ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū: Mokuna ʻUmi Kūmālua

A hiki ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i mua o kāna wahine a me kā lāua keiki, noho ihola lāua he kāne a he wahine, a hala ʻelua malama. I ia wā, moe ihola ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ke awakea, a i loko o kēia moe ʻana, ʻike akula ia ma ka moeʻuhane i ka ʻuhane o kāna keiki, ʻo Kaumaiilunaohōlanikū. ʻO kēia keiki a ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, ʻo ia nō kēlā keiki a lākou i holo pū mai ai mai Kuaihelani mai, ke keiki ponoʻī hoʻi a kēlā kaikuaʻana huhū o ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, a Kekamakahinuiaʻīkū. A ʻike ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ka ʻuhane o ua keiki lā, uē ihola ia i loko o kona wā hiamoe, a puoho aʻela me ia uē nō.

Ma kēia ala ʻana, kau maila ka hāliʻaliʻa iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū no ke keiki a me nā kaikuaʻana. No laila, uē hāmama aʻela ia. Iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū e uē hāmama ana, nīnau akula kāna wahine ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi, “He aha hoʻi kāu e uē nei?” “E uē ana au i ke aloha i kuʻu keiki.” “Ua loaʻa keiki nō kā ʻoe?” “ ʻAʻohe naʻu, na koʻu kaikuaʻana. I ka lā a mākou i kū mai ai i ʻaneʻi ka make ʻana. A ma loko o kuʻu moeʻuhane, ʻike aku nei au i kona ʻuhane e piʻi mai ana mai loko mai o ke kai. ʻO ia ka makamua o nā ʻuhane a pau loa.”

A lohe kāna wahine i kēia ʻōlelo a kāna kāne, ʻī maila ia, “Ua ola ko keiki.” ʻĪ aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “Pehea e ola ai?” ʻĪ mai kāna wahine, “Aia a hoʻolohe ʻoe i kaʻu ʻōlelo, a laila, ola ko keiki.” “Pehea au e hoʻolohe ai?” “E lawe ʻoe i ka ʻai a me ka iʻa a waho. I laila ʻoe e ʻai ai. Mālia o ʻike mai ka ʻuhane o ko keiki i ko ʻai aku, hele mai. A i hiki mai ka ʻuhane o ko keiki i ko alo, mai hopu ʻoe. A i hele a kū ma ko kua, mai hopu nō ʻoe. Akā, i hele mai a noho i luna o ko ʻūhā, a laila ʻoe e hopu aʻe. Ola ko keiki a me ou kaikuaʻana, ʻaʻole make. No ka mea, e piʻi ana ka ʻuhane i ke kuahiwi, i ka ʻai piʻoi.”

Ma hope o kēia mau ʻōlelo, hana akula ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū e like me nā ʻōlelo a kāna wahine. Iā ia e ʻai ana, launa maila ka ʻuhane o ke keiki. ʻĪ aku ka wahine iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū, “E wikiwiki kāu ʻai ʻana i noho paʻa mai ka ʻuhane o ko keiki.” Iā ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū e ʻai wikiwiki ana, pōʻai maila ka ʻuhane o ke keiki ma kona mau ʻaoʻao a pau loa, ma ke kua a ma ke alo. No kēia kokoke loa o ka ʻuhane o ua keiki lā, hopu akula ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū. I ia wā, nalowale ka ʻuhane o ke keiki. ʻĪ aku ka wahine, “ ʻAʻole e loaʻa ko keiki. Ua wikiwiki ʻoe i ka hopu. Inā ʻoe i hoʻolohe i kaʻu ʻōlelo, inā ua ola ko keiki. Ua make loa akula ka ʻuhane o ko keiki.”

Ma kēia ʻōlelo a kāna wahine, he mea kaumaha loa ia i ko ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū manaʻo, a ua hoʻomaopopo loa ihola ia e like me nā ʻōlelo a kāna wahine; e make ʻiʻo ana nō ka ʻuhane o ke keiki. No laila, hoʻokē ʻai ihola ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū. Ma loko o nā lā ʻelima a me nā pō ʻelima, ʻaʻohe ʻai i ka ʻai, ʻaʻohe inu i ka wai. Pēlā nō a pau nā mea ʻē aʻe no ka nui o ke aloha i ke keiki.

A ʻike ʻo Nāmakaokahaʻi i ko ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū hoʻokē ʻai, ʻī aku ia i kāna kāne, “He aha kou mea i haʻalele ai i ka ʻai?” ʻĪ aku ke kāne, “Ua ʻike nō ʻoe, e ka wahine, i ke kumu o koʻu hoʻokē ʻai ʻana. ʻO ia nō ka ʻuhane o kuʻu keiki. No laila, aia a pau aʻe kuʻu kaumaha, a laila, ʻai aku nō au i ka ʻai.”

No kēia mea, komo maila ke aloha i loko o ka wahine no kāna kāne. No laila, ʻōlelo akula ia i ke kāne, “Aia a nui ko ikaika, ola ko keiki a me ou kaikuaʻana. Akā, i emi ko ikaika, ʻaʻole e ola ko keiki a me ou kaikuaʻana.” ʻĪ aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ka wahine, “He aha ia mea aʻu e hana aku ai me ka ikaika?”

“ ʻO ka wai ola loa a Kāne. Inā i loaʻa iā ʻoe, ola ko keiki a me ou kaikuaʻana.” Ma kēia ʻōlelo a kāna wahine, lālau ihola ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ka ʻai a me ka iʻa, a ʻai ihola. ʻO ke kumu o ka ʻai ʻana, ʻo ka lohe ʻana i ka mea e loaʻa ai ʻo ka ʻuhane o ke keiki a me nā kaikuaʻana ona. Ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana, nīnau aku ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i ka wahine, “Ma hea koʻu alanui e kiʻi ai i ka wai ola loa a Kāne?” ʻĪ aku ka wahine, “Eia ko alanui e hele ai; mai ke alo o kāua a ka hikina a ka lā. Ma laila ʻoe e hele ai, loaʻa ka wai ola a Kāne.”