Genesis 11:3

Pea naʻa nau fepehēʻaki, “Vakai, ke tau ngaohi ʻae makaʻumea, pea taʻo ia ke vela ʻaupito. Pea naʻa nau maka ʻaki ʻae makaʻumea, mo nau lahe ʻaki ʻae kelepulu.”

KO E TOHI TAPU KĀTOA

In The King James Version

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

In Context

2Pea naʻe hoko, ʻi heʻenau fononga mei hahake, naʻa nau ʻilo ai ʻae toafa ʻi he fonua ko Saina; pea nau nofo ai.

4Pea naʻa nau pehē, “Vakai, ke tau langa moʻotautolu ha kolo mo e fale māʻolunga, kae aʻu hono tuʻa fale ki langi; pea tau fakaongoongoa ʻa hotau hingoa, telia naʻa fakamovetevete ʻakitautolu ki he funga ʻo māmani kotoa.”

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Cross References

Genesis 11:7Vakai, ke tau ʻalu hifo, pea veuveuki ʻenau lea, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau feʻiloaki lea.”

Exodus 1:14‌ʻO nau fakamamahiʻi ʻenau moʻui ʻi he ngāue pōpula ki he kelepulu, mo e makaʻumea, mo e ngāue kehekehe ʻi he ngoue: ko e ngāue kotoa pē ʻaia naʻa nau pule kenau fai, naʻe fakamamahi.

Exodus 5:7“ʻOua te mou kei ʻatu ki he kakai ʻae mohuku mōmoa ke ngaohi ʻae makaʻumea ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai: tuku ke nau ʻalu ʻo tānaki ʻae mohuku mōmoa maʻanautolu.

Psalms 64:5‌ʻOku nau fetokoniʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻi he meʻa kovi: ʻoku nau fakakaukau ke tau ʻae ngaahi tauhele ʻi he lilo; ʻoku nau pehē, “Ko hai te ne mamata kiate kimautolu?”

Ecclesiastes 2:1Naʻa ku pehē ki hoku loto, “Vakai eni, teu ʻahiʻahiʻi koe ki he fiengutuhua, ko ia ke ke fiefia koe ʻi he fakavā;” pea vakai, ko e vaʻinga foki eni.

Isaiah 9:10“Kuo tō ki lalo ʻae makaʻumea, ka te mau langa ʻaki ʻae maka kuo tā: kuo tuʻusi ki lalo ʻae ngaahi sukamino, ka te mau fetongi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi sita.”

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