| A e ʻōlelo iho au i kuʻu ʻuhane, E ka ʻuhane, ua nui kou waiwai i hoʻāhu ʻia no nā makahiki he nui wale; e noho ʻoe; e ʻai nō, a e inu nō me ka leʻaleʻa. | And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." ' |
| Me ka ipukukui i hoʻowahāwahā ʻia i ka manaʻo o ka mea e noho ana, Pēlā ka mea ua kokoke paheʻe kona mau wāwae. | Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. |
| Make nō kekahi i waena o kona pōmaikaʻi, E noho ana a me ka ʻoluʻolu. | One man dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease, |
| No ka mea, ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana aku o ka poʻe naʻaupō, ʻo ia ko lākou pepehi ʻia mai, A ʻo ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe lapuwale, ʻo ko lākou make ia. | For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; |
| ʻO ka mea noʻonoʻo lā, ʻike ʻē ʻo ia ma mua i ka pōʻino a hūnā iā ia iho; Hele wale aku hoʻi ka poʻe a hihia ihola. | The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. |
| E nā wāhine e noho ana, E kū mai i luna, e hoʻolohe hoʻi i koʻu leo; E nā kaikamāhine makaʻu ʻole, e hāliu pepeiao mai i kaʻu ʻōlelo. | You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say! |
| E haʻalulu ʻoukou, e ka poʻe e noho ana, E weliweli hoʻi ʻoukou, ka poʻe makaʻu ʻole; E wehe i ko ʻoukou lole, a e kū kohana, a e kāʻei i nā pūhaka. | Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your clothes, put sackcloth around your waists. |
| A ʻo ka leo o ke anaina e ana kekahi me ia, a ua lawe pū ʻia nā makaʻāinana me ka poʻe ʻona, mai ka wao nahele mai, ua kau lākou i nā kūpeʻe ma ko lākou mau lima, a me nā lei nani ma luna o ko lākou mau poʻo. | "The noise of a carefree crowd was around her; Sabeans were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets on the arms of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads. |
| Ia lā nō e holo aku nā ʻelele mai oʻu aku nei ma nā moku e hoʻomakaʻu i ko ʻAitiopa poʻe, a e hiki aʻe ka ʻeha nui ma luna o lākou, e like me ia i nā lā o ʻAigupita; no ka mea, eia aʻe, ke hele mai ia. | " 'On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt's doom, for it is sure to come. |
| ʻO kēia ke kūlanakauhale ʻoliʻoli i noho, Ka mea i ʻōlelo iho i loko o kona naʻau, ʻO wau wale nō, ʻaʻohe lua! Nani kona lilo ʻana i mea neoneo, kahi e moe ai nā holoholona hihiu! ʻO ka mea e māʻalo ana aʻe ia wahi, e kāhāhā ia me ka hoʻoluliluli aku i kona lima. | This is the carefree city that lived in safety. She said to herself, "I am, and there is none besides me." What a ruin she has become, a lair for wild beasts! All who pass by her scoff and shake their fists. |
| A ua huhū loa au i ko nā ʻāina ʻē e noho ana; a i kuʻu wā i huhū ʻuʻuku ai, kōkua akula lākou i ka hoʻopilikia ʻana. | but I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they added to the calamity.' |