Ngāue 28:3-10

³Pea ʻi he okooko ʻe Paula ʻae ʻu popohango, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he afi, naʻe haʻu mei he mafana ʻae ngata fekai, ʻo piki ʻi hono nima.

⁴Pea kuo mamata ʻae kakai muli ki he manu ʻoku tāupe ʻi hono nima, ne nau fepehēʻaki ʻiate kinautolu, “Ko e moʻoni ko e fakapō ʻae tangata ni, pea kuo hao ia mei he tahi, ka ʻoku ʻikai tuku ia ʻe he houhau ke ne moʻui.”

⁵Pea tupeʻi ʻe ia ʻae manu ki he afi, pea naʻe ʻikai ongoʻi ʻe ia ha kovi.

⁶Ka naʻa nau ʻamanaki ki heʻene pupula, pe tō hifo ʻo mate fakafokifā pe: pea kuo nau siosio ʻo fuoloa, kae ʻikai mamata ki ha kovi kuo hoko kiate ia; pea liliu honau loto, ʻonau pehē, “Tā ko e ʻotua ia.”

⁷Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi he potu ko ia ʻae ʻapi ʻoe ʻeiki ʻoe motu, ko hono hingoa ko Pupilio; pea naʻe ʻofa mai ia kiate kimautolu, ʻo mau nofo ʻi hono ʻapi ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu.

⁸Pea pehē, naʻe tokoto ʻae tamai ʻa Pupilio ʻoku mahaki, ko e mofi mo e hana toto; pea kuo hū atu ʻa Paula ki ai, ʻo lotu, pea ne ala atu hono nima kiate ia, ʻo fakamoʻui ia.

⁹Pea kuo fai ia, pea haʻu foki mo e niʻihi ʻoe motu naʻe moʻua ʻi he ngaahi mahaki, pea fakamoʻui:

¹⁰Pea naʻa nau foaki ʻae ngaahi foaki lahi kiate kimautolu; pea ʻi heʻemau ʻalu, naʻa nau fakaheka ʻae ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻaonga.