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13 Naʻe ʻalu hake leva ʻa ʻEpalame mei ʻIsipite ki he feituʻu Nīkepí,+ ko ia mo hono uaifí mo e meʻa kotoa naʻá ne maʻú, fakataha mo Lote. 2 Naʻe lahi ʻaupito ʻa e fanga manu mo e siliva mo e koula+ ʻa ʻEpalamé. 3 Naʻá ne hiki mei he feituʻu ki he feituʻu ʻi heʻene fononga mei he feituʻu Nīkepí ki Pētelí, kae ʻoua kuó ne aʻu ki he feituʻu naʻe ʻi ai ʻa hono tēnití ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Pēteli mo ʻAí,+ 4 ki he feituʻu naʻá ne fokotuʻu ai ki muʻa atu ha ʻōlitá. Naʻe ui ʻi ai ʻa ʻEpalame ki he huafa ʻo Sihová.

5 Pea ko Lote, ʻa ia naʻe fononga mo ʻEpalamé, naʻá ne maʻu foki ʻa e fanga sipi, fanga pulu mo e ngaahi tēniti. 6 Ko ia naʻe ʻikai ʻatā ʻa e fonuá kiate kinautolu kotoa ke nau nofo ʻi he feituʻu pē taha; naʻe hoko ʻo fuʻu lahi ʻaupito ʻena ngaahi koloá ʻo ʻikai ai kei malava ke na nofo fakataha. 7 Ko hono olá, naʻe hoko ai ha kē ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau tauhi-manu ʻa ʻEpalamé mo e kau tauhi-manu ʻa Loté. (ʻI he taimi ko iá naʻe nofo ai ʻa e kau Kēnaní mo e kau Pēlisí ʻi he fonuá.)+ 8 Ko ia naʻe pehē ai ʻe ʻEpalame kia Lote:+ “Kātaki muʻa, ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke hoko ha kē ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoʻoku mo koé pea ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo ʻeku kau tangata tauhi-manú mo hoʻo kau tangata tauhi-manú, he ko kitauá ʻokú ta kāinga. 9 ʻIkai ʻoku ʻatā atu ʻa e fonuá kotoa kiate koe? Kātaki muʻa ʻo mavahe meiate au. Kapau te ke ʻalu ki he toʻohemá, te u ʻalu leva au ki he toʻomataʻú; ka ʻo kapau te ke ʻalu ki he toʻomataʻú, te u ʻalu leva au ki he toʻohemá.” 10 Ko ia naʻe hanga hake ai ʻa Lote ʻo ne sio tā ko e vahefonua kotoa ʻo Sioataní+ ʻo aʻu atu ki Soa+ ko ha feituʻu naʻe lahi ai ʻa e vaí (ki muʻa ke fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova ʻa Sōtoma mo Komolá), ʻo hangē ko e ngoue ʻa Sihová,+ pea hangē ko e fonua ko ʻIsipité. 11 Naʻe fili leva ʻe Lote maʻana ʻa e vahefonua kotoa ʻo Sioataní, pea naʻe hiki ʻa Lote ki he hahaké. Ko ia naʻá na māvae ai. 12 Naʻe nofo ʻa ʻEpalame ʻi he fonua ko Kēnaní, kae nofo ʻa Lote ʻi he haʻohaʻonga ʻo e ngaahi kolo ʻo e vahefonuá.+ Faifai atu pē naʻá ne fokotuʻu ʻa hono tēnití ʻo ofi ki Sōtoma. 13 Pea ko e kakai ʻo Sōtomá ko e kau faiangahala mamafa fulikivanu kia Sihova.+

14 Naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia ʻEpalame, hili ia ʻa e mavahe ʻa Lote meiate iá: “Kātaki muʻa ʻo hanga hake ʻo ke sio mei he feituʻu ʻokú ke ʻi aí, ki he tokelaú mo e tongá, ki he hahaké mo e hihifó, 15 he ko e fonua kotoa ʻokú ke sio ki aí, te u ʻoatu ia kiate koe pea mo ho hakó ko ha tofiʻa taʻengata.+ 16 Pea te u ʻai ho hakó ke hangē ko e efu ʻo e māmaní, ko ia ʻo ka lava ʻe ha taha ke ne lau ʻa e efu ʻo e māmaní, ʻe toki lava leva ke lau ho hakó.+ 17 Tuʻu hake, ʻalu atu ʻi he lōloa mo e māukupu ʻo e fonuá, he te u foaki ia kiate koe.” 18 Ko ia naʻe hokohoko atu ai pē ʻa e nofo tēniti ʻa ʻEpalamé. Ki mui ai, naʻá ne haʻu ʻo ne nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻuluʻakau lalahi ʻo Māmilí,+ ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi Hepeloní,+ pea naʻá ne fokotuʻu ai ha ʻōlita kia Sihova.+