8 “Pea ko eni ʻoku mou fakakaukau ʻe lava ke mou matuʻuaki ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo Sihova ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo Tēvitá koeʻuhí ko hoʻomou fuʻu tokolahí pea mo hoʻomou maʻu ʻa e ongo kiʻi pulu koula naʻe ngaohi ʻe Selopoame ko e ongo ʻotua maʻamoutolú.+ 9 ʻIkai kuo mou kapusi ʻa e kau taulaʻeiki ʻa Sihová,+ ʻa e hako ʻo ʻĒloné, pea mo e kau Līvaí, pea ʻikai kuo mou fakanofo haʻamou kau taulaʻeiki pē ʻamoutolu ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi kakai ʻo e ngaahi fonua kehé?+ Ko ha taha pē naʻe haʻu mo ha* kiʻi pulu tangata ʻe taha mo ha sipi tangata ʻe fitu naʻe lava ke ne hoko ko ha taulaʻeiki ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ko ha ngaahi ʻotua.

26 Kae kehe, naʻa nau talangataʻa mo angatuʻu kiate koe+ pea sītuʻa ki hoʻo Laó.* Naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻa hoʻo kau palōfita naʻa nau fakatokanga kiate kinautolu ke fakafoki mai kinautolu kiate koé, pea naʻa nau fai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga mātuʻaki taʻefakaʻapaʻapa.+