Agradecimento pela família
Agradecer pela família é reconhecer a bênção mais preciosa que Deus nos concede. Os filhos são herança do Senhor — cada membro da família é presente divino a ser celebrado.
Vakai, ko e fānau ko e tofiʻa meia Sihova:
pea ko e fua ʻoe manāva ko ʻene totongi.
Hangē ko e ngaahi ngahau ʻi he nima ʻoe tangata mālohi;
ʻoku pehē ʻae fānau ʻae talavou.
ʻOku monūʻia ʻae tangata ʻaia ʻoku fonu ʻene hōfangahau ʻiate kinautolu:
ʻe ʻikai tenau mā, ka tenau lea ki he ngaahi fili ʻi he matapā.
Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ʻa hoku laumālie:
pea mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate au,
fakafetaʻi ki hono huafa māʻoniʻoni.
Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova, ʻa hoku laumālie,
pea ʻoua naʻa ngalo ʻa ʻene ngaahi meʻaʻofa kotoa pē:
ʻE ʻikai te tau fufū ia mei heʻenau fānau,
ka ʻe fakahā ki he toʻutangata ʻe hoko ʻae ongoongolelei ʻo Sihova,
mo hono mālohi, mo e ngaahi ngāue mana naʻa ne fai.
Ko e fānau ʻae fānau ko e tatā ia ʻoe kau mātuʻa:
pea ko e lelei ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻenau ngaahi tamai.
Naʻaku kole ʻae tamasiʻi ni; pea kuo tuku mai ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻeku kole ʻaia ne u fai kiate ia:
ʻOku ou fakafetaʻi ki hoku ʻOtua ʻi heʻeku manatu kotoa pē kiate kimoutolu,
He ko e hā ʻae fakafetaʻi te mau faʻa ʻatu ki he ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, ʻi he fiefia kotoa pē ʻoku mau fiefia ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo hotau ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu;
ʻAtu kia Sihova, ʻakimoutolu ʻae ngaahi faʻahinga kakai,
ʻatu kia Sihova ʻae nāunau mo e mālohi.
Ko e foaki lelei kotoa pē mo e foaki haohaoa kotoa pē ʻoku mei ʻolunga, pea ʻoku ʻalu hifo ia mei he Tamai ʻoe ngaahi maama, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha fetoʻoaki, pe ko e ʻata ʻae feliliuʻaki.
Pea kuo maʻu ʻekitautolu kotoa pē mei hono fonu, mo e ʻaloʻofa ki he ʻaloʻofa.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he kau fefine kia Naomi, "Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai tuku liʻaki koe taʻehao-kāinga, koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻo ongoongolelei hono hingoa ʻi ʻIsileli. Pea ʻe ʻiate koe ia ko e fakaakeake moʻui, pea ko e tauhi kiate koe ʻi hoʻo motuʻa: koeʻuhi ko hoʻo taʻahine ʻi he fono, ʻaia ʻoku ʻofa kiate koe, ʻaia ʻoku lelei lahi kiate koe ʻi he tama tangata ʻe toko fitu, kuo ne fanauʻi kiate ia."
Ko e kakai moʻui, ko e kakai moʻui, ko ia ʻe fakamālō kiate koe,
ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku ou fai ʻi he ʻaho ni: ʻe fakahā hoʻo moʻoni ʻe he tamai ki he fānau.