Lea ʻa Sihova kia Sāmiuela

Ko e Taulaʻeiki Lahi ko ʻĪlaí naʻe ʻi ai hono ongo foha naʻá na ngāue ko e ongo taulaʻeiki ʻi he tāpanekalé. Ko hona hingoá ko Hofinai mo Fineasi. Naʻe ʻikai te na talangofua ki he ngaahi lao ʻa Sihová, pea naʻá na ngaohikoviʻi lahi ʻa e kakaí. ʻI hono ʻomai ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau kia Sihová, naʻe toʻo ʻe Hofinai mo Fineasi ʻa e kakanoʻi-manu lelei tahá maʻanaua. Naʻe fanongo ʻa ʻĪlai ʻi he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe hono ongo fohá, ka naʻe halaʻatā ke ne fai ki ai ha meʻa. ʻE fakaʻatā ʻe Sihova ke hokohoko atu ʻa e meʻá ni?

Neongo naʻe kei siʻi ʻaupito ʻa Sāmiuela ʻia Hofinai mo Fineasi, naʻe ʻikai te ne faʻifaʻitaki kiate kinaua. Naʻe hōifua ʻa Sihova kia Sāmiuela. ʻI he pō ʻe taha lolotonga ʻene mohé, naʻe fanongo ai ʻa Sāmiuela ki ha leʻo ʻokú ne ui ʻa hono hingoá. Naʻá ne tuʻu hake, ʻo ne lele kia ʻĪlai, ʻo pehē: ‘Ko au eni!’ Ka naʻe pehē ange ʻe ʻĪlai: ‘Naʻe ʻikai te u ui koe. Foki ʻo mohe.’ Naʻe foki ʻa Sāmiuela ʻo mohe. Pea naʻe toe fai mai ʻa e uí. ʻI he fanongo ʻa Sāmiuela ki he leʻó ko hono tuʻo tolú ia, naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe ʻĪlai ko Sihova ʻokú ne ui ʻa Sāmiuelá. Naʻá ne tala ange kia Sāmiuela kapau te ne toe fanongo ki he leʻó, peá ne pehē: ‘Lea mai ʻe Sihova. ʻOku fanongo atu ʻa hoʻo sevānití.’

Naʻe foki ʻa Sāmiuela ʻo mohe. Pea naʻá ne fanongo ki he ui: ‘ʻE Sāmiuela! ʻE Sāmiuela!’ Naʻá ne tali: ‘Lea mai, he ʻoku fanongo atu ʻa hoʻo sevānití.’ Naʻe tala ange ʻe Sihova kiate ia: ‘Tala kia ʻĪlai te u tauteaʻi ia mo hono fāmilí. ʻOkú ne ʻiloʻi ʻa hono fai ʻe hono ongo fohá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kovi ʻi hoku tāpanekalé, ka ʻoku halaʻatā ke ne fai ha meʻa ki ai.’ ʻI he pongipongi hono hokó naʻe fakaava ai ʻe Sāmiuela ʻa e ngaahi matapā ʻo e tāpanekalé, ʻo hangē pē ko ia ʻokú ne faʻa faí. Naʻá ne ilifia ke tala ki he taulaʻeiki lahí ʻa e meʻa naʻe tala ange ʻe Sihová. Ka naʻe ui ia ʻe ʻĪlai ʻo ne ʻeke ange: ‘ʻE hoku foha, ko e hā naʻe tala atu ʻe Sihova kiate koé? Tala mai kiate au ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē.’ Ko ia naʻe tala ʻe Sāmiuela kia ʻĪlai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē.

ʻI he tupu hake ʻa Sāmiuelá, naʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e kau mo ia ʻa Sihová. Mei he ngataʻanga ʻe taha ʻo e fonuá ki he ngataʻanga ʻe tahá, naʻe ʻiloʻi ai ʻe he kau ʻIsilelí kotoa kuo fili ʻe Sihova ʻa Sāmiuela ke ne hoko ko ha palōfita mo ha fakamaau.