Ua Tīmote
2 Ko ia ai, ko koe, ʻe hoku foha,+ hokohoko atu hono maʻu ʻa e mālohi ʻi he ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa ia ʻoku ʻia Kalaisi Sīsuú; 2 pea ko e ngaahi meʻa ko ia naʻá ke fanongo ai meiate aú ʻa ia naʻe poupou ki ai ha kau fakamoʻoni tokolahi,+ tuku atu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ki ha kau tangata faitōnunga, ʻa ia te nau hoko leva ai ʻo taau feʻunga ke akoʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. 3 ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha sōtia lelei+ ʻa Kalaisi Sīsuú, mateuteu atu ke ke tofanga ʻi he mamahi.+ 4 ʻOku ʻikai ha tangata ʻoku ngāue ko ha sōtia te ne fakakau* ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakapisinisí,* koeʻuhí ke ne maʻu ai ʻa e hōhōʻia ʻa e tokotaha ko ia naʻá ne fakahū ia ke hoko ko ha sōtiá. 5 Pea ʻi he ngaahi sipotí, ko ha taha pē ʻoku feʻauhi ʻoku ʻikai ke fakakalauni ia tuku kehe pē kapau naʻá ne feʻauhi ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuní.+ 6 Ko e tokotaha ngoue ʻoku ngāue mālohí kuo pau ko ia ʻa e tokotaha te ne ʻuluaki kai mei he fua ʻo ʻene ngoué. 7 Fakakaukau maʻu pē ki he meʻa ʻoku ou leaʻakí; ʻe ʻoatu ʻe he ʻEikí kiate koe ʻa e mahino* ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē.
8 Manatuʻi ko Sīsū Kalaisí naʻe fokotuʻu hake ia mei he pekiá+ pea ko ha hako ia ʻo Tēvita,+ ʻo fakatatau ki he ongoongo lelei ʻoku ou malangaʻí,+ 9 ʻa ia ko e meʻa ia ʻoku ou faingataʻaʻia ai mo tuku pilīsone ʻo hangē ha tokotaha faihiá.+ Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ʻikai ke haʻisia ai ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.+ 10 ʻI he ʻuhingá ni ʻoku ou hokohoko atu ai hono kātekina ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē koeʻuhiā ko e faʻahinga kuo filí,+ koeʻuhi ke nau kau mo kinautolu ʻi hono maʻu ʻa e fakamoʻui ʻoku fakafou mai ʻia Kalaisi Sīsuú, fakataha mo e lāngilangi taʻengata. 11 ʻOku falalaʻanga ʻa e leá ni: Ko e moʻoni kapau naʻa tau mate fakataha mo ia, te tau moʻui fakataha foki mo ia;+ 12 kapau te tau hokohoko atu ai pē ʻi he kātakí, te tau pule fakataha foki mo ia ko e ngaahi tuʻi;+ kapau ʻoku tau fakafisingaʻi ia, te ne fakafisingaʻi foki kitautolu;+ 13 neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku folofolaʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá, ʻokú ne fai maʻu pē ki heʻene leá, he ʻoku ʻikai lava ke ne fai ha meʻa ʻoku fepaki mo ʻene ngaahi tuʻungá.*
14 Hanganaki fakamanatu kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, ʻo fakahinohinoʻi* kinautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻOtuá ke ʻoua te nau fakafekiki fekauʻaki mo ha ngaahi foʻi lea, ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻikai hano ʻaonga ʻe taha koeʻuhí ʻokú ne fakatupu ʻa e maumau ki he* faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku fanongó. 15 Fai ho tūkuingatá ke fakahāhaaʻi atu koe ʻokú ke fakahōifua ki he ʻOtuá, ko ha tangata ngāue ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ke mā ai, ʻo tofa totonu ʻa e folofola ʻo e moʻoní.+ 16 Kae siʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea taʻeʻaonga ʻokú ne maumauʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku toputapú,+ he ʻe iku ia ʻo toe fakautuutu ange ai ʻa e anga-taʻefakaʻotuá, 17 pea ko ʻenau leá ʻe mafola hangē ha palá.* Ko Haiminia mo Failito ʻokú na kau ʻi honau lotolotongá.+ 18 Ko e ongo tangatá ni kuó na afe mei he moʻoní, ʻo na pehē kuo ʻosi hoko ʻa e toetuʻú,+ pea ʻokú na fulihi ai ʻa e tui ʻa e niʻihi. 19 Neongo ia, ko e makatuʻunga fefeka ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻoku kei tuʻu pē ia, ʻo tohi tongi ai eni, “ʻOku ʻafioʻi ʻe Sihova* ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku haʻaná,”+ pea mo eni “Tuku ki he tokotaha kotoa ʻoku ui ki he huafa ʻo Sihová*+ ke ne siʻaki ʻa e taʻemāʻoniʻoní.”
20 ʻI ha fuʻu fale lahi ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi ipu,* ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he ipu koula mo e siliva kae pehē foki ki he ipu ʻakau mo e ʻumea, pea ko e niʻihi ke ngāueʻaki lāngilangiʻia ka ko e niʻihi ki hano ngāueʻaki ʻoku ʻikai lāngilangiʻia. 21 Ko ia ka hanganaki fakamamaʻo ha taha mei he ngaahi ipu ʻoku ʻikai ke ngāueʻaki lāngilangiʻiá, te ne hoko ai ko ha meʻangāue* ki hano ngāueʻaki lāngilangiʻia, kuo fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi, ʻo ʻaonga ki he tokotaha ʻoku ʻoʻoná, ʻo mateuteu ki he ngāue lelei kotoa pē. 22 Ko ia hola mei he ngaahi holi fakatalavoú, kae tuli ki he māʻoniʻoní, tuí, ʻofá, melinó, fakataha mo e faʻahinga ko ia ʻoku nau ui ki he ʻEikí ʻi ha loto-maʻá.
23 ʻIkai ngata aí, siʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fakakikihi ngalivale mo taʻeʻuhingá,+ ʻi hono ʻiloʻi ʻoku fakatupunga ai ʻa e keé. 24 He ko ha tamaioʻeiki ʻa e ʻEikí ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke ne kē, ka ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ne hoko ʻo anga-fakaalaala* ki he tokotaha kotoa pē,+ taau ke faiako, mo fakahāhā ʻa e faʻamataʻofi ʻi he taimi ʻoku fai mai ai ha faihala kiate iá,+ 25 ʻo akoʻi ʻi he anga-malū ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku fakafepakí.+ Heiʻilo naʻa tuku ʻe he ʻOtuá ke nau fakatomala,* ʻo taki atu ai ki ha ʻilo totonu ki he moʻoní,+ 26 pea ʻe foki mai ai ʻenau fakakaukau leleí ʻo nau hao ai mei he tauhele ʻa e Tēvoló, he kuó ne puke moʻui kinautolu ke nau fai hono lotó.+