No ka mea, haʻalele ka poʻe Levi i nā wahi o lākou, a me ko lākou hoʻoilina, a hele lākou i Iuda, a i Ierusalema; no ka mea, kipaku ʻo Ieroboama a me kāna mau keiki iā lākou mai loko aku o ka ʻoihana kahuna no Iēhova.
“A no loko o kēia e lilo nō kauwahi no ka wahi hoʻāno, ʻelima haneri me nā haneri ʻelima he ʻahā like a puni; a he kanalima kūbita a puni i wahi kaʻawale nona.
“E kauoha aku ʻoe i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, e hāʻawi aku lākou i kekahi ʻāina o lākou e ili ana, no nā Levi, i nā kūlanakauhale e noho ai; a e hāʻawi hoʻi no nā Levi i nā kula o nā kūlanakauhale a puni.
¶ “Inā paha e hele mai kekahi o kā Levi mai loko mai o kekahi o kou mau ʻīpuka o kā ʻIseraʻela a pau āna i noho malihini ai; a e hele mai ia me ka makemake a pau o kona naʻau ma kahi a Iēhova e wae ai;