¶ E noho mālie iā Iēhova, a e kali ahonui iā ia; Mai noho a ukiuki no ke kanaka e poʻo keʻokeʻo ana i kona ʻaoʻao iho, No ke kanaka e hana ana ma nā manaʻo hewa.
¶ ʻIke akula au ma loko o ka lima ʻākau o ka Mea e noho ana ma ka noho aliʻi, he buke ua palapala ʻia ma loko, a ma waho ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā wepa ʻehiku.
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.
¶ Nānā akula au, a ʻākaʻa aʻela ke Keiki Hipa i ka mua o nā wepa ʻehiku, a lohe ihola au i kekahi o nā mea ola ʻehā, e ʻōlelo ana, e like me ka halulu hekili, “E hele mai e ʻike.”
¶ A i kona ʻākaʻa ʻana i ke ono o nā wepa, ʻike akula au, a nui loa ihola ke ōlaʻi; a lilo ihola ka lā i mea ʻeleʻele e like me ka lole lauoho, a lilo ka mahina a pau e like me ke koko;
¶ A i ka wā āna i wehe ai i ke kolu o ka wepa, lohe akula au i ke kolu o ka mea ola, i ka ʻī ʻana mai, “E hele mai e ʻike.” Nānā akula au, aia hoʻi, he lio ʻeleʻele; a ʻo ka mea e noho ana ma luna iho ona, aia nō i kona lima ka mea kaupaona.
¶ A i kona wehe ʻana i ka lima o ka wepa, ʻike akula au ma lalo iho o ke kuahu i nā ʻuhane o ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia no ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua, a no ka mea a lākou i hōʻike aku ai.