Priljubljene svetopisemske vrstice iz Mātiu 18

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He ka ʻilonga ha feitu‘u ‘e fakataha ai ha toko ua pē toko tolu koeʻuhi̇̄ ko au, kuo pau ke u ‘i ai au ʻi honau lotolotongá.”

Pea ko ʻeni foki ‘oku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, kapau ‘e felotoi ha toko ua ‘iate kimoutolu ‘i ha me‘a pē te na kole ki ai ‘i māmani, ‘e fai ia ma‘anaua ‘e he‘eku Tamai ʻoku ‘i Hēvani̇́.

Pea ui mai ‘e Si̇̄sū ha ki‘i tamasiʻi, ʻo ne fokotu‘u ‘i hono tafatafa‘aki̇́. Pea naʻe toki pehē ange ki he kau akó, ‟Ko hono mo‘oni̇́ ʻeni ‘oku ou tala atú, kapau ‘e ‘ikai te mou liliu ʻo hoko ʻo hangē ha longa‘i fānaú, ‘e ‘ikai ‘aupito te mou hū ki he Pule‘anga ‘o Hēvani̇́.

ʻIlonga ha taha ‘okú ne anga vaivai, ‘o hangē ko e ki‘i tamasiʻi ko eni̇́, ko ia ia ‘oku lahi he Pule‘anga ‘o Hēvani̇́.

Peá ka tali lelei ‘e ha taha ha ki‘i tamasiʻi pehē ni koeʻuhi̇̄ ko au, ko ʻene tali ai pē ia aú.”

‟Ko hono mo‘oni̇́ ʻeni ‘oku ou tala atú, ko e me‘a kotoa pē ‘oku mou faka‘atā ‘i māmani, ‘e faka‘atā foki ‘i langi. Pea ko e me‘a kotoa pē te mou ta‘ofi ‘i māmaní, ‘e ta‘ofi foki ia ‘i langi.

‟‘E pehē pē foki ʻa e me‘a ‘e fai ‘e he‘eku Tamai ʻoku ‘i Hēvani̇́ kiate kimoutolu ‘o kapau ‘e ‘ikai te mou fakamolemole‘i mo‘oni ha taha ‘e fai hala atu.”

ʻIlonga ha taha te ne ‘ai ʻa e longa‘i fānau ko ʻeni ʻoku tui kiate aú, ke fai angahala, naʻe mei sai ange ke ha‘i ha fu‘u maka he kia ‘o e toko taha ko iá, ‘o ne toki hopo ki he loto moaná.

‘Ai angé haʻamou lau. Ka ai ha tangata naʻe ‘i ai ha‘ane fanga sipi ‘e toko teau, pea ‘iloangé kuo hē ha ki‘i sipi ‘e taha ai, ‘ikai te ne tuku ʻene fanga sipi ‘e toko hivangofulu mā hiva ko eé ke nau kaikai atu pē he tafatafa moʻungá, kae ‘alu ia ‘o kumi ʻene ki‘i sipi kuo heé?