¶ Lawe hou aʻela ʻo Dāvida i nā haiā wahine a me nā wāhine hoʻi nāna no Ierusalema, ma hope iho o kona hele ʻana mai mai Heberona mai; a hānau maila nā keiki kāne hou a me nā kaikamāhine hou na Dāvida.
A ʻike ihola ʻo Dāvida, na Iēhova ia i hoʻopaʻa i aliʻi ma luna o kā ʻIseraʻela; no ka mea, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia kona aupuni i luna, no kona poʻe kānaka, ʻo kā ʻIseraʻela.
“A ʻo nā keiki kāne aʻu a pau, (no ka mea, ua hāʻawi mai ke Akua iaʻu i nā keiki kāne he nui), ua wae mai ʻo ia i kuʻu keiki iā Solomona e noho ia ma luna o ka noho aliʻi o ke aupuni o Iēhova, ma luna o kā ʻIseraʻela.
E noho ʻoluʻolu pū ʻoe me ka wahine āu i aloha ai i nā lā a pau o kou ola lapuwale ʻana, i hāʻawi ʻia mai ai iā ʻoe ma lalo iho o ka lā, i kou mau lā lapuwale a pau loa; no ka mea, ʻo ia kou haʻawina i kou ola ʻana, a me ka hana ʻana hoʻi āu i hana ai ma lalo iho o ka lā.
“Ke nīnau mai nei ʻoukou, ‘No ke aha?’ No ka mea, he mea ʻike maka ʻo Iēhova ma waena ou a ʻo ka wahine o kou wā ʻōpiopio, i ka mea āu i hana hoʻopunipuni aku ai; akā, ʻo ia nō kou hoalauna, ʻo ka wahine o kāu berita.
ʻĪ akula ʻo ia iā lākou, “No ka paʻakikī o ko ʻoukou naʻau i ʻae mai ai ʻo Mose iā ʻoukou e hōʻoki i nā wāhine a ʻoukou; ʻaʻole pēlā ia mai kinohi mai.