Hiva ʻa Solomone
7 “He fakaʻofoʻofa ē ko ho vaʻé ʻi ho senitoló,
ʻE ʻofefine anga-fakaʻeiʻeiki!
Ko e ngaofe ʻo ho alangá ʻoku hangē ha meʻa-teuteú,
Ko e ngāue ʻa ha tokotaha nima-meaʻa.
2 Ko ho pitó ko ha poulu fuopotopoto.
ʻOfa ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa masiva ʻi ha uaine kuo huʻi.
Ko ho keté ko ha fokotuʻunga uite,
ʻOku takatakaiʻi ʻe he ngaahi lile.
3 Ko ho ongo huhú ʻoku hangē ko ha ongo ʻuhiki ʻo ha kāselí,
Ko e ongo māhanga ʻa ha kāseli.+
4 Ko ho kiá+ ʻoku hangē ha taua leí.+
Ko ho ihú ʻoku hangē ko e taua ʻo Lepanoní,
ʻA ia ʻoku hanga atu ki Tāmasikusí.
5 Ko ho ʻulú ʻokú ne teuʻi koe ke ke fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo hangē ko Kāmelí,+
ʻOku toʻoa* ʻa e tuʻí ʻi he tuku ange ho louʻulú.
6 He hoihoifua ē ko koe, pea he fakaʻofoʻofa ē ko koe,
ʻE taʻahine ko hoku ʻofaʻanga, ʻokú ke mahulu hake ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku fakaholomamatá!
8 Naʻá ku pehē, ‘Te u kaka ʻi he fuʻu pāmé
Ke u puke ʻa hono fuá.’
ʻOfa ke hangē ho ongo huhú ha fuhinga kālepí,
Ko hoʻo mānavá ʻoku namu-lelei ʻo hangē ko e ʻāpelé,
9 Pea ko ho ngutú* ʻoku hangē ko e uaine moʻoniá.”
“ʻOfa ke momole ʻene ʻalu hifó ki hoku ʻofaʻangá,
ʻO tafetafe lelei ʻi he loungutu ʻo kinautolu ʻoku mohé.
10 ʻOku ʻa hoku ʻofaʻangá au,+
Pea ʻoku nofo ʻa ʻene holí ʻiate au.
11 Haʻu, ʻe hoku ʻofaʻanga,
Ke ta ō ki he ngaahi ngoué;
Ke ta nofo ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngoue saipalesí.+
12 Ta tuʻu pongipongia hake ʻo ʻalu ki he ngaahi ngoue kālepí
Ke sio pe kuo tā huli* hake ʻa e kālepí,
Pe kuo matala ʻa e fisí,+
Pe kuo fisi ʻa e ʻulu pomikānité.+
Te u fakahāhā atu ai ʻa ʻeku ʻofá kiate koe.+
13 ʻOku namu-lelei atu ʻa e ngaahi fuaʻiʻakaú;+
ʻOku ʻi hota ngaahi matapaá ʻa e faʻahinga kehekehe ʻo e fuaʻiʻakau lelei tahá.+
ʻA e fuaʻiʻakau foʻou pea pehē ki he fuaʻiʻakau motuʻa,
ʻE hoku ʻofaʻanga, kuó u tuku tauhi ia maʻau.