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 hoolohe kakou i na olelo ninau a na kaikoeke o Aukelenuiaiku
eha, a e nana kakou i ko lakou aloha i ko lakou kaikoeke, a e hoomanao
iho i na olelo mua i hala, penei: “I keia la e ike ai oe i ka pono o ke
’kua.” Ninau mai la na kaikoeke o Aukelenuiaiku: “Ea! ua haawi mai anei
ko wahine ia oe i na kino ona a pau loa?” “Ae,” pela o Aukelenuiaiku.
“Na kino hea ka mea a ko wahine i haawi mai ai ia oe?” “O ke kino pali,
o ke kino kai, o ke kino ahi.” I aku na kaikoeke: “Aole i pau loa mai
la na kino o ko wahine, koe aku la ke kino lele ia oe.” “Ae, ua aua kuu
wahine ia mea, aole i haawi mai ia’u.” I aku na kaikoeke: “No ka manao
o ko wahine, o lele loa oe a nalowale, aole e hoi hou mai, nolaila, aua
kela.” Mahope o keia mau olelo i aku na kaikoeke: “E ao kakou ia oe, i
ke kino lele o ko wahine, i ike oe, eia nae, mai olelo oe i ko wahine.”
I ka po, moe iho la o Namakaokahai i ko laua wahi, o Aukelenuiaiku hoi
a me na kaikoeke he hale e aku, a ma ia hale, ma laila lakou i ao ai ia
Aukelenuiaiku i ka lele. I aku lakou ia Aukelenuiaiku: “E lele oe a
luna o ka ipu kau;” lele ae la o Aukelenuiaiku a kau ana i luna o ka
ipu. “E lele hou oe a kau i luna o ka lohelau o ka hale.” Lele ae la no
o Aukelenuiaiku a kau ana i luna o laila, a mai laila iho, haule hou
ana i lalo.
Ma keia haule ana o Aukelenuiaiku, ua lohe o Namakaokahai, ala mai la a
kahi a na kaikunane e ao ana ia Aukelenuiaiku, ninau mai la: “E aha ana
oukou?” “E kui ana makou.” “Pehea ia mea?” “Penei: O Kanemoe ma o mai e
ku ai kui mai, a o Kaneapua maanei aku e kui ai, a hina iho nei o
Kaneapua, oia ka halulu au i lohe aku la.” A lohe o Namakaokahai, i mai
la ia: “U! Eia no ka hoi he mea maikai aku no koe a kuu kane, o ka huna
mai nei ka ia ia’u, aohe hai mai; hoehaa no hoi oe e ke kane la.”
Mahope o laila, hoi aku la o Namakaokahai i ko laua hale e moe ai. A
hoi keia, lele hou ae la o Aukelenuiaiku i luna o ka lohelau aohe kau,
haule iho la i lalo, pahu ana, lohe hou o Namakaokahai i ka halulu,
hele mai la ia a hiki, olelo mai la i na kaikunane: “E o’u poe
kaikunane, e ao ana paha oukou i kuu kane i ka lele i luna?” “Aole, e
hakoko ana makou.” “Pehea ia mea?” “Penei: Ma o mai kekahi maanei aku
kekahi apo na lima, alaila kulai, a o ka mea e hina ana, oia ka halulu
au e lohe la.”
Ma keia mau olelo hoi aku la no o Namakaokahai moe i ko laua hale. Lele
hou ae la o Aukelenuiaiku, maloko ae o ka hale, a hoea maluna o
kaupoku, a puka i waho o ka hale. Ma keia puka ana, lele no o
Aukelenuiaiku a nalowale i ka lewa kiekie loa, aole hiki i na kaikoeke
ke ike ae. Mahope o keia lele ana, hoi iho la o Aukelenuiaiku, a hiki i
lalo, i aku na kaikoeke, “ua ike oe i ka lele.” A loaa ke kino lele ia
Aukelenuiaiku, aohe mea i koe me kana wahine me Namakaokahai, ua pau
loa i ke kane.
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