A laila, ʻo nā Iudaio a pau, e noho ana ma Moaba, a i waena hoʻi o kā ʻAmona, a me ʻEdoma, a ma nā ʻāina a pau, iā lākou i lohe ai, ua waiho mai ke aliʻi o Babulona i koena o kā Iuda, a ua hoʻonoho iā Gedalia ke keiki a ʻAhikama, ke keiki a Sapana, ma luna o lākou.
Lawe maila lākou i nā pio a me ka waiwai pio, a me nā holoholona, i o Mose lā lāua ʻo ʻEleazara ke kahuna, a i ke anaina kanaka o nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, i kahi hoʻomoana ma nā pāpū o Moaba ma Ioredane o Ieriko.
“No ka mea, ʻaʻole mākou e ʻai ʻāina me lākou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o Ioredane; a ma ʻō aku; no ka mea, ua loaʻa iā mākou ko mākou ʻāina hoʻoili ma kēia ʻaoʻao o Ioredane ma ka hikina.”
“A lawe akula kākou i kēlā manawa, mai loko mai o nā lima o ua mau aliʻi lā ʻelua o kā ʻAmora, i ka ʻāina ma kēia ʻaoʻao o Ioredane, mai ke kahawai ʻo ʻArenona a hiki i ka mauna ʻo Heremona;
¶ Piʻi akula ʻo Mose mai nā pāpū aku o Moaba ma ka puʻu ʻo Nebo, ma luna pono o Pisega, e kū pono ana i Ieriko; a hōʻike maila ʻo Iēhova iā ia i ka ʻāina a pau o Gileada a hiki i Dana,
a laila, kū mālie nō nā wai i kahe ma luna mai, a piʻi akula, a lilo i puʻu lōʻihi loa a hiki wale aku i ke kūlanakauhale i ʻAdama, e pili ana i Zaretana; a ʻo ka wai i kahe ma ke kai o ka pāpū, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Moana Kai, moku ihola ia a maloʻo; a hele akula nā kānaka i kēlā kapa, ma ke alo o Ieriko.