Ekelesiasi 8:1-17
8 Ko ai ʼae ʼe hage ko te tagata poto? Ko ai ʼae ʼe ina iloʼi he puleʼaki ki he fihifihia? ʼE iloga te poto ʼo he tagata ʼi tona fofoga pea malū ifo ai tana matamamalu.
2 ʼE au ui atu: “Fakalogo ki te ʼu fakatotonu ʼa te hau+ ʼuhi ko te fakapapau ʼae neʼe fai ki te ʼAtua.+
3 ʼAua naʼa ke mavae fakavilivili ʼi ʼona muʼa.+ ʼAua naʼa ke kau ki he fakatuʼutuʼu ʼe kovi.+ ʼE feala ke ina fai ia meʼa fuli ʼe loto ki ai,
4 he ʼe tonu ke fakahoko te palalau ʼa te hau.+ Ko ai ʼae ʼe feala ke ina ui age: ‘Kotea ʼae ʼe ke fai?’ ”
5 Ko ia ʼae ʼe fakalogo ki te fakatotonu ʼe mole hoko anai he meʼa ʼe kovi kia ia,+ pea ko ia ʼae ʼe poto ʼe ina iloʼi anai te temi mo te faʼahiga fakahoko ʼo he fakatuʼutuʼu.+
6 ʼE ʼi ai he temi mo he faʼahiga fai kia aluʼaga fuli,+ he ʼe lahi ʼaupito te ʼu malaʼia ʼo te tagata.
7 Kae ʼe mole iloʼi e he tahi pe ʼe kotea ʼae ka hoko, koia ko ai ʼae ʼe ina lava ui pe ʼe hoko feafeaʼi anai?
8 ʼE mole feala ke pule te tagata ki te malohi ʼo te maʼuli* peʼe ke ina taʼofi, ʼe toe feia pe ʼe mole pule he tahi ki te ʼaho ʼo te mate.+ ʼE mole fakagafua ki he tagata solia ke mavae ʼi he tau, pea ʼe toe feia pe ʼe mole hao anai ia natou ʼae ʼe natou fai he aga ʼe kovi mai ʼona nunuʼa.*
9 Neʼe au sio ki te ʼu meʼa fuli ʼaia pea neʼe au sivisivi ia gaue fuli ʼe fai ʼi te kele, ʼi te temi ʼae ʼe pule ai te tagata ki te tagata ki tona malaʼia.+
10 Pea neʼe au sio neʼe tanu te kau agakovi, ia natou ʼae neʼe feulufi mo mavae mai te koga meʼa taputapu. Kae neʼe galoʼi fakavilivili natou ʼi te kolo ʼae neʼe natou agakovi ai.+ Maʼia mo te meʼa ʼaia ʼe vaʼiganoa.
11 Ka mole fakahoko fakavilivili te fakatuʼā ʼo he aga ʼe kovi,+ ʼe lotomalohi ai te tagata ke ina fai te meʼa ʼae ʼe kovi.+
12 Logope la ʼe feala ke fai e he tagata agahala ia te meʼa ʼae ʼe kovi ʼo tuʼa teau mo maʼuli fualoa, kae ʼe au iloʼi ʼe fua lelei pe anai te aluʼaga ʼo natou ʼae ʼe manavasiʼi ki te ʼAtua moʼoni ʼuhi ko tanatou lotomanavasiʼi.+
13 Kae ʼe mole fua lelei anai te aluʼaga ʼo ia ʼae ʼe agakovi.+ ʼE hage anai te ʼu ʼaho ʼo tona maʼuli ko te malumalu ʼae ʼe puli vave,+ he ʼe mole manavasiʼi ia ki te ʼAtua.
14 ʼE hoko ʼi te kele te meʼa vaʼiganoa* ʼaeni: ʼE fakatuʼā te kau faitotonu ohage pe neʼe natou agakovi,+ pea ʼe fakapale te kau agakovi ohage pe neʼe natou fai te meʼa ʼae ʼe lelei.+ ʼE au ui, maʼia mo te meʼa ʼaia ʼe vaʼiganoa.
15 Koia neʼe au ui ai ki te tagata ke fiafia+ he ʼe mole he meʼa ʼe lelei age ʼi te kele ʼi tana kai, mo tana inu pea mo tana fakafiafia. Ko te meʼa ʼaia ʼe tonu ke ina fai ʼi tana gaue kinakina ʼi te ʼu ʼaho ʼae neʼe foaki age e te ʼAtua moʼoni ke maʼuli ai ʼi te kele.+
16 Neʼe au faiga malohi ke au maʼu te poto pea ke au sio ki te ʼu gaue fuli ʼae ʼe fai ʼi te kele,+ ʼo mole au mamoe ai ʼi te ʼaho mo te po.*
17 Neʼe au sioʼi leva te ʼu gaue fuli ʼa te ʼAtua moʼoni, pea neʼe au iloʼi ai ʼe mole feala ki te tagata ke mahino ki te ʼu meʼa ʼae ʼe hoko ʼi te kele.+ Ko te maumau temi tanatou faiga ke natou mahino, ʼe mole feala ia. Tatau aipe pe ʼe natou ui ʼe natou popoto ke natou mahino, kae ʼe mole natou lavaʼi te faʼahi ʼaia.+
Nota
^ Peʼe “manava,” peʼe “matagi.”
^ Peʼe lagi “ ʼe mole feala ke haofaki te kau agakovi ʼaki tanatou agakovi.”
^ Peʼe “fakalotomamahi.”
^ Peʼe lagi “ ʼo mole mamoe ai te hahaʼi ʼi te ʼaho mo te po.”
