12 Ko ia ko e talafekau naʻe ʻalu ke ui mai ʻa Maikaiá naʻá ne pehē ange kiate ia: “Vakai! Ko e lea ʻa e kau palōfitá ʻoku taha pē ki he lelei maʻá e tuʻí. Tuku muʻa ke hoko hoʻo leá ʻo hangē ko ʻenau leá,+ peá ke fai ha lea lelei.”+ 13 Ka naʻe pehē ange ʻe Maikaia: “ʻOku ou fuakava ʻia Sihova ko e ʻOtua moʻuí, ko e hā pē ʻa e meʻa ʻe folofolaʻaki ʻe hoku ʻOtuá ko e meʻa ia te u leaʻakí.”+ 14 Pea naʻá ne hū atu ki he tuʻí, pea naʻe ʻeke ange ʻe he tuʻí kiate ia: “Maikaia, te mau ō ʻo tauʻi ʻa Lēmoti-kiliati, pe ʻikai?” ʻI he taimi pē ko iá naʻá ne tali ange: “ʻAlu hake pea te ke lavameʻa; ʻe tuku atu kinautolu ki homou nimá.” 15 Ko ia naʻe pehē ange ai ʻe he tuʻí kiate ia: “Kuo tuʻo fiha ʻa e pau ke u fakafuakavaʻi koe ke ʻoua naʻá ke leaʻaki ha meʻa kiate au ka ko e moʻoní pē ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihová?” 16 Ko ia naʻá ne pehē ange: “ʻOku ou sio kuo movete holo ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí kotoa ʻi he ngaahi moʻungá, ʻo hangē ha fanga sipi ʻoku ʻikai hanau tauhí.+ Naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova: ‘Ko e faʻahingá ni ʻoku ʻikai hanau pule. Tuku ke foki ʻa e tokotaha taki taha ki hono falé ʻi he melino.’”