"Nolaila, e ke Alii e, ke noi aku nei makou ia oe, e pono no e hoopauia
kou naau kaumaha, no ka mea, e hiki mai ana ia oe ka pomaikai ma keia
manawa aku.
"Ua hooholo ae nei makou i pomaikai like no kakou, ua ae ae nei ko kakou
kaikaina e kii aku ia Kaonohiokala i kane nau, he keiki Alii e noho la i
Kealohilani, ua hoonohoia ma ka pea kapu o kukulu o Tahiti, he kaikunane
no no kakou, ko Aiwohikupua mea nana i hoalii mai ia ia.
"Ina e ae oe e kiiia ko kakou kaikunane, alaila, e loaa ia kakou ka
hanohano nui i oi aku mamua o keia, a e lilo auanei oe i mea kapu ihiihi
loa, me ko launa ole mai ia makou, a oia ka makou i noonoo iho nei, a ae
oe, alaila, ku kou makaia, hilahila o Waka."
I mai la o Laieikawai, "Ua ae no wau e hoopau i ko'u kaumaha hilahila, a
hookahi a'u mea ae ole, o kuu lilo ana i wahine na ko kakou kaikunane;
no ka mea, ke olelo mai nei oukou, he Alii kapu kela, a ina paha e hoao
maua, pehea la wau e ike hou ai ia oukou, no ka mea, he Alii kapu kela,
a oia ka'u mea minamina loa, o ko kakou launa pu ana."
I aku la kona mau hoa, "Mai manao mai oe ia makou, e nana oe i ka olelo
hoohilahila a ko kupunawahine, aia ku kona makaia, alaila pono makou, no
ka mea, o oe no ka makou mea manao nui.
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