4 ¶ Akā, ʻo wau ʻo Iēhova ke Akua ou, mai ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita mai, Mai ʻike ʻoe i akua ʻē aʻe, iaʻu wale nō; No ka mea, ʻaʻohe hoʻōla, ʻo wau wale nō.
‘ʻO wai lā ka mea o nā akua a pau o nā ʻāina, nāna i hoʻopakele ko lākou ʻāina mai kuʻu lima aku, i hoʻopakele mai ai ʻo Iēhova iā Ierusalema mai kuʻu lima aku?’”
“No ka mea, ʻo wau nō Iēhova kou Akua, Ka Mea Hemolele o kā ʻIseraʻela, kou Mea e ola ai; Ua hāʻawi au iā ʻAigupita, i pānaʻi nou, Iā ʻAitiopa, a me Seba hoʻi, i uku pānaʻi nou;
“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.
“ʻAʻole loa he ola ma loko o ka mea ʻē aʻe; no ka mea, ʻaʻole inoa ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia mai ma lalo iho o ka lani, i waena o nā kānaka, i mea e ola ai kākou.”