¶ 1 I HE uluaki ta‘u o Belesasa koe tu‘i o Babilone, nae mamata a Taniela ki ke gaahi mea ha mai ki hono ulu i hono mohega; bea naa ne tohi ae miji, bea ne fakaha a hono fakamatala.

2 Nae lea a Taniela o ne behe, Neu mamata i he mea ha mai kiate au i he bo, bea vakai, nae fetakai malohi ae feituu matagi e fa oe lagi i he Tahi Lahi.

3 Bea nae alu hake mei loto tahi ae faga manu e fa, nae taki taha hono aga be oona.

4 Koe uluaki, nae hage ha laione, bea nae iate ia ae kabakau oe ikale: bea neu vakai, mo ene fuji a hono ogo kabakau, bea nae hiki hake ia mei he kelekele, bea nae fokotuu ia ki hono va‘e, o hage ha tagata, bea nae tuku ki ai ae loto oe tagata.

5 Bea vakai, koe manu kehe ko hono ua, nae hage ha beaa, bea ne hiki hake eia ia o fakabalataha be, bea nae i hono gutu ae nifo loloa e tolu i he vahaa o hono gaahi nifo: bea naa nau lea ki ai o behe, Tuu hake o kai ae kakano lahi.

6 Bea hili ia neu mamata, bea vakai, koe taha kehe, nae hage ha lebati, aia nae i hono tua ae kabakau e fa oe manu buna; bea nae i he manu foki ae ulu e fa; bea nae foaki ki ai ae bule.

7 Hili ia neu mamata i he gaahi mea ha mai i he bo, bea vakai ko hono fa oe manu, nae fakamanavahe ia mo fakaulia, mo malohi aubito; bea nae iate ia ae gaahi nifo ukamea lahi: nae fakaauha mo maumau‘i eia, bea ne malaki ae toega aki hono va‘e, bea nae kehe ia mei he faga manu kotoabe nae i mua iate ia; bea nae iate ia ae nifo e hogofulu.

8 Bea i he eku sio fakamamau ki he gaahi nifo, bea vakai, nae tubu hake i ai ha kihi nifo jii e taha, aia nae taaki fuu hake mei hono ao ae nifo e tolu i he gaahi uluaki nifo; bea vakai, nae i he nifo ni ae mata o hage koe mata oe tagata, moe gutu nae lea fielahi.

9 Bea naaku mamata ai be mo ene li hifo ae gaahi nofoaga fakaeieiki, bea nae afio‘i aia nae i mua i mua i he gaahi aho, nae hinehina hono kofu o hage koe uha hinehina, bea ko hono louulu nae hage koe fulufulu‘i sibi lelei: ko hono afioaga nae hage koe afi ulo, bea ko hono gaahi teka nae hage koe afi vela.

10 Nae tubu mai mo tafe mei hono ao ae afi: nae tauhi kiate ia ae toko afe lau‘i e he gaahi toko afe, bea nae tuu i hono ao ae toko mano lau‘i toko mano: nae fokotuu ae fakamāu, bea nae folahi ae gaahi tohi.

11 Bea naaku tokaga lahi koeuhi koe le‘o moe lea fielahi ae nifo. Bea naaku tokaga o a‘u ki hono tamate‘i oe manu, moe fakaauha o hono jino, moe tuku ia ki he afi vela.

12 Bea koeuhi ko hono toe oe faga manu, nae too e nau bule meiate kinautolu: ka nae fakatologa e nau moui ke fuoloaage, bea ki ha kuoga.

13 Neu mamata i he gaahi mea ha mai i he bo, bea vakai, nae ha‘u ha toko taha i he gaahi ao oe lagi o hage koe foha oe tagata, bea ne ha‘u kiate ia nae i mua i mua i he gaahi aho, bea naa nau omi ia ke ofi atu ki ai.

14 Bea nae foaki kiate ia ae bule, moe nāunāu, mo ha buleaga, koeuhi ke tauhi kiate ia ae gaahi kakai kotoabe, moe gaahi buleaga, moe gaahi lea: koe bule taegata a ene bule, aia e ikai mole, bea ko hono buleaga e ikai fakaauha.

¶ 15 Ko au Taniela, neu mamahi i hoku laumalie mo hoku loto, bea nae fakamamahi‘i au e he gaahi mea ha mai ki hoku ulu.

16 Bea naaku unuunu atu ki he toko taha okinautolu nae tutuu ai, bea neu fehui kiate ia ki hono mooni oe gaahi mea ni. Koia naa ne tala mai, bea ne fakaha mai kiate au hono uhiga oe gaahi mea ni.

17 Koe faga manu lalahi ni, aia oku toko fa, koe tu‘i ia e toko fa aia e tubu hake i mamani.

18 Ka e lava‘i ae buleaga e he kakai maonioni ae Fugani Maoluga, bea te nau ma‘u ae buleaga o lauikuoga, io, ke taegata bea taegata.

19 Bea neu fieilo hono uhiga o hono fa oe manu, aia nae taha kehe moe faga manu kotoabe, o fakamanavaheia, aia nae ukamea hono kau nifo, bea koe balasa hono bejibeji; aia nae fakaauha, mo maumau‘i, bea nae malaki ae toega aki hono va‘e;

20 Bea moe gaahi nifo e hogofulu aia nae i hono ulu, bea moe taha kehe aia nae tubu hake, bea nae to i hono ao ae toko tolu; io ae nifo koia, aia nae i ai ae mata, bea moe gutu nae lea fielahi aubito, aia nae matamata malohi i he ene gaahi kaumea.

21 Neu vakai, bea nae fai ae tau e he nifo koia ki he kakai maonioni, bea ne lava‘i akinautolu.

22 Kae oua ke hoko mai aia nae i mua i mua i he gaahi aho, bea nae tuku ae fakamāu totonu ki he kakai maonioni oe Fugani Maoluga; bea nae hokojia ae kuoga nae ma‘u e he kakai maonioni ae buleaga.

23 Bea nae behe a ene lea, Ko hono fa oe manu e hoko ia ko hono fa i he gaahi buleaga i mamani, aia e kehe moe gaahi buleaga kotoabe, bea te ne fakaauha a mamani kotoabe, bea malaki hifo ia, bea maumau‘i.

24 Bea koe gaahi nifo e hogofulu mei he buleaga ni, koe gaahi tu‘i e toko hogofulu ia aia e tubu: bea e tubu mo ha taha kimui iate kinautolu, bea e kehe ia moe uluaki, bea te ne lava‘i ae tu‘i e toko tolu.

25 Bea e lea aki eia ae gaahi lea fielahi ki he Fugani Maoluga, bea te ne fakaogojia ae kakai maonioni oe Fugani Maoluga, bea e mahalo eia ke ne fakakehe ae gaahi kuoga moe gaahi fono: bea e tuku ia ki hono nima i ha kuoga moe kuoga e ua, moe vaeua malie oe kuoga.

26 Ka e fakanofo ae fakamāu, bea te nau too a ene bule, ke fakaauha mo maumau‘i ia, o a‘u ki he gataaga.

27 Ka koe buleaga moe bule, bea moe nāunāu oe buleaga i he lalo lagi kotoabe, e tuku ki he kakai koe kau maonioni ae Fugani Maoluga, bea ko hono buleaga koe buleaga taegata, bea e tauhi mo talagofua kiate ia ae gaahi bule kotoabe.

28 Ko eni ae gataaga oe mea. Ka ko au Taniela ko eku gaahi fakakaukau naaku matuaki mamahi ai, bea nae fakakehe hoku mata iate au: ka naaku fakafufu ae mea ni i hoku loto.