| I ʻimi lākou i ke Akua, inā paha lākou e a e loaʻa nō ia, ʻaʻole hoʻi ia e lōʻihi aku ʻo kēlā mea kēia mea o kākou; | God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. |
| A e mai paha kuʻu makua kāne iaʻu, a e ʻikea auaneʻi au e ia he mea hoʻopunipuni; a e hoʻoili mai au i ka hōʻino ʻia ma luna iho oʻu, ʻaʻole ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia. | What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.” |
| ʻĪ maila ʻo ʻIsaʻaka iā Iakoba, Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe, e neʻeneʻe mai a kokoke, i aku au iā ʻoe, e kuʻu keiki, i ʻike au ʻo kaʻu keiki ʻo ʻEsau paha ʻoe, ʻaʻole paha. | Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.” |
| Neʻeneʻe akula ʻo Iakoba i o ʻIsaʻaka lā i kona makua kāne: a maila ʻo ia iā ia, ʻī maila, ʻO ka leo, ka leo nō o Iakoba, akā, ʻo nā lima, nā lima nō o ʻEsau. | Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” |
| A e aku ʻoe i ka wā awakea e like me ka makapō i ai i ka pouli, ʻaʻole e pōmaikaʻi ʻoe ma kou ʻaoʻao; a e hoʻokaumaha wale ʻia ʻoe, a e kāʻili wale ʻia ʻoe i nā lā a pau, ʻaʻohe mea nāna ʻoe e hoʻopakele. | At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you. |
| ʻĪ aʻela ʻo Samesona i ke keiki e paʻa ana i kona lima, E hoʻomaha mai ʻoe iaʻu i aku au i nā kia e paʻa ai ka hale, i hilinaʻi hoʻi au ma ia mau mea. | Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” |
| I ke ao hālāwai lākou me ka pouli, A ke nei lākou i ka wā awakea, e like me ia i ka pō. | Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night. |
| lākou i loko o ka pouli ʻaʻohe mālamalama, A e hoʻohīkākā aku ʻo ia iā lākou, me he mea ʻona lā. | They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards. |
| Ke kolo nei mākou e i ka pā, me he makapō lā, Ke kolo nei nō mākou, me he mea maka ʻole lā, Kūlanalana mākou i ke awakea, e like me ka pō; Me he poʻe make lā, ma loko o nā wahi momona. | Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like men without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. |