Lute
2 Pea naʻe ʻi ai ha kāinga ʻo Nāomi ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo hono husepānití ʻa ia naʻe koloaʻia ʻaupito; ko hono hingoá ko Pōasi,+ pea naʻá ne kau ki he fāmili ʻo ʻElimelekí.
2 Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Lute ko e fefine Mōapé kia Nāomi: “Tuku muʻa ke u ʻalu ki he ngaahi ngoueʻangá pea ʻilonga ha taha ʻe leleiʻia ʻiate au te u tufi+ mei heʻene ngaahi vaʻa paʻale kuo toé.” Ko ia naʻe pehē ai ʻe Nāomi kiate ia: “ʻAlu, ʻa ʻeku taʻahine.” 3 Ko ia naʻá ne ʻalu atu ai ʻo kamata ke tufi ʻi he ngoué ʻo muimui ʻi he kau utu-taʻú. Naʻá ne hoko fāinoa ai ki ha konga kelekele naʻe ʻa Pōasi,+ ʻa ia naʻá ne kau ki he fāmili ʻo ʻElimelekí.+ 4 ʻI he feʻunga mo e taimi ko ení naʻe aʻu mai ai ʻa Pōasi mei Pētelihema peá ne pehē ki he kau utu-taʻú: “Ke ʻiate kimoutolu ʻa Sihova.” Pea naʻa nau tali ange: “Ke faitāpuekina koe ʻe Sihova.”
5 Naʻe ʻeke ange leva ʻe Pōasi ki he talavou naʻá ne tokangaʻi ʻa e kau utu-taʻú: “Ko hai ʻoku ʻaʻana ʻa e finemui ko ení?” 6 Naʻe tali ange ʻe he talavou naʻá ne tokangaʻi ʻa e kau utu-taʻú: “Ko e finemuí ko ha fefine Mōape+ ia naʻe foki mai mo Nāomi mei he feituʻu ʻuta ʻo Mōapé.+ 7 Naʻá ne kole mai, ‘Kātaki, ʻe lava ke u tufi+ mo tānaki mei he ngaahi vaʻa paʻale* kuo tuʻusi ʻa ia naʻe fakatoe ʻe he kau utu-taʻú?’ Pea ko e talu ē ʻene haʻu he pongipongí ni mo ʻene tuʻu ai pē, pea ko ʻene toki tangutu hifo pē eni ʻi he palepalé ʻo kiʻi mālōlō.”
8 Naʻe pehē ange leva ʻe Pōasi kia Lute: “Fanongo mai, ʻe hoku ʻofefine. ʻOua naʻá ke ʻalu ke tufi ʻi ha ngoue kehe, pea ʻoua naʻá ke ʻalu ki ha toe feituʻu kehe; nofo ofi holo pē ʻi heʻeku kau finemuí.+ 9 Siofi maʻu pē ʻa e ngoueʻanga ʻoku nau utú, peá ke ʻalu mo kinautolu. Kuó u tuʻutuʻuni ki he kau talavoú ke ʻoua naʻa nau ala kiate* koe. ʻI haʻo fieinua, ʻalu ki he ngaahi siā vaí ʻo inu mei he vai kuo ʻutu ʻe he kau talavoú.”
10 Ko ia naʻá ne fakatōmapeʻe ʻo punou ki he kelekelé peá ne pehē kiate ia: “ʻOku anga-fēfē hoʻo leleiʻia ʻiate aú, pea ko e hā kuó ke tokanga mai ai kiate au, lolotonga ia ko ha muli+ au?” 11 Naʻe tali ange ʻe Pōasi kiate ia: “Naʻe fai mai ha fakamatala fakaikiiki kiate au ʻo fekauʻaki mo e meʻa kotoa kuó ke fai maʻa hoʻo faʻē-ʻi-he-fonó ʻi he hili ʻa e mate ʻa ho husepānití pea mo hoʻo liʻaki hoʻo tamaí mo hoʻo faʻeé pea mo e fonua ʻo ho ngaahi kāingá ka ke ʻalu ki ha kakai ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻiloʻi ki muʻa.+ 12 ʻOfa ke fakapaleʻi koe ʻe Sihova ʻi he meʻa kuó ke faí,+ pea ʻofa ke ʻi ai ha totongi haohaoa* kiate koe meia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí, ʻa ia ko hono lalo kapakaú ē kuó ke kumi hūfanga+ ki aí.” 13 ʻI he meʻá ni naʻá ne pehē ange ai: “ʻOfa ke ke leleiʻia ʻiate au, ʻe hoku ʻeiki, koeʻuhí kuó ke fakafiemālieʻi au pea kuó ke lea fakalotolahi mai ki* hoʻo kaunangá, neongo ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ko ha taha au ʻo hoʻo kau sevānití.”
14 Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Pōasi kiate ia ʻi he taimi kaí: “Haʻu ki heni, ʻo kai ha meʻi mā, pea unu hoʻo konga maá ʻi he uaine mahí.” Ko ia naʻá ne tangutu hifo ai ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo e kau utu-taʻú. Naʻá ne ʻoange leva kiate ia ha paʻale tunu, peá ne kai ʻo ne mākona, pea naʻe toe ha meʻa mei ai. 15 ʻI heʻene tuʻu hake ke tufí,+ naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Pōasi ki heʻene kau talavoú: “Tuku ke ne tufi ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi vaʻa paʻale* kuo tuʻusí, pea ʻoua naʻa ngaohikoviʻi ia.+ 16 Mou fakapapauʻi foki ke unu mai ha ngaahi vaʻa paʻale maʻana mei he ngaahi haʻingá ʻo tuku ke ne tufi, pea ʻoua naʻa leaʻaki ha meʻa ke taʻofi ia.”
17 Ko ia naʻe hokohoko atu ai ʻene tufi ʻi he ngoueʻangá ʻo aʻu ki he efiafí.+ ʻI heʻene haha ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne tufí, naʻe feʻunga nai ia mo ha efa* paʻale ʻe taha. 18 Naʻá ne toʻo leva ia peá ne ʻalu ki he koló, pea naʻe sio ʻa ʻene faʻē-ʻi-he-fonó ki he meʻa naʻá ne tufí. Naʻe toʻo hake foki ʻe Lute ʻo ʻoange kiate ia ʻa e meʻakai naʻe toe+ ʻi he hili ʻene kai ʻo mākoná.
19 Naʻe pehē ange leva ʻe heʻene faʻē-ʻi-he-fonó kiate ia: “Ko fē naʻá ke tufi ai he ʻaho ní? Ko fē naʻá ke ngāue aí? ʻOfa ke faitāpuekina+ ʻa e tokotaha naʻá ne tokangaʻi koé.” Ko ia naʻá ne fakamatala ai ki heʻene faʻē-ʻi-he-fonó ʻo fekauʻaki mo e tokotaha naʻá ne ngāue aí, ʻo ne pehē: “Ko e hingoa ʻo e tangata naʻá ku ngāue ai he ʻaho ní ko Pōasi.” 20 Ko ia naʻe pehē ange ʻe Nāomi ki he uaifi ʻo ʻene tamá: “ʻOfa ke faitāpuekina ia ʻe Sihova, ʻa ia kuo ʻikai tuku ʻene ʻofa mateaki ki he kau moʻuí mo e kau maté.”+ Naʻe hoko atu ʻa Nāomi: “Ko e tangatá ʻokú ne kāinga mo kitaua.+ Ko e taha ia ʻo hota kau totongi huhuʻí.”*+ 21 Naʻe pehē leva ʻe Lute ko e fefine Mōapé: “Naʻá ne toe tala mai foki, ‘Nofo ofi holo pē ʻi heʻeku kau talavoú kae ʻoua kuo nau fakaʻosi kotoa ʻeku utu-taʻú.’”+ 22 Naʻe pehē ʻe Nāomi kia Lute ko e uaifi ʻo ʻene tamá: “ʻOku lelei ange, ʻa ʻeku tama, ke ke ʻalu mo ʻene kau finemuí ʻi hano ngaohikoviʻi koe ʻi ha ngoueʻanga kehe.”
23 Ko ia naʻá ne nofo ofi ki he kau finemui ʻa Pōasí pea tufi ʻo aʻu ki heʻene ʻosi ʻa e utu-taʻu paʻalé+ mo e utu-taʻu uité. Pea naʻá ne nofo ai pē mo ʻene faʻē-ʻi-he-fonó.+