Sefanaia VAHE 1 1 Ko e folofola ʻa e ʻEikí ʻa ia naʻe hoko mai kia Sefanaia ko e foha ʻo Kusí, ko e foha ʻo Ketilaia, ko e foha ʻo ʻAmlaia, ko e foha ʻo Hisikia, ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Sosaia ko e foha ʻo ʻĀmoni, ko e tuʻi ʻo Siutá. 2 Te u fakaʻosi ʻaupito ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē mei he fonuá, ʻoku folofola ʻe he ʻEikí. 3 Te u tutu ʻa e tangatá mo e manú; Te u tutu ʻa e fanga manupuna ʻo e langí, pea mo e fanga ika ʻo e tahí, pea mo e ngaahi tūkiaʻanga mo e kau fai angahalá; pea te u motuhi atu ʻa e tangatá mei he fonuá, ʻoku folofola ʻe he ʻEikí. 4 Te u mafao atu foki hoku nimá ki Siuta, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ʻi Selūsalemá; pea te u motuhi atu ʻa e toenga ʻo Pealí mei he potú ni, pea mo e hingoa ʻo e kau Selimí fakataha mo e kau taulaʻeikí; 5 Pea ko kinautolu ʻoku hū ki he taʻe-kai ʻo e langí ʻi he tumutumu ʻo e ngaahi falé; pea mo kinautolu ʻoku hū mo fuakava ki he ʻEikí, pea fuakava ʻe Malcham; 6 Pea ko kinautolu kuo tafoki mei he ʻEikí; pea mo kinautolu naʻe ʻikai kumi ki he ʻEikí, pe fehuʻi kiate ia. 7 Puke hoʻo melinó ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtuá: he ʻoku ofi ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEikí: he kuo teuteu ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e feilaulaú, kuó ne lea ki heʻene kau fakaafé. 8 Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e feilaulau ʻa e ʻEikí, te u tauteaʻi ʻa e kau pilinisí, pea mo e fānau ʻa e tuʻí, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē kuo kofu ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi kofu faikehe. 9 ʻI he ʻaho tatau pē te u tauteaʻi ʻa kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku puna ʻi he matapā ʻo e matapaá, ʻa ia ʻokú ne fakafonu ʻa e ngaahi fale ʻo honau kau pulé ʻaki ʻa e fakamālohí mo e kākaá. 10 Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he ʻaho ko iá, ʻoku folofola ʻe he ʻEikí, ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e longoaʻa ʻo e tangi mei he matapā ʻo e iká, pea mo e ngala mei hono uá, mo e ʻauha lahi mei he ngaahi tafungofungá. 11 Ngala, ʻa kimoutolu ʻoku nofo ʻi Maktesh, he kuo tuʻusi hifo ʻa e kakai fefakatauʻaki kotoa pē; ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku fua ʻa e silivá ʻoku motuhi atu ʻa kinautolu. 12 Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he taimi ko iá, te u fakatotolo ʻi Selūsalema ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi teʻelango, pea tauteaʻi ʻa e kau tangata kuo nofo ʻi honau fōmú: ʻa ia ʻoku nau pehē ʻi honau lotó, ʻE ʻikai fai lelei ʻa e ʻEikí, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne fai kovi. 13 Ko ia ʻe hoko ʻenau ngaahi koloá ko ha konokona, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻa honau ngaahi falé: te nau langa foki mo ha ngaahi fale, kae ʻikai nofoʻi ʻa kinautolu; pea te nau tō ʻa e ngaahi ngoue vainé, kae ʻikai inu ʻa hono uainé. 14 ʻOku ofi ʻa e fuʻu ʻaho lahi ʻo e ʻEikí, ʻoku ofi, pea ʻoku fakatoʻotoʻo lahi, ʻio ʻa e leʻo ʻo e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEikí: ʻe kalanga mamahi ai ʻa e tangata mālohí. 15 Ko e ʻaho ko iá ko e ʻaho ʻo e houhau, ko ha ʻaho ʻo e faingataʻa mo e faingataʻa, ko ha ʻaho ʻo e fakaʻauha mo e fakaʻauha, ko ha ʻaho ʻo e fakapoʻuli mo e pulonga, ko ha ʻaho ʻo e ngaahi ʻao mo e fakapoʻuli matolu,
16 Ko ha ʻaho ʻo e talupite mo e hohaʻa ki he ngaahi kolo kuo ʻaaʻi, pea mo e ngaahi taua maʻolunga. 17 Pea te u ʻomi ʻa e mamahi ki he tangatá, ke nau ʻaʻeva ʻo hangē ko e kau tangata kuí, koeʻuhí kuo nau fai angahala ki he ʻEikí: pea ʻe lilingi honau totó ʻo hangē ko e efú, pea ʻe hangē honau kakanó ko e dung. 18 ʻE ʻikai lava ʻe heʻenau silivá pe ko ʻenau koulá ʻo fakahaofi ʻa kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻo e ʻEikí; ka ʻe keina ʻa e fonuá kotoa pē ʻe he afi ʻo ʻene meheká: he te ne ngaohi ke hoko vave ʻa e fakamaʻa ʻo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ʻi he fonuá.
VAHE 2 1 Mou tānaki fakataha mai ʻa kimoutolu, ʻio, mou tānaki fakataha, ʻE puleʻanga ʻoku ʻikai fie maʻu; 2 Ki muʻa pea toki ʻomi ʻa e tuʻutuʻuní, ki muʻa pea hoko ʻa e ʻahó ʻo hangē ko e kafukafú, ʻi he teʻeki ai ke tō kiate kimoutolu ʻa e houhau kakaha ʻo e ʻEikí, ʻi he teʻeki ai hoko ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻo e ʻEikí kiate kimoutolú. 3 Mou kumi ki he ʻEikí, ʻa kimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku angamalū ʻi he māmaní, ʻa ia kuo fai ʻene fakamāú; fekumi ki he māʻoniʻoní, fekumi ki he angamalū: koeʻuhí ke fufuuʻi koe ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e houhau ʻo e ʻEikí. 4 He ʻe liʻaki ʻa kasa, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻa Ashkelon: te nau tekeʻi atu ʻa ʻAsatoti ʻi he hoʻata ʻo e hoʻataa, pea ʻe aka hake ʻa ʻEkoloni. 5 Malaʻia ʻ a e kakai ʻ oku nofo ʻ i he matāfanga ʻ o e tahí, ʻ a e puleʻanga ʻ o e kau Selupí! ʻoku fepaki ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻEikí mo kimoutolu; ʻE Kēnani, ʻa e fonua ʻo e kau Filisitiá, te u fakaʻauha ʻa kimoutolu, pea ʻe ʻikai hanau nofoʻanga. 6 Pea ʻe hoko ʻa e matafanga ʻo e tahi ko e ngaahi nofoʻanga mo e ngaahi fale maʻa e kau tauhisipi, mo e takanga maʻa e ngaahi takanga monumanu iki. 7 Pea ʻe hoko ʻa e matāfangá ki he toenga ʻo e fale ʻo Siutá; te nau kai ai: te nau tokoto hifo ʻi he ngaahi fale ʻo ʻAsekeloní ʻi he efiafí: he ʻe ʻaʻahi kiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻEiki ko honau ʻOtuá, pea tekeʻi ʻa ʻenau nofo pōpulá. 8 Kuó u fanongo ki he manuki ʻa Mōapé, mo e ngaahi lauʻikovi ʻa e fānau ʻa ʻĀmoní, ʻa ia kuo nau manukiʻi ai ʻa hoku kakaí, mo fakamālohia ʻa kinautolu mei honau kauʻāfonuá. 9 Ko ia, hangē ʻoku ou moʻuí, ʻoku folofola ʻe he ʻEiki ʻo e ngaahi kau taú, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí, Ko e moʻoni ʻe tatau ʻa Mōape mo Sōtoma, pea mo e fānau ʻa ʻĀmoni ʻo hangē ko Komolá, ʻio ʻa hono fakatupu ʻo e ngaahi nettles, mo e masima, mo e fakaʻauha tuʻuloa: ʻe maumauʻi kinautolu ʻe he toenga ʻo hoku kakaí, pea ʻe maʻu ia ʻe he toenga ʻo hoku kakaí. 10 Te nau maʻu ʻeni koeʻuhi ko ʻenau loto-hīkisiá, koeʻuhí kuo nau manukiʻi mo fakamālohiʻi ʻa kinautolu ki he kakai ʻo e ʻEiki ʻo e ngaahi kau taú. 11 ʻE fakamanavahē ʻa e ʻEikí kiate kinautolu: he te ne fakaʻauha ʻa e ngaahi ʻotua kotoa pē ʻo e māmaní; pea ʻe hū ʻa e kakaí kiate ia, ʻa e kakai taki taha mei hono potú, ʻio ʻa e ngaahi motu kotoa ʻo e kau hītení. 12 ʻA kimoutolu foki, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻi heʻeku heletaá.