МИФЫ, ПРЕДАНИЯ И ЛЕГЕНДЫ ОСТРОВА ПАСХИ

[107] I oti era te taua he hoki mai raua ko toona taina erua, koia ko te nuu paoa ki toona matua tane. [108] He takea he mate haga. [109] He oho etahi taina he hakahahine ki te matua tane.

[110] Mo hakanoho e te matua tane pahe matatoa о te miru he reoreo kia ia. [111] He ki a raro о te reo о garoa e tetahi nuu: [112] «Ka au nei ko tan poki ko Hetereki ka ki ki te paoa oou ko au tou mono». [113] He ki Rau Nui: [114] «Ka hakapoa mai кое mo haha atu J tou kiko. [115] I poa era ki te kiko Rau Nui be ki: [116] Tae kое kо Hetereki tou kiko mee ariari». [117] Peira a te rua poki manau mo reoreo pe tou mee a i oho ai.

[118] Te tagata takea о te reoreo nei he oho haaki kia Hetereki. [119] He hakauga ia Hetereki ki muri i toona matua tane. [120] I hakapoa era ki te kiko о taana poki hagarahi, he agiagi ro ai.

[121] E a ia ku reherehe a te reo i vanaga ai kia Hetereki: [122] «Ко kое e Hetereki e te tagata nuinui о te miru. I te taua кое ana mate. [123] Mee hopea о te nuinui, e pone rahi о te tagata. [124] Ka hakarogo mai tooku haga: [125] E hapotu te puoko о te tupahotu heare i te taua. [126] E vaai ki to raua hae-hae mo muraki i roto i to raua arm. [127] E kimi te rivariva ki te tupahotu».

[128] He ki Hetereki peneie e hakatono ro te haga о te matua tane. [129] He mate Rau Nui i ruga i te rima о taana poki.

[130] I hoki mai era te ga taina о Hiti Uira ki te kona о te tupahotu he vanaga ki to raua matua tane i tou ga mee piri era. [131] He rakerake a Uira he ui pefae Hetereki i taua ai kai vanaga. [132] He hakatakataka i te tupahotu he ki kia raua: [133] «Тааки ga poki he rauhiva. [134] Ina au kai haga hakaou mo ui mata».

[135] Ku rahi a te tau e ko ruhinihi a Uira i kore ihoai te rakerake mo taana ga poki. [136] A Uira te manau tumu mo ati i te kopeka о te ika ko taana poki ko Hiti Uira. [137] Oiraa te raa he hakamaa i te taua ki te mahigo о te tupahotu. [138] He vaai tahi i toona tagata ki te tagata hakake ko Tuu Hare.

[139] I ui era penei e ku rivariva a te tagata mo te taua, he ki Tuu Hare kia Uira mo hakatumu ki te miru. [140] Ku haga takoa a Tuu Hare mo ati i te kopeka о Hiti Uira. [141] I te manau о Uira peneie ku puai a toona tagata he ki mo rae i te taua ki te miru.

[142] He veverl te mini 1 te tae ite, he pau ite tupahotu. [143] He agiagi e Hetereki peneie ina ko hiohio mo hakanoho t te tupahotu. [144] He ki hakaou mo kio о toona tagata i Motu-Nui, Motu-Iti, Motu-Kaukau. [145] Aana a i hakatano i te tagata mo hakanoho mai i te taua. [146] I roa era te taua he коте he hagu о te mahigo. [147] To raua hagu i te kona kio he ika no. [148] Ina he ika he rite ki te taatoa.

[149] He ati te kopeka e Kakega raua ko Tuu Ihi о te taua matamua oho a tua kai haaki ia ki to raua tagata. [150] I te nana о te tagata he hio a ananake ko te miru ki Motu-Nui.

[151] E rua taina, ko Mahute, ko Tekona. [152] Ararua he vie o te tupahotu. [153] He ga vie nei erua, ku ite a peneie tou ga taina era о raua i Motu-Nui ina he oo te hagu. [154] He ki ararua mo pua i te rima. [155] He ki ararua mo mau ki Motu-Nui hai hagu ki te ga taina era о raua. [156] I oho era etahi raa ki Mataveri, he ui ina he tagata tiaki о te tupahotu i te tahataha vai kava.

[157] Taha era te raa о te rua raa he puhi i te umu e Mahute raua ko Tekona. [158] I po era he ki Mahute a Tekona ki to raua kenu mo oho mo hakaraga i tai. [159] He ki: «Ku mao а» e to raua kenu a Mahute raua ko te kona.

[160] He oho ararua vie ki Mataveri ki te kona i ira i naa ai i te umu. [161] Ina kai hakaraga mee ke i aga, he pora. [162] He hakaeke ki ruga i te umu.

[163] He kau ki ruga ia Motu-Nui, a Mahute raua ko Tekona. [164] He hakakau e tou ga vie era i te pora. [165] He pori i Motu-Nui ki to raua taina e kio ro a i roto i te ana. [166] Te matahiapo ko Kakega e hauru roa. [167] A Tuu Ihi e taaki roa i te haha.

[168] Tekona ku ite a i te patautau, he mee kia Tuu Ihi a ka hauru ro. [169] He hakahahine tou ga taina era ki tou nuu hauru era, he hakarivariva i mua ia raua i te kai mau era. [170] I oti era he hakaera i tou ga taina era e Mahute raua ko Tekona. [171] Kakega raua ko Tuu Ihi, he aara mate mataku. [172] Ha ui pehe i take ai to raua kona kio.

[173] I aroha era ki to raua taina he vanaga Mahute raua ko Tekona i te ohoga, he aroha tagi i to raua rakerake hagu. [174| He hakatikea ki tou ga taina era i te kai mau era mo hagu.

[175] I kai era Kakega raua ko Tuu Ihi i te kai mau era tou ga taina era he ki ki te ga taina erua mo hoki ki uta mai Motu-Nui. [176] He ki e te ga taina mo kau a Mataveri, mai kore e te nuu tupahotu tiaki о ira. [177] He ki ki toraua taina tane, mo oho ki Rano-Kau kio i roto. [178] He ki ki tou ga taina tane e ai roa te hagu о raro о Rano-Kau. [179] He ki ki te ga tame tane era kona riva mo raua mo mau hakaou i te kai a Rano-Kau.