E ke Akua, e alakaʻi mai iaʻu, e
hoʻomalu mai iaʻu, e hoʻolilo iaʻu i
kukui mālamalama a i hōkū ʻālohilohi.
ʻO ʻoe nō ka Mana Loa a me ka Ikaika.
Na ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
O God, guide me, protect me, make
of me a shining lamp and a brilliant
star. Thou art the Mighty and the
Powerful.
—‘Abdu’l-Bahá
E ke Akua, kuʻu Akua! Ua haʻalele
akula au i kuʻu home me ka paʻa
mau i ka ʻaha o Kou aloha, a hilinaʻi
piha nō au i Kou mālama ‘ana mai a me
Kou hoʻomalu ‘ana mai. Noi haʻahaʻa
aku au iā ‘Oe, ma Kou mana Āu i
hoʻomalu ai i Kou poʻe aloha mai nā
mea lalau me nā mea ʻaiā, a mai nā mea
hoʻokaumaha lokoʻino me nā mea hana
ʻmākonā a pau i ʻauana aʻe a kaʻawale
loa iā ‘Oe, e hoʻopale mai iaʻu ma o Kou
lokomaikaʻi a me Kou aloha. A laila, e
hoʻohiki i ka hoʻina i kuʻu home ma Kou
mana a me Kou ikaika. ʻO ʻOe ʻiʻo nō
ka Mana Loa, ke Ola i ka wā Pōʻino, ke
Kūʻokoʻa.
Na Bahá’u’lláh
O God, my God! I have set out from
my home, holding fast unto the
cord of Thy love, and I have committed
myself wholly to Thy care and Thy
protection. I entreat Thee by Thy power
through which Thou didst protect Thy
loved ones from the wayward and the
perverse, and from every contumacious
oppressor, and every wicked doer who
hath strayed far from Thee, to keep
me safe by Thy bounty and Thy grace.
Enable me, then, to return to my home
by Thy power and Thy might. Thou art,
truly, the Almighty, the Help in Peril,
the Self-Subsisting.
— Bahá’u’lláh