1 Ka naʻe ai foki ʻae kau palōfita loi ʻi he kakai, ʻo hangē ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae kau akonaki loi, ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻomi fakafufū ʻae ngaahi hē fakamalaʻia, ʻo fakafisiʻi ʻae ʻEiki naʻa ne fakatauʻakinautolu, ʻo ʻomi ai kiate kinautolu ʻae fakaʻauha fakatoʻotoʻo. 2 Pea ʻe muimui ʻae tokolahi ki honau hala fakamalaʻia; pea ko e meʻa ʻiate kinautolu ʻe lauʻikoviʻi ai ʻae hala ʻoe moʻoni. 3 Pea ko e meʻa ʻi he manumanu tenau meʻa fakatauʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi lea kākā: ko honau tautea kuo tala fuoloa ʻoku ʻikai fakatuai, pea ko ʻenau malaʻia ʻoku ʻikai tulemohe. 4 He kapau naʻe ʻikai mamae ʻae ʻOtua ki he kau ʻāngelo naʻe angahala, ka naʻe lī hifo ʻakinautolu ki heli, ʻo tuku ki he ngaahi haʻihaʻi ʻoe fakapoʻuli, ke tatali ki he fakamaau; 5 Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne mamae ki he maama motuʻa, ka naʻe fakamoʻui ʻa Noa, ʻaia naʻa ne malangaʻaki ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo e toko fitu, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻae lōmaki ki he maama ʻoe kakai angahala; 6 ‌ʻO ne tuku ʻae ongo kolo ko Sotoma mo Komola ki he fakaʻauha, ʻo ne liliu ia ko e efuefu, pea ne ngaohi ia ko e fakaʻilonga kiate kinautolu ʻe moʻui fai angahala ki mui; 7 ‌ʻO ne fakamoʻui ʻa Lote angatonu, ʻaia naʻe mamahi ʻi he ʻulungāanga fakalielia ʻae kau angahala: 8 (He naʻe nofo ʻae tangata māʻoniʻoni ko ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻi heʻene mamata mo fanongo, naʻe fakamamahi ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi faianga taʻetotonu;) 9 ‌ʻOku ʻilo ʻe he ʻEiki ke fakamoʻui ʻae kakai angafakaʻotua mei he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, pea ke tuku ʻae taʻeangatonu ki he ʻaho ʻoe fakamaau ke tautea: 10 Ka ʻe lahi kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻaʻeva ʻo fakatatau ki he kakano ʻi he holi fakalielia, pea nau manukiʻi ʻae pule. Ko e kau angamālohi, mo e kau angafefeka, ʻoku ʻikai te nau manavahē ke lauʻikovi ʻae kau pule. 11 Ka ko e kau ʻāngelo, ʻoku nau lahi hake ʻi he mālohi mo e mafai, ʻoku ʻikai te nau lauʻikovi ʻakinautolu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻEiki. 12 Ka ko kinautolu ni ʻoku fakakakano, ʻo hangē ko e fanga manu taʻeloto, kuo ngaohi ke moʻua mo fakaʻauha, ʻoku nau lea kovi ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi; pea ʻe ʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu ʻi heʻenau kovi ʻanautolu; 13 Pea te nau maʻu ʻae totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni; ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ko e meʻa mālie ke fai kovi ʻoku kei ʻaho. Ko e ngaahi ʻila mo e ngaahi mele ʻakinautolu, ʻoku nau vaʻinga ʻaki ʻa honau kākaaʻi lolotonga ʻenau kātoanga pe mo kimoutolu; 14 Ko honau mata ʻoku fonu ʻi he tono fefine, pea ʻoku ʻikai faʻa tuku ʻae angahala; ʻoku nau tauhele ʻae kau laumālie taʻemaau: ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻae loto kuo poto ʻi he ngaahi ngāue manumanu; ko e fānau malaʻia: 15 Kuo nau siʻaki ʻae hala totonu, pea ʻalu hēhē, ʻo muimui ʻi he hala ʻo Pelami ko e foha ʻo Posoa, ʻaia naʻa ne manako ki he totongi ʻoe taʻemāʻoniʻoni: 16 Ka naʻe valoki ia ʻi heʻene angahala ʻi he lea ʻae ʻasi noa ʻaki ʻae leʻo ʻoe tangata, ʻo ne taʻofi ki he vale ʻae palōfita. 17 Ko e ngaahi luo taʻeaihavai ʻakinautolu ni, ko e ngaahi ʻao ʻoku vilingia ʻe he afā; ʻakinautolu kuo tuku tolonga ki ai ʻae ʻuliʻuli ʻoe fakapoʻuli taʻengata. 18 Koeʻuhi ʻoka nau ka lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea fakafuofuolahi ʻoe loi, ʻoku nau tauhele ʻi he ngaahi holi fakakakano, mo e anga fakalielia, ʻakinautolu naʻe hao moʻoni meiate kinautolu ʻoku moʻui hēhē pe. 19 Lolotonga ʻenau fakaʻilo kiate kinautolu ʻae tauʻatāina, kae ta ʻoku nau pōpula ʻakinautolu ki he fakalielia: he ko ia kuo ikuna ai ʻae tangata ko ia kuo ne fakapōpula ai. 20 He kapau ko eni, kuo hili ʻenau hao mei he ngaahi ʻuli ʻo māmani ʻi he ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻe toe fihituʻu ai, mo ikuna ʻakinautolu, pea ʻe kovi lahi ʻae ngataʻanga kiate kinautolu ʻi he kamataʻanga. 21 He ko e meʻa ʻe lelei kiate kinautolu ʻoka ne ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, ka ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ia, pea toe tafoki mei he fekau māʻoniʻoni naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu. 22 Ka kuo hoko kiate kinautolu ʻo hangē ko e fakatātā moʻoni, “Kuo toe foki ʻae kulī ki heʻene lua ʻaʻana;” mo e “Sinamanu naʻe kaukau ki heʻene fetafokifokiaki ʻi he pelepela.”