Temipale Maʻa Sihova

ʻI he hili ʻa e hoko ʻa Solomone ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsilelí, naʻe ʻeke ange ʻe Sihova kiate ia: ‘Ko e hā te ke saiʻia ke u ʻoatu maʻaú?’ Naʻe pehē ʻe Solomone: ‘ʻOku ou kei siʻi, pea ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ou faí. ʻOmai muʻa kiate au ha poto ke u tokangaʻi ʻaki ho kakaí.’ Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Sihova: ‘Koeʻuhi ko hoʻo kole mai ʻa e potó, te u ʻai koe ke ke hoko ko e tangata poto taha ʻi he māmaní. Te u toe ʻai foki koe ke ke koloaʻia lahi. Pea kapau te ke talangofua kiate au, te ke maʻu ha moʻui fuoloa.’

Naʻe kamata hono langa ʻe Solomone ʻa e temipalé. Naʻá ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e koula lelei tahá, siliva, papa, mo e maka. Naʻe ngāue ʻa e kau tangata mo e kau fefine pōtoʻi ʻe laui afe ʻi he temipalé. Hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe fitu naʻe maau ai ʻa e temipalé ke fakatapui kia Sihova. Naʻe ʻi ai hono ʻōlita, pea naʻe fai ʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau. Naʻe punou ʻa Solomone ʻi muʻa ʻi he ʻōlitá ʻo ne lotu: ‘ʻE Sihova, ko e temipalé ni ʻoku ʻikai ke lahi feʻunga pe fakaʻofoʻofa feʻunga ia kiate koe, ka ke tali muʻa ʻemau ngaahi lotú pea fanongo mai ki ai.’ Naʻe fēfē ʻa e fakakaukau ʻa Sihova ki he temipalé mo e lotu ʻa Solomoné? ʻI he ʻosi pē ʻa e lotu ʻa Solomoné, naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa e afi mei he langí ʻo ne tutu ʻa e ngaahi feilaulau ʻi he ʻōlitá. Naʻe leleiʻia ʻa Sihova ʻi he temipalé. ʻI he sio ki he meʻá ni ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí, naʻa nau fiefia.

Naʻe ʻiloa ʻa Tuʻi Solomone ʻi hono potó ʻi ʻIsileli kotoa pea aʻu ki he ngaahi feituʻu mamaʻó. Naʻe omi ʻa e kakaí kia Solomone ke ne tokoniʻi kinautolu ʻi heʻenau ngaahi palopalemá. Naʻa mo e kuini ʻo Sipá naʻá ne haʻu ke siviʻi ia ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi faingataʻa. ʻI heʻene fanongo ki heʻene ngaahi talí, naʻá ne pehē: ‘Naʻe ʻikai te u tui ki he meʻa naʻe tala mai ʻe he kakaí fekauʻaki mo koé, ka ʻoku ou ʻiloʻi he taimí ni ʻokú ke toe poto ange koe ʻi he meʻa naʻa nau leaʻakí. Ko ho ʻOtua ko Sihová kuó ne tāpuakiʻi koe.’ Naʻe lelei ʻa e moʻui ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsilelí, pea naʻe fiefia ʻa e kakaí. Ka naʻe ʻamanaki ke liliu ʻa e ngaahi meʻá.