“A i kou ʻike ʻana i nā kapuaʻi a me nā manamana wāwae he pālolo a ka potera kekahi, a he hao kekahi, e mahele ʻia ana ke aupuni; akā, ʻo ka ikaika o ka hao kekahi mea i loko ona, e like me kou ʻike ʻana i ka hao i hui pū ʻia ai me ka pālolo.
“A me kou ʻike ʻana i ka hao i hui pū ʻia me ka pālolo, pēlā lākou i hui pū ʻia ai me ka hua o kānaka; ʻaʻole naʻe e pili pono kekahi i kekahi, e like me ka hao, ʻaʻole pili pono i ka pālolo.
‘A ʻo nā pepeiaohao he ʻumi no loko mai nō o kēia aupuni, he mau aliʻi ia he ʻumi e kū mai ana; a ʻo kekahi mea e kū mai ana nō ma hope o lākou; ʻaʻole like ia me ka mea mua, a e luku hoʻi ia i nā aliʻi ʻekolu.
¶ Kū ihola au ma ke one o ke kai, a ʻike akula i kekahi holoholona e hōʻea mai ana, mai loko mai o ke kai, me nā pepeiaohao he ʻumi a me nā poʻo ʻehiku, a ma kona mau pepeiaohao, he ʻumi lei aliʻi, a ma luna o kona mau poʻo nā inoa o ka hoʻomāʻinoʻino.