¶ 1 NAE bule a Saula i he ta‘u e taha; bea hili ene bule i he ta‘u e ua ki Isileli,

2 Nae fili e Saula ene kau tagata e toko tolu afe mei Isileli: nae ia Saula i Mikimasi, bea i he mouga ko Beteli ae toko ua afe, bea nae ia Jonatane i Kibea o Benijimani ae toko taha afe: bea ko hono toe oe kakai naa ne fekau ke alu ae tagata taki taha ki hono fale fehikitaki.

3 Bea nae ta‘i e Jonatane ae kolo tau ae kakai Filisitia aia nae i Kibea, bea nae fanogo ki ai ae kakai Filisitia. Bea nae ifi mealea e Saula i he botu fonua kotoabe, o ne behe, Ke ogo‘i e he kakai Hebelu.

4 Bea nae fanogo a Isileli kotoabe ki he lea, kuo ta‘i e Saula ha kolo tau ae kakai Filisitia, bea kuo fehianekina aubito a Isileli i he ao oe kakai Filisitia. Bea nae fekau ke fakataha ae kakai kia Saula i Kilikali.

¶ 5 Bea nae katoa fakataha ae kakai Filisitia ke tau‘i a Isileli, yaahi saliote e tolu mano, moe kau tag ata heka hose e toko ono afe, bea koe kakai nae hage koe oneone i he matātahi ho nau toko lahi: bea naa nau alu hake o nofo i Mikimasi, i he botu hoboaga laa mei Bete‐aveni.

6 Bea i he vakai ae kau tagata Isileli kuo akilotoa akinautolu, (he nae mamahi ae kakai,) nae fakatoitoi akinautolu e he kakai i he gaahi ana, moe gaahi vaofihi, bea i he gaahi maka, moe botu maoluga, bea i he gaahi luo.

7 Bea nae alu ae kau Hebelu niihi ki he kau vai e taha o Joatani ki he fonua o Kata mo Kiliati, ka ko Saula nae kei i Kilikali ia, bea nae muimui tetetete be ae kakai kiate ia.

¶ 8 Bea nae tatali ia i he aho e fitu o fakatatau ki he aho nae kotofa e Samuela: ka nae ikai ha‘u a Samuela ki Kilikali; bea nae movetevete ae kakai iate ia.

9 Bea nae behe e Saula, Omi ki heni kiate au ae feilaulau tutu. moe feilaulau fakalelei. Bea naa ne atu ae feilaulau tutu.

10 Bea nae hoko o behe, hili leva ene fakaoji ene atu ae feilaulau tutu, vakai, kuo hoko mai a Samuela; bea nae alu atu a Saula ke fakafetaulaki kiate ia, ke na feiloaki.

¶ 11 Bea nae behe e Samuela, Koeha ia kuo ke fai? Bea behe e Saula, Koe mea i he eku vakai kuo movete ae kakai meiate au, bea nae ikai te ke hoko mai i he gaahi aho nae kotofa, bea kuo katoa fakataha ae kau Filisitia ki Mikimasi:

12 Koia naaku behe ai, Ko eni e hoko hifo kiate au ae kau Filisitia ki Kilikali, ka oku heeki ai teu fai ae hu kia Jihova: koia neu kataki ai au o atu ae feilaulau tutu.

13 Bea behe e Samuela kia Saula, Kuo ke fai vale: kuo ikai te ke tauhi ae fekau a Jihova ko ho Otua, aia naa ne fekau kiate koe: ka ne behe, kuo fokotuu mau e Jihova ho buleaga ki Isileli o taegata.

14 Ka koeni e ikai tuu mau ho buleaga: kuo fili e Jihova ha tagata maana o hage ko hono loto oona, bea kuo fekau e Jihova kiate ia ke eiki ia ki hono kakai, koeuhi nae ikai te ke tauhi aia nae fekau e Jihova kiate koe.

15 Bea nae tuu hake a Samuela, o alu mei Kilikali ki Kibea o Benijimani. Bea nae lau e Saula ae kakai nae iate ia, koe toko onogeau nai.

16 Bea ko Saula mo hono foha ko Jonatane, bea moe kakai nae iate kinaua, naa nau nofo i Kibea o Benijimani: ka nae abitaga ae kakai Filisitia i Mikimasi.

¶ 17 Bea nae ha‘u ae vahe e tolu oe kau maumau mei he nofoaga tau oe kau Filisitia: nae alu ae kau tau e taha ki he hala ki Ofila, ki he fonua ko Suali:

18 Bea nae afe ae kau tau e taha ki he hala ki Bete‐holoni: bea alu ae kau tau e taha ki he hala oe vee fonua oku haga atu ki he telea o Siboimi o haga atu ki he toafa.

¶ 19 Bea koeni, nae ikai ilo‘i ha tufuga tuki ukamea i he fonua kotoabe o Isileli: he ne behe e he kau Filisitia, Telia naa tuki e he kau Hebelu ae gaahi heleta moe tao maa nautolu.

20 Ka nae alu hifo ki he kau Filisitia ae kakai Isileli kotoabe, ke fakamata taki taha ae tagata hono huotoho, mo ene hele, mo hono toki, mo ene huo keli.

21 Ka naa nau ma‘u ae kili fakamata ki he huo keli, bea ki he hele, moe gaahi huhu, bea moe gaahi toki, bea ke fakamata ae mea kini.

22 Bea nae hoko o behe, i he aho oe tau, nae ikai iloa ha heleta be ha tao i he nima o ha toko taha i he kakai nae ia Saula mo Jonatane: ka ko Saula mo hono foha ko Jonatane, nae ilo ai ia.

23 Bea nae hiki kitua ae abitaga oe kau Filisitia ke alu ki he botu aluaga ki Mikimasi.