“Ke ʻōlelo aku nei au iā ʻoe, ‘E hoʻokuʻu ʻoe i kaʻu keiki, i mālama mai ia iaʻu: a inā e hōʻole mai ʻoe i kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia, aia hoʻi, e pepehi aku nō au i kāu keiki kāne, i kāu hiapo hoʻi.’”
“No ka mea, ua makamae ʻoe ma koʻu mau maka, Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia hoʻi ʻoe, a ua aloha aku au iā ʻoe; No laila au e pānaʻi aku ai i nā kānaka nou, A e lilo nō nā lāhui kanaka i pānaʻi no kou ola.
¶ “Ua haʻalele au i koʻu hale, a ua waiho aku au i koʻu ʻāina hoʻoili; A ua hāʻawi aku hoʻi au i ka mea a kuʻu ʻuhane i aloha nui ai i loko o ka lima o kona poʻe ʻenemi.
“Ō hele, e kala ma nā pepeiao o ko Ierusalema, e ʻī aku, ‘Ke ʻōlelo mai nei ʻo Iēhova, penei, “Ua hoʻomanaʻo aku au iā ʻoe, I ka lokomaikaʻi o kou wā ʻōpiopio, I ke aloha o kou wā i mare hou ʻia ai, I kou hahai ʻana ma muli oʻu ma loko o ka wao nahele. Ma ka ʻāina i lūlū ʻole ʻia.
“A i loko o kou mau mea inaina ʻia a me kou moekolohe ʻana, ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻomanaʻo i nā lā o kou ʻōpiopio ʻana, i kou ʻōlohelohe ʻana, a me ka uhi ʻole ʻia, a me kou paumāʻele ʻana i loko o kou koko.
¶ “A māʻalo aʻela au ma ou lā, a ʻike iā ʻoe e paumāʻele ana i kou koko iho, ʻī akula au iā ʻoe i loko o kou koko, ‘E ola’; ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ʻōlelo aku au iā ʻoe i loko o kou koko, ‘E ola.’
“A e hāʻawi aku au nona i kona mau māla waina mai laila mai, A i ke awāwa ʻo ʻAkora, i puka o ka manaʻolana; A e mele nō ia ma laila, e like me ia i kona wā ʻōpio, A e like me ia i ka wā āna i puka mai ai mai ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita mai.
¶ “Ua aloha aku au iā ʻoukou,” wahi a Iēhova; akā, ke nīnau mai nei ʻoukou, “Ma ke aha lā kāu i aloha mai ai iā mākou?” “ʻAʻole anei ʻo ʻEsau ka hoahānau o Iakoba?” wahi a Iēhova. “Akā, i aloha aku au iā Iakoba,
Ma laila ia i noho ai a make ʻo Herode. No laila, kō aʻela ka ʻōlelo a ka Haku ma ke kāula, i ka ʻī ʻana mai, “‹Ua kāhea aku au i kaʻu Keiki mai ʻAigupita mai›.”
“ʻAʻole ʻo Iēhova i aloha mai iā ʻoukou, a i wae mai iā ʻoukou, no ka ʻoi o ko ʻoukou nui i ko nā kānaka ʻē aʻe a pau; no ka mea, he poʻe ʻuʻuku ʻoukou i nā kānaka a pau;