Amos 8:5
saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'Anefē
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- קָטֹןqâṭônto diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
- עָוַתʻâvathto wrest
- שֶׁבֶרshebergrain (as if broken into kernels)
- בָּרbârgrain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
- מֹאזֵןmôʼzên(only in the dual) a pair of scales
- שָׁבַרshâbarto deal in grain
- אֵיפָהʼêyphâhan ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
- שֶׁקֶלsheqelprobably a weight; used as a commercial standard
+lea 'e 6 kehe 'i he veesi ni
Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.
Ngaahi fetuʻutaki veesi
Neh 13:15–21, Hos 12:7, Mic 6:10–11, Deu 25:13–16, Lev 19:36, Pro 16:11, Pro 11:1, Exo 20:8–10