| Ch.16 p.84 para.2 sent.3 | A no ka makemake o ke aliʻi e ʻike i ke kumu e hoʻi ʻole nei o kona mau kānaka, hoʻoholo aʻela lāua me kona kuhina e hoʻouna i mau ʻelele e ʻike i ke kumu o kēia hana a nā kānaka o lāua. | And because of the chief's anxiety to know why his warriors did not come back he agreed with his counsellor to send messengers to see what the men were doing. |
| Ch.16 p.84 para.3 sent.1 | I ua mau ʻelele lā i hala aku ai, ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu, hālāwai maila me lāua kekahi kanaka kia manu mai uka mai o ʻOlaʻa, nīnau maila, “Ma hea kā ʻolua hele?” | Not long after they had left they met another man, a bird catcher from the uplands of Olaa; he asked. "Where are you two going?" |
| Ch.16 p.84 para.4 sent.1 | ʻŌlelo aku nā ʻelele, “E piʻi aku ana māua e ʻike i ka pono o ko mākou poʻe e noho lā i Paliuli. | The runners said, "We are going up to find out the truth about our people who are living at Paliuli; |
| Ch.17 p.87 para.1 sent.2 | Hoʻouna pū akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua iā ʻUlili lāua me ʻAkikeʻehiʻale i mau ʻelele na lāua e haʻi mai ka hana a ka moʻo me ka ʻīlio. | and Aiwohikupua sent with him Snipe and Turnstone as messengers to report the deeds of the dog and the lizard. |
| Ch.17 p.87 para.5 sent.1 | I ka hoʻomaka ʻana naʻe o ko lāua hakakā, hoʻi akula nā ʻelele a haʻi akula iā ʻAiwohikupua mā i kēia kaua weliweli. | At the beginning of the fight the messengers returned to tell Aiwohikupua of this terrible battle. |
| Ch.17 p.88 para.1 sent.1 | A loaʻa kona hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia i mua o kona akua me ke kala ʻia o kona hala hoʻohiki, “ʻAʻole e lawe i kekahi o nā wāhine o kēia mau mokupuni i wahine hoʻāo,” e like me nā mea i hōʻike | And he obtained favor in the presence of his god, and was released from his sinful vow "not to take any woman of these islands to wife," as has been shown in the former chapters of this story. After the ceremonies at Kauai, he sent his messengers, the Snipe
and the Turnstone, to go and announce before Poliahu the demands
of the chief. |
| Ch.17 p.88 para.4 sent.2 | ʻŌlelo akula nā ʻelele i ke aliʻi wahine, “I hoʻouna ʻia mai nei māua e haʻi aku iā ʻoe ma ke kauoha a ko kāne hoʻopalau ʻekolu malama ou e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka hoʻāo o ʻolua, a ma ka hā o ka malama, i ka pō i o Kulu e hiki mai ai ʻo ia a hālāwai ʻolua e like me kā ʻolua hoʻohiki ʻana.” | The messengers said to the princess, "We have been sent hither to tell you the command of your betrothed husband. You have three months to prepare for the marriage, and in February, on the night of the seventeenth, the night of Kulu, he will come to meet you, according to the oath between you." |
| Ch.17 p.88 para.4 sent.3 | A lohe ke aliʻi wahine i kēia mau ʻōlelo, hoʻi akula nā ʻelele a hiki i o ʻAiwohikupua. | When the princess had heard these words the messengers returned and came to Aiwohikupua. |
| Ch.17 p.88 para.6 sent.1 | “ʻAe,” wahi a nā ʻelele, “haʻi aku nei māua e like me ke kauoha; ke hoʻomākaukau lā paha kēlā. | "Yes," said the messengers, "we told her, as you commanded, to prepare herself; |
| Ch.17 p.88 para.7 sent.1 | “ʻAe paha,” wahi a nā ʻelele. | "Perhaps so," answered the messengers. |
| Ch.17 p.88 para.8 sent.1 | A lohe ke aliʻi i kēia ʻōlelo hope a nā ʻelele, manaʻo aʻela ʻo ʻAiwohikupua i kēia mau ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole ia i hiki i o Poliʻahu lā. | When Aiwohikupua heard the messengers' words he suspected that they had not gone to Poliahu: |
| Ch.17 p.88 para.11 sent.1 | Akā, ma kēia hana a nā ʻelele lalau, ua hoʻā ʻia ka inaina o ke aliʻi no kāna mau ʻelele, no laila, ua hoʻopau ʻia ko lāua punahele. | Now for this mistake of the messengers the rage of Aiwohikupua was stirred against his messengers, and they ceased to be among his favorites. |
| Ch.18 p.89 para.1 sent.1 | Ma hope iho o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ʻUlili ma, hoʻouna hou akula ʻo ia ia Koaʻe, kekahi o kana mau ʻelele mama, e like me ka ʻōlelo kauoha i na ʻelele mua. | After the dismissal of Snipe and his fellow, the chief dispatched Frigate-bird, one of his nimble messengers, with the same errand as before. |
| Ch.18 p.89 para.1 sent.3 | A pau na ʻōlelo a ke aliʻi i ka haʻi ʻia, hoʻi akula ko ke aliʻi ʻelele a haʻi akula ma ka pololei, a laila, he mea maikaʻi ia i kona haku. | Having given his message, the messenger returned and reported aright; then his lord was pleased. |
| Ch.18 p.89 para.3 sent.2 | I ia manawa, hoʻouna akula ʻo ia ia Koaʻe kona ʻelele e kiʻi ia Poliʻahu e iho mai e hālāwai me ʻAiwohikupua i ka la i kauoha ʻia ai e hoʻāo. | then he sent his messenger. Frigate-bird, to get Poliahu to come thither to meet Aiwohikupua on the day set for the marriage. |
| Ch.18 p.89 para.4 sent.1 | A hiki ka ʻelele i mua o ʻAiwohikupua ma ke kiʻi ʻana ia Poliʻahu, a haʻi maila i kana ʻōlelo maiā Poliʻahu mai, “Eia ke kauoha a ko wahine. | When the messenger returned from Poliahu, he told Poliahu's reply: "Your wife commands that |
| Ch.18 p.90 para.6 sent.2 | A hiki lākou i Waiʻulaʻula, ua paʻuhia lākou e ke anu, a no laila, hoʻouna akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua i kona ʻelele e haʻi aku iā Poliʻahu, “ʻAʻole e hiki aku lākou no ke anu.” | When they came to Waiulaula they were shivering with cold, so Aiwohikupua sent his messenger to tell Poliahu, "They can not come for the cold." |
| Ch.18 p.91 para.2 sent.1 | ʻO nā ʻelele mua a ʻAiwohikupua, ʻo ʻUlili lāua me ʻAkikeʻehiʻale, na lāua i hele aku e haʻi iā Hinaikamalama i ka hoʻāo ʻana o ʻAiwohikupua me Poliʻahu. | Now Aiwohikupua's messengers, Snipe and Turnstone, went to tell Hinaikamalama of the union of Aiwohikupua with Poliahu. |