A ʻōlelo mai ʻo Sekania ke keiki a Iehiʻela, no nā mamo a ʻElama, ʻī maila iā ʻEzera, “Ua hana hewa mākou i ke Akua, a ua lawe mākou i nā wāhine ʻē no nā kānaka o ka ʻāina; akā ʻānō, he manaʻolana nō i loko o kā ʻIseraʻela no kēia mea.
ʻO ʻoe, ʻoe wale nō kaʻu i lawehala ai, A i hana hewa hoʻi i mua o kou mau maka; I pono ʻoe i kāu ʻōlelo ʻana, I hemolele hoʻi i kuʻu hoʻāhewa ʻana mai.
A ma ka lānai o ka ʻīpuka he mau papa ʻelua ma kēia ʻaoʻao, a ʻelua papa ma kēlā ʻaoʻao, ma luna o lāua e pepehi ai i ka mōhai kuni, a me ka mōhai lawehala, a me ka mōhai hala.
¶ “A inā e lawehala kekahi, a e hana i kekahi o ia mau mea i pāpā ʻia ma nā kauoha a Iēhova, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ʻike, e hihia nō ia, a e kau nō iā ia kona hewa.
“A e lawe mai ʻo ia i ka hipa kāne kīnā ʻole no loko mai o ka ʻohana, me ka mea āu i manaʻo ai, i ke kahuna i mōhai hala; a e hana ke kahuna i kalahala nona, no kona ʻike ʻole i hewa ai a ʻike ʻole hoʻi, a e kala ʻia nō ia.
¶ ‘A inā ʻaʻole e hiki i kona lima ke lawe mai i ke keiki holoholona, a laila e lawe mai ʻo ia no kona hewa āna i hana ai, i ʻelua mau kuhukukū, a i ʻole ia, ʻelua manu nūnū ʻōpiopio iā Iēhova, i kekahi i mōhai lawehala, a i kekahi hoʻi i mōhai kuni.
“E pono anei i ke kanaka ke hao i kā ke Akua? Akā, ua hao ʻoukou i kaʻu; a ke nīnau mai nei ʻoukou, ‘Ma ke aha kā mākou i hao ai i kāu?’ i nā hapaʻumi o ka waiwai, a me nā mōhai.