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3 ʻI he aʻu ki he māhina hono fitú+ pea ko e kau ʻIsilelí* ē ʻi honau ngaahi koló, naʻa nau fakatahataha mai ʻi he loto-taha ki Selusalema. 2 Naʻe tuʻu hake ai ʻa Sīsua+ ko e foha ʻo Sihosatakí mo hono ngaahi kaungā-taulaʻeikí mo Seluipēpeli+ ko e foha ʻo Saletilí+ mo hono fanga tokouá ʻo fokotuʻu ʻa e ʻōlita ʻo e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsilelí, ke nau lava ʻo ʻohake ai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau tutú, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo hiki ʻi he Lao ʻa Mōsese+ ko e tangata ʻa e ʻOtua moʻoní.

3 Ko ia naʻa nau fokotuʻu ʻa e ʻōlitá ʻi hono tuʻuʻanga ki muʻá, neongo naʻa nau ilifia ki he ngaahi kakai ʻo e ngaahi fonua takatakaí,+ pea naʻe kamata ke nau ʻohake ai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau tutú kia Sihova, ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau tutu+ ʻi he pongipongí mo e efiafí. 4 Pea naʻa nau fai ʻa e Kātoanga ʻo e Falelouʻakaú* ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kuo tohí,+ pea naʻa nau ʻohake ʻi he ʻaho ki he ʻaho ʻa e lahi pau ʻo e ngaahi feilaulau tutu naʻe fiemaʻu ke fai ʻi he ʻaho taki taha.+ 5 ʻI he hili iá, naʻa nau ʻohake ʻa e feilaulau tutu tuʻumaʻú+ mo e ngaahi feilaulau ki he ngaahi māhina foʻoú+ pea ki he ngaahi faʻahitaʻu kātoanga toputapu+ kotoa ʻa Sihová, pea pehē ki he feilaulau mei he tokotaha kotoa naʻe loto ke ne ʻohake ha feilaulau loto-tauʻatāina+ kia Sihová. 6 Naʻe kamata ke nau ʻohake mei he ʻaho ʻuluaki ʻo e māhina hono fitú+ ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau tutu kia Sihova, neongo naʻe teʻeki ai ke fakatoka ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo e temipale ʻo Sihová.

7 Naʻa nau ʻoange ʻa e paʻanga ki he kau tā maká+ mo e kau tangata nima-meaʻá,+ mo e meʻakai mo e inu pea mo e lolo ki he kau Saitoní mo e kau Tāiá ʻi heʻenau ʻomai ʻi tahi ʻa e papa sitá mei Lepanoni ki Siopa,+ ʻo fakatatau ki he mafai naʻe ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻe Tuʻi Kōlesi ʻo Pēsiá.+

8 ʻI he taʻu hono ua hili ʻenau haʻu ki he fale ʻo e ʻOtua moʻoní ʻi Selusalemá, ʻi he māhina hono uá, naʻe kamata ai ʻa e ngāué ʻe Seluipēpeli ko e foha ʻo Saletilí, Sīsua ko e foha ʻo Sihosatakí mo e toenga ʻo honau fanga tokouá, ʻa e kau taulaʻeikí mo e kau Līvaí, pea mo e faʻahinga kotoa naʻe omi mei he nofo pōpulá+ ki Selusalemá; naʻa nau fakanofo ʻa e kau Līvai mei he taʻu 20 ʻo faai ki ʻolunga ke nau tokangaʻi ʻa e ngāue ʻo e fale ʻo Sihová. 9 Ko ia naʻe kau fakataha ai ʻa Sīsua, ko hono ngaahi fohá mo hono fanga tokouá, mo Katimieli mo hono ngaahi fohá, ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo Siutá,* ke tokangaʻi ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau fai ʻa e ngāue ʻi he fale ʻo e ʻOtua moʻoní, fakataha mo e ngaahi foha ʻo Henatatí,+ ko honau ngaahi fohá mo honau fanga tokouá, ʻa e kau Līvaí.

10 ʻI hono fakatoka ʻe he kau langá ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo e temipale ʻo Sihová,+ naʻe tuʻu hake leva ʻa e kau taulaʻeikí ʻoku nau teunga fakataulaʻeiki mo e ngaahi talupité,+ pea ko e kau Līvaí, ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻĒsafé mo e ngaahi simipalé, ke fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa Sihova ʻo fakatatau ki he fakahinohino ʻa Tuʻi Tēvita ʻo ʻIsilelí.+ 11 Pea naʻe kamata ke nau hiva fetāliaki+ ʻo fakahīkihikiʻi mo ʻoatu ʻa e fakamālō kia Sihova “he ʻoku lelei ia; ko ʻene ʻofa mateaki ki ʻIsilelí ʻoku tolonga ʻo taʻengata.”+ Pea naʻe kaila leʻo-lahi ʻa e kakaí kotoa ʻi he fakahīkihiki kia Sihova koeʻuhí kuo fakatoka ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo e fale ʻo Sihová. 12 Ko e tokolahi ʻi he kau taulaʻeikí, ko e kau Līvaí, mo e ngaahi ʻulumotuʻa ʻo e ngaahi fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamaí—ʻa e kau tangata taʻumotuʻa naʻa nau sio ʻi he fale ki muʻá+—naʻa nau tangi leʻo-lahi ʻi heʻenau sio ki hono fakatoka ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo e fale ko ení, lolotonga ia naʻe kaila fiefia leʻo-lahi ʻaupito+ ʻa e tokolahi. 13 Ko ia naʻe ʻikai lava ai ke fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻe he kakaí ʻa e ongo ʻo e kaikaila fiefiá mei he ongo ʻo e tangí, he naʻe kaikaila ʻa e kakaí ʻo fuʻu leʻo-lahi pea naʻe ongo atu ia ki he mamaʻó.