Genesis 42:21
They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- אָשֵׁםʼâshêmguilty; hence, presenting asin-offering
- אֲבָלʼăbâlnay, i.e. truly or yet
- צָרָהtsârâhtightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
- חָנַןchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to im
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherwho, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, i
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
+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
Hos 5:15, Job 36:8–9, Mrk 9:43–45, Gen 37:23–28, Luk 16:28, Jer 2:17, Pro 1:27–28, Pro 24:11–12