| Ke hana nei lākou i kā lākou mau hana a pau, i ʻikea mai ai e nā kānaka. Ke nei lākou i nā ʻāpana kānāwai o lākou; a ke hoʻonui nei hoʻi lākou i nā lepa o kā lākou ʻaʻahu. | "Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; |
| A ʻo ka inoa o ka muli mai, kapa akula ia, ʻo ʻEperaima: No ka mea, ua mai ke Akua iaʻu, ma ka ʻāina o koʻu pōpilikia. | The second son he named Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.” |
| No ka mea, e kipaku aku au i ko nā ʻāina i mua ou, a e aʻe i kou mau mokuna; ʻaʻole hoʻi e kuko mai kekahi kanaka i kou ʻāina i ka wā e piʻi aku ai ʻoe e ʻike ʻia i mua o Iēhova, kou Akua, ʻekolu piʻi ʻana o ka makahiki. | I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God. |
| Inā e ʻo Iēhova kou Akua i kou mokuna e like me kāna i hoʻohiki ai i kou mau kūpuna, a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻāina a pau āna i ʻōlelo ai e hāʻawi i kou mau kūpuna: | If the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he promised on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them, |
| A laila hele aʻela ko Pilisetia, a hoʻomoana ihola ma ko Iuda, a akula ma Lehi. | The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi. |
| A ʻo ka poʻe hoʻohālua, wikiwiki iho lākou, a lele aku iā Gibea, a aʻela iā lākou iho, a luku akula i ua kūlanakauhale lā. | Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword. |
| ʻAʻole e hoʻolako ʻia ʻo ia, ʻAʻole hoʻi e mau kāna waiwai, ʻAʻole hoʻi e i kā lākou loaʻa ma ka honua. | He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. |
| No ka mea, ua lākou i ka ʻino nou: Ua kūkā lākou i ka manaʻo hewa, ʻaʻole hoʻi i hiki. | Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed; |
| Ua ʻike aku au i ke kanaka hewa e weliweli ai, E ana iā ia iho e like me ka lāʻau uliuli i kona wahi iho. | I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a green tree in its native soil, |
| Ua hoʻomāhuahua ʻoe i ka lāhui kanaka, e Iēhova, Ua hoʻomāhuahua ʻoe i ka lāhui kanaka, ua hoʻonani ʻia ʻoe; Ua aʻe ʻoe i nā mokuna a pau o ka ʻāina. | You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land. |
| ʻO ia nō ke noho ma ka pōʻai o ka honua, A ua like hoʻi ko laila poʻe e noho ana me nā ʻūhini; Nāna nō e aku nā lani me he pākū lā, A hohola nō hoʻi lākou me he hale lole lā, kahi e noho ai. | He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. |
| Ke ʻī mai nei ke Akua, ʻo Iēhova, penei, Ka mea nāna i hana nā lani, a hohola aʻela iā lākou; Ka mea i aʻe i ka honua, a me kona mau mea ulu; Ka mea hāʻawi i ka hanu no nā kānaka ma luna ona, A me ke ea hoʻi i ka poʻe e hele ana ma luna ona: | This is what God the LORD says-- he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: |
| Ke ʻī mai nei ʻo Iēhova, kou Hoʻōla pānaʻi, Ka mea hoʻi nāna ʻoe i hana ma ka ʻōpū, ʻO wau, ʻo Iēhova, ka mea nāna i hana nā mea a pau; Ka mea nāna i hohola nā lani, ʻo wau wale; A hoʻi i ka honua, ʻo wau wale nō; | "This is what the LORD says-- your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself, |
| ʻO ia, na koʻu lima nō i hoʻokumu i ka honua, Na kuʻu lima ʻākau nō i i nā lani, Hea aku nō au iā lākou, a kū pū maila nō lākou. | My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together. |
| A hoʻākea i kahi o kou halelewa, E hoʻi lākou i nā pākū o kou wahi e noho ai; Mai ʻauʻa, e hoʻolōʻihi i kou mau kaula, E hoʻopaʻa loa hoʻi i kou mau mākia; | "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. |
| Ua hana nō ʻo ia i ka honua i kona mana, a ua hoʻokumu hoʻi i ke ao nei i kona akamai, a ua aʻe i nā lani i kona naʻauao. | But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. |
| Ke ʻōlelo mai nei ʻo Iēhova, penei; No nā hala ʻekolu o nā mamo a ʻAmona, a me ka hā, ʻaʻole au e hoʻololi aʻe i kona hoʻopaʻi ʻia; No ka mea, ua kaha aku lākou i nā wāhine hāpai o Gileada, I aku ai lākou i ko lākou palena: | This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not turn back . Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders, |
| Ua hoʻonui ʻoe i kou poʻe kālepa ma mua o nā hōkū o ka lani: aku ka ʻūhini huluhulu, a lele akula. | You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away. |