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2Kabau te mau ahiahi ke lea kiate koe, te ke ita ai? ka kohai te ne faa taofi ia eia mei he lea?
3Vakai, kuo ke akonekina ae toko lahi, bea kuo ke fakamalohi‘i ae nima vaivai.
4Nae boubou hake e hoo gaahi lea aia nae meimei higa, bea kuo ke fakamalohi‘i ae foi tui vaivai.
5Ka koeni kuo hoko ia kiate koe, bea ke vaivai; oku ala ia kiate koe, bea oku ke bubutuu.
6He kofaa eni hoo manavahe, hoo falala, hoo amanaki lelei, moe agatonu a ho gaahi hala?
7Oku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakamanatu, kohai ha tae agahala nae auha? bea koe botu fe nae motuhi ai ae maonioni?
8Io o hage be koia kuou mamata ki ai, ko kinautolu oku keli ae agahala, mo tūtū‘i ae fai kovi, oku nau utu be ia.
9I he ifi ae Otua oku nau auha, bea koe mānava o hono fofoga oku nau ojiojigamalie ai.
10Oku fakagata ae gugulu oe laione, moe le‘o oe laione fekai, bea oku mafejifeji ae kau nifo oe faga laione mui.
11Oku auha ae motua laione koe majiva mea kai, bea koe fagaga oe laione malohi kuo fakahe‘i mamao.
12Koeni, nae ai ha mea nae omi fufu kiate au, bea nae ogo‘i e hoku teliga ae fafana o ia.
13I he gaahi mahalo mei he gaahi mea ha mai oe bo, oka to ae mohe mau ki he kakai,
14Nae hoko mai kiate au ae manavahe, moe tetetete, aia nae fakagalulu ai hoku gaahi hui kotoabe.
15Bea nae toki maali ai ae laumalie i hoku ao; bea nae vavana hake ae fulufulu o hoku jino:
16Nae tuu mai ia, ka nae ikai teu ilo hono aga: nae i hoku ao ae fakatātā, nae logo be, bea neu ogo‘i ae le‘o, nae behe,
17E faa agatonu lahi hake ae tagata ki hono Otua? e maonioni lahi hake ae tagata ki hono Tubuaga?
18Vakai, oku ikai te ne falala ki he ene kau tamaioeiki, bea ko ene kau agelo oku ikai ke ne fakamalo ki ai.
19Kae hua noa akinautolu oku nofo i he gaahi fale umea, ko ho nau tuuga oku i he efu, bea oku taomia akinautolu o hage be koe ane?
20Oku ta hifo akinautolu mei he bogibogi o a‘u ki he efiafi: oku nau auha o taetuku, ka oku ikai tokaga ki ai ha taha.
21Bea ikai oku mole atu ae lelei kotoabe oku iate kinautolu? oku nau mate, io i he tae ha boto.