na
(hoao) mahope iho o ko laua hoao ana, hai mua o Kahauokapaka i kana
olelo paa imua o kana wahine, o laua wale no ma ke kaawale, oiai iloko o
ko laua mau minute oluolu, a eia ua olelo paa la:
"E kuu wahine, he nani ia ua mare ae nei kaua, a nolaila, ke hai nei au
i kuu olelo paa ia oe; i noho aku auanei kaua, a i loaa ka kaua keiki, a
he keikikane, alaila pomaikai kaua, ola na iwi iloko o ko kaua mau la
elemakule, a haule aku i ka make, nalo no hoi na wahi huna: na ia keiki
e nai na moku e pau ai, ke loaa hoi ia kaua ke keiki mua a he keikikane;
aka hoi, ina he kaikamahine ke hanau mua mai, alaila e make, a ina he
mau kaikamahine wale no ka kaua ke hanau mai e make no, aia no ke ola a
hanau mai a he keikikane, ola na hanau mui i na he mau kaikamahine."
I ka ewalu paha o na makahiki o ko laua noho ana he kane a he wahine,
hapai ae la o Malaekahana, a hanau mai la he kaikamahine, ua maikai na
helehelena i ka nana aku, a no ka maikai o na helehelena o ua
kaikamahine nei, manao iho la ka makuahine o ke kumu la hoi ia e lilo ai
ka olelo paa a Kahauokapaka i mea ole, ola la hoi ua kaikamahine nei,
aole ka! Ia manawa i hanau ai, aia nae o Kahauokapaka i ka lawai-a me na
kanaka.
A hoi mai o Kahauokapaka mai ka lawai-a mai, haiia aku la ua hanau o
Malaekahana he kaikamahine. A hiki ke alii i ka hale, ua wahiia ke
kaikamahine i ke kapa keiki, kena koke ae la o Kahauokapaka i ka Ilamuku
e pepehi.
Ma ia hope iho hapai hou o Malaekahana, a hanau hou mai la he
kaikamahine, o keia nae ke kaikamahine oi aku o ka maikai mamua o kela
kaikamahine mua, manao iho la e ola la hoi, aole ka! Ike ae la o
Kahauokapaka i ke kaikamahine e hiiia mai ana, ua hoaahuia i ke kapa
keiki, ia manawa, kena koke ae la ke alii i ka Ilamuku e pepehi.
Mahope mai, ua hapai wale no o Malaekahana, he mau kaikamahine wale no,
aole nae i ola iki kekahi oia mau hanau ana o Malaekahana, ua pau wale
no i ka pepehiia e like me ka olelo paa a ke alii.
A i ka hapai hou ana o Malaekahana i ke keiki, o ka lima ia, a kokoke i
na la hanau, hele aku la kela a imua o ke Kahuna, a olelo aku la, "E!
auhea oe? E nana mai oe i keia opu o'u e hapai nei, no ka mea, ua pauaho
ae nei hoi i ka pau o na keiki i ka make i ka pakela pepehi a ke kane,
aha ae nei a maua keiki, aha no i ka make; nolaila, e nana mai oe i keia
opu o'u e hapai nei, ina i ike oe he kaikamahine, e omilomilo ae au,
oiai aole i hookanaka ae ke keiki. Aka hoi, ina i ike mai hoi oe i keia
opu o'u e hap
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