“No ka mea, he poʻe mākou no ka ʻāina ʻē i mua ou, e noho malihini ana, e like me ko mākou poʻe kūpuna a pau; me he aka lā ko mākou mau lā ma luna o ka honua, ʻaʻole nō he manaʻolana.
¶ “E hoʻolohe mai i kaʻu pule, e Iēhova, E hāliu mai i ka pepeiao i koʻu kāhea ʻana; Mai noho a hoʻokuli i koʻu waimaka; No ka mea, he malihini au me ʻoe, He mea noho iki e like me koʻu mau mākua a pau.
No ka mea, penei i ʻōlelo mai ai ka Haku, ʻO Iēhova, ka Mea Hemolele o kā ʻIseraʻela, “Ma ka huli ʻana mai a me ka hoʻomaha ʻoukou e ola ai; Ma ka noho mālie, a ma ka hilinaʻi mai, ma laila ko ʻoukou ikaika”; ʻAʻole naʻe ʻoukou i ʻae mai.
¶ ʻĪ maila ʻo Rabesake iā lākou, “E ʻī aku ʻoukou iā Hezekia, ‘Ke ʻōlelo mai nei ke aliʻi nui, ke aliʻi o ʻAsuria penei, “He aha kēia hilinaʻi ʻana āu e hilinaʻi nei?
¶ No ka mea, ua ʻike mākou, inā i wāwahi ʻia ko mākou hale kino lepo, ʻo ka halelewa, e loaʻa auaneʻi iā mākou ka hale na ke Akua, he hale hana ʻole ʻia e nā lima, ua mau loa i loko o ka lani.
¶ A make akula kēlā poʻe a pau, i loko o ka manaʻoʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hoʻi i loaʻa iā lākou nā mea i ʻōlelo ʻia mai; akā, i ko lākou ʻike ʻana ia mau mea i kahi lōʻihi, ua manaʻoʻiʻo a paulele i laila, a ua haʻi aku iā lākou iho, he poʻe kānaka ʻē, he poʻe malihini ma ka honua.
¶ ʻO wau ʻo kekahi lunakahiko, a he mea hōʻike i ko Iesū ʻeha ʻana, a he hoaaloha pū no ka nani e hiki mai ana, ke nonoi aku nei au i nā lunakahiko o ʻoukou.
¶ ʻO wau, ʻo Ioane nei, ʻo ko ʻoukou hoahānau, a ʻo ko ʻoukou hoa ma loko o ka pilikia, a ma loko o ke aupuni a me ke ahonui o Iesū Kristo, i noho au ma ka mokupuni, i kapa ʻia ʻo Patemosa, no ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua, a no ka hōʻike ʻana iā Iesū Kristo.