| Akā, ʻaʻole o lākou i loko o lākou, no laila, ʻaʻole i mau, a hiki mai ka pilikia a me ka hōʻino ʻia no ka ʻōlelo, a laila, lilo koke lākou. | But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. |
| A ʻo ka poʻe ma luna o ka pōhaku, a lohe lākou, ʻapo lākou i ka ʻōlelo me ka ʻoliʻoli; ʻaʻole hoʻi o lākou, manaʻoʻiʻo nō lākou i kekahi manawa, a i ka wā e hoʻāʻo ʻia ai, haʻalele nō lākou. | Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. |
| A ua ʻōlelo hou mai ʻo ʻIsaia, E kupu ana ka o Iese, a e kū mai kekahi i aliʻi no nā lāhui kanaka, a iā ia e paulele ai ko nā ʻāina ʻē. | And again, Isaiah says, "The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in him." |
| No ka mea, ʻo ka puni kālā ʻo ka nō ia o ka hewa a pau; ua kuko nui ʻia ia e kekahi poʻe, a ua haʻalele lākou i ka manaʻoʻiʻo, a ua houhou lākou iā lākou iho i nā ʻehaʻeha he nui. | For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. |
| E mālama hoʻi ʻoukou o loaʻa ʻole mai i kekahi ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia mai e ke Akua, o kupu mai hoʻi kekahi ʻawaʻawa i waena o ʻoukou e hihia ai ʻoukou, a e haumia ai hoʻi kekahi poʻe he nui nō; | See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. |
| Eia hoʻi nā mea haumia iā ʻoukou i waena o nā mea kolo e kolo ana ma ka lepo, ʻo ka, ʻo ka ʻiole, a me ka honu me kona like, | “‘Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, |
| ʻO ka o ka naʻauao, ʻO ia ka makaʻu iā Iēhova; ʻO ka ʻike i ka Mea hemolele, ʻO ia ka noʻonoʻo ʻana. | "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| A inā e peʻe lākou ma luna o ka piko o Karemela, e ʻimi aku au, a e lawe iā lākou mai laila mai; A inā e peʻe lākou mai kuʻu maka aku ma ka o ke kai, Ma laila e kēnā aku au i ka nahesa, a e nahu aku ia iā lākou. | Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they hide from me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. |