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Feituʻu ʻOku ʻI ai ʻa e ʻOfá


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Feituʻu ʻOku ʻI ai ʻa e ʻOfá

Loto-fakamātoato

1. Feituʻu ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ʻofá

ʻI ai mo e ʻOtuá, fie ʻi ai mo au,

Taki au, moʻoní ʻe muimui.

Tokoniʻi au talangofua moʻoni.

2. Ko e ʻofá ʻafio ai e ʻOtuá.

Fakakaukau mo angamalū

Ako ke lotu ke fefolofolai.

Te ne taki tautolu ʻaki ʻene ʻofá.

Toʻukupu ʻofa kia aú

Hiva ke tau hiva ē

Ongo mei heʻetau ʻofa ē.

Fetongí ʻaki e ʻofá.

3. Ko e ʻofa ʻafio ai e ʻOtuá

Tau fie nofo pea mo Iá,

Fakahā e halá pea fakanonga au.

Ke ma nofo taʻengata mo Iá.

Fakaleá: Joanne Bushman Doxey, f. 1932, and Norma B. Smith, 1923–2010

Fakatuʻungafasí: Joanne Bushman Doxey, f. 1932, and Marjorie Castleton Kjar, 1927–2019

Maʻu Mafai Pulusí © 1972 ʻe Joanne Bushman Doxey mo Marjorie Castleton Kjar. © 1989 IRI. ʻOku ngofua ke hiki hano tatau ke ngāueʻaki ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa fakasiasi mo fakaʻapi ʻoku ʻikai ke fakakomēsialé.

ʻAlamā 13:28–29