¶ A aia ia i Betania, i loko o ka hale o Simona ka lēpero, e moe ana e ʻai i laila, hele maila kekahi wahine me ka ipu ʻalabata, he mea poni ko loko, he ʻaila ʻala, he mea kumu kūʻai nui; a wehe ia i ka ipu, a ninini ihola ia i luna iho o kona poʻo.
Kāhea akula ʻo Ioane i kekahi mau haumāna āna ʻelua, hoʻouna akula i o Iesū lā e nīnau aku, “ʻO ʻoe nō anei ka Mea e hele mai ana? A ʻo ka mea ʻē aʻe anei kā mākou e kali ai?”
A hiki akula ʻo Maria i ko Iesū wahi, a ʻike akula iā ia, moe ihola ia ma kona wāwae, ʻī akula iā ia, “E ka Haku, inā ʻo ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi, inā ʻaʻole i make kuʻu kaikunāne.”
A laila lawe maila ʻo Maria i kekahi paona mea poni he ʻaila ʻala kumu kūʻai nui, a poni ihola i nā wāwae o Iesū, a holoi ihola i kona mau wāwae me kona lauoho; a piha ka hale i ke ʻala o ka mea poni.