1 Malaʻia kiate kinautolu ʻoku fakatupu hia,

mo filioʻi kovi ʻi honau mohenga!

ʻOka maama ʻae pongipongi, ʻoku nau fai ia,

koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻi he mālohi ʻa honau nima.

2 Pea ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ki he ngaahi ngoue, pea faʻao fakamālohi ia;

mo e ngaahi fale, pea ʻave ia;

ʻoku pehē ʻenau fakamālohi ʻae tangata mo hono fale,

ʻio, ʻae tangata mo hono tofiʻa.

3 Ko ia ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova;

"Vakai, ʻoku ou fakatupu ha kovi ki he fānau ni,

ʻaia ʻe ʻikai hao mei ai homou kia:

pea ʻe ʻikai te mou ʻalu mo e fielahi;

he ʻoku kovi ʻae kuonga ni.

4 ʻI he ʻaho ko ia, ʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ha taha ha lea fakatātā kiate kimoutolu,

pea tangi ʻaki ʻae tangi mamahi, pea pehē,

‘Kuo tau maumau ʻaupito:

kuo ne fakakehe ʻae tofiʻa ʻo hoku kakai: ʻa ʻene ʻave ia meiate au!

ʻI heʻene tafoki atu, kuo ne vahevahe hotau ngaahi ngoue.’"

5 Ko ia ʻe ʻikai toe kiate koe ha niʻihi, ke lī ha afo ʻi he talotalo ʻi he fakataha ʻo Sihova.

6 ‌ʻOku nau pehē kiate kinautolu ʻoku kikite,

"ʻOua naʻa mou kikite:"

"ʻE ʻikai te nau kikite kiate kinautolu,

pea ʻe ʻikai te nau mā."

7 ‌ʻA koe kuo ui ko e fale ʻo Sēkope,

"ʻOku ʻapiʻapi koā ʻae Laumālie ʻo Sihova?

Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni, ko ʻene ngāue?

ʻIkai ʻoku hoko lelei ʻa ʻeku ngaahi lea kiate ia ʻoku ʻeveʻeva totonu?"

8 "ʻIo, kuo tuʻu hake ki mui ni ʻa hoku kakai kiate au, hangē ha fili:

ʻoku mou hamusi ʻae kofutuʻa mo e kofu loto meiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻalu atu ʻi he melino, hangē ko e kau tangata taʻepoto ki he tau.

9 Kuo mou kapusi ʻae kau fefine ʻo hoku kakai mei honau ngaahi fale lelei;

mei heʻenau fānau, kuo mou ʻave hoku nāunau ʻo lauikuonga.

10 Mou tuʻu hake ʻo ʻalu;

he ʻoku ʻikai ko homou mālōlōʻanga eni;

koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻuli ia ʻe fai ʻae fakaʻauha,

ʻio, ʻae fakaʻauha lahi.

11 Kapau ʻoku ai ha tangata ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi he laumālie mo e loi,

pea ne pehē, "Te u kikite kiate koe ki he uaine, mo e kava mālohi;"

ko e moʻoni ʻe hoko ia ko e palōfita ki he kakai ni.

12 Ko e moʻoni te u tānaki ʻa hoʻo kātoa, ʻe Sēkope;

ko e moʻoni te u tānaki ʻae toenga ʻo ʻIsileli;

te u fakataha ʻakinautolu, ʻo hangē ko e fanga sipi ʻo Posila,

hangē ko e fanga sipi ʻi he lotoʻā sipi:

ʻe lahi ʻae patatū ko e meʻa ʻi he tokolahi ʻoe kau tangata."

13 Kuo ʻalu hake ʻi honau ʻao ʻaia ʻoku fakaava:

kuo nau movete mo laka atu ʻi he matapā, pea kuo nau hū ai kituaʻā:

pea ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻa honau tuʻi ʻiate kinautolu,

pea mo Sihova ʻi honau ʻao.