< Acts 1 >

1 [Dear] Theophilus, In my first book [that I wrote for you], I wrote about many of the things that Jesus did and taught
‌ʻE Tiofilusi, ko e fuofua tohi naʻaku fai, ko e fakahā ʻoe meʻa kotoa pē naʻe kamata fai mo ako ʻaki ʻe Sisu,
2 until the day on which he was taken {[God] took him} up [to heaven]. Before [he went to heaven], saying what the Holy Spirit [told him], he told the apostles whom he had chosen [the things that he wanted them to know].
‌ʻO aʻu ki he ʻaho naʻe ʻave ai ia ki ʻolunga, ʻi he hili ʻene tuku ʻae ngaahi fekau ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni ki he kau ʻaposetolo naʻa ne fili:
3 After he had suffered [and died on the cross], [he became alive again]. As he appeared to them [often] during [the next] 40 days, the apostles saw him many times. He proved to them in many ways that he was alive again. He talked [with them] about [how] God would rule [MET] [the lives of people who accepted him as their king].
‌ʻAkinautolu naʻa ne fakahā ia ki ai kuo moʻui, ʻi he hili ʻene mate, ʻi he ngaahi fakamoʻoni ʻilongofua pea lahi, he naʻa nau mamata kiate ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fāngofulu, pea lea ia ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoe puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua:
4 [One time] while he was with them, he told them, “Do not leave Jerusalem [yet]. Instead, wait [here] until my Father sends [his Spirit] [MTY] [to you], as he promised [to do]. You have heard me speak [to you] about that.
Pea ʻi heʻenau fakataha mo ia, naʻa ne fekau kiate kinautolu “Ke ʻoua te nau ʻalu ʻi Selūsalema, kae tatali ki he talaʻofa ʻae Tamai, ʻa ia, [naʻe pehē ai ʻe ia], kuo mou fanongo ai ʻiate au.
5 John baptized people in water [because they said that they wanted to change their lives], but after a few days [LIT] [God] will put the Holy Spirit within you(pl) [to truly change your lives].”
He naʻe papitaiso moʻoni ʻe Sione ʻaki ʻae vai; kae ʻaho siʻi pē pea ʻe papitaiso ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.”
6 One day when the [apostles] met together [with Jesus], they asked him, “Lord, will you [(sg)] now become the King [MET] over [us] Israelite people [like King David, who ruled long ago]?” (OR, “Lord, will you [(sg)] now [defeat the Romans and] restore the kingdom [to us] Israelite people?”)
Pea ʻi heʻenau fakataha, naʻa nau fehuʻi kiate ia, ʻo pehē, ʻEiki, te ke toe ʻange ʻi he kuonga ni ʻae puleʻanga ki ʻIsileli?
7 He replied to them, “You do not [need] to know the time [periods] and days [when that will happen]. My Father alone has decided [when he will make me king].
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ʻikai maʻamoutolu ke ʻilo ki he ngaahi kuonga mo e ngaahi ʻaho, ʻaia ʻoku faʻiteliha tokotaha pe ki ai ʻae Tamai.
8 But [you do need to know that] the Holy Spirit will make you [spiritually] strong when he comes to live in you. Then you will [powerfully] tell people about me in Jerusalem and in all [the other places in] Judea [district], in Samaria [district], and in places far away all over [IDM] the world.”
Ka te mou maʻu ʻae mālohi, ʻoka hoko mai ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni kiate kimoutolu: pea ko ʻeku kau fakamoʻoni ʻakimoutolu ʻi Selūsalema, mo Siutea kotoa pē, mo Samēlia, pea ki he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani.”
9 After he said that, he was taken {[God] took him} up [to heaven], while they were watching. [He went up into] a cloud [PRS], which prevented them from seeing him [any more].
Pea hili ʻene ngaahi folofola ni, lolotonga ʻenau siofia ia, naʻe ʻave ia ki ʻolunga; pea fakapuli ia ʻe he ʻao meiate kinautolu.
10 While [the apostles] were [still] staring towards the sky as he was going up, suddenly two men who were wearing white clothes stood beside them. [They were angels].
Pea ʻi heʻenau kei sio fakamamaʻu ki he langi, ʻi heʻene ʻalu hake, ʻiloange, kuo tuʻu mai kiate kinautolu ʻae ongo tangata kuo kofu hinehina;
11 One [of] them said, “You men from Galilee [district], (you do not need to stand [here any longer] looking up at the sky!/why do you still stand [here] looking up at the sky?) [RHQ] [Some day] this same Jesus, whom [God] took from you up to heaven, will come back [to earth]. He will return in the same manner as you [just now] saw him when he went up to heaven, [but he will not return now].”
‌ʻo na pehē, “ʻAe kau tangata Kāleli, ko e hā ʻoku mou tutuʻu mo sio fakamamaʻu ai ki he langi? Ko e Sisu ko ia, kuo ʻave ʻiate kimoutolu ki langi, ʻe pehē pē ʻene toe haʻu ʻo hangē ko hoʻomou mamata ʻene ʻalu hake ki loto langi.”
12 Then [after the two angels left], the apostles returned to Jerusalem from Olive [Tree] Hill, which was about (a half mile/one kilometer) [MTY] from Jerusalem.
Pea naʻa nau toki liu mai ki Selūsalema mei he moʻunga ʻoku ui ko ʻOlive, ko hono vahaʻa mo Selūsalema ko e mamaʻo ʻoe fononga ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate.
13 When they entered [the city], they went upstairs to the room [in the house] where they were staying. [Those who were there included] Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, [another] James [the son] of Alphaeus, Simon who belonged to the group that wanted to expel the Romans, and Judas [the son] of [another man named] James.
Pea kuo nau hoko mai, pea nau ʻalu hake ki he potu ki ʻolunga, ʻaia naʻe nonofo ai ʻa Pita, mo Semisi, mo Sione, mo ʻAnitelū, mo Filipe, mo Tōmasi, mo Pātolomiu, mo Mātiu, mo Semisi [ko e foha ]ʻo ʻAlefiusi, mo Saimone Selote, mo Siutasi ko e tokoua ʻo Semisi.
14 All these apostles agreed concerning the things about which they continually were praying [together. Others who prayed with them] included the women [who had accompanied Jesus], Mary who was Jesus’ mother, and his [younger] brothers.
Pea naʻe nonofo loto taha ʻakinautolu ni kotoa pē, ʻi he lotu mo e hūfekina, fakataha mo e kau fefine, mo Mele ko e faʻē ʻa Sisu, mo hono kāinga.
15 During those days Peter stood up among his fellow believers. There were [at that place] a group of about 120 of [Jesus’ followers]. Peter said,
Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Pita ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ākonga (koe lau fakataha ʻoe kakai ko e toko teau mo e toko uofulu, ) ʻo ne pehē,
16 “My fellow believers, [there are words that King] David wrote [MTY] in the Scriptures long ago that needed to be fulfilled {to happen [as he said they would]}. The Holy Spirit, [who knew that Judas would be the one who would fulfill those words], told David what to write.
“ʻAe kau tangata mo e kāinga, naʻe totonu ke fakamoʻoni ʻae tohi ni, ʻaia naʻe leaʻaki ʻi muʻa ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ngutu ʻo Tevita, kia Siutasi, ʻaia naʻa ne tataki ʻakinautolu naʻe puke ʻa Sisu.
17 [Although] Judas had been chosen {[Jesus] had chosen Judas}, along with [the rest of] us [(exc)] to serve [as an apostle], Judas was the person who led to Jesus the people who seized him.”
He naʻe lau ia mo kitautolu, pea naʻe ai hono tufakanga ʻi he ngāue ni.”
18 [The Jewish leaders] gave Judas money when he [promised to] treacherously/wickedly [betray Jesus. Later Judas returned that money to them]. When Judas [hanged himself], his body fell down [to the ground]. His abdomen burst open, and all his intestines spilled out. [So] the [Jewish leaders] bought a field [using] that money.
Pea naʻe fakatau ʻe he tangata ni ʻae potu fonua ʻaki ʻae totongi ʻo ʻene angahala; pea naʻe tō ʻo tuʻu hono mata, pea mafahi hono kete, pea ʻoho kituʻa hono toʻotoʻonga kotoa pē.
19 All the people who reside in Jerusalem heard [about that], so they called that field in their own [Aramaic] language, Akeldama, which means ‘Field of Blood’, [because it was where someone bled and died].
Pea naʻe ʻilo ia ʻe he kau nofo kotoa pē ʻi Selūsalema: ko ia naʻe ui ai ʻae potu fonua ko ia ʻi heʻenau lea, Ko ʻAkeletama, ko e pehē, “Ko e potu fonua ʻoe toto.”
20 [Peter also said], “[I perceive that what happened to Judas is like what the writer of] Psalms [desired to happen]: ‘May his house become deserted, and may there be no one to live in it.’ (OR, ‘[Judge him, Lord, so that neither he nor] anyone [else] may live in his house!)’ And it seems that [these other words that David wrote also refer to Judas: ] ‘Let someone else take over his work as a leader.’”
He ʻoku tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe ngaahi Saame, “Ke lala hono fale, pea ʻoua ʻe nofo ai ha taha:’ pea, ‘Ko ʻene ngāue ke maʻu ʻe ha taha.’
21 “So it is necessary [for us apostles] to choose a man [to replace Judas. He must be one who] accompanied [MTY] us all the time when the Lord Jesus was with us.
“Ko ia ʻi he kau tangata ni kuo tau nonofo mo kinautolu, ʻi he kuonga kotoa naʻe felemofafo ʻae ʻEiki ko Sisu ʻiate kitautolu,
22 [That would be] from [the time when] John [the Baptizer] baptized [Jesus] until the day when Jesus was taken {when [God] took Jesus} from us up [to heaven]. He must be one who saw Jesus alive again [after he died].”
‌ʻO fua fai mei he papitaiso ʻa Sione, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho pe ko ia naʻe ʻave ai ia ki ʻolunga meiate kitautolu, ʻoku totonu ke ai ha taha ko e fakamoʻoni mo kimautolu ʻo ʻene toetuʻu.”
23 So the [apostles and other believers] suggested [the names of two men who qualified. One man was] Joseph, who was called {whom people called} Barsabbas (OR, Joseph Barsabbas) who [also] had the [Roman] name Justus. The other man was Matthias.
Pea naʻa nau fili ʻae toko ua, ko Siosefa naʻe ui ko Pasapa, pea fakahingoa foki ko Susitasa, mo Mataiasi.
24 Then they prayed like this: “Lord [Jesus], Judas stopped being an apostle. [He died and] went to the place where he [deserved to be] [EUP]. [So we(exc) need to choose someone] to replace [Judas in order] that he can serve [you(sg) by becoming] an apostle. You [(sg)] know what everyone is really like. So [please] show us which of these two men you have chosen.”
Pea naʻa nau lotu, ʻo pehē, “ʻE ʻEiki, ko koe ʻoku ke ʻiloʻi ʻae loto kotoa pē, ke fakahā pe ko hai ʻiate kinaua ni kuo ke fili,
Koeʻuhi ke ai ʻene tufakanga ʻi he ngāue ni pea ke ʻaposetolo, ʻaia kuo hinga mei ai ʻa Siutasi ʻi he angahala, kae ʻalu ia ki hono potu ʻoʻona.”
26 Then they cast lots [to choose between the two of] them, and the lot fell for Matthias. (OR, Then [one of] the [apostles] shook [in a container] small objects/stones [that] they [had marked to determine which man God had chosen]. And the small object/stone [that they had marked] for Matthias fell [out of the container]). So Matthias was considered {they considered Matthias} [to be an apostle] along with the [other] eleven apostles.
Pea naʻa nau talotalo; pea totonu kia Mataiasi; pea naʻe lau fakataha ia mo e toko hongofulu ma tokotaha ʻoe kau ʻaposetolo.

< Acts 1 >