17 Te u ʻalu hifo+ ʻo talanoa ai mo koe,+ pea te u toʻo ha konga mei he laumālie+ ʻoku ʻiate koé ʻo ʻai kiate kinautolu, pea te nau tokoni kiate koe ʻi hono fua ʻa e kavenga ʻa e kakaí koeʻuhí ke ʻoua naʻá ke fua toko taha pē ia.+

9 ʻI he taimi naʻe ui tokoni+ ai ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí kia Sihová, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sihova ha tokotaha faifakahaofi ke ne fakahaofi ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí,+ ko ʻOtenili+ ia ko e foha ʻo Kēnasi, ko e tehina ʻo Kēlepí. 10 Naʻe hoko mai ʻa e laumālie ʻo Sihová kiate ia,+ pea naʻá ne hoko ko e fakamaau ʻo ʻIsileli. ʻI he taimi naʻá ne ʻalu atu ai ke faitaú, naʻe tuku ʻe Sihova ʻa Kusani-lisataimi ko e tuʻi ʻo Mesopotēmiá* ki hono nimá, ko ia naʻá ne ikunaʻi ai ʻa Kusani-lisataimi.

6 Ko e laumālie ʻo Sihová te ne fakaivia koe,+ pea te ke kikite fakataha mo kinautolu pea ʻe liliu koe ʻo hoko ko ha tokotaha kehe.+