ʻŌlelo aʻela ʻo Mose iā Iosua, “E wae aʻe ʻoe i kānaka no kākou, a e hele e kaua aku i kā ʻAmeleka; ʻapōpō e kū wau ma luna pono o ka puʻu, me ke koʻokoʻo o ke Akua ma koʻu lima.”
“A e iho nō au i lalo, kamaʻilio pū me ʻoe i laila; a e lawe au i ko ka ʻUhane ma luna ou, a e kau aku ma luna o lākou; a e amo pū lākou me ʻoe i ke kaumaha o nā kānaka, i halihali ʻole ai ʻoe, ʻo ʻoe wale nō, ia mea.
“No ka mea, ʻo kā ke Akua mea i hoʻouna mai ai, ʻo kā ke Akua ʻōlelo kāna e ʻōlelo ai; no ka mea, ʻaʻole ke Akua e hāʻawi liʻiliʻi mai i ka ʻUhane iā ia.
A kau akula ʻo Paulo i nā lima ma luna iho o lākou, hiki maila ka ʻUhane Hemolele ma luna o lākou; a ʻōlelo aʻela lākou ma ka ʻōlelo ʻē, a wānana maila.
“No ia mea, e ʻimi ʻoukou, e nā hoahānau, i mau kānaka i ʻehiku i waena o ʻoukou, a i ʻike pono ʻia, a piha hoʻi i ka ʻUhane Hemolele, a me ke akamai, a e hoʻonoho kākou iā lākou ma luna o kēia ʻoihana.
“Kauoha akula hoʻi au iā Iosua i kēlā manawa, ʻī akula, ‘Ua ʻike kou maka i nā mea a pau a Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua i hana mai ai i kēia mau aliʻi ʻelua; pēlā ʻo Iēhova e hana aku ai i nā aupuni a pau āu e hele ai.
‘Akā, e kauoha ʻoe iā Iosua, e hōʻeuʻeu aku, a e hoʻoikaika aku iā ia; no ka mea, ʻo ia ke hele aku i mua o kēia poʻe kānaka, a nāna nō lākou e hoʻonoho ma ka ʻāina āu i ʻike ai.’
¶ ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iēhova iā Mose, “Aia hoʻi, ua kokoke mai kou manawa e make ai; e kāhea aku ʻoe iā Iosua, a e kū mai ʻolua ma ka halelewa o ke anaina, i kauoha aku ai au iā ia.” Hele akula ʻo Mose lāua ʻo Iosua, a kū akula lāua ma ka halelewa o ke anaina.
¶ A kauoha akula ʻo ia iā Iosua i ke keiki a Nuna, ʻī akula, “E ikaika ʻoe, e koa hoʻi; no ka mea, nāu nō e hoʻokomo nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela i loko o ka ʻāina aʻu i hoʻohiki ai iā lākou; a ʻo wau pū kekahi me ʻoe.”
“ʻO Iēhova kou Akua, nāna nō e hele ma mua ou, a e luku aku ia i kēlā mau lāhui kanaka mai kou alo aku, a e lilo lākou nou; a ʻo Iosua, ʻo ia ke hele ma mua ou e like me kā Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai.
¶ A ʻo Iosua ke keiki a Nuna, ua piha ia i ka ʻuhane e naʻauao ai; no ka mea, ua kau aku ʻo Mose i kona mau lima ma luna iho ona; a hoʻolohe akula nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela iā ia, a hana akula e like me kā Iēhova i kauoha mai ai iā Mose.
¶ A laila kau maila ka ʻUhane o ke Akua ma luna o Iepeta, a kaʻahele aʻela ia i Gileada, a me ko Manase, a kaʻahele aku iā Mizepa o Gileada, a mai Mizepa o Gileada ia i hele aku ai a i nā mamo a ʻAmona.
Kau mai ka ʻUhane o Iēhova ma luna ona, a hoʻoponopono ia i kā ʻIseraʻela, a hele akula i ke kaua; a hāʻawi maila ʻo Iēhova ma kona lima, iā Kusana-Risataima, ke aliʻi o Mesopotamia. A lanakila aʻela kona lima ma luna o Kusana-Risataima.
A laila ʻōlelo mai kekahi o nā kauā, ʻī maila, “Aia hoʻi, ua ʻike au i kekahi keiki a Iese no Betelehema, ua akamai i ka hoʻokani, a ua koa loa, a he kanaka kaua, a me ke akamai i ka ʻōlelo, a he helehelena maikaʻi, a me ia nō ʻo Iēhova.”