1. ʻOku aata ʻa e moʻo-
ni ʻi hotau lotó,
Maama ʻo e kōsipeli
ki ha niʻihi fokí,
Pea kapau ʻokú ke fai
ha ngaahi anga koví,
Pea ʻe tekeʻi koe,
ʻokú ke anga pehē.
ʻOua te ke fakamaau koe,
Ko e akonaki iá,
Naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū,
ʻOua te ke fakamaau.
2. Ne tala ʻe Sīsū anga-
lelei loto vaivai,
He ʻoku taʻe taau
ke ke fai fakamaau,
Pea kapau te u maʻa
pea haohaoa,
Te u ʻofa ʻo ʻikai
tokaʻi ʻa e koví.
ʻOua te ke fakamaau koe,
Ko e akonaki iá,
Naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū,
ʻOua te ke fakamaau.
3. Pea kapau te u feinga
maʻu pē ke u fai,
ʻA ʻEne ngaahi fekau
peá u ʻofa moʻoni,
Pea ʻofa moʻoni ki
hoku kaungāʻapí,
Ta ʻoku ou ʻalu ʻi he,
Hala ʻoku fāsiʻí.
ʻOua te ke fakamaau koe,
Ko e akonaki iá,
Naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū,
ʻOua te ke fakamaau.
4. Ko e angaleleí pe-
a mo e faiʻofá,
ʻOkú na fakamaama,
pea fakamoʻuí,
ʻI heʻeku fakamaau ho-
ku tokoua vaivaí,
ʻOku ou toki ʻiló ni,
ne u fai angahala.
ʻOua te ke fakamaau koe,
Ko e akonaki iá,
Naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū,
ʻOua te ke fakamaau.
5. Fakamoʻui ʻe he ʻofa
peá u toki ʻiló,
ʻEku halá heʻikai
te u tokoni ki aí,
ʻO lau ʻa e siʻí, kae
liʻaki e lahí,
Ko hoku ungaʻangá pē
ʻa e ʻofa ʻa Sīsū.
ʻOua te ke fakamaau koe,
Ko e akonaki iá,
Naʻe tala ʻe Sīsū,
ʻOua te ke fakamaau.
Fakaleá: ʻIlisa R. Sinou, 1805–1887; faʻu ʻe M. E. Abbey ʻa e taú
Fakatuʻungafasí: Charles Davis Tillman, 1861–1943
