| Ka ʻaihue, ka waiwai, ka ʻōpū ʻinoʻino, ka wahaheʻe, ka makaleho, ka huāhuā, ka niʻaniʻa, ka hoʻokano, ka lalau wale; | greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. |
| ʻAʻole naʻe me ka poʻe moekolohe o kēia ao, a me ka poʻe a me ka poʻe ʻālunu, a me ka poʻe hoʻomana kiʻi: no ka mea, inā pēlā, inā ua pono iā ʻoukou ke hele ma waho o ke ao nei. | not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. |
| Ke palapala aku nei au iā ʻoukou, inā i kapa ʻia aku kekahi, he hoahānau, a ua moekolohe ia, a ua, a ua hoʻomana kiʻi, a ua ʻahiʻahi, a ua ʻona, ua ʻālunu; mai hoʻolauna aku ʻoukou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e ʻai pū me ka mea i hana pēlā. | But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat. |
| ʻAʻole ka poʻe ʻaihue, ʻaʻole ka poʻe, ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻona, ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻakiʻaki, ʻaʻole ka poʻe ʻālunu, ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā lākou ke aupuni o ke Akua. | nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. |
| E ʻuʻumi hoʻi i ko ʻoukou mau lālā ma ka honua; i ka moekolohe, i ka maʻemaʻe ʻole, i ke kuko wale, i ka makemake ʻino, a me ka waiwai, ʻo ka hoʻomana kiʻi nō ia. | Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. |
| ʻAʻole mākou i lawe i nā hua ʻōlelo malimali, ua ʻike ʻoukou; ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka hoʻokohu o ka waiwai; ʻo ke Akua ka mea ʻike. | You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed--God is our witness. |
| ʻAʻole e lilo i ka waina, ʻaʻole e kipikipi, ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻālunu wale; akā, e ahonui, a e hakakā ʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻi waiwai; | not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. |
| Na ka waiwai e kāʻili wale i kāna mau mea a pau, A na nā malihini e hao wale i kona waiwai. | May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. |
| E hoʻohuli ʻoe i koʻu naʻau ma muli o kou mau kānāwai, ʻAʻole ma muli o ka waiwai. | Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. |
| Pēlā ka ʻaoʻao o ka poʻe waiwai a pau, E kāʻili ana i ke ola o ka mea nona ia. | Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it. |
| ʻO ka mea waiwai, hana ʻino loa ʻo ia i ko kona hale; A ʻo ka mea hoʻowahāwahā i nā makana, e ola ia. | A greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live. |
| ʻO ke aliʻi naʻauao ʻole, nui kona hoʻokaumaha ʻana; ʻO ka mea hoʻowahāwahā i ka waiwai, e lōʻihi nō kona mau lā. | A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment, but he who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long life. |
| No ka mea, mai ka mea ʻuʻuku o lākou a ka mea nui o lākou, ua waiwai lākou a pau; a mai ke kāula mai a ke kahuna, hana ma ka wahaheʻe kēlā mea kēia mea. | "From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. |
| No laila, e hāʻawi aku au i kā lākou poʻe wāhine na haʻi, a me ko lākou mahina ʻai no ka poʻe hou e noho iho ai; no ka mea, ua waiwai kēlā mea, kēia mea o lākou, mai ka mea ʻuʻuku o lākou a i ka mea nui; a mai ke kāula a i ke kahuna, hana nō kēlā mea kēia mea ma ka wahaheʻe. | Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. |
| Akā, ʻaʻohe mea ma kou mau maka, a ma kou naʻau, ʻo kou waiwai nō, a me ka hoʻokahe i ke koko hala ʻole, a me ka hoʻokaumaha, a me ka lawe wale, e hana hoʻi. | "But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion." |
| Ma loko ou ua lawe lākou i nā kīpē e hoʻokahe i ke koko; ua lawe ʻoe i ke kuala a me ka uku paneʻe, a ua loaʻa iā ʻoe me ka, ʻo kā kou mau hoalauna, ma ka hoʻoluhi hewa, a ua hoʻopoina mai iaʻu, wahi a Iēhova ka Haku. | In you men accept bribes to shed blood; you take usury and excessive interest and make unjust gain from your neighbors by extortion. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD. |
| A ua hele lākou i ou lā, e like me ka hele ʻana o kānaka, a ua noho lākou i mua ou e like me koʻu poʻe kānaka, a ua lohe lākou i kāu mau ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole hoʻi lākou e mālama aku ia; no ka mea, me ko lākou waha, ua hōʻike lākou i ke aloha nui, akā, me ko lākou naʻau, ua hahai lākou ma muli o ko lākou waiwai. | My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. |