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2He oku nau lau oku nau oe kolo maonioni bea faaki akinautolu ki he Otua o Isileli; ko hono huafa ko Jihova oe gaahi kau tau.
3Kuou fakaha ae gaahi mea mua mei he kamataaga; bea naa nau alu atu mei hoku fofoga, bea neu fakaha ia; naaku fai fakafokifa ia, bea hoko ia.
4Koeuhi naaku ilo oku ke baogataa, bea koe uoua ukamea ho kia, bea balasa ho foi la‘e;
5Kuou fakaha ia kiate koe mei he kamataaga; i he heeki ai hoko ia naaku fakaha ia kiate koe: telia naa ke behe, Kuo fai e he eku tamabua, ae gaahi mea koia, mo eku tamabua kuo togi, mo eku tamabua kuo haka kuo fekau ki ai.
6Kuo ke tomua fanogo, bea vakai kuo hoko ae mea ni kotoabe; bea e ikai te ke fakaha ia? kuou fakaha atu mei he kuoga ni, ae gaahi mea foou, io ae gaahi mea lilo, bea nae ikai te ke ilo ki ai.
7Oku fakatubu ni ia, kae ikai mei he kamataaga; io i muaage i he aho aia nae ikai te ke fanogo ki ai, telia naa ke behe, Vakai, naaku ilo ia.
8Koe mooni nae ikai te ke fanogo; io, nae ikai te ke ilo; io, mei he kuoga koia nae ikai ke fakaava ho teliga: he naaku ilo te ke fai kākā lahi, bea nae ui koe koe maumau fono mei he manāva.
9Koeuhi ko hoku huafa teu taofi hoku houhau, bea koeuhi ko eku ogoogolelei teu taofi au meiate koe, ke oua naaku tuuji aubito koe.
10Vakai; kuou fakamaa koe, kae ikai aki ae siliva; kuou fili koe mei he afi oe mamahi.
11Koeuhi ko au, io koeuhi ko au, teu fai ia: he koeha e fakalielia ai a hoku huafa? bea e ikai teu foaki hoku nāunāu ki ha toko taha kehe.
12Fanogo kiate au, e Jekobe bea mo Isileli, akoe kuou ui; ko au ia; ko au koe uluaki, bea ko au foki koe kimui.
13Kuo ai e hoku nima ae tuuga o mamani, bea kuou haga ae gaahi lagi aki hoku nima toomatau: o kau ka ui ki ai, oku nau tuu hake fakataha.
14Mou fakataha, akimoutolu kotoabe, bea fanogo; kohai iate kinautolu kuo ne fakaha ae gaahi mea ui? Kuo ofa a Jihova kiate ia: te ne fai ene faiteliha ki Babilone, bea e i he kakai Kalitia a hono nima.
15Ko au, io ko au, kuou folofola; kuou ui kiate ia: kuou omi ia, bea te ne gaohi ke lelei hono hala.
16Mou ha‘u ke ofi kiate au, fanogo ki he mea ni; talu ae kamataaga nae ikai teu lea i he lilo; talu ae kuoga nae i ai ia, oku i ai au: bea koe Eiki ko Jihova, mo hono Laumalie, kuo na fekau au.
17Oku behe e Jihova, ko ho Huhui, koe Toko Taha Maonioni o Isileli; ko au ko Jihova ko ho Otua aia oku akonaki‘i koe ke aoga, bea koia oku tataki koe i he hala oku totonu ke ke alu ai.
18Amujiaage e au kuo ke tokaga ki he eku gaahi fekau! ka ne behe kuo hage koe vaitafe hoo fiemalie, bea tatau hoo maonioni moe gaahi beau oe tahi:
19Bea ko ho hako foki kuo hage koe oneone, bea koe fua o ho manāva o hage koe kilikili oe matātahi; bea e ikai tuuji be fakaauha hono higoa mei hoku ao.
20Alu atu akimoutolu mei Babilone, mou hola mei he kakai Kalitia, mou fakaha aki ae lea oe hiva, tala ae mea ni, lea aki ia o a‘u ki he gataaga o mamani; mou behe, Kuo huhui e Jihova a ene tamaioeiki ko Jekobe.
21Bea nae ikai te nau majiva inu i he ene tataki akinautolu i he gaahi toafa: naa ne bule ke tafe atu ae vai mei he maka ma anautolu: naa ne foa‘i ae maka, bea nae mabuna mei ai ae vai.
22Oku behe e Jihova, oku ikai ha fiemalie ki he kakai agahala.