18 Naʻá ku hoko ʻo fehiʻa ki he meʻa kotoa naʻá ku ngāue mātuʻaki mālohi ki ai ʻi he lalo laʻaá,+ koeʻuhi kuo pau ke u tuku atu ia maʻá e tangata ʻe hoko mai ʻi he hili aú.+ 19 Pea ko hai ʻokú ne ʻilo pe te ne hoko koā ʻo poto pe vale?+ Neongo ia, te ne pule ki he meʻa kotoa naʻá ku fakamoleki ʻa e ivi lahi mo e poto ke u maʻu mai ʻi he lalo laʻaá. Ko e muna mo eni foki.

8 ʻOku ʻi ai ha tangata ʻoku toko taha pē ʻo ʻikai hano kaungāmeʻa; ʻoku ʻikai hano foha pe tokoua, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai hano ngataʻanga ʻo e kotoa ʻo ʻene ngāue mālohí. Ko hono matá ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ke fiemālie ʻi heʻene koloá.+ Ka ʻokú ne ʻeke hifo nai kiate ia, ‘Ko hai ia ʻoku ou ngāue mālohi ki aí mo fakamasivaʻi ai au ʻi he ngaahi meʻa leleí’?+ Ko e muna mo eni foki mo ha ngāue fakamamahi.+

19 pea te u pehē kiate au: “Kuó u tātānaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lelei lahi ʻi he ngaahi taʻu lahi; te u mālōlō ā ʻo kai, inu, mo fiefia.”’ 20 Ka naʻe folofola ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate ia, ‘ʻA e ʻatamai-mūnoa, ʻi he poó ni ʻoku nau kounaʻi ke toʻo ʻa hoʻo moʻuí. Ko hai leva te ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuó ke tānakí?’+