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Tuku ke Tau Faimālohi


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Tuku ke Tau Faimālohi

Longomoʻui

1. Tuku ke tau faimālohi ʻi he ngāue

ʻa e ʻOtua pea kātaki hono faingataʻa,

Te tau maʻu ai ʻa e nāunau

He ʻosi ʻetau moʻui ní.

[Chorus]

ʻOua naʻa tau manavahē

He fili he fili ʻoku fai mālohi mai

Ko hotau heletā ʻa Sihova,

Ko hotau mālohi.

2. ʻE ʻikai te tau foʻi neongo ʻoku

tau tokosiʻi ki hotau ngaahi fili,

ʻE tataki ʻa kitautolu ʻe he

Mālohi ʻo e ʻOtua.

[Chorus]

ʻOua naʻa tau manavahē

He fili he fili ʻoku fai mālohi mai

Ko hotau heletā ʻa Sihova,

Ko hotau mālohi.

3. Kapau te tau faimālohi ʻe ʻikai

te tau manavahē ki hotau ngaahi fili,

Ka ʻe tokoni ofi ʻa e ʻOtua

Kiate kitautolu.

[Chorus]

ʻOua naʻa tau manavahē

He fili he fili ʻoku fai mālohi mai

Ko hotau heletā ʻa Sihova,

Ko hotau mālohi.

4. Ko kinautolu kuo nau ikuna

Te nau maʻu honau kalauni

Ko e fakapale ʻe he ʻOtua

ʻA ʻenau ongosia.

[Chorus]

ʻOua naʻa tau manavahē

He fili he fili ʻoku fai mālohi mai

Ko hotau heletā ʻa Sihova,

Ko hotau mālohi.

Fakaleá mo e tuʻungafasí: Evan Stephens, 1854–1930

Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 6:33–37

1 Nīfai 22:15–17