“A e kau ʻia ia mea ma ka lae o ʻAʻarona, i lawe ʻo ʻAʻarona i ka hewa o nā mea laʻa, nā mea a na mamo a ʻIseraʻela e hoʻolaʻa ai, i ko lākou mau makana laʻa a pau; a e mau nō ia ma kona lae, i ʻāpono ʻia ai lākou i mua o Iēhova.
“A e hāʻawi ʻoe ia mau mea a pau i loko o nā lima o ʻAʻarona, a i loko o nā lima a kāna mau keiki kāne, a e hoʻāli lākou i mōhai hoʻāli i mua o Iēhova.
“E ʻai hoʻi ʻoukou i ka umauma luli, a me ka ʻūhā mua hoʻāli ma kahi maʻemaʻe, ʻo ʻoe, a me kāu mau keiki, a me kāu mau kaikamāhine me ʻoe; no ka mea, ʻo kou kuleana ia, a me ko nā keiki āu, ʻo nā mea i hāʻawi ʻia no loko o nā ʻālana o nā mōhai hoʻomalu a nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela.
“E ʻōlelo aku i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, a e ʻī aku iā lākou, ‘Aia komo ʻoukou i ka ʻāina aʻu e hāʻawi aku ai iā ʻoukou, a ʻokiʻoki hoʻi i ka ʻai ona a laila e lawe mai ʻoukou i ka pūʻā hua mua o kā ʻoukou ʻai i ke kahuna.
¶ Pēlā i hoʻi mai ai ʻo Naomi, a me kāna hūnōna wahine pū me ia, ʻo Ruta, no Moaba, a hele mai no ka ʻāina ʻo Moaba mai; a hiki mai lāua i Betelehema i ka manawa o ka hōʻiliʻili mua ʻana i ka hua bale.