ʼUluaki Samuele 16:1-23
16 Ki muli age, neʼe ui e Sehova kia Samuele: “ ʼE kaku anai koa ki ʼafea tau lotomamahi ʼo ʼuhiga mo Saulo+ kae kua au liʼaki ia ia ke mole toe hau ki Iselaele?+ ʼUʼutu tau talaʼi manu ʼaki te lolo+ pea ke alu. ʼE au fekauʼi koe ke ke alu kia Sese,+ te tagata Petelehemi, he neʼe au filifili ʼi ʼona foha he hau.”+
2 Kae neʼe ui e Samuele: “ ʼE lava feafeaʼi haku alu? Ka logo anai ia Saulo ki ai, ʼe ina matehi anai au.”+ Neʼe tali age e Sehova: “Toʼo mo koe he ʼuhiʼi pipi fafine pea ke ui: ‘Neʼe au haʼu ke au momoli he sakilifisio kia Sehova.’
3 Pea ke ke fakaafe ia Sese ki te sakilifisio. ʼE au fakaha atu leva anai te meʼa ʼae ʼe tonu ke ke fai. ʼE tonu ke ke fakanofo maʼaku ia ia ʼae ʼe au hinoʼi atu anai kia koe.”+
4 Neʼe fai leva e Samuele te meʼa ʼae neʼe fakaha age e Sehova. ʼI tana tau atu ki Petelehemi,+ neʼe matataku te kau takitaki ʼo te kolo ʼi tanatou felaveʼi mo ia. Pea neʼe natou ui age: “ ʼE ke haʼu koa mo te tokalelei?”
5 Neʼe ina tali age: “ ʼE au haʼu mo te tokalelei. Neʼe au haʼu ke au momoli he sakilifisio kia Sehova. Kotou fakamaʼa ia koutou pea kotou ʼomai mo au ki te momoli ʼo te sakilifisio.” Neʼe ina fakamaʼa leva ia Sese mo ʼona foha, pea hili ʼaia, neʼe ina pauʼi natou ki te sakilifisio.
6 ʼI tanatou ʼomai ʼaia, neʼe sio kia Eliape,+ pea neʼe ina ui: “ ʼE mahino ia ko ia ʼaeni ʼae ʼe tuʼu ia muʼa ʼo Sehova, ʼe ko tana tagata fakanofo.”
7 Kae neʼe ui e Sehova kia Samuele: “ ʼAua naʼa ke tokagaʼi tona agaaga pea mo tona lahi,+ he ʼe kua au liʼaki ia ia. Koteʼuhi ko te sio ʼa te tagata ʼe mole hage ko te sio ʼa te ʼAtua, he ʼe sio pe te tagata ki te ʼu meʼa ʼae ʼe ha ki ʼona mata, kae ʼe sio ia Sehova ki te loto.”+
8 Neʼe pauʼi e Sese ia Apinatape+ pea neʼe fakalaka ia muʼa ʼo Samuele, kae neʼe ui e Samuele: “Neʼe mole filifili e Sehova ia ia ʼaeni.”
9 Pea neʼe toe fakaha age e Sese ia Samema,+ kae neʼe ui e Samuele: “Neʼe mole filifili e Sehova ia ia ʼaeni.”
10 Neʼe fekauʼi e Sese ke fakalaka ʼona foha ʼae ʼe toko fitu ia muʼa ʼo Samuele, kae neʼe ui e Samuele kia Sese: “Neʼe mole filifili e Sehova he tahi ia natou ʼaeni.”
11 Ki muli age, neʼe ui age e Samuele kia Sese: “ ʼE ko ʼou foha fuli koa ʼaeni?” Neʼe ina ui: “ ʼE kei toe te muli,+ kae ʼe tokaga nei ki te ʼu ovi.”+ Pea neʼe ui e Samuele kia Sese: “Fekauʼi ia ia ke haʼu, he ʼe mole tou kakai anai kae heʼeki haʼu.”
12 Koia neʼe ina fekauʼi ai he tahi ke alu ʼo kumi mai ia ia. Neʼe kena, mo matalelei ʼona kanoʼi mata, pea mo talavou.+ Neʼe ui leva e Sehova: “Tuʼu ake ʼo fakanofo* ia ia, he ʼe ko ia ʼaeni neʼe au filifili!”+
13 Neʼe toʼo ai e Samuele te talaʼi manu ʼae neʼe ʼai ai te lolo+ ʼo ina fakanofo ia ia, ia muʼa ʼo ʼona tehina. Pea talu mai te ʼaho ʼaia, neʼe fakamalohiʼi e te laumalie ʼo Sehova ia Tavite.+ Ki muli age, neʼe tuʼu ake Samuele ʼo alu ki Lama.+
14 Neʼe mavae leva te laumalie ʼo Sehova mai ia Saulo,+ pea neʼe tuku e Sehova ke hoha te loto ʼo Saulo.*+
15 Neʼe ui e te hahaʼi faifekau ʼa Saulo kia ia: “Sio, ʼe tuku e te ʼAtua ke hoha tou loto.
16 Koia, siʼomatou ʼaliki, fakalelei siʼou loto, kae ke ke fakatotonu ki ʼau hahaʼi faifekau ʼae ʼi ʼou muʼa, ke natou kumi he tagata ʼe poto ʼi te ta alepa.+ ʼI te temi fuli pe ʼae ʼe tuku ai e te ʼAtua ke hoha tou loto, ʼe ina ta anai tana alepa, pea ʼe ke logo fimalie ai anai.”
17 Koia neʼe ui e Saulo ki ʼana hahaʼi faifekau: “Fakalelei, kae kotou kumi he tagata ʼe poto ʼi te ta alepa, pea kotou ʼaumai kia au.”
18 Neʼe ui e he tahi ʼi te hahaʼi gaue: “Neʼe au sio ki te poto ta alepa ʼo he foha ʼo Sese, te tagata Petelehemi, pea ʼe ko he tagata tau lototoʼa mo malohi.+ ʼE poto palalau, mo talavou+ pea ʼe nofo ia Sehova mo ia.”+
19 Neʼe fekauʼi leva e Saulo te ʼu tagata ʼave logo kia Sese ke natou ui age: “Fekauʼi mai tou foha ko Tavite, ʼae ʼe tauhi ovi.”+
20 Neʼe toʼo e Sese he asino ʼo ina hili ki ai te pane, mo te ʼaiʼaga vino pea mo he tao kei mui. Neʼe ina ʼavage ki tona foha ko Tavite ke alu ʼo ʼave kia Saulo.
21 Koia, neʼe haʼu ai ia Tavite kia Saulo pea neʼe kamata gaue maʼa ia.+ Neʼe ʼofa lahi ia Saulo ia ia, pea neʼe liliu ko tana tagata toʼo mahafu.
22 Neʼe fekauʼi e Saulo ke fakaha kia Sese: “Fakalelei siʼou loto, tuku ke nofo ia Tavite ke gaue kia au, he ʼe kua au ʼofa ai.”
23 ʼI te temi fuli pe ʼae neʼe tuku ai e te ʼAtua ke hoha te loto ʼo Saulo, neʼe ta e Tavite tana alepa, neʼe maʼu ai e Saulo hona fimalie mo logo lelei, pea neʼe mole kei hoha tona loto.+
Nota
^ Vakaʼi Te ʼu Kupu.
^ Hep. “ia Saulo ʼuhi ko he laumalie kovi.” Toe vakaʼi mo te ʼu vaega 15, 16 mo te 23.
