Acts 11
1 The apostles and [other] believers who lived in various towns in Judea [province] heard people say that [some] non-Jewish people had believed the message [from] God [about Jesus].
Pea fanongo ʻae kau ʻaposetolo mo e kāinga naʻe ʻi Siutea, kuo maʻu ʻe he kakai Senitaile foki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua.
2 So when Peter [and the six other believers] returned [from Caesarea] to Jerusalem, [some] Jewish believers criticized Peter, [because they thought that Jews should not associate with non-Jews] [MTY].
Pea kuo hoko ʻa Pita ki Selūsalema, pea kikihi mo ia ʻakinautolu naʻe ʻi he kamu,
3 They said to him, “Not only was it wrong for you(sg) to visit non-Jewish people, you [even] ate with them!”
“ʻo nau pehē, naʻa ke ʻalu ki he kau tangata taʻekamu, ʻo keinanga mo kinautolu.”
4 So Peter began to explain exactly [what had happened concerning Cornelius].
Pea fakahā ʻe Pita mei hono tupuʻanga, ʻo fakamatala hokohoko kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē,
5 He said, “I was praying [by myself] in Joppa [town], and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw that something like a large sheet was being lowered from heaven. [It was tied with ropes] at its four corners, and it came down to where I was.
“Naʻaku ʻi he kolo ko Sopa, ʻo fai ʻeku lotu; pea ʻi he ʻāvea hoku loto ne u mamata ʻi he meʻa naʻe hā mai, Ko e meʻa ʻo hangē ha fuʻu tupenu, naʻe tukutuku hifo mei he langi, kuo fakakaveʻi hono kapa ʻe fā; pea aʻu hifo ia kiate au:
6 As I was looking intently into it, I saw some tame animals [but also animals that our laws forbid us to eat, including] wild animals, snakes, and wild birds.
Pea kuo u fakamamaʻu hoku mata ki ai, ʻo tokanga, peau mamata ki he manu veʻe fā ʻoe fonua, mo e manu fekai, mo e manu totolo, mo e manupuna ʻoe ʻatā.
7 Then I heard God [MTY] commanding me, ‘Peter, get up, kill [some of these], and [cook and] eat [their meat]!’
Pea ne u fanongo ki he leʻo, ʻoku pehē mai kiate au, ‘Tuʻu, Pita; ʻo tāmateʻi ʻo kai.’
8 But I replied, ‘Lord, [you(sg)] surely do not [really want me to do that], because I have never eaten [MTY] meat [from any animal] that [our laws say] that we [(exc)] must not eat [SYN]!’
Pea ne u pehē, ‘ʻEiki, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito: he ʻoku teʻeki ai ke kai ʻe hoku ngutu ha meʻa ʻoku ʻikai ngofua pe taʻemaʻa.’
9 God spoke from heaven [to me] a second time, ‘[I am] God, [so] if I have made something acceptable [to eat], do not say that it is not acceptable [to eat]!’
Ka naʻe pehē mai ʻe he leʻo mei he langi kiate au ko hono tuʻo ua, ‘Ko ia kuo fakamaʻa ʻe he ʻOtua, ʻoua naʻa ke pehē ʻoku ʻikai ngofua.’
10 Then [after that happened three times, the sheet with] all [those animals and birds] was pulled up into heaven again.”
Pea naʻe fai ʻae meʻa ni ʻo tuʻo tolu: pea toe fusi hake kotoa pē ki he langi.
11 “At that exact moment, three men who had been {whom [Cornelius] had} sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying.
Pea vakai, kuo haʻu fakafokifā ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko tolu ki he fale ʻoku ou ʻi ai, kuo fekau mai kiate au mei Sesalia.
12 [God’s] Spirit told me that I should be willing to go with them [even though they were not Jews]. These six [Jewish] believers [from Joppa] went with me [to Caesarea], and then we [(exc)] went into that [non-Jewish] man’s house.
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he Laumālie ke u ʻalu mo kinautolu, pea ʻoua naʻaku manavahē. Pea naʻa mau ō mo au ʻae kāinga ʻe toko ono ni, pea mau hū ki he fale ʻoe tangata:
13 He told us that he had seen an angel standing in his house. The angel told him, ‘Tell some [men] to go to Joppa and bring back Simon whose other name is Peter.
‘Pea ne fakahā ʻe ia kiate kimautolu kuo ne mamata ia ki ha ʻāngelo ʻi hono fale, naʻe tuʻu, ʻo pehē kiate ia, Ke ke fekau ki Sopa ha kau tangata ke ʻomi ʻa Saimone, ko hono hingoa ʻe taha ko Pita;
14 He will tell you [(sg)] how you and everyone [MTY] else in your house will be saved {how [God] will save you and everyone [MTY] else in your house}.’
Pea ʻe fakahā ʻe ia kiate koe ʻae ngaahi lea ʻe moʻui ai koe mo ho fale kotoa pē.
15 After I started to speak, the Holy Spirit [suddenly] came down on them, just like he had first [MTY] come on us [during the Pentecost festival].
Pea ʻi heʻeku kamata lea, naʻe tō hifo kiate kinautolu ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ʻo hangē kiate kitautolu ʻi he kamataʻanga.
16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John caused people to be baptized in water, but [God] will cause the Holy Spirit [to enter you and change your lives.’]
Peau toki manatu ki he folofola ʻae ʻEiki, ʻi heʻene pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni naʻe papitaiso ʻe Sione ʻaki ʻae vai; kae papitaiso ʻaki ʻakimoutolu ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.’
17 God gave those non-Jews the same Holy Spirit that he had given to us [(inc)] after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So, ([I] could not [possibly] tell God that he did wrong [when he gave them the Holy Spirit!]/how could I [tell] God that he did wrong [when he gave them the Holy Spirit]?) [RHQ] [He was showing that he had received them]!”
Pea koeʻuhi kuo foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kinautolu ʻae foaki, ʻo hangē ko kitautolu, naʻe tui ki he ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi; pea ko hai au, ke u faʻa taʻofia ʻae ʻOtua?”
18 After [those Jewish believers] heard what Peter said, they stopped criticizing [him. Instead], they praised God, saying, “Then it is [clear to us that] God has also accepted the non-Jews so that they will have eternal life, if they turn from their sinful behavior [and believe in Jesus]!”
Pea kuo nau fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻa nau fakalongo pe, ʻo fakamālō ki he ʻOtua, ʻonau pehē, “Ta kuo tuku foki ʻe he ʻOtua ki he ngaahi Senitaile ʻae fakatomala ki he moʻui.”
19 After [people had killed] Stephen, many of the believers left [Jerusalem and went] to other places, because people were causing them to suffer [there in Jerusalem. Some of] them went to Phoenicia [region], some went to Cyprus [Island], and others went to Antioch [city in Syria province. In those places] they were continually telling people the message [about Jesus], but they told only other Jewish people.
Pea ko kinautolu naʻe fakamovetevete ʻi he fakatanga naʻe tupu ia Setiveni, naʻa nau fononga atu ʻo aʻu ki Finesi, mo Saipalo, mo ʻAniteoke, ʻo malangaʻaki ʻae folofola ka ki he kakai Siu pe.
20 Some of the believers were men from Cyprus and from Cyrene [city in north Africa]. They went to Antioch, and [although they told other Jews about] the Lord Jesus, they also told non-Jewish people [there].
Pea ko honau niʻihi ko e kau tangata mei Saipalo mo Sailine, pea ʻi heʻenau hoko ki ʻAniteoke, naʻa nau lea ki he kau ʻElinisitō, ʻo malangaʻaki ʻae ʻEiki ko Sisu.
21 The Lord [God] [MTY] was powerfully enabling those [believers to preach effectively. As a result], very many [non-Jewish] people believed [their message and] trusted in the Lord [Jesus].
Pea naʻe ʻiate kinautolu ʻae nima ʻoe ʻEiki: pea naʻe tui ʻae tokolahi, mo tafoki ki he ʻEiki.
22 The group of believers in Jerusalem heard [MTY] [people say that many people in Antioch were believing in Jesus. So] the [leaders] of the congregation in [Jerusalem] asked Barnabas to go to Antioch.
Pea kuo ongo mai ʻae meʻa ni ki he siasi ʻi Selūsalema: pea naʻa nau fekau atu ʻa Pānepasa, ke ʻalu ia ʻo aʻu ki ʻAniteoke.
23 When he got [there], he realized that God had acted kindly toward [the believers. So] he was very happy, and he continually encouraged all of the [believers] to continue to trust completely in the Lord [Jesus].
Pea kuo hoko atu ia, ʻo mamata ki he ʻaloʻofa ʻae ʻOtua, naʻe fiefia ia, mo ne ako kiate kinautolu kotoa pē, ke nau pikitai ki he ʻEiki ʻi he loto maʻu.
24 Barnabas was a good man [whom] the Holy Spirit completely controlled, one who trusted [God] completely. [Because of what Barnabas did], many people [there] believed in the Lord [Jesus].
He ko e tangata lelei ia, pea fonu ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni mo e tui: pea naʻe ului ki he ʻEiki ʻae kakai tokolahi.
25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus [in Cilicia province to try] to find Saul.
Pea toki ʻalu ʻa Pānepasa ki Tasusi, ʻo kumi kia Saula:
26 After he found him, Barnabas brought him [back to] Antioch [to help teach the believers. So during] a whole year [Barnabas and Saul] met [regularly] with the congregation [there] and taught many of them [about Jesus. It was] at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians {[that people] first called the believers Christians}.
Pea kuo ne ʻilo ia, naʻa ne ʻomi ia ki ʻAniteoke. Pea naʻa na faʻa fakataha mo e siasi ʻi he taʻu kotoa, ʻo ako ki he kakai tokolahi. Pea naʻe tomuʻa ui ʻi ʻAniteoke ʻae kau ākonga ko e Kalisitiane.
27 During the time [that Barnabas and Saul were] at Antioch, some [believers who were] prophets arrived there from Jerusalem.
Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, naʻe haʻu ʻae kau palōfita, mei Selūsalema, ki ʻAniteoke.
28 One of them, whose name was Agabus, stood up [in order to speak]. [God’s] Spirit enabled him to prophesy (that there would soon be a famine in many countries/that [people] in many countries [HYP] would soon [suffer because they] would not have enough [food] to eat). (That famine happened when Claudius was the [Roman Emperor].)
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake honau tokotaha ko ʻAkapusi hono hingoa, ʻo ne kikite ʻi he Laumālie, ʻe tō ha honge lahi ki māmani kotoa pē: ʻaia naʻe fakamoʻoni ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Kalotiusi Sisa.
29 When the believers [there heard what Agabus said], they decided that they would send [money] to help the believers who lived in Judea. Each [of them decided to give as much money] as he was able [to give].
Pea loto ʻae kau ākonga ke taki taha foaki, ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene maʻumeʻa, ke ʻatu ko e tokoni ki he kāinga ʻoku nofo ʻi Siutea:
30 They sent [the money] with Barnabas and Saul to the leaders of the congregation [in Jerusalem].
Pea naʻa nau fai ia, pea ʻave ia ki he mātuʻa ʻi he nima ʻo Pānepasa mo Saula.
