He palapala hoʻopiʻi i mua o ka Papa Mahi ʻAi a Pale Mea Hōʻino no ka pono o Molokaʻi nui a Hina.
ʻO ia aʻela ke poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 27 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
ʻO Molokaʻi wale nō ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi nei i hiki ʻole ai ka puʻu laehaokela niu. A lana ka manaʻo, ʻaʻole e hiki aku i laila ma kēia hope aku. I ka mahina ʻo Iulai, waiho aku nei ʻo Kunani lāua ʻo Ipo Nihipali i palapala hoʻopiʻi i mua o ke Keʻena Mahi ʻAi a Pale Mea Hōʻino e noi ana i kānāwai e pāpā ana, ʻo nā mea kanu, ka lepo, ka pulupulu a pēlā aku, kahi maikaʻi hoʻi e noho ai ka puʻu laehaokela niu, ʻaʻole e halihali ʻia i Molokaʻi mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ma ka hālāwai o ka Pōʻalua nei, holo ihola ka manaʻo o ka Papa Mahi ʻAi a Pale Mea Hōʻino o Hawaiʻi, e holo mua ia kānāwai. ʻAʻole naʻe i koho pāloka. Akā, hōʻike aʻela ia papa e heluhelu ke kōmike aʻoaʻo o ia papa i ka palapala hoʻopiʻi a e mākaukau no ke kūkākūkā ma ka hālāwai o Kepakemapa.
I ka Pōʻalua nei, hopu aku nei ka ʻoihana mākaʻi o Honolulu he 14 mau kānaka, he mau kāne, a he mau wāhine nō hoʻi, e noho ana ma kahi hoʻomoana o ka poʻe kuewa ma ka lihi o ke Kahua Kolepa o ke Ala Wai. I ka lā ʻehā o ʻAukake, he ʻumi kumamālua lā i hala, kau aʻela nā hōʻailona e pāpā ana, ʻaʻole e komo wale a ʻaʻe kū paha ma ia wahi a aʻo ʻia ka poʻe e noho ana ma nā hale peʻa ma laila i ia manawa, e hiki koke mai ana ka wā hoʻokō.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
A nui mai ke kai o Waialua, moe pupuʻu ʻo Kalena i HaleʻauʻAu.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka puni i ka hoʻoipoipo me Niolopua me ka hana ʻole i ka hana.