¶ He kanakolu ko Iosepa mau makahiki, i ka wā āna i kū ai i mua o Paraʻo ʻo ke aliʻi o ʻAigupita. A hoʻi akula ʻo Iosepa mai ke alo aku o Paraʻo, a hele akula i ka ʻāina o ʻAigupita a pau.
ʻO nā lā o ko mākou mau makahiki, He kanahiku makahiki i loko o laila; Akā, inā nō ka ikaika he kanawalu makahiki lākou, A laila, ʻo ko lākou ikaika, he luhi wale nō ia, a me ke kaumaha; No ka mea, hōʻoki koke iā ia, a lele akula mākou.
¶ A nui nā lā i hala, make ke aliʻi o ʻAigupita, a kaniʻuhū ihola ka poʻe mamo a ʻIseraʻela, no ka luhi loa ʻana, a uē akula lākou; a hiki akula ko lākou uē ʻana i ke Akua no ko lākou luhi.
“A pau nā makahiki hoʻokahi kanahā, «ʻike ʻia maila he ʻānela o ka Haku iā ia, ma ka wao nahele, ma ka Mauna Sinai, ma loko o ka lapalapa ahi o ka lāʻau ʻoʻoi».
“A ua alakaʻi au iā ʻoukou i nā makahiki he kanahā ma ka wao nahele; ʻaʻole i weluwelu ko ʻoukou ʻaʻahu ma luna o ʻoukou, ʻaʻole hoʻi i weluwelu nā kāmaʻa o ʻoukou ma ko ʻoukou wāwae.
ʻĪ akula ʻo ia iā lākou, “Hoʻokahi oʻu haneri makahiki a me ka iwakālua i kēia lā; ʻaʻole e hiki hou iaʻu ke hele aku i waho, a me ka hoʻi mai i loko: ua ʻōlelo mai nō hoʻi ʻo Iēhova iaʻu, ‘ʻAʻole ʻoe e hele ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o kēia Ioredane.’
‘Hoʻouna aku au iā Mose, a me ʻAʻarona, a hoʻomāinoino au iā ʻAigupita, ma ka mea aʻu i hana ai ma waena o lākou; a ma hope iho, lawe mai au iā ʻoukou ma waho.