Kau Asiasi ʻe Toko Tahaua

Naʻe mavahe ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí mei Moʻunga Sainai ʻo nau fononga ʻo fou ʻi he toafa Pēlaná ki ha feituʻu ko Kētesi. Naʻe tala ai ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese: ‘Fekauʻi ha kau tangata ʻe toko 12, ko e toko taha mei he matakali taki taha, ke nau asiasi ʻi Kēnani, ʻa e fonua te u foaki ki he kau ʻIsilelí.’ Ko ia naʻe fili ʻe Mōsese ʻa e kau tangata ʻe toko 12 peá ne pehē kiate kinautolu: ‘Mou ō ki Kēnani, pea ʻai ke ʻiloʻi pe ʻoku lelei ʻa e fonuá ke tō ai ha meʻakai. Sio pe ko e kakaí ʻoku nau vaivai pe mālohi pea sio pe ʻoku nau nofo tēniti pe ʻi ha ngaahi kolo.’ Naʻe mavahe ʻo ō ki Kēnani ʻa e kau asiasi ʻe toko 12, ʻo kau ai ʻa Siosiua mo Kēlepi.

Hili ʻa e ʻaho ʻe 40, naʻe foki mai ʻa e kau asiasí, ʻo nau omi mo e fiki, pomikānite, mo e kālepi. Naʻe fakamatala ʻa e kau asiasí: ‘Ko ha fonua lelei ia, ka ko e kakaí ʻoku nau mālohi pea ʻoku māʻolunga ʻa e ʻā ʻo e ngaahi koló.’ Hili iá naʻe pehē ʻe Kēlepi: ‘ʻE lava ke tau ikunaʻi kinautolu. Tau ō leva he taimí ni!’ ʻOkú ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe lea pehē ai ʻa Kēlepí? Koeʻuhí ko ia mo Siosiua naʻá na falala kia Sihova. Ka naʻe pehē ʻe he kau asiasi ʻe toko hongofulú: ‘ʻIkai! Ko e kakaí ʻoku nau lalahi, ʻo hangē ha kau saianití! Naʻa mau hangē ha fanga heʻe ʻi honau tafaʻakí.’

Naʻe loto-siʻi ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí. Naʻe kamata ke nau lāunga ʻo fepehēʻaki: ‘Tau fili ha taki kehe pea tau foki ki ʻIsipite. Ko e hā ke tau ō ai ki he feituʻu ko ení ʻo mate ai?’ Naʻe pehē ʻe Siosiua mo Kēlepi: ‘ʻOua ʻe talangataʻa kia Sihova, pea ʻoua ʻe ilifia. ʻE maluʻi kitautolu ʻe Sihova.’ Ka naʻe ʻikai ke fanongo ki ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí. Naʻe aʻu ʻo nau loto ke tāmateʻi ʻa Siosiua mo Kēlepi!

Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Sihová? Naʻá ne pehē kia Mōsese: ‘Hili ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē kuó u fai maʻá e kau ʻIsilelí, ʻoku ʻikai pē ke nau talangofua kiate au. Ko ia te nau nofo ʻi he toafá ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40, pea te nau mate ai. Ko ʻenau fānaú pē mo Siosiua mo Kēlepi te nau nofo ʻi he fonua naʻá ku palōmesi ke ʻoange kiate kinautolú.’