Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
This hymn can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYGFlRWhoJ4
Himi 418
M.L. mo e tau
1.
‘E Sīsū, ko ho ta’ata’a,
Ho’ mate maʻa e angahala,
Ho’ kikitaki pē ke fai,
‘A e finangalo he Tamai -
He me’a ia te u kofu’aki.
Ka fakamaau ‘a māmani;
He toki kofu kuo ma’a,
‘O puli ai ‘a e angahala.
2.
Ka hoko mai ‘a e ‘Aho Lahi,
Ko hai ‘e talatalaaki?
Te u nonga pē ‘o ‘ikai mā
He kofu ‘i ho ta’ata’a.
He ko e Lami ‘a e ‘Otua
Kuo ne to’o pe ‘a e mo’ua;
Kuo ne ‘asinga’i ‘a e hia;
Kuo ne hanga ‘o pekia.
3.
Si’i toto ne luluku’aki
‘A e Potu Tapu ‘o e langi
‘Oku ne hūfekina ē
‘A e angahala fulipē
Fakafeta’i! Tā kuo pau
‘Oku ne hūfekina au.
Oku ou tui pē ki ai;
Hoku huhu’i kuo fai.
4.
Ka ne tatau pē ‘a e kakai
Mo ‘one’one ‘o e tahi,
Kei lahi pē ‘a ho’ pekia
Ke ‘ufi’ufi ‘enau hia.
Ka hoko mai ‘a e ‘Aho Lahi
Ko eni pē te u tu’unganaki
“Ko Sīsū kuo ne pekia,
‘O ‘ave ai ‘a ‘eku hia.” *
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