9 Ka ko Saula, ʻi heʻene kei mānavaʻaki ʻa e fakamanamana mo e fakapō ki he kau ākonga ʻa e ʻEikí,+ naʻá ne ʻalu ki he taulaʻeiki lahí 2 ʻo kole kiate ia ha ngaahi tohi ki he ngaahi sinakoke ʻi Tāmasikusí, koeʻuhi ke ne lava ʻo haʻi pea ʻomi ki Selusalema ha taha pē te ne ʻilo ʻokú ne kau ki he ʻAlunga ʻo e ʻEikí,+ fakatouʻosi ʻa e kakai tangata mo e kakai fefine.

9 Ka ʻi he fakafisi loto-fefeka ʻa e niʻihi ke tuí,* ʻo laukovi fekauʻaki mo e ʻAlunga ʻo e ʻEikí+ ʻi he ʻao ʻo e fuʻu kakaí, naʻá ne mavahe meiate kinautolu+ peá ne fakamavaheʻi ʻa e kau ākongá meiate kinautolu, ʻo ne fai fakaʻaho ha ngaahi malanga ʻi he holo ʻo e ʻapiako ʻo Tilanusí.

4 Naʻá ku fakatangaʻi ʻa e ʻAlunga ʻo e ʻEikí ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga ke mate ai honau niʻihi, ʻo haʻi mo fakahū ki he ngaahi pilīsoné fakatouʻosi ʻa e kakai tangata mo e kakai fefine,+