Ko e tuʻi ʻe taha ʻo Pāpilone ko Talaiasi ko e Mītia. Naʻe sio ʻa Talaiasi naʻe makehe ʻa Taniela. Naʻá ne ʻai ʻa Taniela ke ne pule ki he kau tangata mahuʻinga taha ʻi he fonuá. Naʻe meheka ʻa e kau tangatá ni kia Taniela pea nau loto ke tāmateʻi ia. Naʻa nau ʻiloʻi naʻe lotu tuʻo tolu ʻa Taniela kia Sihova ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ko ia naʻa nau tala ange kia Talaiasi: ‘ʻE hoʻo ʻafio, ʻoku totonu ke ʻai ha lao ke lotu ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē kiate koe. ʻOku totonu ke lī ha taha pē ʻe talangataʻa ki he laó ki ha ʻana ʻoku fonu ʻi he fanga laioné.’ Naʻe saiʻia ʻa Talaiasi ʻi he foʻi fakakaukaú, pea naʻá ne fakamoʻoni ʻi he laó.

ʻI he fanongo pē ʻa Taniela fekauʻaki mo e lao foʻoú, naʻá ne hū ki hono falé. Naʻá ne tūʻulutui ʻi muʻa ʻi ha kiʻi matapā naʻe fakaava, ʻo ne lotu ai kia Sihova. Naʻe hū atu ʻa e kau tangata meheká ki hono falé ʻo maʻu atu ʻene lotú. Naʻa nau lele kia Talaiasi ʻo tala ange: ‘ʻOku talangataʻa ʻa Taniela kiate koe. ʻOkú ne lotu tuʻo tolu ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ki hono ʻOtuá.’ Naʻe saiʻia ʻa Talaiasi ʻia Taniela pea naʻe ʻikai te ne loto ke ne mate. Naʻá ne feinga ʻi he ʻahó kotoa ke fakakaukau ki ha founga ke fakahaofi ai ʻa Taniela. Ka naʻa mo e tuʻí naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne liliu ha lao naʻá ne ʻosi fakamoʻoni ai. Naʻe pau ke ne fekauʻi ʻene kau tangatá ke nau lī ʻa Taniela ki he ʻana ʻo e fanga laione fekaí.

 ʻI he pō ko iá, naʻe hohaʻa ʻaupito ʻa Talaiasi fekauʻaki mo Taniela pea naʻe ʻikai lava ke ne mohe. ʻI he pongipongi haké, naʻá ne lele ki he luó ʻo ui kia Taniela: ‘Naʻe fakahaofi koe ʻe ho ʻOtuá?’

Naʻe fanongo ʻa Talaiasi ki ha leʻo. Ko Taniela ia! Naʻá ne kaila hake kia Talaiasi: ‘Naʻe tāpuni ʻe Sihova ʻa e ngutu ʻo e fanga laioné. Naʻe halaʻatā ke nau fakalaveaʻi au.’ Naʻe fiefia lahi ʻa Talaiasi! Naʻá ne tuʻutuʻuni ke ʻohake ʻa Taniela mei he luó. Naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha makohi ʻia Taniela. Naʻe tuʻutuʻuni leva ʻa e tuʻí: ‘Lī ʻa e kau tangata naʻa nau tukuakiʻi ʻa Tanielá ki he luó.’ ʻI hono lī ʻa e kau tangata ko iá ki he luó, naʻe kai kinautolu ʻe he fanga laioné.

Naʻe fai ʻe Talaiasi ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ko ení ki hono kakaí: ‘Kuo pau ke manavahē ʻa e tokotaha kotoa ki he ʻOtua ʻo Tanielá. Naʻá ne fakahaofi ʻa Taniela mei he fanga laioné.’

ʻOkú ke lotu kia Sihova ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko Tanielá?