‘Akā, ʻo ka malihini e noho ana me ʻoukou, e like auaneʻi ia iā ʻoukou me he kupa lā i hānau i waena o ʻoukou, a e aloha ʻoe iā ia e like me ʻoe iho; no ka mea, he mau malihini nō ʻoukou ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita; ʻo wau nō Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua.
ʻo ua mea lā a mākou i ʻike ʻiʻo ai a i lohe ʻiʻo ai nō hoʻi, ʻo ia kā mākou e haʻi aku nei iā ʻoukou, i lilo ʻoukou i poʻe hoaaloha me mākou; a ʻo ko mākou aloha pū ʻana, aia nō ia me ka Makua, a me kāna Keiki ʻo Iesū Kristo.
¶ Piʻi akula nā mamo a ka mea no Keni, a ka makuahōnōai kāne o Mose, mai ke kūlanakauhale o nā lāʻau pāma aku, me nā mamo a Iuda, a i ka wao nahele o kā Iuda, aia nō ia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ʻArada; a hele aʻela lākou a noho pū ihola me kānaka.
¶ ʻO Hebera no ko Kena, no nā mamo a Hobaba, ka makuahōnōai kāne o Mose, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo ia iā ia iho, mai ko Kena aku, a ua hoʻomoana aʻe ʻo ia ma nā pāpū ʻo Zaʻanaima, e kokoke ana iā Kedesa.
¶ ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Ionatana i ke kanaka uʻi, nāna i hali kāna mea kaua, “ʻEā, e hele kāua i kahi paʻa o ua poʻe lā i ʻoki poepoe ʻole ʻia; e hana mai paha ʻo Iēhova no kāua; no ka mea, ʻaʻohe mea keʻakeʻa iā Iēhova, ke hoʻōla ma ka poʻe nui, a ma ka poʻe ʻuʻuku.”