Ia lā nō, hoʻopaʻa ihola ʻo ia i berita me ʻAberama, i ka ʻī ʻana mai, “Ua hāʻawi aku nō wau i kēia ʻāina no kāu poʻe mamo, Mai ka muliwai o ʻAigupita a hiki aku i ka muliwai nui, ka muliwai ʻo ʻEuperate:
¶ Pepehi akula hoʻi ʻo Dāvida iā Hadadezera ke keiki a Rehoba, ke aliʻi o Zoba, iā ia i hele aku ai e hoʻopaʻa i kona palena ʻāina ma ka muliwai ʻo ʻEuperate.
“A hiki i ka manawa e hoʻopau ai ʻoe i ka heluhelu ʻana i kēia buke, a laila e nakinaki i ka pōhaku me ka buke, a e hoʻolei aku i waenakonu o ʻEuperate.
‘E huli aʻe ʻoukou, a i ka hele ʻana, e hele ʻoukou i ka mauna o kā ʻAmora, a i kona poʻe e noho ana a pau, ma nā pāpū, ma nā puʻu, a ma ke awāwa, a ma ke Kūkulu Hema, a ma kahakai, i ka ʻāina o ko Kanaʻana, a i Lebanona, a i ka muliwai nui, ka muliwai ʻo ʻEuperate.
“Mai ka wao nahele mai, a mai Lebanona nei a hiki i ka muliwai nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ka muliwai ʻo ʻEuperate, ʻo ka ʻāina a pau o kā Heta, a hiki i ka Moana Nui ma ke komohana, ʻo ia ko ʻoukou mokuna.
¶ Ninini akula ka ʻānela ʻeono i kona hue ma luna o ka muliwai nui ʻo ʻEuperate; a maloʻo ihola kona wai, i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ke ala no nā aliʻi ma ka hikina a ka lā.
¶ Ma hope iho o kēia mau mea, ʻike akula au i nā ʻānela ʻehā e kū ana ma nā kihi ʻehā o ka honua, e paʻa ana i nā makani ʻehā o ka honua, i pā ʻole mai ka makani ma ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole hoʻi ma ka moana, ʻaʻole hoʻi ma kekahi lāʻau.
A ʻike akula au i kekahi ʻānela ʻokoʻa e piʻi mai ana, mai ka hikina a ka lā mai; aia nō iā ia ka hōʻailona o ke Akua ola. A hea akula ia me ka leo nui i nā ʻānela ʻehā, ua hāʻawi ʻia mai na lākou e hana ʻino i ka ʻāina a me ka moana,
Kuʻu ʻia akula ua mau ʻānela lā ʻehā, ka poʻe i mākaukau no ka hora, a no ka lā, a no ka malama, a no ka makahiki, i pepehi aku lākou i ka hapakolu o nā kānaka.