1st Samuel 15:9
And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best flocks of sheep, and of great beasts, and clothes, and rams, and all things that were fair; and they would not destroy those or them; but whatever thing was vile, and reprovable, they destroyed that thing.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
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- נְמִבְזֶהnᵉmibzehdespised
- מֵיטָבmêyṭâbthe best part
- אֲגַגʼĂgagAgag, a title of Amalekitish kings
- כַּרkara ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as
- מָסַסmâçaçto liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
- מִשְׁנֶהmishnehproperly, a repetition, i.e. a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by
- חָמַלchâmalto commiserate; by implication, to spare
- חָרַםchâramto seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction);
+lea 'e 7 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.