¶ “Penei kāna i ʻī mai ai: ‘ʻO ka hā o ua mau holoholona lā, ʻo ka hā nō ia o ke aupuni ma ka honua, he mea ʻano ʻē ia i nā aupuni a pau; a e luku loa ia i ko ka honua, a e hehi ia mea i lalo, a okaoka liʻiliʻi loa.
A e waiho wale ʻia ko lāua kupapaʻu ma nā alanui o ke kūlanakauhale nui, i kapa ʻia ma ka hoʻohālike, ʻo Sodoma, a ʻo ʻAigupita, ʻo kahi hoʻi i kau ʻia ai ko lāua Haku ma ke keʻa.
Huki maila kona huelo i ka hapakolu o nā hōkū o ka lani, a kiola ihola iā lākou i lalo i ka honua. Kū maila ua deragona nei, i mua o ka wahine e hānau ana, e ʻai aku i kāna keiki i kona wā e hānau ai.
A mahele ʻia aʻela ke kūlanakauhale nui, a lilo i ʻekolu, a hāʻule ihola nā kūlanakauhale o nā lāhui kanaka; a hoʻomanaʻo iho ke Akua iā Babulona nui i hāʻawi iā ia i ke kīʻaha o ka waina o ka ikaika o kona inaina.
Hea maila ia me ka leo nui, ʻī maila, “Ua hāʻule, ua hāʻule ʻo Babulona, ka mea nui, a ua lilo ia i wahi noho ai no nā daimonio, a i wahi paʻa no nā ʻuhane haukaʻe a pau, a i hale e paʻa ai nā manu haumia a hoʻopailua a pau.