ʼUluaki Samuele
21 Ki muli age, neʼe alu leva ia Tavite ki Nope,+ kia Asimeleke te pelepitelo. Pea neʼe mataku ia Asimeleke ʼi tana felaveʼi mo Tavite, pea neʼe ina ui age: “He koʼe neʼe ke haʼu tokotahi, kae neʼe mole haʼu he tahi mo koe?”+ 2 Neʼe tali e Tavite kia Asimeleke, te pelepitelo: “Neʼe fakatotonu mai e te hau he gaue ke au fai, pea neʼe ina ui mai: ‘Ke mole iloʼi e he tahi te gaue ʼae ʼe au fekauʼi koe ke ke fai ʼo feia mo te ʼu fakatotonu ʼae ʼe au tuku atu.’ Pea neʼe au fai he fakatuʼutuʼu mo taku kau tagata tupulaga ke matou felaveʼi ʼi he koga meʼa. 3 Kapau ʼe ke maʼu he ʼu foʼi pane ʼe nima, peʼe ko he meʼa pe ʼe ke maʼu, ʼe feala la ke ke foaki mai?” 4 Kae neʼe tali e te pelepitelo kia Tavite: “ ʼE mole ko te ʼu foʼi pane mahani ʼae ʼe au maʼu, kae ʼe ko te ʼu foʼi pane taputapu.+ Pea ʼe feala anai ke kai ki ai te kau tagata tupulaga mo kapau neʼe mole natou momoe mo ni fafine.”+ 5 Neʼe tali e Tavite ki te pelepitelo: “Neʼe mole matou momoe mo ni fafine, ohage pe ko te ʼu temi ki muʼa atu, ʼi taku alu ʼae ki te tau.+ Kapau ʼe nonofo maʼa te kau tagata tupulaga ʼi te ʼu temi ʼae ʼe natou fai ai he ʼu gaue mahani, ʼe feafeaʼi age la ki te ʼaho ʼaeni!” 6 Pea neʼe foaki age e te pelepitelo te ʼu foʼi pane taputapu,+ he neʼe mole he tahi age ʼu foʼi pane, gata pe ki te ʼu foʼi pane ʼae neʼe molagaʼi, pea neʼe toʼo ʼi te tapenakulo ʼo Sehova ʼo fetogi ʼaki he ʼu foʼi pane foʼou, ʼi te ʼaho ʼae neʼe toʼo ai.
7 ʼI te ʼaho ʼaia, neʼe nofo ʼi ai he tahi ʼo te ʼu tagata faifekau ʼa Saulo, pea neʼe tonu ke nofo ia muʼa ʼo Sehova, ʼi te tapenakulo. Neʼe higoa ko Toeke,+ te tagata Etome,+ pea neʼe ko te pule ʼo te kau tagata tauhi ovi ʼa Saulo.
8 Neʼe ui leva e Tavite kia Asimeleke: “ ʼE mole ke maʼu mai la he tao peʼe ko he heleta? Neʼe mole au haʼu mo taku heleta mo ʼaku mahafu, he neʼe tonu ke fai fakavilivili te gaue ʼa te hau.” 9 Pea neʼe ui e te pelepitelo: “ ʼE ʼi heni te heleta ʼa Koliate,+ te tagata Filisitini ʼae neʼe ke matehi ʼi te Potu Fenua Laulelei ʼo Ela.+ ʼE kofukofu ʼaki he kie pea ʼe tuku ʼi te tuʼa efote.+ Ke ke toʼo maʼa koe, mo kapau ʼe ke loto ki ai, he ʼe mole he tahi age heleta ʼi heni.” Neʼe ui e Tavite: “ ʼE mole he tahi age heleta ʼe tatau mo ia. Foaki mai kia au.”
10 Neʼe tuʼu ake leva ia Tavite ʼi te ʼaho pe ʼaia ʼo hoko atu tana hola+ mai ia Saulo, pea ki muli age, neʼe alu leva kia Akise, te Hau ʼo Kiete.+ 11 Neʼe ui e te hahaʼi faifekau ʼa Akise ki ai: “ ʼE mole koa la ko Tavite, te hau ʼo te fenua? Neʼe mole koa la natou hiva ʼo ʼuhiga mo ia pea mo memeʼe, ʼo ui:
‘Neʼe matehi e Saulo tana toko lauʼi afe,
Pea neʼe matehi e Tavite tana toko lauʼi hogofulu afe’?”+
12 Neʼe toʼo fakamalotoloto e Tavite te ʼu palalau ʼaia, pea neʼe lahi leva tana mataku+ kia Akise, te Hau ʼo Kiete. 13 Koia, ʼi tana tuʼu ʼi ʼonatou muʼa, neʼe ina fai ni meʼa ohage ko he tahi kua puli tona ʼatamai,+ pea neʼe hage ko he tagata vale ʼi tana nofo mo natou.* Neʼe ina fai he ʼu fakailoga ʼi te ʼu matapa, pea neʼe ina tuku ke hali tona savai ʼi tona kava. 14 Pea neʼe ui leva e Akise ki ʼana tagata faifekau: “ ʼE kotou sisio lelei pe, ko te tagata ʼaeni ʼe vale! He koʼe neʼe kotou ʼaumai ia ia kia au? 15 Pe ʼe mole feʼauga koa la te kau tagata vale ʼae ʼi heni, ke kotou ʼaumai ai kia au te tagata vale ʼaeni? ʼE tonu koa ke hu te tagata ʼaeni ki toku loto fale?”