3 “ʻI hono tolu taʻu ʻo Kolesi ko e tuʻi, naʻe fai ʻe Kolesi ko e tuʻi ʻae fono ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi Selūsalema, Tuku ke langa ʻae fale, ko e potu naʻa nau fai ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau, pea ke ʻai hono ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo ia ke mālohi: ko hono māʻolunga ʻo ia ko e hanga ʻe teau ma uofulu, mo hono māukupu ʻo ia ko e hanga ʻe teau ma uofulu; 4 Mo e ʻotu ʻe tolu ʻoe fuʻu maka lahi, mo e ʻotu ʻe taha ʻoe ʻakau foʻou; pea ke ʻatu hono totongi ki ai mei he fale ʻoe tuʻi; 5 Pea ko e ngaahi ipu koula mo e siliva ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe toʻo ʻo ʻave ʻe Nepukanesa mei he faletapu ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, ʻo fetuku ki Papilone, ke toe ʻatu, pea toe ʻave ki he faletapu ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, ke taki taha ki hono potu, pea tuku ia ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua.”

6 Pea ko eni, “ʻE Tatinei, ko e pule ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha ʻoe vaitafe, mo Sita-Posinei, mo homou kaumeʻa ko e kau ʻAfasatikai, ʻaia ʻoku ʻituʻa ʻi he vaitafe, ke mou fakamamaʻo mo e potu ko ia: 7 “Tuku ai pe ʻae ngāue ʻoe fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua; tuku ʻae pule ʻoe kakai Siu mo e kau mātuʻa ʻoe kakai Siu ke nau langa ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi hono potu. 8 Pea koeʻuhi ʻoku ou fai ʻae fono ni ki he meʻa te mou fai ki he kau mātuʻa ʻoe ngaahi Siu ni ʻi he langa ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua: ke mou fai leva ʻo ʻatu ʻae totongi ki he kau tangata ni, mei he ngaahi meʻa ʻae tuʻi, ʻio, ʻae meʻa tukuhau ʻi he tuʻa vaitafe, ʻo fai ai pe, ke ʻoua naʻa fakatuai ʻakinautolu. 9 Pea ko ia ʻoku nau masiva ai, pe ko e fanga pulu mui, mo e fanga sipitangata, mo e fanga lami, maʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu ki he ʻOtua ʻoe langi, ko e uite, mo e māsima, mo e uaine, mo e lolo, ʻo fakatatau ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema, tuku ke ʻatu ia kiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho hokohoko pe, pea ʻoua naʻa liʻaki. 10 Koeʻuhi ke nau ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau namu kakala ki he ʻOtua ʻoe langi pea hūfia ʻae moʻui ʻae tuʻi, mo hono ngaahi foha. 11 Pea kuo u fai ʻae fono foki, koeʻuhi ko ia te ne fakakehe ʻae lea ni, ke toʻo ʻae ngaahi ʻakau mei hono fale, pea ke fokotuʻu ia, pea tuku ke tautau ia ki ai: pea tuku ke ngaohi hono fale ʻi he meʻa ni, ko e fale vao. 12 Pea ko e ʻOtua ʻaia naʻe pule ke nofo ki ai hono huafa, ke fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi tuʻi mo e kakai, ʻaia te nau ʻai honau nima ke fakakehe, pe ke maumau ʻae fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema. Ko au Talaiasi kuo u fai ʻae fono ni: tuku ke fai ia ke fakatoʻotoʻo.”

13 Pea naʻe fai vave ʻe Tatinei, ko e pule ʻi he potu kauvai ni ʻoe vaitafe, mo Sita-Posinei, mo honau kaumeʻa, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Talaiasi ko e tuʻi. 14 Pea naʻe langa ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻoe kakai Siu, pea naʻa nau monūʻia, ko e meʻa ʻi he akonaki ʻa Hakeai ko e palōfita mo Sakalia ko e foha ʻo Ito. Pea naʻa nau langa ia ke ʻosi, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻae ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, pea fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Kolesi, mo Talaiasi, mo ʻAtakisekisi ko e tuʻi ʻo Peasia. 15 Pea naʻe fakaʻosi ʻae fale ni ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina ko ʻAtali ʻi hono ono ʻoe taʻu ʻoe pule ʻa Talaiasi ko e tuʻi.

16 Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau Livai, pea mo kinautolu naʻe toe ʻi he fānau ʻae fakapōpula, naʻa nau fai hono fakatapui ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he fiefia lahi, 17 Pea naʻe ʻatu ʻi he fakatapui ʻoe fale ni ʻoe ʻOtua ʻae fanga pulu ʻe teau, mo e sipitangata ʻe uangeau, mo e fanga lami ʻe fāngeau; pea ko e feilaulau ʻi he angahala maʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ko e kosi tangata ʻe hongofulu ma ua, ʻo fakatatau ki hono lau ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli. 18 Pea naʻa nau fokotuʻu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻi honau lakanga, mo e kau Livai ʻi honau hokoʻanga, ʻi he ngāue ʻae ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Selūsalema; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻa Mōsese. 19 Pea naʻe fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ʻe he fānau ʻae fakapōpula ʻi hono ʻaho hongofulu ma fā ʻoe māhina. 20 He naʻe fakamaʻa fakataha ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai, naʻe maʻa ʻakinautolu kotoa pē, mo nau tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu maʻae fānau kotoa pē ʻoe fakapōpula, pea maʻa honau kāinga ko e kau taulaʻeiki, pea maʻanautolu. 21 Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe toe haʻu mei he fakapōpula, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe vahe ʻakinautolu ke kau kiate kinautolu mei he ngaahi ʻuli kovi ʻoe hiteni ʻoe fonua, ke kumi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, naʻa nau kai ai, 22 ‌ʻO nau fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻefakalēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu ʻi he fiefia lahi: he naʻe fakafiefiaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova, ʻo ne fakatafoki ʻae loto ʻoe tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia kiate kinautolu, ke fakamālohi honau nima ʻi he ngāue ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.

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