ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū: Mokuna ʻEhā

A mākaukau ka holo o ka waʻa kaulua, nīnau akula ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i kona kaikuaʻana ʻoluʻolu, iā ʻĪkūmailani, “E holo ana ko ʻoukou waʻa kaulua i hea?” “I ka ʻimi ʻāina.” Wahi a ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “A i aha ʻia nō kā hoʻi kēia ʻāina?” ʻĪ mai ʻo ʻĪkūmailani, “Ua hilahila ke kaikuaʻana o kākou i ko ola hou ʻana mai nei. No laila kēia holo o ka waʻa, e ʻimi ʻāina. A loaʻa ka ʻāina iā mākou, ma loko o ka ikaika, a laila, ʻo ko mākou ʻāina ia e noho ai.”

A lohe ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ko lākou holo, nonoi akula ia, “ ʻO au kekahi e holo me ʻoukou.” ʻŌlelo mai kona kaikuaʻana ʻo ʻĪkūmailani, “ ʻAʻole ʻoe e holo me mākou, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe o mākou kumu ʻē aʻe o ka holo, ʻo ʻoe wale nō.

Inā ʻoe i make aku nei, ʻaʻole mākou e haʻalele iā Kuaihelani nei.” Ma kēia ʻōlelo hōʻole a kona kaikuaʻana, hoʻopuka aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i kāna mau ʻōlelo aloha, “ ʻĒ, pōā wale ka hele aku a ko haʻi ʻāina, make. Moe ʻia ka iwi ʻaoʻao e ke kanaka ʻē, e ke aikāne. ʻAʻole hoʻi ʻo ka pōkiʻi, ʻo ka hoa i hānau pū ʻia mai ai, mai loko mai o ka ʻaʻa hoʻokahi. No laila, ke nonoi aku nei au, ʻo au kekahi e holo me ʻoukou. I make ʻoukou, koʻu poʻe kaikuaʻana, a laila, make pū aku au. A laila, kaulana ka inoa i hope nei, ʻʻO mea mā, make pū nō me ko lākou pōkiʻi.’ No laila, ʻaʻole e waia ka inoa ma hope nei.”

Ma kēia mau ʻōlelo a kākou e lohe nei, he mea ʻē ko ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū ʻimi hala ʻana, a hilahila ʻole nō hoʻi, me kona ʻike pono iho nō, na kona mau kaikuaʻana kona pilikia. ʻO ka mea āiwa loa aku kā ia i ka hahai e hoʻomano ai. No laila, inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo na ko ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū waha ponoʻī kēia, ua ʻae ʻia kona mau pōʻino, a ua pono nō ia ke make. Akā, ma kēia koi ʻana a ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, ua loaʻa i kona poʻe kaikuaʻana ka pono a me ke ola. A ua loaʻa hoʻi ka pōmaikaʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke kupunawahine moʻo iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū. A ua hoʻokō ʻia hoʻi kāna mau ʻōlelo wānana no ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū ma kēia holo ʻana o ka waʻa kaulua.

A pau kā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻī mai kona kaikuaʻana ʻoluʻolu, ʻo ʻĪkūmailani, “ ʻAʻole ʻoe e holo iaʻu. Akā, e hele ʻoe a ke keiki a kākou, ʻōlelo aku. A i ʻae mai, a laila ʻoe holo.” ʻĪ aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “Pehea auaneʻi au e ʻōlelo aku ai e hoʻolohe mai ai kēlā iaʻu?” “E hele ʻoe a kāhea aku ma kona inoa ponoʻī, penei: “E Kaumaiilunaohōlanikū ē! E kāhea mai ʻoe iaʻu e piʻi aku kāua i luna o ka waʻa kaulua, e leʻaleʻa ai kāua, e pāʻani ai. ʻAʻole ʻoe e kohu me kēia poʻe ʻelemākule. ʻO au kou hoa e kohu ai, he kamaliʻi, he kamaliʻi.” A pau ke aʻoaʻo ʻana a kona kaikuaʻana iā ia, ʻōlelo mai ko lākou makuakāne iā ia, “E kuʻu keiki, mai hele ʻoe o make hou ʻoe. No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻoe i pakele i ko kākou wā e noho pū nei. Āiwa loa aku ʻoe a hele. ʻO kou make ʻana nō ia, ʻaʻole māua e ʻike iā ʻoe.” ʻĪ aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “ ʻAʻole au e noho me ʻolua. E hele ana au e mākaʻikaʻi, a e nānā i nā ʻāina o loko o ke kai. No laila, e hele ana au.”

Ma hope o kēia ʻōlelo ʻana, iho akula ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū me kona kaikuaʻana, me ʻĪkūmailani a hiki i ka waʻa kaulua. Piʻi akula kona kaikuaʻana i luna o ka waʻa, noho ihola ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i lalo, ma lalo o ka ʻaekai. A laila, kāhea akula ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ke keiki. A pau ke kāhea ʻana a ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, kāhea maila ke keiki, “Piʻi mai, e kuʻu makuakāne i luna nei o ka waʻa.” Ma kēia kāhea ʻana o ke keiki, piʻi akula ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i luna o ka waʻa kaulua. A ʻo nā kaikuaʻana ona, ʻaʻole a lākou ʻōlelo no ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, no ka mea, ʻo ke keiki, ʻo ia kā lākou mea nui. Ma kāna mea e ʻōlelo ai, ma laila nā mākua ona a pau loa. No ke keiki, he kapu ikaika loa kona. Inā e ʻōlelo e make, make nō. Inā ʻōlelo e moe, moe nō. Inā ʻōlelo e hele, hele nō. No laila, he kapu kona kino a me kāna ʻōlelo; ʻaʻole e hōʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻi he leo hiki ma mua ona. ʻO ia wale nō ka leo ʻoi.

Iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i luna o ka waʻa kaulua, ʻōlelo akula ia i ke keiki e kiʻi i ka lāʻau a lāua. A lohe ke keiki, kēnā aʻela ia i nā kānaka e kiʻi i ka lāʻau a lāua. A hiki maila ka lāʻau a lāua i luna o ka waʻa, i ia manawa, holo ka waʻa kaulua mai ka ʻāina aku ʻo Kuaihelani. Ma kēia holo ʻana, ʻehā o lākou malama i ka moana. Pau ka ʻai, ka iʻa, ka wai. Pau nā kānaka i ka make i ka pōloli, a pilikia loa ihola nā mākuakāne i ka pōloli. A loaʻa nā mākuakāne i ka pōloli, noho ihola lākou i lalo o ka waʻa kaulua, ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū a me ke keiki i luna. A lōʻihi nā lā i hala, haʻohaʻo ihola ke keiki, iho akula ia i lalo e nānā ai.

Aia hoʻi, e waiho ana kona mau mākua i ka pōloli a me ka nāwaliwali no ka ʻai ʻole. Piʻi aʻela ua keiki lā a luna o ka umauma o Kekamakahinuiaʻīkū, kona makuakāne ponoʻī, ke kaikuaʻana ʻinoʻino huhū o ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū. Nānā aʻela kona mau maka i ke keiki, a ʻōlelo aʻela, “ ʻŪ, aloha! ʻAʻole o mākou. Ua nui nā lā i hala o ka noho ʻana i ke ao. ʻO ʻoe kā hoʻi. Ua pau ka ʻai a me ka iʻa, ka wai, a koe ʻelua puna kō wale nō.” ʻĪ aku ke keiki, “ ʻAʻohe oʻu pilikia i ka ʻai. No ka mea, he ʻai nō kā kuʻu makuakāne, he lau. Hoʻopā wale mai nō i ka lehelehe, ʻo ka māʻona nō ia. ʻEhā malama e noho ai me ka māʻona.” A pau kā lāua ʻōlelo ʻana, hoʻi akula ia me nā waimaka e heleleʻi ana a hiki i mua o ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū. Nīnau maila kona makuakāne, “E uē ana ʻoe i ke aha, a he waimaka aha nei e heleleʻi mai nei?” ʻĪ aku ke keiki, “E uē ana au no Kekamakahinuiaʻīkū. Ua kokoke e make i ka pōloli. Hele aku nei au, e mauliʻawa ana.”

ʻŌlelo aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “E kuʻu keiki, a, mai make ʻoe a me ou makuakāne i ka moana nei inā ʻaʻole au e holo pū mai me ʻoukou, no ka mea, he ʻenemi nō au no ko makuakāne. Akā, ma ka hānau ʻana mai a nā mākua, ʻaʻole au e hana e like me ko lākou manaʻo ʻino iaʻu. No laila, e kuʻu keiki, eia ka ʻai a me ka iʻa i loko o ka lāʻau a kāua.” ʻO ka inoa o ua lāʻau nei, ʻo Kaʻiwakaʻapu. “E kiʻi ʻoe a hemo, na ka ʻai, na ka iʻa, na ke kapa, a me nā mea a pau loa e hele mai i waho nei.” A hana akula ua keiki lā e like me nā ʻōlelo a ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, loaʻa ihola nā mea a pau loa. ʻAi ihola nā mākuakāne a pau, nā ʻōhua ʻeʻe waʻa kaulua a me ka poʻe lawelawe. A ola aʻela, pau akula ka pōniuniu pōloli a me ka nāwaliwali ʻana. A ola lākou i kēia make ʻana i ka pōloli, holo hou lākou ʻehā mālama hou i ka moana. ʻUhaʻuha lākou i ka ʻai a me ka iʻa, ka wai, a me nā pono a pau loa i loaʻa iā lākou mai loko mai o ka lāʻau mana a ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū.

A pau nā malama ʻehā ma kēia holo ʻana i ka moana, hoʻomaka kā lā mua o ka lima o ka malama. I ia wā, haʻi aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i kona ʻike i nā kaikuaʻana, a me nā kānaka a pau o luna o ka waʻa, “ ʻApōpō, ʻike kākou i ka ʻāina, a kū nō i ia lā. ʻO ka inoa o ua ʻāina ala ʻo Hōlanikū. He nui nā meaʻai o ia ʻāina; ka ʻai, ka ʻawa, ke kō, ka maiʻa, ka niu, a me nā mea a pau loa.”

A hala ka lā āna i hoʻākāka ai, hiki mai ka lua o ka lā, ʻo ia kāna lā i ʻōlelo ai e kū i ka ʻāina ʻo Hōlanikū. I ke kakahiaka nui, ʻike mua ʻia maila ke kuahiwi o ka ʻāina. Awakea, kū lākou i ka ʻāina. Ma kēia kū ʻana, lele akula nā kānaka i uka. Loaʻa ka ʻai, ka wai, ka iʻa, ka ʻawa, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka nui o ko lākou manawa i laila, ʻehā pō, ʻehā ao. Kau lākou i ka waʻa kaulua a holo akula.

Ma kēia holo ʻana, ʻehā o lākou malama i ka moana. A pau ia mau malama ʻehā, haʻi aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū iā lākou, “ ʻApōpō kākou kū i ka ʻāina.” A lohe nā kaikuaʻana, ʻōlelo mai lākou, “Wahaheʻe ʻoe.” Akā, ʻaʻohe mea nāna e hōʻole mai ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū ma kona mau ʻano ʻike a me ke akamai. Ua ʻae nō ka poʻe holo waʻa a pau loa. A ʻo nā kaikuaʻana wale nō ka poʻe hōʻole, no ko lākou ʻōpū ʻinoʻino iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū.

A kokoke maila ka lā a ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ʻōlelo ai, ʻike akula lākou i ka ʻāina ʻo Kalākeʻenuiakāne. Ma ia lā a pō, a ao, a kakahiaka, kū lākou i ka ʻāina. ʻO ke aliʻi o ua ʻāina ala he wahine, ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi ka inoa.

ʻĪ aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i nā kaikuaʻana, “Iaʻu ka ʻōlelo o ka waʻa kaulua o kākou.” ʻĪ mai nā kaikuaʻana, “ ʻAʻole nō hoʻi i kāpili i waʻa nou, a laila nō hoʻi, ʻōlelo.” ʻĪ aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “Inā iaʻu ka ʻōlelo o ka waʻa, ola kākou. Inā iā ʻoukou, make kākou, ʻaʻole e ola.” ʻŌlelo mai nā kaikuaʻana iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “I hea lā kāu aʻo ʻana i neia mea he ikaika a me ke koa i ʻōlelo ai ʻoe ma luna o mākou, e noho mālie, a ʻo ʻoe ka wahaʻōlelo.” “He ʻoiaʻiʻo ia, inā he kaua ma ka lima, a ma ke alo, a laila, na ʻoukou ka ʻeha a me ka make. Akā, inā he kaua poʻipū, ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā ʻoukou. No laila au i ʻōlelo ai, e make ana kākou.” ʻĪ mai nā kaikuaʻana, “ ʻAʻole nō āu ʻōlelo no kēia mau mea a pau loa. Aia nō i ko mākou manaʻo. E noho mālie nō ʻoe.” Ma kēia mau ʻōlelo a kona mau kaikuaʻana, noho mālie ihola ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo aku.

A kokoke lākou i ka ʻāina, nānā maila ke aliʻi wahine ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi, a ʻike i ka waʻa kaulua e kū ana i ke awa. Kēnā aʻela ia i kona mau kaikunāne manu ʻehā e lele e nīnau i ka waʻa i ka hana i holo mai ai. ʻO ka inoa o nā kaikunāne o Nāmakaokahaʻi, ʻo Kānemoe, Kāneʻāpua, Lēʻāpua, Kahaumāna.

Lele akula lākou ma nā kino manu a kau i luna o nā pou o ka waʻa. Nīnau ihola lākou, “He aha ka hana a ka waʻa o ka holo ʻana mai i ʻaneʻi?” ʻĪ aku nā kaikuaʻana, “He waʻa kaua.” A lohe ua mau manu lā, hoʻi akula lākou a hiki i o Nāmakaokahaʻi. Nīnau maila, “He waʻa aha kēlā waʻa kaulua?” “He waʻa kaua.” A lohe ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi, puka maila a kū i waho me ka pāʻū ʻai kaua a me ke kāhili kaua ona.

Akā, ma mua aʻe o ka lohe ʻana o Nāmakaokahaʻi i nā kaikunāne manu ona, ʻōlelo aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i nā kaikuaʻana ona, “ ʻĒ, ʻauhea ʻoukou! I hele hou mai nā manu e nīnau i ka waʻa kaulua nei, e haʻi aku ʻoukou, he waʻa mākaʻikaʻi kēia, ʻaʻohe waʻa kaua.” Iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū e ʻōlelo ana, hiki maila nā manu i ka waʻa kaulua, a nīnau hou maila, “He aha ka hana a kēia waʻa o ka holo ʻana mai i ʻaneʻi?” ʻĪ aku nā kaikuaʻana o ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “He waʻa kaua.”