1 Pea hili ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, ne u mamata ki he ʻāngelo ʻe taha ʻoku ʻalu hifo mei he langi, kuo ʻiate ia ʻae mālohi lahi; pea naʻe māmangia ʻa māmani ʻi hono nāunau, 2 Pea naʻa ne kalanga mālohi ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko Papilone ko e lahi kuo hinga, kuo hinga ia, pea kuo hoko ia ko e nofoʻanga ʻoe kau tēvolo, pea ko e ʻananga ʻoe laumālie ʻuli kotoa pē, pea ko e kātoanga ʻoe manupuna kotoa pē ʻoku ʻuli mo fakalielia. 3 He kuo inu ʻe he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē ʻi he uaine ʻoe houhau ʻo ʻene feʻauaki, pea kuo feʻauaki mo ia ʻae ngaahi tuʻi ʻo māmani, pea ko e kau fakatau ʻo māmani kuo nau koloaʻia, ko e meʻa ʻi he lahi ʻo ʻene ngaahi meʻa lelei.” 4 Pea ne u ongoʻi ʻae leʻo ʻe taha mei he langi, ʻoku pehē mai, “ʻE hoku kakai, haʻu meiate ia, ke ʻoua te mou kau ʻi heʻene ngaahi angahala, pea ke ʻoua naʻa mou moʻua ʻi heʻene ngaahi malaʻia. 5 He kuo aʻu hake ki he langi ʻa ʻene ngaahi angahala, pea kuo manatuʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻene ngaahi hia. 6 Totongi kiate ia ʻo hangē ko ʻene totongi kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻatu kiate ia ke tuʻo ua ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngaahi ngāue: ʻi he ipu ʻaia naʻa ne fakafonu, ke fakafonu ai kiate ia ke liunga ua. 7 Tuku kiate ia ʻae tautea mo e mamahi ʻo fakatatau ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene fakahikihikiʻi ia, mo ʻene moʻui fakapelepeleʻi ia: he kuo pehē ʻe ia ʻi hono loto, ‘ʻOku ou nofo ko e tuʻi fefine, pea ʻoku ʻikai mate hoku husepāniti, pea ʻe ʻikai te u mamata ki ha mamahi.’ 8 Ko ia, ʻe hoko ʻi he ʻaho pe taha ʻa hono ngaahi malaʻia, ko e mate, mo e tangi, mo e honge; pea ʻe fakaʻauha mālie ia ʻaki ʻae afi: he ʻoku māfimafi ʻae ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua ʻoku ne fakamaauʻi ia. 9 “Pea ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo māmani, naʻa nau feʻauaki mo moʻui fakapelepele mo ia, te nau tangi mo tangilāulau koeʻuhi ko ia, ʻoka nau ka mamata ki he kohu ʻo ʻene vela, 10 ʻO tuʻu mamaʻo atu, ʻi he manavahē ki heʻene mamahi, mo nau pehē, ‘ʻOiauē, ʻoiauē, ʻae kolo lahi ko ia ko Papilone, ʻae kolo mālohi ko ia! He kuo hoko ʻi he feituʻulaʻā pe taha ʻa hoʻo fakamaau.’ 11 “Pea ʻe tangi mo tangilāulau ʻae kau fakatau ʻo māmani koeʻuhi ko ia; he ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ke toe fakatau ʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakatau: 12 Ko e meʻa fakatau ʻoe koula, mo e siliva, mo e maka koloa, mo e mataʻitofe, mo e tupenu mahuʻinga, mo e kulokula, mo e silika, mo e kulaʻahoʻaho, mo e ʻakau melie kotoa pē, mo e ipu lei kotoa pē, mo e ipu ʻoe ʻakau mahuʻinga lahi kotoa pē, mo e palasa, mo e ukamea, mo e maka lelei, 13 Mo e sinamoni, mo e ngaahi meʻa nanamu mo e meʻa tākai, mo e laipeno, mo e uaine, mo e lolo, mo e mahoaʻa lelei, mo e uite, mo e fanga manu, mo e fanga sipi, mo e fanga hoosi, mo e ngaahi saliote, mo e ngaahi sino, mo e ngaahi laumālie ʻoe kakai. 14 Pea ko e ngaahi fua naʻe holi ki ai ʻa ho laumālie, kuo mole ʻiate koe, pea mo e meʻa kotoa pē naʻe ifoifo lelei mo matamatalelei, kuo mole ʻiate koe, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te ke kei ʻilo ia. 15 Ko e kau fakatau ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻa nau koloaʻia meiate ia, ʻe tutuʻu ʻi he mamaʻo atu, ko e meʻa ʻi he manavahē ki heʻene mamahi, ʻonau tangi mo tangilāulau, 16 ‘Mo nau pehē, ʻOiauē, ʻoiauē, ʻae kolo lahi ko ia, naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae tupenu mahuʻinga, mo e kulokula, mo e kulaʻahoʻaho, pea teunga ʻaki ʻae koula, mo e maka koloa, mo e ngaahi mataʻitofe! 17 Koeʻuhi ko e feituʻulaʻā pe taha kuo mole ai ʻae koloa lahi pehē ni.’ Pea ko e ʻeiki vaka kotoa pē, mo e kakai folau kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi vaka, mo e kau toutai, mo kinautolu ʻoku fai fakatau ʻi he tahi, naʻa nau tutuʻu mamaʻo atu, 18 ʻo tangi, ʻi heʻenau mamata ki he kohu ʻo ʻene vela, mo pehē, ‘Ko fē hano tatau ʻoe kolo lahi ni!’ 19 “Pea naʻa nau lī ʻae efu ki honau ʻulu, ʻo tangi, pea tangilāulau mo ʻOiauē, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻOiauē, ʻoiauē, ʻae kolo lahi ko ia, ʻaia naʻe maʻu koloa mei ai ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe maʻu ʻae ngaahi vaka ʻi he tahi, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fakatau lahi; he ko e feituʻulaʻā pe taha kuo fakamasiva ia.’ 20 “ʻE langi, ke ke fiefia kiate ia, fakataha mo e kau palōfita māʻoniʻoni; he kuo totongi ʻe he ʻOtua kiate ia koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu.” 21 Pea naʻe toʻo ʻe ha ʻāngelo mālohi ʻae maka ʻo hangē ha fuʻu maka momosi, ʻo ne lī ia ki he tahi, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻE pehē ʻa hono lī mālohi hifo ʻae kolo lahi ko ia ko Papilone, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito kei ʻiloʻi ia. 22 Pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito kei fanongo ʻiate koe ʻae leʻo ʻoe kau tā haʻape, mo e kau tā meʻa faiva, mo e kau ifi fangufangu, mo e kau ifi meʻa lea, pea ʻe ʻikai kei ʻilo ʻiate koe ha tufunga ʻe taha, ʻi ha faiva ʻe taha; pea ʻe ʻikai kei ongoʻi ʻiate koe ʻae longoaʻa ʻoe maka momosi; 23 Pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito kei malama ʻiate koe ʻae ulo ʻo ha maama; pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito kei ongoʻi ʻiate koe ʻae leʻo ʻoe tangata taʻane mo e taʻahine: he ko e houʻeiki ʻo māmani ko hoʻo kau fakatau; he naʻe kākaaʻi ʻe hoʻo fie mana ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē.” 24 Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻiate ia ʻae toto ʻoe kau palōfita, mo e kakai māʻoniʻoni, mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe tāmateʻi ʻi he funga ʻo māmani.”
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