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
Maanei, e kamailio uuku kakou no ka manu a me Namakaokahai, i ko laua
pili ana ma ke kumu. He kaikunane o Halulu manu, no Namakaokahai, ke
’lii wahine o ka aina o Kalakeenuiakane. A ike o Namakaokahai ua make o
Halulu, kona kaikunane, kahea aku la ia i kona mau kaikunane, ia
Kanemoe, Leapua, Kahaumana, Kaneapua. I aku o Namakaokahai ia lakou:
“Eia o Hinawaikolii, na hulu i ka lae o Halulu, ua make, ua pepehi ia.”
A lohe na kaikunane, olelo aku la ia Namakaokahai: “Ua pono no ia ke
make, no ka mea, he hana ino kana, he ai i ke kanaka.”
Ma keia make ana o ua manu nei ia Aukelenuiaiku, okioki iho la lakou i
ka io, a koala aku la i luna o ke ahi, a ai iho la lakou. Mahope o
laila, imi iho la lakou i alanui e hoi ai i lalo nei, aka, e noho ana
ia wa, ko Halulu lua, he manu no, o Kiwaha ka inoa. Haawi mai la ia ia
Aukelenuiaiku i alanui. Oia ke anuenue poomuku, ekolu ano, he lenalena,
he ula, he omaomao. A malaila lakou i hoi ai a hiki i lalo.
Ma keia mau hana o pau a Aukelenuiaiku, ua mahalo na kanaka eha ia ia,
no kona malama ana ia lakou i loko o ka make, a me ke alanui kahi o
lakou i hoi ai i lalo, a ua aloha lakou ia ia.
KA HOI ANA O AUKELENUIAIKU I LALO, ME NA KANAKA.
A hiki o Aukelenuiaiku i lalo me na kanaka, lawe ae la o Kiwaha i ke
alanui anuenue i ka pali, mahope o laila, ninau aku o Aukelenuiaiku i
na kanaka: “Heaha ka oukou mau mea ono?” I mai lakou: “He ko ka’u, he
uwala ka’u, he maia ka’u, he kalo ka’u.” Olelo aku o Aukelenuiaiku ia
lakou: “He kapu ke ko na kuu keiki, ina e ai, o kona manawa ia e make
ai, pela ka uala, ka maia, ke kalo, nolaila, mai noho oukou a lalau i
keia mau mea a pau loa ke hele kakou ma ke alanui, o make oukou.” A pau
ke ao ana o Aukelenuiaiku ia lakou, alaila, hele aku la lakou. Ma keia
hele ana aole lakou i malama i na olelo a Aukelenuiaiku. O ke kanaka
puni ko, lalau aku la ia i ka puna o ke ko, a make iho la ia; pela
lakou a pau loa eha, ua make lakou, mamuli o ka lakou mau mea i ono ai,
a papale i na olelo ao a Aukelenuiaiku.
A pau lakou i ka lilo i ka make, koe iho la o Aukelenuiaiku, hoi aku la
ia a hiki i ka hale, ike mai la ka wahine me na kaikoeke, uwe mai la, a
halawai ae la lakou me ka oluolu aloha. Mahope o keia halawai ana, noho
pu iho la laua, he kane a he wahine, ma keia noho ana ua uhi ia ko laua
mau manao i ke aloha a me ke manao, a hala ka wa loihi o keia noho ana.
Ua uhi ia ka manao o ke ’lii wahine no kana kane, a ua pau kona manao
maluna o Aukelenuiaiku. Nolaila, haawi mai la o Namakaokahai, kana
wahine i ka ea o ka aina, a me na mea a pau loa i loko o ko
Aukelenuiaiku lima, a me kona mau kino ano akua kekahi.
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