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1 Pea ko eni ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻEhasiveló,* ʻa ia, ko ʻEhasivelo ia naʻe pule ki he vahefonua*+ ʻe 127 mei ʻInitia ki ʻItiopeá,* 2 ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá ʻi he ʻafio ʻa Tuʻi ʻEhasivelo ʻi hono taloni fakatuʻí ʻi Sūsani*+ ko e feituʻu fakakolotaú,* 3 ʻi he taʻu hono tolu ʻo ʻene pulé, naʻá ne fai ai ha kātoanga kai maʻa ʻene kau houʻeikí kotoa mo ʻene kau sevānití. Naʻe ʻi hono ʻaó ʻa e kau tau ʻa Pēsia+ mo Mītiá,+ mo e kau māʻolungá, pea mo e kau houʻeiki ʻo e ngaahi vahefonuá,* 4 pea naʻá ne fakahāhā ange kiate kinautolu ʻa e koloa ʻi hono puleʻanga lāngilangiʻiá mo e lahi pea mo e fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo hono ngeiá ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho lahi, ko e ʻaho ʻe 180. 5 Pea ʻi he kakato ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho ko ení, naʻe fai ʻe he tuʻí ha kātoanga kai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu maʻá e kakai kotoa naʻe ʻi Sūsani* ko e feituʻu fakakolotaú,* mei he lahi taha ki he siʻi taha, ʻi he lotoʻā ʻo e ngoue ʻi he palasi ʻo e tuʻí. 6 Naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e tupenu līneni, filo lelei, mo e tupenu pulū naʻe fakamaʻu ki he ngaahi maea ʻo e tupenu lelei, filo fulufuluʻisipi vāleti ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fuopotopoto siliva, ngaahi pou māpele, mo e ngaahi sea koula mo siliva ʻi ha faliki maka fefeka kulokula mālohi totitoti hinehina, mo e maka māpele hinehina mo e mataʻitofe pea mo e maka māpele ʻuliʻuli.

7 Naʻe lingi ʻa e uainé ʻi he ngaahi ipu* koula; naʻe kehekehe ʻa e ipu taki taha, pea naʻe lahi ʻa e uaine fakatuʻí, ʻo fakatatau pē ki he koloa ʻa e tuʻí. 8 Naʻe ʻikai fakamālohiʻi* ha taha ke inu ʻo fakatatau ki he tuʻutuʻuní, he naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe he tuʻí mo e kau ʻōfisa ʻi hono palasí ke fai ʻe he tokotaha taki taha ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne leleiʻia aí.

9 Naʻe fai foki ʻe Kuini Vāsiti+ ha kātoanga kai maʻá e kau fefine ʻi he fale* fakatuʻi ʻo Tuʻi ʻEhasiveló.

10 ʻI he ʻaho hono fitú, ʻi he fiefia ʻa e loto ʻo e tuʻí koeʻuhi ko e uainé, naʻá ne tala ange kia Mehumani, Piseta, Hāpona,+ Piketa, ʻApekitā, Sitali, pea mo Kakasa, ʻa e kau ʻōfisa ʻe toko fitu ʻo e lotoʻaá ʻa ia naʻa nau tauhi kia Tuʻi ʻEhasiveló, 11 ke ʻomai ki he ʻao ʻo e tuʻí ʻa Kuini Vāsiti, ʻokú ne tui ʻa e faʻufaʻu fakatuʻí, ke fakahāhā ki he ngaahi kakaí mo e kau houʻeikí ʻa hono fakaʻofoʻofá, he naʻá ne hoihoifua ʻaupito. 12 Ka naʻe hanganaki fakafisi ʻa Kuini Vāsiti ke haʻu ʻi he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e tuʻí naʻe ʻoatu fakafou ʻi he kau ʻōfisa ʻo e lotoʻaá. ʻI he meʻá ni naʻe houhau lahi ai ʻa e tuʻí, pea naʻe kakaha ʻa ʻene houhaú.

13 Naʻe folofola leva ʻa e tuʻí ki he kau tangata poto naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e fakamaama ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi muʻá* (he naʻe peheni ʻa hono ʻomi ʻa e meʻa ʻa e tuʻí ki he ʻao ʻo e faʻahinga kotoa naʻe taukei ʻi he laó mo e ngaahi meʻa fakalaó, 14 pea ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe ofi taha kiate iá ko Kāsena, Setali, ʻAtimata, Tāsisi, Melesi, Māsena, pea mo Memukani, ko e houʻeiki ʻe toko fitu+ ʻo Pēsia mo Mītiá, ʻa ia naʻe lava ke nau hū ki he tuʻí pea naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga māʻolunga taha ʻi he puleʻangá). 15 Naʻe ʻeke ange ʻe he tuʻí: “Fakatatau ki he laó, ko e hā ʻe fai kia Kuini Vāsiti koeʻuhí ko e ʻikai te ne talangofua ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa Tuʻi ʻEhasivelo naʻe ʻoatu fakafou ʻi he kau ʻōfisa ʻo e lotoʻaá?”

16 ʻI he meʻá ni naʻe pehē ʻe Memukani ʻi he ʻao ʻo e tuʻí mo e houʻeikí: “ʻOku ʻikai ko e tuʻí pē toko taha kuo faihala ki ai ʻa Kuini Vāsití,+ ka ki he kau houʻeikí kotoa mo e kakai kotoa ʻi he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi vahefonua* ʻo Tuʻi ʻEhasiveló. 17 He ko e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kuiní ʻe hoko ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻe he ngaahi uaifi kotoa, pea te nau taʻetokaʻi ʻa honau ngaahi husepānití pea nau pehē, ‘Naʻe pehē ʻe Tuʻi ʻEhasivelo ke ʻomai ʻa Kuini Vāsiti ki hono ʻaó, ka naʻá ne fakafisi ke haʻu.’ 18 ʻI he ʻaho tofu pē ko ení ko e ngaahi uaifi ʻo e kau houʻeiki ʻo Pēsia mo Mītiá ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he kuiní te nau talanoaʻi ia ki he kau houʻeiki kotoa ʻa e tuʻí, ʻo iku ai ki he taʻetokaʻi mo e ʻita. 19 Kapau ʻe hā lelei ki he tuʻí, tuku ke ʻoatu ha tuʻutuʻuni fakatuʻi meiate ia, pea tuku ke hiki ia ʻo kau ʻi he ngaahi lao ʻa Pēsia mo Mītiá, ʻa ia heʻikai lava ke toe tāmateʻi,+ ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke toe hū ʻa Vāsiti ki he ʻao ʻo Tuʻi ʻEhasiveló; pea tuku ke foaki ʻe he tuʻí ʻa hono tuʻunga ko e kuiní ki ha fefine ʻa ia ʻoku lelei ange ʻiate ia. 20 Pea ʻi hano fanongoa ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e tuʻí ʻi he kotoa ʻo hono fuʻu puleʻangá, ʻe fakalāngilangiʻi ai ʻe he ngaahi uaifí kotoa ʻa honau ngaahi husepānití, mei he lahi taha ki he siʻi taha.”

21 Naʻe leleiʻia ʻa e tuʻí mo e kau houʻeikí ʻi he fokotuʻu ko ení pea naʻe fai ʻa e tuʻí ki he meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Memukaní. 22 Ko ia naʻá ne ʻoatu ai ʻa e ngaahi tohi ki he ngaahi vahefonua fakatuʻí*+ kotoa, ki he vahefonua* taki taha ʻi heʻenau sīpinga tohinimá pea ki he kakai taki taha ʻi heʻenau leá, ke hoko ʻa e husepāniti kotoa ko e pule* ʻi hono fale ʻoʻoná pea ke lea ʻi he lea ʻa hono kakai ʻoʻoná.