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ʻOku ʻAlu Fano ʻa e ʻOtua


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ʻOku ʻAlu Fano ʻa e ʻOtua

ʻI he loto-fakaʻeiʻeiki

1. ʻOku ʻalu fano ʻa e,

ʻOtua he anga,

Fakamisiteli ke fai,

Ngāue fakaofo.

2. ʻOku fokotuʻu Hono,

Topuvaʻe ʻi he,

Ngaahi tahi pea heka,

ʻI he ngaahi afa.

3. ʻOku loloto he vaí,

Vai kilukilua,

ʻA e poto taʻe mole,

ʻOkú ne foaki.

4. Pea loto-mālohi ai,

ʻA e kakai tui,

ʻI he tāpuaki ʻofa,

Maʻanautolu.

5. ʻOua ʻe tui vaivai

He ngāue ʻa e ʻEiki

Ka ke tui mālohi pē

Ki Heʻene ʻofa.

6. Ko e ʻOtua pē ko ia

Te Ne fakahā pē

Pea toki mahino ai

ʻA e meʻa kotoá.

Fakaleá: William Cowper, 1731–1800

Fakatuʻungafasí: William B. Bradbury, 1816–1868

Same 107:23–31

Loma 8:28