ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū: Mokuna ʻEhiku

A laila, ʻōlelo maila nā kaikunāne o Nāmakaokahaʻi iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “ ʻĒ! ʻAuhea ʻoe! E hoʻolohe mai ʻoe i kēia mau ʻōlelo. I kāhea mai ko wahine iā ʻoe e hele aku ʻoe ma laila, mai hele ʻoe o make ʻoe. I kāhea mai e hele aku ʻoe a ma ka puka, mai hele nō ʻoe, o make ʻoe. I kāhea mai e piʻi aku ʻoe i luna o ka huʻa moena, mai piʻi ʻoe, o make nō ʻoe. No laila, e hele nō ʻoe a ma ka puka, noho. Nāna auaneʻi ia e kāhea mai iā ʻoe, e moe ʻolua. Mai ʻae aku ʻoe, o make ʻoe. Akā, e piʻi aʻe naʻe ʻoe a luna o ka umauma, noho iho ʻoe, a laila, kani iho ko ʻuhū, a

i nīnau kēlā iā ʻoe no kēia kaniʻuhū āu, haʻi aku ʻoe, he ʻono i ka ʻai. A inā kēlā i ʻōlelo mai iā ʻoe e hoʻi mai i ʻaneʻi e ʻai ai, a laila, pono. No ka mea, ʻo ko wahine, he akua; ʻaʻohe kanaka.”

Ma kēia mau ʻōlelo a nā kaikunāne o Nāmakaokahaʻi, he mea ʻoluʻolu loa ia iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū. Ma kēia mau mea a pau, ua hoʻokō ʻia ka ʻōlelo a ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i kaumaha ai i nā akua a ua kōkua ʻia mai ʻo ia. Noho ihola ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū me Nāmakaokahaʻi, he kāne a he wahine.

A ma kēia noho ʻana o lāua, ua loaʻa kā lāua keiki. ʻAʻole naʻe i hānau, e hāpai ana nō. A laila, hele akula ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ka ʻauʻau me kāna wahine. Iā lāua e ʻauʻau ana, he mea mau iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū ka hele e nānā i ka pahu o ke akua ona, o Lonoikoualiʻi, e waiho ana ma ka ʻaeone. A kokoke ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i kahi o ka pahu e waiho ana, lohe akula ia i ka leo o kona akua, o Lonoikoualiʻi, e kāhea mai ana, “E ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū ē! Make kāua! Eia ʻo Halulu ka manu ʻai kanaka mai ka lani mai.” A lohe ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, huli aʻela ia a nānā i ka lani.