Neemia 1:1-11
1 Ko te ʼu folafola ʼaeni ʼa Neemia,*+ te foha ʼo Akalia: ʼI te mahina ʼo Kiseleve,* ʼi te 20 taʼu, neʼe au nofo ʼi Suse,+ te kolo tau.*
2 Pea ʼi te temi ʼaia, neʼe ʼomai mai Suta ia Hanani,+ ko he tahi ʼo ʼoku tehina mo te tahi ʼu tagata. Pea neʼe au fakalavelave age ʼo ʼuhiga mo Selusalemi pea mo te toe ʼo te kau Sutea ʼae neʼe hao mai tonatou maʼuli popula.+
3 Neʼe natou tali mai: “Ko natou ʼaia ʼae neʼe hao mai tonatou maʼuli popula pea ʼe nonofo ʼi te potu fenua, ʼe natou tau nei mo he aluʼaga faigataʼa pea mo fakaufiufi.+ Kua holo te ʼu kaupa ʼo Selusalemi,+ pea kua vela ʼona matapa.”+
4 ʼI taku logo ki te ʼu palalau ʼaia, neʼe au heka leva pea mo kamata tagi mo lauga lolotoga ni ʼaho, pea neʼe au sesunio+ mo faikole ia muʼa ʼo te ʼAtua ʼo te ʼatu lagi.
5 Neʼe au ui: “Sehova e, ko koe te ʼAtua ʼo te ʼatu lagi, te ʼAtua lahi mo fakamanavahe. ʼE ke fakaʼapaʼapa ki tau fuakava pea mo fakaha tou ʼofa agatonu kia natou ʼae ʼe ʼoʼofa kia te koe pea mo fakalogo ki ʼau fakatotonu.+
6 Fakalelei siʼou loto, kae ke ke fakalogo lelei mai, mo ke sio ifo pea mo ke fagono mai ki te faikole ʼo tau tagata faifekau, ʼae ʼe faikole atu ʼi te ʼaho nei.+ ʼE au faikole atu ʼi te ʼaho mo te po, ʼo ʼuhiga mo te kau Iselaele, ʼau hahaʼi faifekau, mo vetevete atu te ʼu agahala ʼae neʼe fai e te hahaʼi ʼo Iselaele kia te koe. Neʼe matou agahala, ia au pea mo te fale ʼo taku tamai.+
7 ʼE mahino papau ia, neʼe matou fai kia te koe te ʼu aga ʼae ʼe kovi,+ he neʼe mole matou taupau te ʼu fakatotonu, mo te ʼu lao, pea mo te ʼu fakamau ʼae neʼe ke foaki ki tau tagata faifekau ko Moisese.+
8 “Fakalelei siʼou loto, kae ke ke manatuʼi te folafola ʼaeni neʼe ke fakatotonu* ki tau tagata faifekau ko Moisese: ‘Kapau ʼe kotou heʼe agatonu, pea ʼe au fakamavetevete anai koutou ʼi te lotolotoiga ʼo te hahaʼi.+
9 Kae kapau ʼe kotou toe liliu mai kia te au pea mo mulimuli mo fakalogo ki ʼaku fakatotonu, logo aipe pe ʼe kotou mavetevete ʼo aʼu ki te ʼu potu taupotu ʼo te kele, kae ʼe au toe fakatahiʼi anai koutou+ pea mo ʼaumai koutou ki te koga meʼa ʼae neʼe au filifili ke fakakololiaʼi ai toku huafa.’+
10 Ko natou ko ʼau hahaʼi faifekau pea mo tau hahaʼi, ʼae neʼe ke totogi ʼaki tou mafimafi pea mo tou nima malohi.+
11 Sehova e, fakalelei siʼou loto, kae ke ke fagono lelei mai ki te faikole ʼo tau tagata faifekau pea mo te faikole ʼo ʼau hahaʼi faifekau ʼae ʼe natou fiafia ʼi te manavasiʼi ki tou huafa. Pea fakalelei siʼou loto, kae ke ke fakafealagia ke maui mālie te aluʼaga ʼe fakahoko e tau tagata faifekau ʼi te ʼaho nei, pea ʼofa pe ke fakaha mai e te tagata ʼaeni tona manavaʼofa kia au.”+
Neʼe ko au ʼae neʼe tokaga ki te vino ʼa te hau.+
Nota
^ Ko tona fakaʼuhiga “ ʼE Fakalotofimalie e Sehova.”
^ Vakaʼi Te ʼu Fakamahino 2.15.
^ Peʼe “fale hau.”
^ Peʼe “te fakatokaga ʼaeni neʼe ke fakaha.”
