Ngāue ʻa e Kau ʻApositolo
26 Naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAkilipa+ kia Paula: “ʻOku ngofua ke ke fai ha lea maʻau.” Ko ia naʻe mafao atu ʻe Paula hono nimá pea kamata ke ne lea ʻo fai ʻene taukapó:
2 “ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa ʻa ia ʻoku tukuakiʻi ai au ʻe he kau Siú,+ ʻe Tuʻi ʻAkilipa, ʻoku ou lau ko ha meʻa fakafiefia ia kiate au ʻa ʻeku ʻi ho ʻaó ʻi he ʻahó ni ke fai atu ʻeku taukapó, 3 tautefito koeʻuhí ʻokú ke taukei ʻi he ngaahi tōʻonga kotoa pē pea pehē ki he ngaahi fekīhiaki ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e kau Siú. Ko ia ai, ʻoku ou kole atu ke ke fanongo anga-kātaki mai muʻa kiate au.
4 “Ko e moʻoni, ko e founga moʻui ko ia naʻá ku moʻuiʻaki ʻo talu mei heʻeku kei talavoú ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hoku kakaí* pea ʻi Selusalemá ʻoku ʻiloʻi lelei ia ʻe he kotoa ʻo e kau Siu+ 5 ʻa ia naʻa nau maheni mo au ki muʻá, ʻo ka nau ka loto-lelei ke fakamoʻoni ki ai, naʻá ku moʻui ko ha Fālesi+ ʻi he lotu mavahe ʻa ia ʻoku tauhi tuʻutuʻuni lahi tahá.+ 6 Ka ʻi he taimí ni, koeʻuhi ko e ʻamanaki ki he talaʻofa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtuá ki heʻetau fanga kuí,+ ʻoku ou tuʻú ni ai ke fai hoku hopoʻí; 7 ko e talaʻofa tatau pē eni ʻoku ʻamanaki ʻa hotau matakali ʻe 12 ke nau sio ʻi hono fakahokó ʻi heʻenau fai tōtōivi kiate ia ʻa e ngāue toputapu ʻi he pō mo e ʻaho. ʻI he fekauʻaki mo e ʻamanakí ni ʻoku talatalaakiʻi ai au ʻe he kau Siú,+ ʻe hoʻo ʻAfio.
8 “Ko e hā ʻoku mou lau* ai ʻi homou lotolotongá ʻo pehē ʻoku ʻikai ala fai ha tui ki hono fokotuʻu hake ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e maté? 9 Naʻa mo au tonu, naʻá ku tuipau ʻoku totonu ke u fai ha ngaahi ngāue lahi ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e huafa ʻo Sīsū ko e Nāsaletí. 10 Ko e meʻa tofu pē ia naʻá ku fai ʻi Selusalemá, pea naʻá ku lokaʻi ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e kakai tapú ʻi he ngaahi pilīsoné,+ he naʻá ku maʻu ha mafai mei he houʻeiki taulaʻeikí;+ pea ʻi he teu honau tāmateʻí, naʻá ku poupou ki ai. 11 ʻI hono faʻa tautea kinautolu ʻi he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi sinakoké, naʻá ku feinga ke fakamālohiʻi kinautolu ke nau liʻaki ʻenau tuí; pea koeʻuhi ko ʻeku mātuʻaki ʻita teketekelili ʻiate kinautolú, naʻá ku ʻalu ʻo fakatangaʻi kinautolu ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi kolo mamaʻó.
12 “Lolotonga hono fai ení ʻi heʻeku fononga ki Tāmasikusi fakataha mo e mafai pea mo ha fekau mei he houʻeiki taulaʻeikí, 13 naʻá ku mamata ʻi he hoʻatā mālié ʻi he halá, ʻe hoʻo ʻAfio, ki ha maama ʻoku ngingila ange ia ʻi he laʻaá ʻoku tapa mai mei he langí ʻo huhulu takatakai ʻiate au pea mo e faʻahinga naʻe fononga fakataha mo aú.+ 14 Pea ʻi heʻemau tō kotoa ki he kelekelé, naʻá ku fanongo ki ha leʻo ʻoku pehē mai kiate au ʻi he lea faka-Hepeluú: ‘ʻE Saula, ʻe Saula, ko e hā ʻokú ke fakatangaʻi ai aú? Ko e hanganaki ʻaka ki he meʻa māsilá* ʻokú ke faingataʻaʻia aí.’ 15 Ka naʻá ku pehē: ‘Ko hai koe, Tangataʻeiki?’ Pea naʻe pehē mai ʻe he ʻEikí: ‘Ko Sīsū au, ʻa ia ʻokú ke fakatangaʻí. 16 Ka ke mālanga hake ʻo tuʻu. Ko e ʻuhinga eni kuó u hā atu ai kiate koé, ke fili koe ko ha sevāniti pea mo ha fakamoʻoni ki he ngaahi meʻa kuó ke mamata aí pea mo e ngaahi meʻa foki te u ʻai koe ke ke mamata ki ai ʻi he fekauʻaki mo aú.+ 17 Pea te u fakahaofi koe mei he kakaí ni pea mei he ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻa ia ʻoku ou fekau atu koe ki aí+ 18 ke fakaʻā honau matá,+ ke fakatafoki kinautolu mei he fakapoʻulí+ ki he māmá+ pea mei he mafai ʻo Sētané+ ki he ʻOtuá, koeʻuhi ke nau maʻu ʻa e fakamolemole ʻo e angahalá+ pea mo ha tofiʻa ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo kinautolu kuo fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻi heʻenau tui kiate aú.’
19 “Ko ia ai, ʻe Tuʻi ʻAkilipa, naʻe ʻikai te u talangataʻa au ki he vīsone ko ia naʻe hā mei he langí, 20 ka naʻá ku muʻa ki he faʻahinga ʻi Tāmasikusí+ pea hili iá ki he faʻahinga ʻi Selusalemá,+ pea ki he kotoa ʻo e fonua ʻo Siuteá, pea pehē ki he ngaahi puleʻangá, ʻo ʻoatu ʻa e pōpoaki ko ia ʻoku totonu ke nau fakatomala pea tafoki ki he ʻOtuá ʻaki hono fai ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻoku tuha mo e fakatomalá.+ 21 Ko e ʻuhinga eni naʻe puke ai au ʻe he kau Siú ʻi he temipalé pea nau feinga ke tāmateʻi aú.+ 22 Kae kehe, koeʻuhi kuó u hokosia ʻa e tokoni ʻoku mei he ʻOtuá, ʻoku ou hokohoko atu ai ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻahó ni ʻa e faifakamoʻoni fakatouʻosi ki he iiki mo e lalahi, ʻo ʻikai te u leaʻaki ha toe meʻa tuku kehe pē ʻa e meʻa naʻe tala ʻe he Kau Palōfitá pea pehē kia Mōsese ʻe hokó+— 23 ʻa ia ko e Kalaisí te ne faingataʻaʻia,+ pea ʻi hono tuʻunga ko e ʻuluaki ia ke fokotuʻu hake mei he maté,+ te ne fanongonongo ha maama fakatouʻosi ki he kakaí ni pea ki he ngaahi puleʻangá.”+
24 Pea ʻi he leaʻaki ʻe Paula ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ʻi heʻene taukapó, naʻe lea leʻo-lahi atu ʻa Fesito: “ʻOku ʻalu ke ke fakasesele, Paula! Kuo ʻai koe ʻe he ako lahí ke ke fakasesele!” 25 Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “ʻOku ʻikai ke u fakasesele, ʻe ʻEiki Fesito, ka ʻoku ou leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻo e moʻoní pea ʻi he ʻatamai lelei. 26 Ko hono moʻoní, ko e tuʻí ʻa ia ʻoku ou lea mātuʻaki tauʻatāina ki aí ʻokú ne ʻafioʻi lelei ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni; ʻoku ou tuipau ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ʻo e ngaahi meʻá ni te ne taʻeʻafioʻi, he naʻe ʻikai ke fai fakapulipuli ha taha ʻo e meʻá ni.+ 27 ʻE Tuʻi ʻAkilipa, ʻokú ke tui ki he Kau Palōfitá? ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻokú ke tui ki ai.” 28 Ka naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAkilipa kia Paula: “ʻI ha kiʻi taimi nounou pē kuó ke mei fakatuipauʻi ai au ke u hoko ko ha Kalisitiane.” 29 ʻI he meʻá ni naʻe pehē ʻe Paula: “ʻOku ou fakaʻamu ange ki he ʻOtuá pe ʻe hoko ʻi ha taimi nounou pe ʻi ha taimi lōloa, ʻo ʻikai ngata pē ʻiate koe kae pehē foki ki he kotoa ʻo kinautolu ʻoku fanongo kiate au ʻi he ʻaho ní ke mou hoko muʻa ko e kau tangata ʻo hangē pē ko aú, tuku kehe pē ʻa e ngaahi sēini fakapōpula ko ení.”
30 Naʻe mālanga hake leva ʻa e tuʻí pea pehē ki he kōvaná mo Pelenaise pea mo e kau tangata naʻe nofo fakataha mo kinautolú. 31 Ka ʻi heʻenau mavahé, naʻe kamata ke nau fepehēʻaki: “ʻOku ʻikai fai ʻe he tangatá ni ha meʻa ke ne tuha ai mo e maté pe ko e tuku pilīsoné.”+ 32 Naʻe pehē ange leva ʻe ʻAkilipa kia Fesito: “Naʻe mei lava pē ke tuku ange ʻa e tangatá ni ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻene tangi kia Sisá.”+