Selemaia
35 Naʻe hoko mai ʻa e folofola meia Sihova kia Selemaia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Sihoiakimi+ ko e foha ʻo Siosaia, ko e tuʻi ʻo Siutá, ʻo pehē: 2 “ʻAlu ki he fale ʻo e kau Lēkapí+ ʻo lea kiate kinautolu pea ʻomi kinautolu ki he fale ʻo Sihová, ki he taha ʻo e ngaahi loki kaí;* pea ʻoange kiate kinautolu ha uaine ke nau inu.”
3 Ko ia naʻá ku ʻave ʻa Siasanaia ko e foha ʻo Selemaia ko e foha ʻo Hapasiniá, mo hono fanga tokouá, mo e kotoa ʻo hono ngaahi fohá, pea mo e fale kotoa ʻo e kau Lēkapí 4 ki he fale ʻo Sihová. Naʻá ku ʻomi kinautolu ki he loki kai ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo Hānani ko e foha ʻo ʻIketalaia, ko ha tangata ʻa e ʻOtua moʻoní, ʻa ia naʻe tuʻu ʻo hoko atu ki he loki kai ʻo e kau houʻeikí ʻa ia naʻe ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he loki kai ʻo Māseia ko e foha ʻo Salumi ko e tokotaha leʻo matapaá. 5 Pea naʻá ku tuku ha ngaahi ipu mo ha ngaahi ipu lalahi ʻoku fonu ʻi he uainé ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kau tangata ʻo e fale ʻo e kau Lēkapí peá u pehē kiate kinautolu: “Mou inu uaine.”
6 Ka naʻa nau pehē mai: “Heʻikai te mau inu uaine, koeʻuhi ko Sionatapi*+ ko e foha ʻo Lēkapi, ko ʻemau kuí, naʻá ne ʻomi kiate kimautolu ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ko ení, ‘Ko kimoutolu mo homou ngaahi fohá kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa mou inu uaine. 7 Pea kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻa mou langa ha fale, tūtuuʻi ha tenga, pe tō pe ko hono maʻu ha ngoue kālepi. ʻI hono kehé, kuo pau ke mou nofo tēniti maʻu pē, koeʻuhí ke mou nofo ʻo fuoloa ʻi he fonua ʻoku mou nofo muli aí.’ 8 Ko ia te mau hokohoko atu ke talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo Sionatapi ko e foha ʻo ʻemau kui ko Lēkapí ʻi he kotoa ʻo e meʻa naʻá ne tuʻutuʻuni kiate kimautolú, ʻaki ʻa e ʻikai ʻaupito ke mau inu ha uaine—ʻa kimautolu, mo homau ngaahi uaifí, mo homau ngaahi fohá, pea mo homau ngaahi ʻofefiné. 9 Pea ʻoku ʻikai te mau langa ha ngaahi fale ke mau nofo ai, pea ʻoku ʻikai te mau maʻu ha ngaahi ngoue kālepi pe ko ha ngaahi konga kelekele pe ko ha tengaʻi ʻakau. 10 ʻOku mau hanganaki nofo tēniti pē mo talangofua ki he meʻa kotoa naʻe tuʻutuʻuni mai kiate kimautolu ʻe Sionatapi* ko ʻemau kuí. 11 Ka ʻi he taimi naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Tuʻi Nepukanesa* ʻo Pāpiloné ke tauʻi ʻa e fonuá,+ naʻa mau pehē, ‘Mou haʻu ke tau ʻalu ki Selusalema ke tau hao mei he kau tau ʻa e kau Kalitiá mo e kau Sīliá,’ pea ʻi he taimi ní ʻoku mau nofo ʻi Selusalema.”
12 Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihová kia Selemaia, ʻo pehē: 13 “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí, ‘ʻAlu ʻo lea ki he kau tangata ʻo Siutá pea ki he kakai ʻo Selusalemá: “ʻIkai naʻe toutou enginaki atu kiate kimoutolu ke mou talangofua ki heʻeku ngaahi leá?”+ Ko e fakahaaʻi ia ʻe Sihová. 14 “Ko Sionatapi ko e foha ʻo Lēkapí naʻá ne tuʻutuʻuni ki hono hakó ke ʻoua te nau inu uaine, pea kuo nau fakahoko ʻene ngaahi leá ʻaki ʻa e ʻikai ke nau inu uaine ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻahó ni, ʻo nau talangofua ai ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa ʻenau kuí.+ Kae kehe, kuó u toutou lea* kiate kimoutolu, ka kuo ʻikai ke mou talangofua kiate au.+ 15 Pea naʻá ku hanganaki fekauʻi atu ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻeku kau sevāniti ko e kau palōfitá kiate kimoutolu, ʻo toutou fekauʻi*+ atu, ʻo pehē, ‘Mou tafoki mai muʻa, ʻa e tokotaha taki taha ʻo kimoutolu mei homou ngaahi ʻalunga koví,+ ʻo fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú! ʻOua te mou muimui ki he ngaahi ʻotua kehé ʻo tauhi kiate kinautolu. Pea te mou nofo ai pē ʻi he fonua naʻá ku foaki kiate kimoutolu pea ki hoʻomou fanga kuí.’+ Ka naʻe ʻikai te mou fokotuʻu telinga mai pe fanongo mai kiate au. 16 Ko e hako ʻo Sionatapi ko e foha ʻo Lēkapí kuo nau fakahoko ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni naʻe ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻe heʻenau kuí,+ ka ko e kakaí ni kuo ʻikai te nau fanongo mai kiate au.”’”
17 “Ko ia ai, ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo e ngaahi kau tau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí: ‘Ko eni ʻoku ou ʻomi ki Siuta pea ki he kakai kotoa ʻo Selusalemá ʻa e faingataʻa kotoa naʻá ku fakatokanga ʻo fekauʻaki mo ia kiate kinautolú,+ he kuó u lea kiate kinautolu, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo, pea naʻá ku hanganaki ui kiate kinautolu, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fai mai ha tali.’”+
18 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Selemaia ki he fale ʻo e kau Lēkapí: “Ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí, ‘Koeʻuhi kuo mou talangofua ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa hoʻomou kui ko Sionatapí pea ʻoku mou hokohoko atu hono tauhi ʻa e kotoa ʻo ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuní, ʻo fai ʻa e meʻa tofu pē ko ia naʻá ne tuʻutuʻuni atu kiate kimoutolú, 19 ko e folofola eni ʻa Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí: “ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito ke taʻeʻiai ha hako ʻo Sionatapi* ko e foha ʻo Lēkapí ʻe ngāue ʻi hoku ʻaó.”’”