38 “Vakai! ʻOku hoko mai ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho,” ko e fakahaaʻi ia ʻe Sihová, “ʻa ia ʻe langa ai ʻa e koló+ kia Sihova mei he Taua ʻo Henanelí+ ki he Matapā Tulikí.+ 39 Pea ʻe lele hangatonu ʻa e afo fuá+ ki he foʻi māʻolunga ko Kālepí, pea ʻe afe ai ki Koa.

2 Fakafou ʻi he ngaahi vīsone mei he ʻOtuá, naʻá ne ʻave au ki he fonua ko ʻIsilelí peá ne fokotuʻu au ʻi ha moʻunga māʻolunga ʻaupito,+ ʻa ia naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa naʻe langa ʻo hangē ha koló ki he tafaʻaki fakatongá.

3 ʻI heʻene ʻomi au ki aí, naʻá ku sio ki ha tangata ʻa ia ko hono fōtungá naʻe hangē mai ha kopá.+ Naʻe ʻi hono nimá ha afo falakesi mo ha kaho* fua,+ pea naʻá ne tuʻu ʻi he matapaá.

2 Pea naʻá ku hanga hake ʻo sio ki ha tangata ʻoku ʻi ai ha afo fua+ ʻi hono nimá. 2 Ko ia naʻá ku ʻeke ange: “Ko hoʻo ʻalú ki fē?”

Naʻá ne tali mai: “Ke fua ʻa Selusalema, ke ʻilo ʻa hono fālahí pea mo hono lōloá.”+