“Hele maila hoʻi ka mea iā ia nā tālena ʻelua, ʻī maila, ‘E ka haku, ua hāʻawi mai ʻoe iaʻu i nā tālena ʻelua; eia hoʻi ia me nā tālena hou ʻelua aʻu i loaʻa ai.’
A hiki aʻela ia, a ʻike aʻela i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e ke Akua, ʻoliʻoli ihola ia, a hoʻoikaika maila ʻo ia iā lākou a pau, e hoʻopili lākou i ka Haku me ka manaʻo ikaika o ka naʻau.
A ʻikea maila e Paulo i ka pō ka hihiʻo; kū maila kekahi kanaka no Makedonia, nonoi maila iā ia, ʻī maila, “E hele mai i Makedonia, e kōkua mai iā mākou.”
Akā, ua lilo wau i koʻu mea i lilo ai, ma ka lokomaikaʻi wale o ke Akua; ʻaʻole hoʻi i makehewa kona lokomaikaʻi mai ma luna oʻu; no ka mea, ua pākela aku koʻu hoʻoikaika ʻana ma mua o lākou a pau. ʻAʻole hoʻi wau, ʻo ka lokomaikaʻi nō o ke Akua i loko oʻu.
A i kuʻu noho pū ʻana me ʻoukou a nele, ʻaʻole i kaumaha kekahi iaʻu; no ka mea, ʻo nā hoahānau mai Makedonia mai ua hoʻolakolako mai lākou iaʻu i kuʻu mea nele; ua mālama au iaʻu iho i nā mea a pau i kaumaha ʻole ai ʻoukou iaʻu, a pēlā aku au e mālama iho ai.
No ka mea, ʻo ka hana ʻana i kēia ʻoihana ka mea e pau ai ka nele o ka poʻe haipule; ʻaʻole ia wale nō, ka mea hoʻi ia e māhuahua ai ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui aku i ke Akua.
No ka mea, ke ʻike nei au i ka mākaukau ʻana o ko ʻoukou naʻau, ʻo ia kaʻu i kaena aku ai no ʻoukou i ko Makedonia, ua mākaukau nō ko ʻAkaia i kēlā makahiki ma mua; a ʻo ko ʻoukou ikaika ka mea i ikaika ai nā mea he nui.
malia paha o hilahila auaneʻi mākou, (ʻaʻole ʻo ʻoukou hoʻi kā mākou e ʻī aku nei,) i kēia kaena ikaika ʻana, ke hele pū aku nei ko Makedonia me aʻu, a loaʻa ʻoukou ʻaʻole i mākaukau.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia mai kēia lokomaikaʻi iaʻu, i ka mea ʻuʻuku iho o nā haipule ʻuʻuku loa a pau, e haʻi aku ai au i nā lāhui kanaka ʻē i ka waiwai kupanaha o Kristo;
ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻo kā ʻoukou ia e hana ai i nā hoahānau a pau ma Makedonia a puni; a ke nonoi aku nei mākou iā ʻoukou, e nā hoahānau, e hoʻomāhuahua nui aʻe ʻoukou.