“A e kaʻi aku nō au i ka poʻe makapō, ma ke ala a lākou i ʻike ʻole ai; E alakaʻi nō au iā lākou ma nā kuamoʻo a lākou i ʻike ʻole ai; E hoʻolilo au i ka pouli i mālamalama i mua o lākou, A me nā ala kekeʻe i pololei. E hana nō wau i kēia mau mea no lākou, ʻAʻole hoʻi au e haʻalele iā lākou.”
Nīnau akula ʻo Nikodemo iā ia, “Pehea lā e hiki ai i ke kanaka ke hānau ʻia i kona wā kahiko? E hiki anei iā ia ke komo hou i loko o ka ʻōpū o kona makuahine, a e hānau ʻia mai?”
“Ke pā nei ka makani i kāna wahi i makemake ai, a lohe nō ʻoe i kona halulu, ʻaʻole naʻe ʻoe i ʻike i kāna wahi i hele mai ai, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kāna wahi e hele aku ai; pēlā hoʻi nā mea a pau i hānau ʻia e ka ʻUhane.”