1–12 ʻOku hū ʻa Tevita ki he ʻOtua ʻi heʻene ʻilo ʻene angatonu.

Ko e Saame ʻa Tevita.

1Ke ke fakamaau au, ʻE Sihova; he naʻaku ʻeveʻeva ʻi heʻeku angatonu:

naʻaku falala foki kia Sihova; ko ia ʻe ʻikai ai te u hekea.

2‌ʻAhiʻahiʻi au, ʻe Sihova, ʻo ʻiloʻi au;

ʻahiʻahiʻi hoku laumālie mo hoku loto.

3He ʻoku ʻi hoku ʻao ʻa hoʻo ʻaloʻofa pea naʻaku ʻeveʻeva ʻi hoʻo moʻoni.

4Naʻe ʻikai te u nofo mo e kau tangata angakovi,

pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu ki loto mo e kau mālualoi.

5‌ʻOku ou fehiʻa ki he fakataha ʻoe kau fai kovi;

pea ʻe ʻikai te u nofo mo e kau angahala.

6Te u fanofano hoku nima ʻi he māʻoniʻoni:

pea ʻe pehē pe ʻeku kāpui ho ʻesifeilaulau, ʻE Sihova:

7Koeʻuhi ke u fakahā ʻaki ʻae leʻo ʻoe fakafetaʻi,

pea fakamatala ki hoʻo ngaahi ngāue fakaofo kotoa pē.

8‌ʻE Sihova, kuo u ʻofa ki he nofoʻanga ʻo ho fale,

mo e potu ʻoku nofo ai ʻa hoʻo ʻafio.

9‌ʻOua naʻa ke fakataha hoku laumālie mo e kau angahala,

pe ko ʻeku moʻui mo e kau tangata pani toto:

10‌ʻAkinautolu ʻoku ʻi honau nima ʻae pauʻu,

pea ʻoku fonu honau nima toʻomataʻu ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakahē.

11Ka ko au, te u ʻeveʻeva ʻi heʻeku angatonu:

ke ke huhuʻi au, mo ke ʻaloʻofa kiate au.

12‌ʻOku tuʻu hoku vaʻe ʻi he potu tokamālie:

ʻi he ngaahi fakataha ʻoe kakai te u fakafetaʻi kia Sihova.