1 ʻI he ^ataʻu naʻe hala ai ʻa e tuʻi ko ʻŪsaiá, naʻá ku mamata foki ki he ʻEikí ʻoku ʻafio ʻi ha nofoʻa fakaʻeiʻeiki, ʻoku māʻolunga, pea naʻe fakafonu ʻe hono ^bpulupulú ʻa e temipalé.

2 Naʻe tuʻu ʻi ʻolunga ai ʻa e ongo ^aselafimi; naʻe taki ono hona kapakaú; pea naʻá na fakapūlou hona matá ʻaki ʻa e ua, peá na ʻufiʻufi hona vaʻé ʻaki ʻa e ua, peá na puna ʻaki ʻa e ua.

3 Pea naʻe kalanga ʻa e taha ki he tahá ʻo pehē: ʻOku māʻoniʻoni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni, ʻa e ʻEiki ʻo e Ngaahi Kau Taú; ʻoku fonu ʻa māmani kotoa pē ʻi hono nāunaú.

4 Pea naʻe ngaueue ʻa e ngaahi ^apou ʻo e matapaá ʻi he leʻo ʻo ia naʻe kalangá, pea naʻe fakafonu ʻa e falé ʻi he ʻohu afi.

5 Pea naʻá ku toki pehē: ʻE malaʻia kiate au! he ʻe ^amotuhi atu au; koeʻuhi ko ha tangata loungutu taʻemaʻa au; pea ʻoku ou nofo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ha kakai loungutu taʻemaʻa; he kuo mamata ʻa hoku ongo matá ki he Tuʻi, ko e ʻEiki ʻo e Ngaahi Kau Taú.

6 Pea naʻe toki puna mai ha toko taha ʻo e ongo selafimí kiate au, naʻe ʻi hono nimá ha ^amalalaʻi afi moʻui, ʻa ia kuó ne toʻo ʻaki ʻa e hikofi mei he funga ʻesi-feilaulaú;

7 Pea naʻá ne ʻai ia ki hoku loto ngutú, mo ne pehē: Vakai, kuo tau ʻeni ki ho loungutú; pea kuo toʻo atu ʻa hoʻo ^ahiá, pea fakamaʻa ʻa hoʻo angahalá.

8 Pea naʻá ku fanongo foki ki he leʻo ʻo e ʻEikí, naʻe folofola: Ko hai te u fekau atú, pea ko hai ʻe hoko ko ʻetau talafekaú? Pea naʻá ku toki pehē ange: Ko au ʻeni; fekau au.

9 Pea naʻá ne folofola: ʻAlu, pea tala ki he kakaí ni—ʻOku mou fanongo moʻoni, ka ʻoku ʻikai te mou ongoʻi, pea ʻoku mou mamata pau, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻiloʻi.

10 Ngaohi ʻa e loto ʻo e kakaí ni ke fefeka, pea ngaohi ke ʻoua te nau fanongo lelei, pe fakakuihi ʻa honau matá—telia naʻa nau mamata ʻaki honau matá, pea ^afanongo ʻaki honau telingá, pea ʻiloʻi ʻaki honau lotó, ʻo ului pea fakamoʻui.

11 Naʻá ku toki pehē ange: ʻE ʻEiki, ʻe fēfē hono fuoloá? Pea naʻá ne folofola mai: Kae ʻoua ke lala ʻa e ngaahi koló ʻo ʻikai ha kakai ke nofoʻi, pea mo e ngaahi falé ʻo ʻikai nofoʻi ʻe ha taha, pea lala ʻaupito ʻa e fonuá;

12 Pea kuo ^aʻave ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e kakai ke mamaʻo ʻaupito, koeʻuhi ʻe lala ʻaupito ʻa e loto fonuá.

13 Ka ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e vahehongofulu ʻe taha ʻo e kakaí, pea te nau foki mai, pea ʻe keina ʻa kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko e fuʻu ʻakau ko e teilí, pea hangē ko e fuʻu ʻakau ko e ʻoké ʻa ia ʻoku kei ʻi ai hono huhuʻá ʻi he taimi ʻoku nau fakatōlau aí; ko ia ʻe hoko pehē hono ^afakatolonga ʻo e hako māʻoniʻoní.