ʻIkai Lava ke Taʻofi Kinautolu ʻe ha Meʻa

Naʻe tangutu ha tangata heke ʻo kolekole ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi he matapā ʻo e temipalé. ʻI he hoʻatā ʻe taha, naʻá ne sio ai kia Pita mo Sione ʻokú na hū ki he temipalé. Naʻá ne pehē kiate kinaua: ‘ʻOmai muʻa haʻaku paʻanga.’ Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Pita: ‘ʻOku ou maʻu ha meʻa ke foaki atu ʻoku lelei ange ia ʻi he paʻangá. ʻI he huafa ʻo Sīsuú, tuʻu hake ʻo luelue!’ Naʻe tokoni leva ʻa Pita ʻo ne fokotuʻu hake ia, pea naʻe kamata ke luelue ʻa e tangatá! Naʻe fiefia lahi ʻa e fuʻu kakaí ʻi he mana ko ení ʻo hoko ai ʻo tui ʻa e kakai tokolahi ange.

Ka naʻe ʻita ʻa e kau taulaʻeikí mo e kau Sātusí. Naʻa nau puke ʻa e kau ʻapositoló, ʻo ʻave kinautolu ki he fakamaauʻangá, pea ʻeke: ‘Ko hai naʻá ne ʻoatu kiate kimoutolu ʻa e mālohi ke mou fakamoʻui ʻa e tangata ko ení?’ Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Pita: ‘Naʻa mau maʻu ʻa e mālohí meia Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa ia naʻa mou tāmateʻí.’ Naʻe kaila ʻa e kau taki lotú: ‘Tuku ʻa e malanga fekauʻaki mo Sīsuú!’ Ka naʻe pehē ange ʻe he kau ʻapositoló: ‘Kuo pau ke mau malanga fekauʻaki mo ia. Heʻikai ke mau tuku ia.’

ʻI hono tuku ange pē ʻa Pita mo Sioné, naʻá na ō ki he kau ākongá ʻo tala ange ʻa e meʻa naʻe hokó. Naʻa nau lotu fakataha, ʻo kole kia Sihova: ‘Tokoniʻi muʻa kimautolu ke mau loto-toʻa koeʻuhi ke lava ʻo hokohoko atu ʻemau fai hoʻo ngāué.’ Naʻe foaki ange ʻe Sihova ʻa hono laumālie māʻoniʻoní, pea naʻe hokohoko atu ʻenau malangá mo ʻenau fakamoʻui mahakí. Naʻe hoko ai ʻo tui ʻa e kakai tokolahi ange. Naʻe meheka ʻaupito ai ʻa e kau Sātusí ʻo nau puke ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻo lī kinautolu ki he pilīsoné. Ka ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e pō ko iá, naʻe fekauʻi mai ʻe Sihova ha ʻāngelo, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakaava ʻa e ngaahi matapā ʻo e pilīsoné pea tala ange ki he kau ʻapositoló: ‘Mou foki ki he temipalé, ʻo faiako ai.’

ʻI he pongipongi pē hono hokó, naʻe tala ai ki he Sanetalimí, ʻa e fakamaauʻanga ʻo e kau taki lotú: ‘ʻOku kei lokaʻi pē ʻa e pilīsoné, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻi ai ʻa e kau tangata naʻa mou puké! ʻOku nau ʻi he temipalé, ʻo akoʻi ʻa e kakaí!’ Naʻe toe puke ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ʻo ʻave ki he Sanetalimí. Naʻe pehē ange ʻe he taulaʻeiki lahí: ‘Naʻa mau fekauʻi kimoutolu ke ʻoua te mou malanga fekauʻaki mo Sīsū!’ Ka naʻe tali ange ʻe Pita: “Kuo pau ke mau talangofua ki he ʻOtuá ko e pulé ia kae ʻikai ki he tangatá.”

Naʻe ʻita lahi ai ʻa e kau taki lotú ʻo nau loto ke tāmateʻi ʻa e kau ʻapositoló. Ka naʻe tuʻu hake ha Fālesi ko Kāmelieli ʻo ne pehē: ‘Mou tokanga! ʻOku kau nai ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e kau tangatá ni. ʻOku mou loto moʻoni ke tauʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá?’ Naʻa nau tali ʻa ʻene leá. Hili ʻenau tā ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi vaʻakau ʻa e kau ʻapositoló, naʻa nau toe fekauʻi ke tuku ʻenau malangá, pea tuku ange leva kinautolu. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke taʻofi ʻe he meʻa ko iá ʻa e kau ʻapositoló. Naʻe hokohoko atu ʻenau malangaʻi loto-toʻa ʻa e ongoongo leleí, fakatouʻosi ʻi he temipalé pea ʻi he fale ki he fale.