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2Ikai oku iate au ae kau manuki? bea ikai oku nofo mau i hoku ao e nau ahiahi kovi?
3Koeni, ke tuku hifo, ke ai haaku fakamooni meiate koe; kohai ia te ma ta nima mo au?
4He kuo ke fufu ho nau loto mei he ilo: koia e ikai ai te ke hakeaki‘i akinautolu.
5Ko ia oku ne lea labu ki hono kaiga, e vaivai ae mata o ene fānau aana.
6Kuo ne tuku au koe taukaeaga oe kakai; ka naaku tatau mua moe mea faiva.
7Kuo nenefu hoku mata koe mea i he mamahi, bea koe ata be a hoku kubu‘i jino kotoabe.
8E ofo ae kakai agatonu i he mea ni, bea koe taeagahala te ne ue‘i ia ki he malualoi.
9E fakakukafi foki ae maonioni i hono hala, bea ko ia oku nima maa e fakahoko eia ae malohi ki he malohi.
10Ka ko kimoutolu kotoabe, mou foki o alu: he oku ikai teu faa ilo ha taha oku boto iate kimoutolu.
11Kuo oji hoku gaahi aho, kuo motuhi eku gaahi tuutuuni, io, aia naaku loto ki ai.
12Oku nau liliu ae bo koe aho: oku fuonounou ae māma koe mea i he fakabouli.
13Kabau teu tatali, ko hoku fale ae faitoka be: kuo gaohi hoku mohega i he fakabouli.
14Kuou behe ki he bobo, Ko eku tamai koe: bea ki he kelemutu, Ko eku fa‘e, mo hoku tuofefine.
15Bea kofaa eni a eku amanaki lelei? io, ko eku amanaki lelei, kohai te ne mamata ki ai?
16E alu hifo ia ki he gaahi tabuni oe luo, oka tau ka mālōlō fakataha i he efu.