1 Ko hai kuo ne tui ki he ʻemau ongoongo?

Pea kuo fakahā kia hai ʻae nima ʻo Sihova?

2 He te ne tupu hake ʻi hono ʻao ʻo hangē ko e ʻakau matengofua,

pea hangē ko e aka mei he kelekele mōmoa:

ʻoku ʻikai ha sino lelei pe ha toulekeleka ʻiate ia,

pea ka tau ka mamata kiate ia, ʻoku ʻikai ha fakaʻofoʻofa ke tau manako ai kiate ia.

3 ‌ʻOku fehiʻanekina ia pea liʻaki ʻe he tangata;

ko e tangata ʻoe ngaahi mamahi,

pea maheni ai mo e loto mamahi:

pea hangē naʻa tau fufū hotau mata meiate ia;

kuo manuki ia,

pea naʻe ʻikai te tau tokanga kiate ia.

4 Ko e moʻoni kuo ne toʻo kiate ia ʻa ʻetau ngaahi vaivai,

ʻo ne fua ʻetau ngaahi mamahi:

ka naʻa tau mahalo kuo tautea mo taaʻi ia mei he ʻOtua,

pea mamahiʻia.

5 Ka naʻe lavea ia koeʻuhi ko ʻetau ngaahi angahala,

naʻe fakavolu ia koeʻuhi ko ʻetau ngaahi hia:

naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae tautea koeʻuhi ke tau fiemālie;

pea ʻi hono ngaahi tā ʻoku tau moʻui ai.

6 Kuo tau hē kotoa pē ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi;

kuo tau afe taki taha kotoa pē ki hono hala;

pea kuo hilifaki kiate ia ʻe Sihova ʻae hia ʻatautolu kotoa pē.

7 Naʻe fakamālohia,

pea naʻe mamahi ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne mafaʻa hono fofonga:

ʻoku tataki ia ʻo hangē ko e lami ke tāmateʻi,

pea hangē ko e sipi ʻoku noa ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tangata kosi,

pea naʻe ʻikai mafaʻa hono fofonga.

8 Naʻe ʻave ia mei he fale fakapōpula, pea mei he fakamaau:

pea ko hai te ne fakahā hono tupuʻanga?

He naʻe tuʻusi ia mei he fonua ʻoe moʻui:

naʻe teʻia ia koeʻuhi ko e angahala ʻa hoku kakai.

9 Pea naʻe tuʻutuʻuni hono tanuʻanga mo e kakai angahala,

pea fakataha mo e maʻumeʻa ʻi heʻene pekia;

koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te ne fai kovi,

pea naʻe ʻikai ha kākā ʻi hono fofonga.

10 Ka naʻe finangalo ʻa Sihova ke fakavolu ia;

kuo ne tuku kiate ia ʻae mamahi:

ʻoka ke ka ngaohi hono laumālie ko e feilaulau koeʻuhi ko e hia,

te ne mamata ki hono hako,

te ne fakatolotolonga hono ngaahi ʻaho,

pea ko e finangalo ʻo Sihova ʻe monūʻia ia ʻi hono nima.

11 He te ne vakai ki he fua ʻoe mamahi lahi ʻo hono laumālie,

pea fiemālie ai ia:

ʻi he ʻilo kiate ia ʻe fakatonuhia ʻe heʻeku tamaioʻeiki māʻoniʻoni ʻae tokolahi;

he te ne fua ʻenau ngaahi hia.

12 Ko ia te u vaheʻi kiate ia ha ʻinasi fakataha mo e kakai ongoongo,

pea te ne vahevahe ʻae koloa fakataha mo e kakai mālohi;

koeʻuhi naʻa ne lilingi hono laumālie ki he mate:

pea naʻe lau ia fakataha mo e kau angahala;

pea naʻa ne fua ʻae hia ʻoe toko lahi,

pea ne hūfekina ʻae kakai angahala.