1 Ko e kikite,

mo e folofola ʻa Sihova ki he fonua ko Hetaleke,

mo Tamasikusi, ʻaia ʻe hoko ia ki ai:

he ʻoku ʻafio ʻae fofonga ʻo Sihova ki he tangata,

pea mo e faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli.

2 Pea ʻe kau ai mo Hamati;

ʻa Tala, mo Saitone foki, neongo ʻena poto lahi.

3 Pea kuo langa ʻe Taia hono kolo mālohi,

pea kuo ne tānaki ʻae siliva, ʻo hangē ko e efu,

pea mo e koula lelei, ʻo hangē ko e pelepela ʻoe ngaahi hala.

4 Vakai, ʻe lī ia kituʻa ʻe Sihova,

pea te ne taaʻi ʻa hono mālohi ʻi tahi;

pea ʻe fakaʻauha ia ʻe he afi.

5 ‌ʻE mamata ʻa ʻAsikeloni ki ai, pea te ne manavahē;

ʻe sio foki ki ai ʻa Kesa, pea te ne mamahi ʻaupito,

ʻa ia, pea mo Ekiloni; koeʻuhi ʻe fakamaaʻi ʻa ʻene ʻamanaki;

pea ʻe ʻauha ʻae tuʻi mei Kesa, pea ʻe ʻikai kakai ʻa ʻAsikeloni.

6 Pea ʻe nofo ʻae hako ʻoe muli ʻi ʻAsitoti,

pea te u motuhi ʻae fielahiʻanga ʻoe kau Filisitia.

7 Pea te u taʻofi ʻae toto mei hono ngutu,

mo e ngaahi meʻa fakalielia mei hono vahaʻa nifo:

ka ko ia ʻe toe ʻi ai, ʻio, ʻaia pe, te ne kau ki hotau ʻOtua,

pea te ne hangē ko e pule ʻi Siuta,

pea ʻe tatau ʻa Ekiloni mo e tangata Sepusi.

8 Pea te u nofo takatakai ʻi hoku fale, koeʻuhi ko e kau tau,

mo ia ʻoku ʻalu atu ai, pea koeʻuhi ko ia ʻoku foki mai:

pea ʻe ʻikai toe ʻalu atu ai ha taha fakamālohi ʻo taʻengata:

he ko eni, kuo u mamata ʻaki ʻa hoku mata ʻoʻoku.

9 Ke ke fiefia lahi ʻe ʻofefine ʻo Saione;

Kalanga ʻe ʻofefine ʻo Selūsalema:

vakai, ʻoku haʻu ho tuʻi kiate koe,

ʻoku angalelei ia, pea ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae fakamoʻui;

ʻoku ne angavaivai, pea ʻoku heka ki he ʻasi,

mo e ʻuhiki ʻoe ʻasi.

10 Pea te u motuhi ʻae saliote mei ʻIfalemi,

mo e hoosi mei Selūsalema,

pea ʻe motuhi mo e kaufana ki he tau;

pea te ne lea ʻaki ʻae melino ki he hiteni;

pea ko hono puleʻanga ʻe mei he tahi ki he tahi,

pea mei he vaitafe ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani.

11 Pea ko koe foki,

koeʻuhi ko e toto ʻo hoʻo fuakava,

kuo u tukuange ai hoʻo kau pōpula, mei he luo ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ha vai.

12 Mou foki mai ki he hūfanga mālohi, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku pōpula ka e ʻamanaki lelei:

ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou fakahā he ʻaho ni, te u totongi ke liunga ua kiate koe:

13 ‌ʻO kau ka teke ʻa Siuta maʻaku,

mo ʻai ʻa ʻIfalemi ki he kaufana,

pea u hakeakiʻi ho ngaahi foha, ʻe Saione,

ke tuʻu, ʻe Kalisi, ki ho ngaahi foha ʻoʻou

pea u ngaohi koe ke ke hangē ko e heletā ʻa ha tangata mālohi.

14 Pea ʻe hā mai ʻoku ʻafio ʻa Sihova ʻiate kinautolu,

pea ʻe puna ʻene ngahau ʻo hangē ko e ʻuhila;

pea ʻe ifi ʻae meʻalea ʻe Sihova, ko e ʻOtua,

pea te ne hāʻele ʻi he ʻahiohio mei he feituʻu tonga.

15 ‌ʻE maluʻi ʻakinautolu, ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau;

pea te nau fakaʻauha mo ikuna ʻaki ʻae maka ʻi he makatā;

pea te nau inu, pea te nau longoaʻa ʻo hangē ko ha konā ʻi he uaine;

pea te nau fonu ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi kumete,

ʻi he ngaahi tuliki ʻoe feilaulauʻanga.

16 Pea ʻe fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻo hangē ko ha fanga sipi, ʻa hono kakai:

pea te nau hangē ko ha ngaahi maka mahuʻinga ʻi he tatā fakatuʻi,

ʻoku hiki hake ko e fuka ʻi hono fonua.

17 Koeʻuhi, vakai ki hono lahi ʻo ʻene angaʻofa,

mo hono lahi ʻo ʻene toulekeleka!

ʻE fakafiefia ʻae kau talavou ʻe he koane,

pea ko e kau finemui ʻe he uaine foʻou.