ʻUluaki Sāmiuela
21 Naʻe aʻu ki mui ai ʻa Tēvita ki Nopi+ kia ʻAhimeleki ko e taulaʻeikí. Naʻe kamata ke tete ʻa ʻAhimeleki ʻi heʻene fetaulaki mo Tēvitá, pea naʻá ne pehē kiate ia: “Ko e hā ʻokú ke haʻu toko taha ai ʻo ʻikai ha taha mo koé?”+ 2 Naʻe tali ange ʻe Tēvita kia ʻAhimeleki ko e taulaʻeikí: “Naʻe fekauʻi au ʻe he tuʻí ke u fai ha meʻa, ka naʻá ne pehē, ‘ʻOua naʻa tuku ke ʻilo ʻe ha taha ha meʻa fekauʻaki mo e ngāue ʻa ia ʻoku ou fekauʻi atu ai koé pea mo e ngaahi fakahinohino kuó u ʻoatu kiate koé.’ Naʻá ku fai ha alea mo ʻeku kau talavoú ke mau fetaulaki ki ha feituʻu. 3 Ko eni kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha foʻi mā ʻe nima ʻiate koe, ʻomai pē ia kiate au, pe ko e hā pē ha meʻa ʻoku ala maʻú.” 4 Ka naʻe tali ange ʻe he taulaʻeikí kia Tēvita: “ʻOku ʻikai ha mā anga-maheni ʻi heni, ka ʻoku ʻi ai ha mā tapu+—ʻo kapau pē kuo fakaʻehiʻehi ʻa e kau talavoú mei he kakai fefiné.”*+ 5 Naʻe tali ange ʻe Tēvita ki he taulaʻeikí: “Kuo mau fakaʻehiʻehi moʻoni mei he kakai fefiné ʻo hangē pē ko ia ʻi he ngaahi taimi ki muʻá ʻi he taimi naʻá ku ʻalu atu ai ʻi ha feingatau.+ Kapau ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻa e sino ʻo e kau talavoú neongo ko e ngāue anga-maheni pē, huanoa ange ai ʻa e pau ke nau māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻaho ní!” 6 Ko ia naʻe ʻoange ai ʻe he taulaʻeikí kiate ia ʻa e mā tapú,+ koeʻuhí he naʻe ʻikai ha mā ʻi ai tuku kehe pē ʻa e mā foakí, ʻa ia naʻe toʻo mei he ʻao ʻo Sihová ke fetongiʻaki ʻa e mā foʻou ʻi he ʻaho naʻe toʻo aí.
7 Pea ko e taha ʻo e kau sevāniti ʻa Saulá naʻá ne ʻi ai ʻi he ʻaho ko iá, kuo taʻofi ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová ʻi he tāpanekalé. Ko hono hingoá ko Toeki+ ko e tangata ʻĪtomi,+ ko e pule ʻo e kau tauhi-sipi ʻa Saulá.
8 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tēvita kia ʻAhimeleki: “ʻOku ʻiate koe ha tao pe ko ha heletā? Naʻe ʻikai te u haʻu mo ʻeku heletaá pe ko ʻeku ngaahi meʻataú, koeʻuhí he naʻe fakavavevave ʻa e ngāue naʻe fekauʻi mai ʻe he tuʻí.” 9 ʻI he meʻá ni naʻe pehē ange ʻe he taulaʻeikí: “Ko e heletā ʻa Kolaiate+ ko e Filisitiá, ʻa ia naʻá ke taaʻi ʻi he Teleʻa* ko ʻElá,+ ʻoku ʻi heni, ʻoku kofukofuʻi ʻi ha konga tupenu ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he tuʻa ʻēfotí.+ Kapau te ke loto ke toʻo ia maʻau, toʻo ia, koeʻuhí he ko e heletā pē ia ʻe taha ʻoku ʻi hení.” Naʻe pehē ange ai ʻe Tēvita: “ʻOku ʻikai ha heletā ʻe tatau mo ia. ʻOmai ia kiate au.”
10 ʻI he ʻaho ko iá naʻe mālanga hake ai ʻa Tēvita pea hoko atu ʻene hola+ meia Saulá, pea naʻe faifai pē ʻo ne aʻu atu kia ʻĀkisi ko e tuʻi ʻo Katí.+ 11 Naʻe pehē ange ʻe he kau sevāniti ʻa ʻĀkisí kiate ia: “ʻIkai ko Tēvita eni, ko e tuʻi ʻo e fonuá? ʻIkai ko ia ʻa e tokotaha naʻa nau hiva fekauʻaki mo ia ʻi heʻenau tauʻolungá, ʻo pehē,
‘Kuo taaʻi ʻe Saula ʻa ʻene ngaahi toko afe,
Pea ko Tēvita ʻa ʻene ngaahi toko mano’?”+
12 Naʻe tukulotoʻi ʻe Tēvita ʻa e ngaahi leá ni, pea naʻá ne hoko ʻo ilifia lahi+ ʻia ʻĀkisi ko e tuʻi ʻo Katí. 13 Ko ia naʻá ne fakapuliki ʻokú ne ʻatamai lelei+ ʻi honau ʻaó pea fakangalingali sesele lolotonga ʻene ʻiate kinautolú.* Naʻá ne takohikohi ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻo e ʻaá pea tuku ke tafe ʻa hono fāvaí ki hono kavá. 14 Faifai atu pē naʻe pehē ange ʻe ʻĀkisi ki heʻene kau sevānití: “Mou sio atu ko e tangatá ni ʻoku fakasesele! Ko e hā ʻoku mou ʻomi ai ia kiate aú? 15 ʻOku tokosiʻi koā ʻa ʻeku kau tangata seselé ke u fiemaʻu ai ʻa e tokotahá ni ke fai mai ʻene tōʻonga fakaseselé ʻi hoku ʻaó? ʻOku totonu koā ke hū mai ʻa e tangatá ni ki hoku falé?”