Ko e taumuʻa ʻo e tohi ʻa Palōvepí ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ia ʻe hono ngaahi lea kamatá: “Ko e ngaahi palovepi ʻa Solomone, ko e ʻAlo ʻo Tevita, ko e Tuʻi Isileli. Ko e meʻa ke ʻilo poto ai mo e akonaki; ke sivi ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻuhinga: Ko e meʻa ke maʻu ai ʻa e akonaki fakapoto, ʻa e totonu, mo e faka-konisitutone, mo e tāu: Ko e meʻa ke ʻatu fakapotopoto kiate kinautolu ʻoku hehemangofua, ʻa e ʻiloʻilo mo e fakakaukau ki he talavou.”​—Palovepi 1:​1-4.

Ko e potó ko e tuifio ia ʻo e ngaahi moʻoniʻi meʻa lahi, ʻo kau ai ʻa e mahinó, ʻiloʻiló, fakapotopotó, mo e malava fakaefakakaukaú. Ko e mahinó ko e malava ia ke sio ki ha meʻa pea ʻiloʻi ʻa hono faʻungá ʻaki ʻa hono makupusi ʻa e ngaahi fehokotakiʻanga ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo hono ngaahi kongokongá pea mo hono tuʻunga kakató, ʻo maʻu ai hono ʻuhingá. Ko e ʻiloʻiló ʻoku fiemaʻu ki ai ʻa e ʻilo ki he ngaahi ʻuhingá pea mo ha mahino ki he ʻuhinga ʻoku totonu ai pe hala ha faʻahinga ʻalunga. Ko e fakatātaá, ko e tangata ʻo e mahinó ʻoku lava ke ne ʻilo ʻa e taimi ʻoku huʻu atu ai ha taha ʻi ha ʻalunga hala, pea te ne fakatokanga leva nai kiate ia ʻo fekauʻaki mo e fakatuʻutāmakí. Ka ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e ʻiloʻilo mei heʻene tafaʻakí kae mahinoʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻoku huʻu ai ha taha ʻi he ʻalunga ko iá pea maʻu ai ʻa e founga ola lelei taha ke fakahaofi mai ai iá.