| Noho ihola ia, a kāhea maila i ka poʻe ʻumikumamālua, ʻī maila kēlā iā lākou, Inā e manaʻo kekahi kanaka, e ʻoi ia ma mua, e auaneʻi ia ma hope o nā mea a pau, a e lilo nō hoʻi i kauā na nā mea a pau. | Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." |
| E māhuahua ana nō ʻo ia, akā, e iho auaneʻi hoʻi au. | He must become greater; I must become less. |
| A i kāna ʻī ʻana mai, ʻO wau nō ia, hope akula lākou, a hina ihola ma ka honua. | When Jesus said, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. |
| E like me ka mea i palapala ʻia, ʻO ka mea i hōʻiliʻili nui, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻoi aku nāna; a ʻo ka mea i hōʻiliʻili liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole i kāna. | as it is written: "He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little." |
| No ka mea, ke manaʻo nei au, ʻaʻole au i iki ma hope o ke poʻokela o nā lunaʻōlelo. | But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles." |
| Ua lilo au i naʻaupō ma ke kaena ʻana; na ʻoukou au i koi mai: no ka mea, he pono koʻu e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia mai e ʻoukou; ʻaʻole au i iki ma hope o nā lunaʻōlelo poʻokela, he mea ʻole nō naʻe au. | I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the "super-apostles," even though I am nothing. |
| Ma hea ko ʻoukou wahi ma hope o nā ʻekalesia ʻē aʻe, ke waiho ko ʻoukou kaumaha ʻole iaʻu? E kala mai ʻoukou iaʻu i kēia mea pono ʻole. | How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! |
| A ua ʻoluʻolu au ke lilo aku a e hoʻolilo ʻia hoʻi no ko ʻoukou ʻuhane; inā paha me ka māhuahua o koʻu aloha aku iā ʻoukou, pēlā ka ʻana o koʻu aloha ʻia mai. | So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less? |
| A he mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole ʻia kēia, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia aku ka mea i iho e ka mea i ʻoi aku. | And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater. |
| Hoʻomanaʻo ihola ʻo Iēhova iā Noa, a me nā mea ola a pau, a me nā holoholona a pau me ia i loko o ka hale lana: hoʻohuaʻi maila ke Akua i ka makani ma luna o ka honua, a ihola ka wai: | But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. |
| Hoʻi hou mau akula ka wai mai luna aʻe o ka honua: a ma hope o nā lā he haneri a me kanalima, ua ka wai. | The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, |
| mau ihola ka wai, a hiki i ka ʻumi o ka malama: i ka ʻumi o ka malama, i ka lā mua o ua malama lā, ua ʻikea nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o nā kuahiwi. | The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible. |
| Hoʻokuʻu akula hoʻi ʻo ia i ka manu nūnū e ʻike i ka ʻana o ka wai mai ka ʻāina aku; | Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. |
| A ahiahi ihola, hoʻi maila ka manu nūnū i ona lā, aia hoʻi, he lau ʻoliva hou ma kona waha. Pēlā ʻo Noa i ʻike ai, ua iho ka wai mai luna aku o ka honua. | When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. |
| A i mai nā mea ʻelima o ka poʻe pono he kanalima; e luku anei ʻoe ia kūlanakauhale a pau no ia mau mea ʻelima? ʻĪ maila kēlā, A i loaʻa iaʻu i laila he kanahā a me kumamālima, ʻaʻole au e luku aku. | what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.” |
| A i ko lākou ana ʻana ma ka ʻomera, ʻo ka mea hōʻiliʻili nui, ʻaʻohe āna i koe, a ʻo ka mea hōʻiliʻili ʻuʻuku, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kāna: hōʻiliʻili kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka e like me kā kona waha i ʻai ai. | And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed. |
| Hoʻokahi haneri a me ka iwakālua o ko Mose mau makahiki i kona manawa i make ai; ʻaʻole i pōwehiwehi kona maka, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kona ikaika. | Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. |
| He kaua loa nō i waena o ka ʻohana a Saula a me ka ʻohana a Dāvida; akā, māhuahua aʻela ko Dāvida ikaika, a ihola ka ʻohana a Saula a nāwaliwali. | The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. |
| No ka mea, ke ʻī mai nei ʻo Iēhova ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela, ʻAʻole e iho ka barela palaoa wali ʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻi e pau aʻe ka ʻōmole ʻaila a hiki i ka lā e hāʻawi mai ai ʻo Iēhova i ka ua ma ka ʻili o ka honua. | For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD gives rain on the land.' " |
| ʻAʻole i iho ka barela palaoa wali ʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻi i pau aʻe ka ʻōmole ʻaila, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Iēhova āna i ʻōlelo mai ai ma ka lima o ʻElia. | For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah. |
| ʻĀnō e ʻike pono ʻia i ke aliʻi, inā e hana ʻia kēia kūlanakauhale, a e hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā pā pōhaku, ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi mai i ka uku, a me ka hoʻokupu, a me ke dute, a iho ko ke aliʻi waiwai. | Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and the royal revenues will suffer. |
| Akā, he naʻauao koʻu e like me ʻoukou; ʻAʻole au i ma lalo iho o ʻoukou: A ʻo wai lā ka mea ʻike ʻole i nā mea like me kēia mau mea? | But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things? |
| E like me kā ʻoukou ʻike, pēlā nō hoʻi kaʻu e ʻike nei; ʻAʻole wau i iho ma lalo o ʻoukou. | What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. |
| E like me ka maloʻo ʻana o nā wai, mai ke kai aku, A me ka ʻana o ka muliwai, a maloʻo iho; | As water disappears from the sea or a riverbed becomes parched and dry, |
| Ua lākou, ua hāʻule i lalo; Akā, ua ala mai nei mākou a kū pono i luna. | They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm. |
| Ea maila nō ma luna o nā mauna; A ihola ma nā awāwa i lalo, A i kahi āu i hoʻokumu ai no lākou. | they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them. |
| ʻO ke koena o ka poʻe i helu ʻia o ka poʻe akamai i ka pana, ʻO nā koa hoʻi o Kedara, e nō lākou: No ka mea, ua ʻōlelo mai nō ʻo Iēhova, ke Akua o ka ʻIseraʻela. | The survivors of the bowmen, the warriors of Kedar, will be few." The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. |
| E mare i nā wāhine, a e hoʻohānau i nā keiki kāne, a i nā kaikamāhine; a e lawe i nā wāhine na kā ʻoukou poʻe keiki kāne, a e hāʻawi aku hoʻi i kā ʻoukou mau kaikamāhine e mare i nā kāne, i hānau mai lākou i nā keiki kāne, a i nā kaikamāhine; i kawowo ʻoukou ma laila, ʻaʻole hoʻi e iho. | Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. |
| Ua iho ʻo Damaseko, ua huli ʻo ia e heʻe, Ua loʻohia ʻo ia i ka makaʻu, Ua loaʻa ʻo ia i ka nahu kuawili, a me ka ʻeha, me ko ka wahine hānau keiki. | Damascus has become feeble, she has turned to flee and panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her, pain like that of a woman in labor. |
| A ma hope o kou e hoʻokū ʻia ana he aupuni ʻē, ua mai ia ma hope o kou; a ʻo ke kolu o ke aupuni [e hoʻokū ʻia mai] he keleawe ia; ʻo ia ka mea e aliʻi ana ma luna o ka honua a pau. | "After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. |
| Ua luku ʻia ka mahina ʻai, Ua uē ka ʻāina, No ka mea, ua luku ʻia ka ʻai, Ua maloʻo ka waina hou, ua iho ka ʻaila. | The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil fails. |
| Eia hoʻi ka maʻi a Iēhova e hahau mai ai, I nā kānaka a pau i kaua aku ai iā Ierusalema; E hoʻowīwī auaneʻi ʻo ia i ko lākou kino, Iā lākou e kū ana ma luna o ko lākou wāwae, A e iho ko lākou mau maka ma loko o ko lākou mau lua, A e pau iho ko lākou alelo ma loko o ko lākou waha. | This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. |