“Iho maila ʻoe ma luna o ka mauna ʻo Sinai, ʻŌlelo pū me lākou mai ka lani mai, A hāʻawi maila ʻoe iā lākou i nā ʻōlelo kūpaʻa he pololei, a me nā kapu he ʻoiaʻiʻo, I nā kānāwai a me nā kauoha he maikaʻi:
“ʻO ia nō ka mea ma loko o ka ʻekalesia ma ka wao nahele me ka ʻānela nāna i ʻōlelo mai iā ia, ma ka mauna ma Sinai, a me ko kākou poʻe kūpuna hoʻi; a loaʻa nō iā ia nā ʻōlelo hoʻōla, e hāʻawi mai iā kākou.
“A kahakaha ihola ia ma luna o nā papa, e like me ke kahakaha ʻana ma mua, i nā Kauoha he ʻUmi, a Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai iā ʻoukou ma ka mauna mai loko mai o ke ahi, i ka lā o ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana; a hāʻawi mai ʻo Iēhova ia mau mea iaʻu.
“ʻO ia nō ka mea i lohe ai ʻoe i kona leo mai ka lani mai, i aʻo ai ʻo ia iā ʻoe; a ma ka honua, i hōʻike mai ia iā ʻoe i kona ahi nui; a ua lohe ʻoe i kāna mau hua ʻōlelo mai loko mai o ke ahi.
¶ “ʻO ia nā ʻōlelo a Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai i ko ʻoukou ʻaha kanaka a pau, ma ka mauna, mai loko mai o ke ahi, a me ke ao, a me ka pouli paʻapū, me ka leo nui, a hoʻōki aʻela; a kākau ihola ia ia mau mea ma nā papa pōhaku ʻelua, a hāʻawi mai iaʻu.