1 ‌ʻE ʻIsileli, tafoki kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua;

he kuo ke tō ki lalo ʻi hoʻo hia.

2 Toʻo kiate kimoutolu ʻae lea, pea tafoki kia Sihova:

lea pehē kiate ia, "Toʻo atu ʻae hia kotoa pē,

pea maʻu fakafiemālie ʻakimautolu:

ko ia te mau ʻatu ai kiate koe ʻae ngaahi fua ʻo homau loungutu.

3 ‌ʻE ʻikai fakamoʻui ʻakimautolu ʻe ʻAsilia,

ʻe ʻikai te mau heka ʻi he hoosi:

pea ʻe ʻikai te mau toe pehē ki he ngāue ʻa homau nima, ‘Ko homau ʻotua ʻakimoutolu:’

he ʻoku ʻilo ʻe he tamai mate ʻae ʻaloʻofa ʻiate koe."

4 "Te u fakamoʻui ʻenau fakaholomui,

te u ʻofa mataʻataʻatā kiate kinautolu:

he kuo afe meiate ia ʻa hoku houhau.

5 Te u hangē ko e hahau ki ʻIsileli:

te ne tupu ʻo hangē ko e lile,

pea totolo hono aka ʻo hangē ko Lepanoni.

6 ‌ʻE hoko ʻo lau lahi hono ngaahi vaʻa,

pea ko hono lelei ʻe hangē ko e ʻakau ko e ʻolive,

pea ko hono nanamu ʻe hangē ko Lepanoni.

7 Ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi he malu ʻo ia, te nau toe haʻu;

te nau toe moʻui hangē ko e koane,

pea tupu ʻo hangē ko e vaine:

ko hono nanamu, ʻe hangē ko e uaine ʻo Lepanoni.

8 ‌ʻE pehē ʻe ʻIfalemi, Ko e hā te u toe kau ai mo e ngaahi tamapua?

Kuo u fanongo, pea mamata kiate ia:

ʻoku ou hangē ko e ʻakau mata ko e fea.

ʻOku maʻu meiate au hoʻo fua."

9 Ko hai ʻae poto, pea te ne ʻilo ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni?

ʻAe fakapotopoto, pea te ne ʻiloʻi ia?

He ko e ngaahi hala ʻo Sihova ʻoku totonu,

pea ʻe ʻaʻeva ai ʻae angatonu:

ka ʻe hinga hifo ai ʻae kau talangataʻa.