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2Mou ma‘u akimautolu; nae ikai te mau fai taetotonu ki ha toko taha, nae ikai te mau fakaagahala‘i ha toko taha, nae ikai te mau kākā‘i ha toko taha.
3Oku ikai teu lea ko ha tautea: he kuo oji eku tala atu, oku mou i ho mau loto ke mau mate mo moui mo kimoutolu.
4Oku lahi eku faa lea atu kiate kimoutolu, oku ou vikiviki lahi koeuhi ko kimoutolu: kuo fakafonu au i he fiemalie, oku ou fiefia lahi aubito i he e mau mamahi kotoabe.
5Koeuhi i he e mau hoko ki Masitonia, nae ikai ha mālōlō ki ho mau kakano, ka nae fakamamahi akimautolu mei he botu kotoabe; nae i tua ae gaahi tau, bea i loto ae manavahe.
6Ka koe Otua, oku ne fakafiemalie‘i akinautolu kuo li ki lalo, naa ne fakafiemalie‘i akimautolu, i he ha‘u a Taitusi;
7Bea nae ikai i he ene ha‘u be, ka i he fakafiemalie aia nae fakafiemalie ai ia iate kimoutolu, i he ene tala kiate kimautolu hoo mou holi lahi, mo hoo mou mamahi, mo hoo mou feiga kiate au; koia nae ajili ai eku fiefia.
8He oku ikai teu fakatomala i he eku fakamamahi akimoutolu aki ae tohi, ka naaku fakatomala ai: he oku ou vakai koe tohi koia, kuo ne fakamamahi akimoutolu, kae fuoloa jii be.
9Ka koeni, oku ou fiefia, oku ikai i ho mou fakamamahi, ka i ho mou mamahi ki he fakatomala: he naa mou mamahi o tāu moe Otua, ke oua naa mou majiva i ha mea e taha iate kimautolu.
10He koe mamahi oku tāu moe Otua oku ne lagaki ae fakatomala ki he fakamoui, e ikai toe fakatomala ai: ka koe mamahi fakamama, oku ne lagaki ae mate.
11Vakai eni ki he mea ni be, a hoo mou mamahi o tāu moe Otua, ki he faa fai naa ne fakatubu iate kimoutolu, io, ae fakaataatā okimoutolu, ae fakai-seisa, ae manavahe, ae holi lahi, io, ae fai feiga, ae tautea! kuo mou fakaha aki ia kotoabe a hoo mou ataatā i he mea ni.
12Koia neu tohi kiate kimoutolu, ka nae ikai koeuhi ko ia be nae fai ae kovi, be ko ia be naa ne mamahi i he kovi, ka koeuhi ke ha ai kiate kimoutolu e mau tokaga kiate kimoutolu i he ao oe Otua.
13Koia naa mau fiemalie i hoo mou fiemalie: bea nae lahi hake aubito e mau fiefia koeuhi koe fiefia a Taitusi, he nae fakafiemalie‘i hono laumalie ekimoutolu kotoabe.
14He kabau naaku bolebole i ha mea kiate ia koeuhi ko kimoutolu, oku ikai teu ma ai; kae hage koe mau lea mooni kiate kimoutolu i he mea kotoabe, oku behe be moe mau bolebole i he ao o Taitusi, oku ilo ia koe mooni.
15Bea ko ene manavaofa oku lahi hake aubito kiate kimoutolu, i he ene manatu ki he talagofua amoutolu kotoabe, bea mo hoo mou ma‘u ia i he manavahe moe tetetete.
16Bea oku ou fiefia i he eku falala kiate kimoutolu i he mea kotoabe.