45 Naʻe tali ange ʻe Tēvita ki he Filisitiá: “ʻOkú ke haʻu kiate au mo e heletā mo e fuʻu tao mo ha kiʻi tao,+ ka ʻoku ou ʻalu atu kiate koe ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau tau,+ ko e ʻOtua ʻo e kau tau ʻa ʻIsilelí, ʻa ia kuó ke lumaʻí.*+ 46 ʻI he ʻaho tofu pē ko ení ʻe tuku mai ai koe ʻe Sihova ki hoku nimá,+ pea te u taaʻi koe pea tuʻusi ho ʻulú; pea ʻi he ʻahó ni te u tuku ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻangaʻanga ʻo e ʻapitanga ʻo e kau Filisitiá ki he fanga manupuna ʻo e langí pea ki he fanga manu fekai ʻo e māmaní; pea ko e kakai ʻo e māmaní kotoa te nau ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻOtua ʻi ʻIsileli.+

15 Naʻe toe fai ha tau ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau Filisitiá mo ʻIsilelí.+ Ko ia naʻe ʻalu hifo ai ʻa Tēvita mo ʻene kau sevānití ʻo tauʻi ʻa e kau Filisitiá, ka naʻe hoko ai ʻo ongosia ʻa Tēvita.

17 ʻI he taimi pē ko iá naʻe haʻu ai ʻa ʻApisai+ ko e tama ʻa Seluvaiá ʻo tokoniʻi ia+ peá ne taaʻi ʻa e Filisitiá ʻo ne mate ai. ʻI he taimi ko iá naʻe fai ai ʻe he kau tangata ʻa Tēvitá ʻa e fuakava ko ení kiate ia: “Kuo pau ke ʻoua naʻá ke toe ʻalu mo kimautolu ʻi he taú+ ke ʻoua naʻa mate ʻa e maama ʻo ʻIsilelí!”+