Ngāue 28
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Berean Standard Bible
1Pea kuo hao ʻakimautolu, pea mau toki ʻilo ko e motu ia ʻoku ui ko Melita.
1Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
2Pea naʻe lahi ʻae ʻofa mai ʻae kakai muli kiate kimautolu: he naʻa nau tutu ʻae afi, ʻo maʻu ʻakimautolu kotoa pē, koeʻuhi naʻe tō ʻae ʻuha, pea koeʻuhi ko e momoko.
2The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
3Pea ʻi he okooko ʻe Paula ʻae ʻu popohango, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he afi, naʻe haʻu mei he mafana ʻae ngata fekai, ʻo piki ʻi hono nima.
3Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
4Pea kuo mamata ʻae kakai muli ki he manu ʻoku tāupe ʻi hono nima, ne nau fepehēʻaki ʻiate kinautolu, “Ko e moʻoni ko e fakapō ʻae tangata ni, pea kuo hao ia mei he tahi, ka ʻoku ʻikai tuku ia ʻe he houhau ke ne moʻui.”
4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
5Pea tupeʻi ʻe ia ʻae manu ki he afi, pea naʻe ʻikai ongoʻi ʻe ia ha kovi.
5But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
6Ka naʻa nau ʻamanaki ki heʻene pupula, pe tō hifo ʻo mate fakafokifā pe: pea kuo nau siosio ʻo fuoloa, kae ʻikai mamata ki ha kovi kuo hoko kiate ia; pea liliu honau loto, ʻonau pehē, “Tā ko e ʻotua ia.”
6The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi he potu ko ia ʻae ʻapi ʻoe ʻeiki ʻoe motu, ko hono hingoa ko Pupilio; pea naʻe ʻofa mai ia kiate kimautolu, ʻo mau nofo ʻi hono ʻapi ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu.
7Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
8Pea pehē, naʻe tokoto ʻae tamai ʻa Pupilio ʻoku mahaki, ko e mofi mo e hana toto; pea kuo hū atu ʻa Paula ki ai, ʻo lotu, pea ne ala atu hono nima kiate ia, ʻo fakamoʻui ia.
8The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
9Pea kuo fai ia, pea haʻu foki mo e niʻihi ʻoe motu naʻe moʻua ʻi he ngaahi mahaki, pea fakamoʻui:
9After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
10Pea naʻa nau foaki ʻae ngaahi foaki lahi kiate kimautolu; pea ʻi heʻemau ʻalu, naʻa nau fakaheka ʻae ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻaonga.
10The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
11Pea kuo hili ʻae māhina ʻe tolu, naʻa mau folau ʻi he vaka ʻAlekisānitia, naʻe nofo ʻi he motu ʻi he faʻahitaʻu afā, pea ko hono fakaʻilonga “ko e Mahangataʻane.”
11After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
12Pea naʻa mau ʻalu ki ʻuta ʻi Silakusa, pea mau nofo ai ʻo ʻaho tolu.
12Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
13Pea mau fākahua mei ai, pea mau aʻu atu ki Lisio: pea hili ʻae ʻaho ʻe taha, pea tonga ʻae matangi, pea pongipongi ai, naʻa mau aʻu atu ki Piuteoli:
13From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
14Pea mau ʻilo ai ʻae kāinga, pea naʻa nau kole ke mau nofo mo kinautolu ʻo ʻaho fitu: pea naʻa mau fononga atu ki Loma.
14There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
15Pea kuo fanongo ʻae kāinga mei ai kiate kimautolu, naʻa nau haʻu ʻo fakafetaulaki mai kiate kimautolu ki he Malaʻe ʻo ʻApio, mo e Fale ʻe tolu: pea kuo mamata ai ʻa Paula, pea ne fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, mo loto mālohi ai.
15The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
16Pea kuo mau aʻu atu ki Loma, pea tuku ʻe he ʻeikitau ʻae kau pōpula ki he pule ʻoe kau tau: ka naʻe tuku ʻa Paula ke nofo kehe, mo e tangata tau naʻa ne leʻohi ia.
16When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
17Pea pehē, “Kuo hili ʻae ʻaho ʻe tolu, pea fekau ʻe Paula ki he kau matāpule Siu ke fakataha: pea kuo nau kātoa mai, pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, ʻae kau tangata ko e kāinga, naʻe ʻikai pe te u fai ha meʻa ki he kakai pe ki he ngaahi ngāue fakaʻeiki ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai, ka naʻe tuku au mei Selūsalema, ko e pōpula ki he nima ʻoe kakai Loma.
17After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
18Pea kuo nau fakamaau au, pea nau loto ke tukuange au, koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai ʻiate au ha meʻa e totonu ai ʻeku mate.
18They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
19Ka ʻi he lea mālohi ʻae kakai Siu ke ʻoua, pea ne u pehē, te u fakamaau pe au ia Sisa; ka naʻe ʻikai ʻi heʻeku fie talatalaakiʻi hoku kakai ʻi ha meʻa.
19But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
20Pea ko e meʻa ia ʻoku ou fekau atu ai ke mou kātoa mai, ke u mamata pea lea kiate kimoutolu: he koeʻuhi ko e ʻamanaki ʻa ʻIsileli kuo haʻisia ʻaki au ʻae ukamea fihifihi ni.”
20So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
21Pea naʻa nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku ʻikai te mau maʻu mei Siutea ha tohi kiate koe, pea naʻe ʻikai fakahā pea leaʻaki ha kovi kiate koe ʻe ha tokotaha ʻi he kāinga naʻe haʻu.
21The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
22Ka ʻoku mau holi ke fanongo ʻiate koe pe ko e hā ho loto: he koeʻuhi ko e faʻahinga ni, ʻoku mau ʻilo ʻoku lea kovi ki ai ʻi he potu kotoa pē.
22But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
23Pea kuo nau kotofa ʻae ʻaho kiate ia, pea haʻu ʻae tokolahi ki hono fale; pea ne fakamatala ʻe ia mo fakapapau atu ʻae puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne fakamoʻoni kiate kinautolu mei he fono ʻa Mōsese, mo e kau palōfita, kia Sisu, ʻo fai mei he pongipongi ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.
23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
24Pea naʻe tui ʻae niʻihi ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻa ne leaʻaki, ka naʻe ʻikai tui ʻae niʻihi.
24Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
25¶ Pea kuo ʻikai te nau loto taha ʻiate kinautolu, pea nau ʻalu, ka kuo hili ʻae leaʻaki ʻe Paula ʻae lea ni ʻe taha, Neʻineʻi folofola ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni ʻia ʻIsaia ko e palōfita ki heʻetau ngaahi Tamai.
25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
26ʻO pehē, ‘ʻAlu ki he kakai ni, mo e pehē Te mou fakaongoongo pea fanongo, kae ʻikai ongoʻi; pea siofia ʻo mamata, kae ʻikai ʻiloʻi:
26‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27‘He kuo fakaongonoa ʻae loto ʻoe kakai ni, pea ʻoku tuli honau telinga, pea kuo nau fakamohe honau mata; telia naʻa ʻiloange kuo mamata honau mata, pea fanongo honau telinga, pea ʻilo ʻe honau loto, pea liliu ai, pea te u fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu.’”
27For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
28Ko ia ke mou ʻilo eni, kuo fekau atu ki he kakai Senitaile ʻae fakamoʻui ʻae ʻOtua, pea ʻe fanongo ai ʻakinautolu.
28Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
29Pea kuo leaʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi lea ni, pea ʻalu ʻae kakai Siu, pea naʻe lahi ʻenau fakakikihi ʻiate kinautolu.
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30Pea naʻe nofo ʻa Paula ʻi hono fale ʻoʻona naʻa ne totongi ki ai ʻo ua taʻu, pea ne talia ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe haʻu kiate ia,
30Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
31ʻO ne malangaʻaki ʻae puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua, mo ako ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku kau ki he ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻi he mālohi lahi, pea naʻe ʻikai taʻofi kiate ia ʻe ha tokotaha.
31Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
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