Lua Kolonito 2:1-17
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ʼE loto e Paulo ke ina fakafiafiaʼi natou (1-4)
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Neʼe fakamolemole ki te tagata agahala pea ʼe toe fakahu ki te kokelekasio (5-11)
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Ko Paulo ʼi Toloasi pea ʼi Masetonia (12, 13)
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Ka tou faifakamafola, ʼe tou hage ko he kau solia ʼe liliu malo mai te tau (14-17)
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“ ʼE mole matou faikoloa ʼaki te folafola ʼa te ʼAtua” (17)
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2 Neʼe au fakatotonu leva ke mole au toe alu atu kia koutou ʼi te lotomamahi.
2 He ʼe kapau ʼe au fakalotomamahiʼi koutou, pea ko ai koa ʼae ka ina fakapelepeleʼi au? ʼE ko natou pe ʼae neʼe au fakalotomamahiʼi.
3 Koia neʼe au faitohi atu ai, ke mole au lotomamahi ʼuhi ko natou ʼae ʼe tonu ke au fiafia ai moka au alu atu, koteʼuhi ʼe au falala ko te ʼu meʼa ʼae ʼe au fiafia ai ʼe kotou toe fiafia fuli ai.
4 Neʼe au faitohi atu kia koutou ʼaki he lotomamahi mo he lototuʼania pea mo au tagi. Neʼe mole au faitohi atu ke kotou lotomamahi ai,+ kae ke kotou iloʼi toku ʼofa mamahi ʼae ia koutou.
5 Kapau neʼe fakatupu lotomamahi he tahi,+ neʼe mole ko au ʼae neʼe ina fakalotomamahiʼi, kae ko koutou fuli, pea ʼe au fakalelei atu ʼi taku palalau fakahagatonu atu.
6 Ko te fakatonutonu ʼae neʼe fai e te tokolahi ia koutou ki te tagata ʼaia kua feʼauga.
7 Koia ʼi te temi nei ʼe tonu ke kotou fakamolemole kia ia pea mo fakafimalieʼi ia ia,+ naʼa taʼomia ʼi te lahi fau ʼo tona lotomamahi.+
8 ʼE au fakalotomalohiʼi koutou ke kotou fakamoʼoni tokotou ʼofa kia ia.+
9 Ko te tahi tupuʼaga ʼaeni ʼo taku faitohi atu ai: moʼo vakaʼi pe ʼe kotou fakalogo kia meʼa fuli.
10 Kapau ʼe kotou fakamolemole ki he tahi, pea mo au foki ʼe au fakamolemole ki ai. ʼI tona fakahagatonu, ko te meʼa ʼae kua au fakamolemole mo kapau neʼe au fakamolemole he meʼa, neʼe au fai te meʼa ʼaia ʼuhi ko koutou ia muʼa ʼo Kilisito,*
11 ke ʼaua naʼa kakaʼi tatou e Satana,+ he ʼe tou iloʼi ʼana fakatuʼutuʼu.*+
12 ʼI taku tau atu ki Toloasi+ ʼo tala te logo lelei ʼo ʼuhiga mo Kilisito, neʼe au maʼu he faigamalie* ʼi te gaue ki te ʼAliki,
13 kae neʼe mole au fimalie koteʼuhi neʼe mole au felaveʼi mo toku tehina ko Tito.+ Koia neʼe au tauʼine ai ki te ʼu tehina pea mo au alu ki Masetonia.+
14 Kae ʼe tou fakafetaʼi ki te ʼAtua ʼae ʼe ina taki fakatahi tatou mo Kilisito ohage ko he kau solia ʼe liliu malo mai te tau, pea ʼe mafola te magoni ʼo te ʼatamai malama ʼo ʼuhiga mo ia ʼi te potu fuli.
15 Ki te ʼAtua ko tatou ko he ʼaele magoni ʼo te logo ʼo ʼuhiga mo Kilisito kia natou ʼae ʼe ʼi te ala ki te haofaki pea mo natou ʼae ʼe ʼi te ala ki te fakaʼauha.
16 Kia natou ʼae ʼe ʼi te ala ki te fakaʼauha ʼe ko he ʼaele* ʼo te mate ki te mate,+ pea kia natou ʼae ʼe ʼi te ala ki te haofaki ʼe ko he ʼaele magoni ʼo te maʼuli ki te maʼuli. Ko ai koa ʼae ʼe ina lavaʼi te gaue ʼaia?
17 Ko matou, he ʼe mole matou faikoloa* ʼaki te folafola ʼa te ʼAtua,+ ohage ko te tokolahi, kae ʼe matou palalau fakamalotoloto ohage ko he kau faifekau ʼa te ʼAtua, ʼei, ia muʼa ʼo te ʼAtua ʼo fakatahi mo Kilisito.
Nota
^ Vakaʼi Te ʼu Kupu.
^ Peʼe “fakakaukau,” peʼe “puleʼaki.”
^ Klka. “avahi mai he matapa.”
^ Peʼe “ ʼaele magoni.”
^ Peʼe “mole matou maʼu koloa.”