1 Pea naʻe mahaki ʻa Lasalosi, ko e tangata ʻe tokotaha ʻi Pētani, ko e kolo ʻa Mele mo hono tokoua ko Māʻata. 2 (Ko e Mele ko ia ia naʻa ne tākai ʻae ʻEiki ʻaki ʻae lolo, ʻo ne holoholo hono vaʻe ʻaki hono louʻulu, naʻe mahaki hono tuongaʻane ko Lasalosi.) 3 Ko ia naʻe fekau ai ʻe hono ongo tuofefine kiate ia, ʻo pehē, "ʻEiki, vakai, ko ia ʻoku ke ʻofa ai ʻoku mahaki." 4 Pea kuo fanongo ʻa Sisu, pea ne pehē, "ʻOku ʻikai ko e mahaki eni ke mate ai, ka ke ongoongolelei ai ʻae ʻOtua, pea ke ongoongolelei ai ʻae ʻAlo ʻoe ʻOtua." 5 Pea naʻe ʻofa ʻa Sisu kia Māʻata, mo hono tehina, mo Lasalosi. 6 Pea kuo fanongo ia ki heʻene mahaki, naʻa ne kei nofo ʻi he potu ko ia ʻo ʻaho ua. 7 Hili ia, pea pehē ʻe ia ki he kau ākonga, "Ke tau toe ʻalu ki Siutea." 8 Pea tala ʻe he kau ākonga kiate ia, "Lāpai, naʻe toki kumi ʻe he kau Siu ke tolongaki koe ʻaki ʻae maka; pea ʻoku ke toe ʻalu ki ai?" 9 Pea pehēange ʻe Sisu, "ʻIkai ʻoku hongofulu ma ua ʻae feituʻulaʻā ʻi he ʻaho? Kapau ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ha tangata ʻi he ʻaho, ʻoku ʻikai tūkia ia, koeʻuhi ʻoku mamata ia ki he maama ʻoe māmani. 10 Pea kapau ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ha tangata ʻi he poʻuli, ʻoku tūkia ia, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai ha maama ʻi ai." 11 Naʻe hili ʻene lea ni, pea toki pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, "Ko hotau kāinga ko Lasalosi ʻoku mohe; ka ʻoku ou ʻalu, koeʻuhi ke u fafangu ia mei he mohe." 12 Pea pehē ai ʻe heʻene kau ākonga, "ʻEiki, kapau ʻoku mohe, ʻe lelei ai ia." 13 Naʻe lea ʻa Sisu ki heʻene mate ka naʻa nau mahalo ko ʻene lea ki he mālōlō ʻi he mohe. 14 Pea toki tala fakatotonu ʻe Sisu kiate kinautolu, "Kuo mate ʻa Lasalosi.
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