Hāpai hou ihola ia, a hānau maila he keiki kāne; ʻī maila ia, “ʻĀnō nō, e hoʻoleʻa aku wau iā Iēhova.” No laila, kapa ihola ia i kona inoa, ʻo Iuda; a oki ihola kona hānau ʻana.
A i ka noho ʻana o ʻIseraʻela ma ia ʻāina, hele akula ʻo Reubena, a moe pū ihola me Bileha me ka haiā wahine a kona makua kāne; a lohe aʻela ʻo ʻIseraʻela. ʻO nā keiki kāne a Iakoba he ʻumikumamālua:
¶ Hoʻomālielie iho ʻo Kaleba i kānaka i mua o Mose, ʻī maila, “E hele koke aku kākou, a e komo i ka ʻāina; no ka mea, e hiki pono nō iā kākou ke lanakila ma luna ona.”
“Akā, ʻo kaʻu kauā, ʻo Kaleba; no ka mea, he manaʻo ʻokoʻa ma loko ona, a ua hahai pono mai ʻo ia iaʻu, ʻo ia kaʻu e hoʻokomo ai i ka ʻāina āna i hele aku ai; a e loaʻa i kāna poʻe keiki ia ʻāina.
ʻaʻole loa ʻoukou e komo aku i loko o ka ʻāina aʻu i hoʻohiki ai e hoʻonoho iā ʻoukou i laila; ʻo lāua wale nō, ʻo Kaleba ke keiki a Iepune, a ʻo Iosua ke keiki a Nuna.
No ka mea, i ʻōlelo mai ʻo Iēhova no lākou, “He ʻoiaʻiʻo e make nō lākou ma ka wao nahele.” ʻAʻole kekahi o lākou i koe, ʻo Kaleba wale nō, ʻo ke keiki a Iepune, lāua ʻo Iosua ke keiki a Nuna.
ʻo Kaleba wale nō ke keiki a Iepune; ʻo ia ke ʻike aku ia, a e hāʻawi aku au i ka ʻāina āna i hehi iho ai nona, a no kāna mau keiki; no ka mea, ua hahai kūpaʻa akula ia iā Iēhova.’
¶ Eia kā Iuda; ʻī akula ia, “E hoʻolohe, e Iēhova, i ka leo o Iuda, A e alakaʻi iā ia i kona poʻe kānaka; E pono nō ia ma kona lima iho, A e kōkua mai ʻoe iā ia i kona poʻe ʻenemi.”