Aia hoʻi, he ʻoliʻoli, a me ka hauʻoli, E kālua ana i nā bipi, e pepehi ana hoʻi i nā hipa, E ʻai ana i ka ʻiʻo, e inu ana hoʻi i ka waina; “E ʻai kākou, e inu hoʻi; no ka mea, ʻapōpō e make ana kākou!”
¶ “E iho i lalo, a e noho ma ka lepo, e ke kaikamahine puʻupaʻa o Babulona, E noho ma ka honua, ʻaʻohe noho aliʻi, e ke kaikamahine o Kaledea; No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hea hou ʻia he pūloku, a palupalu.
‘A e ʻōlelo iho au i kuʻu ʻuhane, “E ka ʻuhane, ua nui kou waiwai i hoʻāhu ʻia no nā makahiki he nui wale; e noho nanea ʻoe; e ʻai nō, a e inu nō me ka leʻaleʻa.”’
“ʻAʻole nui nā lā ma hope iho, hōʻuluʻulu mai ke keiki pōkiʻi i kāna a pau, hele akula ia i ka ʻāina lōʻihi aku; a ma laila ia i hoʻomāunauna aku ai i kāna waiwai e noho ʻuhaʻuha ana.
‘He mea pono nō kākou e ʻahaʻaina ʻoliʻoli a me ka hauʻoli; no ka mea, ʻo kou kaikaina nei, ua make nō ia, a ua ola hou mai nei; nalowale akula ia, a ua loaʻa mai nei.’”
“A i hele lā hoʻi ʻoukou i waho e ʻike i ke aha? I ke kanaka anei i kāhiko ʻia i ke kapa paheʻe? Aia hoʻi i loko o nā hale aliʻi ka poʻe i kāhiko ʻia i ke kapa nani, e noho leʻaleʻa ana!
“A ʻo ka wahine palupalu, a maikaʻi ke kino, ka mea pono ʻole iā ia ke hehi kona wāwae ma luna o ka honua no ka maikaʻi, a no ka palupalu, e nānā ʻino aku kona maka i ke kāne o kona poli, a me kāna keiki kāne, a me kāna kaikamahine,
ʻO ʻoukou hoʻi ka poʻe i make i loko o ka hewa, a me ke ʻoki poepoe ʻole ʻia o ko ʻoukou kino, ʻo ʻoukou kāna i hoʻāla pū hou mai nei me ia, a ua kala mai i ko ʻoukou hewa a pau;
ʻO kekahi o ua poʻe lā, nā mea i komo i loko o nā hale, e alakaʻi pio ana i nā wāhine lapuwale i kaumaha i ka hewa, a i alakaʻi ʻē ʻia aʻe hoʻi e kēlā kuko a e kēia kuko,
“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.’
¶ “E palapala aku ʻoe i ka ʻānela o ka ʻekalesia ma Saredeisa: Ke ʻī mai nei ka Mea iā ia nā ʻUhane ʻehiku o ke Akua, a me nā hōkū ʻehiku, penei: ‘Ua ʻike nō au i kāu hana ʻana, he inoa kou ma ke ola; akā, ua make ʻoe.
¶ A laila, ʻī akula ʻo Samuʻela, “E kaʻina mai ʻo ʻAgaga, ke aliʻi o kā ʻAmeleka i oʻu nei”; a hele ʻoliʻoli mai ʻo ʻAgaga, ʻī maila, “He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hala akula ka ʻawaʻawa o ka make.”