1 Pea ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻe puke ʻe he fefine ʻe toko fitu ki he tangata ʻe tokotaha, ʻonau pehē, “Te mau kai ʻemau mā ʻamautolu, pea kofuʻaki homau ngaahi kofu: kae kehe ke ui ʻakimautolu ʻi ho hingoa, pea toʻo atu ai homau manukia.”

2 ‌ʻI he ʻaho ko ia ʻe toulekeleka mo ongoongolelei ʻae vaʻa ʻo Sihova, pea ʻe lelei lahi mo matamatalelei ʻae fua ʻoe fonua kiate kinautolu kuo hao ʻi ʻIsileli, 3 Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ko ia kuo toe ʻi Saione, pea mo ia ʻoku nofo ʻi Selūsalema, ʻe ui ia ko e māʻoniʻoni, ʻio, ko kinautolu kotoa pē kuo tohi ʻi he kakai moʻui ʻo Selūsalema: 4 ‌ʻOka hili ʻae fufulu ʻe Sihova ʻae ʻuli ʻoe ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Saione, pea hili ʻene fakamaʻa ʻae toto ʻo Selūsalema mei he lotolotonga ʻo ia, ʻaki ʻae laumālie ʻoe fakamaau, pea mo e laumālie ʻoe vela. 5 Pea ʻe fakatupu ʻe Sihova ʻi he nofoʻanga kotoa pē ʻoe moʻunga ko Saione, pea ki hono ngaahi fakataha, ʻae ʻao mo e ʻohuafi ʻi he ʻaho, pea mo e maama ʻoe afi ulo ʻi he pō: pea ʻe fakamalu ʻaki ʻae nāunau ʻae meʻa kotoa pē. 6 Pea ʻe ʻi ai ʻae fale ko e malumaluʻanga ʻi he ʻaho mei he pupuha, pea ko e potu hūfanga, pea ko e maluʻanga mei he afā mo e ʻuha.