Hiva ʻa Solomone
5 “Kuó u hū atu ki heʻeku ngoué,+
ʻE hoku tuofefine, ʻa ʻeku taʻahine mali.
Kuó u toʻo hake ʻa ʻeku mulá mo ʻeku sipaisí.+
Kuó u kai ʻa e hone mei heʻeku taunga honé;
Kuó u inu ʻeku uainé mo ʻeku huʻakaú.”+
“Mou kai, siʻoku ngaahi kaumeʻa!
Mou inu pea hoko ʻo konā ʻi he fakahāhā ʻo e ʻofá!”+
2 “ʻOku ou mohe, ka ʻoku ʻā pē ʻa hoku lotó.+
ʻOku ongo mai ʻa e tukituki ʻa siʻoku ʻofaʻangá!
‘Fakaava kiate au, ʻe hoku tuofefine, siʻoku ʻofaʻanga,
ʻA ʻeku lupe, ʻa ʻeku tokotaha taʻemele!
He ʻoku viviku ʻa hoku ʻulú ʻi he hahaú,
ʻA hoku louʻulú ʻi he hauhau ʻo e poʻulí.’+
3 Kuó u vete ʻa hoku kofú.
Te u toe tui koā ia?
Kuó u fufulu ʻa hoku vaʻé.
Te u toe fakaʻuliʻi koā ia?
4 Naʻe toʻo ʻe hoku ʻofaʻangá ʻa hono nimá mei he foʻi ava ʻi he matapaá,
Pea naʻe langaʻi ai ʻa e ongoʻi ʻoku ou maʻu kiate iá.
5 Naʻá ku tuʻu hake ke fakaava ʻa e matapaá ki hoku ʻofaʻangá;
Naʻe hafu ʻa e mulá ʻi hoku nimá,
Pea naʻe hafu ʻa e mulá mei hoku louhiʻinimá,
Ki he kau ʻo e polotá.*
6 Naʻá ku fakaava ia ki hoku ʻofaʻangá,
Ka naʻe tafoki atu ʻa hoku ʻofaʻangá, naʻá ne puli atu.
Naʻá ku ongoʻi loto-mamahi ʻi heʻene mavahé.
Naʻá ku kumi kiate ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te u maʻu ia.+
Naʻá ku ui kiate ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne fai mai ha tali.
7 Naʻe maʻu au ʻe he kau tangata leʻó ʻi heʻenau takai ʻi he koló.
Naʻa nau taaʻi au, naʻa nau fakalaveaʻi au.
Naʻe toʻo ʻe he kau tangata leʻo ʻo e ʻaá ʻa hoku pulupulú* meiate au.
8 ʻOku ou ʻai kimoutolu ke mou fuakava, ʻe ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Selusalema:
Kapau te mou ʻilo ʻa siʻoku ʻofaʻangá,
Tala kiate ia ʻoku ou puke ʻi he ʻofá.”
9 “He ʻoku mahulu fēfē hake ʻa ho ʻofaʻangá ʻi ha toe ʻofaʻanga kehe,
ʻA koe fefine hoihoifua taha ʻi he kau fefiné?
ʻOku mahulu fēfē hake ʻa ho ʻofaʻangá ʻi ha toe ʻofaʻanga kehe,
ʻOkú ke ʻai ai kimautolu ke mau fai ʻa e fuakava ko iá?”
10 “Ko hoku ʻofaʻangá ʻoku ulo mo pahapaha;
ʻOkú ne fotu mai ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ha toko mano.
11 Ko hono ʻulú ko e koula, ʻa e koula lelei tahá.
Ko hono louʻulú ʻoku hangē ha lauʻipaame* ʻoku vilingiá,
Pea ʻoku lanu ʻuliʻuli ʻo hangē ko e lēvení.
12 Ko hono matá ʻoku hangē ko e fanga lupe ʻi he veʻe vaitafé,
ʻOku nau kaukau ʻi he huʻakaú,
Pea ʻoku nau nofo ʻi ha veʻe vai fonu ngutungutu.*
13 Ko hono kouʻahé ʻoku hangē ha mohenga matalaʻiʻakau namu-kakalá,+
Ko e fokotuʻunga lauʻiʻakau namu-kakala.
Ko hono loungutú ko e lile, ʻoku toʻi mei ai ʻa e mula.+
14 Ko hono louhiʻinimá ko e koula ʻoku fakafonofono ʻaki ʻa e kalisolaite.
Ko hono keté ko e lei kuo fakangingila ʻoku kofuʻaki ʻa e sāfaia.
15 Ko hono ongo vaʻé ko e ongo pou māpele ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he tuʻuʻanga ngaohi mei he koula lelei tahá.
Ko hono fōtungá ʻoku hangē ko Lepanoní, ʻi he hangē ko e ʻulu sitá ʻoku ʻikai ke toe fakauouaʻi ia.+
Ko hoku ʻofaʻangá eni, ko ʻeku pelé eni, ʻe ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Selusalema.”