Neemia

4 Pea ʼi te logo ʼa Sanepala+ ki tamatou toe laga ia te kaupa, neʼe kovi ʼosi tona ita, pea neʼe ina haga manukiʼi te kau Sutea. 2 Pea neʼe ina ui ia muʼa ʼo ʼona tehina pea mo te kautau ʼo Samalia: “Kotea koa ʼae ʼe fai e te kau Sutea vaivavai ʼaia? ʼE lava fakahoko anai koa e natou totonu te gaue ʼaia? ʼE natou momoli anai koa he ʼu sakilifisio? ʼE natou fakaʼosi anai koa te gaue ʼi he ʼaho pe ʼe tahi? Pea ʼe natou fakamaʼuli ake anai koa mai te ʼu tuʼuga efu ia te ʼu maka ʼae kua tutu e te afi?”+

3 Neʼe ui e Topie,+ te tagata Amone+ ʼae neʼe tuʼu ʼi ʼona tafa: “Maʼiape la mo he lenato kapau ʼe kake ki te kaupa maka ʼae ʼe natou laga, ʼe holo anai ia.”

4 “Siʼomatou ʼAtua, ke ke fagono ki te ʼu manukinuki ʼae ʼe natou fai mai kia matou,+ pea ke natou kai pe tanatou agakovi ʼaia.+ Pea ke ke tuku natou ki ʼonatou fili ke fakaʼaunofo natou ʼi he tahi age fenua. 5 Pea ʼaua naʼa ke ʼuʼufi ʼanatou hala peʼe ke pulihi ʼanatou agahala ʼi ʼou muʼa,+ koteʼuhi neʼe natou laukoviʼi ia natou ʼae ʼe natou laga te kaupa.”

6 Neʼe hoko atu pe tamatou laga te kaupa, pea neʼe ʼosi leva te kaupa ʼae neʼe ina ʼa takai te kolo ʼo kaku ki te vaelua ʼo tona maʼoluga, pea neʼe haga gaue fakamalotoloto aipe ia te hahaʼi.

7 ʼI te logo ʼa Sanepala, mo Topie,+ mo te kau Alape,+ mo te kau Amone pea mo te kau Asoti+ ki te lakalaka ki muʼa ʼo te toe faʼu ʼo te ʼu kaupa ʼo Selusalemi pea mo te kua mono ʼo te ʼu pu, neʼe natou iita lahi ai. 8 Neʼe natou fonofono fakatahi ai ke natou ʼomai ʼo tauʼi ia Selusalemi pea mo fakatupu he maveuveu ʼi ai. 9 Kae neʼe matou faikole ki tomatou ʼAtua, pea neʼe matou fakatuʼu he tagata leʼo ʼi te ʼaho mo te poʼuli ʼuhi ko natou.

10 Kae neʼe ui e te hahaʼi ʼo Suta: “Kua vaivavai te kau gaue,* pea ʼe toe lahi foki mo te ʼu maumau. Pea ʼe mole feala anai ke matou laga te kaupa.”

11 Pea neʼe hoko atu te ui e ʼomatou fili: “Ka tou olo fakahagatonu anai kia natou, ʼe mole natou iloʼi anai he meʼa peʼe sisio mai anai, pea ʼe tou matematehi anai natou pea mo taʼofi te gaue.”

12 ʼI te temi fuli pe ʼae neʼe ʼomai ai te kau Sutea ʼae neʼe nonofo ʼi ʼonatou tafa, neʼe natou haga ui* mai: “ ʼE natou ʼohofi anai tatou mai te ʼu potu fuli pe.”

13 Koia, neʼe au fakatuʼu he kau tagata ʼi te ʼu koga meʼa malalo ʼi te tuʼa kaupa, ʼae ʼe faigafua ai tona ʼohofi, pea neʼe au fakatuʼutuʼu fakafamili natou ʼaki ʼanatou heleta, mo ʼanatou tao pea mo ʼanatou nahau. 14 ʼI taku sio ki tanatou matataku, neʼe au tuʼu ake aipe ʼo ui ki te kau ʼaliki,+ mo te ʼu tagata ʼae ʼe hoa ki te kau pule pea mo te toe ʼo te hahaʼi: “ ʼAua naʼa kotou matataku.+ Kotou manatuʼi ia Sehova, ʼae ʼe lahi pea mo fakamanavahe,+ pea kotou tau maʼa ʼokotou tehina, mo ʼokotou foha, mo ʼokotou ʼofafine, mo ʼokotou ʼohoana pea mo ʼokotou loto fale.”

15 ʼI te ʼosi logo ʼo ʼomatou fili ki tamatou kua iloʼi te meʼa ʼae neʼe natou fia fakahoko pea mo te fakato noa e te ʼAtua moʼoni tanatou fakatuʼutuʼu ʼaia, neʼe matou toe liliu fuli ai ʼo laga te kaupa. 16 Talu mai te ʼaho ʼaia, neʼe gaue te vaelua ʼo ʼaku tagata+ pea ko te tahi ake vaelua neʼe natou toʼo ni tao, mo ni meʼa tali tau, mo te ʼu nahau pea mo tui te ʼu kofu tau. Pea neʼe tutuʼu te kau ʼaliki+ ʼo lagolago ki te hahaʼi katoa ʼo Suta 17 ʼae neʼe natou laga te kaupa. Ko natou ʼae neʼe natou ʼamo te ʼu kavega, neʼe natou gaue nima tahi kae puke ʼi te tahi age nima he mahafu.* 18 Pea neʼe tahi haʼi e te kau gaue ʼi tona faʼahi vakavaka he heleta kae natou lolotoga gaue, pea neʼe tuʼu ʼi ʼoku tafa ia ia ʼae neʼe ina pupuhi te fakatagi pupuhi.+

19 Neʼe au ui leva ki te kau ʼaliki, mo te ʼu tagata ʼae ʼe hoa ki te kau pule pea mo te toe ʼo te hahaʼi: “ ʼE lahi te gaue, pea ʼe tou mavetevete ʼi te kaupa mo fevahamamaʼoʼaki. 20 Koia, ka kotou logo ki te pupuhi ʼo te fakatagi pupuhi, kotou maʼopoʼopo fuli age ki te faʼahi ʼae ʼe matou nonofo ai. Pea ʼe tau anai totatou ʼAtua maʼa tatou.”+

21 Koia neʼe matou hoko atu pe te gaue kae neʼe toʼo e te tahi age vaelua ʼo matou ia te ʼu tao, mai te mafoa ʼo te ʼaho ʼo kaku ki te ha ʼo te ʼu fetuʼu. 22 ʼI te temi ʼaia, neʼe au ui ki te hahaʼi: “Ke tahi nofo te kau tagata ʼi Selusalemi ʼi te poʼuli mo tana tagata tokoni gaue, ke feala ai hanatou leʼo tatou ʼi te poʼuli pea mo gaue ʼi te ʼaho.” 23 Koia neʼe mole matou huʼi ʼomatou teu, ia au mo ʼoku tehina, mo ʼaku tagata gaue+ pea mo te kau tagata leʼo ʼae neʼe mulimuli mai ia au, pea neʼe matou tahi toʼo tana mahafu ʼi tona nima mataʼu.