Ki Te Kau Efeso
3 Koia ko au Paulo, ʼae ʼe pilisoni+ ʼuhi ko Kilisito* Sesu pea mo taku tokoni atu kia koutou ʼae ʼe mole Sutea . . . 2 ʼE mahino ia neʼe kotou logo neʼe foaki mai kia au te maʼua ʼae ke au tokoni atu,+ ke kotou maʼu ia te ʼofa makehe ʼo te ʼAtua, 3 pea neʼe fakaha mai kia au te meʼa fakalilo tapu,* ohage pe ko taku faitohi fakanounou atu ki muʼa atu. 4 Koia moka kotou lau te faʼahi ʼaeni, ʼe kotou iloʼi ai kua au mahino ki te meʼa fakalilo tapu+ ʼo ʼuhiga mo Kilisito. 5 Neʼe mole fakaha age e te ʼAtua te meʼa fakalilo tapu ʼaia ki te ʼu foha ʼo te ʼu tagata ʼo te ʼu taʼiake ki muʼa atu, ohage ko tana kua fakaha ʼi te temi nei ki ʼana apositolo maʼoniʼoni pea mo ʼana polofeta ʼaki tona laumalie.+ 6 Pea koʼeni ia te meʼa fakalilo ʼaia: Ko natou ʼae ʼe fakatahi mo Kilisito Sesu kae ʼe mole ko he kau Sutea, ʼe natou maʼu anai ia te tofiʼa ʼae ʼe maʼu e Kilisito pea mo natou kau ki te sino.+ ʼE natou maʼu anai te ʼu meʼa ʼae neʼe fakapapauʼi mai e te ʼAtua kia matou ʼuhi ko te logo lelei. 7 Kua au liliu ko he tagata faifekau ʼo te meʼa fakalilo tapu ʼaia ʼuhi ko te lahi ʼo te ʼofa makehe ʼo te ʼAtua. Pea neʼe ina foaki mai te meʼa ʼofa ʼaia ʼo mulimuli ki tona malohi.+
8 Neʼe fakaha mai kia au, ʼae ʼe veliveli ʼosi ʼi te kau maʼoniʼoni,+ ia te ʼofa makehe ʼaia,+ ke au tala ki te ʼu puleʼaga kehekehe te logo lelei ʼo ʼuhiga mo te ʼu tapuakina mai ia Kilisito, ʼae ʼe mole feala hona fakafuafua 9 pea ke au fakamahino ki te hahaʼi fuli pe kotea ʼae ʼe fai e te ʼAtua, ʼae neʼe ina fakatupu ia meʼa fuli, moʼo fakahoko ia te meʼa fakalilo tapu+ ʼae neʼe ina fufu talu mai fualoa. 10 Neʼe hoko te aluʼaga ʼaia ke fakaha ai, ʼaki te kokelekasio,+ te ʼu agaaga kehekehe ʼo te poto ʼo te ʼAtua ki te ʼu puleʼaga mo te ʼu takitaki ʼae ʼi selo.+ 11 ʼE mulimuli te faʼahi ʼaia ki te fakatuʼutuʼu heʼe gata ʼae neʼe ina fai ʼo ʼuhiga mo Kilisito+ Sesu, totatou ʼAliki, 12 pea ʼaki tatatou tui kia ia ʼaia, kua feala ke tou palalau faʼifaʼitaliha* pea mo fakaovi faʼifaʼitaliha ki te ʼAtua+ mo he lotofalala. 13 Koia ʼe au kole atu ke ʼaua naʼa kotou lotovaivai ʼuhi ko te ʼu mamahi ʼae neʼe au tau mo ia ʼi taku tokoni atu, he ʼe fakamaʼuhigaʼi ai koutou.+
14 Koia ʼe au tuʼutuli ifo ai ia muʼa ʼo te Tamai, 15 ʼae ʼe maʼu mai ia te ia e te ʼu famili fuli ʼi selo pea mo te kele ʼonatou higoa. 16 ʼE au faikole ke ina fakafealagia atu, ʼo mulimuli ki te lahi ʼo tona kololia, ke malohi ʼokotou loto pea mo ʼokotou ʼatamai,+ ʼaki te malohi ʼo tona laumalie. 17 Pea ʼe au faikole ke nofo ia Kilisito, ʼo feia mo te ʼofa, ʼi ʼokotou loto he ʼe kotou tui kia te ia.+ Ke kotou tauaka+ pea mo tutuʼu malohi ʼi te fakatafito,+ 18 ke feala hakotou mahino katoa, ʼo fakatahi mo te kau maʼoniʼoni fuli, ki te laulahi, mo te loa, mo te maʼoluga pea mo te loloto, 19 pea ke kotou iloʼi te ʼofa ʼo Kilisito,+ ʼae ʼe fakalaka ʼi te ʼatamai malama, ke kotou fonu ai ʼi te ʼu kalitate ʼae ʼe foaki katoa e te ʼAtua.
20 Pea ʼe feala ki te ʼAtua ke ina fakahoko ʼo lahi maumau age ʼi te ʼu meʼa ʼae ʼe tou kole peʼe tou manatu ki ai,+ ʼo mulimuli ki tona malohi ʼae ʼe gaue ia tatou.+ 21 Koia ke fakakololiaʼi ia ia ʼaki te kokelekasio pea mo Kilisito Sesu ʼi te ʼu taʼiake fuli ʼo talu ai. Ameni.