ʻUluaki Tesalonaika
2 ʻOku mou ʻiloʻi moʻoni, fanga tokoua, ko ʻemau ʻaʻahi atu kiate kimoutolú kuo ʻikai ke taʻeʻiai hano ola.+ 2 He neongo naʻa mau ʻuluaki faingataʻaʻia mo ngaohikovia ʻi Filipai,+ hangē tofu pē ko ia ʻoku mou ʻiloʻí, naʻe tafunaki ʻemau loto-lahí* ko e meʻa ʻi hotau ʻOtuá ke mau tala atu kiate kimoutolu ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻo e ʻOtuá+ ʻi he fehangahangai mo e fakafepaki lahi.* 3 He ko e enginaki ʻoku mau ʻoatú ʻoku ʻikai tupu ia mei ha fehālaaki pe mei ha taʻemaʻa pe kākā, 4 kae hangē tofu pē ko ia kuo hōifua ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tuku mai kiate kimautolu ʻa e ongoongo leleí, ko ia ʻoku mau lea ai ke fakahōhōʻiaʻi, ʻo ʻikai ko e tangatá, ka ko e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻokú ne sivisiviʻi homau lotó.+
5 Ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku mou ʻilo naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke mau ngāueʻaki ha lea fakahekeheke pe ʻai ha faʻahinga fakangalingali pē fakataha mo ha ngaahi taumuʻa mānumanu;+ ʻoku fakamoʻoni ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá! 6 Pea kuo ʻikai ke mau kumi lāngilangi mei he tangatá, pe meiate kimoutolu pe mei he niʻihi kehé, neongo ʻe lava ke mau hoko ko ha kavenga fakamole lahi ʻi he tuʻunga ko e kau ʻapositolo ʻa Kalaisí.+ 7 ʻI hono kehé, naʻa mau anga-fakaalaala ʻi homou lotolotongá, ʻo hangē ko hono tokangaʻi manavaʻofa* ʻe ha faʻē toutama ʻa ʻene fānaú tonu. 8 Ko ia ʻi hono maʻu ʻa e manavaʻofa loloto kiate kimoutolú, naʻa mau fakapapauʻi* ai ke ʻoatu kiate kimoutolu, ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he ongoongo lelei ʻa e ʻOtuá kae toe pehē foki mo kimautolu*+ tonu, koeʻuhí naʻa mou hoko ko e faʻahinga mātuʻaki ʻofeina kiate kimautolu.+
9 ʻOku pau pē ʻoku mou manatuʻi, fanga tokoua, ʻa ʻemau ngāue mālohí mo e fakaongosiá. Naʻa mau ngāue ʻi he pō mo e ʻaho, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua te mau hilifaki ai ha kavenga fakamole lahi ki ha taha pē ʻo kimoutolu,+ ʻi he taimi naʻa mau malangaʻi atu ai ʻa e ongoongo lelei ʻa e ʻOtuá kiate kimoutolú. 10 Ko e kau fakamoʻoni kimoutolu, pea pehē foki ki he ʻOtuá, ʻo fekauʻaki mo e anga ʻo e mateaki mo e māʻoniʻoni mo e taʻehalaia ʻa ʻemau tōʻonga kiate kimoutolu kau tuí. 11 ʻOku mou ʻiloʻi lelei naʻa mau hanganaki enginaki mo fakanonga mo faifakamoʻoni atu ki he tokotaha taki taha ʻo kimoutolu,+ ʻo hangē tofu pē ko e fai ʻe ha tamai+ ki heʻene fānaú, 12 koeʻuhi ke hokohoko atu ai hoʻomou ʻaʻeva ʻo taau mo e ʻOtuá,+ ʻa ia ʻokú ne ui kimoutolu ki hono Puleʻangá+ mo e lāngilangí.+
13 Ko e moʻoni, ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku mau fakamālō taʻetuku foki ai ki he ʻOtuá,+ koeʻuhí ʻi he taimi naʻa mou maʻu ai ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia naʻa mou fanongo ai meiate kimautolú, naʻa mou tali ia ʻo ʻikai ko ha lea ʻa ha tangata, kae hangē tofu pē ko ia ko hono tuʻunga moʻoní, ko e folofola ia ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻa ia foki ʻoku ngāue ʻiate kimoutolu kau tuí. 14 He ko kimoutolú, fanga tokoua, naʻa mou hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku fāʻūtaha mo Kalaisi Sīsū ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi Siuteá, koeʻuhí naʻa mou faingataʻaʻia ʻi he nima ʻo homou kau tangataʻifonuá tonu+ ʻi he ngaahi meʻa tatau pē mo ia foki ʻoku faingataʻaʻia ai ʻa e fanga tokoua ʻi Siuteá ʻi he nima ʻo e kau Siú, 15 ʻa ia naʻe aʻu ʻo nau tāmateʻi ʻa e ʻEiki ko Sīsuú+ mo e kau palōfitá pea nau fakatangaʻi kimautolu.+ ʻIkai ngata aí, ʻoku ʻikai te nau fakahōifuaʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku nau fakafepaki ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa e tangata kotoa pē, 16 ʻi heʻenau feinga ke taʻofi kimautolu mei he lea ki he kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ke fakahaofi ai kinautolú.+ ʻI hono fai ení ʻoku nau fakalahi maʻu ai pē ʻenau ngaahi angahalá. Ka ko eni kuo mei hoko hifo kiate kinautolu ʻa e houhau ʻa e ʻOtuá.+
17 Ka ʻi he taimi naʻe fakamavaheʻi ai kimautolu* meiate kimoutolú, fanga tokoua, ʻi ha kiʻi taimi nounou pē (ʻi he sino, ʻo ʻikai ʻi homau ngaahi lotó), koeʻuhi ko ʻemau holi mālohí, naʻa mau fai ai ʻa e feinga kotoa pē ke sio tonu kiate kimoutolu.* 18 ʻI he ʻuhinga ko ʻení naʻa mau loto ai ke mau ʻalu atu ke sio kiate kimoutolu, ʻio ko au Paula, naʻá ku feinga ʻo ʻikai tuʻo taha pē kae tuʻo ua foki; ka naʻe fakafeʻātungiaʻi ʻe Sētane ʻa homau halá. 19 He ko e hā homau ʻamanakiʻangá pe fiefiaʻangá pe kalauni ʻo e hākailangitaú ʻi he ʻao ʻo hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsuú ʻi heʻene ʻi hení?* ʻIkai ko hono moʻoní ko kimoutolu ia?+ 20 Ko e moʻoni ko kimoutolu ʻa homau lāngilangí mo e fiefiaʻangá.