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Naʻe toe hoko foki ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē, 
“Foha ʻoe tangata, naʻe ʻi ai ʻae fefine ʻe toko ua ko e fānau ʻae faʻē pe taha: 
Pea naʻa na fai angahala ʻi ʻIsipite; naʻa na fai angahala ʻi heʻena kei siʻi: pea naʻe fakangalemu ʻi ai honau huhu; pea fakavolu ʻi ai ʻae mataʻi huhu ʻo ʻenau kei tāupoʻou. 
Pea ko hona hingoa ko ʻAhola ko e taʻokete, pea mo ʻAholipa ko e tehina: pea naʻe ʻaʻaku ʻakinaua, pea naʻa na fanauʻi ʻae fānau tangata mo e fānau fefine. Pea ko hono ʻuhinga ʻo hona hingoa, ko ʻAhola ko Samēlia ia, pea ko ʻAholipa ko Selūsalema ia. 
Pea naʻe fai angahala ʻa ʻAhola lolotonga naʻe ʻaʻaku pe ia; pea naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki heʻene kau mamana ko hono kaunga nofoʻanga ko e kau ʻAsilia, 
‌ʻAkinautolu naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae kofu paʻuhiʻuhi, ʻae kau ʻeikitau mo e kau pule, ko e kau toulekeleka mo talavou ʻakinautolu kotoa pē, ko e kau heka hoosi ʻoku faʻa heka ai. 
Naʻe pehē ʻene fai angahala mo kinautolu, ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ko e kau ongoongo ʻo ʻAsilia, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki ai: naʻa ne fakalielia ia mo honau ngaahi tamapua kotoa pē. 
Pea naʻe ʻikai ke tuku ʻe ia ʻae fai angahala mei ʻIsipite: he naʻa nau takoto mo ia ʻi heʻene kei siʻi, naʻa nau fāʻufua ʻae huhu ʻo ʻene kei tāupoʻou, ʻonau lilingi kiate ia ʻenau feʻauaki. 
Ko ia kuo u tuku ai ia ki he nima ʻo ʻene kau mamana, ki he nima ʻoe kau ʻAsila, ʻaia naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki ai. 
Ko kinautolu eni, naʻa nau fakahā ʻene telefua, pea naʻa nau toʻo ʻene fānau tangata mo ʻene fānau fefine, mo tāmateʻi ia ʻaki ʻae heletā: pea naʻa ne hoko ʻo ongoongoa ia ʻi he kakai fefine; ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai ʻae fakamaau kiate ia. 
Pea ʻi he mamata ki ai ʻa hono tehina ko ʻAholipa, naʻa ne hoko ʻo fakalielia lahi hake ia ʻi heʻene holi kovi pea lahi hake ʻae fai feʻauaki ʻaʻana ʻi he feʻauaki ʻa hono taʻokete. 
Naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki he kau ʻAsilia, ko hono kaunga nofoʻanga, ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau mo e kau pule naʻe kofu fakaʻeiʻeiki, ʻae kau tangata naʻe heka hoosi, ko e kau talavou toulekeleka kotoa pē ʻakinautolu. 
Pea naʻaku toki mamata kuo fakalieliaʻi ia, pea naʻa na tatau pe ʻi heʻena anga; 
Pea naʻe tupu pe ʻa ʻene fai angahala: he naʻa ne sio leva ki he fakatātā tangata naʻe tohi ʻi he holisi fale, ʻae fakatātā ki he kau Kalitia naʻe tohi ʻaki ʻae enga kulokula, 
Kuo nonoʻo ʻaki ʻae noʻo ʻa honau kongaloto, pea lahi ʻae teunga pulepule ʻi honau ʻulu, ʻo matamata ʻeiki kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko e anga ʻae kau Papilone ʻi Kalitia, ko e fonua naʻa nau fānau ʻi ai: 
Pea ʻi heʻene mamata leva ki ai ʻaki hono mata, naʻa ne manako ki ai, ʻo ne fekau ʻae kau talafekau kiate kinautolu ki Kalitia. 
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae kau Papilone kiate ia ki hono mohenga, ʻonau fakalielia ia ʻi heʻenau fai angahala, pea naʻe fakalielia ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea naʻe tafoki hono loto meiate kinautolu. 
Ko ia naʻa ne fakahā ai ʻene angahala mo ne fakahā ʻene telefua: ko ia naʻe tafoki ai hoku loto ʻoʻoku meiate ia, ʻo hangē ko e tafoki hoku loto mei hono tokoua. 
Ka naʻa ne fakalahi pe ʻene feʻauaki, ʻi heʻene fakamanatu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻene kei siʻi, ʻaia naʻa ne fai fakaangahala ai ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite. 
He naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki heʻenau ʻofa, ʻakinautolu ʻoku tatau honau kakano mo e kakano ʻoe ʻasi, pea tatau ʻae meʻa ʻoku haʻu mei ai mo ia ʻoku haʻu mei ha hoosi.” 
Naʻe pehē ʻa hoʻo manatuʻi ʻae fai fakalielia ʻa hoʻo kei siʻi, ʻi he fāʻufua ʻe he kau ʻIsipite ʻae mataʻi huhu ʻo hoʻo kei finemui. 
¶ “Ko ia, ʻE ʻAholipa, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Vakai, te u langaʻi hake ho kau mamana ke tuʻu kiate koe, ʻakinautolu kuo tafoki ho loto mei ai, pea te u fakaʻefi koe ʻiate kinautolu mei he potu kotoa pē, 
‌ʻAe kau Papilone, mo e kau Kalitia kotoa pē, ʻa Pikote, mo Soa, mo Koa, fakataha mo e kau ʻAsilia kotoa pē: ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ko e kau talavou toulekeleka, ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau mo e kau pule, ʻae houʻeiki lahi mo ongoongo, ʻoku heka hoosi kotoa pē ʻakinautolu. 
Pea te nau haʻu kiate koe mo e saliote mo e meʻa teka, mo e ngaahi teka, pea mo e fuʻu kakai tokolahi, ʻakinautolu ʻe tuʻu ʻaki kiate koe ʻae nonoʻo, mo e pā, pea mo e tatā ki he tau: pea te u tuku ʻae fakamaau kiate kinautolu, pea te nau fakamaauʻi koe ʻo faʻifaʻiteliha pe ki ai ʻakinautolu. 
Pea ʻe ʻi ai hoku fuaʻa kiate koe, pea te nau fai fakamanavahē kiate koe: te nau motuhi ho ihu, pea mo ho telinga; pea ʻe mate ho toenga kakai ʻi he heletā: te nau ʻave hoʻo ngaahi tama mo hoʻo ngaahi taʻahine; pea ʻe fakaʻauha mālie ʻaki ʻae afi ʻa hono toe. 
Te nau toʻo foki ho ngaahi kofu meiate koe, mo ʻave hoʻo ngaahi teunga lelei. 
‌ʻE pehē ʻa ʻeku ngaohi ke tuku ʻa hoʻo fai fakalielia, mo hoʻo feʻauaki naʻe haʻu mo koe mei ʻIsipite: ko ia ʻe ʻikai toe sio ho mata kiate kinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke toe manatu ki ʻIsipite.” 
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Vakai te u tukuange koe ki he nima ʻonautolu ʻoku ke fehiʻa ki ai, ki he nima ʻonautolu kuo tafoki mei ai ho loto: 
Pea te nau ngaohi koe ʻi he fehiʻa lahi, pea te nau ʻave ʻae fua kotoa pē ʻa hoʻo ngāue, pea te nau tuku koe ke ke telefua mo masiva: pea ʻe fakatelefuaʻi ʻa hoʻo fai angahala, ʻio, ʻa hoʻo fakalielia mo hoʻo feʻauaki kotoa pē. 
Pea te u fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kiate koe, koeʻuhi kuo ke holi ke angahala mo e hiteni, pea koeʻuhi kuo ke fakalielia ʻaki koe ʻa honau ngaahi tamapua. 
Kuo ke ʻeveʻeva koe ʻi he hala ʻo ho tokoua; ko ia te u ʻange ai ki ho nima ʻa ʻene ipu ʻaʻana.” 
“ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; ‘Te ke inu ke loloto mo lahi mei he ipu ʻa ho tokoua: ʻe kata manuki ʻaki koe, pea ʻe luma ʻaki koe; ʻoku lahi ʻae meʻa ʻoku ʻi ai. 
¶ “Te ke fonu koe ʻi he kona mo e mamahi, ʻi he ipu ʻoe fakaofo mo e fakaʻauha, ʻae ipu ʻa ho tokoua ko Samēlia. 
‌ʻIo, te ke inu ia mo mimisi ia ke maha, pea te ke maumau ia, mo motuhi ʻaki ia ho huhu pe ʻoʻou:’ ko au Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ‘kuo u lea ki ai.’ 
Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Koeʻuhi kuo ke fakangaloʻi au, mo ke lī atu au ki ho tuʻa, ko ia ia te ke fua ai ʻa hoʻo fakalielia mo hoʻo ngaahi feʻauaki.” 
¶ Naʻe pehē foki ʻe Sihova kiate au; “Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻe ʻikai te ke fakamaauʻi ʻa ʻAhola mo ʻAholipa? ʻIo, fakahā ki ai ʻena fai fakalielia; 
Kuo na fai ʻae tono tangata, pea ʻoku pani toto ʻa hona nima, pea kuo na fai angahala mo hona ngaahi tamapua, pea kuo na puleʻi ʻae fānau tangata naʻa na fanauʻi kiate au, ke ʻalu atu ʻi he afi ke nau ʻauha. 
Kaeʻumaʻā ko au ia kuo na fai ki ai ʻae meʻa ni: kuo na fakaʻuliʻi hoku fale tapu ʻi he ʻaho pe taha, mo na maumauʻi hoku ngaahi ʻaho tapu. 
He naʻe hili ʻae tāmate ʻenau fānau ki hona ngaahi tamapua, pea na omi foki ʻi he ʻaho pe ko ia ki hoku fale tapu ke fakalieliaʻi ia; pea, vakai, kuo pehē pe ʻena fai ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hoku fale ʻoʻoku. 
Pea mo eni foki, naʻa ke ʻave ha fekau ki he kau tangata mei he mamaʻo, ʻaia ne ʻalu ki ai ʻae fekau; pea vakai, naʻa nau haʻu: ʻakinautolu naʻa ke kaukau ai koe, mo ke vali ho mata, mo ke teuteu ʻaki koe ʻae ngaahi teunga; 
Pea ke nofo ki he nofoʻanga fakaʻeiʻeiki, mo e palepale naʻe teuteu ʻi hono ʻao, ʻaia naʻa ke ai ki ai ʻa ʻeku meʻa namu kakala mo ʻeku lolo ʻaʻaku. 
Pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae leʻo ʻoe fuʻu tokolahi naʻe fakafiefia mo ia: pea naʻe ʻomi fakataha mo e fuʻu tokolahi ʻae kau Sapea mei he toafa, ʻakinautolu ʻoku faʻa ʻai ʻae vesa ki honau nima, mo e pale lelei ki honau ʻulu. 
Pea u toki pehē ai kiate ia naʻe motuʻa pe mo e fai angahala, He te nau fai angahala eni mo ia, pea fai ʻe ia mo kinautolu? 
Ka naʻa nau hū atu kiate ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻalu ki ha fefine feʻauaki: naʻe pehē ʻenau ʻalu atu kia ʻAhola mo ʻAholipa ʻae ongo fefine fakalielia. 
¶ Pea ʻe fakamaau ʻakinaua ʻe he kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻo taau mo ia kuo tono tangata, pea tatau mo e fefine kuo lilingi toto; he ko e ongo tono tangata ʻakinaua, pea ʻoku ʻi hona nima ʻae toto.” 
He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua: “Te u ʻomi ha kakai kiate kinaua, pea te u tukuange ʻakinaua ke fetukutukuʻi mo maumauʻi. 
Pea ʻe lisingi ʻaki ʻakinaua ʻae maka ʻe he kakai, pe tui ʻaki ʻenau heletā; te nau tāmateʻi ʻena fānau tangata mo ʻena fānau fefine, pea tutu ʻaki ʻae afi ʻa honau fale. 
‌ʻE pehē ʻa ʻeku fakangata ʻae fai fakalielia mei he fonua, koeʻuhi ke ako ʻaki ia ki he kau fefine kotoa pē, ke ʻoua naʻa fai ʻo hangē ko hoʻo mo fakalielia. 
Pea te nau totongi kiate kimoua ʻa hoʻomo fakalielia, pea te mo fua ʻekimoua ʻae hia ʻa hoʻomo tauhi tamapua; pea te mo ʻilo ko au ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua.” 
