ʻĪ ihola ʻo Iēhova, “ʻAʻole e noho loa ana kuʻu ʻUhane me kānaka; no ka mea, he kino nō ia; akā, ʻo kona mau lā ma kēia hope aku, he haneri makahiki ia a me ka iwakālua.”
“Akā, hoʻomanawanui nō ʻoe iā lākou i nā makahiki he nui nō, A aʻo pinepine aku ʻoe iā lākou me kou ʻUhane i loko o ka poʻe kāula. ʻAʻole naʻe i hāliu mai ko lākou pepeiao; No laila hāʻawi akula ʻoe iā lākou i loko o ka lima o nā lāhui kanaka o nā ʻāina.
“ʻAʻole pio ke aloha i nā wai he nui loa, ʻAʻole ia e mokuhia e nā waikahe; Inā e hāʻawi aku ke kanaka i ka waiwai a pau o kona hale i lilo mai ke aloha, E hoʻowahāwahā loa ʻia ia mau mea.”
¶ “E ka poʻe ʻāʻī ʻoʻoleʻa, ka poʻe i ʻoki poepoe ʻole ʻia ma ka naʻau, a ma ka pepeiao, ua mau loa ko ʻoukou pale ʻana i ka ʻUhane Hemolele; e like me ko ʻoukou kūpuna, pēlā nō hoʻi ʻoukou nei.
A hana akula ʻo Samuʻela i kā Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai, a hele akula i Betelehema; a haʻalulu nā lunakahiko o ke kūlanakauhale i kona hiki ʻana mai, ʻī maila, “I hele mai nei ʻoe me ke aloha?”