1 ‌ʻOku mapuna hake ʻi hoku loto ʻae meʻa lelei:

te u lea ki he meʻa kuo u ngaohi ki he tuʻi:

ko hoku ʻelelo ko e peni ki he tohi vave.

2 ‌ʻOku ke fakaʻofoʻofa lahi ʻi he ngaahi fānau ʻae tangata:

kuo lilingi ʻae ʻofa ki ho loungutu:

ko ia kuo fakamonūʻia ai koe ʻe he ʻOtua ʻo lauikuonga.

3 ‌ʻE Fungani Māfimafi ke ke nonoʻo hoʻo heletā ki ho tuʻatenga,

ʻi ho nāunau mo ho mālohi.

4 Pea ʻi hoʻo māfimafi ke ke hāʻele monūʻia,

ko e meʻa ʻi he moʻoni mo e angavaivai mo e māʻoniʻoni;

pea ʻe ako kiate koe ʻe ho nima toʻomataʻu ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakailifia.

5 ‌ʻOku māsila hoʻo ngaahi ngahau ʻi he loto ʻoe ngaahi fili ʻoe tuʻi;

ʻoku tō ki lalo ʻae kakai ʻiate koe.

6 ‌ʻE ʻOtua, ko ho nofoʻanga ʻoku lauikuonga pea taʻengata:

ko e tokotoko ʻo ho puleʻanga ko e tokotoko māʻoniʻoni ia.

7 ‌ʻOku ke ʻofa ki he māʻoniʻoni, pea fehiʻa ki he angahala:

ko ia ko e ʻOtua ko ho ʻOtua, kuo ne tākai ʻaki koe ʻae lolo ʻoe fiefia ʻo lahi hake ʻi ho kāinga.

8 ‌ʻOku namu mula, mo ʻalosi, mo kāsia, ʻa ho ngaahi kofu kotoa pē,

mei he ngaahi fale lei, ʻaia kuo nau fakafiefiaʻi koe.

9 Naʻe ʻi hoʻo kau fefine ongolelei ʻae ngaahi ʻofefine ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi:

naʻe tuʻu ʻae tuʻi fefine ʻi ho nima toʻomataʻu ʻi he koula mei Ofeli.

10 Fakafanongo, ʻE ʻofefine, pea tokanga, ʻo fakatokangaʻi ho telinga;

fakangaloʻi foki hoʻo kakai ʻaʻau, mo e fale ʻo hoʻo tamai;

11 Ko ia ʻe manako lahi ai ʻae tuʻi ki ho hoihoifua:

he ko ho ʻEiki ia; pea ke hū kiate ia.

12 Pea ʻe ʻi ai ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Taia mo e meʻaʻofa;

ko e kau koloaʻia ʻi he kakai te nau kumi lahi ki hoʻo ʻofa.

13 Ko e ʻofefine ʻoe tuʻi ʻoku lelei lahi ʻi loto;

ko hono ngaahi kofu kuo lalanga ʻaki ʻae koula.

14 ‌ʻE ʻomi ia ki he tuʻi ʻi he kofu ʻoku matamatalelei hono tuitui:

ko e kau tāupoʻou ko hono kaumeʻa ʻaia ʻoku muimui kiate ia ʻe omi ʻakinautolu kiate koe.

15 ‌ʻE omi ʻakinautolu ʻi he fiefia mo e nekeneka:

te nau hū ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi.

16 ‌ʻE fetongi hoʻo ngaahi tamai ʻe hoʻo fānau,

ʻaia te ke fakanofo ko e ngaahi ʻeiki ʻi māmani kotoa pē.

17 Te u fai ke manatuʻi ʻa ho huafa ʻi he toʻutangata kotoa pē:

ko ia ʻe fakafetaʻi ʻae kakai kiate koe ʻo lauikuonga pea taʻengata.