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1 Ki he fakamālohi. 4 Ko e tangilāulau. 7 Ko e valoki ki he taʻetotonu mo e tauhi tamapua. 12 Ko e talaʻofa ki he toe ʻomi ʻo Sēkope.
1 Malaʻia kiate kinautolu ʻoku fakatupu hia,
mo filioʻi kovi ʻi honau mohenga!
ʻOka maama ʻae pongipongi, ʻoku nau fai ia,
koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻi he mālohi ʻa honau nima.
2 Pea ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ki he ngaahi ngoue, pea faʻao fakamālohi ia;
mo e ngaahi fale, pea ʻave ia;
ʻoku pehē ʻenau fakamālohi ʻae tangata mo hono fale,
ʻio, ʻae tangata mo hono tofiʻa.
3 Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova;
“Vakai, ʻoku ou fakatupu ha kovi ki he fānau ni,
ʻaia ʻe ʻikai hao mei ai homou kia:
pea ʻe ʻikai te mou ʻalu mo e fielahi;
he ʻoku kovi ʻae kuonga ni.
4 ¶ ʻI he ʻaho ko ia, ʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ha taha ha lea fakatātā kiate kimoutolu,
pea tangi ʻaki ʻae tangi mamahi, pea pehē,
‘Kuo tau maumau ʻaupito:
kuo ne fakakehe ʻae tofiʻa ʻo hoku kakai: ʻa ʻene ʻave ia meiate au!
ʻI heʻene tafoki atu, kuo ne vahevahe hotau ngaahi ngoue.’ ”
5 Ko ia ʻe ʻikai toe kiate koe ha niʻihi, ke lī ha afo ʻi he talotalo ʻi he fakataha ʻo Sihova.
6 ‌ʻOku nau pehē kiate kinautolu ʻoku kikite,
“ʻOua naʻa mou kikite:”
“ʻE ʻikai te nau kikite kiate kinautolu,
pea ʻe ʻikai te nau mā.”
7 ‌ʻA koe kuo ui ko e fale ʻo Sēkope,
“ʻOku ʻapiʻapi koā ʻae Laumālie ʻo Sihova?
Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni, ko ʻene ngāue?
ʻIkai ʻoku hoko lelei ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea kiate ia ʻoku ʻeveʻeva totonu?”
8 “ʻIo, kuo tuʻu hake ki mui ni ʻa hoku kakai kiate au, hangē ha fili:
ʻoku mou hamusi ʻae kofutuʻa mo e kofu loto meiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu atu ʻi he melino, hangē ko e kau tangata taʻepoto ki he tau.
9 Kuo mou kapusi ʻae kau fefine ʻo hoku kakai mei honau ngaahi fale lelei;
mei heʻenau fānau, kuo mou ʻave hoku nāunau ʻo lauikuonga.
10 Mou tuʻu hake ʻo ʻalu;
he ʻoku ʻikai ko homou mālōlōʻanga eni;
koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻuli ia ʻe fai ʻae fakaʻauha,
ʻio, ʻae fakaʻauha lahi.
11 Kapau ʻoku ai ha tangata ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi he laumālie mo e loi,
pea ne pehē, “Te u kikite kiate koe ki he uaine, mo e kava mālohi;”
ko e moʻoni ʻe hoko ia ko e palōfita ki he kakai ni.
12 Ko e moʻoni te u tānaki ʻa hoʻo kātoa, ʻe Sēkope;
ko e moʻoni te u tānaki ʻae toenga ʻo ʻIsileli;
te u fakataha ʻakinautolu, ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi ʻo Posila,
hangē ko e fanga sipi ʻi he lotoʻā sipi:
ʻe lahi ʻae patatū ko e meʻa ʻi he tokolahi ʻoe kau tangata.”
13 Kuo ʻalu hake ʻi honau ʻao ʻaia ʻoku fakaava:
kuo nau movete mo laka atu ʻi he matapā, pea kuo nau hū ai kituaʻā:
pea ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻa honau tuʻi ʻiate kinautolu,
pea mo Sihova ʻi honau ʻao.