Taniela

7 ʻI he ʻuluaki taʻu ʻo e pule ʻa Tuʻi Pelisasa+ ʻo Pāpiloné, naʻe mamata ai ʻa Taniela ki ha misi mo ha ngaahi vīsone ʻi heʻene tokoto ʻi hono mohengá.+ Naʻá ne hiki leva ʻa e misí;+ naʻá ne hiki kakato ʻa e fakamatala ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻá ni. 2 Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe Taniela:

“Naʻá ku mamata ʻi heʻeku ngaahi vīsone ʻi he poʻulí, pea vakai, ko e matangi ʻe fā ʻo e langí naʻe angi mālohi mai ki he tahi lahí.+ 3 Pea naʻe ʻalu hake mei he tahí ʻa e ngaahi fuʻu manu ʻe fā,+ naʻe kehekehe ʻa e manu taki taha.

4 “Ko e ʻuluaki manú naʻe hangē ha laioné,+ pea naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e ongo kapakau ʻo ha ʻīkale.+ Naʻá ku mamata pē kae ʻoua kuo fusi ʻa hono ongo kapakaú, pea naʻe hiki hake ia mei he kelekelé ʻo ʻai ia ke ne tuʻu ʻaki hono ongo vaʻé ʻo hangē ha tangatá, pea naʻe ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e loto ʻo ha tangata.

5 “Pea vakai, ko ha toe manu ʻe taha, ko hono uá ia, naʻe hangē ha peá.+ Naʻá ne hiki hake ʻa hono vaʻe ʻe taha, pea naʻá ne ʻūtaki ha hui palalulu ʻe tolu; pea naʻe tala kiate ia, ‘Tuʻu hake, ʻo kai kakano lahi.’+

6 “ʻI he hili ʻa e meʻá ni naʻá ku moʻusioa pē, pea vakai, ko ha manu ʻe taha, naʻe hangē ha lēpatí,+ ka naʻe ʻi hono tuʻá ʻa e kapakau ʻe fā hangē ko e kapakau ʻo ha manupuná. Pea ko e manú naʻe ʻulu fā,+ pea naʻe ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e mafai ke ne pule.

7 “ʻI he hili ʻa e meʻá ni naʻá ku moʻusioa pē ʻi heʻeku vīsone poʻulí, pea naʻá ku mamata ki ha manu ko hono faá ia, naʻe fakailifia mo fakamanavahē mo mālohi anga-kehe atu, pea naʻe ʻi ai hono ngaahi foʻi nifo ukamea lalahi. Naʻá ne fai ʻa e keina mo e fakaʻauha, pea ko e meʻa naʻe toé naʻá ne tāmalaki ʻaki ia ʻa hono vaʻé.+ Naʻe kehe ia mei he fanga manu kotoa ko ē ki muʻá, pea naʻe ʻi ai hono meʻatui ʻe hongofulu. 8 Lolotonga ʻeku kei fakakaukau ki he ngaahi meʻatuí, vakai, naʻe ʻasi hake ha meʻatui ʻe taha, ko ha meʻatui siʻisiʻi,+ ʻi honau lotolotongá, pea ko ha meʻatui ʻe tolu ʻi he ʻuluaki ngaahi meʻatuí naʻe taʻaki ia mei hono ʻaó. Pea vakai, naʻe ʻi ai ha ongo foʻi mata hangē ko e mata ʻo e tangatá ʻi he meʻatui ko ení, pea naʻe ʻi ai ha ngutu naʻe lea pōlepole.*+

9 “Naʻá ku moʻusioa pē kae ʻoua kuo fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi taloni pea naʻe ʻafio+ ai ʻa Talumeimuʻa.+ Ko hono teungá naʻe hinehina ʻo hangē ko e sinoú,+ pea ko hono fulufuluʻiʻulú naʻe hangē ha fulufuluʻisipi maʻá. Ko hono taloní ko e uloʻi afi; ko hono ngaahi veʻeteká ko ha afi ulo kakaha.+ 10 Naʻe tafe mai ha afi mei ai ʻo ʻalu atu mei hono ʻaó.+ Naʻe hanganaki tauhi kiate ia ha toko taha afe liunga afe, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi hono ʻaó ʻa e toko taha mano liunga mano.+ Naʻe kamata ʻa e ngāue ʻa e Fakamaauʻangá,+ pea naʻe fakaava ʻa e ngaahi tohi.

11 “Naʻá ku moʻusioa pē ʻi he taimi ko iá koeʻuhí ko e ongo mai ʻa e ngaahi lea pōlepole* naʻe fai ʻe he meʻatuí;+ naʻá ku sio pē kae ʻoua kuo tāmateʻi ʻa e fuʻu manú pea fakaʻauha ʻa hono sinó pea naʻe tuku atu ia ke tutu ʻi he afi. 12 Ka ko e toenga ʻo e fanga manú,+ naʻe toʻo ʻa ʻenau pulé, pea naʻe fakalōloa atu ʻa ʻenau moʻuí ʻi ha vahaʻa taimi.

13 “Naʻá ku moʻusioa pē ʻi heʻeku vīsone poʻulí, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu ha taha hangē ha foha ʻo e tangatá+ ʻi he ngaahi ʻao ʻo e langí; pea naʻe fakaʻatā ia ke ne ʻalu atu kia Talumeimuʻa,+ pea naʻa nau ʻomi ia ke ofi ki he ʻao ʻo e Tokotaha ko iá. 14 Pea naʻe ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e tuʻunga-pule,+ mo e lāngilangi,+ mo ha puleʻanga, koeʻuhí ke tauhi kotoa kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi kakai, ngaahi puleʻanga mo e ngaahi kakai lea kehekehe.+ Ko hono tuʻunga-pulé ko ha tuʻunga-pule taʻengata ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai ke mole atu, pea ko hono puleʻangá ʻe ʻikai ke fakaʻauha.+

15 “Ka ko au, Taniela, naʻe hohaʻatuʻu ʻa hoku laumālié ʻi loto ʻiate au koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi vīsone naʻá ku mamata ki aí naʻá ne ʻai au ke u ilifia.+ 16 Naʻá ku fakaofiofi atu ki ha taha ʻi he faʻahinga naʻe tuʻu aí ke ʻeke kiate ia ʻa e ʻuhinga moʻoni ʻo e meʻá ni. Ko ia naʻá ne tali mai ʻo ne fakaʻilo kiate au ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni.

17 “‘Ko e ngaahi fuʻu manu ko ení, ʻa ia naʻe toko faá,+ ko e ngaahi tuʻi ia ʻe fā ʻa ia te nau ʻalu hake mei he māmaní.+ 18 Ka ko e kakai tapu ʻa e Tokotaha Aoniú+ ʻe foaki kiate kinautolu ʻa e puleʻangá,+ pea te nau maʻu ʻa e puleʻangá ʻo taʻengata,+ ʻio, ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata.’

19 “Pea naʻá ku loto ke u ʻilo lahi ange ʻo fekauʻaki mo e manu hono faá, ʻa ia naʻe kehe mei he fanga manu kotoa ko eé; naʻe fakailifia anga-kehe atu, naʻe nifo ukamea mo pesipesi kopa, pea naʻá ne fai ʻa e keina mo e fakaʻauha, ʻo ne tāmalaki ʻa e meʻa naʻe toé ʻaki hono vaʻé;+ 20 pea ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e meʻatui ʻe hongofulu+ ʻi hono ʻulú, pea mo e meʻatui ʻe taha naʻe ʻalu hake pea tō ai ʻi hono ʻaó ʻa e meʻatui ʻe tolú,+ ʻa e meʻatui naʻe ʻi ai hono ongo foʻi mata mo ha ngutu naʻe lea pōlepolé* pea ko ʻene hā maí naʻe lahi ange ia ʻi he fanga manu kehé.

21 “Naʻá ku moʻusioa pē ʻi he faitau ʻa e meʻatui ko iá mo e kakai tapú, pea naʻá ne ikunaʻi kinautolu,+ 22 kae ʻoua ke haʻu ʻa Talumeimuʻa+ pea naʻe fai ha fakamaau ʻo lelei ia ki he kakai tapu ʻa e Tokotaha Aoniú,+ pea naʻe hoko mai ʻa e taimi kuo kotofa ke maʻu ai ʻe he kakai tapú ʻa e puleʻangá.+

23 “Ko e meʻa eni naʻe leaʻaki ʻe he tokotaha naʻá ne fakaʻilo mai kiate au ʻa e ʻuhingá: ‘Ko e meʻa ki he manu hono faá, ʻe ʻi ai ha puleʻanga hono fā ʻi he māmaní. ʻE kehe ia mei he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga ko eé, pea te ne keina ʻa e māmaní kotoa peá ne tāmalaki mo laiki ia.+ 24 Ko e meʻa ki he meʻatui ʻe hongofulú, ʻe ʻalu hake ha tuʻi ʻe hongofulu mei he puleʻanga ko iá; pea ʻe toe ʻi ai mo e tuʻi ʻe taha ʻe tupu hake ʻi he hili kinautolú, pea ʻe kehe ia mei he ʻuluaki ngaahi tuʻí, pea te ne fakavaivaiʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻi ʻe tolu.+ 25 Te ne leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea fakafepaki ki he Fungani Māʻolungá,+ pea te ne toutou fakamamahiʻi ʻa e kakai tapu ʻa e Tokotaha Aoniú. Te ne fakakaukau ke liliu ʻa e ngaahi taʻú mo e laó, pea ʻe tuku kinautolu ki hono nimá, ʻi ha kuonga, mo e kuonga ʻe ua, mo e vaeuaʻi kuonga.*+ 26 Ka naʻe kamata ʻa e ngāue ʻa e Fakamaauʻangá, pea naʻa nau toʻo meiate ia ʻa ʻene pulé, koeʻuhí ke fakaʻauha ʻosi pea mo fakaʻauhamālie ia.+

27 “‘Pea ko e puleʻangá mo e tuʻunga-pulé mo e ngeia ʻo e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻi he lalo langí kotoa naʻe foaki ia ki he faʻahinga ʻa ia ko e kakai tapu ʻa e Tokotaha Aoniú.+ Ko honau puleʻangá ko ha puleʻanga taʻengata,+ pea ko e tuʻunga-pule kotoa pē te nau ngāue mo talangofua kiate kinautolu.’

28 “Ko e ngataʻanga eni ʻo e meʻá ni. Ka ko e meʻa kiate aú, ʻa au Taniela, naʻe fakahohaʻasi lahi au ʻe heʻeku ngaahi fakakaukaú, ko ia naʻá ku hoko ai ʻo tea mate;* ka naʻá ku tukulotoʻi pē ʻa e meʻá ni.”