¶ Auē iaʻu! No ka mea, ua like au Me ka ʻohi ʻai ʻana o ke kau, e like me nā koena hua waina o ka ʻohi ʻana; ʻAʻohe huhui e ʻai ai; Makemake ihola kuʻu naʻau i ka hua fiku mua.
“ʻO wai lā ka mea o ʻoukou e pani wale i nā puka? ʻAʻole ʻoukou e kuni makehewa ma luna o kuʻu kuahu. ʻAʻole au i ʻoluʻolu iā ʻoukou, wahi a Iēhova o nā kaua; “ʻaʻole hoʻi e maliu au i ka mōhai na ko ʻoukou lima mai.
“ʻAʻole ʻoukou i wae mai iaʻu; akā, ʻo wau kai wae aku iā ʻoukou, a i hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoukou, i hele ai ʻoukou, a e hoʻohua mai ai i ka hua, a i mau ai hoʻi ko ʻoukou hua; i hāʻawi mai ai ka Makua iā ʻoukou i ka mea a ʻoukou e nonoi ai iā ia ma koʻu inoa.
¶ Ke ʻōlelo aku nei hoʻi au, “Mai manaʻo mai kekahi iaʻu he naʻaupō; inā ʻaʻole pēlā, e launa mai hoʻi ʻoukou iaʻu me he naʻaupō lā, i kaena iki aku ai hoʻi au.”
No ia mea, he pono i kuʻu manaʻo e noi aku i ua mau hoahānau lā e hele ʻē ma mua i o ʻoukou lā e hoʻomākaukau i ko ʻoukou haʻawina i ʻōlelo ʻē ʻia ma mua, i mākaukau ai ua mea lā, me he haʻawina lā, ʻaʻole me he mea ʻohi ʻia lā.
No ka mea, ʻo ka puni kālā ʻo ka mole nō ia o ka hewa a pau; ua kuko nui ʻia ia e kekahi poʻe, a ua haʻalele lākou i ka manaʻoʻiʻo, a ua houhou lākou iā lākou iho i nā ʻehaʻeha he nui.
No ka mea, e pono e hala ʻole ka luna kiaʻi, he puʻukū lā hoʻi ia no ke Akua; ʻaʻole hoʻokuli, ʻaʻole huhū, ʻaʻole lilo i ka waina ʻaʻole mokomoko, ʻaʻole puni i ka waiwai ʻino;
ʻAʻole he loko ʻino ke Akua i poina ai kā ʻoukou hana ʻana, a me ke aloha a ʻoukou i hōʻike aku ai i kona inoa, i ko ʻoukou mālama ʻana i ka poʻe hoʻāno, a me ʻoukou hoʻi e mālama nei.
E hānai ʻoukou i ka poʻe o ke Akua i waena o ʻoukou, e kiaʻi ana, ʻaʻole no ka hoʻokoi ʻia mai, no ka makemake nō; ʻaʻole hoʻi no ka puni waiwai; akā, no ka manaʻo pono.
A no ka puni waiwai, e kūʻai nō lākou iā ʻoukou, me ka ʻōlelo wahaheʻe; ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻokaʻulua loa ko lākou hoʻohewa ʻia, ʻaʻole e hiamoe ko lākou make.
Auē lākou! No ka mea, ua hahai lākou ma ka ʻaoʻao o Kaina, ua holo kikī lākou ma ka lalau ʻana o Balaʻama i mea e uku ʻia ai, ua hōkai ʻia ihola lākou ma ke kipi ʻana aʻe o Kora.