ʻUluaki Sāmiuela

11 Pea ko Naasi ko e tangata ʻĀmoní+ naʻá ne ʻalu hake ke tauʻi ʻa Siepesi+ ʻi Kiliatí. Naʻe pehē ange ʻe he kau tangata kotoa ʻo Siepesí kia Naasi: “Fai ha fuakava* mo kimautolu, pea te mau tauhi kiate koe.” 2 Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Naasi ko e tangata ʻĀmoní kiate kinautolu: “Te u fai ia mo kimoutolu ka ʻi he tuʻunga pē ko ení: ʻE kapeʻi homou ngaahi foʻi mata toʻomataʻú kotoa. Te u fai eni ke fakamaaʻi ʻaki ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa.” 3 Naʻe tali ange ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻo Siepesí kiate ia: “Tuku mai ha ʻaho ʻe fitu kiate kimautolu koeʻuhi ke lava ai ʻo mau fekau atu ha kau talafekau ki he feituʻu kotoa ʻo ʻIsilelí. Pea kapau leva ʻe ʻikai ha taha ke ne fakahaofi kimautolu, te mau tukulolo atu kiate koe.” 4 Naʻe faifai pē pea aʻu atu ʻa e kau talafekaú ki Kīpea,+ ko e kolo ʻo Saulá* pea nau leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi leá ni ʻo fanongo ki ai ʻa e kakaí, pea ko e kakaí kotoa naʻa nau tangi leʻo-lahi ʻaupito.

5 Ka naʻe haʻu ʻa Saula mei he kaikaiʻangá ʻo muimui mai ʻi he fanga pulu, pea naʻe pehē ʻe Saula: “Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hoko ki he kakaí? Ko e hā ʻoku nau tangi aí?” Ko ia naʻa nau fakamatala ange kiate ia ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa e kau tangata ʻo Siepesí. 6 Naʻe fakaivia ʻe he laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻa Saula+ ʻi heʻene fanongo ki he ngaahi lea ko ení, pea naʻá ne ʻita teketekelili. 7 Ko ia naʻá ne ʻave ha ongo pulu pea tuʻutuʻu kongokonga kinaua, peá ne tuku atu eni ki he feituʻu kotoa ʻo ʻIsilelí ʻi he nima ʻo e kau talafekaú, ʻa ia naʻa nau pehē: “ʻIlonga ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai ke muimui ʻia Saula mo Sāmiuelá ke ne ʻamanekina ʻe fai ʻa e meʻá ni ki heʻene fanga pulú!” Pea naʻe tō ki he kakaí ʻa e manavahē naʻe fakatupunga ʻe Sihova, ko ia naʻa nau haʻu ai kuo nau loto-taha.* 8 Naʻá ne lau leva kinautolu ʻi Piseki, pea ko e kau ʻIsilelí naʻe toko 300,000 pea ko e kau tangata Siutá naʻe toko 30,000. 9 Naʻa nau pehē ange leva ki he kau talafekau naʻe haʻú: “Ko e meʻa eni te mou leaʻaki ki he kau tangata ʻo Siepesi ʻi Kiliatí, ‘ʻI he tuʻu tonu ʻa e laʻaá ʻapongipongí, ʻe fakahaofi ai kimoutolu.’” Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa e kau talafekaú ʻo tala ki he kau tangata ʻo Siepesí, pea naʻa nau fiefia lahi. 10 Ko ia naʻe pehē ai ʻe he kau tangata ʻo Siepesí: “Te mau tukulolo atu kiate kimoutolu ʻapongipongi, pea ke mou fai kiate kimautolu ha meʻa pē ʻe hā lelei kiate kimoutolú.”+

11 ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó, naʻe vahevahe ai ʻe Saula ʻa e kakaí ki he kongakau ʻe tolu, pea naʻa nau ʻalu atu ki he loto ʻapitangá lolotonga ʻa e uasi pongipongí* pea nau taaʻi ʻa e kau ʻĀmoní+ ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻu tonu ʻa e laʻaá. Ko e faʻahinga ko ia naʻe haó naʻa nau movetevete, ʻo nau taki taha hola. 12 Naʻe pehē ange leva ʻe he kakaí kia Sāmiuela: “Ko hai ia naʻá ne pehē, ‘Ko Saula koā ʻe tuʻi kiate kimautolú?’+ ʻOmi ʻa e kau tangatá ki heni, pea te mau tāmateʻi kinautolu.” 13 Kae kehe, naʻe pehē ange ʻe Saula: “ʻE ʻikai ke tāmateʻi ha tangata ʻi he ʻahó ni,+ he ko Sihova ia kuó ne fakahaofi ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻaho ní.”

14 Ki mui ai naʻe pehē ʻe Sāmiuela ki he kakaí: “Mou haʻu pea ke tau ō ki Kilikali+ ke toe fakapapauʻi ʻa e tuʻunga-tuʻí.”+ 15 Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa e kakaí kotoa ki Kilikali, pea ʻi Kilikali naʻa nau ʻai ai ʻa Saula ko e tuʻi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová. Pea naʻa nau ʻohake ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau feʻinasiʻaki ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihová,+ pea ko Saula mo e kau tangata kotoa ʻo ʻIsilelí naʻa nau kātoanga fakataha mo e fiefia lahi.+