31 Pea neʼe fakaha age kia Tavite te faʼahi ʼaeni: “ ʼE kau ia Asitofele ʼi te kau fakafeagai+ ʼae ʼe lagolago kia Apesalone.”+ Neʼe ui leva e Tavite: “Sehova e,+ fakalelei siʼou loto, kae ke to noa te ʼu tokoni ʼae ʼe fai e Asitofele!”+

23 ʼI te temi ʼaia, ko te ʼu tokoni ʼae neʼe fai e Asitofele+ neʼe hage ko* te folafola ʼa te ʼAtua moʼoni. Neʼe fakaʼuhiga feia e Tavite mo Apesalone te ʼu tokoni fuli ʼae neʼe fai e Asitofele.

23 ʼI te sio ʼa Asitofele neʼe mole natou mulimuli ki tana tokoni, neʼe ina teuteuʼi ai he asino ʼo toe liliu ki tona ʼapi, ʼi tona kolo.+ ʼI tana ʼosi foaki he ʼu fakatotonu ki tona loto fale,+ neʼe ina tautau leva tona kia.+ Neʼe mate ai pea neʼe tuku tona sino ki te fale maka fakafamili.

33 Ko Asitofele+ neʼe ko he tagata faitokoni ʼa te hau, pea ko Usai,+ te tagata Alaki neʼe ko he kaumeʼa ʼo te hau.