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 ma keia noho ana o laua, ua loaa ka laua keiki, aole nae i hanau, e
hapai ana no, alaila, hele aku la o Aukelenuiaiku i ka auau me kana
wahine. Ia laua e auau ana, he mea mau ia Aukelenuiaiku, ka hele e nana
i ka pahu o ke ’kua ona, o Lonoikoualii, e waiho ana ma ka ae one. A
kokoke o Aukelenuiaiku i kahi o ka pahu e waiho ana, lohe aku la ia i
ka leo o kona akua, o Lonoikoualii e kahea mai ana: “E, Aukelenuiaiku
e! make kaua, eia o Halulu ka manu ai kanaka mai ka lani mai.” A lohe o
Aukelenuiaiku, huli ae la ia a nana i ka lani.
MOKUNA VIII.
KA LILO ANA O AUKELENUIAIKU IA HALULU I KA PALI.
Ua paapu ka malamalama o ka la i na eheu o Halulu. A pau ka
Aukelenuiaiku nana ana i luna, lalau aku la ia i ka pahu o kona akua, o
Lonoikoualii. Ia ia e lalau ana a paa aku ka lima i ka pahu, ia wa loaa
ke poo o Aukelenuiaiku ia Halulu, a komo i kona waha, a lawe ia aku la
i luna o ka pali. Aia hoi ma ka pali he ana, kahi o ua manu nei o
Halulu e noho ai, lawe ia aku la o Aukelenuiaiku, alaila hoonoho. Aia
maloko o ke ana eha kanaka e noho ana, he mea ai no na ua manu la. Ia
Aukelenuiaiku i hiki ai i laila, aloha mai la lakou, a minamina loa mai
la ia Aukelenuiaiku, no ka make i ka manu ia Halulu.
Ia lakou e kamailio ana, ninau aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Heaha ka oukou e
kamailio nei?” “E minamina ana makou ia oe, i ko kanaka maikai, i ka
pau i ka ai ia e ka manu.” Ninau aku o Aukelenuiaiku i ua poe kanaka
aia: “Pehea e kii mai ai ua manu la?” “O ka eheu akau mua e kii mai ai,
pau elua kanaka i ka ai ia, a hala ia, iho mai ka eheu hema, a loaa
elua kanaka, iho mai ka nuku mahope.”
Ninau hou aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “Owai na kanaka o oukou e kii e ia mai
ana?” “O maua,” pela ka olelo a ia mau kanaka. “He hohonu no anei ke
ana i loko lilo?” “Ae, he hohonu no.” I aku o Aukelenuiaiku: “E nee loa
olua a loko lilo noho mai, na ka eheu ia e kikoo aku, alaila ooki au ma
ka puka nei, o ka laua nei o ka hoa i ke ahi.”
Ia lakou e kamailio ana no na mea e pili ana i ka make o ua manu nei,
komo ana ka eheu akau o ua manu nei, kokolo aku la a loaa ua mau kanaka
nei i loko lilo o ke ana, umii mai la ka eheu a paa ua mau kanaka nei.
A makaukau ka eheu e lawe mai ia laua, kahea mai laua ia Aukelenuiaiku:
“Eia maua i luna o ka eheu kahi i kau ai.” A lohe o Aukelenuiaiku, wehe
ae la ia i ka pahu, lalau iho la i ke koi, a ooki iho la i ka eheu o ua
manu nei, a moku iho la. A moku ka eheu akau, iho mai la ka eheu hema,
ooki iho la no o Aukelenuiaiku, moku, kiola no keia mau kanaka i loko o
ke ahi; mahope o ka moku ana o na eheu, iho mai la ka nuku, ooki aku
ana o Aukelenuiaiku, kaawale ke poo me ke kino.
A make ua manu nei o Halulu, huhuki ae la ia i na hulu ma ke poo o ua
manu la, a kiola mai la i lalo. O keia hulu i huhuki ia ai e
Aukelenuiaiku, lele mai la ia a ma ke alo o Namakaokahai, ike iho la
ia, o na hulu i ke poo o ka manu, o Halulu.
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