“No ka mea, ʻaʻole au i noho i loko o ka hale maoli, mai ka manawa mai aʻu i kaʻi mai nei i kā ʻIseraʻela a hiki i kēia manawa; akā, ua hele au mai kekahi hale lole, a hiki i kekahi hale lole, a mai kekahi halelewa a kekahi halelewa.
¶ “E hana nō ʻoe i ka halelewa me nā pale he ʻumi: he olonā i hilo ʻia, he uliuli, he poni a me ka ʻulaʻula; he mau kerubima kekahi, ʻo ka hana a ka poʻe akamai.
“Ma ka halelewa o ka ʻaha kanaka, ma waho o ka pākū, i mua o ka pahu kānāwai, na ʻAʻarona a me kāna mau keiki ia e hoʻoponopono, mai ke ahiahi a kakahiaka i mua o Iēhova. He kānāwai mau loa ia no ko lākou hanauna no nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela.
“A e kuʻi ʻoe i kekahi o ia mea a wali loa, a e kau aku i mua o ke Kānāwai, ma loko o ka halelewa o ke anaina kanaka, kahi aʻu e hālāwai ai me ʻoe. E laʻa loa auaneʻi ia no ʻoukou.
¶ I ka iwakāluakumamālima o ka makahiki o ko kākou pio ʻana, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki, i ka lā ʻumi o ka malama, i ka ʻumikumamāhā o ka makahiki ma hope mai o ka pepehi ʻia o ke kūlanakauhale, ia lā nō, kau mai ka lima o Iēhova ma luna oʻu, a lawe mai iaʻu i laila.
¶ ‘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.
¶ ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iēhova iā Mose, ma ka wao nahele ʻo Sinai, i loko o ka halelewa o ke anaina i ka lā mua o ka lua o ka malama, i ka lua o ka makahiki ma hope iho o ko lākou hele ʻana mai, mai ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita mai, ʻī maila,
¶ Eia hoʻi, i ka lā a Mose i hoʻopau ai i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka halelewa, a pau ia i ka poni ʻia a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻia, ʻo ia a me nā mea paʻahana a pau ona, ʻo ke kuahu a me kona mau ipu a pau, a poni iho ʻo ia ia mau mea, a hoʻolaʻa hoʻi.
¶ ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iēhova iā Mose ma ka wao nahele ʻo Sinai, i ka malama mua o ka lua o ka makahiki, ma hope o ko lākou puka ʻana mai loko mai o ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita, ʻī maila,
¶ I ka lā i kūkulu ʻia ai ka halelewa, uhi ihola ke ao ma luna o ka halelewa, ma ke keʻena o ke Kānāwai; a ahiahi, ua ʻikea ka mea me he ahi lā ma luna o ka halelewa a hiki i kakahiaka.