53 Te ke kai leva ai hoʻo fānaú tonu,* ʻa e kakano ʻo ho ngaahi fohá mo ho ngaahi ʻofefine+ ʻa ia kuo foaki atu ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtuá kiate koé, koeʻuhí ko e mamafa ʻa e ʻākoló pea mo e mamahi kuo taaʻi ʻaki koe ʻe ho filí.

54 “Naʻa mo e tangata moʻui fakapelepele mo ongongofua taha ʻi ho lotolotongá ʻe ʻikai te ne fakaʻofaʻia ʻi hono tokouá pe ko hono uaifi ʻofaʻangá pe ko hono ngaahi foha ʻoku toé, 55 pea ʻe ʻikai te ne vahevahe kiate kinautolu ha meʻa mei he kakano ʻo hono ngaahi fohá ʻa ia te ne kaí, koeʻuhí ko e ʻikai haʻane toe meʻa ʻe taha tupu mei he mamafa ʻa e ʻākoló pea mo e mamahi ʻe taaʻi ʻaki ʻe ho filí ho ngaahi koló.+ 56 Pea ko e fefine moʻui fakapelepele mo ongongofua ʻi ho lotolotongá ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai haʻane teitei fakakaukau ke tuʻu hono ʻaofivaʻé ʻi he kelekelé koeʻuhí ko ʻene moʻui mātuʻaki fakapelepelé+ ʻe ʻikai te ne fakahāhā ha fakaʻofaʻia ʻi hono husepāniti ʻofaʻangá pe ko ʻene tamasiʻí pe ko ʻene taʻahiné, 57 ʻo aʻu ki he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku haʻu ki tuʻa mei hono sinó ʻi he hili ʻa e fāʻelé pea mo e tamaiki tangata ʻokú ne fanauʻí, he te ne kai fakafufū kinautolu koeʻuhí ko e mamafa ʻa e ʻākoló pea mo e mamahi ʻe taaʻi ʻaki ʻe ho filí ho ngaahi koló.

3 ʻI he ʻaho hono hiva ʻo e māhina hono faá naʻe mafatukituki ʻa e hongé+ ʻi he koló, pea naʻe ʻikai ha meʻakai maʻá e kakai ʻo e fonuá.+ 4 Naʻe avangi ʻa e ʻā ʻo e koló,+ pea naʻe hola poʻuli ʻa e kau sōtiá kotoa ʻi he matapā ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e ongo ʻā naʻe ofi ki he ngoue ʻa e tuʻí, lolotonga ia naʻe takatakaiʻi ʻe he kau Kalitiá ʻa e koló; pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa e tuʻí ʻi he hala ʻo e ʻAlapá.+ 5 Ka naʻe tulimui ʻa e kau tau Kalitiá ʻi he tuʻí, pea naʻa nau maʻu ia ʻi he toafa ʻo Sielikoó, pea naʻe movete mei hono tafaʻakí ʻa ʻene kau taú kotoa. 6 Naʻa nau puke leva ʻa e tuʻí+ pea ʻohake ia ki he tuʻi ʻo Pāpiloné ki Līpila, pea naʻa nau hilifaki kiate ia ha tautea. 7 Naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻo Setekaiá ʻi hono ʻaó; pea naʻe fakakuihi leva ʻe Nepukanesa ʻa e mata ʻo Setekaiá, ʻo haʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e meʻa-haʻi kopa, pea ʻave ia ki Pāpilone.+

16 Naʻá ne folofola mai leva kiate au: “Foha ʻo e tangata, ko eni te u tuʻusi ʻa e maʻuʻanga meʻatokoni* ʻi Selusalemá,+ pea te nau kai honau ʻinasi mā kuo fuá+ ʻi he loto-tailiili lahi pea te nau inu honau ʻinasi inu kuo fuá+ ʻi he manavahē.