Ko ha Pōpula Naʻe Talangofua ki he ʻOtuá

Ko Siosifa ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi foha iiki ʻo Sēkopé. Naʻe sio ʻa hono fanga tokoua lalahí ko Siosifa naʻe ʻofa taha ai ʻa ʻenau tamaí. ʻOkú ke pehē naʻe fēfē ʻenau ongoʻí? Naʻa nau meheka kia Siosifa pea fehiʻa ʻiate ia. ʻI he ʻi ai ha ngaahi misi anga-kehe ʻa Siosifá, naʻá ne talanoaʻi ia ki hono fanga tokouá. Naʻa nau fakakaukau ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻa e ngaahi misí ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ʻaho te nau punou ai kiate ia. Ko ia naʻe toe lahi ange ai ʻenau fehiʻa ʻiate iá!

ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha naʻe tokangaʻi ai ʻe he fanga tokoua ʻo Siosifá ʻa e fanga sipí ofi ki he kolo ko Sīkemi. Naʻe fekau ʻe Sēkope ʻa Siosifa ke ʻalu ʻo sio pe ʻoku nau fēfē. ʻI heʻenau sio mai mei he mamaʻó ki he ʻalu atu ʻa Siosifá naʻa nau pehē: ‘Ko e tokotaha misí ena ʻoku haʻú. Tau tāmateʻi ia!’ Naʻa nau puke ia ʻo lī ki ha fuʻu luo. Ka ko Siuta, ʻa e taha ʻo hono fanga tokouá, naʻá ne pehē: ‘ʻOua ʻe tāmateʻi iá! Ka tau fakatau atu ia ko ha pōpula.’ Ko ia naʻa nau fakatau atu ʻa Siosifa ki ha konga siliva ʻe 20 ki he kau fefakatauʻaki Mitiani naʻa nau ō ki ʻIsipite.

Naʻe unu leva ʻe he fanga tokoua ʻo Siosifá ʻa hono kofú ʻi he toto ʻo ha kiʻi kosi, ʻave ʻa hono kofú ki heʻenau tamaí, pea nau pehē: ‘ʻIkai ko e kofu eni ʻo ho fohá?’ Ko ia naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Sēkope kuo tāmateʻi ʻa Siosifa ʻe ha manu fekai. Naʻá ne loto-mamahi lahi. Naʻe ʻikai lava ke fakafiemālieʻi ia ʻe ha taha.

Naʻe fakatau atu ʻi ʻIsipite ʻa Siosifa ko ha pōpula ki ha ʻōfisa māʻolunga ko Pōtifa. Ka naʻe kau ʻa Sihova mo Siosifa. Naʻe sio ʻa Pōtifa naʻe ngāue lelei ʻa Siosifa pea naʻe lava ke ne falala kiate ia. ʻIkai fuoloa naʻe ʻai ʻa Siosifa ke ne tokangaʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻa Pōtifá.

Naʻe sio ʻa e mali ʻo Pōtifá ʻoku talavou mo sino lelei ʻa Siosifa. Naʻá ne kole kia Siosifa ʻi he ʻaho ki he ʻaho ke na fehokotaki fakasino. Ko e hā naʻe fai ʻe Siosifá? Naʻe ʻikai te ne tali peá ne pehē: ‘ʻIkai! ʻOku hala ia. ʻOku falala mai ʻa hoku pulé kiate au, pea ko koe ʻa hono malí. Kapau te u mohe mo koe, te u angahala ai ki he ʻOtuá!’

ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha naʻe feinga ʻa e mali ʻo Pōtifá ke fakamālohiʻi ʻa Siosifa ke na mohe. Naʻá ne puke ʻa hono kofú, ka naʻá ne hola. ʻI he foki mai ki ʻapi ʻa Pōtifá, naʻe tala ange ʻe hono malí naʻe ʻohofi ia ʻe Siosifa. Naʻe ʻikai te ne tala ʻa e moʻoní. Naʻe ʻita lahi ai ʻa Pōtifa, peá ne lī ʻa Siosifa ki he pilīsoné. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke ngalo ʻia Sihova ʻa Siosifa.