“A ʻo ka mea mālama ʻole i ke kānāwai o kou Akua, a me ke kānāwai o ke aliʻi, e hoʻopaʻi koke ʻia aku ʻo ia, inā no ka make, a no ke kipaku ʻia ʻana, a no ka hao ʻana o ka waiwai, a no ka hoʻopaʻa i loko o ka hale paʻahao.”
“A ua hana lākou i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o Topeta, aia nō ia ma loko o ke Awāwa o ke Keiki a Hinoma, e puhi i kā lākou keiki kāne, a me kā lākou kaikamāhine i loko o ke ahi, ka mea aʻu i kauoha ʻole ai iā lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi i komo ia i loko o koʻu naʻau.
“E ʻōlelo hou aku ʻoe i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, ‘ʻO kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka, ʻo nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, a ʻo nā malihini e noho ana ma kā ʻIseraʻela, nāna e hāʻawi i kahi keiki āna iā Moleka, e make ʻiʻo nō ua kanaka lā; na nā kānaka o ka ʻāina ia e hailuku aku me nā pōhaku.
E ʻoluʻolu anei ʻo Iēhova i nā tausani hipa kāne? A me ka ʻumi tausani muliwai ʻaila? E hāʻawi anei au i kuʻu makahiapo no kuʻu hala, I ka hua o kuʻu kino no ka hewa o koʻu ʻuhane?
“Inā paha e makaʻu ʻoukou iā Iēhova, a e mālama iā ia, a e hoʻolohe i kona leo, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hōʻole i ke kauoha a Iēhova; a laila ʻoukou, a me ke aliʻi e aliʻi ana ma luna o ʻoukou e hahai ma muli o Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua.