ʻEkisoto 1:1-22
1 Ko e ngaahi hingoa leva eni ʻo e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsileli naʻe omi ki ʻIsipite fakataha mo Sēkopé, ʻa e tangata taki taha ʻa ia naʻe haʻu mo hono fāmilí:+
2 Ko Lūpeni, Simione, Līvai mo Siuta;+
3 ʻĪsaka, Sepuloni mo Penisimani;
4 Tani mo Nafitalai; Kata mo ʻĀseli.+
5 Pea ko e faʻahinga kotoa naʻe fanauʻi kia Sēkopé* ko e toko 70, ka ko Siosifá naʻe ʻosi ʻi ʻIsipite ia.+
6 Faifai atu pē, naʻe mate ʻa Siosifa,+ pea pehē ki he kotoa ʻo hono fanga tokouá pea mo e kotoa ʻo e toʻutangata ko iá.
7 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo fanafanau ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí* pea kamata ke nau tupu ʻo tokolahi ʻaupito, pea naʻa nau tokolahi fakautuutu ai pē mo mālohi ange ʻi ha tuʻunga anga-kehe, ko ia naʻe hoko ai ʻo fonu ʻa e fonuá ʻiate kinautolu.+
8 ʻI he faai atu ʻa e taimí, naʻe hoko hake ʻi ʻIsipite ha tuʻi foʻou, ko e tokotaha naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻiloʻi ʻa Siosifa.
9 Ko ia naʻá ne pehē ki hono kakaí: “Vakai! Ko e kakai ʻIsilelí ʻoku nau tokolahi ange mo mālohi ange ʻiate kitautolu.+
10 Tau fakafeangai ʻi he olopoto kiate kinautolu. Kapau ʻe ʻikai, ʻe hokohoko atu ʻenau tupu ʻo tokolahí, pea kapau ʻe hoko ha tau, te nau kau mo hotau ngaahi filí ʻo tauʻi kitautolu pea nau mavahe mei he fonuá.”
11 Ko ia naʻa nau fakanofo kiate kinautolu ha kau pule ʻo e ngāue fakapōpula*+ ke lōmekina kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e ngāue mamafa, pea naʻa nau langa ha ongo kolo tukuʻanga koloa moʻo Felo, ʻa ia, ko Pitomi mo Lamesisi.+
12 Ka ko e lahi ange ʻenau lōmekina kinautolú, ko e lahi ange ia ʻenau tupu ʻo tokolahí pea ko e lahi ange ia ʻenau hanganaki mafola atú, ko ia naʻa nau mate ilifia mo fakaliliʻa ʻi he kau ʻIsilelí.+
13 Ko ia ai, naʻe fakangāueʻi pōpula ʻi he anga-kakaha ʻe he kau ʻIsipité ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí.+
14 Naʻa nau fakamamahiʻi ʻenau moʻuí ʻaki ʻa e ngāue mamafa, ʻi heʻenau ngaohi ʻa e sima ʻumeá mo e pilikí pea mo e ngāue fakapōpula kehekehe ʻi he vaó. ʻIo, naʻa nau ʻai kinautolu ke nau ongosia ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fefeka ʻi he ngāue fakapōpula kehekehe.+
15 Ki mui ai, naʻe lea ʻa e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipité ki he ongo māʻuli Hepelū ko hona hingoá ko Sīfila mo Pua,
16 pea naʻá ne tala ange kiate kinaua: “ʻI hoʻomo tokoni ki he kau fefine Hepeluú ke nau fāʻelé peá mo sio ai kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau teu fāʻelé,+ kuo pau ke mo tāmateʻi ʻa e tamá kapau ko ha tamasiʻi; ka ʻo kapau ko ha taʻahine, kuo pau ke ne moʻui.”
17 Kae kehe, ko e ongo māʻulí naʻá na manavahē ki he ʻOtua moʻoní, pea naʻe ʻikai te na fai ʻa e meʻa naʻe tala ange kiate kinaua ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipité. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá na tuku pē ke moʻui ʻa e fānau tangatá.+
18 ʻI he faai atu ʻa e taimí, naʻe ui ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipité ʻa e ongo māʻulí ʻo ne pehē kiate kinaua: “Ko e hā kuó mo tuku ai pē ke moʻui ʻa e fānau tangatá?”
19 Naʻe pehē ange ʻe he ongo māʻulí kia Felo: “Ko e kau fefine Hepeluú ʻoku ʻikai ke nau hangē ko e kau fefine ʻIsipité. ʻOku nau longomoʻui pea kuo nau ʻuluaki fāʻele kinautolu ki muʻa ke aʻu atu ʻa e māʻulí kiate kinautolú.”
20 Ko ia naʻe failelei ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he ongo māʻulí, pea naʻe tupu ai pē ʻa e kakaí pea nau hoko ʻo mālohi ʻaupito.
21 Pea koeʻuhi ko e manavahē ʻa e ongo māʻulí ki he ʻOtua moʻoní, naʻá ne ʻoange kiate kinaua ʻa e fānau ki mui ai.
22 Naʻe toki tuʻutuʻuni leva ʻe Felo ki hono kakaí kotoa: “Te mou lī ʻa e fānau tangata toki fāʻeleʻi kotoa pē ʻa e kau Hepeluú ki he Vaitafe Nailá, ka ke mou tuku pē ke moʻui ʻa e fānau fefine kotoa pē.”+
Fakamatala ‘i Lalo
^ Fakafoʻilea, “naʻe haʻu mei he alanga ʻo Sēkopé.”
^ Fakafoʻilea, “ngaahi foha ʻo ʻIsilelí.”
^ Pe “ha kau pule ngāue.”
