¶ E pono nō mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi mau aku i ke Akua no ʻoukou, e nā hoahānau; he mea maikaʻi nō ia, no ka ulu nui ʻana o ko ʻoukou paulele, a ʻo ke aloha o ʻoukou a pau loa, ua māhuahua aʻe ia i kekahi i kekahi.
‘Akā, he mau mea kaʻu iā ʻoe; no ka mea, aia nō iā ʻoe kekahi poʻe mālama i ka manaʻo o Balaʻama, nāna i aʻo mai iā Balaka e kau i mua o nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela i ka mea e hina ai, e ʻai i nā mea i kaumaha ʻia na nā kiʻi, a e moekolohe hoʻi.
‘Akā, he mea kaʻu iā ʻoe; no ka mea, ua waiho wale ʻoe i ka wahine iā Iesabela, ka mea i haʻi mai iā ia iho, he kāula, a ua aʻo mai ʻo ia, a ua hoʻowalewale mai i kaʻu poʻe kauā, e moekolohe, a e ʻai i nā mea i kaumaha ʻia na nā kiʻi.