1 Samuela
8:1 A i ka wā i ʻelemakule ai ʻo Samuʻela, hoʻolilo ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki i mau luna kānāwai
maluna o ka Iseraela.
8:2 Ano ka inoa o kana hiapo, o Ioela; a ʻo ka inoa o kāna lua,
ʻO ʻAbia: he mau luna kānāwai lākou ma Beʻereseba.
8:3 ʻAʻole i hele kāna mau keiki ma kona ʻaoʻao, akā, huli lākou ma muli o ka waiwai, a
lawe kipe, a hookahuli i ka pono.
8:4 A laila hoʻākoakoa ʻia nā lunakahiko a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela, a hele mai
ʻO Samuela iā Rama,
8:5 A i mai la ia ia, Aia hoi, ua elemakule oe, aole hoi i hele kau mau keiki ma kou
ʻĀnō: e hoʻonoho ʻoe iā mākou i aliʻi e hoʻoponopono iā mākou e like me nā lāhui kanaka a pau.
8:6 Aka, ua hewa ia mea i ka manao o Samuela, i ka lakou olelo ana, E haawi mai oe i alii no makou e hooponopono
mākou. Pule aku la o Samuela ia Iehova.
8:7 I mai la o Iehova ia Samuela, E hoolohe i ka leo o na kanaka ma
ʻO nā mea a pau a lākou e ʻōlelo mai ai iā ʻoe: no ka mea, ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻowahāwahā iā ʻoe,
ua hoowahawaha mai lakou ia'u, i alii ole ai au maluna o lakou.
8:8 E like me na hana a pau a lakou i hana'i, mai ka la mai a'u
i lawe mai ia lakou mai Aigupita mai a hiki i keia la, i ka mea i loaa ia lakou
haalele mai ia'u, a malama i na akua e, pela lakou e hana aku ai ia oe.
8:9 No laila, e hoʻolohe i ko lākou leo
ia lakou, a e hoike aku ia lakou i ke ano o ke alii e noho alii ana
lakou.
8:10 Haʻi akula ʻo Samuʻela i nā ʻōlelo a pau a Iēhova i nā kānaka i nīnau mai
he alii ia.
8:11 A ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ke aliʻi e noho aliʻi ai
oe: E lawe no ia i na keiki a oukou, a e hoonoho ia lakou nona iho
na kaa, a i poe hoohololio nona; a e holo kekahi i mua o kona
nā kaʻa.
8:12 A e hoonoho ia ia i mau luna tausani, a me na luna
kanalima; A e hoʻonoho iā lākou e mahi i kāna ʻāina, a e ʻohi i kāna ʻai.
a e hana i kona mau mea kaua, a me kona mau kaa.
8:13 A e lawe aku ia i na kaikamahine a oukou i mea hoolele, a i poe kuke.
a i poe kahu palaoa.
8:14 A e lawe ia i ko oukou mau mahinaai, a me ko oukou mau mala waina, a me ko oukou mau mala oliva.
ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa o lākou, a e hāʻawi aku i kāna poʻe kauwā.
8:15 A e lawe ia i ka hapaʻumi o kā ʻoukou hua, a me ko ʻoukou mau māla waina, a e hāʻawi aku
i kona mau luna, a i kana poe kauwa.
8:16 A e lawe no ia i na kauwakane a oukou, a me na kauwawahine a oukou
na kanaka ui maikai loa, a me na hoki a oukou, a e hookau aku ia lakou i kana hana.
8:17 E lawe ia i ka hapaʻumi o kā ʻoukou hipa, a e lilo ʻoukou i poʻe kauwā nāna.
8:18 A e uwē ʻoukou ia lā no ko ʻoukou aliʻi a ʻoukou
ua koho oe; aole e hoolohe mai o Iehova ia oukou ia la.
8:19 Aka, hoole na kanaka e hoolohe i ka leo o Samuela; a lakou
i mai la, Aole; akā, e loaʻa iā mākou ke aliʻi ma luna o mākou;
8:20 i like kakou me na aina a pau; a i hooponopono ko kakou alii
kakou, a e hele aku imua o kakou, a e kaua aku i ko kakou kaua.
8:21 A lohe o Samuela i na olelo a pau a na kanaka, a hai aku la ia
na pepeiao o Iehova.
8:22 ʻŌlelo maila ʻo Iēhova iā Samuʻela, E hoʻolohe i ko lākou leo, a e hoʻolilo iā lākou i a
mōʻī. ʻĪ akula ʻo Samuʻela i nā kānaka o ka ʻIseraʻela, E hele ʻoukou kēlā kanaka kēia kanaka i kona iho
kūlanakauhale.