12 Kapau te ke pehē, “Ka naʻe ʻikai haʻamau ʻilo ki he meʻá ni,”

ʻIkai ʻoku ʻilo ia ʻe he Tokotaha ʻokú ne sivi ʻa e lotó?*+

6 Pea te ne totongi ki he tokotaha taki taha ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngaahi ngāué:+

10 He kuo pau ke tau hā* kotoa pē ʻi muʻa ʻi he nofoʻanga fakamaau ʻo e Kalaisí, koeʻuhi ke totongi fakafoki ai ki he tokotaha taki taha ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi meʻa kuó ne tōʻongaʻaki lolotonga ʻa e ʻi he sinó, pe naʻe lelei pe kovi.*+

7 ʻOua ʻe tuku ke takihalaʻi kimoutolu: Ko e ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai ko ha tokotaha ia ʻe ala kākaaʻi.* He ʻilonga ha meʻa ʻoku tō ʻe ha taha, ko e meʻa ia te ne utú foki;+

14 Ko ʻĀlekisānita ko e tufunga kopá naʻe lahi ʻene faikovi mai kiate aú. ʻE totongi fakafoki ʻe Sihova* kiate ia ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngaahi ngāué.+

12 Pea naʻá ku sio ki he kau maté, ʻa e lalahi mo e iiki, ʻoku nau tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻo e taloní, pea naʻe fakaava ʻa e ngaahi takainga tohi. Ka naʻe toe ʻi ai ha takainga tohi ʻe taha naʻe fakaava; ko e takainga tohi ia ʻo e moʻuí.+ Naʻe fakamāuʻi ʻa e kau maté mei he ngaahi meʻa ko ia naʻe hiki ʻi he ngaahi takainga tohí ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau ngaahi ngāué.+ 13 Pea naʻe tuku mai ʻe he tahí ʻa e kau mate naʻe ʻi aí, pea ko mate mo Faʻitoka* naʻá na tuku mai ʻa e kau mate naʻe ʻiate kinauá, pea naʻe fakamāuʻi fakatāutaha kinautolu ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau ngaahi ngāué.+

12 “‘Vakai! ʻOku vavé ni ke u ʻalu atu, pea ko e totongi ʻoku ou foakí ʻoku ʻiate au, ke totongi ki he tokotaha taki taha ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngāué.+