7 Ko ia naʻe fononga ʻa e kau mātuʻa ʻo Mōapé mo e kau mātuʻa ʻo Mitianí mo nau toʻo ʻa e totongi ki he talatukí* pea nau ō kia Pēlami+ ʻo fakahoko kiate ia ʻa e fekau ʻa Pēlakí.

25 ʻI he nofo ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi Sitimí,+ naʻe kamata ai ke fehokotaki fakasino taʻetaau ʻa e kakaí mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Mōapé.+ 2 Naʻe fakaafeʻi ʻe he kakai fefiné ʻa e kakaí ki he ngaahi feilaulau naʻe fai ki honau ngaahi ʻotuá,+ pea naʻe kamata ke kai ʻa e kakaí mo nau punou hifo ki honau ngaahi ʻotuá.+ 3 Ko ia naʻe kau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he lotu* kia Pēali ʻo Peolí,+ pea naʻe hoko ai ʻo houhau ʻa Sihova ʻi ʻIsileli.

17 “Fakahohaʻatuʻuʻi ʻa e kau Mitianí pea taaʻi kinautolu,+ 18 koeʻuhí kuo nau fakahohaʻatuʻuʻi kimoutolu ʻaki ʻenau ngaahi faikākā kiate kimoutolu ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo Peolí+ pea mo Kōsipi ko e ʻofefine ʻo ha ʻeiki ʻo Mitiani, ʻa ia naʻe tāmateʻi+ ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e mala ʻi he meʻa fekauʻaki mo Peolí.”+

8 Pea ʻoua naʻa tau tōʻongaʻaki ʻa e fehokotaki fakasino taʻetāú,* ʻo hangē ko ia ko e fehokotaki fakasino taʻetaau* naʻe fai ʻe he niʻihi ʻo kinautolu, ʻo tō ai ʻa e toko 23,000 ʻo kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho pē ʻe taha.+

14 “‘Ka neongo ia, ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa siʻi ʻoku ou koviʻia ai ʻiate koe, ʻa hoʻo maʻu ʻi hena ʻa e faʻahinga ʻoku nau pīkitai ki he akonaki ʻa Pēlamí,+ ʻa ia naʻá ne akonekina ʻa Pēlaki+ ke ne ʻai ha tūkiaʻanga ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kau ʻIsilelí, ke kai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuo feilaulauʻaki ki he ngaahi ʻaitolí pea ke fai ʻa e fehokotaki fakasino taʻetaau.*+