ʻĒsela
10 Lolotonga ʻa e lotu ʻa ʻĒsela+ mo fakahoko ʻa e vetehiá, peá ne tangi mo tokoto foʻohifo ʻi he ʻao ʻo e fale ʻo e ʻOtua moʻoní, naʻe fakatahataha takatakai mai kiate ia ha fuʻu tokolahi ʻo e kau tangata, kau fefine, mo e fānau ʻa ʻIsilelí, he naʻe tangi lahi ʻa e kakaí. 2 Naʻe pehē leva ʻe Sikania ko e foha ʻo Siheli+ mei he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻĪlamí+ kia ʻĒsela: “Kuo mau taʻefaitōnunga ki homau ʻOtuá ʻi heʻemau mali mo e* kau fefine muli mei he ngaahi kakai ʻo e fonuá.+ Neongo ia, ʻoku kei ʻi ai ʻa e ʻamanaki ki ʻIsileli. 3 Pea ko eni, tau fai ha fuakava mo hotau ʻOtuá+ ke tuku ange ʻa e ngaahi uaifí kotoa mo e faʻahinga naʻa nau fanauʻí, ʻo fakatatau ki he fakahinohino ʻa Sihová pea mo e faʻahinga ʻoku nau ʻapasia ki he* fekau ʻa hotau ʻOtuá.+ Tuku ke tau ngāue ʻo fakatatau ki he Laó. 4 Tuʻu hake, he ko e meʻá ni ko ho fatongia ia, pea ʻoku mau kau mo koe. Loto-toʻa pea fai ha meʻa.”
5 ʻI he meʻá ni naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa ʻĒsela ʻo ne ʻai ʻa e kau pule ʻo e kau taulaʻeikí, mo e kau Līvaí, mo e kotoa ʻo ʻIsilelí ke nau fai ha fuakava ke fai ʻa e meʻa kuo leaʻakí.+ Ko ia naʻa nau fai ha fuakava. 6 Naʻe tuʻu hake leva ʻa ʻĒsela mei he ʻao ʻo e fale ʻo e ʻOtua moʻoní ʻo ʻalu ki he loki* ʻo Siohanani ko e foha ʻo ʻEliasipí. Neongo naʻá ne ʻalu ki ai, naʻe ʻikai te ne kai ha meʻakai mo inu ha vai, he naʻá ne kei fakamamahi koeʻuhí ko e taʻefaitōnunga ʻa e kakai naʻe ʻave fakamālohí.+
7 Naʻa nau fanongonongo leva ʻi he kotoa ʻo Siuta mo Selusalemá ke fakatahataha ʻa e kotoa ʻo e kau ʻave fakamālohi ki muʻá ki Selusalema; 8 pea fakatatau ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e kau houʻeikí mo e kau mātuʻá, ka ʻi ai ha taha ʻe ʻikai ke haʻu ʻi he hili ʻa e ʻaho ʻe tolu ʻe faʻao fakamālohi* ʻene koloá kotoa, pea ʻe kapusi ia mei he fakatahaʻanga ʻo e kakai naʻe ʻave fakamālohí.+ 9 Ko ia naʻe fakatahataha ʻa e kau tangata kotoa ʻo Siuta mo Penisimaní ki Selusalema ʻi loto ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolú, ʻa ia, ʻi he māhina hono hivá, ʻi he ʻaho hono 20 ʻo e māhiná. Naʻe tangutu ʻa e kakaí kotoa ʻi he lotoʻā ʻo e fale ʻo e ʻOtua moʻoní, ʻoku nau tetetete koeʻuhí ko e meʻá ni pea koeʻuhí ko e fuʻu ʻuha lahi.
10 Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa e taulaʻeiki ko ʻĒselá ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu: “Kuo mou taʻefaitōnunga ʻi hoʻomou mali mo e kau fefine mulí,+ pea kuo mou fakalahi ai ʻa e halaia ʻa ʻIsilelí. 11 Ko ia mou vetehia kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻomou fanga kuí pea fai hono finangaló. Fakamavaheʻi kimoutolu mei he ngaahi kakai ʻo e fonuá pea mei he ngaahi uaifi mulí ni.”+ 12 ʻI he meʻá ni naʻe tali leʻo-lahi ʻe he fakatahaʻangá kotoa: “Ko homau fatongiá ia ke fai ʻa e meʻa tofu pē ko ia ʻokú ke leaʻakí. 13 Kae kehe, ʻoku tokolahi ʻa e kakaí, pea ko e faʻahitaʻu ʻuhoʻuha eni. ʻOku ʻikai malava ha tuʻu ʻi tuʻa, pea ko e meʻá ni ʻe ʻikai feʻunga ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe taha pe ua, he ko e angatuʻu lahi kuo mau fai ʻi he meʻá ni. 14 Ko ia, kātaki tuku ki hotau kau houʻeikí ke nau fakafofongaʻi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá kotoa;+ pea tuku ki he faʻahinga kotoa ʻi homau ngaahi koló kuo nau mali mo e kau fefine mulí ke nau haʻu ʻi ha taimi kuo vaheʻi, fakataha mo e kau mātuʻa mo e kau fakamaau ʻi he kolo taki taha, kae ʻoua kuo mau fakafoki ʻa e houhau kakaha ʻa hotau ʻOtuá meiate kimautolu ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni.”
15 Kae kehe, ko Sionatane ko e foha ʻo ʻAsaelí mo Sehasia ko e foha ʻo Tikivá naʻá na fakafepaki ki he meʻá ni, pea naʻe poupou ki ai ʻa e ongo Līvai ko Mēsuilame mo Sapetaí.+ 16 Ka ko e faʻahinga naʻe ʻave fakamālohi ki muʻá naʻa nau fai ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ki ai ʻa e felotoí; pea ko e taulaʻeiki ko ʻĒselá mo e ngaahi ʻulumotuʻa ʻo e fāmili ʻo e ngaahi fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamaí, ʻa ia ko honau hingoá kotoa naʻe fakahaaʻi, naʻa nau fai ha fakataha mavahe ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻaho ʻo e māhina hono hongofulú ke vakaiʻi ʻa e meʻá ni; 17 pea ʻi he aʻu ki he ʻaho ʻuluaki ʻo e ʻuluaki māhiná naʻe ʻosi ai ʻa ʻenau ngāue ki he kotoa ʻo e kau tangata naʻa nau mali mo e kau fefine mulí. 18 Pea naʻe ʻilo ai ko e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo e kau taulaʻeikí naʻa nau mali mo e kau fefine muli:+ ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo Sīsua+ ko e foha ʻo Sihosatakí mo hono fanga tokouá, ko Māseia, ʻEliese, Sialipi, mo Ketalaia. 19 Ka naʻa nau fai ha palōmesi* ke tuku ange honau ngaahi uaifí, pea koeʻuhí ko ʻenau halaiá, te nau foaki ha sipi tangata mei he tākangá koeʻuhí ko ʻenau hiá.+
20 ʻI he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻĪmelí,+ ko Hēnani mo Sepataia; 21 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Halimí,+ ko Māseia, ʻIlaisiā, Semaia, Siheli, mo ʻŪsaia; 22 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pasuá,+ ko ʻElioenai, Māseia, ʻIsimeʻeli, Netanili, Siosapati, mo ʻElasa. 23 Pea ʻi he kau Līvaí, ko Siosapati, Simi, Kelaia, (ʻa ia ko Kelitá), Petahaia, Siuta, mo ʻEliese; 24 pea ʻi he kau hivá, ko ʻEliasipi; pea ʻi he kau leʻo matapaá, ko Salumi, Telemi, mo ʻUli.
25 Pea ʻi ʻIsilelí, ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pālosí,+ ko Lamaia, ʻĪsiā, Malakaia, Misamini, ʻEliesa, Malakaia, mo Penaia; 26 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo ʻĪlamí,+ ko Matanaia, Sākalaia, Siheli,+ ʻĀpeti, Selemoti, mo ʻIlaisiā; 27 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Satú,+ ko ʻElioenai, ʻEliasipi, Matanaia, Selemoti, Sapati, mo ʻĀsisa; 28 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pepaí,+ ko Siohanani, Henania, Sapai, mo ʻAtelai; 29 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Paní, ko Mēsuilame, Maluki, ʻAtaia, Siasupi, Seali, mo Selemoti; 30 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pahati-mōapé,+ ko ʻAtinā, Kelali, Penaia, Māseia, Matanaia, Pesalili, Pinui, mo Manase; 31 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Halimí,+ ko ʻEliese, ʻĪsisa, Malakaia,+ Semaia, Simeone, 32 Penisimani, Maluki, mo Semalaia; 33 ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Hasumí,+ ko Matenai, Matatā, Sapati, ʻElifeleti, Selemai, Manase, mo Simi; 34 ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Paní, ko Mātai, ʻAmilami, Ueli, 35 Penaia, Peteia, Keluhi, 36 Vanaia, Milemoti, ʻEliasipi, 37 Matanaia, Matenai, mo Siasu; 38 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Pinuí, ko Simi, 39 Selemia, Nētane, ʻAtaia, 40 Makanatepai, Sesai, Salei, 41 ʻAsalili, Selemia, Semalaia, 42 Salumi, ʻAmalaia, mo Siosifa; 43 pea ʻi he ngaahi foha ʻo Nipó, ko Sieli, Matitaia, Sapati, Sēpina, Satai, Sioeli, mo Penaia. 44 Ko e faʻahingá ni kotoa naʻa nau maʻu ha ngaahi uaifi muli,+ pea naʻa nau tuku ange atu honau ngaahi uaifí, fakataha mo ʻenau fānaú.+