МИФЫ, ПРЕДАНИЯ И ЛЕГЕНДЫ ОСТРОВА ПАСХИ

[34] I kehu era te raa he haaki Hiti Uira kia Hetereki peneie ku oti a te kori. [35] He tari mai te mini i too mataa паапаа era. [36] Mataa rae a Hetereki i tau. [37] He kokoti ia Hiti Uira, he haera.

[38] I haere era to raua matatoa he huruke te tagata о te tupahotu. [39] He manau peneie i haoa taue no. [40] He oti a, he agiagi mau ia peneie, he taua mau tou mea era i te putuputu о te mataa i tau atu ai ki ruga ia raua.

[41] О te mataa kore e toraua tagata nui ku haere a, e о te pau о raua he opo mai mai ia Pui mai tou kona era о raua. [42] He too e te mini ia Pui koia ko te koa. [43] He aa a roto i te ava mo kokoti tahi i te tupahotu.

[44] E tahi raua tahutahu ko Nua Hine Pike Uri e noho roa i ruga i te pureva mataitai i te tautaga i tou raa era. [45] I ui era i te taua rakerake о te miru be ki koia ko te riri: [46] «Ku haga a au mo hanonaho о te mahigo о Hiti Uira mo rivariva о te I kuhane i te taua. [47] Ka oho mai ko Eho raua ko Mahu ka pua te rima ki te tupahotu. [48] A au he toa о te miru. [49] Ku haga a au mo taua о te tagata о Hiti Uira».

[50] E tuu mai a Ko Eho raua ko Mahu mai roto i te vai kava pane Kena, be hakariro pahe paoa, he pua te rima ki te tupahotu i te taua.

[51] I topa era te vanaga ia Nua Hine Pike Uri, he kai hakaou te taua i te mahigo о te tupahotu. [52] He kai hakaou, he hoki mai toraua kona pakoo era. [53] I ui era Nui Hine Pike Uri ku kai a te tupahotu he hoahoa mai hai reo: [54] «A au e ui atu ena ku kai a te tupahotu. [55] Ku haga a au mo ata keri e mo tae iiaria».

[56] I te rua raa he oo Nua Hine Pike Uri aana i hakatari te taua о te tupahotu. [57] He tau etahi mataa ki te horeko о Hetereki, he more. [58] Toona mahigo i ui era ki haoa a te horeko о Hetereki he reherehe tahi.

[59] He ragi te tupahotu: «Ku oti о he kokoti tahi korua e matou kua Nua Hine Pike Uri».

[60] I ui era Hetereki peneie tana taua ku huruke a he ki ki te ga taina oona erua. [61] «Ku uga tataou tagata ki Motu-Nui, ki Motu-Iti, ka hakatakataka te paoa motu rivariva mo hakanoho mai i te tauab [62] He ki ki toona tagata etahi mo oho mo ha-kaauga i toona matua tane ki mo roou i Motu-Nui. [63] A Hetereki haga rahi ki toona matua tane.

[64] I te ai о te haoa ku manau a mo horo a te tike ke raua ko Pupuhi Tomi. [65] В manu era Hetereki peneie e hakatika ro atu ki te nukunuku о toona, nuu te tupahotu. [66] Oira ia i hipa ke era mo ora.

[67] Peira mau a i mee ai pahe manau era ona. [68] Hakagau pepeti te tupahotu, he kio te miru ki toraua kaiga. [69] Ku oho a te rogo hakaite ki te Mini о Tepeu mo kio ki Motu-Nui, Motu-iti. [70] I tuu atu era te tupahotu te Mini ku hiohio a.

[71] Ko Rau Nui matua tane о Hetereki te mee toe mo tuu ki te motu era о Motu-Nui. [72] E kau roa i takea ai e te nuu о te tupahotu etahi he ragi peneie: [73] «Ku kokoti taa poki a Hetereki e au. [74] Ku kai a e au. [75] Ai te horeko toe oona ai!» [76] I te imata keva о Rau Nui he hakatikea atu hai tutuma miro.

[77] He manau mau Rau Nui peneie ku oti a Hetereki he hoki tua mai mo ati i te kopeka a taana kope hangarahi. [78] He hum ke Rau Nui о te kokoti ia Hetereki. [79] I ui mai era te tupahotu peneie ku tano a te reoreo о raua he piko i tua i te maea.

[80] I ea atu era Rau Nui mai roto i te vai he tau hai maea etahi. [81] He more ino Rau Nui i te maea e he ruru he higa ki raro. [82] I higa era he manau tou tupahotu era peneie ku mate a he hoa ro atu ai. [83] He oho he piri i ki tetahi nuu era mo taua ki Motu-Nui.

[84] A Haga-o-teo i horo ai a Hetereki pe Rano Kau. [85] He hakakau e te hoa ki Motu-Nui. [86] He hakatakataka i toona mahigo mo hakanoho i te taua i Motu-Nui. [87] I tuu atu era te taua a te tupahotu mo eke ki Motu-Nui, he kokoti mai e te nuu о Hetereki ina he hihihihi. [88] Peira a te rua nuu.

[89] Mo ui i te hopea о te taua he vae Rapu i te tagata ririva о te tupahotu. [90] Hakakau i te nuinui mau о te tupahotu ki Motu-Nui. [91] He hakanoho hakaou mai e Hetereki tae ko iti i mate.

[92] I ui era te miru ki to raua aito he vanaga mo hakagau mai i te taua ki te taua ki te tupahotu ku huruke ana. [93] He hakaau mo tomo mai ki uta mo taua i ruga i te henua ki te tupahotu. [94] I te ponui he kau mai ki Mataveri ma te tae takea e te tupahotu. [95] Kai maeha ia i ravaa ro ai te kona rivariva mo te taua.

[96] I tuu era Hetereki ki ruga i te hernia, he ui ku haoa a matua oone. [97] E ora noa ia. [98] I ui era peneie haoa tae nuinui e tae ino, he taua hakaou.

[99] Erua nuu taina kakega ko Tuu Ihi, he nuu о Hiti Uira, i ui hakaou era i te oti о te tupahotu he ite peneie ku hurl a te huru о te taua. [100] He neke ke mai mai muri i te tupahotu he hakapoa kia Hetereki. [101] He ki kia ia mo hakauga a tua о te nuu tupahotu. [102] He ki Hetereki: «Ku tano a».

[103] He pua te taua о te mini raua ko te tupahotu, he oti tahi te nuu о te tupahotu. [104] Eha no tagata i ora. [105] Ko toa ga taina era о Hiti Uira. [106] He oti о te taua a Hetereki, he toe i tou nuu era eha mo hakaite i te pau ki to rau matua tane.