Hana ihola ʻo Zedekia ke keiki a Kenaʻana i mau kiwi hao nona iho; ʻī maila hoʻi ia, “Ke ‘ī mai nei ‘o Iēhova, ‘Me nēia mau mea e pahu aku ai ʻoe i ko Suria, a pau aʻe lākou.’”
ʻO kēia poʻe a pau nā keiki a Iediaʻela; ma nā poʻo o ko lākou mau kūpuna, he poʻe kānaka koa ikaika, he ʻumikumamāhiku tausani a me nā haneri keu ʻelua, ua mākaukau e hele aku i ke kaua e kaua aku.
A ʻo ka helu ʻana o lākou ma muli o ko lākou kūʻauhau, ma ko lākou mau hanauna, nā luna o ka ʻohana a ko lākou poʻe kūpuna, he poʻe koa ikaika, he iwakālua tausani a me nā haneri keu ʻelua.