Hoʻohiki akula ʻo Iakoba i ka hoʻohiki ʻana, ʻī akula, “Inā e noho pū ke Akua me aʻu, a e mālama mai iaʻu ma kēia ala aʻu e hele nei, a e hāʻawi mai i ʻai naʻu e ʻai ai, a i kapa hoʻi e ʻaʻahu ai,
A nīnau akula ka poʻe koa iā ia, ʻī akula, “He aha hoʻi kā mākou e hana ai?” ʻĪ maila ʻo ia iā lākou, “Mai kolohe iā haʻi, mai ʻālunu, a e ʻoluʻolu ʻoukou i ko ʻoukou uku.”
i ka hana kaumaha a me ka luhi loa, i ka makaʻala pinepine ʻana, i ka pōloli a me ka make wai ʻana, i ka hoʻokē ʻai pinepine ʻana, i ke anu a me ka ʻōlohelohe.
like me nā mea kaumaha; akā, e ʻoliʻoli mau ana; like me nā mea ʻilihune, a ua waiwai naʻe nā mea he nui iā mākou; like me nā mea nele loa, a ua loaʻa nō naʻe nā mea a pau.
No ka mea, ua ʻike nō ʻoukou i ka lokomaikaʻi o ko kākou Haku ʻo Iesū Kristo, ua waiwai ʻo ia, a no ʻoukou i lilo mai ai ia i mea ʻilihune, i waiwai ai hoʻi ʻoukou ma kona ʻilihune.
A e hiki nō i ke Akua ke hoʻonui aʻe i nā mea maikaʻi a pau iā ʻoukou; i lako mau ʻoukou i nā mea a pau, i māhuahua kā ʻoukou hana maikaʻi ʻana ma nā mea a pau;
ʻOiaʻiʻo hoʻi, ke manaʻo nei au i nā mea a pau, he mea pohō ia i loaʻa mai ai ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike iā Kristo Iesū i kuʻu Haku; nona au i hoʻolei ai i nā mea a pau, a ke manaʻo nei au, he ʻōpala wale nō ia i loaʻa ai iaʻu ʻo Kristo,
A ua aloha ʻiʻo hoʻi ʻoukou i nā mea i hoʻopeʻa ʻia, a ua ʻae aku me ka ʻoluʻolu, i ka hao ʻana aku o ko ʻoukou waiwai, e ʻike ana nō, aia i ka lani ka waiwai maikaʻi aku no ʻoukou, ka mea e ʻoia mau ana.