ʻĪ akula kēlā iā ia, “ʻO ʻoe ke keiki a ke aliʻi, he aha lā kāu mea e wīwī ai i kēlā lā i kēia lā? ʻAʻole ʻoe e haʻi mai iaʻu, ʻeā?” ʻĪ maila ʻo ʻAmenona iā ia, “Ua aloha au iā Tamara i ke kaikuahine o kuʻu kaikaina ʻo ʻAbesaloma.”
“Akā, ma hope mai o ko mākou hoʻōki ʻana e kuni i ka mea ʻala no ke aliʻi wahine o ka lani, a e ninini hoʻi i mōhai inu nona, ua nele mākou i nā mea a pau, a ua oki loa mākou i ka pahi kaua a me ka wī.”
ʻŌlelo ʻino akula nā kānaka i ke Akua, a iā Mose, “No ke aha lā ʻolua i kaʻi mai nei iā mākou mai loko mai o ʻAigupita e make ma ka wao nahele? No ka mea, ʻaʻohe berena, ʻaʻole hoʻi he wai; a ke hoʻopailua nei ko mākou naʻau i kēia ʻai māmā.”