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1 Ko e taʻefaʻafakafetaʻi ʻa ʻIsileli ki he ʻOtua ʻi heʻene ngaahi lelei. 5 Ko hono fakamaauʻi. 8 Ko e ʻaloʻofa ʻae ʻOtua kiate kinautolu. 
 1 “ʻI he kei tamasiʻi ʻa ʻIsileli, ne u ʻofa ki ai, 
pea ne u ui hoku foha mei ʻIsipite. 
 2 ʻI heʻenau ui kiate kinautolu, pehē ne nau ʻalu meiate kinautolu: 
naʻa nau feilaulau kia Pealimi, 
pea nau tutu ʻae ʻakau namu kakala ki he ngaahi tamapua kuo tongitongi. 
 3 Naʻaku akoʻi foki ʻa ʻIfalemi ke ʻalu, 
ʻi he puke ʻaki honau nima; 
ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo ko au naʻe fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu. 
 4 Naʻaku toho ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae afo ʻae tangata, ʻaki ʻae noʻo ʻoe ʻofa: 
pea naʻaku hangē ko ia ʻoku toʻo ʻae nonoʻo mei honau ngutu, 
pea ne u tuku ʻae meʻakai ʻi honau ʻao. 
 5 “ʻE ʻikai te ne toe liliu ki he fonua ʻo ʻIsipite, 
ka ʻe hoko ʻae ʻAsilia ko hono tuʻi, 
koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te nau loto ke liliu. 
 6 Pea ʻe nofomaʻu ki hono ngaahi kolo ʻae heletā, 
pea te ne fakaʻosi hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea kai ia, 
koeʻuhi ko ʻenau fakakaukau ʻanautolu pe. 
 7 Pea kuo pau pe hoku kakai ke fakaholomui meiate au: 
neongo ʻenau ui ʻakinautolu ki he Fungani Māʻolunga, 
naʻe ʻikai ha tokotaha te ne hakeakiʻi ia. 
 8 “ʻE fēfeeʻi ʻa ʻeku fakatukutukuʻi koe, ʻe ʻIfalemi? 
Te u fakahaofi fēfeeʻi koe, ʻe ʻIsileli? 
ʻE fēfeeʻi ʻeku ngaohi ko e ke hangē ko ʻAtima? 
Te u tuku koe fēfeeʻi ke hangē ko Sipoimi? 
Kuo liliu hoku loto ʻiate au, 
kuo tupu fakataha ʻa ʻeku fakatomala. 
 9 ʻE ʻikai te u fai ki hono kakaha ʻo hoku houhau, 
ʻe ʻikai te u tafoki ke fakaʻauha ʻa ʻIfalemi: 
pe ko e ʻOtua au, ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e tangata; 
ko e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ʻoku ʻi homou lotolotonga: 
pea ʻe ʻikai teu hū ki he loto kolo. 
 10 Te nau muimui kia Sihova: 
te ne ngungulu hangē ko e laione; 
ʻi heʻene ngungulu ʻe tetetete ʻae fānau mei he lulunga. 
 11 Te nau tetetete hangē ko e manupuna mei ʻIsipite, 
pea hangē ko e lupe mei he fonua ʻo ʻAsilia: 
pea te u tuku ʻakinautolu ʻi honau ngaahi fale,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova. 
 12 ʻOku takatakai ʻaki au ʻe ʻIfalemi ʻae loi, 
pea mo e fale ʻo ʻIsileli ʻaki ʻae kākā: 
ka ʻoku kei pule ʻa Siuta mo e ʻOtua, 
pea ʻoku ne angatonu mo e ngaahi kakai māʻoniʻoni.