Ki he Kau Kalētia

2 Pea ʻi he hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe 14 naʻá ku toe ʻalu hake ki Selusalema mo Panepasa,+ peá u ʻave foki ai mo Taitusi.+ 2 Naʻá ku ʻalu haké koeʻuhí ko ha meʻa fakahā, pea naʻá ku ʻoatu kiate kinautolu ʻa e ongoongo lelei ko ia ʻoku ou malangaʻi ʻi he ngaahi puleʻangá. Kae kehe, naʻá ku fakataha pē ai mo e fanga tokoua naʻe tokaʻi lahí, ke fakapapauʻi ai naʻe ʻikai ko e muna pē ʻa e lele naʻá ku faí pe ko ia kuó u faí. 3 Ka neongo ia, naʻa mo Taitusi,+ ʻa ia naʻe ʻiate aú, naʻe ʻikai kounaʻi ia ke ne kamu,+ neongo ko ha Kalisi ia. 4 Ka naʻe malanga hake ʻa e meʻa ko iá koeʻuhi ko e fanga tokoua loi naʻe ʻomi fakaoloolo,+ ʻa ia naʻa nau moulu mai ke fai hano matakiʻi ʻa e tauʻatāina+ ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi he fāʻūtaha mo Kalaisi Sīsuú, koeʻuhi ke nau mātuʻaki taki pōpula ai kitautolu;+ 5 naʻe ʻikai te mau ʻulutukua ʻo fakamoʻulaloa kiate kinautolu,+ ʻikai, halaʻatā naʻa mo ha foʻi mōmeniti,* koeʻuhí ke ʻiate kimoutolu ai pē ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e ongoongo leleí.

6 Ka ʻi he fekauʻaki mo e faʻahinga naʻe hā ngali ʻoku nau mahuʻingá+—tatau ai pē pe ko e faʻahinga fēfē kinautolu, ʻoku ʻikai haʻanau kehe kiate au, he talaʻehai ʻoku fai ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he fōtunga hā mai ʻo ha tangata—ko e kau tangata naʻe tokaʻi lahi ko iá naʻe ʻikai te nau tuku mai ha meʻa foʻou kiate au. 7 ʻI hono kehé, ʻi heʻenau vakai ko ia kuo tuku mai kiate au ʻa hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongo leleí ki he faʻahinga ʻoku taʻekamú,+ ʻo hangē tofu pē ko hono tuku ia kia Pita ke ne malangaʻi ki he faʻahinga ʻoku kamú— 8 he ko e ʻOtuá naʻá ne fakaivia ʻa Pita ke hoko ko e ʻapositolo ki he faʻahinga ʻoku kamú naʻá ne toe fakaivia foki mo au maʻá e faʻahinga ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá+— 9 pea naʻa nau ʻiloʻi naʻe fakahaaʻi mai kiate au ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā,+ ko ia naʻe hanga ai ʻe Sēmisi+ mo Kīfasi* pea mo Sione, ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe hangē ko ha ngaahi pou ʻo e fakatahaʻangá, ʻo tuku mai kiate au mo Panepasa+ ʻa e nima toʻomataʻu ʻo e ngāue fakatahá,* mo nau pehē: “ʻOku lelei ke mo malanga ki he ngaahi puleʻangá, ka te mau malanga kimautolu ki he faʻahinga ʻoku kamú.” 10 Ko e meʻa pē naʻa nau kole maí ke ma manatuʻi ʻa e kau masivá, pea ko e meʻa foki ia kuó u feinga tōtōivi ke faí.+

11 Kae kehe, ʻi he haʻu ʻa Kīfasi*+ ki ʻAniteoké,+ naʻá ku talitekeʻi ia* mata ki he mata, koeʻuhi he naʻe hā mahino ʻene halá.* 12 He ki muʻa ke aʻu mai ha kau tangata meia Sēmisí,+ naʻá ne faʻa kai fakataha mo e kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá;+ ka ʻi heʻenau aʻu maí, naʻá ne tuku ʻa hono fai ʻo e meʻá ni peá ne fakamavaheʻi ia, ʻi heʻene manavahē ki he faʻahinga ko ia ʻo e haʻa kamú.+ 13 Naʻe toe kau fakataha foki mo ia ʻa e toenga ʻo e kau Siú ʻi he fakangalingali* ko ení, ko ia naʻa mo Panepasa naʻe tākiekina fakataha atu mo kinautolu ʻi heʻenau fakangalingalí.* 14 Ka ʻi heʻeku sio naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻaʻeva ʻo laka fakataha mo e moʻoni ʻo e ongoongo leleí,+ naʻá ku pehē kia Kīfasi* ʻi he ʻao ʻo kinautolú kotoa: “Kapau ʻokú ke moʻui, neongo ko ha Siu koe, ʻo hangē ko e moʻui ʻa e ngaahi puleʻangá kae ʻikai hangē ko e kau Siú, ʻe lava fēfē ke ke ʻai ʻa e kakai ʻo e ngaahi puleʻangá ke nau moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he tōʻonga faka-Siú?”+

15 Ko kitautolu ʻa ia ko e kau Siu mei hono fanauʻi maí, ʻo ʻikai ko e kau angahala mei he ngaahi puleʻangá, 16 ʻoku tau ʻiloʻi ʻoku lau ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ha tangata, ʻo ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻo e laó, kae fakafou pē ʻi he tui+ kia Sīsū Kalaisí.+ Ko ia kuo tau tui kia Kalaisi Sīsū, ko ia ʻe lau ai kitautolu ʻoku tau māʻoniʻoni ʻi he tui kia Kalaisí ʻo ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻo e laó, he ʻoku ʻikai ha taha* ʻe lau ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ngaahi ngāue ʻo e laó.+ 17 Ko ia kapau kuo ʻilo foki kitautolu ko e kau angahala lolotonga ia ʻetau feinga ke lau ʻoku tau māʻoniʻoni fakafou ʻia Kalaisí, ko Kalaisí leva ko ha tokotaha poupouʻi ia ʻo e angahalá? ʻIkai ʻaupito! 18 Kapau ko e ngaahi meʻa tofu pē ko ia naʻá ku holoki hifo ki muʻá ʻoku ou toe langa hake ia, ʻoku ou fakahāhā ai ko ha tokotaha maumau-lao au. 19 He fakafou ʻi he laó naʻá ku mate ai ki he laó,+ koeʻuhí ke u hoko ai ʻo moʻui ki he ʻOtuá. 20 Kuo tutuki au ki he ʻakaú fakataha mo Kalaisi.+ ʻOku ʻikai te u kei moʻui maʻaku,+ ka ʻoku ou moʻui ʻo fāʻūtaha mo Kalaisi. Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻui ko ia ʻoku ou moʻui ai he taimí ni ʻi he kakanó, ʻoku ou moʻui ʻo fakatatau ki he tui ki he ʻAlo ʻo e ʻOtuá,+ ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻofeina au peá ne tuku atu ia koeʻuhi ko aú.+ 21 ʻOku ʻikai te u talitekeʻi* ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā ʻa e ʻOtuá;+ he kapau ʻoku fakafou ʻi he laó ʻa e māʻoniʻoní, tā ko e koto kulanoa pē ʻa e pekia ʻa Kalaisí.+