Ruth 4:15
and that thou have, that shall comfort thy soul, and nourish thine eld age. For a child is born of thy daughter-in-law, that shall love thee, and he is better to thee, than if thou haddest seven sons.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- שֵׂיבָהsêybâhold age
- כַּלָּהkallâha bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
- כּוּלkûwlproperly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
- אָהַבʼâhabto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
+lea 'e 1 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
Isa 46:4, Psa 55:22, Gen 45:11, Rut 2:11–12, Gen 47:12, Pro 18:24, 1Sa 1:8, Rut 1:16–18