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Easter Island: Early Witnesses
William Thomson
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TRANSLATION OF EASTER ISLAND TABLETS.
EAHA TO RAN ARIIKI KETE.
(Plates XL and XLI.)
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E tupu tomo a mata mea e rangi ran e tuatea to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato mani rata karata te tuatea, karata te rangi ran karata te tupuna.
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E ura e poopoo e koiro e nohoe e to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato mani rata karata te ura ki kara te poopoo e nehe e riku e kava-kava atu.
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E nehe e riku e kava atua to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato mani rata karata te nehe karata riku karata rain kava atua.
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E a hao nei e kahi e atu e ature.
Ane rato mani rata karata te kahi kaharta ahi rarata te ature ane rato.
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E ufi e tra e kumaro to ran ariiki mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato karata te ufi kumara toa e mahua i uta nei, ane rato maru.
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E honu e kea e pane te ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato karata te honu te kea te pane.
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E hetu e range e han e na e raa e mahua te ran ariiki kete mahua i irunga nei.
Ane rato karata te rangi e hon e na e raa e mahua.
- Eaha te ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E anuga nei karata te hehun rangi han na raa mahua.
Ane rato karata te hehuu rangi han na raa mahua.
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E ariiki e tapairu to ran ariiki kete i mahua i mua nei.
Ane rato karata to ariiki te tapairu.
- Eaha to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei?
E oi e potupotu e ugarara e hata to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
Ane rato karata main rata e oi e potupotu e ugarara e hata to ran ariiki kete mahua i uta nei.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF TABLET.
EASTER ISLAND ANTHEM.
What power has the Great King on the land?
He has power to make the plants grow and to change the sky to different colors.
All hail the power of the Great King who makes us lenient to the
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