Ngāue ʻa e Kau ʻApositolo
7 Ka naʻe pehē ange ʻe he taulaʻeiki lahí: “ʻOku moʻoni ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni?” 2 Naʻe tali ange ʻe Sitīveni: “Kau tangata, fanga tokoua mo e ngaahi tamai, mou fanongo mai. Ko e ʻOtua ʻo e lāngilangí naʻe hā ki heʻetau kui ko ʻĒpalahamé lolotonga ʻene ʻi Mesopotēmiá, ki muʻa ke ne nofo ʻi Hālaní,+ 3 pea naʻá ne folofola ange kiate ia: ‘ʻAlu atu mei ho fonuá pea mei ho ngaahi kāingá peá ke hū ki he fonua ʻa ia te u fakahā atu kiate koé.’+ 4 Naʻá ne ʻalu atu leva mei he fonua ʻo e kau Kalitiá peá ne nofo ʻi Hālani. Pea mei ai, ʻi he hili ʻa e mate ʻene tamaí,+ naʻe ʻai ia ʻe he ʻOtuá ke ne hiki mai ki he fonuá ni ʻa ia ʻoku mou lolotonga nofo aí.+ 5 Pea neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻoange kiate ia ha tofiʻa ai, ʻikai, naʻa mo ha kiʻi konga ʻoku lahi feʻunga ke tuʻu ai hono vaʻé; ka naʻá ne talaʻofaʻaki te ne foaki ange ia moʻona pea hili iá ki hono hakó,+ neongo naʻe teʻeki ai ke ʻi ai haʻane tama. 6 ʻIkai ngata aí, naʻe tala ʻe he ʻOtuá kiate ia ʻe hoko hono hakó ko e kau muli ʻi ha fonua ʻoku ʻikai ʻonautolu pea ʻe fakapōpulaʻi mo fakamamahiʻi* kinautolu ʻe he kakaí ʻi he taʻu ʻe 400.+ 7 ‘Pea ko e puleʻanga ʻa ia te nau pōpula ki aí te u fakamāuʻi,’+ ko e folofola ia ʻa e ʻOtuá, ‘pea ʻi he hili ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni te nau hū ki tuʻa mei ai pea te nau fai ʻa e ngāue toputapu kiate au ʻi he feituʻú ni.’+
8 “Naʻá ne toe ʻoange kiate ia ha fuakava ʻo e kamu,+ pea naʻá ne hoko ko e tamai ia ʻa ʻAisaké+ pea naʻá ne kamu ia ʻi he ʻaho hono valú,+ pea naʻe hoko ʻa ʻAisake ko e tamai ia ʻa Sēkopé,* pea ko Sēkope ko e tamai ia ʻa e ngaahi ʻuluʻi fāmili* ʻe 12. 9 Pea naʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi ʻuluʻi fāmilí ʻo meheka kia Siosifa+ pea nau fakatau atu ia ki ʻIsipite.+ Ka naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa e ʻOtuá,+ 10 pea naʻá ne fakahaofi ia mei hono faingataʻaʻia kotoa pē peá ne tuku kiate ia ke ne maʻu ʻa e hōifua mo e poto ʻi he ʻao ʻo Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipité. Pea naʻá ne fakanofo ia ke pule ki ʻIsipite mo hono falé kotoa.+ 11 Ka naʻe hoko mai ha honge ki he kotoa ʻo ʻIsipite mo Kēnaní, ʻio, ko ha fuʻu mamahi lahi, pea naʻe ʻikai lava ke maʻu ʻe heʻetau fanga kuí ha meʻa ke nau kai.+ 12 Ka naʻe fanongo ʻa Sēkope naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻakai* ʻi ʻIsipite, peá ne fekauʻi atu ʻetau fanga kuí ki ai ko e ʻuluaki taimí ia.+ 13 ʻI heʻenau ʻalu atu ko hono tuʻo uá, naʻe ʻai ai ʻe Siosifa ʻa ia tonu ke ʻiloʻi ʻe hono fanga tokouá, pea naʻe hoko ʻa e fāmili ʻo Siosifá ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻe Felo.+ 14 Ko ia naʻe ʻoatu ʻe Siosifa ha fekau ʻo ui mai ʻa ʻene tamai ko Sēkopé mo e kotoa ʻo hono kāingá mei he feituʻu ko iá,+ ko e toko 75 fakakātoa.+ 15 Ko ia naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa Sēkope ki ʻIsipite,+ pea naʻá ne mate ai,+ pea pehē ki heʻetau fanga kuí.+ 16 Naʻe ʻave kinautolu ki Sīkemi ʻo tuku ʻi he fonualoto ko ia naʻe fakatau ʻe ʻĒpalahame ʻaki ha paʻanga siliva mei he ngaahi foha ʻo Hēmoa ʻi Sīkemí.+
17 “ʻI he tuʻunuku mai ko ia ʻa e taimi ke fakahoko ai ʻa e talaʻofa naʻe folofolaʻaki ʻe he ʻOtuá kia ʻĒpalahamé, naʻe tupulaki ʻa e kakaí ʻo tokolahi ʻaupito ʻi ʻIsipite, 18 ʻo aʻu ki he taimi naʻe hoko hake ai ha tuʻi kehe ki ʻIsipite, ko e tokotaha naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻiloʻi ʻa Siosifa.+ 19 Naʻe faikākā ʻa e tokotahá ni ki hotau matakalí mo fakamālohiʻi taʻetotonu ʻa e ngaahi tamaí ke liʻaki atu ʻenau kau valevalé koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tuku ke nau moʻui.+ 20 ʻI he taimi ko iá naʻe fāʻeleʻi ai ʻa Mōsese, pea naʻá ne fakaʻofoʻofa lahi ʻi he vakai ʻa e ʻOtuá. Pea naʻe tauhi ia* ʻo māhina tolu ʻi he ʻapi ʻo ʻene tamaí.+ 21 Ka ʻi hono liʻaki atu iá,+ naʻe ʻave ia ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Feló ʻo ne tauhi hake ia ko ʻene tama ʻaʻana.+ 22 Ko ia naʻe akoʻi ʻa Mōsese ʻi he poto kotoa pē ʻo e kau ʻIsipité. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻá ne lea mālohi mo fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lahi.+
23 “Pea ʻi heʻene aʻu ki hono taʻu 40, naʻe ake ʻi hono lotó* ke ne ʻaʻahi ki* hono fanga tokouá, ʻa e kau ʻIsilelí.+ 24 ʻI heʻene fakatokangaʻi atu ha taha ʻo kinautolu ʻoku ngaohikoviʻi taʻetotonú, naʻá ne maluʻi ia peá ne faisāuni maʻá e tokotaha naʻe ngaohikoviá ʻaki ʻene taaʻi ʻa e tama ʻIsipité. 25 Naʻá ne fakakaukau ʻe mahino ki hono fanga tokouá naʻe tuku ʻe he ʻOtuá ki hono nimá ʻa hono fakamoʻui kinautolú, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau mahinoʻi ia. 26 ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó, naʻá ne ʻasi atu ai kiate kinautolu he lolotonga ʻa e fuhu ha toko ua ʻo kinautolu, pea naʻá ne feinga ke fakaleleiʻi kinaua ʻi he melino, heʻene pehē: ‘Ongo tangata, ko kimouá ko e tokoua pē. Ko e hā ʻokú mo fetāʻaki aí?’ 27 Ka ko e tama ko ia naʻá ne ngaohikoviʻi ʻa hono tokouá naʻá ne tekeʻi ia, ʻo ne pehē: ‘Ko hai naʻá ne fakanofo koe ko e pule mo ha fakamaau kiate kimautolú? 28 Naʻa ʻokú ke loto koā koe ke ke tāmateʻi au ʻo hangē ko ia ko hoʻo tāmateʻi ʻa e tama ʻIsipité ʻaneafí?’ 29 ʻI he fanongo ʻa Mōsese ki he meʻá ni, naʻá ne hola ai ʻo ne nofo ko ha muli ʻi he fonua ko Mitianí, ʻa ia naʻe fanauʻi ai kiate ia hano ongo foha.+
30 “ʻI he hili mei ai ʻa e taʻu ʻe 40, naʻe hā ha ʻāngelo kiate ia ʻi he toafa ʻo Moʻunga Sainaí ʻi he afi naʻe ulo ʻi ha fuʻu ʻakau talatala.+ 31 ʻI he mamata ʻa Mōsese ki aí, naʻá ne ofoofo he meʻa naʻe haá. Ka ʻi heʻene fakaofiofi atu ke vakaiʻí, naʻe ongo mai ʻa e leʻo ʻo Sihová:* 32 ‘Ko e ʻOtua au ʻo hoʻo fanga kuí, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻĒpalahame mo ʻAisake pea mo Sēkope.’+ Naʻe kamata ke tetetete ʻa Mōsese ʻo ʻikai te ne fakatoʻotoʻa ke kei vakaiʻi ia. 33 Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Sihova* kiate ia: ‘Toʻo ʻa e senitoló mei ho vaʻé, he ko e potu ʻa ia ʻokú ke tuʻu aí ko e kelekele toputapu ia. 34 Kuó u mātā moʻoni ʻa hono ngaohikoviʻi ʻa hoku kakai ʻa ia ʻoku nau ʻi ʻIsipité, pea kuó u fanongo ki heʻenau toʻé,+ pea kuó u ʻalu hifo ke fakahaofi kinautolu. Ko eni, haʻu, te u fekauʻi atu koe ki ʻIsipite.’ 35 Ko Mōsese pē ko ení naʻa nau siʻaki, ʻo pehē: ‘Ko hai naʻá ne fakanofo koe ko e pule mo e fakamāú?’+ Ko e tokotaha tonu ia naʻe fekau atu ʻe he ʻOtuá+ ke ne hoko fakatouʻosi ko e pule mo e faifakahaofi fakafou ʻi he ʻāngelo naʻe hā kiate ia ʻi he fuʻu ʻakau talatalá. 36 Ko e tangatá ni naʻá ne taki kinautolu ki tuʻa,+ ʻo ne fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo mo e ngaahi mana ʻi ʻIsipite+ pea ʻi he Tahi Kulokulá,+ pea ʻi he toafá ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40.+
37 “Ko Mōsese eni naʻá ne pehē ki he kau ʻIsilelí: ‘ʻE fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá maʻamoutolu mei he lotolotonga ʻo homou fanga tokouá ha palōfita hangē ko aú.’+ 38 Ko e tokotaha eni naʻe ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fakatahaʻanga ʻi he toafá fakataha mo e ʻāngelo+ naʻe lea kiate ia+ ʻi he Moʻunga Sainaí, pea naʻá ne ʻi heʻetau fanga kuí, pea naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fanongonongo ʻoku moʻui mo toputapu ke ʻomai kiate kitautolú.+ 39 Naʻe fakafisi ʻetau fanga kuí ke talangofua kiate ia, ka naʻa nau fakasītuʻaʻi ia+ pea ʻi honau lotó naʻa nau loto ke toe foki ki ʻIsipite,+ 40 ʻo nau pehē kia ʻĒlone: ‘Ngaohi ha ngaahi ʻotua maʻatautolu ke ʻalu muʻomuʻa ʻiate kitautolu. He ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻiloʻi pe ko e hā kuo hoko ki he Mōsese ko ení, ʻa ia naʻá ne taki mai kitautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipité.’+ 41 Ko ia naʻa nau ngaohi ha kiʻi ʻuhikiʻi pulu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá pea nau ʻoatu ha feilaulau ki he ʻaitolí pea kamata ke nau fakafiefia ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻa honau nimá.+ 42 Ko ia naʻe tafoki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá meiate kinautolu ʻo ne tuku atu kinautolu ke nau fai ʻa e ngāue toputapu ki he ngaahi nāunau ʻo langí,+ ʻo hangē tofu pē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻa e Kau Palōfitá: ‘Naʻe ʻikai ko au naʻa mou fai ki ai ʻa e ngaahi foaki mo e ngaahi feilaulau ʻi he taʻu ʻe 40 ʻi he toafá, ʻikai ko ia, ʻe fale ʻo ʻIsileli? 43 Ka ko e tēniti ia ʻo Mōlekí+ mo e fetuʻu ʻo e ʻotua ko Lēfaní naʻa mou fata holó, ʻa e ongo ʻīmisi ko ia naʻa mou ngaohi ke lotu ki aí. Ko ia te u kapusi kimoutolu ʻo mamaʻo atu mei Pāpilone.’+
44 “Naʻe maʻu ʻe heʻetau fanga kuí ʻa e tēniti ʻo e fakamoʻoní ʻi he toafá, hangē tofu pē ko ia ko ʻEne tuʻutuʻuni ʻi heʻene folofola kia Mōsese ke ngaohi ia ʻo fakatatau ki he sīpinga naʻá ne mamata ki aí.+ 45 Pea ko ʻetau fanga kuí naʻa nau maʻu ia pea nau ʻomi ia mo Siosiua ki he fonua naʻe maʻu ʻe he ngaahi puleʻangá,+ ʻa kinautolu naʻe kapusi ʻe he ʻOtuá mei he ʻao ʻo ʻetau fanga kuí.+ Ko eni naʻe kei tuʻu ia ʻo aʻu mai ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tēvitá. 46 Naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e hōifua ʻi he vakai mai ʻa e ʻOtuá peá ne kole ki he monū ko hono tokonaki ha nofoʻanga maʻá e ʻOtua ʻo Sēkopé.+ 47 Ka naʻe ʻikai ko ia ia naʻá ne langa iá, ka ko Solomone.+ 48 Kae kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ʻafio ʻa e Fungani Māʻolungá ʻi he ngaahi fale kuo ngaohi ʻe he nimá,+ hangē tofu pē ko ia ʻoku leaʻaki ʻe he palōfitá: 49 ‘Ko hēvani ʻa hoku taloní,+ pea ko e māmaní ʻa hoku tuʻunga-vaʻé.+ Ko e hā ʻa e faʻahinga fale te mou langa moʻokú? Ko e folofola ia ʻa Sihová.* Pe ko fē ʻa hoku mālōlōʻangá? 50 Ko hoku nimá naʻá ne ngaohi ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa, ʻikai ko ia?’+
51 “ʻA e kau tangata loto-fefeka mo taʻekamu homou lotó mo homou telingá, ʻoku mou talitekeʻi maʻu pē ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní; hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe hoʻomou fanga kuí, ʻoku mou fai pehē pē mo kimoutolu.+ 52 Ko hai ia ha taha ʻo e kau palōfitá naʻe ʻikai ke fakatangaʻi ʻe hoʻomou fanga kuí?+ ʻIo, naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻa e faʻahinga ko ia naʻa nau tomuʻa fanongonongo ʻa e haʻu ʻa e tokotaha māʻoniʻoní,+ ʻa ia kuo mou hokó ni ko hono kau lavaki mo e kau fakapō,+ 53 ʻa kimoutolu naʻa mou maʻu ʻa e Laó ʻi hono fakahoko mai ʻe he kau ʻāngeló+ ka kuo ʻikai te mou tauhi ia.”
54 Ko ia, ʻi he fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻá ni, naʻa nau teketekelili ʻi honau lotó pea kamata ke nau ʻūʻūnifo atu kiate ia. 55 Ka ʻi heʻene fonu ʻi he laumālie māʻoniʻoní, naʻá ne sio fakamamaʻu hake ki he langí ʻo ne mamata ki he lāngilangi ʻo e ʻOtuá pea mo Sīsū ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻo e ʻOtuá,+ 56 peá ne pehē: “Vakai! ʻOku ou sio ki he langí kuo fakaava hake pea ko e Foha ʻo e tangatá+ ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻo e ʻOtuá.”+ 57 ʻI he meʻá ni naʻa nau fuʻu kalanga leʻo-lahi pea ʻai honau nimá ʻo tāpuniʻaki honau telingá pea nau feʻohofi atu kiate ia. 58 ʻI he hili hono lī ia ki tuʻa mei he koló, naʻa nau kamata tolomakaʻi ia.+ Naʻe laku hifo ʻe he kau fakamoʻoni loí+ honau ngaahi kofu tuʻá ki he veʻe vaʻe ʻo ha talavou naʻe ui ko Saula.+ 59 ʻI heʻenau tolomakaʻi ʻa Sitīvení, naʻá ne fai ʻa e tautapa ko ení: “ʻEiki Sīsū, maʻu atu hoku laumālié.”* 60 Pea ʻi heʻene tūʻulutui hifó, naʻá ne kalanga leʻo-lahi: “Sihova,* ʻoua naʻa tukuakiʻi ʻa e angahalá ni kiate kinautolu.”+ Pea ʻi he hili hono leaʻaki ení, naʻá ne mohe leva ʻi he maté.