1 Tuʻi 3:8-16

⁸Pea ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻoku ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hoʻo kakai ʻaia kuo ke fili, ko e kakai lahi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa lau hako pe ʻoku toko fiha, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau tokolahi ʻaupito.

⁹Ko ia ke ke tuku ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ha loto poto ke fakamaauʻi ʻa hoʻo kakai, koeʻuhi ke u faʻa ʻilo totonu ʻae lelei mo e kovi; he ko hai ʻoku faʻa fai ke fakamaauʻi eni ʻa hoʻo kakai tokolahi ni?”

¹⁰Pea naʻe lelei ʻae lea ni kia Sihova, ʻae kole ʻe Solomone ki he meʻa ni.

¹¹Pea naʻe folofola ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia, “Koeʻuhi kuo ke kole ki he meʻa ni, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke kole maʻau ʻae moʻui fuoloa; pe te ke kole maʻau ha koloa, pe te ke kole ʻae moʻui ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fili; ka kuo ke kole maʻau ʻae lotoloto poto, ke ʻiloʻi ai ʻae fakamaau totonu;

¹²Vakai, kuo u fai ʻo tatau mo ia kuo ke lea ki ai: vakai, kuo u foaki kiate koe ʻae loto poto mo faʻa fakakaukau; ko ia kuo ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻe tatau mo koe talu mei muʻa, pea ʻe ʻikai tupu hake ha tokotaha ke tatau mo koe ki mui.

¹³Pea kuo u foaki foki kiate koe ʻae meʻa naʻe ʻikai te ke kole ki ai, ʻae koloa, mo e ongoongo fakatouʻosi; ko ia ʻe ʻikai tatau mo koe ha tokotaha ʻi he ngaahi tuʻi ʻi hoʻo ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē.

¹⁴Pea kapau te ke ʻalu ʻi hoku ngaahi hala, ke fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fono mo ʻeku ngaahi fekau, ʻo hangē ko e ʻalu ʻa Tevita ko hoʻo tamai, pehē, te u fakatolonga ʻa hoʻo ngaahi ʻaho.”

¹⁵Pea naʻe ʻā hake ʻa Solomone; pea vakai, ko e misi ia. Pea naʻa ne haʻu ki Selūsalema, ʻo ne tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe puha ʻoe fuakava ʻo Sihova, mo ne ʻatu ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu, mo e ngaahi feilaulau fakamelino, pea naʻa ne teuteu ʻae kātoanga ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē.

¹⁶Pea naʻe toki haʻu ʻae ongo fefine angahala ʻe toko ua, ki he tuʻi, ʻo na tutuʻu ʻi hono ʻao.