ʻI he ʻikai ha ngaahi meʻangāué​—naʻa mo ha kāpasa​—ko e kau kaivai ʻi he ʻuluaki senitulí naʻa nau ngāue ʻataʻatā ʻaki pē ʻenau sió. Ko ia ai, naʻe malu taha ʻa e folaú ʻi he lelei taha ʻa e sió​—lahi taha mei he konga ki mui ʻo Meé ki he kongaloto ʻo Sepitemá. Lolotonga ʻa e ongo māhina ʻe ua ki muʻa pea mo e hili ʻa e taimi ko iá, naʻe fai nai ai ʻa e folau ʻa e kau mēsianití. Ka ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e taimi momokó, naʻe faʻa ʻufiʻufi ai ʻe he kakapú mo e ʻaó ʻa e ngaahi kauʻāfonuá pea ko e laʻaá ʻi he ʻahó mo e ngaahi fetuʻú ʻi he poʻulí. Naʻe fai ʻa e vakai ki he folau tahí naʻe tāpuni ia (faka-Latina, ko e mare clausum) mei Nōvema 11 ki Maʻasi 10, tuku kehe ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo ha meʻa mātuʻaki fiemaʻu pe fakavavevave. Ko e kau folau ko ia ʻi he konga ki mui ʻo e faʻahitaʻú naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo pau ke nau nofo ʻi he faʻahitaʻu momokó ʻi ha taulanga muli.​—Ngāue 27:12; 28:11.

Naʻe lāuʻilo lelei ʻa Paula ki he ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e folau tahi ʻikai ʻi hono faʻahitaʻu totonú. Naʻe aʻu ʻo ne fakahinohino ke ʻoua ʻe fai ha folau ʻi he konga ki mui ʻo Sepitemá pe muʻaki konga ʻo ʻOkatopá, ʻi heʻene pehē: “Kau Matāpule, ʻoku ou vakai ʻoku hangēhangē ka fakatuʻutamaki ʻa e folau ni; pea lahi ʻa e maumau, ʻo ʻikai ʻo e uta mo e vaka pe, ka o ʻetau moʻui foki.” (Ngāue 27:​9, 10) Kae kehe, ko e ʻōfisa pule fakakautaú naʻá ne taʻetokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi leá ni, pea naʻe iku eni ki he vaka ngoto ʻi Mēlitá.