No ka mea, ʻaʻole lākou i hele aku e hālāwai me kā ʻIseraʻela me ka berena a me ka wai; akā, kūʻē iā lākou a hoʻolimalima iā Balaʻama e hōʻino iā lākou; hoʻololi nō naʻe ko kākou Akua i ka hōʻino ʻana i hoʻomaikaʻi ana.
¶ Eia ka huina o ka halelewa, ʻo ka halelewa hoʻi o ke Kānāwai, e like me ia i helu ʻia, ma muli o ke kauoha a Mose, no ka hana a ko Levi, ma ka lima o ʻItamara, ke keiki a ʻAʻarona, ke kahuna.
¶ “Ua maikaʻi ʻoe, e kaʻu mea i aloha ai, e like me Tireza, Ua nani hoʻi e like me Ierusalema; A he mea e makaʻu ai e like me ka poʻe e amo ana i nā hae.
“E hōʻoki auaneʻi ʻo Iēhova i kānaka e hana ana i kēia mea, i ka mea kāhea aku a me ka mea e ō mai, mai loko mai o nā halelewa o kā Iakoba, a me ka mea hoʻi e kaumaha ana i ka mōhai na Iēhova o nā kaua.
A hana ihola nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela e like me nā mea a pau a Iēhova i kauoha mai ai iā Mose; pēlā lākou i hoʻomoana ai ma ko lākou mau hae, a pēlā hoʻi lākou i hele aku ai, ʻo kēlā mea kēia mea ma muli o ko lākou mau ʻohana, e like me ko ka hale o ko lākou poʻe kūpuna.
ʻAlawa aʻela nā maka o Balaʻama i luna, ʻike aʻela i kā ʻIseraʻela e hoʻomoana ana ma ko lākou mau ʻohana; a kau maila ka ʻUhane o ke Akua ma luna ona.
“E like me nā awāwa ko lākou pālahalaha ʻana, E like hoʻi me nā mahina ʻai ma kapa muliwai, Me nā lāʻau ʻaloe hoʻi a Iēhova i kanu ai, A me nā lāʻau kedera ma kapa o nā wai.
“Pōmaikaʻi ʻoe, e kā ʻIseraʻela! ʻO wai lā kou mea like, e nā kānaka, i hoʻōla ʻia e Iēhova, ʻO ia ka pākū nāna ʻoe e kōkua mai ʻO ia ka pahi kaua o kou nani! E malimali mai kou poʻe ʻenemi i mua ou, A e hele auaneʻi ʻoe ma luna o ko lākou wahi kiʻekiʻe.”