17 ¶ A laila mele akula kā ʻIseraʻela i kēia mele, “E huahuaʻi mai, e ka pūnāwai! E mele aku ʻoukou iā ia!
E ʻoli aku iā ia, e hoʻoleʻa aku iā ia; E hoʻokaulana aku i kāna mau hana a pau.
A laila, hōʻoiaʻiʻo lākou i kāna mau ʻōlelo, A ʻoli ihola i mau halelū nona.
“E ʻoli aku iā Iēhova; no ka mea, ua hana ʻo ia i nā mea nani; He mea ʻikea kēia ma ka honua a pau.
“ʻO nā luna kai kōhi iho i ka pūnāwai, ʻO nā aliʻi o nā kānaka i ʻeli iho ia, Ma muli o ka luna kānāwai, me nā koʻokoʻo o lākou.” A mai ka wao nahele aku lākou a Matana;
¶ I ʻehaʻeha anei kekahi o ʻoukou? E pule ʻo ia; a i hauʻoli anei kekahi? E hīmeni aku ia.
¶ Ia lā, mele akula ʻo Debora lāua ʻo Baraka, ke keiki a ʻAbinoama, i ka ʻī ʻana: