¶ 1 E KAIGA, oku ou tohi eni a hono ua oe tohi ni kiate kimoutolu, aia oku ou fai i ai ke lagaki hake ho mou loto maa ki he fakamanatu:

2 Koeuhi ke mou manatu ki he gaahi lea nae lea aki i mu‘a e he kau balofita maonioni, bea moe fekau a mautolu koe kau abosetolo oe Eiki moe Fakamoui:

3 O tomua ilo eni, e ha‘u ae kau manuki i he gaahi aho ki mui, o aeva i he e nau gaahi holi kovi a nautolu,

4 O nau behe, Kofaa koa ae talaofa ki he ene ha‘u? he kuo talu ae mohe ae gaahi tamai, moe behe ai be ae mea kotoabe o hage be i hono uluaki fakatubu.

5 He ko ho nau loto ke nau vale i he mea ni, koe mea i he folofola ae Otua, nae i mu‘a ae gaahi lagi, bea tuu mei he vai bea i he vai a mamani:

6 Aia nae lofia ai ae mama koia aki ae vai, bea auha ia:

7 Ka koe gaahi lagi moe fonua oku tuu ni, kuo fokotuu ia aki a  ene folofola be koia, o fakatologa ki he afi i he aho fakamāu moe fakaauha oe kakai agahala.

8 Ka koeni, e kaiga, ke oua te mou taeilo ki he mea ni e taha, koeuhi koe aho e taha oku tatau ki he Eiki moe ta‘u e afe, bea koe ta‘u e afe oku tatau moe aho be taha.

9 Oku ikai fakatuotuai e he Eiki ki he ene talaofa, o hage koe lau ae niihi koe tuotuai; ka oku kataki fuoloa kiate kitautolu, o ikai finagalo ke auha ha toko taha, ka koeuhi ke hoko o fakatomala kotoabe.

10 Ka e hoko ae aho oe Eiki o hage ha kaihaa i he bo; aia e mole ai ae gaahi lagi i he logoaa lahi, bea e vela o auha ae gaahi tefito‘i mea, bea koe fonua foki moe gaahi gaue oku i ai e vela o oji ia.

11 Koia  i he ene bau be ke auha ae gaahi mea ni kotoabe, koeha ae aga oku tāu mo kimoutolu i he ulugaaga maonioni moe aga faka‐Otua;

12 O amanaki mo holi atu ki he hoko mai oe aho oe Otua, aia e vela o auha ai ae gaahi lagi, bea e vai i he vela lahi ae gaahi tefito‘i mea?

13 Ka oku tau amanaki ki he gaahi lagi foou moe fonua foou, aia oku nofo ai ae maonioni, o fakatatau ki he ene talaofa.

14 Koia, e kaiga, koe mea i hoo mou amanaki ki he gaahi mea behe, mou hagahaga fai be koeuhi ke ilo eia akimoutolu oku mou melino tae ha ila, mo taehalaia.

15 Bea lau ae kataki fuoloa a ho tau Eiki koe fakamoui; o hage koe tohi kiate kimoutolu foki e ho tau kaiga ofeina ko Baula, o fakatatau ki he boto kuo foaki kiate ia;

16 Bea oku behe foki a ene lea ai ki he gaahi mea ni i he ene tohi kotoabe; aia oku i ai ae mea niihi oku ilogataa, aia oku fai e he kau taeboto mo lotolotoua ke fakauhiga kehe, o hage foki koe gaahi tohi kehe, ka nau malaia ai.

17 Koia, e kaiga, koe mea i hoo mou jinaki ilo, vakai telia naa takiekina foki akimoutolu e he hē oe kakai fai kovi, bea mou higa mei hoo mou tuu mau a moutolu.

18 Kae tubulekina i he ofa, bea moe ilo ki ho tau Eiki moe Fakamoui ko Jisu Kalaisi. Ke iate ia ni ae ogoogo lelei bea taegata. Emeni.