Ngāue 7:37-59

³⁷Pea ko e Mōsese ko ia eni, naʻe pehē ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ‘ʻE fokotuʻu kiate kimoutolu ʻe he ʻEiki ko homou ʻOtua ha palōfita ʻi homou kāinga, ke hangē ko au; pea te mou fanongo kiate ia.’

³⁸Ko ia ia naʻe ʻi he fakataha ʻi he toafa, mo e ʻāngelo ʻaia naʻe lea kiate ia ʻi he moʻunga ko Sainai, pea mo ʻetau ngaahi tamai; ʻaia naʻe maʻu ʻae ngaahi fekau moʻui ke tuku kiate kitautolu:

³⁹“ʻAia naʻe ʻikai talangofua ki ai ʻetau ngaahi tamai, ka naʻe tekeʻi atu ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea nau foki ʻi honau loto ki ʻIsipite,

⁴⁰‌ʻO nau pehē kia ʻEloni, ‘Ngaohi moʻotautolu ha ngaahi ʻotua ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate kitautolu: he ko e Mōsese ni, ʻaia naʻe ʻomi ʻakitautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo pe ʻoku ʻi fē ia.’

⁴¹Pea naʻa nau ngaohi ʻae ʻuhikiʻi pulu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, pea feilaulau ki he tamapua, ʻo fiefia ʻi he ngāue ʻa honau nima.

⁴²Pea naʻe tafoki ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo fakatukutukuʻi ʻakinautolu, ke nau lotu ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoe langi; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe kau palōfita, ‘ʻAe fale ʻo ʻIsileli, he kuo mou tauhi ʻaki au ʻae manu tāmateʻi, mo e feilaulau, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu ʻi he toafa?

⁴³‌ʻIo, pea mou toʻo hake ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻo Moloke, mo e fetuʻu ʻo homou ʻotua ko Lemafani, ʻae ngaahi fakatātā naʻa mou ngaohi ke mou lotu ki ai: pea te u fetuku ʻakimoutolu kituʻa Papilone.’

⁴⁴“Naʻe ʻi heʻetau ngaahi tamai ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakamoʻoni ʻi he toafa, ʻo hangē ko e tuʻutuʻuni ʻo ia naʻe folofola kia Mōsese, ke ne ngaohi ia ʻo fakatatau ki he fakatātā kuo ne mamata ki ai.

⁴⁵‌ʻAia naʻe ʻomi ʻe heʻetau ngaahi tamai mo Siosiua ki he fonua ʻoe kakai Senitaile, ʻakinautolu naʻe kapusi ʻe he ʻOtua mei he ʻao ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tevita,

⁴⁶‌ʻAia naʻe ʻofeina ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ne holi ke ne ʻilo ha nofoʻanga mo e ʻOtua ʻo Sēkope.

⁴⁷Ka naʻe langa ʻe Solomone ʻae fale moʻona.

⁴⁸“Ka ʻoku ʻikai nofo ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi fale kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae nima; ʻo hangē ko e lea ʻae palōfita,

⁴⁹‘ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻEiki, Ko hoku nofoʻa ʻae langi, pea ko hoku tuʻungavaʻe ʻa māmani: ko e hā ʻae fale te mou langa moʻoku? pea ko e hā hoku mālōlōʻanga?

⁵⁰‌ʻIkai naʻe ngaohi ʻe hoku nima ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē?’

⁵¹“ʻAe kau kia kekeva, pea taʻekamu ʻae loto mo e telinga, ʻoku mou tekeʻi maʻuaipē ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni: ʻo hangē ko hoʻomou ngaahi tamai.

⁵²Ko e palōfita fē naʻe ʻikai fakatangaʻi ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai? Pea kuo nau tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu naʻe muʻaki fakahā ʻae haʻu ʻoe Toko Taha Angatonu; ʻaia kuo mou toki lavakiʻi mo tāmateʻi:

⁵³‌ʻAkimoutolu naʻe maʻu ʻae fono ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻāngelo, kae ʻikai fai ki ai.”

⁵⁴Pea kuo nau fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe tekelili honau loto ʻi he ʻita, pea nau fakalili honau nifo kiate ia.

⁵⁵Ka naʻe pito ia ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, pea sio fakamamaʻu ia ki he langi, ʻo ne mamata ki he nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua, mo Sisu ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻOtua,

⁵⁶‌ʻO ne pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku ou mamata ki he langi kuo matangaki, mo e Foha ʻoe tangata ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻOtua.”

⁵⁷Pea naʻa nau toki kalanga ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, mo tāpuni honau telinga, ʻo feʻohofi fakataha kiate ia,

⁵⁸‌ʻO lī ia ki he tuaʻā kolo, mo tolongaki ʻaki ʻae maka: pea naʻe tuku hifo ʻe he kau fakamoʻoni honau kofu ʻi he vaʻe ʻoe talavou, ko Saula hono hingoa.

⁵⁹Pea naʻa nau tolongaki ʻa Setiveni, kae lotu pe ia, mo pehē, “ʻEiki Sisu, ke ke maʻu hoku laumālie.”