Malakai
2 “Pea ko eni, ʻe kau taulaʻeiki, ko e tuʻutuʻuni eni kiate kimoutolu.+ 2 Kapau te mou fakafisi ke fanongo pea ʻai ki homou lotó ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa hoku hingoá,” ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau, “te u ʻoatu ha mala+ kiate kimoutolu, pea te u liliu ʻa homou ngaahi tāpuakí ko e mala.+ ʻIo, kuó u liliu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuakí ko e ngaahi mala, koeʻuhí ko e ʻikai te mou ʻai ʻa e meʻa ko iá ki homou lotó.”
3 “Vakai! Te u maumauʻi* ʻa hoʻomou tenga kuo mou tūtūʻí koeʻuhí ko kimoutolu,+ pea te u tolongi ʻaki ʻa e kinohaʻa homou matá, ʻa e kinohaʻa ʻo e fanga monumanu ʻoku mou feilaulauʻaki ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi kātoangá; pea ʻe ʻave kimoutolu ki ai.* 4 Pea te mou ʻilo kuó u ʻoatu ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ko ení kiate kimoutolu koeʻuhi ke kei hokohoko atu ʻeku fuakava mo Līvaí,”+ ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau.
5 “Ko ʻeku fuakava mo iá ko e fuakava ʻo fekauʻaki mo e moʻui pea mo e melino, ʻa ia naʻá ku ʻoange kiate ia, koeʻuhí ke ne manavahē ai.* Naʻá ne manavahē kiate au, ʻio, naʻá ne tuʻu ʻi he manavahē ki hoku hingoá. 6 Ko e lao* ʻo e moʻoní naʻe ʻi hono ngutú,+ pea naʻe ʻikai ha taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻi hono loungutú. Naʻá ne ʻaʻeva mo au ʻi he melino pea ʻi he anga-tonu,+ pea naʻá ne fakatafokiʻi ʻa e tokolahi mei he faihalá. 7 He ko e loungutu ʻo ha taulaʻeiki ʻoku totonu ke ne maluʻi ʻa e ʻiló, pea ko e kakaí ʻoku totonu ke nau kumi ki he laó* mei hono ngutú,+ koeʻuhi ko e talafekau ia ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau.
8 “Ka kuo mou afe mei he halá. Kuo mou fakatūkiaʻi ha tokolahi ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e laó.*+ Kuo mou maumauʻi ʻa e fuakava ʻa Līvaí,”+ ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau. 9 “Ko ia te u ʻai ke taʻetokaʻi kimoutolu pea ke mou māʻulalo ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kakai kotoa pē, koeʻuhí naʻe ʻikai te mou tauhi hoku ngaahi ʻalungá, ka naʻa mou fakahāhā ʻa e filifilimānako ʻi hono ngāueʻaki ʻa e laó.”+
10 “ʻIkai ko e kotoa ʻo kitautolú ʻoku taha pē ʻetau tamaí?+ ʻIkai ko e ʻOtua pē taha naʻá ne fakatupu kitautolú? Ko ia ko e hā ʻoku tau faikākā ai ʻiate kitautolú,+ ʻo taʻefakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻa e fuakava ʻa ʻetau fanga kuí? 11 Kuo faikākā ʻa Siuta, pea ʻoku ʻi ai ha meʻa fakalielia kuo fai ʻi ʻIsileli pea ʻi Selusalema; he kuo taʻefakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻe Siuta ʻa e māʻoniʻoni ʻa* Sihová,+ ʻa e meʻa ʻokú Ne ʻofa aí, pea kuó ne maʻu ko hano uaifi ʻa e ʻofefine ʻo ha ʻotua muli.+ 12 ʻE tuʻusi ʻe Sihova mei he ngaahi tēniti ʻo Sēkopé ha taha pē ʻokú ne fai ʻa e meʻá ni, ha faʻahinga taha pē,* neongo ʻene ʻoatu ha feilaulau meʻaʻofa kia Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau taú.”+
13 “Pea ʻoku ʻi ai mo ha toe meʻa ʻe taha* ʻoku mou fai, ʻa ia ʻoku iku atu ia ki hono ʻufiʻufi ʻa e ʻōlita ʻo Sihová ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi loʻimata pea ʻaki ʻa e tangilāulau mo e māpuhoi, ʻo ʻikai ai te ne kei tokanga mai ki hoʻomou feilaulau meʻaʻofá pe hāngaifofonga mai ki ha faʻahinga meʻa pē mei homou nimá.+ 14 Pea ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Koeʻuhí ko e hā?’ Koeʻuhí kuo hoko ʻa Sihova ko ha fakamoʻoni ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoʻou mo ho uaifi naʻá ke maʻu ʻi hoʻo kei talavoú, ʻa e tokotaha ko ia kuó ke faikākā ki aí, neongo ko ho hoa ia pea ko ho uaifi ʻi he fuakava.*+ 15 Ka naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e tokotaha naʻe ʻikai te ne fai ʻa e meʻa ko iá, he naʻá ne maʻu ha toenga ʻo e laumālié. Pea ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe kumi ki ai ʻa e tokotaha ko iá? Ko e hako ʻo e ʻOtuá. Ko ia maluʻi kimoutolu ʻi he fekauʻaki mo homou laumālié, pea ʻoua ʻe faikākā ki ho uaifi naʻá ke maʻu ʻi hoʻo kei talavoú. 16 He ʻoku ou fehiʻa* ʻi he vete malí,”+ ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí, “pea mo e tokotaha ʻokú ne ʻufiʻufi hono kofú ʻaki ʻa e fakamālohí,”* ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau. “Pea maluʻi kimoutolu ʻi he fekauʻaki mo homou laumālié, pea kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻa mou faikākā.+
17 “Kuo mou fakamafasiaʻi ʻa Sihova ʻaki hoʻomou ngaahi leá.+ Ka ʻoku mou pehē, ‘Kuo anga-fēfē ʻemau fakamafasiaʻi iá?’ ʻAki hoʻomou pehē, ‘Ko e tokotaha kotoa pē ʻokú ne fai ha meʻa ʻoku kovi ʻoku lelei pē ia ʻi he vakai mai ʻa Sihová, pea ʻokú ne leleiʻia mai ʻiate ia,’+ pe ʻaki hoʻomou pehē, ‘Ko fē ʻa e ʻOtua ʻo e fakamaau totonú?’”