‘Akā, ʻaʻole loa e hoʻokala mai kekahi ʻīlio i kona alelo e kūʻē i kekahi o nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela; ʻaʻole i ke kanaka, ʻaʻole i nā holoholona; i ʻike ai ʻoukou i kā Iēhova pale ʻana ma waena o ko ʻAigupita a me kā ʻIseraʻela.’
Ala aʻela ʻo Paraʻo i ka pō, ʻo ia a me kāna poʻe kauā a pau, a me ko ʻAigupita a pau; a he nui loa ke kūpinaʻi ʻana ma ʻAigupita; no ka mea, ʻaʻohe hale i make ʻole ai kekahi.
ʻĪ maila ʻo Iēhova, “I kuʻu nānā ʻana ua ʻike nō wau i ka luhi ʻana o koʻu poʻe kānaka ma ʻAigupita, ua lohe nō hoʻi au i kā lākou kaniʻuhū ʻana, no nā luna hoʻoluhi o lākou; ua ʻike hoʻi au i ko lākou ʻehaʻeha ʻana.
“Aia hoʻi, a hiki i kēia hora o ka lā ʻapōpō, a laila e hoʻoua iho nō au i ka huahekili he nui loa, ʻaʻole lua e like me ia ma ʻAigupita nei, mai kona wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai a hiki i kēia manawa.
¶ Ia lā lā, e like auaneʻi ko ʻAigupita me nā wāhine, e makaʻu nō lākou a haʻalulu, no ke kā ʻana o ka lima o Iēhova o nā kaua, ka mea āna e hoʻokā mai ai ma luna o lākou.
¶ Ke ʻī mai nei ʻo Iēhova penei, “Ua lohe ʻia ka leo ma Rama, He pihe, a me ka uē nui ʻana; E uē ana ʻo Rāhela no kāna mau keiki, A hōʻole ʻo ia, ʻaʻole e nā no kāna mau keiki; No ka mea, ʻaʻole aʻe nei lākou.”
“A laila, e uē ai, a e ʻuī ai nā niho, i ka wā e ʻike ai ʻoukou iā ʻAberahama, a me ʻIsaʻaka, a me Iakoba, a me ka poʻe kāula a pau, i loko o ke aupuni o ke Akua, a ʻo ʻoukou iho hoʻi ua kipaku ʻia aku i waho.