ilio.” I aku na
kaikunane: “Hoouna ia aku au kauwa wahine elua.” Ua maikai ia olelo i
ka manao o ke ’lii wahine, a kahea aku la o Namakaokahai i na kauwa
wahine elua, ia Upoho a me Haapuainanea. A hiki mai la laua i mua o ke
’lii wahine, olelo aku la ke ’lii ia laua: “E imi olua i ka mea a ka
ilio e hae nei, ina i loaa ia olua, e pepehi olua a make.”
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