The Hawaiian story of the wind keepers - Sydney Iaukea

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang

Long ago, La’amaomao, the Hawaiian wind goddess,

很久以前，拉阿瑪歐瑪歐，

夏威夷的風之女神，

wielded a gourd that housed the winds of the Islands.

手持一個葫蘆，裡面裝著島上的風。

It came to hold her bones, along with the life force they carried,

它漸漸容納了她的骨頭， 以及它們的生命力，

and was eventually passed to her grandson, Paka’a.

最後傳到了她的孫子帕卡阿的手中。

He learned the hundreds of distinct winds

他學會了數百種獨特的風，

that wafted and whipped around his homeland.

都是在他的家鄉吹著、刮著的風。

Chanting their names, he could stir the skies and raise the waves.

只要吟誦出它們的名字， 他就能擾動天空、興風作浪。

Like his father before him,

和他的父親一樣，

he became the most trusted attendant to King Keawenuia’umi of Hawaii Island.

他也成為夏威夷島國王 凱阿維努伊阿烏米

最信任的侍從。

But his privileged status also made him a target.

但他特殊的地位也讓他 成了攻擊的目標。

Two of the king's seafaring navigators were especially envious.

國王有兩位擅於航海的 領航員特別嫉妒他，

They knew Paka’a’s skills and responsibility to the king

他們知道帕卡阿的技能 和對國王的責任

were divinely inherited, but they coveted his position.

都是神聖的繼承，

但他們就是垂涎他的地位。

So they whispered rumors and eventually turned the king

所以他們私下放謠言，

最終讓國王與他 最忠誠的夥伴反目成仇。

against his most loyal companion.

Paka’a watched bitterly as he was stripped of his land and privileges.

帕卡阿痛苦地看著 他的土地和特權被剝奪，

He fled, escaping the navigators who plotted to drown him as he sailed away,

他逃走了，逃離了策劃在他 坐船離去時淹死他的領航員，

and took refuge on Molokaʻi, where he married a young chiefess.

躲在摩洛凱島避風頭，

在那裡娶了年輕的女酋長。

They brought a son into the world,

他們生了一個兒子，

but Paka’a never stopped imagining his return.

但帕卡阿從來沒有停止 想像他能重返家鄉。

He taught his son, Kuapaka’a, the way of the winds

他把風之道傳授給 他的兒子庫阿帕卡阿，

until Kuapaka’a was poised to avenge his father

直到庫阿帕卡阿準備好 為他的父親復仇，

and restore his rightful place beside the king.

重新取回國王身邊那個 本來就該屬於他的位子。

Back on Hawaii Island,

場景回到夏威夷島，

as the two navigators revealed their selfishness,

那兩位領航員顯露出 他們的自私面目之後，

the king realized how easily he’d been deceived and longed for Paka’a.

國王才發現自己多容易被騙，

並思念起帕卡阿。

Some of his more trustworthy attendants divined that Paka’a was still alive

他身邊一些更值得相信的侍從 占卜推測帕卡阿還活著，

and told the king to construct canoes for a journey.

告訴國王要打造獨木舟出航。

However, Paka’a could not return so easily.

然而，帕卡阿不可能 這麼輕易就回來。

First, the king’s loyalty and dedication had to be tested.

首先，國王的忠誠 和誠意需要經過測試。

As the king rallied his attendants,

當國王集結他的侍從時，

Paka’a’s ancestral spirits arrived in the form of two birds

帕卡阿的祖靈以兩隻鳥的形式到來，

and rotted the trees he was using for canoe-building.

並讓他用來建造獨木舟的樹木腐爛。

Though exhausted, the king had his best archers shoot the birds,

雖然身心俱疲，

國王仍然命令他最好的弓箭手 將鳥射殺並重新開始建造。

and he started again.

Later, as Paka’a dreamed, the king’s spirit announced his search.

後來，如帕卡阿所希望的，

國王的靈宣佈他要展開搜尋之旅。

However, Paka’a’s own spirit misled the king,

然而，帕卡阿自己的靈誤導了國王，

saying he was on Ka’ula—

說他人在考拉島——

not Molokaʻi.

而非摩洛凱島。

The king’s fleet soon set sail.

國王的艦隊很快就啟航了。

As they passed Molokaʻi, Paka’a’s son, Kuapaka’a, greeted them,

他們經過摩洛凱島時，

帕卡阿的兒子庫阿帕卡阿 在那裡迎接他們，

warning that a storm was brewing.

警告他們一場暴風雨即將形成。

He chanted the names of the winds, but kept his identity a secret,

他吟誦了風的名字， 但保守了自己身分的秘密，

as per Paka’a’s plan.

這是帕卡阿的計畫。

The king’s navigators dismissed the young boy’s claims.

國王的領航員不把這位 年輕男孩的說詞當一回事。

But as they sailed off, Kuapaka’a unleashed a vicious storm

但他們出海後，庫阿帕卡阿 發動了一場劇烈的暴風雨，

and all were forced to shelter on Molokaʻi.

他們全都不得不 在摩洛凱島躲避暴風雨。

For four months, Kuapaka’a maintained the storm.

庫阿帕卡阿讓暴風雨持續了四個月。

With Paka’a’s secret supervision, he earned the king’s trust,

帕卡阿則在背地裡監督， 讓他贏得了國王的信任，

and, after clearing the sky, Kuapaka’a agreed to join the king’s search.

在讓天空放晴之後，

庫阿帕卡阿同意加入 國王的搜尋之旅。

At sea, the two navigators continuously discredited Kuapaka’a.

在海上，兩名領航員 不斷抵毀庫阿帕卡阿。

Finally, he readied himself for revenge and called the winds.

終於，他準備好復仇了， 他將風召喚出來，

As waves crashed, Kuapaka’a anchored the canoe

大浪不斷猛擊獨木舟， 庫阿帕卡阿將船停下來，

and passed provisions to everyone— except the two navigators.

並將糧食發給每個人—— 除了兩位領航員。

They grew cold and weak, eventually falling overboard.

他們越來越冷，越來越虛，

最終摔出船外。

But Kuapaka’a’s work wasn’t done.

但庫阿帕卡阿的工作還沒結束。

While everyone slept, he brightened the sky

大家都入睡後，他讓天空明亮起來，

and sailed towards Hawaii Island instead of Ka’ula.

航向夏威夷島，而非考拉島。

Though the king regretted not finding Paka’a,

雖然國王很後悔沒找到帕卡阿，

everyone was glad to be home and forgot about Kuapaka’a—

但大家都很高興能返家，

也就忘了庫阿帕卡阿——

until the day he proposed a canoe race.

直到有一天他提出了獨木舟賽。

He wagered his catch of flying fish against that of eight fishermen

他向八名漁夫打賭他能先抓到飛魚，

who had been appointed by the two treacherous navigators.

這些漁夫都是由兩位 奸詐的領航員所指派的。

They agreed, figuring it'd be an easy win.

他們接受挑戰，認為能輕鬆獲勝。

But Kuapaka’a called to La’amaomao,

但庫阿帕卡阿召喚了拉阿瑪歐瑪歐，

and a great wave whisked him ahead of his opponents.

一個大浪讓他快速超越了他的對手，

Enraged and convinced this was a fluke, the fishermen asked for a rematch.

漁夫們很生氣且深信這只是 僥倖，因此要求再比一次。

But this time, they demanded Kuapaka’a wager his bones against theirs.

但這次，他們要求庫阿怕卡阿 用他的骨頭和他們對賭。

At first, the men paddled fiercely,

一開始，漁夫們拼命划，

with Kuapaka’a gliding effortlessly in their wake.

庫阿帕卡阿則毫不費力地 滑行尾隨在後。

As they tired, Kuapaka’a hurtled himself to victory.

等他們累了，

庫阿帕卡阿就直接飛馳向勝利。

Hearing that eight of his fishermen were to die,

聽到他的八名漁夫都得死了，

the king asked Kuapaka’a to have mercy on them.

國王拜託庫阿帕卡阿憐憫他們。

But the time had come for Kuapaka’a to reveal his identity

但時候到了，庫阿帕卡阿 要揭露他的身分，

and have the King prove his commitment to Paka’a.

並要求國王證明他對帕卡阿的承諾。

Overcome, the king agreed to their deaths and asked to welcome Paka’a home,

克服之後，國王同意讓他們死，

並希望能歡迎帕卡阿返鄉，

promising his lands and position would be restored.

保證將他的土地和地位還給他。

At last, the king and Paka’a were back at each other’s sides.

終於，國王和帕卡阿 回到了彼此身邊。

Wielding the sacred wind gourd,

帕卡阿和庫阿帕卡阿 手持著神聖的風葫蘆，

Paka’a and Kuapaka’a ensured the names of the winds would never be lost,

確保風的名字永遠不會被失傳，

and those who understood them never undermined or forgotten.

而懂它們的人也永遠 不會被陷害或遺忘。