Loma 1
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Berean Standard Bible
1Ko au Paula ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sisu Kalaisi, kuo fili ko e ʻaposetolo, mo vaheʻi ki he ongoongolelei ʻae ʻOtua,
1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
2(ʻAia naʻa ne fakaʻilo ʻi muʻa ʻi heʻene kau palōfita ʻi he ngaahi tohi māʻoniʻoni,)
2the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
3ʻOku kau ki hono ʻAlo ko Sisu Kalaisi ko hotau ʻEiki, ʻaia naʻe fakatupu hono sino ʻi he hako ʻo Tevita;
3regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
4Pea fakahā fakapapau ʻaki ʻae mālohi, ʻi he toetuʻu mei he mate, ko e ʻAlo ia ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻo fakatatau ki he laumālie ʻoe māʻoniʻoni:
4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
5ʻAia kuo mau maʻu ai ʻae ʻaloʻofa mo e ngāue fakaʻaposetolo, ke ai ha talangofua ki he tui ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ko hono huafa:
5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
6Pea ʻoku mou ʻiate kinautolu foki ko e fili ʻe Sisu Kalaisi:
6And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7Kiate kimoutolu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi Loma, ʻoku ʻofeina ʻe he ʻOtua, kuo ui ke māʻoniʻoni: ke ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae ʻaloʻofa mo e monūʻia mei he ʻOtua ko ʻetau Tamai, pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi.
7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8ʻOku ou fuofua fakafetaʻi ki hoku ʻOtua ʻia Sisu Kalaisi koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu kotoa pē, he ʻoku ongoongoa hoʻomou tui ʻi māmani kotoa pē.
8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
9He ko e ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ou tauhi ʻaki hoku laumālie ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻo hono ʻAlo, ko hoku fakamoʻoni ia, ʻoku ou fakamanatuʻi maʻuaipē ʻakimoutolu ʻi heʻeku ngaahi lotu;
9God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
10ʻO kole taʻetuku, ʻo kapau ʻe mafai, ke u lavaʻi eni ha fononga lelei kiate kimoutolu ʻi he finangalo ʻoe ʻOtua.
10in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
11He ʻoku ou holi lahi ke mamata kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke u ʻatu kiate kimoutolu ha foaki fakalaumālie, ko e meʻa ke fakatuʻumaʻu aipē ʻakimoutolu;
11For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
12Koeʻuhi ke tau fiemālie fakataha mo kimoutolu, ʻi he tui pe taha ʻamoutolu mo au.
12that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
13Pea ko eni, ʻe kāinga, ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ke mou taʻeʻilo, naʻe liunga lahi ʻeku tokanga ke u ʻalu atu kiate kimoutolu, koeʻuhi ke u maʻu ha fua ʻiate kimoutolu foki, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi Senitaile kehekehe, ka kuo taʻofia au.
13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
14Ko e tuku totongi au ki he kakai Kiliki, mo e kakai muli; ki he poto, mo e taʻepoto.
14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
15Ko ia ʻoku ou loto ke u malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei kiate kimoutolu ʻoku ʻi Loma foki, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻeku faʻa fai.
15That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
16He ʻoku ʻikai te u mā ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻo Kalaisi: he ko e mālohi ia ʻoe ʻOtua ki he fakamoʻui kiate kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku tui; ʻo muʻomuʻa ki he Siu, pea ki he Kiliki foki.
16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
17He ʻoku fakamatala ai ʻae fakatonuhiaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he tui ki he tui; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi, “Ko e tonuhia ʻe moʻui ʻi he tui.”
17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
18He ʻoku fakahā mei he langi ʻae houhau ʻoe ʻOtua ki he taʻelotu mo e taʻemāʻoniʻoni kotoa pē ʻoe kakai, ʻakinautolu ʻoku taʻofi ki he moʻoni ʻi he taʻemāʻoniʻoni;
18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
19Koeʻuhi ko ia ʻoku ʻilongofua ʻi he ʻOtua kuo hā ia ʻiate kinautolu; he kuo fakahā ia ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kinautolu;
19For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
20He ko e ngaahi meʻa taʻehāmai ʻaʻana, ʻaia ko ʻene māfimafi taʻengata mo hono ʻOtua, kuo ʻilongofua ia ʻi hono ngaohi ʻo māmani, ʻoku ʻiloʻi ia mei he ngaahi meʻa kuo ngaohi; ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai hanau haoʻanga:
20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
21Koeʻuhi ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ʻae ʻOtua, naʻe ʻikai te nau fakaʻapaʻapa pe fakafetaʻi, ke taau mo e ʻOtua; ka naʻe hoko ʻo vale ʻenau ngaahi mahalo, pea fakapoʻuli mo honau loto vale.
21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
22Pea ʻi heʻenau pole ko e poto ʻakinautolu, naʻa nau liliu ai ko e vale,
22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
23ʻO nau fetongi ʻae nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua taʻefaʻaʻauʻauha ʻaki ʻae fakatātā kuo ngaohi ke tatau pe mo e tangata ʻoku faʻa ʻauʻauha, mo e fanga manupuna, mo e fanga manu veʻe fā, mo e ngaahi meʻa totolo.
23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24Ko ia naʻe fakatukutukuʻi ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻakinautolu ki he fakalielia ʻi he ngaahi holi kovi ʻa honau loto, ke fefakalieliaʻi honau sino ʻiate kinautolu:
24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
25Ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fetongi ʻae ʻOtua moʻoni ʻaki ʻae loi, pea naʻe lahi hake ʻenau hū mo tauhi ki he meʻa kuo ngaohi, kae siʻaki ʻae Tupuʻanga, ʻaia ʻoku monūʻia ʻo taʻengata, ʻEmeni.
25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
26Ko ia naʻe fakatukutukuʻi ai ʻakinautolu ʻe he ʻOtua ki he ngaahi holi kovi: he naʻa mo ʻenau kau fefine, naʻa nau liaki ʻaia ʻoku totonu, kae fai ʻaia ʻoku taʻetaau mo ʻetau anga:
26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27Pea pehē foki ʻe he kau tangata, ʻenau siʻaki ʻae kau fefine, ʻonau vela ʻi heʻenau feholi kovi ʻaki ʻiate kinautolu; ʻo fefaiʻaki ʻe he kau tangata ʻaia ʻoku taʻengali, pea naʻa nau maʻu kiate kinautolu ʻae totongi totonu ʻo ʻenau fai hala ko ia.
27Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28Pea ʻi he ʻikai te nau loto ke ke ʻiloʻi ʻae ʻOtua, naʻe fakatukutukuʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he ʻOtua ki he loto kovi, ke fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ngali;
28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29Kuo fakafonu ʻaki ʻae taʻemāʻoniʻoni kotoa pē, mo e feʻauaki, mo e angakovi, mo e manumanu, mo e fakafasifasi; ʻo fonu ʻi he meheka, mo e fakapō, mo e feʻiteʻitani, mo e kākā, mo e fasituʻu;
29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
30Ko e kau fefanafanahi kovi, mo e kau fakakovi, mo e kau fehiʻa ki he ʻOtua, mo e fakamālohi, mo e laukau, mo e kau polepole, mo e kau fakatupu ʻoe ngaahi meʻa kovi, mo e talangataʻa ki he mātuʻa:
30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
31Ko e taʻepoto, ko e kau maumau fuakava, mo taʻemaʻu ʻae ʻofa fakafeʻofoʻofani; ko e angafakamolokau, mo e taʻemanavaʻofa:
31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
32ʻAkinautolu ʻoku nau ʻilo ʻae tuʻutuʻuni ʻae ʻOtua, kuo totonu ke mate ʻakinautolu ʻoku fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa pehē, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke ngata ʻi heʻenau fai pehē pe, ka ʻoku nau kau mālie foki mo kinautolu ʻoku fai ia.
32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
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