Ngāue 3:8-15

⁸Pea hopo hake ia ʻo tuʻu, mo ʻeveʻeva, pea nau hū fakataha mo ia ki he falelotu lahi, kuo ʻeveʻeva, mo hopohopo, pea fakamālō ki he ʻOtua.

⁹Pea naʻe mamata ʻae kakai kotoa pē kiate ia, ʻoku ʻeveʻeva mo fakamālō ki he ʻOtua;

¹⁰Pea naʻa nau ʻilo ko ia ia naʻe nofo ʻo kole ʻi he matapā Fakasanisani ʻoe falelotu lahi: pea naʻe mātuʻaki ofo ʻakinautolu mo fakatumutumu ʻi he meʻa kuo fai kiate ia.

¹¹Pea ʻi heʻene kei puke kia Pita mo Sione ʻe he tangata pipiki kuo fakamoʻui, naʻe feleleʻi ki ai ʻae kakai kotoa pē, ʻoku nau ofo lahi, ki he fale hala, ʻoku fakahingoa kia Solomone.

¹²Pea kuo mamata ʻa Pita ki ai, pea pehē ʻe ia ki he kakai, “ʻAe kau tangata ʻIsileli, ko e hā ʻoku mou ofo ai ʻi he meʻa ni? Pea ko e hā ʻoku mou sio fakamamaʻu ai kiate kimaua, ʻo hangē kuo ma ngaohi ʻi haʻama mālohi pe māʻoniʻoni ʻamaua ke ʻeveʻeva ʻae tangata ni?

¹³Ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻEpalahame, mo ʻAisake, mo Sēkope, ko e ʻOtua ʻoe tau ngaahi tamai, kuo ne fakaongoongolelei hono ʻAlo ko Sisu; ʻaia naʻa mou tukuakiʻi pea liʻaki ʻi he ʻao ʻo Pailato, ka naʻe mātuʻaki loto ia ki hono tukuange.

¹⁴Ka naʻa mou liʻaki ʻae tokotaha māʻoniʻoni mo angatonu, pea kole ke tuku ʻae tangata fakapō kiate kimoutolu;

¹⁵Kae tāmateʻi ʻae ʻEiki ʻoe moʻui, ʻaia kuo fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtua mei he mate; pea ko e kau fakamoʻoni ʻakimautolu ki ai.