18 “ʻI he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá te nau ō fakataha, ko e fale ʻo Siutá ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo e fale ʻo ʻIsilelí,+ pea te nau omi fakataha mei he fonua ʻo e tokelaú ki he fonua naʻá ku foaki ko ha tofiʻa+ ki hoʻomou fanga kuí.

16 “Pea ko koe, foha ʻo e tangata, toʻo ha vaʻakau pea tohi ai, ‘Ki Siuta pea ki he kakai ʻo ʻIsileli ʻoku kau mo iá.’*+ Pea toe toʻo mo ha vaʻakau ʻe taha pea tohi ai, ‘Ko e vaʻakau kia Siosifa ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa ʻIfalemi, pea mo e kotoa ʻo e fale ʻo ʻIsileli ʻoku kau mo iá.’*+

19 Tala kiate kinautolu, ‘Ko e folofola eni ʻa e ʻEiki Hau ko Sihová: “Te u toʻo ʻa e vaʻakau kia Siosifá, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo ʻIfalemí, pea mo e ngaahi matakali ʻo ʻIsileli ʻoku ʻiate iá, pea te u fakatahaʻi kinautolu ki he vaʻakau ki Siutá; pea te u ʻai kinaua ko e vaʻakau pē ʻe taha,+ pea te na hoko ʻo taha pē ʻi hoku nimá.”’

11 Pea ko e kakai ʻo Siuta mo ʻIsilelí ʻe fakatahatahaʻi ke nau fāʻūtaha+ pea te nau fili maʻanautolu ha taki ʻe taha pea te nau ʻalu atu mei he fonuá, he ʻe hoko ia ko ha ʻaho mahuʻinga ki Sisilili.+