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
Ia Aukelenuiaiku e kaumaha ana i ko lakou mau inoa, he mea akaaka loa
ia na lakou, a he mea haohao no hoi i ko lakou lohe ana. Wahi a lakou:
“Ua pau loa ko kakou mau inoa i ka loaa ia ia, o kakou iho la no ka
paha kona mau akua.” No keia haohao o lakou i keia mau hana maalea a
Aukelenuiaiku, ninau aku la lakou: “O kou mau akua iho la no ia?” “Ae,
o ko’u mau akua no ia mai ko’u man kupuna mai, a ko’u mau makua, a loaa
mai au.” A lohe lakou i keia mau olelo a Aukelenuiaiku, kena mai la: “E
hana hou mai ana oe?” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “He kaao auanei o hoi hou
aku, hookahi no kaumaha ana o ke ’kua o ka pono, no ka mea, o ka’u wale
no ia e pau nei i ke ’kua:
“Make ke kanaka, kau i luna o ka lele,
Make ka puaa, kau i luna o ka lele,
Make ka ilio, ka moa, kau i luna o ka lele,
Ka maia, ka awa, kau i luna o ka lele,
Ka niu, ka ia ula, kau i luna o ka lele.
O keia mau mea a pau loa, he kau wale no i luna o ka lele na ke ’kua,
aole au i ike i ka pomaikai a ke ’kua ia’u, ina paha he hanai i kekahi
kanaka, ina ua ola na iwi.”
Ma keia mau olelo maalea a Aukelenuiaiku, ua loaa mai ia ia ka pomaikai
a me ka pono, a ua pakele oia i ka make a Namakaokahai.
I ka lohe ana o ua poe kaikunane nei o Namakaokahai i keia mau olelo
maalea a Aukelenuiaiku, olelo mai la lakou: “I keia la e ike ai oe i ka
pono a ke ’kua, a e uku ia ai kau malama ana, a e hoi ai kou mau lilo a
pau loa.”
MOKUNA VII.
KA LILO ANA O AUKELENUIAIKU I KANE NA NAMAKAOKAHAI.
Alaila, olelo mai la na kaikunane o Namakaokahai ia Aukelenuiaiku: “E!
auhea oe, e hoolohe mai oe i keia mau olelo. I kahea mai ko wahine ia
oe e hele aku oe ma laila, mai hele oe, o make oe; i kahea mai e hele
aku oe a ma ka puka, mai hele no oe, o make oe; i kahea mai e pii aku
oe i luna o ka huamoena, mai pii oe, o make no oe. Nolaila, e hele no
oe a ma ka puka noho, nana auanei ia e kahea mai ia oe, a o ko hiki ole
aku, alaila, hele mai a loaa oe ma ka puka. Ina i olelo mai ko wahine
ia oe, e moe olua, mai ae aku oe, o make oe, aka, e pii ae nae oe a
luna o ka umauma, noho iho oe, alaila, kani iho ko uhu, a i ninau kela
ia oe no keia kani uhu au, hai aku oe, he ono i ka ai. A ina kela i
olelo mai ia oe, e hoi mai ianei e ai ai, alaila, pono, no ka mea, o ko
wahine he ’kua, aohe kanaka.” Ma keia mau olelo a na kaikunane o
Namakaokahai, he mea oluolu loa ia ia Aukelenuiaiku. Ma keia mau mea a
pau, ua hooko ia ka olelo a Aukelenuiaiku i kaumaha ai i na akua a ua
kokua ia mai oia. Noho iho la Aukelenuiaiku me Namakaokahai, he kane a
he wahine.
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