Ko ha Meʻa Fakahā kia Sione

4 ʻI he hili ʻa e meʻá ni naʻá ku mamata, pea vakai, tā ko ha matapā kuo fakaava ʻi hēvani, pea ko e ʻuluaki leʻo naʻá ku fanongo ki ai naʻe lea mai kiate aú naʻe hangē ko ha leʻo ʻo ha talupité, ʻo ne pehē: “Haʻu ki ʻolungá ni, pea te u fakahā atu kiate koe ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuo pau ke hokó.” 2 ʻI he hili ʻa e meʻá ni naʻá ku hoko leva ʻo ʻi he mālohi ʻo e laumālié, pea vakai, tā ko ha taloni naʻe tuʻu ʻi hēvani, pea naʻe ʻafio ha tokotaha ʻi he taloní.+ 3 Pea ko e Tokotaha naʻe ʻafio aí naʻe hā mai ʻo hangē ko ha maka siasipa+ pea mo ha maka sātió,* pea naʻe takatakai kotoa ki he taloní ha ʻumata ko ʻene hā maí naʻe hangē ha ʻemalatá.*+

4 Naʻe takatakai ki he taloní ha taloni ʻe 24, pea naʻá ku mamata naʻe nofo ʻi he ngaahi taloni ko ení ha kau mātuʻa ʻe toko 24+ ʻoku nau tui ʻa e ngaahi kofu hinehina, pea ʻoku ʻi honau ʻulú ha ngaahi kalauni koula. 5 Naʻe haʻu mei he taloní ha ʻuhila+ mo e ngaahi leʻo mo e ngaahi mana;+ pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e maama afi ʻe fitu ʻoku ulo ʻi muʻa ʻi he taloní, pea ʻoku fakafofongaʻi ʻe he ngaahi meʻá ni ʻa e laumālie ʻe fitu ʻo e ʻOtuá.+ 6 Naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻi he taloní ha meʻa ʻoku hangē ha tahi sioʻatá,+ ʻo hangē ha kilisitalá.

ʻI he lotolotonga ʻo e taloní* pea takatakai ʻi he taloní naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻamoʻui ʻe fā+ naʻa nau fonu ʻi he ngaahi foʻi mata ʻi muʻa mo mui. 7 Ko e fōtunga ʻo e ʻuluaki meʻamoʻuí naʻe hangē ha laioné,+ pea ko e fōtunga ʻo e meʻamoʻui hono uá naʻe hangē ha kiʻi pulu muí,+ pea ko e meʻamoʻui hono tolú+ naʻá ne maʻu ha fofonga hangē ha tangatá, pea ko e fōtunga ʻo e meʻamoʻui hono faá+ naʻe hangē ha ʻīkale ʻoku puná.+ 8 ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e meʻamoʻui ʻe faá, naʻe maʻu ʻe he tokotaha taki taha ʻo kinautolu ʻa e kapakau ʻe ono; naʻe fonu takatakai kotoa ʻa e ngaahi kapakaú mo e lalo kapakaú ʻi he ngaahi foʻi mata.+ Pea ʻoku nau lea hokohoko ʻi he ʻaho mo e pō, ʻo pehē: “ʻOku māʻoniʻoni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻa Sihova*+ ko e ʻOtuá, ʻa e Māfimafi-Aoniú, ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻi ai pea ʻokú ne ʻi ai pea ʻokú ne hāʻele mai.”+

9 Ko fē pē ha taimi ʻoku ʻoatu ai ʻe he ngaahi meʻamoʻuí ʻa e ngeiá mo e lāngilangí mo e fakafetaʻí ki he Tokotaha ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he taloní, ʻa e Tokotaha ʻoku moʻui ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengatá,+ 10 ʻoku tūʻulutui hifo ʻa e kau mātuʻa ʻe toko 24+ ʻi he ʻao ʻo e Tokotaha ʻoku ʻafio ʻi he taloní ʻo nau lotu ki he Tokotaha ʻoku moʻui ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengatá, pea ʻoku nau lī atu honau ngaahi kalauní ki he ʻao ʻo e taloní, ʻo pehē: 11 “ʻOku taau mo koe ʻe Sihova* ko homau ʻOtua, ke ke maʻu ʻa e ngeiá+ mo e lāngilangí+ pea mo e mālohí,+ koeʻuhí naʻá ke fakatupu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē,+ pea koeʻuhi ko ho finangaló naʻa nau hoko ai ʻo ʻi ai pea naʻe fakatupu ai kinautolu.”