ʻĪ akula ʻo Lameka i nā wāhine āna, iā ʻAda, lāua ʻo Zila, “E hoʻolohe mai ʻolua i koʻu leo; E nā wāhine a Lameka, E hāliu mai i kaʻu ʻōlelo; No ka mea, ua pepehi ihola au i ke kanaka no ka hōʻeha ʻana mai iaʻu; I ke kanaka ʻōpiopio no ka paopao ʻana mai iaʻu;
ʻAʻole i ʻōlelo aku ʻo ʻAbesaloma iā ʻAmenona kona kaikuaʻana i ka pono, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka hewa; no ka mea, ua inaina aku ʻo ʻAbesaloma iā ʻAmenona, i kona puʻe wale ʻana iā Tamara i kona kaikuahine.
¶ Kauoha akula ʻo ʻAbesaloma i kāna poʻe kauā, ʻī akula, “E nānā ʻoukou, a ʻoliʻoli ka naʻau o ʻAmenona i ka waina; a ʻōlelo aku hoʻi au iā ʻoukou, ‘E pepehi iā ʻAmenona,’ a laila e pepehi iā ia, mai makaʻu; ʻaʻole anei au i kauoha aku? I nui ke aho, a e koa hoʻi.”
‘Akā, ʻo ka malihini e noho ana me ʻoukou, e like auaneʻi ia iā ʻoukou me he kupa lā i hānau i waena o ʻoukou, a e aloha ʻoe iā ia e like me ʻoe iho; no ka mea, he mau malihini nō ʻoukou ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita; ʻo wau nō Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua.
“He kauoha hou kaʻu e hāʻawi aku nei iā ʻoukou, e aloha aku ʻoukou i kekahi i kekahi; e like me kaʻu i aloha ai iā ʻoukou, pēlā ʻoukou e aloha aku ai i kekahi i kekahi.
Mai hoʻopaʻi ʻoukou no ʻoukou iho, e ka poʻe i aloha ʻia; akā, e hoʻokaʻawale aku no ka inaina; no ka mea, ua palapala ʻia, “«Noʻu nō ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, naʻu nō e uku aku»,” wahi a ka Haku.
No ka mea, he kauā ia na ke Akua e pono ai ʻoe. Akā, inā e hana ʻoe i ka hewa, e makaʻu nō ʻoe; no ka mea, ʻaʻole he mea ʻole kona lawe ʻana i ka pahi kaua; no ka mea, ʻo ke kauā ia na ke Akua, he ilāmuku e hoʻopaʻi ana i ka mea hana hewa.
No ka mea, eiʻa, “«Mai moekolohe ʻoe; Mai pepehi kanaka ʻoe; Mai ʻaihue ʻoe; Mai hōʻike wahaheʻe ʻoe; Mai kuko wale ʻoe»;” a inā he kānāwai ʻē aʻe, ua komo poko ia i loko o kēia ʻōlelo, o neʻi, “«E aloha ʻoe i kou hoalauna e like me ʻoe iho».”
‘Iaʻu nō kā hoʻopaʻi aku, a me ka hoʻouku; E hoʻopaheʻe auaneʻi ko lākou wāwae; No ka mea, ua kokoke mai ka lā e pōʻino ai lākou, Ua lalelale mai nā mea e hiki mai ana ma luna o lākou.’
Akā, me nei ua pau iā ʻoukou i ka hemo o kēia mau mea: ʻo ka huhū, ʻo ka inaina, ʻo ka ukiuki, ʻo ka hōʻino wale, ʻo ke kamaʻilio haumia mai loko mai o ko ʻoukou waha.
Ua ʻike nō hoʻi kākou i ka Mea nāna i ʻōlelo iho, “«Noʻu nō ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, naʻu nō ia e uku aku»,” wahi a ka Haku; eia hou hoʻi, “«Na ka Haku nō e hoʻopaʻi i kona poʻe kānaka».”