Ngāue 13
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Pea naʻe ʻi he siasi ʻi ʻAniteoke ʻae niʻihi ko e kau palōfita mo e akonaki; ko Pānepasa, mo Simione ʻoku ui ko Nika, mo Lusio mei Sailine, mo Maneno, ʻaia naʻa na nonofo mo Helota ko e tuʻi, pea mo Saula.
1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2Pea lolotonga ʻenau ngāue ki he ʻEiki, mo ʻaukai, naʻe pehē ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, “Vavahe mai maʻaku ʻa Pānepasa mo Saula ki he ngāue kuo u fili ʻakinaua ki ai.”
2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3Pea kuo nau ʻaukai mo lotu, pea nau hili honau nima kiate kinaua, ʻo tuku ke na ō.
3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4¶ Pea kuo fekau ʻakinaua ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, naʻa na ō ki Selusia; pea folau mei ai ki Saipalo.
4¶ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5Pea ʻi heʻena ʻi Salamisi, naʻa na malangaʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi falelotu ʻoe kakai Siu: pea naʻe ʻiate kinaua foki ʻa Sione ko hona tauhi.
5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
6Pea kuo ʻosi ʻae motu ʻi heʻenau ʻalu, pea nau aʻu ki Pafosi, ʻonau ʻilo ai ʻae fie mana ʻe tokotaha, ko e palōfita loi, ko e Siu, naʻe hingoa ko Pāsisu:
6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
7Naʻe nonofo ia mo e pule ʻoe fonua, ko Sesio-Paula, ko e tangata poto; pea naʻe ui mai ʻe ia kia Pānepasa mo Saula, ko ʻene fie fanongo ki he folofola ʻae ʻOtua.
7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8Ka naʻe fakatanga ʻakinaua ʻe he fie mana ko ʻElima, (he ko hono ʻuhinga ia ʻo hono hingoa,) ʻo ne ʻahiʻahi ke taʻofi ʻae pule ke ʻoua naʻa tui ia.
8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9Pea naʻe fonu ʻa Saula, (ʻa ia foki ko Paula,) ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, pea ne sio fakamamaʻu kiate ia,
9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
10Mo ne pehē, “ʻA koe, ʻoku ke fonu ʻi he kākā kotoa pē mo e pauʻu kotoa pē, ko e foha ʻoe tēvolo, ko e fili ʻoe māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē, ʻe ʻikai te ke tuku hoʻo fakakoviʻi ʻae ngaahi hala totonu ʻoe ʻEiki?
10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11Pea ko eni, vakai, kuo ʻiate koe ʻae nima ʻoe ʻEiki, pea te ke kui, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke mamata ki he laʻā ʻo fuoloa.” Pea tō leva kiate ia ʻae nenefu mo e fakapoʻuli; pea ne tautaufā ʻo kumi ha taha ke ne tataki ia ʻi hono nima.
11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12Pea kuo mamata ʻe he pule ki he meʻa kuo fai, pea tui ia, he kuo ofo ʻi he akonaki ʻae ʻEiki.
12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13Pea kuo ʻalu ʻa Paula mo hono kau fononga ʻi Pafosi, naʻa nau aʻu ki Peaka ʻi Pamifilia: pea liʻaki ʻakinaua ʻe Sione, kae foki ia ki Selūsalema.
13Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
14¶ Pea kuo na ō ʻi Peaka, pea na aʻu ki ʻAniteoke ʻi Pisitia, pea hū ki he falelotu ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate, ʻo nofo hifo.
14¶ But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
15Pea hili ʻae lau ʻoe fono mo e kau palōfita, naʻe fakahā ʻe he kau pule ʻoe falelotu kiate kinaua, ʻo pehē, “Ongo tangata ko e kāinga, kapau ʻoku ʻiate kimoua ha akonaki maʻae kakai, ke mo lea.”
15And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
16Pea tuʻu hake ʻa Paula, ʻo kamo ʻaki hono nima, mo ne pehē, “ʻAe kakai ʻIsileli, mo kimoutolu ʻoku manavahē ki he ʻOtua, tokanga mai.
16Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
17Ko e ʻOtua ʻoe kakai ʻIsileli ni, naʻa ne fili ʻetau ngaahi tamai, pea ne hakeakiʻi ʻae kakai ʻi he nofo ʻāunofo ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, pea ne ʻomi ʻakinautolu mei ai ʻaki ʻae nima kuo mafao.
17The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
18Pea naʻa ne kātaki ʻenau anga ʻi he toafa ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu nai.
18And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
19Pea ʻi he fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae puleʻanga ʻe fitu ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, naʻa ne tufaki honau fonua kiate kinautolu ʻi he talotalo.
19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
20Pea hili ia, naʻe foaki ʻae kau fakamaau ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau mo e nimangofulu nai, ʻo aʻu kia Samuela ko e palōfita.
20And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
21“Pea hili ia, naʻa nau holi ki ha tuʻi pea naʻe tuku ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kinautolu, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu, ʻa Saula ko e foha ʻo Kisi, ko e tangata ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo Penisimani.
21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
22Pea kuo ne liua ia, pea ne fokotuʻu ʻa Tevita ko honau tuʻi; ʻaia naʻa ne fakamoʻoni ai, ʻo pehē, ‘Kuo u ʻilo ʻa Tevita ko e foha ʻo Sese, ko e tangata tatau mo hoku loto, pea ʻe fai ʻe ia ʻa hoku loto kotoa pē.’
22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
23Pea kuo fokotuʻu ki ʻIsileli ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he hako ʻoe tangata ni ʻae Fakamoʻui ko Sisu, ʻo hangē ko e talaʻofa:
23Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
24Ka naʻe fuofua malangaʻaki ʻe Sione ʻae papitaiso ʻoe fakatomala, ki he kakai kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻi he teʻeki ai haʻu ia.
24When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25Pea ʻi he fakaʻosi ʻe Sione ʻene lakanga, naʻa ne pehē, ‘ʻOku mou pehē ko hai au? ʻOku ʻikai ko ia au. Kae vakai, ʻoku muimui mai ʻae tokotaha ʻiate au, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai taau mo au ke u vete ʻae topuvaʻe mei hono vaʻe.’
25And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he . But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
26“ʻAe kau tangata ko e kāinga, ko e fānau ʻae hako ʻo ʻEpalahame, mo ia fulipē ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku manavahē ki he ʻOtua, kuo fekau mai kiate kimoutolu ʻae tala ʻoe fakamoʻui ni.
26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27He ko kinautolu ʻoku nofo ʻi Selūsalema, mo honau kau pule, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau taʻeʻilo ia, mo e leʻo ʻoe kau palōfita ʻoku lau ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate kotoa pē, kuo nau fakamoʻoni ia ʻi he fakamaauʻi ke mate.
27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him .
28Pea neongo ʻae ʻikai pe te nau ʻilo ha meʻa ke mate ai ia, ka naʻa nau kole kia Pailato ʻa hono tāmateʻi.
28And though they found no cause of death in him , yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29Pea hili ʻenau fakamoʻoni ʻaia kotoa pē kuo tohi kiate ia, naʻa nau vete hifo ia mei he ʻakau, ʻo tuku ki he fonualoto.
29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
30Ka naʻe fokotuʻu ia ʻe he ʻOtua mei he mate:
30But God raised him from the dead:
31Pea naʻe mamata kiate ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho lahi ʻakinautolu naʻe omi mo ia mei Kāleli ki Selūsalema, ʻaia ko ʻene kau fakamoʻoni ki he kakai.
31And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
32Pea ʻoku ma fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻae ongoongolelei, koeʻuhi ʻi he talaʻofa naʻe tuku ki he ngaahi tamai,
32And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
33Ko ia kuo fakamoʻoni ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kitautolu ko ʻenau fānau, ʻi heʻene toe fokotuʻu ʻa Sisu; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi hono ua ʻoe Saame, ‘Ko hoku ʻAlo koe, kuo u fakatupu koe he ʻaho ni.
33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
34Pea koeʻuhi ko ʻene fokotuʻu ia mei he pekia, ke ʻoua naʻa toe foki ki he ʻauʻauha, naʻa ne lea pehē, ‘Te u tuku kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi meʻaʻofa moʻoni ʻa Tevita.’
34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
35Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai foki ʻe ia ʻi he Saame ʻe taha, ‘ʻE ʻikai te ke tuku ʻa hoʻo tokotaha māʻoniʻoni ke ʻilo ʻae ʻauʻauha.’
35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm , Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
36He kuo hili ʻae fai ʻe Tevita ʻi hono kuonga ki he finangalo ʻoe ʻOtua, ne mohe ia, pea tanu ia mo ʻene ngaahi tamai, pea ʻilo ʻe ia ʻae ʻauʻauha:
36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37Ka ko ia naʻe toe fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtua, naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ʻae ʻauʻauha.
37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38¶ Ko ia ke ʻilo ʻekimoutolu, ʻae kau tangata ko e kāinga, ʻoku malangaʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻi he tangata ni ʻae fakamolemole ʻoe angahala:
38¶ Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39Pea ko e meʻa ʻiate ia, ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku tui, ʻoku fakatonuhiaʻi mei he meʻa kotoa pē, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai faʻa fakatonuhia mei ai ʻe he fono ʻa Mōsese.
39And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40Ko ia vakai telia naʻa hoko kiate kimoutolu ʻaia ʻoku fakahā ʻi he kau palōfita;
40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41‘Vakai, ʻakimoutolu ʻae kau luma, pea ofo, mo malaʻia: he ʻoku ou fai ha ngāue ʻi homou ngaahi ʻaho, ha ngāue ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te mou tui ki ai, neongo hono fakahā ʻe ha tangata kiate kimoutolu.”
41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
42¶ Pea ʻi he ʻalu ʻae kakai Siu ʻi he falelotu, naʻe kole ʻae Senitaile ke malangaʻaki kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi lea ni ʻi he Sāpate ʻe haʻu.
42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43Pea kuo tutuku ʻae kakai, naʻe muimui ʻia Paula mo Pānepasa ʻae Siu mo e kakai ului faʻa lotu tokolahi: pea naʻa na lea kiate kinautolu, ʻo akonakiʻi ke nau tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ʻofa ʻae ʻOtua.
43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44Pea hoko ki he ʻaho Sāpate ʻe taha, naʻe meimei fakataha ʻae kolo kotoa pē, ke fanongo ki he folofola ʻae ʻOtua.
44¶ And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
45Ka ʻi he mamata ʻae kakai Siu ki he fuʻu tokolahi, naʻa nau feinga ʻaupito, mo nau lea kehe ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Paula, ʻo fakakikihi mo lea kovi lahi.
45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46Pea naʻe toki mālohi ai ʻae loto ʻo Paula mo Pānepasa, ʻo na pehē, “Naʻe totonu ke tomuʻa leaʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu: ka ʻi hoʻomou tekeʻi atu ia ʻiate kimoutolu, pea fakahā ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻaonga ki he moʻui taʻengata, vakai, te ma ō ki he kakai Senitaile.
46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
47He kuo pehē ʻae fekau ʻae ʻEiki kiate kimautolu, Kuo u fokotuʻu koe koe maama ki he ngaahi Senitaile, pea koeʻuhi ko e moʻuiʻanga ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani.”
47For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying , I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
48Pea ʻi he fanongo eni ʻe he kakai Senitaile, naʻa nau fiefia, mo fakamālōʻia ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua: pea naʻe tui ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe loto ki he moʻui taʻengata.
48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
49Pea naʻe malangaʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻEiki ʻi he fonua kotoa pē ko ia.
49And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
50Ka naʻe fakatupu ʻe he kakai Siu ʻae loto ʻoe kau fefineʻeiki kuo lotu, mo e kau matāpule tangata ʻoe kolo, ʻonau fakalanga ʻae fakatanga kia Paula mo Pānepasa, pea naʻe kapusi ʻakinaua ʻi honau fonua.
50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
51Ka naʻa na tūtuuʻi ʻae efu mei hona vaʻe kiate kinautolu, pea na ō ki ʻIkoniume.
51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
52Pea naʻe fakapito ʻaki ʻae kau ākonga ʻae fiefia, mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.
52And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
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