1 Ko e folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻe hoko kia Selemaia ko e palōfita ki he kau Filisitia, ʻi he teʻeki ai ke taaʻi ʻe Felo ʻa Kesa.

2 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova;

"Vakai, ʻoku tupu ʻae ngaahi vai mei he tokelau,

pea ʻe hoko ia ko e vai fonu mahakehake lahi,

pea ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae fonua pea mo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai:

ko e kolo mo kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi ai:

pea ʻe toki tangi ʻae kau tangata,

pea ʻe tangilāulau ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua.

3 Ko e meʻa ʻi he patatū ʻae vaʻe ʻoe fanga hoosi mālohi,

mo e meʻa ʻi he lele ʻae ngaahi saliote,

pea mo e longoaʻa ʻo ʻene ngaahi saliote,

ʻe ʻikai sio ki mui ʻae ngaahi tamai ki heʻenau fānau

ko e meʻa ʻi he vaivai ʻa honau nima;

4 Koeʻuhi ko e ʻaho ʻaia ʻoku haʻu ke fakaʻauha ai ʻae kau Filisitia kotoa pē,

pea ke tuʻusi mei Taia mo Saitone ʻae tokoni kotoa pē ʻaia ʻoku toe:

koeʻuhi ʻe fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova ʻae kau Filisitia,

ko e toenga ʻoe fonua ko Kafitoli.

5 Kuo hoko ʻae tula ki Kesa;

kuo tuʻusi ʻa ʻAsikiloni mo e toenga ʻi honau teleʻa:

ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻo maumauʻi koe ʻe koe?

6 "‘ʻA koe ko e heletā ʻo Sihova, ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa pea ke toki fiemālie?

Ke ke ʻai koe ki ho ʻaiʻanga,

pea mālōlō, mo fiemālie.

7 "ʻE fēfē ʻene fiemālie,

he kuo fekauʻi ia ʻe Sihova ki ʻAsikiloni, pea mo e matātahi?

Kuo ne tuʻutuʻuni ia ki ai."