Acts 28
1 Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
Pea kuo hao ʻakimautolu, pea mau toki ʻilo ko e motu ia ʻoku ui ko Melita.
2 The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
Pea 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.
3 Paul 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.
Pea 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.
4 When 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.”
Pea 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.”
5 But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
Pea tupeʻi ʻe ia ʻae manu ki he afi, pea naʻe ʻikai ongoʻi ʻe ia ha kovi.
6 The 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.
Ka 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.”
7 Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
Pea 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.
8 The 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.
Pea 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.
9 After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
Pea kuo fai ia, pea haʻu foki mo e niʻihi ʻoe motu naʻe moʻua ʻi he ngaahi mahaki, pea fakamoʻui:
10 The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
Pea naʻa nau foaki ʻae ngaahi foaki lahi kiate kimautolu; pea ʻi heʻemau ʻalu, naʻa nau fakaheka ʻae ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻaonga.
11 After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
Pea 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.”
12 Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
Pea naʻa mau ʻalu ki ʻuta ʻi Silakusa, pea mau nofo ai ʻo ʻaho tolu.
13 From 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.
Pea 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:
14 There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
Pea mau ʻilo ai ʻae kāinga, pea naʻa nau kole ke mau nofo mo kinautolu ʻo ʻaho fitu: pea naʻa mau fononga atu ki Loma.
15 The 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.
Pea 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.
16 When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Pea 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.
17 After 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.
Pea 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.
18 They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
Pea kuo nau fakamaau au, pea nau loto ke tukuange au, koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai ʻiate au ha meʻa e totonu ai ʻeku mate.
19 But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
Ka 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.
20 So 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.”
Pea 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.”
21 The 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.
Pea 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.
22 But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
Ka 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.
23 So 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.
Pea 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.
24 Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
Pea naʻe tui ʻae niʻihi ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻa ne leaʻaki, ka naʻe ʻikai tui ʻae niʻihi.
25 They 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:
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.
26 ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
ʻO pehē, ‘ʻAlu ki he kakai ni, mo e pehē Te mou fakaongoongo pea fanongo, kae ʻikai ongoʻi; pea siofia ʻo mamata, kae ʻikai ʻiloʻi:
27 For 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.’
‘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.’”
28 Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
Ko ia ke mou ʻilo eni, kuo fekau atu ki he kakai Senitaile ʻae fakamoʻui ʻae ʻOtua, pea ʻe fanongo ai ʻakinautolu.
Pea kuo leaʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi lea ni, pea ʻalu ʻae kakai Siu, pea naʻe lahi ʻenau fakakikihi ʻiate kinautolu.
30 Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
Pea 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,
31 Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
ʻO 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.
