ʼUluaki Petelo

2 Koia, kotou liʼaki te ʼu agakovi fuli,+ mo te kaka, mo te malualoi, mo te manumanū pea mo te ʼu fasituʼu fuli. 2 Pea ohage ko he ʼu fanau kei meamea,+ kotou holi ki te huʼa pipi ʼae ʼe haʼu mai te folafola pea ʼe heʼeki huʼi,* ke feala ai hakotou tuputupu pea ke haofaki ai koutou.+ 3 ʼE kotou lava fai anai te faʼahi ʼaia mo kapau kua kotou iloʼi* ko te ʼAliki ʼe agalelei.

4 ʼI takotou fakaovi kia ia, te maka maʼuli ʼae neʼe liʼaki e te tagata+ kae neʼe filifili e te ʼAtua pea ʼe maʼuhiga kia te ia,+ 5 ko koutou, ohage ko he ʼu maka maʼuli, ʼe lolotoga laga koutou ko he fale fakalaumalie+ ke kotou liliu ko he kau pelepitelo maʼoniʼoni, ke kotou momoli ai he ʼu sakilifisio fakalaumalie+ ʼe leleiʼia e te ʼAtua ʼaki ia Sesu Kilisito.*+ 6 Koteʼuhi ʼe ui ʼi te ʼu Tohi Taputapu: “ ʼE au fakatuʼu ʼi Sione he maka neʼe filifili, he maka agele maʼuhiga ʼo te fakatafito, pea ko ʼae ʼe tui ki ai, ʼe mole lotomamahi* anai.”+

7 Koia ʼe maʼuhiga ia ia kia koutou, koteʼuhi ʼe kotou tui. Kae ʼe tohi ʼo ʼuhiga mo natou ʼae ʼe mole tui: ‘Ko te maka ʼae neʼe liʼaki e te kau tufuga,+ kua liliu ko te maka tafito ʼo te agele’*+ 8 pea ʼe ko “he maka fakatupu tukia pea mo he ʼutu ke natou tukia ai.”+ ʼE natou tukia he ʼe natou talagataʼa ki te folafola. Pea ʼe ko tonatou ikuʼaga ʼaia. 9 Kae ko koutou ko “he faʼahiga hahaʼi neʼe filifili, he kau pelepitelo ʼe gaue ohage ko he ʼu hau, he puleʼaga maʼoniʼoni,+ he hahaʼi makehe ʼa te ʼAtua,+ ke kotou tala ʼi te potu fuli pe te ʼu kalitate”*+ ʼo Ia ʼae neʼe ina pauʼi koutou mai te fakapoʼuli ki tona malama taulekaleka.+ 10 Koteʼuhi ʼi te temi muʼa, neʼe mole ko koutou te hahaʼi ʼa te ʼAtua,+ kae ʼi te temi nei kua kotou liliu ko Tana hahaʼi. ʼI te temi muʼa neʼe mole fakaha atu te manavaʼofa, kae ʼi te temi nei kua kotou maʼu te manavaʼofa.+

11 Kau ʼofaina, ʼuhi ko koutou ko he kau matapule pea mo he ʼu hahaʼi ʼe nonofo fakatemi ʼi te malama ʼaeni,+ ʼe au uga koutou ke kotou haga tekeʼi te ʼu holi ʼo te kakano,+ ʼae ʼe fakafeagai kia koutou.*+ 12 Ke lelei tuʼumaʼu takotou aga ʼi te lotolotoiga ʼo te hahaʼi ʼo te malama,+ ke feala ai, moka natou ui ʼe kotou fai he ʼu meʼa ʼe kovi, ke natou sisio mata ai ki ʼakotou gaue lelei,+ pea ke natou fakakololiaʼi te ʼAtua ʼi te ʼaho ʼae ka haʼu ai ʼo ʼaʼahi te malamanei.

13 Kotou fakalogo, ʼuhi ko te ʼAliki, ki te ʼu pule fuli ʼae neʼe fakanofo e te tagata,*+ peʼe ki te hau+ he ʼe maʼoluga age ia koutou, 14 peʼe ki te ʼu kovana, he neʼe fakanofo natou e te hau ke natou tauteaʼi te hahaʼi agakovi kae ke natou vikiʼi ia natou ʼae ʼe natou fai te ʼu meʼa ʼae ʼe lelei.+ 15 Koteʼuhi ko te finegalo ʼo te ʼAtua ke kotou fakagata te ʼu palalau vaʼiganoa ʼae ʼe fai e te ʼu tagata vavale, ʼaki takotou fai te ʼu meʼa ʼae ʼe lelei.+ 16 Ke kotou hage ko he hahaʼi ʼateaina,+ kae ʼaua naʼa kotou fakaʼaogaʼi tokotou ʼateaina moʼo fai te ʼu meʼa ʼae ʼe kovi,+ kae ke kotou maʼuʼuli ohage ko he ʼu kaugana ʼa te ʼAtua.+ 17 Kotou fakaʼapaʼapa ki te ʼu faʼahiga tagata fuli pe,+ kotou ʼoʼofa ki te fale tau tehina katoa,+ kotou manavasiʼi ki te ʼAtua,+ kotou fakaʼapaʼapa ki te hau.+

18 Ke fakalogo te hahaʼi faifekau ki ʼonatou pule ʼaki he fakaʼapaʼapa katoa,+ ʼo mole gata pe kia natou ʼae ʼe agalelei pea mo fakapotopoto, kae kia natou foki ʼae ʼe agafefeka. 19 Koteʼuhi moka ʼe ʼutakiʼi e he tahi te ʼu faigataʼaʼia* pea mo mamahi kae neʼe mole ina fai he meʼa ʼe kovi, ʼe ko he meʼa ʼe lelei he ʼe faiga ke ina maʼu he leʼo ʼo loto ʼe maʼa ia muʼa ʼo te ʼAtua.+ 20 Koteʼuhi ʼe tonu koa ke vikiʼi koutou mo kapau ʼe kotou katakiʼi tokotou ta he neʼe kotou agahala?+ Kae kapau ʼe kotou ʼutakiʼi te mamahi he neʼe kotou fai te meʼa ʼae ʼe lelei, ʼe ko te meʼa ʼaia ʼe leleiʼia e te ʼAtua.+

21 ʼI tona fakahagatonu, neʼe pauʼi koutou ki te faʼahi ʼaia, koteʼuhi neʼe toe mamahi foki mo Kilisito maʼa koutou,+ ʼo ina tuku atu kia koutou he faʼifaʼitakiʼaga ke kotou mulimuli fakalelei ki ai.*+ 22 Neʼe mole agahala+ pea neʼe mole maʼu he kaka ʼi tona gutu.+ 23 ʼI te temi ʼae neʼe leakoviʼi* ai ia ia e te hahaʼi,+ neʼe mole ina toe leakoviʼi* ia natou.+ ʼI te temi ʼae neʼe fakamamahiʼi ai,+ neʼe mole ina fakamatakuʼi ia natou, kae neʼe ina tuku ia meʼa fuli kia Ia ʼae ʼe ina fakamauʼi+ ʼi te faitotonu. 24 ʼAki tona sino, neʼe ina ʼamo ʼatatou agahala+ ʼi te temi ʼae neʼe tutuki ai ki te pou,*+ ke fakaʼateainaʼi ai tatou mai* ʼatatou agahala pea ke tou maʼuʼuli ʼo fai te meʼa ʼae ʼe faitotonu. Pea “ ʼaki ʼona lavea neʼe fakamalolo ai koutou.”+ 25 Koteʼuhi neʼe kotou hage ko he ʼu ovi kua hehe,+ kae ʼi te temi nei kua kotou toe liliu ki te tagata tauhi ovi+ ʼae ʼe ina taupau* ʼokotou maʼuli.*