ʻUmi: Mokuna ʻEhiku

Ka Hoʻāo ʻAna O ʻUmi Me Piʻikea, Ke Kaikamahine A Piʻilani, Ke Aliʻi o Maui

Ma hope o kēia mau ʻōlelo a Kaʻōleiokū iā ʻUmi, hoʻouna ʻia akula ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau e holo i Maui, e haʻi aku iā Piʻilani no Piʻikea, i ka lilo o ʻUmi i kāne nāna, a i kona ʻae iā ʻUmi, i kāne na Piʻikea. A pau ka ʻōlelo ʻana, holo akula ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau a pae i Kapueokahi ma Hāna, i Maui, ma kahi e kokoke ana me ka puʻu ʻo Kaʻuiki.

Ma kēia pae ʻana o kēia mau waʻa, pīhoihoi maila ʻo uka, manaʻo ihola lākou, he mau waʻa kaua, nui ko lakou piʻoloke. No laila, hele akula lākou e nīnau ia ʻŌmaʻokāmau, “He mau waʻa aha kēia?” Wahi a ʻŌmaʻokāmau, “He mau waʻa mākaʻikaʻi.” Nīnau akula ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau i nā kamaʻāina,” ʻAuhea nā aliʻi?” ʻĪ aku nā kamaʻāina, “Aia nō i ka hale.”

Hele akula ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau a hiki i ka hale o nā aliʻi, ʻī maila ʻo Piʻilani, “Mama.” Aloha akula ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau, aloha maila lākou. Ma hope o ke aloha ʻana, nīnau maila ʻo Piʻilani, “He aha ka huakaʻi a ka Hawaiʻi o ka hiki ʻana mai?” ʻĪ aku ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau, “He huakaʻi hoʻomoe wahine. Ua hoʻoholo iho ko Hawaiʻi mau aliʻi ʻo ʻUmi ke kāne, ʻo Piʻikea ka wahine, e hoʻāo lāua.” A lobe ʻo Piilani, ka makua kāne o Piʻikea i kēia mau ʻōlelo a ʻŌmaʻokāmau, ua ʻoluʻolu nō kona manaʻo, me ka ʻae i ia mau mea a pau loa i hoʻoholo ʻia e lākou ma Hawaiʻi.

Akā, ma mua aʻe o ko ʻŌmaʻokāmau mā pae ʻana aku i Maui, ua makaʻu nā kamaʻāina a me Piʻilani, e manaʻo ana lākou he mau waʻa kaua kēia o ka pae ʻana aku, akā, i ko lākou lobe ʻana he waʻa ʻimi wahine, pau aʻela ko lākou piʻoloke ʻana.

Ma hope o ka lobe ʻana o Piʻilani i nā ʻōlelo a ʻŌmaʻokāmau, kēnā aʻela ʻo Piʻilani i nā kānaka, e hoʻomākaukau i mea ʻai na nā malihini, a lohe nā kānaka, hoʻomākaukau ihola lākou. A mākaukau nā mea ʻai, waiho akula i mua o ʻŌmaʻokāmau. A noho pū ihola ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau me Piʻilani, hoʻokahi anahulu. Ua lilo ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau i mea nui i mua o Piʻilani, a hiki i kona lā i hoʻi ai i Hawaiʻi.

A mākaukau ka hoʻi o ʻŌmaʻokāmau i Hawaiʻi, kauoha maila ʻo Piʻikea i kāna ʻōlelo aloha ia ʻŌmaʻokāmau, penei, “E ʻŌmaʻokāmau, ke hoʻi lā ʻoe a hiki i mua o ke alo o ke aliʻi nui nona ke aupuni o Hawaiʻi, e aloha aku ʻoe iā ia. A ʻo wau nei hoʻi, ʻo kāna kauā wahine, e like me ka mea i ʻoluʻolu i kona manaʻo, pēlā e lilo ai i loko oʻu i mea ʻiʻini na koʻu naʻau, a e lilo ana paha ia i mea hiaʻā no koʻu pō, ke moe iho. A hiki i koʻu wā e holo aku ai e ʻike i nā maka o kuʻu haku, ʻelua anahulu e hala iaʻu ma Maui nei, a laila, holo aku wau.” A pau nā ʻōlelo a Piʻikea, hoʻi akula ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau mā, a ahiahi o ia lā, pae lākou ma Waipiʻo, ma laila ke aliʻi ʻo ʻUmi, kahi i noho ai e kakali mai ana o ka hoʻi aku o ʻŌmaʻokāmau mā.

A hiki ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau mā, i mua o ke aliʻi ʻo ʻUmi, haʻi akula i nā mea a pau loa a Piʻilani a me Piʻikea i ʻōlelo mai ai; a lohe ʻo ʻUmi, he mea ʻoluʻolu loa ia i kona manaʻo.

A pau nā ʻōlelo a ʻŌmaʻokāmau, nīnau mai ʻo ʻUmi, “Pehea ke ʻano o ia aliʻi wahine? He wahine maikaʻi nō ia aliʻi wahine?” ʻAe aku ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau, “ʻAe, he aliʻi wahine maikaʻi loa ia, ʻaʻole wahine ma Hawaiʻi nei i like me Piʻikea; he kaikamahine ʻōpiopio wale nō; maikaʻi kona mau helehelena ke nānā aku, mai ka piko o ke poʻo a hala i lalo i nā wāwae.” Ma kēia lohe ʻana o ʻUmi, nui ihola kona ʻoliʻoli, a me ka makemake e ʻike iā Piʻikea, a kauoha akula ia i nā kānaka a pau loa e hoʻomākaukau i nā mea a pau loa, ma loko o nā anahulu ʻelua.

Ma loko o kēia mau anahulu ʻelua, hoʻomākaukau ʻo ʻUmi ma Waipiʻo, no ka hiki aku o Piʻikea mai Maui aku; a pēlā nō hoʻi ʻo Piʻilani ma Maui, hoʻomākaukau no ka holo aku o Piʻikea i Hawaiʻi e launa me ʻUmi.

A pau nā anahulu ʻelua, holo maila ʻo Piʻikea i Hawaiʻi e launa me ʻUmi, me kona mau waʻa hoʻokahi lau (ua like me ʻehā haneri.) A hiki lākou make kai ʻo ʻAlenuihāhā, ʻike mua ʻia akula ka ʻula o ko ke aliʻi wahine waʻa i uka o Waipiʻo, a laila, manaʻo ihola lākou ʻo ia ke aliʻi wahine o Maui, ʻo Piʻikea. A kokoke ʻo Piʻikea e pae i Waipiʻo, ua uhi paʻapū ʻia ka lani i nā ao ua, a iho maila ke ānuenue a kū ma mua o ka ihu o ka waʻa o ke aliʻi wahine, o Piʻikea, a hala mā hope o nā waʻa. Kū ihola ke ānuenue me he pāpale mahiole lā ke kalalī.

A pae nā waʻa o Piʻikea i Waipiʻo, lālau ihola ʻo ʻŌmaʻokāmau iā Piʻikea, i luna o ka waʻa, hāpai akula a luna o Piʻimaiwaʻa, hoʻonoho ihola i mua o ke aliʻi ʻo ʻUmi. Aloha maila ʻo ʻUmi iā Piʻikea, a pēlā ʻo Piʻikea iā ʻUmi. Ua ʻoluʻolu lāua ʻelua i ia manawa, a lilo aʻela lāua i kāne a i wahine, a noho ihola me ka ʻoluʻolu. Ma kēia noho ʻana a lāua, he kāne a he wahine, a liʻuliʻu, lohe ʻia maila ka make ʻana o Piʻilani, ke aliʻi o Maui, ka makua kāne o Piʻikea.

(Ma kēia wahi ua hoʻokomo ʻia kā Kamakau hoʻākāka o ka moʻolelo o ʻUmi, mai ka moʻolelo mai o ka make ʻana o Hākau, i hiki ai ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia nā mea ʻano nui o kā ʻUmi mau hana ma Hawaiʻi, a i paʻa hoʻi ma loko o ia moʻolelo, a hiki i kona make ʻana, i paʻa ʻole hoʻi ma loko o ka moʻolelo ma mua aʻe nei.—LUNA H. [no ka paʻi mua ʻana])