Na Lunakanawai
17:1 A he kanaka no ka mauna Eperaima, o Mika kona inoa.
17:2 I aku la ia i kona makuwahine, He umikumamakahi haneri sekela kala
Ua laweia'ku mai ou aku, ka mea au i hoino ai, a i olelo ai hoi
ko'u mau pepeiao, aia hoi ke kala me au; Ua lawe au. A me kona makuahine
i mai la, E hoomaikaiia oe e Iehova, e kuu keiki.
17:3 A ia ia i hoihoi mai ai i na sekela kala he umikumamakahi haneri
ka makuahine, ʻī maila kona makuahine, Ua hoʻolaʻa loa aku au i ke kālā iā Iēhova
mai ko'u lima aku no ka'u keiki, e hana i kii kalaiia a me ke kii i hooheheeia: ano
nolaila, e hoihoi aku au ia oe.
17:4 Hoʻihoʻi ʻo ia i ke kālā i kona makuahine; a lawe aku kona makuahine i elua
haneri sekela kala, a haawi aku i ka mea nana i hana
he kii i kalaiia a me ke kii i hooheheeia;
Mika.
17:5 A he hale akua ko ke kanaka Mika, a hana iho la ia i epoda, a me na terapima.
a hoʻolaʻa i kekahi o kāna mau keiki kāne, a lilo ia i kahuna nona.
17:6 Ia mau la, aohe alii o ka Iseraela, hana no kela kanaka keia kanaka i ka mea
pololei i kona mau maka.
17:7 A he kanaka opiopio mai Betelehemaiuda mai, no ka ohana a Iuda.
he Levi ia, a noho no ia ilaila.
17:8 A hele aku la ua kanaka la iwaho o ke kulanakauhale, mai Betelehemaiuda aku e noho
a hiki i ka mauna ʻEperaima i ka hale
o Mika, i kona hele ana.
17:9 Nīnau akula ʻo Mika iā ia, No hea mai ʻoe? ʻĪ maila kēlā iā ia, ʻO wau nō
he Levi no Betelehemaiuda, a ke hele nei au e noho ma kahi e loaa ai ia'u a
wahi.
17:10 ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Mika iā ia, E noho pū me aʻu, a e lilo ʻoe i makua kāne noʻu
kahuna, a e haawi aku au ia oe i umi sekela kala i ka makahiki, a
aahu, a me kou ai. A komo aku la ka Levi.
17:11 A ua oluolu ka Levi e noho me ia kanaka; a ʻo ke kanaka ʻōpio
ia ia e like me kekahi o kana mau keiki.
17:12 A hoʻolaʻa ʻo Mika i ka Levi; a lilo ke kanaka opio i kahuna nona.
a ma ka hale o Mika.
17:13 A laila, ʻī maila ʻo Mika, ʻĀnō ua ʻike au e hana maikaʻi mai ʻo Iēhova iaʻu, no ka mea, ua loaʻa iaʻu
he Levi i ko'u kahuna.