¶ 1 KA ke lea aki be ekoe ae gaahi mea oku tāu moe akonaki haohaoa:

2 Ke faa tokaga e he mātua tagata, bea nau aga fakamotua, o fakabotoboto, mo haohaoa i he tui, moe ofa, moe faa kataki.

3 Moe kau fine mātua foki, ke nau ulugaaga fakamaonioni, ke oua naa koe kau fakakovi, be tokaga lahi ki he uaine, ka koe kau akonaki oe mea lelei;

4 Koeuhi ke nau ako ki he kau fine mui ke aga fakabotoboto, ke ofa ki ho nau unoho, ke ofa ki he e nau fānau,

5 Ke nau fai boto, mo agatonu, o faa nofo i abi, o agalelei, bea talagofua ki ho nau unoho, ke oua naa lauikovi ae folofola ae Otua.

6 Ke ke eginaki ki he kau talavou foki ke loto fakabotoboto.

7 Ke ke fakaha koe i he mea kotoabe koe fakailoga oe gaue lelei: i he akonaki ke ha ae taehala, moe aga fakamotua, moe mooni,

8 Moe lea haohaoa, aia e ikai faa talia, koeuhi ke ma ai ia aia oku kau kehe, bea ne taema‘u ha mea ke ne lauikovi ai akitautolu.

9 Ke talagofua ae kau tamaioeiki ki ho nau gaahi eiki, bea ke fai kotoabe ko  ho nau fakafiemalie lelei; kae oua naa fakatoutala;

10 Oua naa kaihaa, kae fakaha atu ae agatotonu lelei kotoabe; koeuhi ke nau fakaogolelei ae akonaki oe Otua, ko ho tau Fakamoui, i he mea kotoabe.

11 He koe aloofa ae Otua, aia oku ne omi ae fakamoui ki he kakai kotoabe, kuo ha mai ia,

12 O ne akonekina akitautolu, ke jiaki ae aga taefaka‐Otua moe gaahi holi fakamama, ka tau moui aga fakabotoboto, mo maonioni, mo aga faka‐Otua, i he mamani;

13 O tatali ki he amanaki fakamo-nuia koia, moe fakaha i he nāunāu oe Otua lahi, ko ho tau Fakamoui ko Jisu Kalaisi;

14 Aia naa ne foaki eia ia koeuhi ko kitautolu, koeuhi ke ne huhui akitautolu mei he hia kotoabe, bea fakamaonioni ha kakai lelei lahi maana, oku fai velega ae gaahi gaue lelei.

15 Ako aki ae gaahi mea ni, mo eginaki, mo valoki i he malohi kotoabe. Oua naa manuki‘i koe e ha taha.