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2Bea nae behe e Tevita, Teu fai ofa kia Hanuni koe foha o Nahasi, koeuhi nae fai ofa kiate au e he ene tamai. Bea nae fekau atu e Tevita ae kau tagata ke lea fakafiemalie kiate ia koeuhi ko ene tamai. Bea behe, nae hoko atu ae kau tamaioeiki a Tevita ki he fonua oe fānau a Amoni kia Hanuni koeuhi ke fakafiemalie kiate ia.
3Ka nae behe e he houeiki oe fānau a Amoni kia Hanuni, Oku ke mahalo koa kuo fai fakaabaaba e Tevita ki hoo tamai, i he ene fakau mai ae kau fakafiemalie kiate koe? ka ikai kuo ha‘u a ene kau tamaioeiki kiate koe, koeuhi ke hakule, bea ke fakahiga‘i, bea ke mataki‘i ae fonua?
4Koia nae buke e Hanuni ae kau tamaioeiki a Tevita, mo ne tele ho nau kava, mo ne tuuji ua a ho nau gaahi kofu o feouga mo ho nau tuugaiku, mo ne toki fekau‘i ke nau alu.
5Bea nae alu ai ae niihi mo nau fakaha kia Tevita ae mea kuo fai ki he kau tagata. Bea naa ne fekau atu ke fetaulaki kiate kinautolu: he nae ma lahi aubito ae kau tagata. Bea nae behe e he tu‘i, Mou nofo ki Jeliko kae oua ke tubu hake a ho mou kava, bea mou toki omi.
6Bea i he toki ilo e he fānau a Amoni kuo nau fakanamuku‘i akinautolu kia Tevita, nae ave e Hanuni moe fānau a Amoni ha taleniti siliva e afe ke totogi aki ha gaahi jaliote moe kau heka hose mei Mesobotemia, bea mei Silia‐meaka, bea mei Soba.
7Koia naa nau totogi ke ma‘u ai ae gaahi jaliote e tolu mano moe ua afe, bea moe tu‘i o Meaka bea mo hono kakai; bea naa nau ha‘u o fakanofo e nau tau i Metiba. Bea nae fakataha akinautolu e he fānau a Amoni mei ho nau gaahi kolo, o nau ha‘u ki he tau.
8Bea i he ene fanogo ki ai a Tevita, naa ne fekau atu a Joabe, bea moe kau tau kotoabe koe kau tagata to‘a lahi.
9Bea nae hu mai kitua ae fānau a Amoni mo nau fakanofo ae tau i he ao oe mataba oe kolo: bea nae nofo kehe takataha ae gaahi tu‘i nae ha‘u, i he botu goue.
10Bea i he ene jio e Joabe kuo fakanofo ae kau tau ke tau‘i ia i ao bea mei tua, naa ne fili mai ae kau malohi mei Isileli, mo ne tuku akinautolu ke tau‘i ae kakai Silia.
11Bea naa ne tuku a hono toe oe kakai ki he nima o hono tokoua ko Abisai, bea naa nau tali tau akinautolu ki he fānau a Amoni.
12Bea naa ne behe, Kabau e malohi fau ae kakai Silia kiate au, te mou toki tokoni kiate au; bea kabau e malohi fau ae fānau a Amoni kiate koe, teu toki tokoni e au kiate koe.
13Mou loto to‘a, bea ke tau fai galigali tagata ma a ho tau kakai, bea koeuhi koe gaahi kolo o ho tau Otua bea ke fai e Jihova ae mea oku ne finagalo lelei ki ai.
14Koia nae unuunu atu a Joabe moe kakai nae kau moia, ki he ao oe kakai Silia ke fai ae tau; bea naa nau hola mei hono ao.
15Bea i he jio e he fānau a Amoni kuo hola ae kakai Silia, naa nau hola foki akinautolu mei he ao o Abisai ko hono tokoua, mo ne hu atu ki he kolo. Hili ia nae ha‘u a Joabe ki Jelusalema.
16Bea i he jio e he kakai Silia kuo nau tuutamaki i he ao o Isileli, naa nau kouna atu ae kau tagata fekau, ke nau omi ae kau Silia nae nofo i he kau vai e taha: bea nae tataki akinautolu e Sofaki koe eiki ki he kau tau o Hetatesa.
17Bea nae fakaha ia kia Tevita; bea naa ne tanaki fakataha a Isileli katoa, mo ne laka atu i he Joatani, mo ne hoko atu kiate kinautolu, bea ne teuteu ke fai ae tau kiate kinautolu. Bea behe, hili ae teuteu ae tau e Tevita ke fai ki he kakai Silia, naa nau fai moia ae tau.
18Ka nae hola ae kakai Silia mei he ao o Isileli; bea nae tamate‘i e Tevita oe kakai Silia ae kau tagata nae heka jaliote, koe toko fitu afe, moe kakai haele e toko fa mano, bea naa ne tamate‘i a Sofaki koe eiki nae bule ki he kau tau.
19Bea i he jio e he kau tamaioeiki a Hetatesa kuo nau tuutamaki i he ao o Isileli, naa nau alea ke nau melino mo Tevita, bea naa nau hoko o tokalalo kiate ia: bea nae ikai toe loto ae kakai Silia ke tokoni ki he fānau a Amoni.