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1, 12 ʻOku fakahā ʻae fakaʻauha koeʻuhi ko ʻenau ongokovi, 5 Mo e tauhi tamapua.
1 “ʻAi ʻae meʻalea ki ho ngutu.
Te ne haʻu ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale ki he fale ʻo Sihova,
koeʻuhi kuo nau maumauʻi ʻeku fuakava,
pea fai talangataʻa ki heʻeku fono.
2 ‌ʻE tangi ʻa ʻIsileli kiate au, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ʻoku mau ʻilo koe.’
3 Kuo liʻaki ʻe ʻIsileli ʻae meʻa ʻoku lelei:
ʻe tuli ia ʻe he fili.
4 Kuo nau fakanofo ʻae ngaahi tuʻi, kae ʻikai ʻiate au:
kuo nau tuʻutuʻuni ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki, pea naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo:
kuo nau ngaohi ʻaki ʻa ʻenau siliva mo ʻenau koula ʻae tamapua,
koeʻuhi ka nau ʻauha.
5 Ko hoʻo ʻuhiki pulu, ʻE Samēlia, kuo ne liʻaki koe;
kuo tupu ʻeku ʻita kiate kinautolu:
ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa, ka nau hoko ʻo taʻehalaia?
6 He naʻe meia ʻIsileli foki ia:
ko e tufunga naʻa ne ngaohi ia; ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua ia:
ka ko e pulu siʻi ʻa Samēlia, ʻe maumauʻi ia ke fakaikiiki.
7 He kuo nau tūtuuʻi ʻae matangi,
pea te nau utu ʻae ʻahiohio:
ʻoku ʻikai hano muka:
ʻe ʻikai maʻu ha mahoaʻa mei hono fua:
ka ai ha fua, ʻe kai ia ʻo ʻosi ʻe he kau muli.
8 Kuo fōngia hifo ʻa ʻIsileli:
te nau hoko ni ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe Senitaile, ʻo hangē ko e ipu ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha fiemālie.
9 He kuo nau ʻalu hake ki ʻAsilia,
ha ʻasi kai vao tokotaha pe:
kuo unga ʻe ʻIfalemi ʻae kau mamana.
10 ‌ʻIo, neongo kuo nau unga ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga,
te u tānaki ni ʻakinautolu,
pea te nau mamahi siʻi, koeʻuhi ko e kavenga ʻae tuʻi ʻoe ngaahi ʻeiki.
11 Koeʻuhi kuo ngaohi ʻe ʻIfalemi ʻae ngaahi feilaulauʻanga lahi ke angahala,
ʻe ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulauʻanga ke angahala ai.
12 Kuo u tohi kiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻa ʻeku fono,
ka naʻe lau ia hangē ha meʻa kehe.
13 ‌ʻOku nau feilaulau ʻaki ʻae kakano,
ko e ngaahi feilaulau ʻo ʻeku ngaahi hifo, pea kai;
ka ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻu ia ʻe Sihova,
he te ne manatu ni ʻenau hia,
pea totongi ki heʻenau ngaahi angahala:
te nau liliu atu ki ʻIsipite.
14 He kuo fakangaloʻi ʻe ʻIsileli ʻa hono Tupuʻanga, pea ʻoku ne langa ʻae ngaahi fale fakaʻeiki;
pea kuo fakalahi ʻe Siuta ʻae ngaahi kolo kuo ʻāʻi:
ka te u fekau ʻae afi ki hono ngaahi kolo,
pea te ne kai ʻae ngaahi fale fakaʻeiʻeiki ʻi ai.”