Liber Numeri 17

1 Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,

2 Loquere ad filios Israël, et accipe ab eis virgas singulas per cognationes suas, a cunctis principibus tribuum, virgas duodecim, et uniuscujusque nomen superscribes virgæ suæ.

“Ke ke lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea ke maʻu mei ai taki taha ʻae tokotoko ʻo fakatatau ki he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻi he houʻeiki kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau ki he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻae tokotoko ʻe hongofulu ma ua: ke ke tohi ʻae hingoa ʻoe tangata taki taha ki hono tokotoko.

3 Nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi, et una virga cunctas seorsum familias continebit:

Pea ke tohi ʻae hingoa ʻo ʻElone ki he tokotoko ʻo Livai: ʻe tuku ʻae tokotoko taki taha ki he ʻeiki ʻoe fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.

4 ponesque eas in tabernaculo fœderis coram testimonio, ubi loquar ad te.

Pea ʻe tuku ia ki he fale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fakamoʻoni, ʻaia te u fetaulaki ai mo kimoutolu.

5 Quem ex his elegero, germinabit virga ejus: et cohibebo a me querimonias filiorum Israël, quibus contra vos murmurant.

Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ko e tokotoko ʻoe tangata te u fili ki ai, ʻe moto ia: pea te u fai ke fakangata ʻae lāunga kiate au ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻaia ʻoku nau lāunga ʻaki kiate kimoua.”

6 Locutusque est Moyses ad filios Israël: et dederunt ei omnes principes virgas per singulas tribus: fueruntque virgæ duodecim absque virga Aaron.

Pea naʻe lea ʻa Mōsese ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea naʻe taki taha ʻange ʻe honau houʻeiki ʻa hono tokotoko ʻo fakatatau ki he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ko e tokotoko ʻe hongofulu ma ua: pea ko e tokotoko ʻo ʻElone naʻe ʻai fakataha mo ʻenau ngaahi tokotoko.

7 Quas cum posuisset Moyses coram Domino in tabernaculo testimonii,

Pea naʻe tuku ʻe Mōsese ʻae ngaahi tokotoko ʻi he fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakamoʻoni ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.

8 sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi: et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores, qui, foliis dilatatis, in amygdalas deformati sunt.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene pongipongi hake naʻe hū ʻa Mōsese ki he fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakamoʻoni; pea vakai, ko e tokotoko ʻo ʻElone mei he fale ʻo Livai, kuo matala pea kuo tupu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi moto, mo e fisiʻi ʻakau, pea mo e ngaahi telie.

9 Protulit ergo Moyses omnes virgas de conspectu Domini ad cunctos filios Israël: videruntque, et receperunt singuli virgas suas.

Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Mōsese mei he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻae ngaahi tokotoko kotoa pē ki he fānau kotoa pē ʻa ʻIsileli: pea naʻa nau mamata, pea naʻe taki taha ʻave ʻe he tangata ʻa hono tokotoko.

10 Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Refer virgam Aaron in tabernaculum testimonii, ut servetur ibi in signum rebellium filiorum Israël, et quiescant querelæ eorum a me, ne moriantur.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese, “Toe ʻomi ʻae tokotoko, ʻo ʻElone ki he ʻao ʻoe fakamoʻoni, ke tuku ia ko e fakaʻilonga ki he kau angatuʻu; pea te ke fakaʻosi ʻaupito ʻenau lāunga kiate au, telia naʻa nau mate.”

11 Fecitque Moyses sicut præceperat Dominus.

Pea naʻe fai pehē ʻe Mōsese: ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova kiate ia, naʻe pehē ʻene fai.

12 Dixerunt autem filii Israël ad Moysen: Ecce consumpti sumus, omnes perivimus.

Pea naʻe lea ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku mau mate, ʻoku mau malaʻia, ʻoku mau malaʻia kotoa pē.

13 Quicumque accedit ad tabernaculum Domini, moritur. Num usque ad internecionem cuncti delendi sumus?

Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku haʻu ke ofi siʻi ki he fale fehikitaki ʻo Sihova ʻe mate ia: te mau fakaʻau aipe ke ʻauha ʻi he mate?”