¶ 1 BEA neu tuu i he oneone oe tahi, beau mamata oku alu hake mei he tahi ae manu fekai, nae fitu hono ulu, bea nae i ai ae nifo e hogofulu, bea nae i hono gaahi nifo ae bale e hogofulu, bea i hono gaahi ulu ae higoa ko Taukae Otua.

2 Bea koe manu fekai aia neu mamata ai, nae tatau moe lebati, bea ko hono va‘e nae hage koe va‘e o ha beaa, bea ko hono gutu nae hage koe gutu o ha laione: bea nae atu ki ai e he fuu gata a ene malohi aana, mo hono nofoaga, moe bule lahi.

3 Bea neu mamata nae hage kuo lavea o mate hono foi ulu e taha; ka nae toe moui be hono lavea fakamate: bea nae fakatumutumu a mamani kotoabe o muimui i he manu fekai.

4 Bea naa nau hu ki he fuu gata aia ne ne atu ae malohi ki he manu fekai: o nau hu ki he manu fekai, o nau behe, Kohai oku tatau moe manu fekai? kohai oku faa fai ke tau‘i ia?

5 Bea nae foaki kiate ia ae gutu ke lea fie lahi, mo taukae ki he Otua; bea nae tuku kiate ia ae bule ke fai ae tau i he mahina e fagofulu ma ua.

6 Bea ne faai hono gutu i he lea taukae ki he Otua, ke lauikovi hono huafa, mo hono fale fehikitaki, mo kinautolu oku nofo i he lagi.

7 Bea nae tuku kiate ia ke ne tau‘i ae kakai maonioni, bea ke ne ikuna akinautolu: bea nae tuku kiate ia ae bule ki he gaahi faahiga, moe gaahi lea, moe gaahi buleaga kotoabe.

8 Bea e hu kiate ia akinautolu kotoabe oku nofo i mamani, akinautolu oku ikai tohi ho nau higoa i he tohi oe moui oe Lami, aia nae tamate‘i talu mei he fakatubu o mamani.

9 Kabau oku teliga ha taha, bea fakafanogo ia.

10 Ko ia oku ne tataki ki he bobula, e moua ia ki he bobula: ko ia oku ne tamate‘i aki ae heleta, oku totonu ke tamate‘i aki ia ae heleta. Ko eni ae faa kataki moe tui ae kakai maonioni.

11 Bea neu mamata ki he manu fekai e taha oku alu hake i he fonua; bea nae iate ia ae nifo‘i ulu e ua, nae hage ia koe lami, bea naa ne lea o hage ha fuu gata.

12 Bea oku fai eia ae bule kotoabe oe uluaki manu fekai nae mu‘a iate ia, o ne tai ke hu a mamani mo kinautolu oku nofo ai ki he uluaki manu fekai, i he ene moui a hono lavea naa ne mei mate ai.

13 Bea oku fai eia ae gaahi mea fakaofo lahi, o ne fai ke alu hifo ae afi mei he lagi ki he fonua, i he ao oe kakai,

14 Bea ne kākā‘i akinautolu oku nofo i mamani, aki ae gaahi mea mana koia nae tuku kiate ia ae malohi ke fai i he ao oe manu fekai; o ne behe kiate kinautolu oku nofo i mamani, ke nau gaohi ha fakatātā ki he manu fekai, aia nae lavea i he heleta, kae moui be.

15 Bea nae tuku kiate ia ke ne foaki ae moui ki he fakatātā oe manu fekai, ke lea ai ae fakatātā oe manu fekai, bea bule ke tamate‘i akinautolu e ikai te nau hu ki he fakatātā oe manu fekai.

16 Bea naa ne bule‘i kotoabe, ae iki moe lalahi, ae ma‘umea moe majiva, ae tauataina moe bobula, ke nau ma‘u ae fakailoga i ho nau nima toomatau, be i ho nau foi la‘e:

17 Bea ke oua naa fakatau mai be fakatau atu e ha taha, ka ko ia be kuo i ai ae fakailoga, be ae higoa oe manu fekai, be koe lau o hono higoa.

18 Ko eni ae boto. Ko ia oku i ai ae ilo, ke ne lau hono lau oe manu fekai: he koe lau ia oe tagata; bea ko hono lau koe onogeau ma onogofulu ma ono.