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4 Fanongo, ʻe hoku ngaahi foha, ki he akonaki ʻa ha tamai;+
Tokanga koeʻuhí ke mou maʻu ʻa e mahinó,
2 He te u ʻoatu kiate kimoutolu ʻa e fakahinohino lelei;
3 Naʻá ku hoko moʻoni ko ha foha ki heʻeku tamaí+
Pea ko e tokotaha au naʻe tautefito hono ʻofaʻi ʻe heʻeku faʻeé.+
4 Naʻe akoʻi au ʻe heʻeku tamaí peá ne pehē mai: “ʻOfa ke puke maʻu ʻe ho lotó ʻa ʻeku ngaahi leá.+
Tauhi ʻeku ngaahi fekaú pea ʻe hokohoko atu ai hoʻo moʻuí.+
5 Maʻu mai ʻa e potó, maʻu mai mo e mahinó.+
ʻOua naʻa fakangaloʻi, pea ʻoua naʻá ke afe mei he meʻa ʻoku ou leaʻakí.
6 ʻOua naʻá ke liʻaki ia, pea te ne maluʻi koe.
ʻOfa ai, pea te ne leʻohi koe.
7 Ko e potó ʻa e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá,*+ ko ia maʻu mai ʻa e potó,
Pea ʻi he meʻa kotoa ʻokú ke maʻu maí, maʻu mai ʻa e mahinó.+
8 Fakamahuʻingaʻi lahi ia, pea te ne hakeakiʻi koe.+
Te ne fakalāngilangiʻi koe koeʻuhí ʻokú ke koloaʻaki ia.+
9 Te ne fokotuʻu ha pale fakaʻofoʻofa ʻi ho ʻulú;
Te ne teuteuʻi koe ʻaki ha kalauni matamatalelei.”
10 Fanongo, ʻe hoku foha, peá ke tali ʻa ʻeku ngaahi leá,
Pea ʻe lahi ai ʻa e ngaahi taʻu ʻo hoʻo moʻuí.+
12 ʻI hoʻo ʻaʻevá, ʻe ʻikai taʻofia ʻa hoʻo laká;
Pea kapau te ke lele, ʻe ʻikai te ke humu.
13 Piki maʻu ki he akonakí; ʻoua naʻá ke tuku ange ia.+
Maluʻi ia, he ko ho moʻuiʻangá ia.+
14 ʻOua ʻe tuʻu ʻi he hala ʻo e kau fulikivanú,
Pea ʻoua ʻe ʻaʻeva ʻi he ʻalunga ʻo e kau tangata koví.+
16 He ʻoku nau taʻemamohe kae ʻoua kuo nau fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku koví.
ʻOku ʻikai lava ke nau mohe kae ʻoua kuo nau ʻai ha taha ke tō.
17 Ko e anga-fulikivanú ʻa e mā ʻoku nau fafangaʻaki kinautolú,
Pea ko e fakamālohí ʻa e uaine ʻoku nau inú.
18 Ka ko e hala ʻo e kau māʻoniʻoní ʻoku hangē ia ko e maama ʻi he pongipongí
ʻA ia ʻoku fakaʻaʻau ke toe maama ange kae ʻoua kuo hoʻatā mālie.+
19 Ko e hala ʻo e kau fulikivanú ʻoku hangē ia ko e fakapoʻulí;
ʻOku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻokú ne ʻai kinautolu ke nau humú.
20 ʻE hoku foha, tokanga ki heʻeku ngaahi leá;
Fanongo lelei* ki heʻeku ngaahi talá.
21 ʻOua naʻa tuku ke mole ia mei hoʻo vakaí;
Tauhi ia ʻi ho lotó,+
22 He ko e moʻui ia ki he faʻahinga ʻoku nau maʻu iá+
Pea mo e moʻui lelei ki honau sinó kotoa.*
23 Hiliō ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻokú ke maluʻí, maluʻi ho lotó,+
He ʻoku mei ai ʻa e ngaahi matavai ʻo e moʻuí.
25 Sio hangatonu ki muʻa ho matá,
ʻIo, fokotuʻu ho matá ke sio hangatonu ki muʻa ʻiate koe.+
27 ʻOua naʻá ke afe ki he toʻomataʻú pe ki he toʻohemá.+
Fakatafoki ho vaʻé mei he meʻa ʻoku koví.