Ko Hoku Tauhí ʻa [e ʻEikí], tā ʻe Simon Dewey

Sio pē Kiate Au

Manatuʻi, ʻoku ʻofa ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻiate koe.” Falala kiate Ia mo Hono mālohi ke fakamoʻui mo huhuʻi koé. ʻOku ʻi ai ha palani haohaoa ʻa e ʻOtuá maʻa ʻEne fānau taʻe-haohaoá. Ko e ongoongo lelei naʻá ke fakahaaʻi ki māmani ʻaki hoʻo ngāué mo e sīpingá. Manatuʻi ʻa e ngaahi palōmesi ko ʻení:

“Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku pehē kiate kimoua, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku tala ki heʻeku kau ākongá, ko e potu ko ia ʻoku fakataha ai ʻa e toko ua pe toko tolu ʻi hoku hingoá, ʻo kau ki ha meʻa ʻe taha, vakai, te u ʻi honau lotolotonga ʻo kinautolú—ʻoku pehē pē ʻeku ʻi homo lotolotongá.

“ʻOua ʻe manavahē ke fai lelei, … he ko e meʻa ko ia ʻokú mo tūtūʻí, ko e meʻa pē ia te mo utú; ko ia, kapau te mo tūtuuʻi ʻa e leleí te mo utu foki ʻa e lelei ko hoʻomo totongi.

“Ko ia, ʻoua ʻe manavahē, ʻe tākanga tokosiʻi; failelei; tuku ke kau fakataha ʻa māmani mo heli ke tauʻi ʻa kimoua, he kapau kuo langa ʻa kimoua ki heʻeku maká, ʻe ʻikai te nau lava ʻo ikuna.

“Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai te u fakahalaiaʻi ʻa kimoua; mo ʻalu ʻi homo halá pea ʻoua ʻe toe faiangahala; fai ʻi he angafakamātoato ʻa e ngāue kuó u fekau kiate kimouá.

“Sio pē kiate au ʻi he fakakaukau kotoa pē; ʻoua ʻe tālaʻa, ʻoua ʻe manavahē.

“Vakai ki he ngaahi lavea ʻa ia naʻe hokaʻi ai ʻa hoku vakavaká, kae ʻumaʻā foki ʻa e ngaahi mataʻi faʻo ʻi hoku ongo nimá mo e vaʻé; tui faivelenga, tauhi ʻeku ngaahi fekaú, pea te mo maʻu ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e langí” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 6:32–37).