¶ I ka malama mua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka malama ʻo Nisana, i ka makahiki ʻumikumamālua o ke aliʻi ʻo ʻAhasuero, hoʻolei Pura lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hailona, i mua o Hamana i kēlā lā i kēia lā, i kēlā malama i kēia malama, a hiki i ka malama ʻumikumamālua, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ʻAdara.
‘I ka malama maka mua, i ka lā ʻumikumamāhā o ka malama, i ke ahiahi, a laila e ʻai ʻoukou i ka berena hū ʻole, a hiki i ke ahiahi o ka lā iwakāluakumamākahi o ua malama lā.
“E ʻōlelo aku ʻolua i ka poʻe kānaka o kā ʻIseraʻela a pau, e ʻī aku: ‘I ka lā ʻumi o kēia malama, e lawe kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka i hipa keiki ma ko ka hale o nā mākua, he hipa keiki no ka hale hoʻokahi.
¶ ʻĪ akula ʻo Mose i nā kānaka, “E hoʻomanaʻo ʻoukou i kēia lā a ʻoukou i puka mai ai, mai loko mai o ʻAigupita, a mai loko aʻe o ka hale hoʻoluhi; no ka mea, ua lawe mai nei ʻo Iēhova iā ʻoukou mai loko mai o ia wahi, me ka lima ikaika; ʻaʻole e ʻai ʻia ka berena hū.
“E mālama ʻoe i ka ʻAhaʻaina o ka Berena Hū ʻOle; ʻehiku lā ʻoe e ʻai ai i ka berena hū ʻole, me aʻu i kauoha aku ai iā ʻoe, i ka manawa i hāʻawi ʻia, ma ka malama ʻo ʻAbiba; no ka mea, ia wā ʻoe i hele mai ai mai loko mai o ʻAigupita; mai ʻike ʻia naʻe kekahi i mua oʻu me ka waiwai ʻole;
¶ “E mālama ʻoe i ka ʻAhaʻaina o ka Berena Hū ʻOle. ʻEhiku lā kāu e ʻai ai i ka berena hū ʻole, me aʻu i kauoha aku ai iā ʻoe, i ka wā o ka malama ʻo ʻAbiba; no ka mea, i ka malama ʻo ʻAbiba i puka mai ai ʻoe ma waho mai o ʻAigupita.
¶ ‘Ke ʻī mai nei Iēhova ka Haku, penei, “ʻO ka malama mua, i ka lā mua o ka malama, e lawe ai ʻoe i ka bipi ʻōpiopio kīnā ʻole, a e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kahi hoʻāno.
¶ “E hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe i ka malama ‘o ʻAbiba, a e mālama ʻoe i ka Mōliaola na Iēhova kou Akua; no ka mea, ʻo ʻAbiba ka malama a Iēhova kou Akua i lawe mai ai iā ʻoe mai loko mai o ʻAigupita i ka pō.