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12 Ko Meliame leva mo ʻĒlone naʻe kamata ke na muhu ʻo kau kia Mōsese koeʻuhí ko e fefine Kusa+ naʻá ne mali mo iá. 2 Naʻá na pehē: “He ko Mōsese pē koā kuo folofola ki ai ʻa Sihová? ʻIkai kuó ne toe folofola mai fakafou ʻiate kimaua?”+ Pea naʻe fanongo ki ai ʻa Sihova.+ 3 Pea ko e tangata ko Mōsesé ʻa e tangata anga-vaivai taha ʻi he kau tangata kotoa pē*+ ʻi he funga ʻo māmaní.
4 Naʻe fakafokifā ʻa e folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese mo ʻĒlone pea mo Meliame: “ʻAlu atu, ʻa kimoutolu toko tolu, ki he tēniti feʻiloakiʻangá.” Ko ia naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa e toko tolú. 5 Pea naʻe hāʻele hifo ʻa Sihova ʻi he pou ʻaó+ ʻo tuʻu ʻi he hūʻanga ʻo e tēnití ʻo ne ui mai ʻa ʻĒlone mo Meliame. Naʻá na haʻu fakatouʻosi ki muʻa. 6 Naʻá ne folofola leva: “Kātaki muʻa ʻo fanongo mai ki heʻeku leá. Kapau naʻe ʻi ai ha palōfita ʻa Sihova ʻi homou lotolotongá, te u ʻai ke ne ʻiloʻi au ʻi ha vīsone,+ pea te u lea kiate ia ʻi ha misi.+ 7 Ka ʻoku ʻikai ke pehē ia ʻi heʻeku sevāniti ko Mōsesé! Kuo tuku kiate ia ʻa e kotoa ʻo hoku falé.*+ 8 ʻOku ou lea kiate ia+ mata ki he mata,* ʻo lea hangatonu, ʻo ʻikai ʻi ha ngaahi tupuʻa; pea ko e hā mai ʻa Sihová ʻokú ne sio ki ai. Ko e hā leva naʻe ʻikai te mo manavahē ai ke muhu ʻo kau ki heʻeku sevānití, ʻo fakafepaki kia Mōsesé?”
9 Ko ia naʻe kakaha ʻa e houhau ʻa Sihová kiate kinaua, pea naʻá ne mavahe meiate kinaua. 10 Naʻe mavahe ʻa e ʻaó mei he funga tēnití, pea vakai, naʻe taaʻi ʻa Meliame ʻaki ʻa e kiliá ʻo ne hinehina hangē ko e sinoú.+ Naʻe hanga hake leva ʻa ʻĒlone kia Meliame ʻo ne vakai kuo taaʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e kiliá.+ 11 Naʻe pehē ange ʻi he taimi pē ko iá ʻe ʻĒlone kia Mōsese: “ʻOku ou kōlenga atu kiate koe, ʻe hoku ʻeiki! Kātaki ʻo ʻoua muʻa ʻe lau ʻa e angahalá ni kiate kimauá! Kuó ma fai vale ʻi he meʻa kuó ma faí. 12 Kātaki, ʻoua muʻa ʻe tuku ke hokohoko atu ʻene hangē ko ha tokotaha kuo maté, ʻa ia kuo ʻaunga ʻo vaeua ʻa hono kakanó ʻi hono fanauʻí!” 13 Pea naʻe kamata ke tangi ʻa Mōsese kia Sihova, ʻo pehē: “ʻE ʻOtua, kātaki muʻa ʻo fakamoʻui ia! Kātaki muʻa!”+
14 Naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese: “Kapau ʻe ʻanuhi hangatonu ʻe heʻene tamaí ʻa hono matá, ʻikai ʻe fakamaaʻi ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu? Tuku ke fakamavaheʻi ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu ʻi he tuʻa ʻapitangá,+ pea ʻi he hili iá ʻe lava ke fakafoki mai ia ki loto.” 15 Ko ia naʻe fakamavaheʻi ʻa Meliame ʻi he tuʻa ʻapitangá ʻo feʻunga mo e ʻaho ʻe fitu,+ pea naʻe ʻikai ke veteki ʻe he kakaí ʻa e ʻapitangá kae ʻoua kuo fakafoki mai ʻa Meliame. 16 Pea naʻe mavahe ʻa e kakaí mei Heseloti+ ʻo nau kamata ʻapitanga ʻi he toafa Pēlaná.+