Sione 9

1 Pea ʻi he ʻalu ange ʻa Sisu, ne mamata ia ki ha tangata naʻe fanauʻi ko e kui. 2 Pea fehuʻi ʻene kau ākonga kiate ia, ʻo pehē, "Lāpai, ko hai naʻe fai angahala, ʻae tangata ni, pe ko ʻene mātuʻa, naʻe fanauʻi kui ai ia?" 3 Pea talaange ʻe Sisu, "Naʻe ʻikai fai angahala ʻae tangata ni, pe ko ʻene mātuʻa: ka ko e meʻa ke fakahā ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi ngāue ʻae ʻOtua. 4 ‌ʻOku totonu ke u fai ʻae ngaahi ngāue ʻo ia naʻa ne fekau au, lolotonga ʻene kei ʻaho: ʻoku haʻu ʻae pō, ʻoku ʻikai faʻa ngāue ai ha tokotaha." 5 ‌ʻI heʻeku kei ʻi māmani ko e maama au ʻo māmani. 6 Hili ʻene lea pehē, naʻe ʻaʻanu ia ki he kelekele, ʻo ne ngaohi ʻaki ʻae ʻaʻanu ʻae ʻumea, ʻo ne pani ʻaki ʻae ʻumea ʻae mata ʻoe tangata kui, 7 ‌ʻO ne pehē kiate ia, "ʻAlu, ʻo kaukau ʻi he ano vai ko Seiloami," (ʻa ia ko hono ʻuhinga, "Ko e fekau.") Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ia, ʻo kaukau, pea haʻu kuo ʻā.

8 Ko ia ko e kaungāʻapi, pea mo kinautolu naʻe mamata muʻa kiate ia ʻi heʻene kui, naʻa nau pehē, "ʻIkai ko eni ia naʻe nofo ʻo kole?" 9 Pea tala ʻe he niʻihi, "Ko eni ia:" pea lea ʻae niʻihi, "ʻOku hangē ko ia:" ka naʻe pehē ʻe ia, "Ko au ia." 10 "Ko ia naʻa nau pehē kiate ia, naʻe fakaʻā fēfeeʻi ho mata?" 11 Pea talaange ʻe ia, ʻo pehē, "Ko e tangata ʻoku ui ko Sisu naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ʻumea, ʻo ne pani hoku mata, pea ne pehē kiate au, ‘ʻAlu ki he ano vai ko Seiloami, ʻo kaukau:’ pea naʻaku ʻalu, ʻo kaukau, pea u ʻā ai." 12 Pea nau pehē ai kiate ia, "Kofaʻā ia?" Pea pehē ʻe ia, "ʻOku ʻikai te u ʻiloa."