ʻAʻahoaka

Mākena wale nā mele i haku ʻia e nā aliʻi no ua keiki nei, akā, ma muli o ka makemake o ka mea kākau e lawe pākiko mai ana ʻo ia a hoʻopuka aku, i ʻole e huhū mai ka ʻelemakule nāna kēia moʻolelo. ʻO ka ʻōpū o Koananai e hāpai ana i ia manawa, ua nui loa, a i ka piha ʻana o nā mahina ʻelima, ʻono hou aʻela ke aliʻi i ka uhi molalehua o Makiala – ʻo ka hana nō ka piʻi e ʻeli; na lāua lā nō e piʻi, piʻi pū nō me nā aliʻi a me nā ʻaialo; ʻeli kāne, ʻeli ka wahine, hoʻā ke ahi, pūlehu ka uhi, hoʻokahi ka nukumoʻo like ʻana.

A pau kēia mau hana a ke kahuna, a laila, ʻī maila ʻo ia, “Aia a Poʻalima, hele aku au a moe i Moloaʻa, i kahi hoʻi o Kalaeomano, a ma ka Poʻaono au e hiki aku ai. I loa nō a pau nā ʻōlelo a ke kahuna, ʻo ke kū aʻela nō ia o Pōhakumalumalu, a hoʻi maila, a hiki ana i mua o Kalalea a me nā aliʻi, a hōʻike akula i nā mea a pau a ke kahuna i hahaʻi mai ai. A ma ia wā koke nō, huli aʻela ʻo Kalalea, a pane pākahi akula i nā mea a pau i hahaʻi ʻia mai ai, me ka ʻī ʻana aku, “Eia ke kauoha a ke kahuna iā kākou a pau, a me nā mea...

I ia manawa, hoʻouna ʻia ʻo Kioka e holo i Waimea, e nānā i ka waʻa a me Pōhakumalumalu mā. Aia naʻe hoʻi i kona hiki ʻana aku, lohe ihola ʻo ia i nā kamaʻāina, aia lākou nei i uka o Makaweli i kālai hoe, no ka mea, ua hoʻi nui mai a pau i ka make i ka moana, a ua pau aku ka uhi a me nā hoe i ka lilo, a koe wale mai nō ʻo ka waʻa a me ko lākou mau ola; ʻalua aʻe nei pule i kuahiwi, ʻo ke kolu kēia.

A pau kēia mele a Kalalea e oli nei me ka paʻa pū nō i ka maile i kona lima, aia a pā ke kilu i ka mea e pā ai, a laila, i luna ona ka maile e kapalili ai. He mea mau nō ia no kēia ʻano hana leʻaleʻa ma waena o nā aliʻi a me nā makaʻāinana i ka wā kahiko. I kēlā manawa nō hoʻi, kuʻupau maila ʻo Kaluluohauola i kāna mele penei: ʻAuamo i luna ka wai o Nāmolokama ē...

No ka hiki mau aku o ka lohe he piha leʻaleʻa kā nā aliʻi o Koʻolau ma Kahihikolo i nā pō a pau, kupu aʻela ka manaʻo i loko o ua kaikamahine nei e hele e ʻike i ia mau leʻaleʻa, no ka mea, ʻo ke ʻano mau nō ia o nā aliʻi, he puni leʻaleʻa, no laila, hoʻi akula ʻo ia i kona mau mākua no ka pono o kona hele ʻana e nānā i ia mau leʻaleʻa.

I ia koko nō, hāpai hou ʻo Koananai. ʻO ka hele ia a piha ka ʻelima mahina, ʻono aʻela ʻo Koananai i ka heʻe, pane akula ʻo ia i kāna aliʻi kāne, “ ʻOno mai nei hoʻi au i ka heʻe mākole o ʻAliomanu, hui pū mai me ka limu līpālahalaha, hui pū mai me ka ʻina o Papaloa, ʻo ka loli ʻono mai o Kiokio. Hui mai kēia mau mea a pau, piha kēlā i ka ʻono.” ʻO ka hoʻokō wale nō ka hana a ke kāne a me nā aliʻi, ʻaʻole i manawa, ʻākoakoa kēia mau mea a pau, pau ka ʻono o ke aliʻi wahine.

Iā ia i hiki aku ai, e noho mai ana no kēlā, e ʻaʻahu ana nō i ke kuʻina kapa akāka. Ua hele ke kanaka a māhuna i ka ʻawa, me kona ʻike ʻē mai nō i kā ia nei huakaʻi o ka hele ʻana aku. Akā hoʻāʻo maila naʻe ʻo ia ma ka nīnau ʻana, “He aha kāu huakaʻi o ka hiki ʻana mai?” ʻĪ akula ka ʻelele, “I hele mai nei au no ka pilikia o ke aliʻi wahine Koananai i ka hānau keiki. ʻAwalu pō, ʻawalu ao o ka haʻakōhi ʻana, ʻaʻohe nō he wahi mea a hānau iki, ua kūhelahela ke aliʻi.”

A mākaukau kēia mau mea a pau, hiki maila ka manawa e hoʻokō ʻia ai nā ʻiʻini paʻa o nā aliʻi, kū maila ʻo Kuaehu me kona kāhiko piha, a hōʻike maila i mua o nā aliʻi a me nā makaʻāinana, ʻī maila, “ ʻAuhea ʻoukou e nā aliʻi a me nā kaukau aliʻi, nā mākua o nā mea e male nei i kēia manawa, a me nā makaʻāinana. Ua hiki mai nei kākou i ka wā e hoʻokō ʻia ai ka makemake o kuʻu naʻau, ʻo ia ko lāua hoʻokō ʻana i ka male.

Ua hānau ʻo Kalalea na Kapaopao kāne me Kahala wahine. ʻO Anehola (Anahola) nō ka ʻāina hānau. He mau aliʻi nō kēia mau mea no ua Koʻolau nei. Aia ko lāua wahi noho i Kalaewahiwai, aia i ke alanui hele ma uka. ʻO kahi noho maʻa nō ia o nā aliʻi. Iā lāua e noho ana, he mau mea ʻōpiopio nō lāua. Ua hāpai ʻo Kahala i ia manawa, ʻo ka hele ia a ka wā e hānau ai, kuʻi ka hekili, ʻōlapa ka uila, nei ke ōlai, kahe ka wai ʻula.