1 Samuela
12:1 A olelo aku la o Samuela i ka Iseraela a pau, Aia hoi, ua hoolohe au i ko oukou
leo i na mea a pau a oukou i olelo mai ai ia'u, a ua hoonoho i alii maluna o oukou.
12:2 Ano, aia hoi, ke hele nei ke alii imua o oukou
poʻo hina; aia hoʻi kaʻu mau keiki kāne me ʻoukou: a ua hele au ma mua
oe mai ko'u wa kamalii a hiki i keia la.
12:3 Aia hoʻi au, e hōʻike kūʻē iaʻu i mua o Iēhova, a i mua o kona
i poni ʻia: ʻo ka bipi a wai kaʻu i lawe ai? a i ka hoki a wai ka'u i lawe ai? a i ʻole iā wai
Ua hoopunipuni au? ʻO wai kaʻu i hoʻokaumaha? a i ʻole i loaʻa iaʻu kekahi lima mai kona lima mai
ke kipe e makapo ai ko'u mau maka me ia? a e hoihoi aku au ia oe.
12:4 A ʻōlelo lākou, ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻaihue iā mākou, ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻoluhi hewa iā mākou.
Ua lawe anei oe i ka lima o kekahi.
12:5 I mai la oia ia lakou, O Iehova ka mea hoike ia oukou, a me kona mea i poniia
he mea hoike i keia la, aole i loaa ia oukou kekahi mea ma kuu lima. A lakou
i mai la ia, He mea hoike ia.
12:6 I aku la o Samuela i na kanaka, Na Iehova no i hookiekie mai ia Mose a me
ʻO ʻAʻarona, a nāna i lawe mai i ko ʻoukou poʻe kūpuna mai ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita mai.
12:7 Ano hoi, e ku malie oukou, i kamailio aku ai au me oukou imua o Iehova o
i na hana pono a pau a Iehova, ana i hana mai ai ia oukou a me ko oukou
makua kāne.
12:8 I ka wa i hele aku ai o Iakoba i Aigupita, a hea aku ko oukou poe kupuna ia Iehova.
a laila, hoʻouna mai ʻo Iēhova iā Mose a me ʻAʻarona, nāna i lawe mai ko ʻoukou poʻe kūpuna i waho
o Aigupita, a hoonoho iho la ia lakou ma keia wahi.
12:9 A i ka wā i poina iā lākou iā Iēhova i ko lākou Akua, kūʻai aku ʻo ia iā lākou i ka lima o
ʻO Sisera, ka luna koa o Hazora, a i loko o ka lima o Iēhova
ko Pilisetia, a i ka lima o ke alii o Moaba, a kaua aku la lakou
ku e ia lakou.
12:10 A kāhea aku lākou iā Iēhova, ʻī akula, Ua hana hewa mākou, no ka mea, ua hewa mākou
Haʻalele iā Iēhova, a ua mālama iā Baʻala a me ʻAsetarota;
mai ka lima aku o ko makou poe enemi, a e hookauwa aku makou nau.
12:11 A hoouna mai la o Iehova ia Ierubaala, a me Bedana, a me Iepeta, a me Samuela, a me
hoopakele mai ia oukou mai ka lima mai o ko oukou poe enemi ma na aoao a pau, a oukou
noho maluhia.
12:12 A ʻike ʻoukou ua hele mai ʻo Nahasa ke aliʻi o nā mamo a ʻAmona
ia oukou, i mai la oukou ia'u, Aole; aka, e noho alii no ke alii maluna o kakou
ʻo Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua ke aliʻi o ʻoukou.
12:13 No laila, e nānā i ke aliʻi a ʻoukou i koho ai, a iā ʻoukou
makemake ʻia! aia hoʻi, ua hoʻonoho ʻo Iēhova i aliʻi ma luna o ʻoukou.
12:14 Ina e makau oukou ia Iehova, a e malama ia ia, a e hoolohe i kona leo, aole
E kipi aku i ke kauoha a Iehova, alaila o oukou pu kekahi
ʻo ke aliʻi e noho aliʻi ana ma luna o ʻoukou e hoʻomau i ka hahai ʻana iā Iēhova ko ʻoukou Akua.
12:15 Akā, inā ʻaʻole ʻoukou e hoʻolohe i ka leo o Iēhova, akā e kipi aku iā ʻoe
kauoha a Iehova, alaila e ku e mai ka lima o Iehova ia oukou,
e like me ia i ku e i ko oukou poe kupuna.
12:16 Ano hoi, e ku mai oukou e nana i keia mea nui a Iehova e hana mai ai
imua o kou mau maka.
12:17 LK ʻAʻole anei ka ʻohi palaoa i kēia lā? E kahea aku au ia Iehova, a e hana mai no ia
hoʻouna i ka hekili a me ka ua; i ike ai oukou i ko oukou hewa
he mea nui a oukou i hana'i imua o Iehova, i ka ninau ana ia oukou a
mōʻī.
12:18 No ia mea, hea aku la o Samuela ia Iehova; a hoʻouna maila ʻo Iēhova i ka hekili a me ka ua
lā: a makaʻu loa nā kānaka a pau iā Iēhova a me Samuʻela.
12:19 A olelo mai la na kanaka a pau ia Samuela, E pule aku oe ia Iehova no kau poe kauwa
kou Akua, i make ole ai makou;
e ninau mai ia makou i alii.
12:20 ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Samuʻela i nā kānaka, Mai makaʻu: ua hana ʻoukou i kēia mau mea a pau
mai haalele ia Iehova, aka, e malama ia Iehova
E Iehova me kou naau a pau;
12:21 ʻAʻole ʻoukou e huli aʻe
ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopōmaikaʻi a hoʻopakele; no ka mea, he lapuwale lakou.
12:22 No ka mea, aole e haalele o Iehova i kona poe kanaka no kona inoa nui.
no ka mea, ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo Iēhova e hoʻolilo iā ʻoukou i poʻe kānaka nona.
12:23 A ʻo wau hoʻi, ʻaʻole loa wau e hana hewa iā Iēhova ma
e hooki ana i ka pule no oukou: aka, e ao aku au ia oukou i ka maikai a me ka pono
ala:
12:24 E makau wale ia Iehova, a e malama ia ia me ka oiaio me ko oukou naau a pau
E noonoo i na mea nui ana i hana mai ai no oukou.
12:25 Akā, inā e hana hewa ʻoe, e hoʻopau ʻia ʻoe
ko oukou alii.