⁹ ʻOku fanongo tokanga ʻa Hapakuke ki he ngaahi toe folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻoku lēkooti ʻi he Hapakuke 1:​6-11. Ko e pōpoaki eni ʻa Sihová​—pea ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻotua loi pe ʻaitoli taʻemoʻui ʻe lava ke ne taʻofi ʻa hono fakahokó: “Vakai ʻoku ou fokotuʻu ʻa e kau Kalitia, ʻa e puleʻanga angafitaʻa mo ʻoho; ʻa ia ʻoku haʻele ki he ngaahi maukupu ʻo mamani, ke puke ha ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻoku ʻikai ʻonautolu. Ko e puleʻanga mamalu ia mo fakailifia; ko ʻene fai fakamaau mo ʻene fotu ʻoku tupu meiate ia pe. Pea ko ʻenau fanga hōsi ʻoku veʻevaveange ʻi he fanga lepati, pea masila ange [“fekai,” NW] ʻi he fanga ulofi ʻo e efiafi; pea ko ʻene tau hekahōsi ʻoku fakatūtū: ʻio, ko ʻenau tau hekahōsi ʻoku nau haʻu mei he mamaʻo; ʻoku nau puna hange ha ikale ʻoku fakavave ke kai. Kuo nau omi kotoa ke fai fakamalohi; ko honau mata ʻoku moʻu sio pe ki muʻa; he ʻoku nau puke popula ke tatau mo e ʻoneʻone ʻene tokolahi. Seuke ko e taha ko ia ʻoku ne vaʻingaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi tuʻi, pea ko houʻeiki ko e meʻa fakakata kiate ia: ko e taha ko ia ʻoku ne katakakae ki he talitauʻanga kotoa pe; seuke te ne ʻai ha kiʻi puke efu, ʻo kapa leva. Toki lakaange ia, ʻa e matangi ni, ʻo ne moia atu, ʻo ne halaia ai​—ʻa e taha ni [“ʻoku tupunga hono mālohí mei hono ʻotuá,” NW].”

11. ʻE anga-fēfē haʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e haʻu ʻa e ngaahi kongakau Pāpiloné ki Siutá?

¹¹ ʻOku oma ange ʻa e fanga hoosi ʻa Pāpiloné ʻi he fanga lēpati veʻevavé. ʻOku fekai ange ʻa ʻene kau heka hōsí ʻi he fanga ulofi fiekaia ʻoku nau hahalu meʻakai ʻi he poʻulí. ʻI he vēkeveke ke ʻalú, ‘ko ʻene tau hekahōsí ʻoku fakatūtū’ ʻo ʻikai faʻa tatali. Mei Pāpilone mamaʻo ʻoku nau huʻu atu ki Siuta. ʻI he puna hangē ha ʻīkale ʻoku fakavave ki ha meʻakai ifó, ʻe vave ʻa e puna ʻa e kau Kalitiá ki heʻenau hahalú. Ka ʻe hoko eni ko ha kiʻi ʻohofi nounou pē, ko ha ʻohofi pē ʻe ha kau sōtia tokosiʻi? ʻOiauē, ʻikai! “Kuo nau omi kotoa ke fai fakamalohi,” ʻo hangē ha fuʻu hōsite lahi ʻoku nau ngaʻuta mai ke faifakaʻauhá. ʻOku ulo honau ngaahi matá ʻi he loto-vēkeveke, ʻoku nau huʻu fakahihifo ki Siuta mo Selusalema, ʻo ngaʻunu vave hangē ko e matangi hahaké. ʻOku ʻave ʻe he ngaahi kongakau Pāpiloné ʻa e kau pōpula tokolahi fau ʻo hangē ha ‘puke popula ke tatau mo e ʻoneʻoné.’