“Ke mālama nei nō i ka lokomaikaʻi no nā lehulehu, a me ke kala mai i ka ʻino a me ka hala a me ka hewa, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻāpono wale, e uku ana nō i kā ka makua hala i ke keiki, a me nā keiki a nā keiki, a hiki aku i ke kuakahi a me ke kualua.”
¶ “E hele mai hoʻi, e kīkē kākou,” wahi a Iēhova; “Inā paha i like ko ʻoukou hewa me nā kapa ʻula, E keʻokeʻo auaneʻi ia me he hau lā; Inā paha i ʻula loa e like me ka mea ʻulaʻula, E like auaneʻi ia me he hulu hipa lā.
¶ ‘A inā e lawe mai kekahi i ka mōhai ʻai, iā Iēhova, ʻo kāna mōhai auaneʻi he palaoa wali; a e ninini iho ʻo ia i ka ʻaila ma luna iho, a e kau hoʻi i ka libano ma luna iho.
‘A e hana hoʻi ʻo ia i ka bipi kāne, me ia i hana aku ai i ka bipi kāne i mōhai lawehala, pēlā nō ia e hana ai i kēia; a e hana ke kahuna i kalahala no lākou, a e kala ʻia mai ko lākou hewa.
‘A e kuni iho ʻo ia i kona kaikea a pau ma luna o ke kuahu, e like me ke kaikea o ka ʻālana o nā mōhai hoʻomalu; a e hana ke kahuna i ke kalahala no kona hewa, a e kala ʻia kona hewa.
‘A e lawe aku ʻo ia i kona kaikea a pau, e like me ke kaikea i lawe ʻia aku ai mai ka ʻālana o nā mōhai hoʻomalu; a e kuni iho ke kahuna ia mea ma ke kuahu i mea ʻala ʻono iā Iēhova; a e hana ke kahuna i ke kalahala nona, a e kala ʻia kona hewa.
‘A e ʻālana aku ʻo ia i ka lua i mōhai kuni ma muli o ke kānāwai; a e hana ke kahuna i kalahala nona, no ka hewa āna i hana ai, a e kala ʻia uaneʻi ʻo ia.
“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.
ʻO wai lā ke Akua e like me ʻoe, e kala ana i ka hewa, A e māʻalo aʻe ana i ka hala o ke koena o kona hoʻoilina? ʻAʻole ia e hoʻomau loa aku i kona inaina; No ka mea, ke makemake nei nō ia i ke aloha.
“Ke ʻōlelo aku nei hoʻi au iā ʻoukou, ʻo nā hala a pau, a me nā ʻōlelo hōʻino e kala ʻia ana nō nā kānaka; akā, ʻo ka ʻōlelo hōʻino aku i ka ʻUhane Hemolele, ʻaʻole ia e kala ʻia nō nā kānaka.
Akā, inā i hele kākou ma ka mālamalama e like me ia e noho lā ma ka mālamalama, a laila, ua aloha pū kākou i kekahi i kekahi; a na ke koko o Iesū Kristo ʻo kāna Keiki, e huikala mai iā kākou i ko kākou hewa a pau.
Inā e haʻi aku kākou i ko kākou hewa, he ʻoiaʻiʻo mai nō ke Akua a he lokomaikaʻi i ke kala mai i ko kākou hewa, a i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe mai iā kākou mai nā mea pono ʻole a pau.