ʻO ia nā keiki kāne a ʻIsemaʻela, ʻo ia hoʻi ko lākou mau inoa; ma ko lākou mau kauhale, a ma ko lākou mau kūlanahale; he ʻumikumamālua mau aliʻi e like me ko lākou mau lāhui kanaka.
Ua piʻi ʻo Paraʻo ke aliʻi o ʻAigupita, a ua hoʻopio iā Gezera, a ua puhi aku ia i ke ahi, a ua pepehi i ko Kanaʻana, i nā mea e noho ana ma ia kūlanakauhale, a hāʻawi maila ʻo ia ia i kāna kaikamahine, ka wahine a Solomona.
¶ Ua neoneo ko ʻoukou ʻāina, Ua puhi ʻia ko ʻoukou mau kūlanakauhale i ke ahi; Ua pau ko ʻoukou ʻāina i nā malihini ma ko ʻoukou alo; Ua neoneo hoʻi, e like me kahi i ʻānai ʻia e nā malihini.
Lawe pio akula nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela i nā wāhine a me kā lākou poʻe keiki liʻiliʻi, a hao aʻela lākou i nā bipi o lākou a pau, me nā holoholona a pau o lākou, a me ko lākou waiwai a pau.
Puhi ihola lākou i ke kūlanakauhale i ke ahi, a me nā mea a pau i loko; akā, ʻo ke kālā, a me ke gula, a me nā ipu keleawe melemele, a me nā ipu hao, waiho ihola lākou i loko o ka waihona kālā o ka hale o Iēhova.
“No laila, i ka lā hoʻokahi e hiki mai ai kona mau ʻino, ʻo ka make, a me ke kanikau, a me ka wī; a e puhi loa ʻia nō hoʻi ia i ke ahi; no ka mea, ua ikaika loa ka Haku, ke Akua ka Mea e hoʻopaʻi ana iā ia.
¶ A i ka hiki ʻana aku o Dāvida me kona poʻe kānaka ma Zikelaga i ka pō ʻakolu, ua hele mai nā ʻAmeleka ma ka ʻaoʻao hema a ma Zikelaga, a ua luku aku iā Zikelaga, a puhi akula ia i ke ahi;