Deuteronomy 12:30
be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- נָקַשׁnâqashto entrap (with a noose), literally or figuratively
- שָׁמַדshâmadto desolate
- דָּרַשׁdârashproperly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication,
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- שָׁמַרshâmarproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, e
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
- אַחַרʼacharproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various sen
- פָּנִיםpânîymthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and
+lea 'e 3 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
Jer 10:2, Ezk 20:32, Deu 7:16, Eph 4:17, Psa 106:34–38, Exo 23:31–33, Ezk 20:28, 2Ki 17:15