Maika 2

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.