“A ʻōlelo maila hoʻi ʻo Iēhova iā Dāvida koʻu makua kāne, ‘No ka mea, ma loko aku nō o kou naʻau e kūkulu i hale no koʻu inoa, he pono ʻoe i kou manaʻo ʻana pēlā i loko ou.
“ʻĪ akula kona haku iā ia, ‘Pono, e ke kauā maikaʻi, mālama pono; he pono kou mālama ʻana i nā mea he ʻuʻuku, e hoʻonoho nō au iā ʻoe ma luna o nā mea he nui loa. E komo aʻe ʻoe i loko o ka ʻoliʻoli o kou haku.’
He mea pono ia manaʻo; no ka mea, he poʻe ʻaiʻē ʻiʻo lākou nei na lākou lā. No ka mea, inā i loaʻa i nā lāhui kanaka ko lākou waiwai ma ka ʻuhane, he pono ʻiʻo nō lākou nei e kōkua iā lākou lā ma nā mea o ke kino.
He mea pono ia noʻu e manaʻo aku ai pēlā nō ʻoukou a pau; no ka mea, eia nō ʻoukou i loko o kuʻu naʻau, i kuʻu wā e paʻa ana, a me kuʻu hoʻākāka ʻana, a me ka hoʻokūpaʻa ʻana i ka ʻeuanelio; ua loaʻa pū iā ʻoukou a pau kuʻu lokomaikaʻi ʻia mai.
A iaʻu nā mea he nui, a ua lako hoʻi; ua piha au i kā ʻoukou mau mea i loaʻa mai ma o ʻEpaperodito lā, he mea ʻala ʻoluʻolu, he mōhai hōʻoluʻolu, i maliu ʻia mai hoʻi e ke Akua.
no ko ʻoukou lilo ʻana i mea nānā ʻia mai ai, ma ka hōʻino ʻana, a me ka ʻehaʻeha ʻana kekahi; a, ʻo kekahi, no kā ʻoukou lilo ʻana i mau hoaaloha no ka poʻe i kolohe ʻia pēlā.
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.
¶ ʻO wau, ʻo Ioane nei, ʻo ko ʻoukou hoahānau, a ʻo ko ʻoukou hoa ma loko o ka pilikia, a ma loko o ke aupuni a me ke ahonui o Iesū Kristo, i noho au ma ka mokupuni, i kapa ʻia ʻo Patemosa, no ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua, a no ka hōʻike ʻana iā Iesū Kristo.