Ki he Kau Filipai
1 Ko au Paula mo Tīmote, ko ha ongo tamaioʻeiki ʻa Kalaisi Sīsū, ko e tohi atu ki he kotoa ʻo e kakai tapu ʻoku fāʻūtaha mo Kalaisi Sīsuú ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻi Filipaí,+ fakataha mo e kau mātuʻa* ʻo e fakatahaʻangá mo e kau sevāniti fakafaifekaú:+
2 Fakatauange ke mou maʻu ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā mo e melino mei he ʻOtuá ko ʻetau Tamaí pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí.
3 ʻOku ou fakafetaʻi maʻu pē ki hoku ʻOtuá ʻi heʻeku manatuʻi kimoutolu 4 ʻi heʻeku hū tōtōaki kotoa pē maʻá e kotoa ʻo kimoutolú. ʻOku ou fai ʻa e hū tōtōaki taki taha fakataha mo e fiefia,+ 5 koeʻuhi ko e tokoni kuo mou fai ki he* ongoongo leleí mei he ʻuluaki ʻahó pē ʻo aʻu mai ki he mōmeniti ko ení. 6 He ʻoku ou tuipau ki he meʻa tonu ko ení, ko e tokotaha naʻá ne kamata ha ngāue lelei ʻiate kimoutolú te ne fakakakato ia+ kae ʻoua kuo aʻu ki he ʻaho ʻo Kalaisi Sīsuú.+ 7 ʻOku totonu pē ʻa ʻeku fakakaukau peheni fekauʻaki mo e kotoa ʻo kimoutolú, he ʻoku mou ʻi hoku lotó, ʻa kimoutolu ko ia ʻoku mou kaungāʻinasi mo au ʻi he ʻofa maʻataʻataá, fakatouʻosi ʻi hoku tuku pilīsoné+ pea ʻi hono taukapoʻi mo fokotuʻu fakalao ʻa e ongoongo leleí.+
8 He ko e ʻOtuá ko e fakamoʻoni ia kiate au ki heʻeku ʻunaloto atu kiate kimoutolu kotoa ʻi he manavaʻofa loloto ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku maʻu ʻe Kalaisi Sīsuú. 9 Pea ko e meʻa eni ʻoku ou lotu hokohoko ki aí, ke hoko hoʻomou ʻofá ʻo toe fakautuutu ange+ fakataha mo e ʻilo totonu+ pea mo e mahino kakato;+ 10 ke mou fakapapauʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku mahuʻinga angé,+ koeʻuhi ke mou hoko ʻo taʻehaʻila mo ʻikai fakatūkiaʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé+ ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ʻo Kalaisí; 11 pea ke fakafonuʻaki kimoutolu ʻa e fua māʻoniʻoni, ʻa ia ʻoku fakafou ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi,+ ki he lāngilangi mo e fakahīkihikiʻi ʻo e ʻOtuá.
12 Ko ia ʻoku ou loto ke mou ʻilo, fanga tokoua, ko e tuʻunga ʻoku ou ʻi aí kuo hoko moʻoni ia ʻo laka ki muʻa ai ʻa e ongoongo leleí, 13 ko ia kuo hoko ai ʻa hoku tuku pilīsone+ koeʻuhi ko Kalaisí ʻo ʻilolahia+ ʻi he haʻohaʻonga kotoa ʻo e Kaʻate ʻa e ʻEmipolá pea mo e niʻihi kehé kotoa. 14 Ko e tokolahi taha leva ʻo e fanga tokoua ʻi he ʻEikí kuo nau maʻu ʻa e loto-pau koeʻuhi ko hoku tuku pilīsoné, pea ʻoku nau fakahāhā ʻo toe lahi ange ʻa e loto-toʻa ke lea taʻemanavahē ʻaki ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá.
15 Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku malangaʻi ʻe he niʻihi ʻa e Kalaisí ʻi he meheka mo e fakavahavahaʻa, ka ko e niʻihi ʻi he taumuʻa lelei. 16 Ko e faʻahinga ʻoku malanga ʻi he taumuʻa leleí ʻoku nau fanongonongo ʻa e Kalaisí ʻi he ʻofa, he ʻoku nau ʻilo kuo fakanofo au ke u taukapoʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí;+ 17 ka ko e faʻahinga ʻoku malanga ʻi he meheka mo e fakavahavahaʻá ʻoku nau fai ia tupu mei he loto-fekeʻikeʻi, ʻo ʻikai ʻi he taumuʻa ʻoku maʻa, he ko ʻenau taumuʻá ke fakatupu ha faingataʻa kiate au ʻi hoku tuku pilīsoné. 18 Ko e hā leva ʻa e olá? Ko e olá pē, ʻi he founga kotoa tatau ai pē pe ʻoku fai fakangalingali pe fai ʻi he moʻoni, ʻoku hoko ʻo fanongonongo ai ʻa Kalaisi, pea ʻoku ou fiefia ʻi he meʻá ni. Ko hono moʻoní, ʻe hokohoko atu pē ʻeku fiefiá, 19 he ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻe iku ʻa e meʻá ni ki hoku fakamoʻui fakafou ʻi hoʻomou hū tōtōakí+ pea ʻi he poupou ʻa e laumālie ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí.+ 20 ʻOku fehoanaki eni mo ʻeku fakatuʻotuʻa vēkeveke mo e ʻamanaki ʻe ʻikai te u mā ʻi ha faʻahinga meʻa, ka ʻi he tauʻatāina kotoa pē ʻo e leá ʻe hoko ai he taimí ni ʻa Kalaisi, ʻo hangē ko ʻene pehē maʻu pē ki muʻá, ʻo fakahīkihikiʻi fakafou ʻi hoku sinó, tatau ai pē pe ko e fakafou ʻi he moʻui pe fakafou ʻi he mate.+
21 He ʻi hoku tuʻungá, kapau te u moʻui, ʻoku ou moʻui maʻa Kalaisi,+ pea kapau te u mate, ʻoku lelei ia kiate au.+ 22 Kapau leva te u moʻui atu ʻi he kakanó, ʻe lava ke u maʻu ʻa e fua lahi ange mei heʻeku ngāué; kae kehe, ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e maté pe moʻuí, ʻoku ʻikai te u fakahaaʻi pe ko fē ʻoku ou loto ke fili ki aí. 23 ʻOku fefūsiaki au ʻi he ongo meʻa ko ení, he ʻoku ou holi ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi au pea ke u fakataha mo Kalaisi,+ ʻa ia, ko hono moʻoní, ʻoku lelei mamaʻo ange ia.+ 24 Kae kehe, ʻoku fiemaʻu ange ia ke u moʻui ai pē ʻi he kakanó koeʻuhí ko kimoutolu. 25 ʻI he ʻuhingá ni, te u kei moʻui atu pē mo kimoutolu, ʻio, te u kei ʻiate kimoutolu kotoa koeʻuhi ke mou tupulekina ʻi hoʻomou ngāue ki he ʻOtuá pea ke mou fiefia ʻi hoʻomou tuí, 26 koeʻuhi ʻi heʻeku toe foki atu kiate kimoutolú, ʻe tupulaki ai hoʻomou fiefiá he ko e kau muimui kimoutolu ʻo Kalaisi Sīsū.
27 Mou tōʻongaʻaki pē ha anga ʻoku* taau mo e ongoongo lelei ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Kalaisí,+ koeʻuhi ke tatau ai pē pe te u ʻalu atu ʻo sio kiate kimoutolu pe ʻikai te u ʻi hena, ʻe lava ke u fanongo fekauʻaki mo kimoutolu mo ʻilo ʻoku mou tuʻu maʻu ʻi he laumālie pē taha, fakataha mo e loto-taha+ ʻo feinga uouongataha maʻá e tui makatuʻunga ʻi he ongoongo leleí, 28 pea ʻoua naʻa mou hoko ʻo manavahē ʻi ha faʻahinga founga ʻi homou kau fakafepakí. Ko e meʻá ni tonu ko ha fakamoʻoni ia ʻo e fakaʻauha+ kiate kinautolu, ka ko e fakamoʻui kiate kimoutolu;+ pea ʻoku mei he ʻOtuá ia. 29 He kuo foaki atu kiate kimoutolu ʻa e monū ke ʻikai ngata pē ʻi hoʻomou tui kia Kalaisí, ka ke mou faingataʻaʻia foki koeʻuhi ko ia.+ 30 He ʻoku mou fehangahangai mo e fāinga tatau mo ia naʻa mou sio mai naʻá ku fehangahangai mo iá,+ ʻa ia ʻoku mou fanongo he taimí ni ʻoku ou kei fehangahangai pē mo iá.