Sēnesi

34 Pea ko Taina, ʻa e ʻofefine ʻo Sēkope mo Liá,+ naʻá ne faʻa ʻalu atu ʻo feohi mo e* kau finemui ʻo e fonuá.+ 2 ʻI he taimi naʻe sio ai kiate ia ʻa Sīkemi, ko e foha ʻo Hēmoa ko e Heví,+ ko ha ʻeiki ʻo e fonuá, naʻá ne puke ia ʻo ne mohe* mo ia peá ne kākaaʻi ia. 3 Pea naʻá ne hoko ʻo mātuʻaki pīkitai kia Taina, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Sēkopé, pea naʻá ne ʻofa ʻi he finemuí ʻo ne lea fakaoloolo kiate ia.* 4 Faifai pē, naʻe pehē ʻe Sīkemi kia Hēmoa+ ko ʻene tamaí: “ʻOmi kiate au ʻa e finemui ko ení ke hoko ko hoku uaifi.”

5 ʻI he taimi naʻe fanongo ai ʻa Sēkope naʻá ne ʻuliʻi ʻa hono ʻofefine ko Tainá, naʻe ʻi he vaó ʻa hono ngaahi fohá ʻi heʻene tākangá. Ko ia naʻe hanganaki fakalongolongo pē ʻa Sēkope kae ʻoua ke nau foki mai. 6 Ki mui ai, naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Hēmoa ko e tamai ʻa Sīkemí, ke talanoa mo Sēkope. 7 Ka naʻe fanongo ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkopé ʻo fekauʻaki mo ia pea nau foki mai ʻi he taimi pē ko iá mei he vaó. Naʻa nau loto-mamahi mo ʻita lahi ʻaupito koeʻuhí he naʻá ne fakamaaʻi ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi heʻene mohe mo e ʻofefine ʻo Sēkopé,+ ko ha meʻa naʻe ʻikai totonu ke fai.+

8 Naʻe lea ʻa Hēmoa kiate kinautolu ʻo ne pehē: “Ko hoku foha ko Sīkemí ʻokú ne ʻunaloto mai ki hoʻomou taʻahiné. Kātaki muʻa kae ʻoange ia kiate ia ke ne hoko ko hono uaifi, 9 pea fai ha ngaahi aleapau fakaemali* mo kimautolu. ʻOmi kiate kimautolu homou ngaahi ʻofefiné, pea ke maʻu maʻamoutolu ʻa homau ngaahi ʻofefiné.+ 10 ʻE lava ke mou nofo mo kimautolu, pea ʻe hoko ʻo ʻatā ʻa e fonuá kiate kimoutolu. Mou nofo pea hokohoko atu ʻa e fefakatauʻaki ʻi aí pea nofo maʻu ai.” 11 Naʻe pehē ange leva ʻe Sīkemi ki he tamai ʻa e taʻahiné pea ki hono fanga tuongaʻané: “Tuku muʻa ke mou leleiʻia ʻiate au, pea ʻilonga ha meʻa te mou kole mai kiate au te u foaki atu ia kiate kimoutolu. 12 ʻE lava ke mou kounaʻi meiate au ha totongi mātuʻaki mamafa ʻaupito ʻo e taʻahine malí mo ha meʻaʻofa.+ ʻOku ou loto-lelei ke foaki atu ha meʻa pē te mou tala mai kiate au. Kehe pē ke foaki mai kiate au ʻa e finemuí ke hoko ko hoku uaifi.”

13 Pea naʻe tali ange ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkopé kia Sīkemi mo ʻene tamai ko Hēmoá ʻi he kākā koeʻuhí he naʻá ne ʻuliʻi ʻa honau tuofefine ko Tainá. 14 Naʻa nau pehē ange kiate kinaua: “ʻE ʻikai lava ke mau fai ha meʻa pehē, ke foaki atu homau tuofefiné ki ha tangata ʻoku ʻikai ke kamu,+ he ko ha meʻa fakamā ia kiate kimautolu. 15 Ko e tuʻunga pē ko ení ʻe taha ʻe toki lava ai ke mau loto ki aí: Ke mou hoko ʻo hangē ko kimautolú pea kamu homou kakai tangata kotoa pē.+ 16 Te mau toki ʻoatu leva ai homau ngaahi ʻofefiné kiate kimoutolu, pea te mau maʻu homou ngaahi ʻofefiné maʻamautolu, pea te mau nofo mo kimoutolu pea hoko ko e kakai pē ʻe taha. 17 Ka ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fanongo mai kiate kimautolu ʻo kamu, te mau toʻo leva ai ʻa homau tuofefiné pea mau ʻalu.”

18 Naʻe leleiʻia ʻa Hēmoa+ mo Sīkemi ko e foha ʻo Hēmoá,+ ʻi heʻenau leá. 19 Naʻe ʻikai toloi ʻe he talavoú ʻa hono fai ʻa e meʻa naʻa nau fiemaʻú,+ koeʻuhi he ko hono mamaná ʻa e ʻofefine ʻo Sēkopé, pea ko e talavoú ni ʻa e tokotaha lāngilangiʻia taha ʻi he fale kotoa ʻo ʻene tamaí.

20 Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ʻa Hēmoa mo hono foha ko Sīkemí ki he matapā ʻo e koló ʻo na lea ki he kau tangata ʻo hona koló,+ ʻo pehē: 21 “Ko e kau tangata ko ení ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ke nofo melino mo kitautolu. Tuku ke nau nofo ʻi he fonuá pea hokohoko atu ʻa e fefakatauʻaki ʻi aí, he ʻoku lahi feʻunga ʻa e fonuá ke nau nofo ai. Ko honau ngaahi ʻofefiné ʻe lava ke tau maʻu kinautolu ke nau hoko ko e ngaahi uaifi, pea ko hotau ngaahi ʻofefiné ʻe lava ke tau foaki kiate kinautolu.+ 22 Ko e tuʻunga pē ko ení ʻe taha ʻe loto ai ʻa e kau tangatá ke nofo mo kitautolu ke tau hoko ai ko e kakai pē ʻe tahá: Ke kamu ʻa e tangata kotoa pē ʻi hotau lotolotongá ʻo hangē pē ko ʻenau kamú.+ 23 ʻIkai ko ʻenau ngaahi meʻa leva ʻoku maʻú, ʻa ʻenau koloá, mo e kotoa ʻo ʻenau fanga manú ʻe ʻatautolu? Ko ia ke tau fakahaaʻi ange ʻoku tau loto ki ai kae lava ai ke nau nofo mo kitautolu.” 24 Ko e faʻahinga kotoa naʻe hū ki tuʻa ʻi he matapā ʻo hono koló naʻa nau fanongo kia Hēmoa pea ki hono foha ko Sīkemí, pea naʻe kamu kotoa ʻa e kakai tangatá, ʻa e faʻahinga kotoa naʻe hū ki tuʻa ʻi he matapā ʻo e koló.

25 Kae kehe, ʻi he ʻaho hono tolú, ʻi heʻenau kei mamahiʻiá, ko e ongo foha ʻo Sēkope ko Simione mo Līvaí, ʻa e ongo tuongaʻane ʻo Tainá,+ naʻá na taki taha toʻo ʻene heletā peá na hū ki he kolo ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai haʻanau mahamahalo maí ʻo na tāmateʻi ʻa e tangata kotoa pē.+ 26 Naʻá na tāmateʻi ʻa Hēmoa mo hono foha ko Sīkemí ʻaki ʻa e heletaá peá na toʻo leva ʻa Taina mei he fale ʻo Sīkemí ʻo na mavahe. 27 Naʻe haʻu ʻa e ngaahi foha kehe ʻo Sēkopé ki he kau tangata kuo tāmateʻí ʻo nau vete ʻa e koloa ʻa e koló koeʻuhí he naʻa nau ʻuliʻi ʻa honau tuofefiné.+ 28 Naʻa nau ʻave ʻenau fanga sipí, ko ʻenau ngaahi tākangá, ko ʻenau fanga ʻasí, pea mo ha meʻa pē naʻe ʻi he koló pea ʻi he vaó. 29 Naʻa nau ʻave foki mo ʻenau koloá kotoa, taki pōpula ʻa e kotoa ʻenau fānau īkí mo honau ngaahi uaifí, pea toʻo ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he ngaahi falé.

30 ʻI he meʻá ni naʻe pehē ʻe Sēkope kia Simione pea kia Līvai:+ “Kuó mo ʻomi ʻa e faingataʻa lahi kiate au* ʻi hoʻomo ʻai au ke u namukū ki he kakai ʻo e fonuá, ki he kau Kēnaní mo e kau Pēlisí. ʻOku ou tokosiʻi pē, pea ko e moʻoni te nau fakatahataha ke ʻohofi au pea te u ʻauha ʻosi, ʻa au mo hoku falé.” 31 Ka naʻá na pehē ange: “He ʻoku totonu koā ke tōʻongafai ha taha ki homa tuofefiné ʻo ne hangē ha fefine feʻauakí?”