¶ “ʻO ia ke kānāwai o ka lēpera i loko o ke kapa hulu hipa, a he olonā, ma ka maʻawe loloa paha, ka maʻawe pokopoko paha, a he mea ʻili paha, a e ʻōlelo ai he maʻemaʻe, a e ʻōlelo ai hoʻi he haumia.”
‘ʻO kēlā kanaka, kēia kanaka he keiki a ʻAʻarona, he lēpero, a he hilo kahe kona; ʻaʻole ia e ʻai i nā mea hoʻāno a hiki i kona maʻemaʻe ʻana. A ʻo ke kanaka hoʻopā aku i ka mea haumia no ka mea make, a ʻo ke kanaka ua hele aku kona ʻanoʻano mai ona aku;
ʻĪ akula iā ia, “E ao ʻoe, mai haʻi iki aku i kekahi; akā, e hele aku ʻoe e hōʻike aku iā ʻoe iho i ke kahuna, a e mōhai aku no kou huikala ʻia i ka mea a Mose i kauoha mai ai, i mea e ʻike ai lākou.”
A ʻike maila, ʻī maila ʻo ia iā lākou, “E hele ʻoukou e hōʻike iā ʻoukou iho i nā kāhuna.” Eia kekahi, i ko lākou hele ʻana, hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ai lākou.