Ngāue 26
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Pea toki pehē ʻe ʻAkilipa kia Paula, “ʻOku tuku kiate koe ke ke fakamatala maʻau.” Pea toki mafao atu ʻe Paula ʻa hono nima, ʻo ne fakamatala maʻana, ʻo pehē ,
1Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer.
2“ʻE tuʻi ko ʻAkilipa, ʻoku ou pehē ʻoku ou monūʻia, ʻi heʻeku fakamatala maʻaku ʻi ho ʻao ʻi he ʻaho ni, ʻae meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku talatalaakiʻi ai au ʻe he kakai Siu:
2I think myself happy, O king Agrippa, that I am to answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews.
3Pea ʻāsili pē koeʻuhi ʻoku ke poto ʻi he ngaahi ngāue mo e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻeke ʻi he kakai Siu: ko ia ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke kātaki pē, ʻo fanongo kiate au.
3Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions that are among the Jews: Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4“ʻOku ʻilo ʻe he kakai Siu kotoa pē ʻae anga ʻo ʻeku moʻui talu ʻeku kei siʻi, ʻi heʻeku nofo talu mei muʻa mo hoku kakai ʻi Selūsalema;
4And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know:
5ʻAkinautolu naʻa nau ʻilo au mei he kamataʻanga, ʻokapau te nau fakamoʻoni koeʻuhi naʻaku moʻui ko e Fālesi, ʻo fakatatau ki he faʻahinga ʻoku tokanga lahi taha pe ki heʻetau lotu.
5Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6Pea ʻoku ou tuʻu ni, pea ʻoku fakamaauʻi au, ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻamanaki ki he talaʻofa naʻe fai ʻe he ʻOtua ki he ngaahi tamai:
6And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment:
7ʻAia foki ʻoku ʻamanaki ke lavaʻi ʻe hotau faʻahinga ʻe hongofulu ma ua, ʻi heʻenau lotu maʻu ʻi he pō mo e ʻaho. Pea koeʻuhi ko e ʻamanaki pe ko ia, ʻe tuʻi ko ʻAkilipa, kuo talatalaakiʻi au ʻe he kakai Siu.
7Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.
8Ka ko e hā ʻoku mou pehē ai, ko e meʻa e ʻikai te mou faʻa tui ki ai, ʻae fokotuʻu ʻae mate ʻe he ʻOtua?
8Why should it be thought a thing incredible, that God should raise the dead?
9“Ko e moʻoni naʻaku mahalo ʻeau ʻi hoku loto, ʻoku totonu ʻeku fai kehe mo e huafa ʻo Sisu ʻo Nāsaleti ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi.
9And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10Pea ne u fai foki ia ʻi Selūsalema pea ko e tokolahi ʻoe kakai māʻoniʻoni ne u fakahū ki he fale fakapōpula, ʻi heʻeku maʻu ʻae mālohi mei he kau taulaʻeiki lahi; pea naʻaku kau ki honau tāmateʻi.
10Which also I did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority of the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I brought the sentence.
11Pea ne u tautea ʻakinautolu ʻo liunga lahi ʻi he falelotu kotoa pē, ʻo fakamālohiʻi ke nau lea kovi, pea naʻaku loto lili fakamanavahē kiate kinautolu, pea ne u ʻalu ki he kolo kehekehe ʻo fakatangaʻi.
11And oftentimes punishing them, in every synagogue, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being yet more mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.
12“Pea ʻi heʻeku ʻalu ki Tamasikusi, kuo u maʻu ʻae mālohi mo e tohi mei he kau taulaʻeiki lahi,
12Whereupon when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest,
13Ne u mamata, ʻe tuʻi, ʻi he hala ʻi he hoʻatāmālie, ki he maama mei he langi, naʻe malama lahi ia ʻi he laʻā, pea naʻe ulo takatakai ia ʻiate au mo kinautolu naʻa mau fononga.
13At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me, and them that were in company with me.
14“Pea kuo mau tō kotoa pē ki he kelekele, pea u fanongo ki he leʻo, ʻoku pehē mai kiate au, ʻi he lea fakaHepelū, ‘ʻE Saula, ʻe Saula, ko e hā ʻoku ke fakatanga ai au? ʻOku faingataʻa hoʻo ʻakahi ʻae meʻa māsila.’
14And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.
15Pea ne u pehē, ‘ʻEiki, ko hai koe?’ Pea pehē mai ʻe ia, ‘Ko au Sisu ʻoku ke fakatangaʻi.
15And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord answered: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16Ka ke tuʻu hake ʻi ho vaʻe: he kuo u hā atu kiate koe koeʻuhi ke u fakanofo koe koe faifekau mo e fakamoʻoni ʻoe ngaahi meʻa kuo ke mamata ai, mo e ngaahi meʻa foki te u fakahā kiate koe;
16But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee a minister, and a witness of those things which thou hast seen, and of those things wherein I will appear to thee,
17Pea te u fakamoʻui koe mei he kakai mo e ngaahi Senitaile, ʻakinautolu ʻoku ou fekau koe ki ai ni,
17Delivering thee from the people, and from the nations, unto which now I send thee:
18Ke fakaʻā honau mata, mo fakatafoki ʻakinautolu mei he poʻuli ki he maama, pea mei he mālohi ʻo Sētane ki he ʻOtua, koeʻuhi ke nau maʻu ʻae fakamolemole ʻoe angahala, mo e tofiʻa fakataha mo kinautolu kuo fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻi he tui kiate au.
18To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and a lot among the saints, by the faith that is in me.
19Pea talu ai, ʻe tuʻi ko ʻAlikipa, naʻe ʻikai te u talangataʻa ki he meʻa naʻe hā mai mei he langi:
19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not incredulous to the heavenly vision:
20Ka ne u fuofua fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻi Tamasikusi, pea ʻi Selūsalema, mo e ngaahi potu kotoa pē ʻi Siutea, pea ki he ngaahi Senitaile, ke nau fakatomala pea tafoki ki he ʻOtua, mo fai ʻae ngāue ʻoku taau mo e fakatomala.
20But to them first that are at Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance, and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance.
21Pea koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe puke au ʻe he kakai Siu ʻi he falelotu lahi, ʻonau fai ke tāmateʻi au.
21For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me.
22Ka ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku maʻu ʻae tokoni mei he ʻOtua, ko ia ʻoku ou kei fai ai ʻo hoko ki he ʻaho ni, ʻo fakamoʻoni ki he iiki mo e lalahi, ʻo ʻikai ha meʻa kehe ka ko ia ʻe he kau palōfita mo Mōsese ʻe hoko mai:
22But being aided by the help of God, I stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other thing than those which the prophets, and Moses did say should come to pass:
23Koeʻuhi ʻe mamahi ʻa Kalaisi, pea ko e ʻuluaki ia ʻi he toetuʻu mei he mate, pea ʻe fakahā ʻe ia ʻae maama ki he kakai, mo e ngaahi Senitaile.
23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light to the people, and to the Gentiles.
24Pe fakamatala pehē pe ʻe ia, mo e kalanga mai ʻa Fesito, ʻo pehē, “ʻE Paula, kuo ke faha; kuo fakafaha koe ʻe he poto lahi.”
24As he spoke these things, and made his answer, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee mad.
25Ka naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “ʻE ʻeiki ko Fesito, ʻoku ʻikai te u faha; ka ʻoku ou fakahā atu ʻae lea ʻoe moʻoni mo e poto.
25And Paul said: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and soberness.
26He ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni ʻe he tuʻi, ʻoku ou fakamatala ni ʻi hono ʻao: he ʻoku ou ʻilo pau ʻoku ʻikai lilo kiate ia ha meʻa ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ni; he naʻe ʻikai fai ʻae meʻa ni ʻi ha tuliki.
26For the king knoweth of these things, to whom also I speak with confidence. For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him. For neither was any of these things done in a corner.
27ʻE tuʻi ko ʻAkilipa, ʻoku ke tui ki he kau palōfita? ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku ke tui.”
27Believest thou the prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that thou believest.
28Pea pehē ʻe ʻAkilipa kia Paula, Kuo ke meimei fakahehemaʻi au ke u hoko ko e Kalisitiane.
28And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
29Pea pehē ʻe Paula, “ʻAmusiaange ʻeau ki he ʻOtua, kuo ʻikai ko koe pe, ka ko kinautolu kotoa pē foki ʻoku fanongo kiate au ʻi he ʻaho ni, kuo mou meimei tatau, mo mātuʻaki tatau pē mo au, ka ko e ngaahi haʻi ni pe.”
29And Paul said: I would to God, that both in a little and in much, not only thou, but also all that hear me, this day, should become such as I also am, except these bands.
30Pea kuo pehē ʻene lea, pea tuʻu hake ʻae tuʻi, mo e pule, mo Pelenaisi, mo kinautolu naʻa nau nonofo:
30And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them.
31Pea kuo nau afe siʻi mei ai, pea nau alea, ʻo pehē, “Kuo ʻikai fai ʻe he tangata ni ha meʻa ʻoku ngali mo e mate, pe ko e haʻisia.”
31And when they were gone aside, they spoke among themselves, saying: This man hath done nothing worthy of death or of bands.
32Pea toki pehē ʻe ʻAkilipa kia Fesito, “Ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻene pehē ke fakamaau ia ʻia Sisa, pehē, kuo lelei ke tukuange ʻae tangata ni.”
32And Agrippa said to Festus: This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.
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