1 Pea toki pehē ʻe he taulaʻeiki lahi, “ʻOku moʻoni ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni? 2 Pea pehē ʻe ia, “ʻAe kau tangata kāinga mo e mātuʻa, mou fanongo; naʻe hā mai ʻae ʻOtua lāngilangi ki heʻetau tamai ko ʻEpalahame, ʻi heʻene kei ʻi Mesopōtemia, kae teʻeki nofo ia ʻi Kalana, 3 ‌ʻO ne pehē kiate ia, ‘ʻAlu ʻi ho fonua, mei ho kāinga, pea ke ʻalu ki he fonua te u fakahā kiate koe.’ 4 Pea toki haʻu ia mei he fonua ko Kalitia, ʻo nofo ʻi Kalana: pea ʻi he pekia ʻa ʻene tamai, pea toki hiki ia mei ai ki he fonua ni, ʻaia ʻoku mou nofo ai ni. 5 Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne foaki kiate ia ha ʻapi ʻi ai, pe ha potu ke tuʻu ai hono vaʻe: ka naʻa ne fakaʻilo te ne foaki ia moʻona, pea mo hono hako ki mui ʻiate ia, ka naʻe teʻeki ai haʻane fānau. 6 Pea naʻe pehē ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua, ‘ʻE nofo ʻāunofo hono hako ʻi ha fonua kehe; pea ʻe fakapōpulaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he kakai, mo ngaohi kovi ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau.’ 7 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtua, Te u tautea ʻae puleʻanga te nau pōpula ki ai: pea hili ia, te nau haʻu mei ai, ʻo tauhiʻi au ʻi he potu ni. 8 Pea ne tuku kiate ia ʻae fuakava ʻoe kamu: pea naʻe tupu ʻa ʻAisake, pea kamu ia ʻi hono ʻaho valu; pea tupu ʻia ʻAisake ʻa Sēkope; pea tupu ʻia Sēkope, ʻae houʻeiki mātuʻa ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ua. 9 “Pea naʻe loto meheka ʻae kau mātuʻa kia Siosefa, pea naʻa nau fakatau ia ki ʻIsipite: ka naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae ʻOtua, 10 ‌ʻO ne fakamoʻui ia mei heʻene mamahi kotoa pē, pea naʻa ne pule ke ʻofeina ia mo poto ʻi he ʻao ʻo Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite; pea ne fakanofo ia ko e pule ki ʻIsipite mo hono fale kotoa pē. 11 Pea naʻe hoko ʻae honge mo e mamahi lahi ki he fonua kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsipite mo Kēnani: pea naʻe ʻikai maʻu ha meʻakai ʻe heʻetau ngaahi tamai. 12 Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻa Sēkope ʻoku ʻi ʻIsipite ʻae uite, naʻa ne tomuʻa fekau atu) ʻa ʻetau ngaahi tamai. 13 Pea ʻi hono tuʻo ua hifo, naʻe fakahā ʻa Siosefa ki hono kāinga; pea naʻe fakahā ʻae kāinga ʻo Siosefa kia Felo. 14 Pea toki fekau ʻe Siosefa, ke ʻomi ʻa ʻene tamai ko Sēkope, mo hono kāinga kotoa pē, ko e toko fitungofulu ma toko nima. 15 Pea naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa Sēkope ki ʻIsipite, pea naʻe pekia ai, ʻaia mo e tau ngaahi tamai. 16 Pea naʻe fetuku ʻakinautolu ki Sikemi, ʻo tuku ki he fonualoto naʻe fakatau ʻe ʻEpalahame ʻaki ʻae ngaahi paʻanga mei he foha ʻo ʻEmoa ko e tamai ʻa Sikemi. 17 “Ka kuo fakaʻaʻau ʻo ofi ʻae kuonga naʻe talaʻofa ki ai, ʻaia naʻe fuakava ki ai ʻe he ʻOtua kia ʻEpalahame, pea tupu ʻo tokolahi ʻae kakai ʻi ʻIsipite, 18 ‌ʻO aʻu ki he hoko ʻae tuʻi ʻe taha, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ʻa Siosefa. 19 Pea naʻe fai kākā ia ki hotau kāinga, mo fai fakamamahi ki heʻetau ngaahi tamai, pea naʻa nau lī ai kituaʻā ʻenau fānau valevale, ke ʻoua naʻa nau moʻui. 20 Pea feʻunga mo ia naʻe fanauʻi ʻa Mōsese, pea naʻe fakaʻofoʻofa lahi ia, pea naʻe tauhi fufū ia ʻi he fale ʻo ʻene tamai ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu: 21 Pea ʻi he tuku ia kituʻa, naʻe toʻo hake ia ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, pea naʻe ngaohi ia maʻane tama. 22 Pea naʻe akonakiʻi ʻa Mōsese ʻi he poto kotoa pe ʻoe kakai ʻIsipite, pea naʻe mālohi ia ʻi he lea mo e ngaue. 23 “Pea kuo kakato kiate ia ʻae taʻu ʻe fāngofulu, pea tupu ʻi hono loto ke ʻaʻahi ki hono kāinga ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli. 24 Pea ʻi heʻene mamata ki he tokotaha naʻe teʻia taʻetotonu, naʻa ne langomakiʻi ia, ʻo totongi, ia kuo fakamālohiʻi, mo tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite: 25 He naʻe mahalo ʻe ia kuo ʻilo ʻe hono kāinga ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe he ʻOtua ʻakinautolu ʻi hono nima: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo. 26 Pea pongipongi ai, naʻa ne fakahā ia kiate kinautolu lolotonga ʻenau kē, pea ne fai ke fakalelei ʻakinautolu, ʻo ne pehē, ‘Kau tangata, ko e kāinga ʻakimoutolu; ko e hā ʻoku mo fefaikoviʻaki ai?’ 27 Ka ko ia naʻe fai kovi ki hono kaungāʻapi, ne ne tekeʻi atu ia, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko hai naʻa ne fakanofo koe koe pule mo e fakamaau kiate kimautolu?’ 28 Te ke tāmateʻi au, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo tāmateʻi ʻaneafi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite? 29 Pea toki hola ʻa Mōsese ʻi he lea ko ia, pea ʻāunofo ia ʻi he fonua ko Mitiani, pea naʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻi ʻae foha ʻe toko ua. 30 “Pea kuo hili ʻae taʻu ʻe fāngofulu, pea hā mai kiate ia, ʻi he toafa ʻoe moʻunga ko Sainai, ha ʻāngelo ʻae ʻEiki, ʻi he ulo afi ʻi he ʻulu ʻakau. 31 Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa Mōsese ki ai, naʻe ofo ia ʻi heʻene hā mai: pea ʻi heʻene ʻunuʻunu atu ke vakai, naʻe ongo mai kiate ia ʻae leʻo ʻoe ʻEiki, 32  ʻO pehē, ‘Ko e ʻOtua au ʻo hoʻo ngaahi tamai, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻEpalahame, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻAisake, pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo Sēkope.’ Pea naʻe toki tetetete ʻa Mōsese, pea manavahē ke sio. 33 Pea pehē ʻe he ʻEiki kiate ia, Toʻo ho topuvaʻe ʻi ho vaʻe; he ko e potu ʻoku ke tuʻu ai ko e potu māʻoniʻoni. 34 Kuo u mamata, kuo u mamata, ki he mamahi, ʻa hoku kakai ʻi ʻIsipite, pea kuo u fanongo ki heʻenau toʻe, pea kuo u ʻalu hifo ke fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu. Pea ke haʻu, te u fekau koe ki ʻIsipite. 35 Ko Mōsese ʻeni, ʻaia naʻa nau liʻaki, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko hai ne ne fakanofo koe koe pule mo e fakamaau?’ Ko ia ia naʻe fekau ʻe he ʻOtua ko e ʻeiki mo e huhuʻi, ʻi he nima ʻoe ʻāngelo naʻe hā mai kiate ia ʻi he ʻulu ʻakau. 36 Pea ne ʻomi ʻakinautolu mei ai, kuo hili ʻene fai ʻae ngaahi mana mo e ngāue fakaofo ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, mo e Tahi Kulokula, pea mo e toafa, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu.

37 ¶ Pea ko e Mōsese ko ia eni, naʻe pehē ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ‘ʻE fokotuʻu kiate kimoutolu ʻe he ʻEiki ko homou ʻOtua ha palōfita ʻi homou kāinga, ke hangē ko au; pea te mou fanongo kiate ia.’ 38 Ko ia ia naʻe ʻi he fakataha ʻi he toafa, mo e ʻāngelo ʻaia naʻe lea kiate ia ʻi he moʻunga ko Sainai, pea mo ʻetau ngaahi tamai; ʻaia naʻe maʻu ʻae ngaahi fekau moʻui ke tuku kiate kitautolu: 39 “ʻAia naʻe ʻikai talangofua ki ai ʻetau ngaahi tamai, ka naʻe tekeʻi atu ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea nau foki ʻi honau loto ki ʻIsipite, 40 ‌ʻO nau pehē kia ʻEloni, ‘Ngaohi moʻotautolu ha ngaahi ʻotua ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate kitautolu: he ko e Mōsese ni, ʻaia naʻe ʻomi ʻakitautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo pe ʻoku ʻi fē ia.’ 41 Pea naʻa nau ngaohi ʻae ʻuhikiʻi pulu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, pea feilaulau ki he tamapua, ʻo fiefia ʻi he ngāue ʻa honau nima. 42 Pea naʻe tafoki ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo fakatukutukuʻi ʻakinautolu, ke nau lotu ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoe langi; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe kau palōfita, ‘ʻAe fale ʻo ʻIsileli, he kuo mou tauhi ʻaki au ʻae manu tāmateʻi, mo e feilaulau, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu ʻi he toafa? 43 ‌ʻIo, pea mou toʻo hake ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻo Moloke, mo e fetuʻu ʻo homou ʻotua ko Lemafani, ʻae ngaahi fakatātā naʻa mou ngaohi ke mou lotu ki ai: pea te u fetuku ʻakimoutolu kituʻa Papilone.’ 44 “Naʻe ʻi heʻetau ngaahi tamai ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakamoʻoni ʻi he toafa, ʻo hangē ko e tuʻutuʻuni ʻo ia naʻe folofola kia Mōsese, ke ne ngaohi ia ʻo fakatatau ki he fakatātā kuo ne mamata ki ai. 45 ‌ʻAia naʻe ʻomi ʻe heʻetau ngaahi tamai mo Siosiua ki he fonua ʻoe kakai Senitaile, ʻakinautolu naʻe kapusi ʻe he ʻOtua mei he ʻao ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tevita, 46 ‌ʻAia naʻe ʻofeina ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ne holi ke ne ʻilo ha nofoʻanga mo e ʻOtua ʻo Sēkope. 47 Ka naʻe langa ʻe Solomone ʻae fale moʻona. 48 “Ka ʻoku ʻikai nofo ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi fale kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae nima; ʻo hangē ko e lea ʻae palōfita, 49 ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻEiki, Ko hoku nofoʻa ʻae langi, pea ko hoku tuʻungavaʻe ʻa māmani: ko e hā ʻae fale te mou langa moʻoku? pea ko e hā hoku mālōlōʻanga? 50 ‌ʻIkai naʻe ngaohi ʻe hoku nima ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē?’

51 ¶ “ʻAe kau kia kekeva, pea taʻekamu ʻae loto mo e telinga, ʻoku mou tekeʻi maʻuaipē ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni: ʻo hangē ko hoʻomou ngaahi tamai. 52 Ko e palōfita fē naʻe ʻikai fakatangaʻi ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai? Pea kuo nau tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu naʻe muʻaki fakahā ʻae haʻu ʻoe Toko Taha Angatonu; ʻaia kuo mou toki lavakiʻi mo tāmateʻi: 53 ‌ʻAkimoutolu naʻe maʻu ʻae fono ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻāngelo, kae ʻikai fai ki ai.”

54 ¶ Pea kuo nau fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe tekelili honau loto ʻi he ʻita, pea nau fakalili honau nifo kiate ia. 55 Ka naʻe pito ia ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, pea sio fakamamaʻu ia ki he langi, ʻo ne mamata ki he nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua, mo Sisu ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻOtua, 56 ‌ʻO ne pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku ou mamata ki he langi kuo matangaki, mo e Foha ʻoe tangata ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻOtua.” 57 Pea naʻa nau toki kalanga ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, mo tāpuni honau telinga, ʻo feʻohofi fakataha kiate ia, 58 ‌ʻO lī ia ki he tuaʻā kolo, mo tolongaki ʻaki ʻae maka: pea naʻe tuku hifo ʻe he kau fakamoʻoni honau kofu ʻi he vaʻe ʻoe talavou, ko Saula hono hingoa. 59 Pea naʻa nau tolongaki ʻa Setiveni, kae lotu pe ia, mo pehē, “ʻEiki Sisu, ke ke maʻu hoku laumālie.” 60 Pea tuʻulutui ia, ʻo kalanga ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, “ʻEiki, ʻoua naʻa lau ʻae angahala ni kiate kinautolu.” Pea kuo ne leaʻaki ia, pea mohe. Pea naʻe loto lelei ʻa Saula ki heʻene mate.