“Ke noi aku nei, e ʻae mai ʻoe, e hele mākou i Ioredane, a e lawe kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka, mai laila mai, i kahi lāʻau, a e hana kākou ma laila i wahi no kākou e noho ai.” ʻĪ maila kēlā, “E hele ʻoukou.”
ʻAʻole hoʻi au i lawe i kekahi o kēia mau mea; ʻaʻole hoʻi au i palapala aku i kēia, i hana ʻia mai iaʻu pēlā; no ka mea, he mea maikaʻi iaʻu ka make, he mea ʻino ke hoʻonele mai kekahi iaʻu i kēia kaena ʻana.
He aha hoʻi kaʻu e uku ʻia mai? Eiʻa, i kaʻu aʻo ʻana aku, haʻi aku nō au i ka ʻeuanelio a Kristo me ka uku ʻole ʻia mai, o lawe hewa au i kaʻu pono ma ka ʻeuanelio.
Ua hana hewa anei au i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana iaʻu iho, i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia aʻe ʻoukou; no ka haʻi wale aku ʻana aʻu iā ʻoukou i ka ʻeuanelio a ke Akua me ka uku ʻole ʻia mai?
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.
Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei nō ʻoukou, e nā hoahānau, i kā mākou hana, a me ko mākou luhi ʻana hoʻi; e hana ana i ka pō; a me ke ao, i ʻole ai mākou e lilo i mea e luhi ai kekahi o ʻoukou, pēlā mākou i haʻi aku ai iā ʻoukou i ka ʻeuanelio a ke Akua.