1 Pea naʻa nau tuku mai ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻoe tahi, ki he fonua ʻoe kakai Kataline. 2 Pea kuo haʻu ia mei he vaka, pea fakafetaulaki leva kiate ia ʻae tangata mei he ngaahi faʻitoka, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae laumālie ʻuli, 3 Pea naʻe nofo pe ia ʻi he ngaahi faʻitoka; pea naʻe ʻikai ha tangata te ne faʻa haʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi ukamea fihifihi: 4 He koeʻuhi kuo liunga lahi hono haʻi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi ukamea fakamaʻu mo e ngaahi ukamea fihifihi, pea kuo ne motumotuhi ʻae ngaahi ukamea fihifihi, pea motumotu mo e ngaahi ukamea fakamaʻu: pea kuo ʻikai faʻa fakalalata ia ʻe ha taha. 5 Pea naʻe ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga ia mo e ngaahi faʻitoka maʻuaipē, ʻi he pō mo e ʻaho, ʻo ne tangi ai, mo ne tafatafaʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi maka. 6 Ka ʻi heʻene mamata mei he mamaʻo kia Sisu, naʻa ne lele ʻo hū kiate ia. 7 ‌ʻO tangi leʻo lahi, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko e hā au kiate koe, Sisu, ko e ʻAlo ʻoe fungani ʻOtua māʻolunga? ʻOku ou hū tōtōaki kiate koe ʻi he ʻOtua, ke ʻoua naʻa ke fakamamahiʻi au.” 8 (He naʻa ne pehē kiate ia, “Haʻu kituʻa mei he tangata, ʻa koe ko e laumālie ʻuli.”) 9 Pea ne fehuʻi kiate ia, “Ko hai ho hingoa?” Pea pehēange ʻe ia, “Ko Lisione hoku hingoa; he ʻoku mau tokolahi.” 10 Pea ne kole fakamātoato kiate ia ke ʻoua naʻa ne kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he fonua. 11 Pea naʻe ʻi ai, ʻo ofi ki he ngaahi moʻunga, ʻae fanga puaka lahi naʻe fafanga. 12 Pea kole ʻe he kau laumālie kotoa pē kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Fekau ʻakimautolu ki he fanga puaka, koeʻuhi ke mau hū ki ai.” 13 Pea tuku leva ʻe Sisu ke nau fai ia. Pea ʻalu atu ʻae kau laumālie ʻuli, ʻo hū ki he fanga puaka: pea feleleʻi ʻo ʻoho ʻae fanga puaka ʻi he potu tahifohifo ki tahi, (naʻa nau toko ua afe nai;) pea melemo ʻi he tahi. 14 Pea feholaki ʻakinautolu naʻe tauhi ʻae fanga puaka, ʻo fakahā ki he kolo, pea mo e tukuʻuta. Pea naʻa nau ʻalu ange ke mamata ki he meʻa kuo fai. 15 Pea nau haʻu kia Sisu, ʻo mamata kiate ia naʻe ulusino ai ʻae laumālie ʻuli, ʻo ne maʻu ʻae lisione, ʻoku nofo ia, kuo kofu, pea poto hono loto: pea nau manavahē 16 Pea ko kinautolu naʻe mamata ki ai, naʻa nau fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻae meʻa naʻe hoko kiate ia naʻe ulusino ai ʻae tēvolo, pea mo e meʻa ki he fanga puaka. 17 Pea nau kole leva kiate ia ke ne ʻalu ʻi honau fonua. 18 Pea kuo ʻalu ia ki vaka, pea ko ia naʻe ulusino ai ʻae tēvolo ne kole kiate ia ke na nonofo. 19 Ka naʻe ʻikai loto ki ai ʻa Sisu, ka naʻa ne pehē, “ʻAlu ki ho ʻapi ki ho kāinga, mo fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi kuo fai ʻe he ʻEiki maʻau, mo ʻene manavaʻofa kiate koe.” 20 Pea ne ʻalu ia, ʻo fua fakahā ʻi Tikapolisi ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi kuo fai ʻe Sisu maʻana: pea ofo ai kotoa pē. 21 Pea kuo toe folau ʻa Sisu ʻi he vaka ki he kauvai ʻe taha, pea kātoa ai kiate ia ʻae kakai tokolahi: pea kuo ofi ia ki tahi. 22 Pea vakai, naʻe ʻalu ange ʻae tokotaha ʻoe kau pule ʻoe falelotu, ko Sailosi hono hingoa; pea ʻi heʻene mamata kiate ia, naʻa ne tō hifo ki hono vaʻe, 23 ‌ʻO ne kole fakamātoato kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Ko hoku ʻofefine siʻi ʻoku tei mate: haʻu, ʻo hili ho nima kiate ia, koeʻuhi ke moʻui ai: pea ʻe moʻui ia.” 24 Pea naʻa na ō mo Sisu; pea muimui kiate ia ʻae kakai tokolahi, ʻo fakaʻefihia ia. 25 Pea ko e fefine ʻe tokotaha, naʻe hongofulu ma ua ʻae taʻu ʻoe ʻau toto ʻiate ia, 26 Pea kuo lahi ʻae meʻa kuo ne kātaki ʻi he kau faitoʻo tokolahi, pea kuo fakaʻosi ʻe ia ʻa ʻene meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻikai fakaʻaʻau ki muʻa, kae ʻāsili pe hono mahaki. 27 Kuo fanongo ia kia Sisu, pea haʻu mo e fononga mei mui, ʻo ala ki hono kofu: 28 He kuo pehē ʻe ia, “Kapau teu ala pe ki hono kofu, te u moʻui ai.” 29 Pea matuʻu fakafokifā pe ʻae ʻau ʻa hono toto; pea ne ongoʻi ʻi hono sino kuo fakamoʻui ia mei he mahaki ko ia. 30 Pea kuo ʻilo loto ʻe Sisu kuo ʻalu atu ʻiate ia ʻae mālohi, pea ne tafoki ia ki he kakai, mo ne pehē, “Ko hai naʻe ala ki hoku kofu?” 31 Pea pehēange ʻene kau ākonga kiate ia, “ʻOku ke vakai ki he tokolahi ʻoku fakaʻefi koe, pea ʻoku ke pehē, ‘Ko hai kuo ala kiate au?’ ” 32 Pea vakai foli ʻe ia ke mamata kiate ia kuo ne fai ʻae meʻa ni. 33 Ka kuo ʻilo ʻe he fefine ʻaia kuo fai kiate ia, pea haʻu ia, ʻoku manavahē mo tetetete, ʻo tō ki lalo ʻi hono ʻao, ʻo ne tala kiate ia ʻae moʻoni kotoa pē. 34 Pea ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻOfefine, kuo fakamoʻui koe ʻe hoʻo tui; ʻalu ʻi he fiemālie, pea ke moʻui mei hoʻo mahaki.”

35 ¶ Kae lolotonga ʻene lea, mo e haʻu ʻae niʻihi mei he fale ʻoe pule ʻoe falelotu, ʻonau pehē, “Kuo pekia ho ʻofefine: ko e hā ʻoku ke kei fakafiu ai ʻae ʻEiki?” 36 Pea kuo fanongo leva ʻe Sisu ki he lea naʻe lea ʻaki, pea pehē ʻe ia ki he pule ʻoe falelotu, “ʻOua te ke manavahē, ka ke tui pe.” 37 Pea naʻe ʻikai tuku ʻe ia ke muimui ha tokotaha kiate ia, ka ko Pita, mo Semisi, mo Sione ko e tokoua ʻo Semisi. 38 Pea hoko ia ki he fale ʻoe pule ʻoe falelotu, ʻo mamata ki he maveuveu, mo kinautolu naʻe tangi mo tangilāulau lahi. 39 Pea kuo hū ia ki loto fale, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā ʻoku mou maveuveu, mo tangi ai? ʻOku ʻikai mate ʻae taʻahine, ka ʻoku mohe pe.” 40 Ka naʻa nau kakata manuki kiate ia. Pea kuo fekau ʻe ia ke nau ʻalu kotoa pē kituʻa, pea ne ʻave ʻae tamai mo e faʻē ʻae taʻahine, mo kinautolu naʻe ʻiate ia, pea nau hū ki he potu ʻoku tokoto ai ʻae taʻahine. 41 Pea ne puke ʻae nima ʻoe taʻahine, mo ne pehē kiate ia, “Talita kiumi;” ʻaia ko hono ʻuhinga, “Taʻahine, ʻoku ou pehē kiate koe, Tuʻu hake.” 42 Pea tuʻu hake leva ʻae taʻahine, ʻo ʻeveʻeva; he kuo hongofulu ma ua hono taʻu. Pea naʻe ofo ai ʻakinautolu ʻi he ofo lahi. 43 Pea ne fekau mālohi kiate kinautolu ke ʻoua naʻa ʻilo ia ʻe ha taha; mo ne fekau ke ʻatu ha meʻakai kiate ia.