A hoʻokauā akula lākou i mua o kahi i kū ai ka halelewa anaina, me ka hoʻoleʻa ʻana, a hiki i ka manawa a Solomona i hana ai ka hale o Iēhova i Ierusalema; a laila kū ihola lākou i kā lākou ʻoihana ma ko lākou mau papa.
A ʻī akula au, “E hoʻoheʻe wale anei ke kanaka me aʻu nei? ʻO wai hoʻi ka mea e like me aʻu nei e komo i loko o ka luakini i ola ia? ʻAʻole au e komo!”
“A e kāʻei iā lākou i nā kāʻei, iā ʻAʻarona, a me kāna mau keiki kāne pū, a e nākiʻikiʻi hoʻi i nā pāpale ma luna o lākou; a ʻo ka ʻoihana a ke kahuna, na lākou nō, he kānāwai mau loa ia; a e hoʻolaʻa ʻoe iā ʻAʻarona, a me kāna mau keiki kāne.
“ʻAʻole ʻoukou i mālama i ka ʻoihana no kuʻu mau mea hoʻāno; akā, ua hoʻonoho ʻoukou i mau mea kiaʻi ma kaʻu ʻoihana i loko o kuʻu wahi hoʻāno no ʻoukou iho.”
“A i ka manawa e hele aku ai ka halelewa, a laila na nā Levi e wāwahi iho ia; a i ka manawa e kūkulu ʻia ai ka halelewa, na nā Levi ia e kūkulu; a ʻo ke kanaka ʻē ke hele mai a kokoke, e make ia.
i mea hoʻomanaʻo no nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, i ʻole ai ke kanaka ʻē, ka mea ʻaʻole na ka hua a ʻAʻarona, e hele mai a kokoke e kuni i ka mea ʻala i mua o Iēhova, i like ʻole ai ia me Kora, a me kona poʻe; me kā Iēhova i ʻōlelo mai ai iā ia ma ka lima o Mose.
“A e mālama lākou i kāu ʻoihana a me ka ʻoihana o ka halelewa a pau; ʻaʻole naʻe lākou e hele mai a kokoke i nā ipu o ke keʻena kapu, a i ke kuahu, i ʻole ai lākou e make, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻoukou.
“No laila lā, e mālama ʻoe a me āu mau keiki me ʻoe i kā ʻoukou ʻoihana kahuna no nā mea a pau o ke kuahu, a ma loko o ka pākū; a e mālama ʻoukou; ua hāʻawi aku au na ʻoukou i ka ʻoihana kahuna i ʻoihana i hāʻawi lokomaikaʻi ʻia; a ʻo ke kanaka ʻē aʻe e hele wale mai a kokoke, e make ia.”
¶ Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hoʻomoana ma ke alo o ka halelewa, ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina, i mua o ka halelewa anaina ma ka hikina, ʻo ia ʻo Mose a me ʻAʻarona a me kāna mau keiki, i mea e mālama ai i ke keʻena kapu, no ka ʻoihana a nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela; a ʻo ke kanaka ʻē ke hele mai a kokoke, e make nō ia.
“No ka mea, ua wae mai ʻo Iēhova iā ia mai loko mai o kou mau ʻohana a pau, e kū e lawelawe ma ka inoa ʻo Iēhova, ʻo ia a me kāna mau keiki i nā lā a pau loa.
He hale akua ko ua kanaka lā o ko Mika, a hana ihola ia i ʻēpoda, a i terapima, a hoʻolaʻa aʻela ia i kekahi o kāna mau keiki kāne, a lilo ia i kahuna nona.
¶ A luku mai ia i nā kānaka o Bete Semesa; no ka mea, ua nānā lākou i loko o ka pahu o Iēhova, luku mai ia i nā kānaka, he kanalima nō tausani, a he kanahiku kānaka ia. Auē nā kānaka, no kā Iēhova pepehi ʻana mai i nā kānaka me ka luku nui.