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4 Ko e ʻāngelo ko ia naʻe lea mai kiate aú naʻe toe foki mai ʻo ne fafangu au, ʻo hangē hano fafangu ha taha mei he mohé. 2 Naʻá ne pehē mai leva kiate au: “Ko e hā ʻokú ke sio ki aí?”
Ko ia naʻá ku pehē ange: “ʻOku ou sio, pea vakai ko ha tuʻunga-maama ʻoku koula ʻataʻatā,+ pea ʻoku ʻi ai ha poulu ʻi ʻolunga ai. ʻOku ʻi ai ha maama ʻe fitu ʻi ai,+ ʻio, ʻe fitu, pea ko e ngaahi māmá, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he tuʻunga-māmá naʻe hokoʻi ia ki ha ngaahi foʻi paipa ʻe fitu. 3 Pea ʻoku ʻi hono tafaʻakí ha ongo fuʻu ʻōlive,+ ko e taha ʻi he tafaʻaki toʻomataʻu ʻo e poulú pea ko e taha ʻi hono tafaʻaki toʻohemá.”
4 Naʻá ku ʻeke ange leva ki he ʻāngelo naʻe lea mai kiate aú: “Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni, ʻe hoku ʻeiki?” 5 Ko ia naʻe ʻeke mai ʻe he ʻāngelo naʻe lea mai kiate aú: “ʻOku ʻikai koā te ke ʻilo ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni?”
Naʻá ku tali ange: “ʻIkai, ʻe hoku ʻeiki.”
6 Naʻá ne pehē mai leva kiate au: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova kia Seluipēpelí: ‘“ʻE ʻikai fakatuʻunga ʻi ha kongakau, pe ʻi ha mafai,+ ka ʻi hoku laumālié+ ʻe hoko ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa,” ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau taú. 7 Ko hai koe, ʻe moʻunga lahi? ʻI he ʻao ʻo Seluipēpelí+ te ke hoko ko ha fonua tokalelei.+ Pea te ne ʻomai ʻa e maka tokaʻolunga ʻo e temipalé ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kaikaila: “He meʻa fakaofo ē! He meʻa fakaofo ē!”’”
8 Naʻe toe hoko mai ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová kiate au, ʻo pehē: 9 “Ko e nima ʻo Seluipēpelí kuó ne fakatoka ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo e falé ni,+ pea ko hono nimá tonu te ne fakaʻosi iá.+ Pea kuo pau ke ke ʻilo ko Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau taú naʻá ne fekauʻi mai au kiate kimoutolú. 10 He ko hai ia kuó ne taʻetokaʻi ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e kamakamata siʻisiʻí?*+ He ko e kakaí te nau fiefia pea vakai atu ki he palamú* ʻi he nima ʻo Seluipēpelí, naʻa mo e ngaahi foʻi fofonga ʻe fitú. Ko e ngaahi foʻi fofonga ʻe fitu ko ení ko e ngaahi foʻi fofonga ia ʻo Sihová, ʻa ia ʻoku fetoutoumoliliuaki ʻi he kotoa ʻo e māmaní.”+
11 Naʻá ku ʻeke ange leva kiate ia: “Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ongo fuʻu ʻōlive ko eni ʻi he toʻomataʻu mo e toʻohema ʻo e tuʻunga-māmá?”+ 12 Naʻá ku ʻeke ange kiate ia ko hono tuʻo uá ia: “Ko e hā ʻa e ongo haʻinga vaʻa ʻōlive* ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ongo tafeʻanga koula ʻoku tafe mai ai ʻa e huhuʻa koula ki he poulú?”
13 Ko ia naʻá ne ʻeke mai kiate au: “ʻOku ʻikai koā te ke ʻilo ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni?”
Naʻá ku tali ange: “ʻIkai, ʻe hoku ʻeiki.”
14 Naʻá ne pehē mai: “Ko e ongo meʻa ko ení ʻokú na fakafofongaʻi ha ongo pani ʻe toko ua ʻokú na tuʻu ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo e ʻEiki ʻo e māmaní kotoa.”+