Anga-Kātaki ʻa Sihova kia Siona

ʻI he kolo ʻAsīlia ko Ninivé, naʻe fulikivanu ai ʻa e kakaí. Naʻe tala ʻe Sihova ki heʻene palōfita ko Sioná ke ne ʻalu ki Ninive ʻo fakatokanga kiate kinautolu ke liliu ʻenau ngaahi foungá. Ka naʻe hola ʻa Siona ia ki ha feituʻu kehe. Naʻá ne heka ʻo ʻalu ʻi ha vaka ne folau ki Tāsisi.

Lolotonga ʻa e ʻi tahi ʻa e vaká, naʻe tō ha fuʻu matangi mālohi, pea naʻe ilifia ʻaupito ʻa e kau kauvaká. Naʻa nau lotu ki honau ngaahi ʻotuá ʻo ʻeke: ‘Ko e hā ʻoku hoko ai ení?’ Naʻe faifai pē pea tala ange ʻe Siona kiate kinautolu: ‘Ko au ke mou tukuakiʻí. ʻOku ou hola mei he meʻa naʻe tala mai ʻe Sihova ke u fai. Mou lī au ki tahi, pea ʻe tuʻu ʻa e fuʻu matangí.’ Naʻe ʻikai ke loto ʻa e kau kauvaká ke lī ʻa Siona ki tahi, ka naʻá ne vili ke nau fai ia. ʻI heʻenau lī ia ki tahí, naʻe tuʻu ʻa e fuʻu matangí.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Siona te ne mate. ʻI heʻene puli hifo ʻi he tahí, naʻá ne lotu kia Sihova. Naʻe fekauʻi mai leva ʻe Sihova ha fuʻu ika. Naʻá ne folo ʻa Siona, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne mate ai. Naʻe lotu ʻa Siona ʻi he loto kete ʻo e iká: ‘ʻOku ou palōmesi te u talangofua maʻu pē kiate koe.’ Naʻe tauhi malu ʻe Sihova ʻa Siona ʻi he loto kete ʻo e iká ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu peá ne toki ʻai ke puʻaki ʻe he iká ʻa Siona ki he fonua mōmoá.

Koeʻuhi ko hono fakahaofi ʻe Sihova ʻa Sioná, naʻe ʻuhinga iá naʻe ʻikai toe fiemaʻu ia ke ne ʻalu ki Ninive? ʻIkai. Naʻe toe tala ange ʻe Sihova kia Siona ke ne ʻalu ki ai. Naʻe talangofua ʻa Siona ʻi he taimi ko ení. Naʻá ne ʻalu ki ai peá ne tala ki he kakai fulikivanu ko iá: ‘ʻI he ʻaho ʻe 40, ʻe fakaʻauha ʻa Ninive.’ Naʻe hoko leva ai ha meʻa taʻeʻamanekina​—naʻe fanongo ʻa e kau Ninivé pea liliu ʻenau ngaahi founga moʻuí. Naʻe tala ʻe he tuʻi ʻo Ninivé ki hono kakaí: ‘Mou ui ki he ʻOtuá, pea fakatomala. Mahalo pē heʻikai te ne fakaʻauha kitautolu.’ ʻI he sio ʻa Sihova kuo fakatomala ʻa e kakaí, naʻe ʻikai te ne fakaʻauha ʻa Ninive.

Naʻe ʻita ʻa Siona ʻi he ʻikai ke fakaʻauha ʻa e koló. Fakakaukau angé: Naʻe anga-kātaki mo meesi ʻa Sihova kia Siona, ka naʻe ʻikai ke meesi ʻa Siona ia ki he kakai ʻo Ninivé. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá ne tangutu ʻi he tuʻa koló ʻo fakamalumalu ʻi ha fuʻu ʻakau totolo ʻo fakafulofula. Pea naʻe mate ʻa e fuʻu ʻakaú, pea naʻe ʻita ʻa Siona. Ko ia naʻe tala ange ʻe Sihova kiate ia: ‘ʻOkú ke tokanga lahi ange koe ki he kiʻi fuʻu ʻakau ko ení ʻi he kakai ʻo Ninivé. Naʻá ku fakahāhā ʻa e meesi kiate kinautolu, pea naʻa nau hao.’ Ko e hā ʻa e lēsoní? ʻOku mahuʻinga ange ʻa e kakai ʻo Ninivé ʻi ha fuʻu ʻakau pē.