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5 ʻI he hili atu ha taimi naʻe haʻu ʻa e ngaahi matakali kotoa ʻo ʻIsilelí kia Tēvita ki Hepeloni+ pea nau pehē: “Vakai! Ko kimautolú ko ho hui mo ho kakano tonu.*+ 2 ʻI he kuohilí lolotonga ʻa e hoko ʻa Saula ko homau tuʻí, ko koe ʻa e tokotaha naʻá ke taki ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi heʻene ngaahi feingataú.*+ Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate koe: ‘Te ke tauhi ʻa ʻIsileli ko hoku kakaí, pea te ke hoko ko e taki ki ʻIsileli.’”+ 3 Ko ia naʻe haʻu ʻa e kau mātuʻa kotoa ʻo ʻIsilelí ki he tuʻí ki Hepeloni, pea naʻe fai ʻe Tuʻi Tēvita ha fuakava mo kinautolu+ ʻi Hepeloni ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová. Pea naʻa nau pani ʻa Tēvita ke hoko ko e tuʻi ki ʻIsileli.+
4 Naʻe taʻu 30 ʻa Tēvita ʻi he taimi naʻe hoko ai ko e tuʻí, pea naʻá ne pule ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40.+ 5 ʻI Hepeloni naʻá ne pule ki Siuta ʻi he taʻu ʻe 7 mo e māhina ʻe 6, pea ʻi Selusalema+ naʻá ne pule ʻi he taʻu ʻe 33 ki he kotoa ʻo ʻIsilelí mo Siuta. 6 Pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa e tuʻí mo ʻene kau tangatá ki Selusalema ke tauʻi ʻa e kau Siepusi+ naʻa nau nofoʻi ʻa e fonuá. Naʻa nau manuki kia Tēvita: “Heʻikai ʻaupito te ke haʻu ki heni! He naʻa mo e kuí mo e heké te nau tuli koe ke mamaʻo.” Naʻa nau fakakaukau, ‘ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito pē ke haʻu ʻa Tēvita ia ki heni.’+ 7 Kae kehe, naʻe hamu ʻe Tēvita ʻa e kolo malu ko Saioné, ʻa ia ʻoku hoko ʻi he taimí ni ko e Kolo-ʻo-Tēvitá.+ 8 Ko ia naʻe pehē ai ʻe Tēvita ʻi he ʻaho ko iá: “Ko e faʻahinga te nau ʻohofi ʻa e kau Siepusí te nau hū atu ʻi he fakatafenga vaí ʻo taaʻi fakatouʻosi ‘ʻa e heke mo e kui,’ ʻa ia ʻoku nau fehiʻa ʻia Tēvitá!” Ko e ʻuhinga ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e lea ʻo pehē: “Ko e kuí mo e heké heʻikai ʻaupito ke hū ki he falé.” 9 Naʻe nofo leva ʻa Tēvita ʻi he kolo malú, pea naʻe ui ia* ko e Kolo-ʻo-Tēvitá; pea naʻe kamata ke langa takai ʻa Tēvita mei he foʻi māʻolungá*+ ʻo haʻu ai ki loto.+ 10 Ko ia naʻe fakautuutu ai pē ʻa e lahi ʻo Tēvitá,+ pea naʻe kau mo ia+ ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo e ngaahi kau taú.
11 Naʻe tuku atu ʻe Tuʻi Hailame+ ʻo Tāiá ha kau talafekau kia Tēvita, mo ha papa sita,+ kau tufunga, pea mo ha kau tufunga maka ke nau langa ʻa e ngaahi ʻaá, pea naʻa nau kamata ke langa ha fale* moʻo Tēvita.+ 12 Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻe Tēvita kuo fokotuʻu maʻu ia ʻe Sihova ko e tuʻi ki ʻIsileli+ pea kuó ne hakeakiʻi hono puleʻangá+ koeʻuhí ko ʻIsileli ko ʻEne kakaí.+
13 Naʻe maʻu ʻe Tēvita ha ngaahi sinifu+ mo ha ngaahi uaifi tokolahi ange ʻi Selusalema ʻi he hili ʻene haʻu mei Hepeloní, pea naʻe fanauʻi kia Tēvita ha ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine tokolahi ange.+ 14 Ko e hingoa eni ʻo e faʻahinga naʻe fanauʻi kiate ia ʻi Selusalemá: Ko Samua, Sōpapi, Nētane,+ Solomone,+ 15 ʻIpihale, ʻElisua, Nēfeki, Safia, 16 ʻElisama, ʻIliata pea mo ʻElifeleti.
17 ʻI he fanongo ʻa e kau Filisitiá kuo pani ʻa Tēvita ko e tuʻi ki ʻIsilelí,+ naʻe ʻalu hake kotoa ʻa e kau Filisitiá ke kumi kia Tēvita.+ ʻI he fanongo ai ʻa Tēvitá, naʻá ne ʻalu hifo ki hono toitoiʻangá.+ 18 Naʻe haʻu leva ʻa e kau Filisitiá ʻo nau movete atu ʻi he Teleʻa* ʻo Lifaimí.+ 19 Naʻe fehuʻi ʻe Tēvita kia Sihova,+ ʻo ne pehē: “Te u ʻalu hake ʻo tauʻi ʻa e kau Filisitiá? Te ke tuku mai kinautolu ki hoku nimá?” ʻI he meʻá ni naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Tēvita: “ʻAlu hake, he te u tuku moʻoni atu ʻa e kau Filisitiá ki ho nimá.”+ 20 Ko ia naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Tēvita ki Pēali-pilasimi, pea naʻe taaʻi ai kinautolu ʻe Tēvita. Ko ia naʻá ne pehē: “Kuo ʻohofi ʻe Sihova ʻa hoku ngaahi filí+ ʻi hoku ʻaó, ʻo hangē ko ha luo kuo keli ʻe he vaí.” Ko e ʻuhinga ia naʻá ne fakahingoa ai ʻa e feituʻu ko iá ko Pēali-pilasimí.*+ 21 Naʻe liʻaki ʻi ai ʻe he kau Filisitiá ʻa ʻenau ngaahi ʻaitolí, pea naʻe ʻave ia ʻe Tēvita mo ʻene kau tangatá.
22 Ki mui ai, naʻe toe ʻalu hake ʻa e kau Filisitiá ʻo nau movete atu ʻi he Teleʻa* ʻo Lifaimí.+ 23 Naʻe fehuʻi ʻa Tēvita kia Sihova, ka naʻá ne folofola mai: “ʻOua naʻá ke ʻalu hangatonu atu. Ka te ke takai atu mei mui ʻiate kinautolu, peá ke ʻalu atu ʻo tauʻi kinautolu ʻi muʻa ʻi he vao pakahá.* 24 Pea ʻi hoʻo fanongo ki he ongo mai ʻa e ngahaha mei ʻolunga ʻi he vao pakahá, peá ke fai leva ha meʻa ʻo ʻoua ʻe veiveiua, he ʻe hāʻele muʻomuʻa atu ʻa Sihova ʻiate koe ke taaʻi ʻa e kau tau ʻa e kau Filisitiá.” 25 Ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Tēvita ʻa e meʻa tofu pē naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe Sihova kiate iá, pea naʻá ne taaʻi ʻa e kau Filisitiá+ mei Kepā+ ʻo aʻu atu ki Kēseli.+