[1] KO IA ketau manavahē, telia, ʻi he tuku mai ʻae talaʻofa ʻoe hū ki hono mālōlōʻanga, ʻe ai hamou tokotaha ʻe tomui ki ai.
[2] He kuo fakahā ʻae ongoongolelei kiate kitautolu, ʻo hangē ko kinautolu: ka ko e fanongo ki he folofola naʻe ʻikai ʻaonga kiate kinautolu, ko e ʻikai ke felingiʻaki ia ʻae tui ʻekinautolu naʻe fanongo.
[3] He ko kitautolu ʻoku tui kuo tau hū ki he mālōlōʻanga, ʻo hangē ko ʻene folofola, “Kuo u fuakava ʻi heʻeku houhau, E ʻikai te nau hū ki hoku mālōlōʻanga:” ka kuo fakaʻosi ʻae ngaahi ngaue talu ʻae fakatupu ʻo māmani.
[4] He naʻe lea pehē ʻe ia ʻi he potu ʻe taha ki hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho, “Pea naʻe mālōlō ʻae ʻOtua ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho mei heʻene ngaue kotoa pē.”
[5] Pea mo eni foki, “E ʻikai te nau hū ki hoku mālōlōʻanga.”
[6] Ko ia koeʻuhi kuo pau ʻe hū ki ai ʻae niʻihi, pea naʻe ʻikai hū ʻakinautolu naʻe tomuʻa malanga ia ki ai, ko e meʻa ʻi he taʻetui:
[7] (Pea toe kotofa ʻe ia ʻae ʻaho ʻe taha, ʻo pehē mai ʻia Tevita, “Ko e ʻaho ni,” ʻi he hili ʻae ngaahi taʻu lahi; ʻo hangē ko hono fakahā, “Ko e ʻaho ni, ʻo kapau te mou fanongo ki hono leʻo, ʻoua naʻa fakafefeka homou loto.”
[8] He ka ne foaki ʻe Siosiua, ʻae mālōlōʻanga kiate kinautolu, pehē, ʻe ʻikai folofola ia ki mui ki ha ʻaho kehe.
[9] Ko ia ʻoku kei toe ʻae mālōlōʻanga fakaSāpate ki he kakai ʻae ʻOtua.
[10] He ko ia kuo hū ki hono mālōlōʻanga, kuo mālōlō foki ʻe ia mei heʻene ngaue ʻaʻana, ʻo hangē ko e ʻOtua mei heʻene ngaue .)
[11] Ko ia ke tau fai feinga ke hū ki he mālōlōʻanga ko ia, telia naʻa ai ha taha ʻe hinga ʻi he fai ʻo fakatatau ki he taʻetui ko ia.
[12] He ko e folofola ʻae ʻOtua ʻoku moʻui, mo mālohi, pea māsila lahi ʻi ha heletā ʻoku fakatoumata, ʻoku ʻasi ki hono vaheʻi ʻoe loto mo e laumālie, mo e ngaahi hokotanga hui mo e uho, pea ʻoku ne fakahā ʻae ngaahi mahalo mo e filioʻi ʻoe loto.
[13] Pea ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku taʻehāmai ʻi hono ʻao: ka ʻoku telefua pea tokaimaʻananga ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ki he fofonga ʻo ia ʻaia te tau fakamaau ki ai.
[14] Ko ia ʻi heʻetau maʻu ʻae fungani taulaʻeiki lahi, ʻaia kuo hū atu ʻi he langi, ko Sisu ko e ʻAlo ʻoe ʻOtua, ke tau puke maʻu ʻa ʻetau lotu.
[15] He ʻoku ʻikai ke tau maʻu ʻae fungani taulaʻeiki ʻoku taʻemanavaʻofa ki heʻetau ngaahi vaivai; ka naʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi tatau pe ia ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, ka naʻe ʻikai haʻane angahala.
[16] Ko ia ke tau haʻu mālohi ai ki he ʻafioʻanga ʻoe ʻaloʻofa, koeʻuhi ke tau maʻu ʻae ʻaloʻofa, pea ʻilo mo e foaki ʻofa, ke tokoni mai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe ʻaonga ai.