1 Kings 12:10

Pea naʻe leaange kiate ia ʻae kau talavou naʻe tupu hake mo ia, ʻo pehē, “ʻE pehē ni hoʻo lea ki he kakai ni naʻe lea mai kiate koe, ʻo pehē, ‘Naʻe fakamamafa ʻemau kavenga ʻe hoʻo tamai, ka ke fakamaʻamaʻa ia ʻe koe kiate kimautolu:’ ʻe pehē ni ʻa hoʻo lea kiate kinautolu, ‘ʻE fuofua lahi hake ʻa hoku louhiʻi nima siʻi ʻi he kongaloto ʻo ʻeku tamai.’

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In The King James Version

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

In Context

9Pea naʻa ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā homou loto ʻomoutolu koeʻuhi ke tau tali ʻaki ʻae kakai ni, ʻaia kuo lea mai kiate au, ʻo pehē, ‘Fakamaʻamaʻa ʻae kavenga ʻaia naʻe ʻai kiate kimautolu ʻe hoʻo tamai?’”

11Pea ko eni naʻe fakakavenga ʻaki kimoutolu ʻe heʻeku tamai ʻae kavenga mamafa, ka te u fakalahi ki hoʻomou kavenga: naʻe kinisi ʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻe heʻeku tamai ʻae ngaahi meʻa tā, ka te u tautea kimoutolu ʻaki ʻae fanga sikopio.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:7Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Husai kia ʻApisalomi, “Ko e fakakaukau kuo lea ʻaki ʻe ʻAhitofeli ʻoku ʻikai lelei ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko eni.”

Proverbs 10:14‌ʻOku tokonaki ʻe he kakai poto ʻae ʻilo: ka ʻoku ofi ʻae ngutu ʻoe vale ki he fakaʻauha.

Proverbs 28:25Ko ia ʻoku loto fielahi ʻoku fakatupu ʻe ia ʻae fekeʻikeʻi: ka ʻe fakamonūʻia ia ʻaia ʻoku falala kia Sihova.

Isaiah 47:6Naʻaku houhau ki hoku kakai, kuo u fakaʻuli hoku tofiʻa, pea ʻatu ʻakinautolu ki ho nima: naʻe ʻikai te ke fakahā hao kātaki ʻofa ki ai; kuo ke ai ke fakamamafa hoʻo haʻamonga ki he kau mātuʻa.

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