The Prayer of Azariah and the accompanying Song of the Three Young Men form part of chapter three and embellish the story of Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, three young Jewish men who were bound and thrown into a fiery furnace for defying Nebuchadrezzar’s order to worship an idol.

2. VAHE 1
1 Pea naʻa nau ʻaʻeva ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e afí, ʻo
fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtuá, mo tāpuakiʻi ʻa e ʻEikí.
2 Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa ʻAsa asi,ʻ ʻo lotu ʻi he founga ko
ʻení; pea ne fakaava hono ngutu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e afi
ʻo pehe,
3 ʻE ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻemau ngaahi tamaí ʻoku
monūʻia koe: ʻoku taau ke fakamālōʻiaʻi mo
fakalāngilangiʻi koe ʻo taʻengata:
4 He ʻoku ke maʻoniʻoni ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pe kuo
ke fai kiate kimautolu: ʻIo, ʻoku moʻoni ʻa hoʻo ngaahi
ngaue kotoa pe, ʻoku totonu ho ngaahi hala, pea ʻoku
moʻoni ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fakamaau kotoa pe.
5 ʻI he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē kuó ke ʻomi kiate
kimautolú, pea ki he kolo māʻoniʻoni ʻo ʻemau ngaahi
tamaí, ʻio ʻa Selusalema, kuó ke fakahoko ai ʻa e
fakamaau moʻoní: he naʻe fakatatau ki he moʻoní mo e
fakamāú ʻa hoʻo ʻomi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa pē kiate
kimautolu koeʻuhi ko ʻemau ngaahi angahalá.
6 He kuo mau faiangahala mo fai angahala, ʻo mavahe
meiate kimoutolu.
7 Kuo mau faihala ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, ʻo ʻikai
talangofua ki hoʻo ngaahi fekaú, pe tauhi ia, pea ʻikai fai
ʻo hangē ko hoʻo fekau kiate kimautolú, koeʻuhí ke lelei
ia kiate kimautolu.
8 Ko ia ai, ko e meʻa kotoa pē kuó ke ʻomi kiate
kimautolú, mo e meʻa kotoa pē kuó ke fai kiate
kimautolú, kuó ke fai ia ʻi he fakamaau moʻoni.
9 Pea naʻá ke tukuange ʻa kimautolu ki he nima ʻo e
ngaahi fili maumau-lao, ʻa ia ko e kau maʻu ʻinasi
tāufehiʻa taha ʻi he ʻOtuá, pea ki ha tuʻi taʻe-angatonu,
pea mo e kau fai angahala lahi taha ʻi he māmaní kotoa.
10 Pea ko ʻeni ʻe ʻikai te mau lava ʻo fakaava homau
ngutú, kuo mau hoko ko e fakamā mo e luma ki hoʻo
kau tamaioʻeikí; pea kiate kinautolu ʻoku hū kiate koé.
11 Kae ʻoua naʻá ke fakamoʻui kakato ʻa kimautolu,
koeʻuhí ko ho huafá, pe taʻetotongi hoʻo fuakavá:
12 Pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu meiate kimautolu ʻa hoʻo
ʻaloʻofá, koeʻuhí ko ʻĒpalahame ʻa ho ʻofaʻanga ko
ʻĒpalahamé, koeʻuhí ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko ʻIsisaká,
pea koeʻuhi ko hoʻo ʻIsileli māʻoniʻoní;
13 ʻA ia kuo ke lea ki ai mo talaʻofa ki ai, te ke
fakatokolahi honau hako ʻo hange ko e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻo
e langi, pea hange ko e ʻoneʻone ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he matatahi.
14 He ko kimautolu, ʻE ʻEiki, ʻoku mau siʻi hifo ʻi ha
puleʻanga, pea tauhi ʻi he māmaní kotoa ʻi he ʻahó ni
koeʻuhi ko ʻemau ngaahi angahalá.
15 ʻOku ʻikai foki ke ʻi ai ha pilinisi, pe palōfita, pe
takimuʻa, pe feilaulau tutu, pe feilaulau, pe fakaʻeiʻeiki,
pe ʻinisēnisi, pe ha feituʻu ke fai ai ha feilaulau ʻi ho ʻaó,
pea ke maʻu ai ʻa e ʻaloʻofá.
16 Ka neongo ia, tau tali muʻa ʻi he loto fakatomala mo
e laumālie fakatōkilalo.
17 ʻO hangē ko e feilaulau tutu ʻo e fanga sipi tangatá
mo e fanga pulú, pea hangē ko e fanga lami sisino ʻe lau
mano: ko ia tuku ke fai ʻemau feilaulaú ʻi homou ʻaó he
ʻahó ni, pea tuku ke mau tulia ʻaupito koe: he ʻe ʻikai
veuveuki ʻa kinautolu ʻoku falala kiate koé.
18 Pea ko ʻeni ʻoku mau muimui ʻiate koe ʻaki homau
lotó kotoa, ʻoku mau manavahē kiate koe, pea fekumi ki
ho fofongá.
19 ʻOua naʻá ke fakamaaʻi ʻa kimautolu: kae fai kiate
kimautolu ʻa hoʻomou angaʻofá, pea fakatatau ki hono
lahi ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi ʻaloʻofá.
20 Fakahaofi ʻa kimautolu foki ʻo fakatatau ki hoʻo
ngaahi ngāue fakaofó, pea tuku ʻa e lāngilangí ki ho
huafá, ʻE ʻEiki: pea tuku ke mā ʻa kinautolu kotoa pē
ʻoku fai hoʻo kau tamaioʻeikí;
21 Pea tuku ke veuveuki ʻa kinaua ʻi hona mālohí mo
hona iví kotoa, pea tuku ke maumauʻi hona mālohí;
22 Pea tuku ke nau ʻilo ko e ʻOtua pē taha koe, ko e
ʻOtua pē taha, pea ʻokú ne nāunauʻia ki he māmaní
kotoa.
23 Pea ko e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa e tuʻí, ʻa ia naʻa nau
fakahū kinautolú, naʻe ʻikai te nau tuku ke vela ʻa e
ngotoʻukiʻangá ʻaki ʻa e rosin, mo e tuʻuaki, mo e ʻakau
iiki;
24 Ko ia naʻe ulo atu ʻa e uló ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he afi kakahá
ʻo fāngofulu mā hiva.
25 Pea naʻe fou atu ia, ʻo tutu ʻa e kau Kalitia ko ia naʻe
maʻu ʻi he afi kakaha.
26 Ka naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa e ʻāngelo ʻa e ʻEikí ki he
ngotoʻumu, fakataha mo ʻAsilia mo hono kāingá, ʻo
taaʻi ʻa e ulo ʻo e afí mei he ʻōvaní;
27 Pea ngaohi ʻa e lotolotonga ʻo e afi ʻo hangē ko e
fakapetepetetangi ʻa e matangí, ko ia naʻe ʻikai ala ʻa e
afí kiate kinautolu, pe fakamamahiʻi pe fakamamahiʻi ʻa
kinautolu.
28 Pea ko e toko tolú ni, hangē ko e ngutu pē taha, naʻa
nau fakafetaʻi, fakalāngilangiʻi, mo monūʻia, ko e ʻOtua
ʻi he afi kakahá, ʻo pehē,
29 ʻOku ke monūʻia, ʻe ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻetau ngaahi
tamaí: pea ke fakamālōʻiaʻi mo hakeakiʻi koe ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
30 Pea ʻoku monūʻia ʻa ho huafa nāunauʻia mo
māʻoniʻoní: pea ke fakamālōʻiaʻi mo hakeakiʻi koe ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
31 ʻOku monūʻia ʻa kimoutolu ʻi he fale tapu ʻo homou
nāunau māʻoniʻoní: pea ke fakamālōʻiaʻi mo
fakamālōʻiaʻi ʻo māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo
taʻengata.
32 ʻOku monūʻia ʻa kimoutolu ʻa ia ʻoku mamata ki he
lolotó, mo e sio ki he ngaahi selupimí: pea ke
fakamālōʻia mo hakeakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻo māʻolunga ʻi
he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
33 ʻOku monūʻia ʻa koe ʻi he taloni nāunauʻia ʻo ho
puleʻangá: pea ke fakamālōʻiaʻi mo fakanāunauʻiaʻi koe
ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
34 ʻOku monūʻia ʻa koe ʻi he ʻatā ʻo e langí: pea ko e
meʻa ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ke fakamālōʻiaʻi mo
fakanāunauʻiaʻi ʻo taʻengata.
35 ʻA kimoutolu kotoa pē ngaahi ngāue ʻa e ʻEikí,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻe he ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo

3. hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo
taʻengata,
36 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi langí, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
37 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e kau ʻāngelo ʻa e ʻEikí, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
38 ʻA kimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he langí,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ko e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo
hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo
taʻengata.
39 ʻA kimoutolu kotoa pē ngaahi mālohi ʻo e ʻEikí,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi
ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
40 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e laʻaá mo e māhiná, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga hake ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
41 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi fetuʻu ʻo e langí, tāpuakiʻi
ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
42 ʻOiauē ʻa e kaukau mo e hahau kotoa pē, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
43 ʻA kimoutolu kotoa pē matangi, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata,
44 ʻOiauē ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e afi mo e vela, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
45 ʻOiauē ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e faʻahitaʻu momokó mo e
faʻahitaʻu māfaná, tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí:
fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ange ʻi he
46 ʻOiauē ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi hahau mo e ngaahi
matangi ʻo e sinoú, tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí:
fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa
kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
47 ʻOiauē ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e pō mo e ʻaho, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: tāpuakiʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
48 ʻOiauē ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e māmá mo e fakapoʻulí,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ko e ʻEikí: fakahīkihikiʻi mo
hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo
49 ʻOiauē ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻaisi mo e momoko,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi
ia ʻo māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
50 ʻOiauē ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e momokó mo e sinoú,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻe he ʻEikí: fakahīkihikiʻi mo
hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻ
51 ʻOiauē ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻuhilá mo e ngaahi ʻaó,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi
ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
52 ʻOiauē tuku ke tāpuakiʻi ʻe he māmaní ʻa e ʻEikí:
fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ange ʻi he meʻa
kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
53 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi moʻunga mo e fanga kiʻi
tafungofunga iiki, tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí:
fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa
pē ʻo taʻengata.
54 ʻA kimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku tupu ʻi he māmaní,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ko e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo
hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo
taʻengata.
55 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi moʻungá, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: Fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
56 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e ngaahi tahí mo e ngaahi vaitafé,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi
ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
57 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e fanga tofuaʻa, mo kinautolu kotoa
pe ʻoku ngaʻunu ʻi he ngaahi vai, tapuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu
ʻa e ʻEiki: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo lahi hake ʻi he
meʻa kotoa pe ʻo taʻengata.
58 ʻA kimoutolu kotoa pē fanga manupuna ʻo e ʻataá,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi
ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
59 ʻA kimoutolu kotoa pē ʻa e fanga manu mo e fanga
pulu, tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo
hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo
taʻengata.
60 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e fānau ʻa e tangatá, tāpuakiʻi ʻa
kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
61 ʻE ʻIsileli, tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí:
fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa
pē ʻo taʻengata.
62 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e kau taulaʻeiki ʻa e ʻEikí, tāpuakiʻi
ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo
māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
63 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa e ʻEikí,
tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi
ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo taʻengata.
64 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e laumālie mo e laumālie ʻo e kau
māʻoniʻoní, tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi
mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo
taʻengata.
65 ʻA kimoutolu ʻa e kau tangata māʻoniʻoni mo loto-
fakatōkilalo, tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi
mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻo
taʻengata.
66 ʻAnanaia, ʻAsaia, mo Misaeli, tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimoutolu
ʻa e ʻEikí: fakafetaʻi mo hakeakiʻi ia ʻo māʻolunga ange
ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē: he kuó ne fakahaofi ʻa kimautolu
mei heli, mo fakahaofi ʻa kimautolu mei he nima ʻo e
maté, mo fakahaofi ʻa kimautolu mei he lotolotonga ʻo e
afi mo e ulo vela: naʻa ne fakahaofi ʻa kimautolu mei he
lotolotonga ʻo e afi.
67 ʻOiauē fakafetaʻi ki he ʻEikí, he ʻoku angalelei ia: he
ʻoku tolonga ʻo taʻengata ʻa ʻene ʻaloʻofá.
68 ʻA kimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku hū ki he ʻEikí, tāpuakiʻi
ʻa e ʻOtua ʻo e ngaahi ʻotuá, fakafetaʻi kiate ia, mo
fakafetaʻi kiate ia: he ʻoku tolonga ʻo taʻengata ʻa ʻene
ʻaloʻofá.