¶ Ma hope mai o ia mau mea, hiki maila ka ʻōlelo a Iēhova iā ʻAberama ma ka hihiʻo, ʻī maila, “Mai makaʻu ʻoe, e ʻAberama, ʻo wau nō kou pale kaua a me kāu uku nui loa.”
ʻĪ maila hoʻi ʻo ia, “Ua ʻike au i kā ʻIseraʻela E hele liʻiliʻi ana ma luna o nā puʻu, E like me nā hipa kahu ʻole; A ʻōlelo maila Iēhova, ‘ʻAʻole o lākou haku, A hoʻi lākou, kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka i kona hale iho me ka maluhia.’”
¶ A laila, ʻōlelo iho nō ʻoe i kou mea hemolele ma ke akakū, ʻĪ maila, “Ua kau aku au i ka mana ma luna o ka mea ikaika; Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe au i ka mea i wae ʻia mai o nā kānaka.
E like me ke ʻano o ke ānuenue i loko o ke ao i ka lā ua, pēlā ke ʻano o ka ʻōlinolino a puni i ka nānā aku. ʻO ia ka mea ʻike ʻia o ke ʻano o ka nani o Iēhova. A ʻike au, moe ihola au i lalo ke alo, a lohe au i ka leo o kekahi e ʻōlelo ana.
ʻŌlelo maila ia, “E hoʻolohe mai ʻolua i kaʻu ʻōlelo: A i noho kekahi kāula i waena o ʻoukou, ʻO wau ʻo Iēhova e hōʻike aku iaʻu iho iā ia ma ka hihiʻo; A e ʻōlelo aku nō wau iā ia ma ka moeʻuhane.
Hele maila ke Akua i o Balaʻama lā ia pō iho, ʻī maila iā ia, “Inā paha e hele mai ua mau kānaka lā e hea mai iā ʻoe, e ala aʻe ʻoe e hele pū me lākou; akā, ʻo ka ʻōlelo aʻu e haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe, ʻo ia kāu e hana ai.”
¶ A laila hoʻokaʻakaʻa aʻela ʻo Iēhova i nā maka o Balaʻama, a ʻike akula ia i ka ʻānela o Iēhova e kū ana ma ke alanui me ka pahi kaua i unuhi ʻia ma kona lima; kūlou ihola ia, a moe ihola i lalo ke alo.
A ʻike akula au iā ia, hina ihola au ma kona wāwae me he mea make lā; kau maila ʻo ia i kona lima ʻākau ma luna iho oʻu, ʻī maila iaʻu, “Mai makaʻu. ʻO wau nō ka Mea Mua a me ka Mea Hope;
A wehe aʻela ia i kona ʻaʻahu, a wānana aʻela hoʻi ia i mua o Samuʻela, a hāʻule ihola ia me ka ʻaʻahu ʻole ia lā a pau, a ia pō a pau. No ia mea, ʻōlelo aʻela lākou, “ʻO Saula anei kekahi me ka poʻe kāula?”