3 Lolotonga ʻene nofo ʻi he funga Moʻunga ʻŌlivé, naʻe fakaofi mai ʻa e kau ākongá fakaekinautolu pē kiate ia, ʻo pehē: “Tala mai angé, ʻe hoko fakakū mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, pea ko e hā ʻa e fakaʻilonga ʻo hoʻo ʻi hení*+ pea mo e fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e fokotuʻutuʻu lolotongá?”*+

4 Kae kehe, ʻoku leaʻaki mahino ʻe he folofola fakamānavaʻí* ʻo pehē ʻi he ngaahi taimi ʻamuí ʻe tō ai ʻa e niʻihi mei he tuí, ʻo nau tokanga ki he ngaahi fakamatala fakamānavaʻi fakatupu takihalaʻi*+ mo e ngaahi akonaki ʻa e fanga tēmenioó,

3 Ko hono ʻuluakí ke mou ʻiloʻi eni, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosí ʻe hoko mai ai ha kakai te nau manukiʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leleí, te nau hokohoko atu ʻo fakatatau ki heʻenau ngaahi holí tonu+

17 Ka kiate kimoutolu, siʻi faʻahinga ʻofeina, mou manatu ki he ngaahi lea naʻe leaʻaki atu ki muʻa* ʻe he kau ʻapositolo ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí, 18 ʻa ʻenau faʻa pehē kiate kimoutolu: “ʻI he fakaʻosiʻosi ʻo e kuongá ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e kau manuki, ʻoku nau muimui pē ki heʻenau ngaahi holi ʻa kinautolu ki he ngaahi meʻa taʻefakaʻotuá.”+