ʻĒsela 9:1-15
9 Pea ʻi he hili pē hono fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, naʻe fakaofiofi mai ʻa e houʻeikí kiate au ʻo nau pehē: “Ko e kakai ʻo ʻIsilelí mo e kau taulaʻeikí mo e kau Līvaí kuo ʻikai te nau fakamavaheʻi kinautolu mei he ngaahi kakai ʻo e ngaahi fonuá mo ʻenau ngaahi tōʻonga fakalieliá,+ ʻa e kau Kēnaní, kau Hetí, kau Pēlisí, kau Siepusí, kau ʻĀmoní, kau Mōapé, kau ʻIsipité,+ pea mo e kau ʻĀmolí.+
2 Kuo nau ʻave ha niʻihi ʻo honau ngaahi ʻofefiné ke hoko ko honau uaifi pea ke hoko ko e uaifi ʻo honau ngaahi fohá.+ Pea ko kinautolu, ʻa e hako māʻoniʻoní,+ kuo nau fefiohi pē mo e ngaahi kakai ʻo e ngaahi fonuá.+ Ko e kau houʻeikí mo e kau tokoni pulé ko e kau takimuʻa kovi kinautolu ʻi he tōʻonga taʻefaitōnungá ni.”
3 Pea ʻi heʻeku fanongo pē ki he meʻá ni, naʻá ku hae hoku kofú pea fusi ʻo toʻo ha niʻihi hoku fulufuluʻiʻulú mo hoku kavá, peá u tangutu hifo ʻo moʻutāfuʻua.
4 Pea naʻe fakatahataha mai ʻo takatakai kiate au ʻa e tokotaha kotoa naʻe ʻapasia ki he* ngaahi folofola ʻa e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí koeʻuhí ko e taʻefaitōnunga ʻa e kakai naʻe ʻave fakamālohí, lolotonga ia ʻeku tangutu kuó u moʻutāfuʻua ʻo aʻu ki he feilaulau meʻakai efiafí.+
5 Pea ʻi he taimi ʻo e feilaulau meʻakai efiafí,+ naʻá ku tuʻu hake mei heʻeku fakavaivaiʻi aú, pea kuo mahae hoku kofú peá u tūʻulutui hifo ʻo fola nima kia Sihova ko hoku ʻOtuá.
6 Pea naʻá ku pehē: “ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ʻoku ou ongoʻi mā mo taʻefeʻunga ke hanga hake kiate koe, ʻe hoku ʻOtua, he ko ʻemau faihalá kuo liuliunga ʻo fakalaka ʻi homau ʻulú pea ko ʻemau halaiá kuo fokotuʻuna ʻo aʻu ki he langí.+
7 Mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻemau fanga kuí ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻahó ni kuo lahi ʻemau halaiá;+ pea koeʻuhí ko ʻemau ngaahi faihalá, ko kimautolu, mo homau ngaahi tuʻí, mo ʻemau kau taulaʻeikí kuo tuku atu ia ki he nima ʻo e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo e ngaahi fonuá, ki he heletaá,+ ki he taki pōpulá,+ ki he ʻave fakamālohí,+ pea ki he fakamaá, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku hoko ʻi he ʻaho ní.+
8 Ka ko eni ʻi ha kiʻi taimi nounou, kuo hoko mai ʻa e hōifua ʻa Sihova ko homau ʻOtuá ʻi hono tuku ha toenga ke hao pea ʻi hono foaki mai ha tuʻunga malu ʻi hono feituʻu toputapú,+ ʻe homau ʻOtua, ke ʻai ai ke ulo homau matá ʻi he fiefia, pea ke ʻomi ha kiʻi fakafiemālie ʻi heʻemau nofo pōpulá.
9 He neongo ko kimautolú ko e kau pōpula,+ kuo ʻikai siʻaki kimautolu ʻe homau ʻOtuá ʻi heʻemau nofo pōpulá; ka kuó ne fakaaʻu mai ʻa ʻene ʻofa mateakí ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Pēsiá,+ ke fakamoʻui kimautolu koeʻuhí ke mau fokotuʻu ʻa e fale ʻo homau ʻOtuá+ pea ke toe fakaleleiʻi ʻa hono ngaahi maumaú pea ke foaki mai ha ʻā maluʻi* kiate kimautolu ʻi Siuta pea ʻi Selusalema.
10 “Ka ko eni ko e hā ʻe lava ke mau leaʻakí, ʻe homau ʻOtua, ʻi he hili ʻa e meʻá ni? He kuo mau liʻaki ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fekaú,
11 ʻa ia kuó ke foaki mai fakafou ʻi hoʻo kau sevāniti ko e kau palōfitá, ʻo pehē: ‘Ko e fonua ʻoku mou ʻalu atu ke maʻú ko ha fonua taʻemaʻa koeʻuhí ko e taʻemaʻa ʻa e ngaahi kakai ʻo e ngaahi fonua ko iá, pea koeʻuhí ko ʻenau ngaahi tōʻonga fakalielia kuo nau fakafonuʻaki ai ʻa e fonuá ʻenau taʻemaʻá+ mei he ngataʻanga ʻe tahá ki he ngataʻanga ʻe tahá.
12 Ko ia, ʻoua te mou foaki homou ngaahi ʻofefiné ki honau ngaahi fohá, pe tali honau ngaahi ʻofefiné maʻa homou ngaahi fohá;+ pea kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa mou feinga ke nau maʻu ha melino mo tuʻumālie,+ koeʻuhí ke mou hoko ʻo mālohi pea mou kai ʻa e momona ʻo e fonuá pea maʻu ia maʻa homou ngaahi fohá ʻo taʻengata.’
13 Pea ʻi he hili ʻa e meʻa kotoa kuo hoko mai kiate kimautolu koeʻuhí ko ʻemau ngaahi ngāue koví pea mo e lahi ʻemau halá—he ko koe, ʻe homau ʻOtua, kuo ʻikai te ke fai kiate kimautolu ʻo fakatatau ki heʻemau faihalá,+ pea kuó ke tuku ke hao ʻa kimautolu ʻoku ʻi hení+—
14 te mau toe maumauʻi koā hoʻo ngaahi fekaú pea fai ha ngaahi aleapau fakaemali* mo e ngaahi kakai ʻoku nau fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalieliá ni?+ ʻIkai te ke mātuʻaki houhau mai ʻo ke fakaʻauha ʻosi kimautolu, ʻo ʻikai ai hamau toenga pe ha taha ʻe hao?
15 ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí, ʻokú ke māʻoniʻoni,+ he kuo hao hamau toenga ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻahó ni. Ko eni ʻoku mau ʻi ho ʻaó koeʻuhí ko ʻemau halaiá, he ʻoku ʻikai faʻa malava ke mau tuʻu ʻi ho ʻaó koeʻuhí ko e meʻá ni.”+
