He mea pono ʻole kēia ma nā mea i hana ʻia ma lalo iho o ka lā; aia hoʻokahi hope i loaʻa mai i nā kānaka a pau. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka naʻau o nā keiki a kānaka, ua piha i ka ʻino, aia nō ka ʻūlala i loko o ko lākou naʻau i ko lākou ola ʻana, a laila, hele lākou i ka make.
Nīnau maila ka hoki iā Balaʻama, “ʻAʻole anei wau ʻo kou hoki, ka mea āu i holoholo ai, mai ka manawa i lilo ai au nou, a hiki i nēia lā? Pēlā nō anei kaʻu i hana aku ai iā ʻoe ma mua?” ʻĪ akula kēlā, “ʻAʻole.”
“No ka mea, mai loko mai o ka naʻau ke puka mai nei nā manaʻo ʻino, ka pepehi kanaka ʻana, ka moekolohe ʻana, ka hoʻokamakama ʻana, ka ʻaihue ʻana, ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana, a me nā ʻōlelo ʻino.