Tauteaʻi ha Kuini Fulikivanu

Naʻe lava ke sio ʻa Tuʻi ʻĒhapi mei he matapā-teke ʻo hono palasi ʻi Sisililí ki ha ngoue kālepi ʻa ha tangata ko Nēpote. Naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe ʻĒhapi ʻa e ngoue kālepi ko ení, peá ne feinga ke ne fakatau ia meia Nēpote. Ka naʻe ʻikai loto ʻa Nēpote ke ne fakatau ange ia he naʻe tapui ʻi he Lao ʻa Sihová ke fakatau atu ha kelekele fakafāmili. Naʻe tokaʻi ʻe ʻĒhapi ʻa Nēpote ʻi heʻene fai ʻa e meʻa totonú? ʻIkai. Naʻe ʻita lahi ʻa ʻĒhapi. Naʻá ne loto-mamahi ʻaupito ʻo ʻikai te ne hū ki tuʻa mei hono loki mohé, pea ʻikai te ne fie kai.

Naʻe tala ange ʻe he kuini fulikivanu ko Sisipelí, ʻa e uaifi ʻo ʻĒhapí kiate ia: ‘Ko koe ʻa e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsilelí. ʻE lava ke ke maʻu ha meʻa pē ʻokú ke fiemaʻu. Te u ʻomi ʻa e kelekele ko iá maʻau.’ Naʻá ne fai ha tohi ki he kau mātuʻa ʻo e koló, ʻo tala ange kiate kinautolu ke nau tukuakiʻi ʻa Nēpote naʻá ne laukovi ki he ʻOtuá pea tolomakaʻi ia ke ne mate. Naʻe fai ʻe he kau mātuʻá ʻa e meʻa naʻe tala ange ʻe Sisipeli ke nau faí, pea naʻe pehē ange leva ʻe Sisipeli kia ʻĒhapi: ‘Kuo mate ʻa Nēpote. Maʻu ʻe koe ʻa e ngoue kālepí.’

Naʻe ʻikai ko Nēpote pē taha ʻa e tokotaha tonuhia naʻe tāmateʻi ʻe Sisipelí. Naʻá ne tāmateʻi ʻa e kakai tokolahi naʻa nau ʻofa kia Sihova. Naʻá ne lotu ʻaitoli pea fai mo e ngaahi meʻa kovi kehe. Naʻe vakai mai ʻa Sihova ki he meʻa kovi kotoa naʻe fai ʻe Sisipelí. Ko e hā te ne fai kiate iá?

Hili ʻa e mate ʻa ʻĒhapí, naʻe hoko ʻa hono foha ko Siholamé ko e tuʻí. Naʻe fekauʻi atu ʻe Sihova ha tangata ko Sehu ke ne tauteaʻi ʻa Sisipeli mo hono fāmilí.

Naʻe heka atu ʻa Sehu ʻi heʻene salioté ki Sisilili, ʻa ia naʻe nofo ai ʻa Sisipelí. Naʻe haʻu saliote ʻa Siholame ke fakafetaulaki kia Sehu peá ne ʻeke ange: ‘ʻOku ʻi ai ha melino ʻi hota vahaʻá?’ Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Sehu: ‘ʻOku ʻikai ha melino lolotonga ʻoku fai ʻe hoʻo faʻeé, ʻa Sisipeli, ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fulikivanú.’ Naʻe feinga ʻa Siholame ke afeʻi ʻa ʻene salioté ʻo ne hola. Ka naʻe fanaʻi ʻe Sehu ʻa Siholame ʻaki ha foʻi ngahau, ʻo ne mate.

Naʻe ʻalu leva ʻa Sehu ki he palasi ʻo Sisipelí. ʻI heʻene fanongo pē ʻoku haʻu ʻa Sehú, naʻá ne vali hono matá, ʻai hono ʻulú, pea tatali ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he veʻe matapā-teké. ʻI he aʻu atu ʻa Sehú, naʻe ʻikai te ne talitali lelei ia. Naʻe kaila hake ʻa Sehu ki heʻene kau sevāniti naʻe tuʻu ʻi hono tafaʻakí: “Lī hifo ia!” Naʻa nau tekeʻi hifo ʻa Sisipeli ʻi he matapā-teké, ʻo ne tō ki lalo ʻo mate.

Hili iá, naʻe tāmateʻi ʻe Sehu ʻa e foha ʻe toko 70 ʻo ʻĒhapí pea fakamaʻa ʻa e fonuá mei he lotu Pēali. ʻOku lava ke ke sio heni ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē, pea te ne tauteaʻi ʻi he taimi totonu ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku koví?