14 Pea naʻe faʻufaʻu ha kovi ʻe Sehu+ ko e foha ʻo Sihosafate ko e foha ʻo Nimisí kia Siholame.

Ko Siholamé naʻá ne leʻo ʻi Lēmoti-kiliati,+ ʻa ia mo e kotoa ʻo ʻIsilelí, koeʻuhí ko Tuʻi Hesaeli+ ʻo Sīliá.

24 Naʻe toʻo ʻe Sehu ʻene kaufaná ʻo ne fanaʻi ʻa Siholame ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo hono ongo umá, pea naʻe ʻasi ki tuʻa ʻa e foʻi ngahaú ʻi hono mafú, pea naʻá ne tō hifo ʻi heʻene saliote taú.

6 Pea naʻá ne fai kiate kinautolu ha tohi hono ua, ʻo pehē ai: “Kapau ʻoku mou kau mo au pea loto-lelei ke talangofua kiate au, ʻomi ʻa e ngaahi foʻi ʻulu ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo homou ʻeikí pea mou omi kiate au ʻapongipongi ʻi he taimi ko ení ki Sisilili.”

Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻe toko 70 ʻo e tuʻí naʻa nau nofo ʻi he kau tangata tuʻu-ki-muʻa ʻo e koló ʻa ia naʻa nau tauhi hake kinautolú. 7 ʻI he aʻu atu pē ʻa e tohí kiate kinautolú, naʻa nau ʻave ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo e tuʻí ʻo tāmateʻi kinautolu, ko e kau tangata ʻe toko 70,+ pea naʻa nau faʻo honau ʻulú ʻi ha ngaahi kato pea ʻave ia kiate ia ki Sisilili.

23 Naʻe hū leva ʻa Sehu mo Sionatapi+ ko e foha ʻo Lēkapí ki he fale ʻo Pēalí. Pea naʻá ne pehē ki he kau lotu kia Pēalí: “Fakasio fakalelei pea vakai ke ʻoua naʻa ʻi heni ha kau lotu kia Sihova, ka ko e kau lotu pē kia Pēalí.”

25 ʻI he ʻosi pē ʻene ʻohake ʻa e feilaulau tutú, naʻe pehē ʻe Sehu ki he kau kaʻaté* pea mo e kau ʻōfisa fakakautaú: “Mou hū mai ʻo taaʻi kinautolu! ʻOua naʻa tuku ke hola ha foʻi toko taha!”+ Ko ia naʻe taaʻi kinautolu ʻe he kau kaʻaté mo e kau ʻōfisa fakakautaú ʻaki ʻa e heletaá pea laku kinautolu ki tuʻa, pea nau ʻalu atu ai pē ʻo aʻu ki he feituʻu toputapu ʻi loto* ʻi he fale ʻo Pēalí.