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9 Kae kehe, heʻikai ke hangē ʻa e kaupōʻuli ia ko ení ko e taimi naʻe tō ai ʻa e mamahi ki he fonuá, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe hoko ki muʻa ʻi he taimi naʻe taʻetokaʻi ai ʻa e fonua ʻo Sepuloní mo e fonua ʻo Nafitalaí.+ Ka ʻi ha taimi ki mui ai te Ne ʻai ia ke fakaʻapaʻapaʻi—ʻa e hala ʻi he matātahí, ʻi he vahefonua Sioataní, ʻa Kāleli ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá.
2 Ko e kakai naʻe ʻaʻeva ʻi he fakapoʻulí
Kuo nau mamata ki ha maama lahi.
Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nofo ʻi he fonua ʻo e fakapoʻuli matolú,
Kuo ulo atu ha maama kiate kinautolu.+
3 Kuó ke ʻai ke tokolahi ʻa e puleʻangá;
Kuó ke ʻai ia ke lahi ʻene fiefiá.
ʻOku nau fiefia ʻi ho ʻaó
ʻO hangē ko e fiefia ʻa e kakaí ʻi he taimi utu-taʻú,
ʻO hangē ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau vahevahe fiefia ʻa e koloa veté.
4 He kuó ke haveki ʻo movete ʻa e ʻioke ʻo ʻenau kavengá,
ʻA e vaʻakau naʻe ʻi honau umá, ʻa e tokotoko ʻo e tokotaha taki ngāué,
ʻO hangē ko ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻo Mitianí.+
5 Ko e sū kotoa pē ʻokú ne luluʻi ʻa e kelekelé ʻi heʻene laká
Mo e kofu kotoa pē kuo unu ʻi he totó
ʻE hoko ia ko e fefie ki he afí.
ʻE ui ʻa hono hingoá ko Faleʻi Fakaofo,+ ʻOtua Māfimafi,*+ Tamai Taʻengata, mo e ʻEiki ʻo e Melino.
Mo e melinó, ʻe ʻikai hano ngataʻanga,+
ʻI he taloni ʻo Tēvitá+ mo hono puleʻangá
Koeʻuhí ke fokotuʻu maʻu ia+ pea ke pouaki ia
Fakafou ʻi he fakamaau totonu+ mo e māʻoniʻoni,+
Mei he taimí ni ʻo taʻengata,
Ko e faivelenga ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau taú te ne fai ai ení.
8 Naʻe tuku atu ʻe Sihova ha pōpoaki kia Sēkope,
Pea kuo hoko ia ki ʻIsileli.+
9 Pea ʻe ʻilo ia ʻe he kakaí kotoa
—ʻE ʻIfalemi mo e kakai ʻo Samēliá—
ʻA ia ʻi heʻenau hīkisiá mo e ʻafungi ʻa honau lotó ʻoku nau pehē ai:
10 “Kuo holo ʻa e pilikí,
Ka te mau langaʻaki ʻa e maka kuo tā.+
Kuo tā ʻa e ʻulu sukaminó,
Ka te mau fetongiʻaki ia ʻa e sita.”
11 ʻE fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngaahi fili ʻo Lesiní ke nau fakafepakiʻi ia
Pea te ne ueʻi ʻa hono ngaahi filí ke nau fai ha meʻa,
12 Ko Sīlia mei he hahaké pea ko e kau Filisitiá mei he hihifó,*+
Te nau fakamanga honau ngutú ʻo keina ʻa ʻIsileli.+
ʻI he vakai atu ki he meʻá ni kotoa, kuo ʻikai ke foki ʻa ʻene houhaú,
Ka ʻoku kei mafao atu pē ʻa hono nimá ke taaʻi kinautolu.+
13 He ko e kakaí kuo ʻikai te nau foki ki he Tokotaha ʻokú ne taaʻi kinautolú;
Kuo ʻikai te nau kumi kia Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau.+
14 ʻE tuʻusi ʻe Sihova mei ʻIsileli
ʻA e ʻulú mo e hikú, ʻa e hulí mo e kutá,* ʻi he ʻaho pē ʻe taha.+
15 Ko e tokotaha taʻumotuʻa mo fakaʻapaʻapaʻi lahí ko e ʻulú ia,
Pea ko e palōfita ʻokú ne ʻoatu ha fakahinohino kākaá ko e hikú ia.+
16 Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku nau taki ʻa e kakai ko ení ʻoku nau fakatupunga kinautolu ke nau hē,
Pea ko e faʻahinga kuo taki atú ʻoku nau puputuʻu.
17 Ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻe ʻikai ke fiefia ai ʻa Sihova ʻi heʻenau kau talavoú,
Pea ʻe ʻikai te ne faimeesi ki heʻenau fānau tamai-maté* mo ʻenau kau uitoú
Koeʻuhí ko kinautolu kotoa ko e kau tafoki ʻo fakafepaki ki he moʻoní mo e kau faikovi+
Pea ʻoku fai ʻe he ngutu kotoa pē ha lea taʻefakapotopoto.
ʻI he vakai atu ki he meʻá ni kotoa, kuo ʻikai ke foki ʻa ʻene houhaú,
Ka ʻoku kei mafao atu pē ʻa hono nimá ke taaʻi kinautolu.+
18 He ko e fulikivanú ʻoku vela ʻo hangē ha afí,
ʻO ne keina ʻa e ʻakau talatalá mo e vaó.
Te ne tutu ʻa e vaotā fihifihí,
Pea ʻe kohutuʻu hake ia.
19 ʻI he houhau ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau taú
Kuo tutu ai ʻa e fonuá,
Pea ko e kakaí te nau hoko ko e fefie ki he afí.
ʻE ʻikai ha taha te ne fakahaofi naʻa mo hano tokoua.
20 ʻE tuʻusi hifo ʻe ha tokotaha ʻa e meʻa ʻi hono toʻomataʻú
Ka te ne kei fiekaia pē;
Pea ʻe kai ʻe he tokotaha ʻa e meʻa ʻi hono toʻohemá
Ka heʻikai te ne mākona.
ʻE keina ʻe he tokotaha taki taha ʻa e kakano ʻo hono nima pē ʻoʻoná,
21 ʻE keina ʻe Manase ʻa ʻIfalemi,
Pea ʻe keina ʻe ʻIfalemi ʻa Manase.
Te na kau fakataha ʻo fakafepaki ki Siuta.+
ʻI he vakai atu ki he meʻá ni kotoa, kuo ʻikai ke foki ʻa ʻene houhaú,
Ka ʻoku kei mafao atu pē ʻa hono nimá ke taaʻi kinautolu.+