8 a ʻo kekahi, ua ʻike ʻia aku ʻo ʻElia; a ʻo kekahi, ua ala hou mai kekahi o ka poʻe kāula kahiko.
ʻĪ akula lākou, “ʻO Ioane Bapetite i kā kekahi, ʻo ʻElia i kā kekahi, ʻo Ieremia i kā kekahi, a i ʻole ia, ʻo kekahi nō o ka poʻe kāula.”
Nīnau akula nā haumāna āna iā ia, ʻī akula, “No ke aha lā e ʻōlelo mai nei ka poʻe kākau ʻōlelo, ʻo ʻElia ke hele ʻē mai ma mua e pono ai?”
ʻŌlelo aʻela kekahi poʻe, “ʻO ʻElia kēia.” A ʻōlelo aʻela kekahi poʻe, “He kāula ia, a he mea like me kekahi o ka poʻe kāula.”
ʻĪ akula lākou, “ʻO Ioane Bapetite; a ʻo ʻElia i kā kekahi; a ʻo kekahi o nā kāula i kā kekahi.”
Haʻi akula lākou, ʻī akula, “ʻO Ioane Bapetite; a i kā kekahi, ʻo ʻElia; a i kā kekahi, ua ala hou mai kekahi o ka poʻe kāula kahiko.”
Nīnau akula lākou iā ia, “ʻO wai hoʻi? ʻO ʻElia anei ʻoe?” ʻĪ maila ia, “ʻAʻole.” “ʻO kēlā Kāula anei ʻoe?” ʻĪ maila ia, “ʻAʻole.”