A ʻo wau wale nō, ʻo Daniʻela, kai ʻike i kēlā mea i hōʻike ʻia; ʻo nā kānaka pū me aʻu, ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike ia mea; akā, ua hāʻule iho ma luna o lākou ka ʻeʻehia nui, a holo kikī aku lākou a peʻe akula.
I ko lākou komo ʻana i loko o ka hale kupapaʻu, ʻike akula lākou i kekahi kanaka ʻōpiopio, e noho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, ua ʻaʻahu ʻia i ke kapa lōʻihi keʻokeʻo; a makaʻu ihola lākou.
A i ka haka pono ʻana iā ia, makaʻu ihola, ʻī akula, “E ka Haku, he aha ia?” ʻĪ maila kēlā iā ia, “Ua piʻi i luna kāu mau pule, a me kāu mau manawaleʻa, i mea hoʻomanaʻo i mua o ke Akua.
A ʻike akula au iā ia, hina ihola au ma kona wāwae me he mea make lā; kau maila ʻo ia i kona lima ʻākau ma luna iho oʻu, ʻī maila iaʻu, “Mai makaʻu. ʻO wau nō ka Mea Mua a me ka Mea Hope;
A ʻike maopopo aʻela ʻo Gideona, he ʻānela ia no Iēhova, ʻī ihola ʻo Gideona, “Auē, e ka Haku, e Iēhova ē! No ka mea, ua ʻike au i kekahi ʻānela o Iēhova, he maka nō he maka.”