‘A e lawe aku au ma luna o ia ʻāina i kaʻu mau ʻōlelo a pau aʻu i haʻi kūʻē iā ia, i nā mea a pau hoʻi i kākau ʻia ma loko o ka buke a Ieremia i wānana ai e kūʻē i nā ʻāina a pau.
A laila ʻōlelo maila ʻo ia iaʻu, “E wānana ʻoe i ka makani, e wānana, e ke keiki a ke kanaka, a e ʻōlelo i ka makani, ‘Ke ʻī mai nei Iēhova ka Haku, “E hele mai, e ka makani, mai nā makani ʻehā mai, a e hā iho ma luna o kēia poʻe make i ka pepehi ʻia, i ola lākou.”’”
Lawe akula au i ua palapala liʻiliʻi lā, mai ka lima aʻe o ka ʻānela, a ʻai ihola; a ma koʻu waha ua ʻono ia e like me ka meli; a pau i ka ʻai ʻia, ua ʻawaʻawa ihola koʻu ʻōpū.
¶ Hāʻawi ʻia maila naʻu kekahi lāʻau, ua like me ke koʻokoʻo; a kū mai ka ʻānela, ʻī maila, “E kū mai ʻoe e ana i ka luakini o ke Akua, a me ke kuahu, a me ka poʻe hoʻomana ma loko.
A ʻike aku kekahi poʻe o nā lāhui kanaka a me nā ʻohana a me nā ʻōlelo, a me ko nā ʻāina i ko lāua mau kupapaʻu i ʻekolu lā a me ka hapa, ʻaʻole hoʻi e ʻae aku ana e waiho ʻia ko lāua kino ma ka lua.
¶ A ʻike akula au i kekahi ʻānela hou e lele ana i waena o ka lani, iā ia ka ʻeuanelio mau loa, e aʻo ai i ka poʻe e noho lā ma ka honua, a i ko nā ʻāina a pau, a me nā ʻohana, a me nā ʻōlelo, a me nā lāhui kanaka;
“A ʻo nā pepeiaohao he ʻumi āu i ʻike ai, he ʻumi ia mau aliʻi, i loaʻa ʻole iā lākou ke aupuni i nēia wā; akā, e loaʻa nō iā lākou ka mana, e like me nā aliʻi, no ka hora hoʻokahi, me ua holoholona lā.
ʻĪ maila kēlā iaʻu, “ʻO nā wai āu i ʻike ai, ʻo kahi noho ai a ka wahine hoʻokamakama, ʻo ia nā lāhui kanaka, a me nā lehulehu, a me nā aupuni, a me nā ʻōlelo.
Memele maila lākou i ke mele hou, e ʻōlelo ana, “Pono nō ʻoe ke lawe i ka buke, a e ʻākaʻa i kona mau wepa; No ka mea, ua pepehi ʻia ʻoe, a ua kūʻai mai ʻoe iā mākou no ke Akua me kou koko, Mai loko mai o nā ʻohana a pau, a me nā ʻōlelo, a me nā ʻāina, a me nā lāhui kanaka a pau.