Ngāue ʻa e Kau ʻApositolo
1 ʻE Tiofilusi, ko e ʻuluaki fakamatalá naʻá ku hiki ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa naʻe kamata ke fai ʻe Sīsū mo faiakoʻakí+ 2 ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho naʻe ʻohake ai iá,+ ʻi he hili ʻene ʻoange ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino fakafou ʻi he laumālie māʻoniʻoní ki he kau ʻapositolo naʻá ne filí.+ 3 ʻI he hili ʻene faingataʻaʻiá, naʻá ne hā tuʻo lahi kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhí ke nau ʻiloʻi fakapapau naʻá ne moʻui.+ Naʻa nau sio kiate ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe 40, pea naʻá ne lea ʻo fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.+ 4 Lolotonga ʻene fakataha mo kinautolú, naʻá ne tuʻutuʻuni kiate kinautolu: “ʻOua te mou mavahe mei Selusalema,+ kae hanganaki tatali ki he meʻa kuo talaʻofaʻaki ʻe he Tamaí,+ ʻa ia naʻa mou fanongo ai meiate aú; 5 he ko hono moʻoní, naʻe faipapitaiso ʻa Sione ʻaki ʻa e vaí, ka ʻe papitaiso kimoutolu ʻaki ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní+ ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi mei heni.”
6 Ko ia ʻi he hili ʻenau fakatahataha maí, naʻa nau ʻeke kiate ia: “ʻEiki, te ke toe fakafoki mai ʻa e Puleʻangá ki ʻIsileli he taimí ni?”+ 7 Naʻá ne pehē ange kiate kinautolu: “ʻOku ʻikai ʻa kimoutolu ia ke ʻilo ki he ngaahi taimi pe ngaahi kuonga ʻa ia kuo taʻofi ʻe he Tamaí ki hono mafai pē ʻoʻoná.+ 8 Ka te mou maʻu ʻa e mālohi ʻi he ʻalu hifo kiate kimoutolu ʻa e laumālie māʻoniʻoní,+ pea te mou hoko ko e kau fakamoʻoni+ kiate au ʻi Selusalema,+ ʻi he kotoa ʻo Siuteá mo Samēlia,+ pea ki he feituʻu taupotu taha* ʻo e māmaní.”+ 9 ʻI he hili ʻene leaʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, lolotonga ʻenau kei sió, naʻe ʻohake ia pea fakapuliki ia ʻe ha konga ʻao mei heʻenau mamata ki aí.+ 10 Pea ʻi heʻenau kei sio fakamamaʻu ki he langí he lolotonga ʻene fononga haké, fakafokifā naʻe tuʻu mai ha ongo tangata kofu hinehina+ ʻi honau tafaʻakí 11 peá na pehē: “ʻA e kau tangata ʻo Kāleli, ko e hā ʻoku mou tuʻu ai ʻo sio ki he langí? Ko e Sīsū ko eni ʻa ia kuo ʻohake meiate kimoutolu ki he langí te ne toe haʻu ʻi he anga tatau mo ia kuo mou sio ai kiate ia ʻi heʻene ʻalu hake ki he langí.”
12 Naʻa nau foki leva ki Selusalema+ mei ha moʻunga naʻe ui ko e Moʻunga ʻŌlivé, ʻa ia ʻoku ofi ki Selusalema, ko hono mamaʻó ko ha fononga ʻi ha ʻaho Sāpate.* 13 ʻI heʻenau aʻu ki aí, naʻa nau ʻalu hake ki he loki ʻi ʻolunga naʻa nau nofo aí. ʻA ia ko Pita pea pehē kia Sione mo Sēmisi mo ʻAnitelū, Filipe mo Tōmasi, Pātolomiu mo Mātiu, Sēmisi ko e foha ʻo ʻAlefiusí, mo Saimone ko e tokotaha faivelengá, pea mo Siutasi ko e foha ʻo Sēmisí.+ 14 ʻI he taumuʻa pē taha, naʻe kīvoi ʻa e faʻahingá ni kotoa ʻi he lotu, fakataha mo ha kau fefine ʻe niʻihi+ mo Mele ko e faʻē ʻa Sīsuú pea mo e fanga tokoua ʻo Sīsuú.+
15 ʻI he lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho ko iá naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Pita ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e fanga tokouá (ko e tokolahi ʻo e kakaí* naʻe toko 120 fakakātoa nai) ʻo ne pehē: 16 “Kau tangata, fanga tokoua, naʻe pau ke fakahoko ʻa e potu folofola naʻe lea fakaekikite ʻaki ʻe he laumālie māʻoniʻoní fakafou ʻia Tēvita ʻo fekauʻaki mo Siutasí,+ ʻa ē naʻá ne taki ange ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau puke ʻa Sīsuú.+ 17 He naʻe lau ia ko e taha ʻo kitautolu+ pea naʻe ʻi ai hono tufakanga ʻi heʻetau ngāue ko ení. 18 (Ko ia ai, ko e tangatá ni tonu, naʻá ne fakatau mai ha konga ʻapi ʻaki ʻa e totongi ʻo ʻene faitaʻemāʻoniʻoní,+ pea ʻi heʻene tō tūʻulú, naʻe pahū hono sinó ʻo mafaʻa pea malingi mai ki tuʻa hono toʻotoʻongá kotoa.+ 19 Naʻe hoko eni ʻo ʻilolahia ʻe he kotoa ʻo e kau nofo ʻi Selusalemá, ko ia naʻe ui ai ʻa e konga ʻapí ʻi heʻenau leá ko ʻĀkeletama, ʻa ia ko e, “ʻApi ʻo e Toto.”) 20 He kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻo e Ngaahi Sāmé, ‘Tuku ke hoko hono nofoʻangá ʻo maomaonganoa, pea tuku ke ʻoua ʻe nofo ai ha taha’+ pea, ‘Ko hono lakanga fakaetauhí, tuku ke maʻu ia ʻe ha taha kehe.’+ 21 Kuo pau leva ke tau fili ha tangata, kuo pau ko e tokotaha ia mei he faʻahinga naʻe feohi mo kitautolu ʻi hono fakahoko ʻe Sīsū ʻa ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi hotau lotolotongá, 22 ʻo kamata mei he taimi naʻe papitaiso ai ʻe Sione+ ʻa Sīsuú ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho naʻe ʻalu hake ai ʻa Sīsū ki hēvaní.+ Kuo pau foki ko e tokotaha ia naʻe sio tonu ʻi he toetuʻu mai ʻa Sīsuú ʻo hangē pē ko kitautolú.”+
23 Ko ia naʻa nau fokotuʻu atu ha toko ua, ko Siosifa naʻe ui ko Pāsapá, ʻa ia naʻe toe ui ko Siusitasá, pea mo Mataiasi. 24 Naʻa nau lotu leva ʻo pehē: “ʻA e ʻAfiona, ʻe Sihova,* ʻokú ke ʻafioʻi ʻa e ngaahi loto kotoa pē,+ fakahaaʻi mai pe ko fē ʻa e taha ʻi he ongo tangatá ni kuó ke fili 25 ke ne maʻu ʻa e ngāué ni mo e tuʻunga fakaʻapositoló, ʻa ia naʻe liʻaki ʻe Siutasí.”+ 26 Ko ia naʻa nau fai ha lulu kiate kinaua,+ pea naʻe tō ʻa e lulú kia Mataiasi, pea naʻe lau fakataha ia mo e kau ʻapositolo ʻe toko 11.