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20 Pea naʻe hiki ʻa ʻĒpalahame mei ai+ ki he feituʻu Nīkepí ʻo kamata ke ne nofo ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Kētesi+ mo Sulá.+ Lolotonga ʻene nofo* ʻi Kilaí,+ 2 naʻe toutou lea ʻa ʻĒpalahame ʻo fekauʻaki mo Sela ko hono uaifí: “Ko hoku tuofefine ia.”+ Ko ia naʻe fekau atu ʻe ʻApimeleki ko e tuʻi ʻo Kilaí ke ʻomai ʻa Sela kiate ia.+ 3 ʻI he hili iá, naʻe hoko mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he poʻulí kia ʻApimeleki ʻi ha misi ʻo ne folofola kiate ia: “Ko eni te ke mate koeʻuhi ko e fefine kuó ke ʻavé,+ koeʻuhí ʻokú ne ʻosi mali pea ʻoku ʻa e tangata kehe ia.”+ 4 Kae kehe, naʻe teʻeki ai ke ofi kiate ia* ʻa ʻApimeleki. Ko ia naʻá ne pehē: “ʻE Sihova, te ke tāmateʻi koā ha puleʻanga ʻoku tonuhia moʻoni?* 5 ʻIkai naʻá ne pehē kiate au, ‘Ko hoku tuofefine ia,’ pea ʻikai naʻá ne pehē foki ʻe ia, ‘Ko hoku tuongaʻane ia’? Naʻá ku fai ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi ha loto-totonu mo ha nima taʻehalaia.” 6 Naʻe folofola ange leva ʻa e ʻOtua moʻoní kiate ia ʻi he misí: “ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi naʻá ke fai ʻa e meʻá ni ʻi ha loto-totonu, ko ia naʻá ku taʻofi ai koe mei he faiangahala kiate aú. Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻe ʻikai ai te u fakaʻatā koe ke ke ala kiate iá. 7 Fakafoki leva ʻa e uaifi ʻo e tangatá, he ko ha palōfita+ ia, pea te ne fai ha hū tōtōaki maʻau+ pea ʻe hokohoko atu hoʻo moʻuí. Ka ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te ke fakafoki ia, ke ke ʻilo kuo pau ke ke mate, ʻa koe mo kinautolu kotoa ʻoku ʻaʻaú.”

8 Naʻe tuʻu pongipongia hake ʻa ʻApimeleki ʻo ne ui ʻene kau sevānití kotoa pea tala ange kiate kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa pē, pea naʻa nau hoko ai ʻo mātuʻaki manavahē. 9 Naʻe ui leva ʻe ʻApimeleki ʻa ʻĒpalahame ʻo ne pehē kiate ia: “Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa kuó ke fai kiate kimautolú? Ko e hā ha angahala kuó u fai kiate koe ke ke hilifaki mai ai kiate au mo hoku puleʻangá ha fuʻu angahala pehē? Ko e meʻa kuó ke fai kiate aú naʻe ʻikai totonu.” 10 Pea naʻe hoko atu ʻa ʻApimeleki ʻo ne pehē kia ʻĒpalahame: “Ko e hā naʻá ke taumuʻa ki aí ʻi hoʻo fai ʻa e meʻa ko ení?”+ 11 Naʻe pehē ange ʻe ʻĒpalahame: “Koeʻuhi naʻá ku pehē hifo pē kiate au, ‘Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ʻikai ha manavahē ki he ʻOtuá ʻi he feituʻú ni, pea te nau tāmateʻi au koeʻuhi ko hoku uaifí.’+ 12 Pea tuku kehe ia, ko hoku tuofefine moʻoni ia, ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻeku tamaí ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e tama ʻa ʻeku faʻeé, pea naʻá ne hoko ko hoku uaifi.+ 13 Ko ia ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻai ai au ʻe he ʻOtuá ke u ʻalu hē mei he fale ʻo ʻeku tamaí,+ naʻá ku pehē kiate ia: ‘Tuku ke hoko eni ko hoʻo fakahaaʻi mai ia ʻa hoʻo ʻofa mateaki kiate aú: ʻI he feituʻu kotoa pē te ta ʻalu ki ai, ke ke pehē ʻo fekauʻaki mo au, “Ko hoku tuongaʻane ia.”’”+

14 Naʻe toʻo leva ʻe ʻApimeleki ʻa e fanga sipi mo e fanga pulu mo e kau tamaioʻeiki mo e kau kaunanga ʻo ne ʻoange kinautolu kia ʻĒpalahame, pea naʻá ne fakafoki ʻa Sela ko hono uaifí kiate ia. 15 Naʻe toe pehē ʻe ʻApimeleki: “Ko hoku fonuá ena ʻoku ʻatā ia kiate koe. Ke ke nofo ʻi ha feituʻu pē ʻokú ke leleiʻia aí.” 16 Pea kia Sela naʻá ne pehē: “Ko eni ʻoku ou ʻoatu ʻa e konga siliva ʻe 1,000 ki ho tuongaʻané.+ Ko ha fakaʻilonga ia ʻo hoʻo tonuhiá* ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻoku ʻiate koé pea ʻi he ʻao ʻo e tokotaha kotoa pē, pea fakaʻataʻatā ai koe mei ha luma.” 17 Pea naʻe kamata ke fai ʻe ʻĒpalahame ha hū tōtōaki ki he ʻOtua moʻoní, pea naʻe fakamoʻui ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa ʻApimeleki mo hono uaifí mo ʻene kau kaunangá, pea naʻe kamata ke nau maʻu fānau; 18 he naʻe ʻai ʻe Sihova ʻa e kau fefine kotoa ʻo e fale ʻo ʻApimelekí ke nau paʻa* koeʻuhi ko Sela, ʻa e uaifi ʻo ʻĒpalahamé.+