¶ ʻĪ maila ʻo ʻElisai, “E hoʻolohe ʻoukou i ka ʻōlelo a Iēhova, ke ʻōlelo mai nei ʻo Iēhova pēnēia, ‘Ma kēia manawa i ka lā ʻapōpō, e lilo kekahi bākeke palaoa no ka sekela hoʻokahi, a ʻelua bākeke bale no ka sekela hoʻokahi ma ka ʻīpuka o Samaria.’”
“ʻO Iuda a me ka ʻāina o kā ʻIseraʻela, ʻo lāua nā hoa kālepa ou; ua kālepa lākou ma kou mau wahi kūʻai i ka palaoa o Minita, a ʻo Panaga, a me ka meli, a me ka ʻaila, a me ka balesama.
“ʻAʻole anei ʻoukou i ʻike, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻoukou hoʻomanaʻo i nā pōpō berena ʻelima, na ka poʻe ʻelima tausani, ʻehia nā hīnaʻi piha a ʻoukou i hōʻiliʻili ai?
“I kuʻu wāwahi ʻana i nā pōpō berena ʻelima, na nā tausani ʻelima, ʻehia lā nā hīnaʻi i piha i ke koena ʻai a ʻoukou i hōʻiliʻili ai?” Haʻi akula lākou iā ia, “He ʻumikumamālua.”
ʻĪ maila ʻo ia iā lākou, “E hāʻawi aku ʻoukou iā lākou e ʻai!” ʻĪ akula lākou, “ʻElima wale nō pōpō berena a mākou a me nā iʻa ʻelua, ke hele ʻole mākou e kūʻai i ʻai na kēia poʻe kānaka a pau.”
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.”
Lālau maila ʻo Iesū i nā pōpō berena; hoʻomaikaʻi akula, a hāʻawi maila i nā haumāna, a ʻo nā haumāna hoʻi i ka poʻe e noho ana; pēlā nō hoʻi nā iʻa, a like ka nui me ko lākou makemake.
No ka mea, ua ʻike nō ʻoukou i ka lokomaikaʻi o ko kākou Haku ʻo Iesū Kristo, ua waiwai ʻo ia, a no ʻoukou i lilo mai ai ia i mea ʻilihune, i waiwai ai hoʻi ʻoukou ma kona ʻilihune.
“Me ka bata o ka bipi, a me ka waiū hipa, A me nā keiki hipa momona; A me nā hipa kāne no Basana, a me nā kao kāne, A me ka palaoa maikaʻi loa; Inu ihola ʻoe i ke koko hua waina, i ka waina maikaʻi.
A lohe akula au i ka leo ma waena mai o ka mea ola ʻehā, i ka ʻī ʻana mai, “ʻAkahi kīʻaha palaoa, ʻakahi denari, a ʻekolu kīʻaha bale, ʻakahi denari; a mai hana ʻino ʻoe i ka ʻaila a me ka waina.”