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 pau loa ke kino o Namakaokahai i ka moku i ke koi a Aukelenuiaiku,
ninau ae la ke poo o Namakaokahai ia Aukelenuiaiku: “Ea! pau ae la kau
mea maikai e ke kane?” “Ae, ua pau loa ae la, no ka mea, a moku keia
mea he kanaka, he make kona hope.” Mahope o keia olelo a Aukelenuiaiku,
pane mai o Namakaokahai: “Ae, pau ae la kau mea maikai, o ka’u mea
maikai koe.” Ma keia olelo a Namakaokahai, hoi ae la kona kino a hui ma
kahi mua, pela na wahi a pau loa i kaawale, a ola ae la ia e like me
mamua.
Kahea aku la ia i kona mau kaikunane eha, oia o Kaneapua, Kanemoe,
Leapua, Kahaumana. A hiki mai la na kaikunane i mua o ko lakou
kaikuahine, o Namakaokahai, i aku la ia: “E aha la wau, e pali paha
wau?” Ae aku la na kaikunane, “ae, e pali oe.” Ia wa, ku ana ua pali,
lele koae, laumania, nanao, nihinihi; hamo ae la o Aukelenuiaiku me ka
makau a me ka hopohopo. Alaila, oili ae la o Namakaokahai a ku ana
maluna o ka welau o ka pali, a nana iho i ke kane me ka ninau iho: “E
aha ana oe?” I aku ke kane: “E mahalo iho ana au, o kau mea maikai, o
ka’u mea maikai, na ka kaua keiki ia.” Ma keia olelo a Aukelenuiaiku,
he kanaaho wale ae no, he makau kona e noho ana.
Ia Namakaokahai e ku ana i luna o ka pali, kahea iho la i na kaikunane
ona eha: “E aha la wau, e kai paha?” Ae aku na kaikunane, “ae, e kai
oe.” Lilo ae la ka aina i kai, he nalu ma na wahi a pau loa, aohe wahi
kaawale i koe, a o Aukelenuiaiku, i loko o ka manawa e poi nei ka nalu,
oili ae la o Namakaokahai, a ninau mai la i ke kane: “E Aukelenuiaiku,
e aha ana oe?” I aku ke kane: “E mahalo ae ana au i keia mea maikai
au.”
A mahope o ke kai, kuu iho la o Namakaokahai i ke kino ahi ona, pau ae
la ka aina i ke ahi a puni, aohe wahi i koe. A o ke kane hoi o
Aukelenuiaiku, aia i loko o ka lapalapa o ke ahi kahi i noho ai.
Alaila, ninau iho ka wahine: “E aha ana oe e Aukelenuiaiku?” “E mahalo
ae ana au i keia mea maikai au o ke ahi.”
O keia mau mea ekolu, o ka pali, o ke kai, o ke ahi he mau kino lakou
no Namakaokahai, ma kona ano akua, koe nae ke kino lele ona, ua haawi
aku ia i kana kane. A o ke kino lele o Namakaokahai, ua aua ia i kana
kane, aole i haawi aku, no kona manao, o lele auanei, nele ia i ke kane
ole, nolaila, aua ia. Aka, o na kaikunane ona, ua manao lakou e hoike
malu i ko lakou kaikoeke ia kino.
MOKUNA X.
NO KA HAAWI MALU ANA O NA KAIKOEKE O AUKELENUIAIKU, IAIA I KE KINO
LELE.
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