1 Kings 12:9

Pea 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?’”

KO E TOHI TAPU KĀTOA

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

In Context

8Ka naʻa ne liʻaki ʻae enginaki ʻae kau mātuʻa, ʻaia naʻa nau fai kiate ia, pea naʻa ne alea mo e kau talavou ʻaia naʻe tupu hake mo ia, pea naʻa nau tutuʻu ʻi hono ʻao:

10Pea 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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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:5Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi, “Ui eni foki kia Husai ko e tangata ʻAliki, pea ke tau fanongo ki heʻene lau ʻaʻana.”

2 Chronicles 10:9Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā homou loto ʻomoutolu ki he tali ʻe fai ki he kakai ni,” ʻaia kuo nau lea mai kiate au, ʻo pehē, “Ke ke fakamaʻamaʻa siʻi ʻae haʻamonga ʻaia naʻe ʻai ʻe hoʻo tamai kiate kimautolu?”

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