Genesis 1:17
God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'Anefē
Ko hai
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- רָקִיעַrâqîyaʻproperly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
- אוֹרʼôwrto be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
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.