Naʻe toutou liʻaki ʻe he kakai ʻo Siutá ʻa Sihova pea lotu ki he ngaahi ʻotua loí. ʻI he ngaahi taʻu lahi, naʻe toutou feinga ai ʻa Sihova ke tokoniʻi kinautolu. Naʻá ne fekauʻi atu ʻa e kau palōfita tokolahi ke nau fai ha fakatokanga kiate kinautolu, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo ki ai. ʻI hono kehé, naʻa nau fakakataʻaki ʻa e kau palōfitá. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakangata ʻe Sihova ʻenau tauhi ʻaitolí?

Ko e tuʻi ʻo Pāpiloné, ʻa Nepukanesa, naʻá ne ikunaʻi taha taha ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá. ʻI he ʻuluaki taimi naʻá ne ikunaʻi ai ʻa Selusalemá, naʻá ne puke ʻa Tuʻi Sihoiakini, ko e houʻeikí, ko e kau tangata taú, pea mo e kau tangata nima-meaʻá ʻo ne ʻave kinautolu kotoa ki Pāpilone. Naʻá ne ʻave foki ʻa e koloa kotoa mei he temipale ʻo Sihová. Hili iá naʻe ʻai ʻe Nepukanesa ʻa Setekaia ke ne tuʻi ʻi Siuta.

ʻI he ʻuluaki taimí, naʻe talangofua ʻa Setekaia kia Nepukanesa. Ka ko e ngaahi puleʻanga ofi maí mo e kau palōfita loí naʻa nau faleʻi ʻa Setekaia ke ne angatuʻu ki Pāpilone. Naʻe fakatokanga ʻa Selemaia kiate ia: ‘Kapau te ke angatuʻu, ʻe ʻi ai ʻa e tāmate, honge, mo e mahaki fakaʻauha ʻi Siuta.’

ʻI he hili ʻa e pule ʻa Setekaia ʻi he taʻu ʻe valu, naʻá ne fili ai ke angatuʻu ki Pāpilone. Naʻá ne kole ki he kau tau ʻIsipité ke nau tokoniʻi ia. Naʻe fekauʻi atu leva ʻe Nepukanesa ʻa ʻene kau taú ke nau ʻohofi ʻa Selusalema, pea naʻa nau nofo takatakai ʻi he koló. Naʻe tala ʻe Selemaia kia Setekaia: ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova kapau te ke tukulolo ki Pāpilone, te ke hao pea mo e koló. Ka ʻo kapau heʻikai, ʻe tutu ʻe he kau Pāpiloné ʻa  Selusalema pea taki pōpula koe.’ Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Setekaia: ‘Heʻikai te u tukulolo au!’

ʻI he taʻu ʻe taha mo e konga ki mui ai, naʻe haveki ʻe he kau tau Pāpiloné ʻa e ʻā ʻo Selusalemá pea nau hū atu ʻo tutu ʻa e koló. Naʻa nau tutu ʻa e temipalé, tāmateʻi ʻa e kakai tokolahi, pea taki pōpula ʻa e laui afe.

Naʻe hola ʻa Setekaia mei Selusalema, ka naʻe tulimui atu ʻiate ia ʻa e kau Pāpiloné. Naʻa nau puke ia ofi ki Sielikō ʻo ʻave kia Nepukanesa. Naʻe ʻai ʻe he tuʻi ʻo Pāpiloné ke sio ʻa Setekaia ʻi hono tāmateʻi hono ngaahi fohá. Hili iá naʻe fakakuihi ʻe Nepukanesa ʻa Setekaia pea tuku pilīsone, ʻa ia naʻá ne mate ki mui ʻi ai. Ka naʻe palōmesi ʻa Sihova ki he kakai ʻo Siutá: ‘ʻI he hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe 70, te u toe fakafoki kimoutolu ki Selusalema.’

Ko e hā naʻe hoko ki he toʻutupu naʻe taki pōpula ki Pāpiloné? Te nau kei mateaki ai pē kia Sihova?