Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika; E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito; E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe, E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
I ko lākou pōpilikia a pau, ʻaʻole ia he ʻenemi, Akā, na ka ʻānela o kona alo lākou i hoʻōla; A no kona aloha, a no kona lokomaikaʻi, hoʻōla pānaʻi ʻo ia iā lākou; A hāpai aʻela ʻo ia, a kaʻikaʻi akula iā lākou, i nā lā a pau o ka wā kahiko.
‘E like me ka berita aʻu i hoʻopaʻa aku ai me ʻoukou, iā ʻoukou i puka ai mai ʻAigupita mai, pēlā hoʻi e noho ai kuʻu ʻUhane i waena o ʻoukou; mai makaʻu ʻoukou.’
¶ “ʻAʻole anei no kākou a pau ka makua hoʻokahi? ʻAʻole anei na ke Akua hoʻokahi kākou i hana? No ke aha lā kākou e hana hoʻopunipuni, ʻo kekahi hoahānau i kekahi hoahānau, ma ka haʻihaʻi ʻana i ka berita o ko kākou poʻe kūpuna?
‘ʻO Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua, ka mea hele i mua o ʻoukou, nāna nō e kaua aku no ʻoukou, e like me nā mea a pau āna i hana ai no ʻoukou ma ʻAigupita i mua o ko ʻoukou maka;
a ma ka wao nahele, kahi āu i ʻike ai iā Iēhova kou Akua, e like me kā ke kanaka hali ʻana i kāna keiki, pēlā ia i hali ai iā ʻoe ma ke ala a pau a ʻoukou i hele ai, a hiki mai ʻoukou ma kēia wahi.’
¶ ʻO ia nā ʻōlelo o ka berita a Iēhova i kauoha mai ai iā Mose e hana me nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela ma ka ʻāina ʻo Moaba, he ʻokoʻa ka berita āna i hana mai ai me lākou ma Horeba.
¶ Kāhea akula ʻo Mose, i kā ʻIseraʻela a pau, ʻī akula iā lākou, “Ua ʻike ʻoukou i nā mea a pau a Iēhova i hana ai i mua o ko ʻoukou maka ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita iā Paraʻo, a i kāna mau kauā a pau, a me kona ʻāina a pau;
¶ “E makaʻala iā ʻoe iho, a e mālama nui hoʻi i kou naʻau, o hoʻopoina auaneʻi ʻoe i nā mea a kou maka i ʻike ai, a o nalowale auaneʻi ia mea i kou naʻau i nā lā a pau o kou ola ʻana; akā, e aʻo aku ia mau mea i kāu mau keiki, a me kāu mau moʻopuna;
“A ʻo ʻoukou hoʻi, ua ʻike ʻoukou i nā mea a pau i hana mai ai ʻo Iēhova, ko ʻoukou Akua i kēia mau lāhui kanaka a pau i mua o ʻoukou; no ka mea, ʻo Iēhova, ko ʻoukou Akua ua kaua aku ʻo ia no ʻoukou.
Hāʻawi ʻia maila i ka wahine ʻelua ʻēheu o ka ʻaeto nui, i lele aku ai ʻo ia i ka wao nahele, i kona wahi, ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia ma laila i ka makahiki, a me nā makahiki, a me ka hapa o ka makahiki, mai ke alo aku o ua moʻo lā.