Kia Taitusi
1 Ko au Paula, ko ha tamaioʻeiki ʻa e ʻOtuá pea ko ha ʻapositolo ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi. Ko ha tamaioʻeiki mo ha ʻapositolo ʻa ia ko ʻene tuí ʻoku fehoanaki mo e tui ʻa e kakai fili ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e ʻiloʻi totonu ʻo e moʻoní; ʻa e moʻoni ʻoku kau ki ai ʻa e anga-līʻoa fakaʻotuá 2 pea ʻoku makatuʻunga ʻi ha ʻamanaki ʻo e moʻui taʻengata+ naʻe talaʻofaʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai lava ke loí,+ ʻi ha taimi fuoloa ki muʻa; 3 ka ʻi heʻene taimi kotofa ʻaʻaná, naʻá ne ʻai ai ʻene folofolá ke ʻiloʻi fakafou ʻi he malanga naʻe tuku mai kiate au+ ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa hotau Fakamoʻuí, ʻa e ʻOtuá; 4 ko e tohi atu kia Taitusi, ko ha foha moʻoni fakatatau ki he tui ʻokú ta kaungāʻinasi aí:
Fakatauange ke ke maʻu ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻataá mo e melinó mei he ʻOtuá ko e Tamaí pea mo Kalaisi Sīsū ko hotau Fakamoʻuí.
5 Naʻá ku tuku koe ʻi Kēliti koeʻuhí ke ke fakatonutonu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fiemaʻu ke fakatonutonú* pea ke fakanofo ha kau mātuʻa ʻi he kolo ki he kolo, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻá ku fakahinohino atu kiate koé: 6 Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha tangata ʻoku ʻataʻatā mei hano tukuakiʻi ki ha meʻa, ko ha husepāniti ia ʻo ha uaifi ʻe taha, ʻokú ne maʻu ha fānau ʻoku tui ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai ke tukuakiʻi ki ha anga-fulikivanu* pe angatuʻu.+ 7 He ʻi he tuʻunga ko e tamaioʻeiki* ʻa e ʻOtuá, ko ha mātuʻa* kuo pau ke ne ʻataʻatā mei hano tukuakiʻi ki ha meʻa, ʻikai ke taʻefieauna,+ ʻikai ke ʻita vave,+ ʻikai ko ha tokotaha ʻoku faʻa konā, ʻikai ke anga-fakamālohi,* ʻikai mānumanu ki ha koloa ʻoku maʻu taʻefaitotonu, 8 ka ʻoku anga-talitali kakai,+ ko ha tokotaha ʻoku ʻofa ki he leleí, fakakaukau lelei,*+ māʻoniʻoni, mateaki,+ mapuleʻi-kita,+ 9 ʻokú ne piki maʻu ki he folofola moʻoní* ʻi heʻene founga faiakó,*+ koeʻuhí ke ne malava ai ʻo fai ʻa e fakalototoʻa* ʻaki ʻa e akonaki ʻa ia ʻoku leleí*+ pea ke valokiʻi+ ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku fakafepakí.
10 He ʻoku tokolahi ʻa e kau tangata angatuʻu, kau talanoa meʻa taʻeʻaonga, mo e kau kākā, tautautefito ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau pipiki ki he kamú.+ 11 ʻOku fiemaʻu ia ke tāpuni ʻa honau ngutú, he ʻoku hanganaki fulihi ʻe he kau tangatá ni ʻa e tui ʻa ha ngaahi fāmili fakakātoa ʻaki hono akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke nau akoʻi koeʻuhí pē ke nau maʻu ai ha tupu taʻefaitotonu. 12 Ko ha tokotaha ʻo kinautolu, ko ʻenau palōfita tonu, naʻá ne pehē: “Ko e kau Kēlití ko e kau loi ʻi he taimi kotoa pē, ko e fanga manu fekai fakatuʻutāmaki, ko e kau kai fakaputa fakapikopiko.”
13 Ko e fakamoʻoni ko ʻení ʻoku moʻoni. ʻI he ʻuhinga tofu pē ko ʻení, hanganaki valokiʻi fefeka kinautolu, ke nau hoko ai ʻo tuʻu maʻu* ʻi he tuí, 14 ʻo ʻoua ʻe tokanga ki he ngaahi fepale* faka-Siú mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e kau tangata ʻa ia ʻoku nau tafoki mei he moʻoní. 15 Ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku maʻa ia ki he kakai ʻoku maʻá;+ ka ki he faʻahinga kuo ʻuliʻi mo taʻetuí, ʻoku ʻikai ke maʻa ha meʻa ia, he ko ʻenau fakakaukaú mo honau konisēnisí fakatouʻosi kuo ʻuliʻi.+ 16 ʻOku nau talaki fakahāhā ʻoku nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka ʻoku nau siʻaki ia ʻi heʻenau ngaahi ngāué,+ koeʻuhí ʻoku nau anga-fakalielia mo talangataʻa mo ʻikai feʻunga ki ha faʻahinga ngāue lelei pē.