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 laua e noho pu ana, he kane a he wahine, ua aaki ke aloha me ka
hoopaa i ko laua mau kino, a ua akaka loa ka hapai keiki o kana wahine
akua, o Namakaokahai. Eia nae, aole i hanau, e hapai ana no i loko o ka
opu, ua kapa o Namakaokahai i ka inoa ke hanau ae, o
Kauilanuimakehaikalani, oia kela uwila a kakou e ike nei i loko o ka wa
ua. A o ka Aukelenuiaiku inoa hoi i kapa iho ai no ua keiki nei, o ka
inoa o ke ’kua ona, o Lonoikoualii.
A no ka nui loa o ko Namakaokahai aloha i ke kane, ia Aukelenuiaiku,
nolaila, pili paa loa laua, i ke kau a me ka hooili, i ka la a me ka
ua, i ka wa wi a me ka wa maona, i ka po a me ke ao, i na la a pau loa.
Nolaila, ua hooili aku o Namakaokahai i kona waiwai a pau loa, mai luna
a lalo, mai uka a kai, mai ka mea uuku a ka mea nui, mai loko a waho,
maluna o kana kane.
MOKUNA XI.
KA HOOILI ANA O NAMAKAOKAHAI I NA MEA A PAU MALUNA O AUKELENUIAIKU KANA
KANE; KE KAUA ANA O KUWAHAILO ME AUKELENUIAIKU I KA LANI.
Ia Aukelenuiaiku e noho pu ana me kana wahine, me Namakaokahai, ua
makaukau ko ka wahine manao e hooili i na mea a pau maluna o
Aukelenuiaiku. Nolaila, kahea aku la o Namakaokahai i na kaikunane ona
ia, Kanemoe, Kaneapua, Leapua, Kahaumama.
A hiki mai la lakou, olelo aku ko lakou kaikuahine, i aku la ia lakou:
“E pii oukou i luna a olelo aku i kuu makuakane a me kuu kaikunane, o
Kuwahailo, ka makuakane, o Makalii, ke kaikunane, e olelo aku oukou. Ua
hooili au i na mea a pau no kuu kane. O luna, o lalo, o uka, o kai, o
ka hao pae, o ke meki ku i ka honua, o ka palaoa, o ka ea makaulii, o
ka maulele i ka aina, o ka huhui hoku. A e olelo aku no hoi oukou i kuu
makuakane a me kuu kaikunane, ua pau loa keia mau mea a pau maluna o
kuu kane, i ka hooili ia, a e lawe pu aku oukou i kuu kane i ike mai
laua.” Ma keia mau olelo a Namakaokahai, he mea oluolu loa ia ia lakou.
Ma keia wahi a kakou e hoolohe nei, e noonoo iho kakou me ka manao
oiaio, i luna o ka lani, keia lele ana o Aukelenuiaiku me na kaikoeke.
Mahope o ko Namakaokahai olelo ana mai ia lakou, lele aku la lakou a ke
kua, hiwi hoomaha, ma ia lele hookahi ana, ua hala aku o Aukelenuiaiku
i ka lani. Ma keia lele ana o Aukelenuiaiku, hiki mua aku la ia i kahi
o kana wahine, o Namakaokahai, he wahi kapu loa ia, aohe mea hele ma
laila. Ia Aukelenuiaiku e ku ana ma kahi kapu o Namakaokahai, nana aku
la o Kuwahailo, a olelo iho i loko ona: “Auwe! make kuu kaikamahine, ke
hiki nei ke kupu i luna nei, no ka mea, aohe kanaka nana e pii mai o
luna nei, hiki no ke kanaka, ua make o lalo.”
Ma keia lele ana o Aukelenuiaiku i luna i ka lani, aole ona manao he
kaua, a he hakaka, ua lele oia me ka nanea walewale. Aka, maloko o ka
olelo a kona akua ia ia, a Lonoikoualii, he kaua, penei na olelo: “E
Aukelenuiaiku e! make kaua, eia la he kaua ko luna nei. E aahu oe i ko
kapa lehu mai ko poo a ko manea wawae, mai lohi oe o make auanei.” Ma
keia mau olelo a ke ’kua ia Aukelenuiaiku, ma laila i maopopo ai he
kaua ko luna.
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