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 hiki lakou i mua o Aukelenuiaiku, kahea mai la o Aukelenuiaiku me ka
leo aloha, penei: “E walina ia oe e Kanemoe; e walina ia oe e Kaneapua;
E walina ia oe e Leapua; e walina ia oe e Kahaumana.” Aloha mai la no
hoi lakou ia Aukelenuiaiku: “E walina hoi oe.” Mahope o ke aloha ana
mai a Aukelenuiaiku ia lakou, kamailio malu iho la lakou no ka loaa o
ko lakou inoa, olelo ae la o Kanemoe: “Kupanaha! i hea la kahi i loaa
ai o ko kakou inoa ia ia, a i aha la auanei ka kakou uku ia ia.” I mai
la kekahi: “Hookahi no a kakou uku ia ia, o ke kaikuahine o kakou, i
wahine nana, alaila, o ko kakou kaikoeke keia.” Ae mai la ko lakou nui,
alaila, olelo aku la lakou i keia mau olelo ia Aukelenuiaiku, a he mea
oluolu loa ia i ko Aukelenuiaiku manao.
A pau ke kamailio ana me Aukelenuiaiku, hoi aku la lakou i ka hale, a
hiki lakou, ninau mai la o Namakaokahai: “Auhea ka oukou mea i huli aku
nei?” I aku na kaikunane: “Eia’e mahope, ua hookane aku nei makou nau,
i loaa ona kaikoeke no makou, no ka mea, he kanaka maikai, aole kina
mai luna a lalo, ua like no me oe, nolaila, ua pono no oe ke lawe o kau
kane ia.” Ma keia mau olelo a kona mau kaikunane, he mea oluolu loa ia
i ka manao o ke ’lii wahine, o Namakaokahai.
Maanei e olelo iki kakou no ka olelo a ke ’kua o Aukelenuiaiku ia ia, a
Lonoikoualii. I aku o Lonoikoualii ia Aukelenuiaiku: “Ua hala keia mau
make o kaua mahope, o ka make koe mamua o kaua, o ka make ia mainoino
kaua. I hele kaua a hiki i ka hale o ke ’lii wahine, mai komo oe i loko
o make oe, ku no oe ma waho o ka puka, no ka mea, e hoike mai ana na
mea make i mua ou. O na mea mua e kuu ia mai i mua ou, na wahine i hele
mua ae ai, a i aloha mai laua ia oe, pakele oe (oia keia aloha walina);
a hala ia make ou, alaila, kuu ia mai ka ilio; a hala ia make, o na
kaikunane mai. A hala ia mau make ia oe, alaila, o na mea ai no kekahi
mea e make ai oe. Nolaila, e hoolohe mai oe, ina i hanai ia mai oe i ka
ai i loko o ka umeke, mai ai oe, aia i loko o laila ko make. Eia kau ai
e ai ai oe, o ka ipu e ulu ana me ke ka a me ka lau, aia i laila ka ai,
ka ia, ka wai.” O keia mau mea a pau loa ka ke akua o Aukelenuiaiku i
olelo mai ai ia ia, a Lonoikoualii.
A pau ka laua olelo ana, alaila, hele aku la o Aukelenuiaiku i kahi o
Namakaokahai, a hiki o Aukelenuiaiku i kahi o Namakaokahai, ku iho la
ia ma ka puka o ka hale, aloha mai la na mea a pau ia ia. Mahope o ke
aloha ana, kahea mai la lakou ia Aukelenuiaiku, e komo maloko o ka
hale, aole keia i komo i loko, ku iho la no o Aukelenuiaiku ma laila.
Maanei e ike ai kakou i ke ko ana o na olelo a ke ’kua o Aukelenuiaiku,
a i ka mana no hoi o Aukelenuiaiku.
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