Oki loa ihola ka ʻāina a pau i ʻAigupita, i ka wī, a uē akula nā kānaka iā Paraʻo i ka ʻai. ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Paraʻo i nā kānaka a pau o ʻAigupita, “Ō hele aku i o Iosepa lā; a i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana mai iā ʻoukou, ma laila aku ʻoukou.”
¶ A hana ihola au e like me aʻu i kauoha ʻia mai ai; ua lawe aʻe au i kuʻu ukana i ka lā me he ukana lā no ke pio ʻana, a i ke ahiahi pao aʻela au i loko o ka pā me ka lima oʻu; hali aʻela au i waho i ka pōwehiwehi, a amo hoʻi au ma luna o ka pohiwi i mua o ko lākou mau maka.
ʻĪ akula ia me ka hopohopo a me ka haʻalulu, “E ka Haku, he aha kou makemake e hana aku ai au?” ʻĪ maila ka Haku iā ia, “E ala ʻoe i luna, a e hele i ke kūlanakauhale, a e haʻi ʻia nō iā ʻoe ka mea pono nāu e hana aku ai.”
Ma ka manaʻoʻiʻo hoʻi i hoʻolohe ai ʻo ʻAberahama, i ka wā i hea ʻia mai ai e hele aku i kahi e loaʻa mai ai iā ia ka noho ʻana; a hele akula ia me ka ʻike ʻole i kona wahi i hele ai.
“Mai ʻai ʻo ia i kekahi mea o ke kumu waina, mai inu i ka waina, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka mea ʻawaʻawa, mai ʻai ʻo ia i ka mea haumia. ʻO nā mea a pau aʻu i kauoha aku ai iā ia, e mālama pono ia.”