Ngāue 18
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Pea hili ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Paula ʻi ʻAtenisi, pea aʻu atu ki Kolinitō;
1After these things, departing from Athens, he came to Corinth.
2Pea naʻa ne ʻilo ʻi ai ha Siu naʻe hingoa ko ʻAkuila, naʻe fanauʻi ʻi Ponito, kuo toki haʻu mei ʻItali, mo hono uaifi ko Pisila; (he naʻe fekau ʻe Kalotiusi ke ʻalu ʻi Loma ʻae kakai Siu kotoa pē:) pea ne ʻalu ia kiate kinaua.
2And finding a certain Jew, named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with Priscilla his wife, (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome,) he came to them.
3Pea koeʻuhi naʻa nau faiva taha, ko ia naʻa ne nofo mo kinaua, ʻo ngāue: he ko ʻenau faiva ko e ngaohi fale fehikitaki.
3And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought; (now they were tentmakers by trade.)
4Pea naʻe ako ia ʻi he falelotu, ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate kotoa pē, pea ne fakatafoki ʻae Siu mo e Kiliki.
4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, bringing in the name of the Lord Jesus; and he persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5Pea kuo haʻu ʻa Sailosi mo Timote mei Masitōnia, pea māfasia ʻa Paula ʻi hono loto, pea fakapapau atu ʻe ia ki he kakai Siu ko e Kalaisi ʻa Sisu.
5And when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia, Paul was earnest in preaching, testifying to the Jews, that Jesus is the Christ.
6Pea ʻi heʻenau fakatanga, mo lea kovi, naʻa ne tupeʻi hono kofu, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ke ʻi homou ʻulu pē ʻa homou toto; ʻoku ou maʻa au: ngata mei heni, te u ʻalu ki he Senitaile.”
6But they gainsaying and blaspheming, he shook his garments, and said to them: Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7¶ Pea ne ne ʻalu mei ai, ʻo hū ki he fale ʻo ha tangata, naʻe hingoa ko Susitasa, naʻe lotu ia ki he ʻOtua, pea naʻe vāofi hono fale mo e falelotu.
7And departing thence, he entered into the house of a certain man, named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house was adjoining to the synagogue.
8Pea naʻe tui ki he ʻEiki ʻa Kalisipo, ko e pule lahi ʻoe falelotu, mo hono fale kotoa pē; pea naʻe fanongo mo tui ʻae kakai Kolinitō tokolahi, pea naʻe papitaiso ʻakinautolu.
8And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptized.
9Pea folofola ai ʻae ʻEiki kia Paula ʻi he poʻuli, ʻi he meʻa naʻe hā mai, “ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē, ka ke lea, pea ʻoua naʻa ke fakalongo pē;
9And the Lord said to Paul in the nights, by a vision: Do not fear, but speak; and hold not thy peace,
10He ʻoku ou ʻiate koe, pea ʻe ʻikai ha tangata te ne faʻa fai ha kovi kiate koe; he ʻoku ou maʻu ʻae kakai tokolahi ʻi he kolo ni.”
10Because I am with thee: and no man shall set upon thee, to hurt thee; for I have much people in this city.
11Pea naʻa ne nofo ai ʻi he taʻu ʻe taha pea mo e māhina ʻe ono, ʻo ne ako ʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua kiate kinautolu.
11And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.
12¶ Ka ʻi he pule ʻa Kalio ʻi ʻAkeia, naʻe fakataha ʻae kakai Siu, ʻonau feʻohofi kia Paula, pea taki ia ki he potu fakamaau,
12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
13Mo nau pehē, “ʻOku ako ʻe he siana ni ke lotu ʻae kakai ki he ʻOtua, kae ʻikai hangē ko e fono.”
13Saying: This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
14Pea kuo fai ʻe Paula ke ne lea, pea pehē ʻe Kalio ki he kakai Siu, “ʻAe kakai Siu, ka ne ko ha meʻa taʻetotonu pe pauʻu kuo fai, pehē ʻe taau mo au ke u tokanga kiate kimoutolu:
14And when Paul was beginning to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: If it were some matter of injustice, or an heinous deed, O Jews, I should with reason bear with you.
15Pea kapau ko e fakakikihi ʻi he lea mo e hingoa, mo hoʻomou fono pē, mou tokanga ʻakimoutolu ki ai; ʻe ʻikai te u fakamaau ʻeau ʻae meʻa pehē.”
15But if they be questions of word and names, and of your law, look you to it: I will not be judge of such things.
16Pea naʻa ne kapusi ʻakinautolu mei he potu fakamaau.
16And he drove them from the judgment seat.
17Pea naʻe toki puke ʻe he Kiliki kotoa pē ʻa Sositine, ko e pule lahi ʻoe falelotu, mo nau tautea ia ʻi he potu fakamaau. Pea naʻe ʻikai tokanga ʻa Kalio ki he ngaahi meʻa ni.
17And all laying hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, beat him before the judgment seat; and Gallio cared for none of those things.
18¶ Pea naʻe kei nofo ai ʻa Paula ʻo fuoloa, pea toki māvae ia mo e kāinga, ʻo ne folau mei ai ki Silia, pea naʻe ō mo ia ʻa Pisila mo ʻAkuila; kuo tomuʻa fafai hono ʻulu ʻi Senikelea: ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fuakava.
18But Paul, when he had stayed yet many days, taking his leave of the brethren, sailed thence into Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shorn his head in Cenchrae: for he had a vow.
19Pea naʻa ne aʻu atu ki ʻEfesō, pea ne tuku ai ʻakinaua: pea ʻalu ia ki he falelotu, ʻo malanga ki he kakai Siu.
19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there. But he himself entering into the synagogue, disputed with the Jews.
20Pea ʻi heʻenau kole ke nau nonofo ʻo fuoloa siʻi, naʻe ʻikai loto ia ki ai;
20And when they desired him, that he would tarry a longer time, he consented not;
21Ka naʻe lea māvae ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku mātuʻaki totonu ʻeku ʻalu ki he kātoanga ʻoku ʻamanaki ni ʻi Selūsalema: ka te u toe haʻu kiate kimoutolu, ʻo kapau ʻe lelei ki he ʻOtua.” Pea naʻe folau ia mei ʻEfesō.
21But taking his leave, and saying: I will return to you again, God willing, he departed from Ephesus.
22Pea kuo tūʻuta ia ki Sesalia, pea ʻalu hake ia, ʻonau feʻofoʻofani mo e siasi, pea ʻalu hifo ia ki ʻAniteoke.
22And going down to Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem, and saluted the church, and so came down to Antioch.
23Pea kuo fuoloa ange ʻene nofo ai, pea ʻalu ia, ʻo fononga ʻi he potu kotoa pē ʻo Kalētia mo Filisia, ʻo tokoni ʻae kau ākonga kotoa pē.
23And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, confirming all the disciples.
24¶ Pea naʻe haʻu ki ʻEfesō ʻae Siu ʻe tokotaha naʻe hingoa ko ʻApolosi, naʻe fanauʻi ia ʻi ʻAlekisānitia, ko e tangata lea mālie ia, pea poto lahi ʻi he ngaahi tohi.
24Now a certain Jew, named Apollo, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, one mighty in the scriptures.
25Pea kuo akonekina ʻae tangata ni ʻi he hala ʻoe ʻEiki; pea ʻi heʻene loto fai velenga, naʻa ne lea mo ako lahi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻae ʻEiki, ka kuo ʻilo pe ʻe ia ʻae papitaiso ʻa Sione.
25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, spoke, and taught diligently the things that are of Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.
26Pea naʻe kamata lea mālohi ia ʻi he falelotu: pea kuo fanongo ki ai ʻa ʻAkuila mo Pisila, naʻa na maʻu ia, ʻo na fakamatala kiate ia ʻo lahi ʻae hala ʻoe ʻOtua.
26This man therefore began to speak boldly in the synagogue. Whom when Priscilla and Aquila had heard, they took him to them, and expounded to him the way of the Lord more diligently.
27Pea kuo loto ia ke ʻalu ki ʻAkeia, naʻe tohi ʻe he kāinga, ʻo enginaki ki he kau ākonga ke nau maʻu ia: pea kuo aʻu atu ia ki ai, pea ne tokoni lahi ʻakinautolu kuo nau tui ʻi he ʻaloʻofa:
27And whereas he was desirous to go to Achaia, the brethren exhorting, wrote to the disciples to receive him. Who, when he was come, helped them much who had believed.
28He naʻe fakakikihi mālohi ia mo e kakai Siu, ʻi he fakahā, ʻo ne fakamoʻoni mei he ngaahi tohi ko Sisu ko e Kalaisi.
28For with much vigour he convinced the Jews openly, shewing by the scriptures, that Jesus is the Christ.
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