BECKWITH] TEXT AND TRANSLATION 525 
Ma kela olelo a Halaaniani ia Laieikawai e pii e halawai me Malio. 
Ja laua i hookaawale ai mahope iho o ka Halaaniani kauoha ana ia ia. 
Pii aku Ja oia a halawai pu me Malio, ninau mai la kona kaikua- 
hine, “ Heaha kau o uka nei? ” 
I aku la o Halaaniani, “TI pii hou mai nei wau ia oe, e hooko mai 
oe 1 ko’u makemake, no ka mea, ua ike hou au he kaikamahine maikai 
i like kona helehelena me ko Laieikawai. 
“Ma ke awakea o nehinei, ia’u 1 puka ae ai iwaho mai ko maua 
hale ae. Ike aku la wau i keia kaikamahine opiopio i maikai kona 
mau helehelena; nolaila, ua pauhia mai wau e ka makemake nui. 
“A no ko’u manao o oe no ka mea nana e hoopomaikai nei ia’u ma 
na mea a’u e makemake ai, nolaila wau i hiki hou mai nei.” 
I aku o Malio i kona kaikunane, “O Laielohelohe na, o kekahi 
moopuna a Waka, ua hoopalauia na Kakalukaluokewa, a wahine 
haoa. Nolaila, a hele oe e makai i ka hale o ua kaikamahine la 
me ko ike oleia mai, i eha la au e makai aku ai, a ike oe i kana hana 
mau, alaila, hoi mai oe a hai mai ia’u, alaila, na’u e hoouna aku ia oe 
e hoowalewale i ua kaikamahine la. Aole e loaa ia’u ma kuu mana, 
no ka mea, elua laua.” 
A no keia olelo a Malio, hele aku la o Halaaniani e hoohalua mau 
mawaho o ko Laielohelohe hale me kona ike oleia mai, kokoke alua 
anahulu kona hookalua ana, alaila, ike oia i ka Laielohelohe hana, 
he kui lehua. Hoomau pinepine aku la oia a nui na 1s ala No Ola e 
hoomau ana i kana hana he kui lehua. 
Hoi aku Ja o Halaaniani e halawai me ke kaikuahine e like me kana 
kauoha, a hai aku Ja i na mea ana i ike ai no Laielohelohe. 
A lohe o Malio i keia mau mea, alaila, hai aku la oia i na mea hiki 
ke hanaia aku no Laielohelohe e kona kaikunane, me ka i aku ia 
Halaaniani, “ E hoi oe a ma ka waenakonu o ka po, alaila, pii mai oe 
i o’u nei, i hele aku ai kaua ma kahi o Laielohelohe.” 
Hoi aku la o Halaaniani, a kokoke 1 ka manawa i kauo haia nona, 
alaila, ala mai la oia a halawai me kona kaikuahine. Lalau ae la 
kona kaikuahine i ka pu la-i, a hele aku la me kona kaikunane, a 
kokoke aku Ja laua ma kahi a Laielohelohe e kui lehua mau ai. 
Ta manawa, olelo aku la o Malio ia Halaaniani, “ EH pii oe maluna 
o kekahi laau, ma kahi ou e ike aku ana ia Laielohelohe, a malaila oe 
e noho ai. E hoolohe mai oe i ke kani aku a kuu pu la-i, elima a’u 
puhi ana, ina ua ike oe e a-u ana kona maka 1 kahii kani aku ai ka pu 
la-i, alaila ka hoi loaa ia kaua, aka hoi, i aluli ole ae kona mau maka i 
kuu hookani aku, alaila, aole e loaa ia kaua i keia la.” 
Ta laua no e kamailio ana no keia mau mea, uina mai ana kahi a ua 
o Laielohelohe e kui lehua ai, i nana aku ka hana o Jaua, o Laielo- 
helohe e haihai lehua ana. 
