1 Ko e lau ʻa Tevita ʻi he fai kovi ʻa Toeki. 3 ʻOku ne valoki ki hono ʻelelo. 5 ʻOku ne mamahi koeʻuhi ko ʻene nonofo mo e angahala.

Ko e Hiva ʻae ʻalu hake.

1Naʻaku tangi kia Sihova ʻi heʻeku mamahi,

pea naʻa ne ongoʻi au.

2‌ʻE Sihova, fakahaofi hoku laumālie mei he loungutu loi,

pea mei he ʻelelo kākā.

3Ko e hā ʻe ʻatu kiate koe?

He ko e hā ʻe fai kiate koe, ʻa koe ko e ʻelelo kākā?

4‌ʻAe ngaahi ngahau māsila ʻae tangata mālohi,

mo e ngaahi malalaʻi afi ʻoe sunipa.

5‌ʻOku ou malaʻia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku ʻāunofo ʻi Meseki,

koeʻuhi ko ʻeku nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻo Keta!

6Kuo nofo ʻo fuoloa ʻa hoku laumālie

fakataha mo ia ʻoku ne fehiʻa ki he melino.

7‌ʻOku ou loto ki he melino:

ka ʻi heʻeku lea ʻoku nau fie tau.