Te Evaselio ʼa Mateo
3 ʼI te temi ʼaia neʼe haʼu ai ia Soane+ Patita* ʼo faifakamafola+ ʼi te toafa ʼo Sutea, 2 ʼo ina ui: “Kotou fakahemala, he ʼe kua ovi mai te Puleʼaga ʼo selo.”+ 3 ʼE ko ia ʼae neʼe talanoa ki ai te polofeta ko Esaia+ ʼi tana ui: “ ʼE kalaga he tahi ʼi te toafa: ‘Kotou teuteuʼi te ala ʼo Sehova!* Kotou fakatokatoka ʼona ala.’ ”+ 4 Neʼe tui e Soane ia he teu fuluʼi kamelo pea neʼe ina ʼai he kiliʼi pipi ʼi tona koga loto.+ Ko tana meʼa kai neʼe ko te ʼu heʼe mo te meli.+ 5 Pea neʼe olo age kia ia te hahaʼi ʼo Selusalemi mo Sutea katoa mo te ʼu koga fenua fuli ʼo te ʼu tafaʼaki ʼo te Vai Tafe ʼo Solotane,+ 6 pea neʼe ina papitemaʼi* ai natou ʼi te Vai Tafe ʼo Solotane,+ ʼo natou vetevete fakahaha ai ʼanatou agahala.
7 ʼI tana sio ki te ʼomai kaugamalie ʼa te kau Faliseo* pea mo te kau Satuseo*+ ki te faipapitema, neʼe ina ui age kia natou: “Faga ʼuhiʼi gata kafokona,+ ko ai ʼae neʼe ina ui atu ke kotou feholaki mai te hauhau ʼo te ʼAtua ʼae ka hoko mai?+ 8 Koia, kotou fakaha he ʼu fua ʼe tuha mo te fakahemala. 9 ʼAua naʼa kotou ui ʼi ʼokotou loto: ‘Ko tamatou tamai ia Apalahamo,’+ he ʼe au ui atu ʼe feala pe ki te ʼAtua ke ina fakatupu he ʼu fanau maʼa Apalahamo mai te ʼu maka ʼaeni. 10 Kua tuku te toki ʼi te ʼu tafitoʼi ʼakau. Pea ko te ʼu fuʼu ʼakau fuli ʼae ʼe mole fua lelei, ʼe tuʼusi mo laku anai ki te afi.+ 11 ʼE au papitemaʼi koutou ʼaki te vai ʼuhi ko takotou fakahemala,+ kae ko ia ʼae ʼe muli mai ʼe malohi age ia ia au, pea ʼe mole tuha mo au ke au veteki ʼona sulie.+ ʼE ina papitemaʼi anai koutou ʼaki te laumalie maʼoniʼoni+ pea mo te afi.+ 12 ʼE ina puke te huo maga moʼo toʼo kehe te tegaʼi fulumeto mai tona kili, pea ʼe ina fakamaʼa katoa anai tona hahaʼaga fulumeto pea ʼe ina tuku anai te fulumeto ʼi tona fale tanakiʼaga. Kae ʼe ina tutu anai te ʼu kiliʼi fulumeto ʼi he afi+ ʼe mole feala ke tamateʼi.”
13 Pea neʼe mavae ia Sesu mai Kalilea ʼo alu ki te Vai Tafe ʼo Solotane, ke papitemaʼi ai ia ia e Soane.+ 14 Kae neʼe faigaʼi e Soane ke ina taʼofi ia ia, ʼo ina ui age: “Ko koe ʼae ʼe tonu ke ke papitemaʼi au, kae he koʼe ʼe ke haʼu koe kia au?” 15 Neʼe tali age e Sesu: “Tuku ke hoko te meʼa ʼaeni, he ʼe tuha ke ta fakahoko feia te ʼu meʼa fuli ʼae ʼe totonu.” Pea neʼe mole kei ina taʼofi leva ia ia. 16 ʼI tana ʼosi papitema, neʼe hake ake ia Sesu mai te vai. Neʼe ava leva te lagi+ pea neʼe sio ia ki te laumalie ʼo te ʼAtua ʼe hifo ifo kia te ia ohage ko he lupe.+ 17 Neʼe toe logo ki he leʼo mai te lagi+ neʼe ina ui: “Ko toku ʼAlo ʼaeni,+ toku ʼofaina, ʼae ʼe au fiafia ai.”+