¶ Ua ʻōlelo mai nō hoʻi ʻo Iēhova, No ka lana haʻakei o nā kaikamāhine o Ziona, A hele me ka oeoe o nā ʻāʻī, A me ka maka leho hilahila ʻole; He hele hōʻoiʻoi ko lākou hele, A kanikani nā kūpeʻe o ko lākou wāwae;
¶ “Akā, a momona ʻo Iesuruna, keʻehi maila ia; Ua momona ʻoe, ua puʻipuʻi, ua puni ʻoe i ka momona! A laila haʻalele ia i ke Akua, nāna ia i hana, Hoʻowahāwahā hoʻi i ka Pōhaku o kona ola.
No ka mea, i ko lākou haʻanui ʻana ma ka mea lapuwale, ke hoʻowalewale nei lākou i loko o ke kuko o ke kino a me ka makaleho wale, i nā mea i haʻalele aku i ka poʻe e noho ana ma ka hewa.
“No ka mea, ua inu nō ko nā ʻāina a pau i ka waina o ka ukiuki o kona moekolohe ʻana, a ua moekolohe pū me ia nā aliʻi o ka honua nei, a ua waiwai loa ka poʻe kālepa o ka honua, no ka nui loa o kona noho leʻaleʻa ʻana.”
“E like me ka nui o kona hoʻonani ʻana iā ia iho, a me kona noho ʻana ma ka leʻaleʻa nui, pēlā e hāʻawi aku ai iā ia i ka ʻeha a me ka uē ʻana; no ka mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i loko o kona naʻau, ‘«Ke noho nei au he aliʻi wahine, ʻaʻole au he wahine kāne make», ʻaʻole hoʻi au e ʻike i ka uē ʻana.’
“A ʻo nā aliʻi o ka honua, ka poʻe i moekolohe me ia, a i noho pū me ka pākela leʻaleʻa, e uē lākou a e kanikau iā ia, i ka wā a lākou e ʻike aku ai i ka uahi o kona ʻaʻā ʻana;