Acts 6
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1And in those days, the number of the disciples increasing, there arose a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, for that their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
1Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, ʻi he tupu ʻo tokolahi ʻae kau ākonga, naʻe tupu ʻi he kau ʻElinisitō ʻae lāunga ki he kau Hepelū, koeʻuhi naʻe taʻetokangaʻi ʻenau kau fefine kuo mate honau husepāniti, ʻi he tufa naʻe fai ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
2Then the twelve calling together the multitude of the disciples, said: It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
2Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he toko hongofulu ma toko ua ke fakataha mai ʻae kau ākonga, ʻonau pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai taau ke mau liʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua, kae tokonaki ki he ngaahi keinangaʻanga.
3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
3Pea ko eni, ʻe kāinga, mou fili meiate kimoutolu ʻae kau tangata ongoongoleleiʻia ʻe toko fitu, ʻoku pito ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni mo e poto, ke mau fakanofo ʻakinautolu ki he ngāue ni.
4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
4Ka te mau tuku ʻakimautolu maʻuaipē ki he lotu, pea mo e malangaʻaki ʻae folofola.”
5And the saying was liked by all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.
5¶ Pea naʻe lelei ʻae lea ko ia ki he kakai kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau fili ʻa Setiveni, ko e tangata naʻe pito ʻi he tui mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, mo Filipe, mo Pikolo, mo Nikanoolo, mo Taimoni mo Pamina, mo Nikola ko e ului ki he lotu fakaSiu mei ʻAniteoke:
6These they set before the apostles; and they praying, imposed hands upon them.
6ʻAia naʻa nau omi ki he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻaposetolo: pea hili ʻenau lotu, naʻe ʻai honau nima kiate kinautolu.
7And the word of the Lord increased; and the number of the disciples was multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly: a great multitude also of the priests obeyed the faith.
7Pea naʻe mafola ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua; pea naʻe fakatokolahi ʻaupito ʻae kau ākonga ʻi Selūsalema; pea talangofua ki he tui ʻae fuʻu tokolahi ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki.
8And Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, did great wonders and signs among the people.
8Pea kuo pito ʻa Setiveni ʻi he tui mo e mālohi, naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻae meʻa fakaofo mo e ngaahi mana lahi, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.
9Now there arose some of that which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them that were of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.
9Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae niʻihi ʻi he falelotu, ʻaia ʻoku ui ko e falelotu ʻoe Lipataine, mo e kau Sailine, mo e kau ʻAlekisānitia, mo kinautolu mei Silisia, mo ʻEsia, pea naʻa nau fakakikihi mo Setiveni.
10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit that spoke.
10Pea naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa tali ʻae poto mo e loto naʻa ne leaʻaki.
11Then they suborned men to say, they had heard him speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.
11Pea naʻa nau toki fakalotoʻi ʻae kau tangata, ke nau pehē, “Kuo mau fanongo ki heʻene leaʻaki ʻae lea kovi kia Mōsese, pea mo e ʻOtua.”
12And they stirred up the people, and the ancients, and the scribes; and running together, they took him, and brought him to the council.
12Pea naʻa nau ueʻi ʻae kakai, mo e mātuʻa, mo e kau tangata tohi, ke nau feʻohofi ʻo puke ia, ʻo ʻomi ki he kau fakamaau,
13And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law.
13Pea naʻa nau ʻomi ʻae kau fakamoʻoni loi, ke nau pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai tuku ʻe he tangata ni ʻene lea kovi ki he potu māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e fono:
14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the traditions which Moses delivered unto us.
14He kuo mau fanongo ki heʻene pehē, Ko e Sisu ni ʻo Nāsaleti, ʻe fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae potu ni, pea fakakehe ʻae ngaahi ngāue naʻe foaki ʻe Mōsese kiate kitautolu.”
15And all that sat in the council, looking on him, saw his face as if it had been the face of an angel.
15Pea ko kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe nofo ʻi he fakamaau, naʻa nau sio fakamamaʻu kiate ia, ʻonau vakai ki hono mata kuo hangē ko e mata ʻo ha ʻāngelo.
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