kū aʻela lākou, ʻo ka poʻe kānaka koa a pau, a lawe akula i ke kino o Saula, a me nā kino o nā keiki āna, a hali maila i Iabesa, a kanu ihola i ko lākou mau iwi ma lalo o ka lāʻau ʻoka, aia ma Iabesa, a hoʻokē ʻai lākou i nā lā ʻehiku.
¶ Nīnau akula lākou, “ʻO wai kekahi ʻohana o kā ʻIseraʻela, i piʻi ʻole mai i Mizepa iā Iēhova?” Aia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe mea i hele mai o nā kānaka o Iabesa Gileada i ka ʻaha kanaka i kahi hoʻomoana ai.