3 ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá naʻe haʻu ʻa Sione+ Papitaiso ʻo malanga+ ʻi he toafa ʻo Siuteá,

3 Ko hono moʻoní, ko e tokotaha eni naʻe leaʻaki fekauʻaki mo ia ʻe he palōfita ko ʻAiseá+ ʻi he ngaahi leá ni: “ʻOku ʻi ai ha leʻo ʻo ha taha ʻoku kalanga ʻi he toafá: ‘Mou teuteu ʻa e ʻalunga ʻo Sihová!* ʻAi ʻa hono ngaahi halá ke hangatonu.’”+

2 Hangē tofu pē ko ia kuo hiki ʻia ʻAisea ko e palōfitá: “(Vakai! ʻOku ou fekauʻi atu ʻeku talafekaú ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe,* ʻa ia te ne teuteu ho halá.)+ 3 ʻOku ʻi ai ha leʻo ʻo ha taha ʻoku kalanga ʻi he toafá: ‘Mou teuteu ʻa e ʻalunga ʻo Sihová!* ʻAi ʻa hono ngaahi halá ke hangatonu.’”+ 4 Naʻe ʻi he toafá ʻa Sione Papitaiso,* ʻo malangaʻi ʻa e papitaisó ko e fakaʻilonga ʻo e fakatomala ki he fakamolemoleʻi ʻo e ngaahi angahalá.+

3 Ko ia naʻá ne ʻalu ki he kotoa ʻo e fonua takatakai ki Sioataní, ʻo malangaʻi ʻa e papitaisó ko e fakaʻilonga ʻo e fakatomala ki he fakamolemoleʻi ʻo e ngaahi angahalá,+ 4 hangē tofu pē ko ia kuo hiki ʻi he tohi ʻo e ngaahi lea ʻa ʻAisea ko e palōfitá: “ʻOku ʻi ai ha leʻo ʻo ha taha ʻoku kalanga ʻi he toafá: ‘Mou teuteu ʻa e ʻalunga ʻo Sihová!* ʻAi ʻa hono ngaahi halá ke hangatonu.+ 5 Ko e teleʻa kotoa pē kuo pau ke tanu, pea ko e moʻunga mo e foʻi māʻolunga kotoa pē ke holoki; ko e ngaahi hala pikopikó kuo pau ke ʻai ke hangatonu, pea ko e ngaahi hala tokakoví ke ʻai ke tokalelei; 6 pea ko e kakano kotoa pē* te nau sio ki he fakamoʻui ʻa e ʻOtuá.’”*+

23 Naʻá ne pehē ange: “Ko ha leʻo au ʻo e tokotaha ʻoku kalanga ʻi he toafá, ‘Mou ʻai ʻa e ʻalunga ʻo Sihová* ke hangatonu,’+ ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he palōfita ko ʻAiseá.”+