Ngāue ʻa e Kau ʻApositolo
21 ʻI he hili ʻemau homo mai meiate kinautolu ʻo mau tukufolau atú, naʻa mau taloa hangatonu ai ʻo aʻu ki Kō, ʻi he ʻaho hono hokó ki Lota, pea mei ai ki Pātala. 2 ʻI heʻemau ʻilo ha vaka naʻe teu ke folau ki Finisia, naʻa mau heka ai ʻo folau. 3 Naʻa mau sio ki he kite mai ʻa e motu ko Saipaló ʻi he toʻohemá,* ka naʻa mau fakalaka ai ʻo folau atu ai pē ki Sīlia ʻo mau tau ki Tāia, ʻa ia ko e feituʻu ia ke fakahifo ai e uta ʻa e vaká. 4 Naʻa mau kumi ʻo ʻilo ʻa e kau ākongá pea mau nofo ai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu. Kae fakafou ʻi he laumālié naʻa nau toutou tala kia Paula ke ʻoua naʻa tuʻu hono vaʻé ki Selusalema.+ 5 Ko ia ʻi he ʻosi homau taimi aí, naʻa mau mavahe ʻo kamata ʻemau fonongá, ka ko kinautolu kotoa, fakataha mo e kakai fefine mo e fānau, naʻa nau ō mo kimautolu kae ʻoua kuo mau aʻu ki tuʻa mei he koló. Pea naʻa mau tūʻulutui hifo ʻi he matātahí ʻo fai ʻemau lotu 6 pea mau fepōpoakiʻaki fakamāvae. Naʻa mau heka leva kimautolu ki he vaká pea nau foki kinautolu ki honau ngaahi ʻapí.
7 Naʻa mau ʻalu vaka leva mei Tāia ʻo mau aʻu ki Tolimeasi, pea naʻa mau feʻiloaki mo e fanga tokouá ʻo mau nofo ʻaho taha mo kinautolu. 8 ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó naʻa mau mavahe ʻo ʻalu ki Sesalia, pea naʻa mau hū ki he fale ʻo Filipe ko e ʻevangelioó, ʻa ia ko e taha ʻi he kau tangata ʻe toko fitú,+ pea mau nofo ai mo ia. 9 Ko e tangatá ni naʻe ʻi ai hono ngaahi ʻofefine taʻemali* ʻe toko fā ʻa ia naʻa nau kikite.+ 10 Ka ʻi he hili ʻemau nofo ai ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho, naʻe ʻalu hifo ha palōfita ʻe taha mei Siutea ko hono hingoá ko ʻAkapusi.+ 11 Pea naʻá ne haʻu kiate kimautolu ʻo ne toʻo ʻa e leta ʻo Paulá ʻo ne haʻiʻaki hono ongo vaʻe mo hono ongo nima pē ʻoʻoná peá ne pehē: “Ko e lea eni ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní, ‘Ko e tangata ʻoku ʻoʻona ʻa e leta ko ení ʻe haʻi peheni ia ʻe he kau Siú ʻi Selusalema,+ pea te nau tuku atu ia ki he nima ʻo e kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá.’”+ 12 Ko ia ʻi heʻemau fanongo ki he meʻá ni, ko kimautolu fakatouʻosi mo e faʻahinga naʻe ʻi aí naʻa mau kamata kōlenga kiate ia ke ʻoua te ne ʻalu hake ki Selusalema. 13 Naʻe tali ange leva ʻe Paula: “Ko e hā ʻoku mou faí, ʻi hoʻomou tangi mo feinga ke fakavaivaiʻi ʻa ʻeku fakapapaú?* Mou fiemālie pē, ʻoku ou mateuteu au ʻo ʻikai ki hano haʻi pē kae pehē foki ke u mate ʻi Selusalema maʻá e huafa ʻo e ʻEiki ko Sīsuú.”+ 14 ʻI he ʻikai lava ke fakalotoʻi iá, naʻe tuku ʻemau vilitakí* pea mau pehē: “Tuku ā ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo Sihová.”*
15 Pea ʻi he hili ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho ko ení, naʻa mau teuteu ki he fonongá pea mau kamata ʻalu ki Selusalema. 16 Naʻe ʻalu fakataha foki mo kimautolu ha niʻihi ʻo e kau ākonga mei Sesaliá, ʻo ʻave kimautolu kia Nēsoni ʻo Saipaló, ko ha ākonga fuoloa ʻa ia ko hono ʻapí naʻe teu ke mau nofo aí. 17 ʻI heʻemau aʻu ki Selusalemá, naʻe talitali fiefia kimautolu ʻe he fanga tokouá. 18 Ka ʻi he ʻaho hono hokó naʻa mau ʻalu ai mo Paula kia Sēmisi,+ pea naʻe ʻi ai kotoa ʻa e kau mātuʻá. 19 Pea naʻá ne feʻiloaki mo kinautolu peá ne kamata fakamatala fakaikiiki ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá fakafou ʻi heʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú.
20 ʻI he hili ʻa e fanongo ki he meʻá ni, naʻe kamata ke nau fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka naʻa nau pehē kiate ia: “Vakai ange, tokoua, ki he toko laui afe lahi ʻo e kau tui ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Siú, pea ʻoku nau mamahiʻi kotoa ʻa e Laó.+ 21 Ka kuo nau fanongo ʻi ha talanoa fekauʻaki mo koe kuó ke akoʻi ki he kotoa ʻo e kau Siu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ha meʻa ʻoku ʻalu kehe ia meia Mōsese, ʻo tala ange ke ʻoua ʻe kamu ʻenau fānaú pe muimui ʻi he ngaahi tōʻonga tukufakaholó.+ 22 Ko e hā leva ʻa e meʻa ʻe fai ʻo fekauʻaki mo iá? ʻOku pau pē te nau fanongo kuó ke aʻu mai. 23 Ko ia ke ke fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku mau tala atú: ʻOku ʻi ai haʻamau kau tangata ʻe toko fā ʻa ia kuo nau fai ha fuakava. 24 ʻAlu mo e kau tangatá ni pea fakamaʻa fakaeouau koe fakataha mo kinautolu pea fua ʻenau ngaahi fakamolé, koeʻuhi ke lava ke tele ai honau ʻulú. ʻE ʻilo leva ai ʻe he tokotaha kotoa ko e koto launoa pē ʻa e talanoa naʻe tala holo fekauʻaki mo koé, ka ʻokú ke ʻaʻeva totonu pea ʻokú ke tauhi foki ʻa e Laó.+ 25 Ko e meʻa ki he kau tui ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá, kuo mau ʻoatu kiate kinautolu ʻemau filí ʻi ha tohi ʻo pehē ʻoku totonu ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he meʻa kuo feilaulauʻaki ki he ngaahi ʻaitolí+ pea pehē foki mei he totó,+ meʻa kuo sisiná,*+ pea mei he fehokotaki fakasino taʻetāú.”*+
26 Ko ia naʻe ʻave ʻe Paula ʻa e kau tangatá ʻi he ʻaho hono hokó peá ne fakamaʻa fakaeouau ia fakataha mo kinautolu,+ pea naʻá ne hū ki he temipalé ke fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻaho ʻe kakato ai ʻa e fakamaʻa fakaeouaú, koeʻuhi kae fai ʻe he taulaʻeikí ha feilaulau maʻanautolu taki taha.
27 ʻI he ʻamanaki ko ia ke ʻosi ʻa e ʻaho ʻe fitú, ʻi he sio ʻa e kau Siu mei ʻĒsiá kiate ia ʻi he temipalé, naʻa nau fakakoviʻi ʻa e fuʻu kakaí kotoa, pea naʻa nau puke ia, 28 mo nau kaila: “Kau tangata ʻo ʻIsileli, tokoni mai! Ko e tangata ʻeni ʻokú ne akoʻi ki he tokotaha kotoa ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tuʻu fehangahangai mo hotau kakaí mo ʻetau Laó pea mo e feituʻú ni. Kaeʻumaʻā, ʻoku aʻu ʻo ne ʻomi ha kau Kalisi ki he temipalé pea kuó ne ʻuliʻi ʻa e feituʻu toputapú ni.”+ 29 He naʻa nau sio ki muʻa kia Talofima+ ko e ʻEfesoó ʻi he koló fakataha mo ia, pea naʻa nau fakakaukau kuo ʻomi ia ʻe Paula ki he temipalé. 30 Naʻe hoko ha fuʻu vālautuʻu ʻi he koló kotoa, pea naʻe feleleʻi fakataha atu ʻa e kakaí ʻo puke ʻa Paula ʻo fusi ki tuʻa mei he temipalé, pea tāpuni leva ʻa e ngaahi matapaá. 31 Lolotonga ʻenau feinga ke tāmateʻi iá, naʻe aʻu ha fakamatala ki he ʻeikitau ʻo e kongakau sōtiá ʻo pehē kuo ʻi ai ha maveuveu ʻi Selusalema kātoa; 32 pea naʻá ne ʻalu ʻi he taimi pē ko iá mo ha kau sōtia mo ha kau ʻōfisa fakakautau pea nau lele kiate kinautolu. ʻI heʻenau fakatokangaʻi mai ʻa e ʻeikitaú pea mo e kau sōtiá, naʻe tuku leva ʻenau haha ʻa Paulá.
33 Naʻe haʻu leva ʻa e ʻeikitaú ʻo fakaofi mai ʻo ne puke ia ʻo tuku pōpula peá ne tuʻutuʻuni ke haʻi ia ʻaki ha sēini ʻe ua;+ peá ne fakaʻeke leva pe ko hai ia pea ko e hā kuó ne faí. 34 Ka naʻe kamata ke kaikaila ʻaki ʻe he fuʻu kakaí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kehekehe. Ko ia ʻi he ʻikai lava ke ne ʻilo fakapapauʻi ha meʻa ʻe taha koeʻuhi ko e fuʻu longoaʻá, naʻá ne tuʻutuʻuni ai ke ʻomi ia ki he ʻapitanga ʻo e kau sōtiá. 35 Ka ʻi heʻene aʻu ki he sitepú, naʻe pau ke fua ia ʻe he kau sōtiá koeʻuhi ko e anga-fakamālohi ʻa e fuʻu kakaí, 36 he naʻe muimui atu pē ha fuʻu kakai tokolahi mo kalanga atu: “Tāmateʻi ia!”
37 ʻI he teu ke taki atu ia ki he ʻapitanga ʻo e kau sōtiá, naʻe pehē ange ʻe Paula ki he ʻeikitaú: “ʻE lava ke ta kiʻi talanoa?” Naʻá ne pehē ange: “ʻOkú ke lava ʻo lea faka-Kalisi? 38 ʻIkai nai ko e ʻIsipite koe ʻa ia naʻá ke langaʻi ʻi ha taimi ʻi he kuohilí ha angatuʻu peá ke taki atu ʻa e kau tangata tāmate fakafufū ʻe toko 4,000 ki he toafá?” 39 Naʻe pehē ange leva ʻe Paula: “Ko hono moʻoní, ko aú ko ha Siu,+ ʻo Tāsusi+ ʻi Silisiá, ko ha tangataʻifonua ʻo ha kolo ʻiloa. Ko ia ʻoku ou kole atu kiate koe, fakaʻatā muʻa au ke u lea ki he kakaí.” 40 ʻI he hili ʻene fakangofua iá, naʻe tuʻu leva ʻa Paula ʻi he sitepú, ʻo ne fakaʻilonga atu ʻaki hono nimá ki he kakaí. ʻI he hoko ha fuʻu fakalongolongó, naʻá ne lea kiate kinautolu ʻi he lea faka-Hepeluú,+ ʻo pehē: