Mahi 1
1 Ko te pukapuka tuatahi ra he mea tuhituhi naku, e Tiopira, mo nga mea katoa i timata ai a Ihu te mahi, te ako.
The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
2 Taea noatia te ra i tangohia atu ai ia, i muri i tana whakaakoranga, ara i ta te Wairua Tapu, ki nga apotoro i whiriwhiria e ia.
until the day in which, having given command through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He chose out, He was taken up,
3 He maha hoki nga tohu i whakakite ora ai ia i a ia ki a ratou, i muri i tona whakamamaetanga, e wha tekau hoki nga ra i kitea ai e ratou, i korerotia ai e ia nga mea o te rangatiratanga o te Atua:
to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, in many certain proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God.
4 A, i a ratou ka huihui tahi me ia, ka whai kupu ia kia kaua ratou e haere atu i Hiruharama, a ka mea, Engari kia taria te mea i korerotia i mua e te Matua, i rongo ra koutou ki ahau.
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “Which you heard from Me;
5 I iriiri hoki a Hoani ki te wai; ko koutou ia, e kore e maha ake nga ra, ka iriiria ki te Wairua Tapu.
because John, indeed, immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days after these.”
6 No reira, i a ratou ka tamene, ka ui ratou ki a ia, E te Ariki, ko te wa ianei tenei e whakahoki ai koe i te rangatiratanga ki a Iharaira?
They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning Him, saying, “Lord, do You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 Na ko tana meatanga ki a ratou, Ehara ma koutou te mohio ki nga taima, ki nga wa ranei, kua whakaritea e te Matua mana ake te tikanga.
And He said to them, “It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father appointed in His own authority;
8 Otiia ka riro he kaha i a koutou, ina haere mai te Wairua Tapu ki runga ki a koutou: a hei kaiwhakaatu koutou moku ki Hiruharama, ki Huria katoa, ki Hamaria hoki, a tae noa ki te pito whakamutunga o te ao.
but you will receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit on you, and you will be witnesses for Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
9 A, no ka mutu tana korero i enei mea, i a ratou ano e titiro atu ana, ka tangohia atu ia, a na te kapua i kopaki atu i o ratou kanohi.
And having said these things—they beholding—He was taken up, and a cloud received Him up from their sight;
10 A, i a ratou e titiro matatau atu ana ki te rangi, i a ia e haere ana, na ko nga tangata tokorua e tu ana i to ratou taha, he ma nga kakahu;
and as they were looking steadfastly to the sky in His going on, then, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,
11 E mea ana, E nga tangata o Kariri, he aha ta koutou e tu, e matakitaki atu na ki te rangi? ko tena Ihu kua tangohia atu na i a koutou ki te rangi, ka pera ano tona haerenga mai me ia i tirohia atu na e koutou e haere ana ki te rangi.
who also said, “Men, Galileans, why do you stand gazing into the sky? This Jesus who was received up from you into Heaven, will so come in what manner you saw Him going on to Heaven.”
12 Na hoki ana ratou ki Hiruharama i te maunga e huaina nei ko Oriwa, he wahi e tata ana ki Hiruharama, he haerenga hapati.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from [that] called the Mount of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath’s journey;
13 A ka tomo ratou, ka kake ki te ruma i runga, ki te wahi i noho ai ratou; ara a Pita, a Hemi, a Hoani, a Anaru, a Piripi, a Tamati, a Patoromu, a Matiu, a Hemi tama a Arapiu, a Haimona Heroti, a Hura te teina o Hemi.
and when they came in, they went up into the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James, of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, of James;
14 Ko enei katoa kotahi tonu te whakaaro i u ai ki te inoi, ki te karakia, me nga wahine; me te whaea o Ihu, me Meri; me ona teina.
these were all continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
15 I aua ra ka whakatika a Pita i waenganui o nga akonga; a he tokomaha nga tangata i huihui, kei te kotahi rau e rua tekau; a ka mea,
And in these days, Peter having risen up in the midst of the disciples, said (also the multitude of the names at the same place was, as it were, one hundred and twenty),
16 E hoa ma, e oku teina, i tika ano kia whakaritea tenei karaipiture, ta te Wairua Tapu i korerotia ra i mua e te mangai o Rawiri mo Hura, mo te kaiarahi i te hunga nana i hopu a Ihu.
“Men, brothers, it was necessary [for] this Writing to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus,
17 I huihuia tahitia hoki ia ki a tatou, i a ia ano tetahi wahi o tenei mahi.
because he was numbered among us, and received the share in this ministry.
18 Na hokona ana e taua tangata tetahi mara ki te utu o tona hara; a taka tupou iho, koara pu i waenganui, pakaru katoa ki waho ona whekau.
(This one, indeed, then, purchased a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and falling headlong, burst apart in the midst, and all his bowels gushed forth,
19 I mohiotia tenei e te hunga katoa e noho ana i Hiruharama; na reira taua wahi i huaina ai ki to tatou reo ko Akerama, ara ko te Mara o te Toto.
and it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, insomuch that this place is called, in their proper dialect, Aceldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
20 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi ki te pukapuka o nga Waiata, Kia ururatia tona nohoanga, kaua hoki tetahi tangata e noho ki reira: me tenei, Kia riro tana mahi tirotiro i tetahi atu.
For it has been written in [the] Scroll of Psalms: Let his lodging-place become desolate, and let no one be dwelling in it, and let another take his oversight.
21 No reira, ko nga tangata i haere tahi nei tatou, i nga wa katoa i haereere mai ai, i haereere atu ai te Ariki, a Ihu i roto i a tatou,
It is necessary, therefore, of the men who went with us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,
22 Hei te iriiringa a Hoani timata ai, a tae noa ki te ra i tangohia atu ai ia i a tatou, me whakatu tetahi o era hei hoa mo tatou ki te whakaatu i tona aranga mai.
beginning from the immersion of John, to the day in which He was received up from us, one of these to become with us a witness of His resurrection.”
23 A tokorua a ratou i whakarite ai, ko Hohepa i huaina nei ko Pahapa, ko tetahi o ona ingoa ko Hutuha, raua ko Matiaha.
And they set two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias,
24 Na ka inoi ratou, ka mea, Ko koe, e te Ariki, e mohio ana ki nga ngakau o te katoa, mau e whakaatu ko wai o tenei tokorua tau i whiriwhiri ai,
and having prayed, they said, “You, LORD, who are knowing the heart of all, show which one You chose of these two,
25 Hei tango i te wahi i tenei mahi minita, i te turanga apotoro hoki, i taka atu a Hura, he mea kia haere ai ia ki tona wahi.
to receive the share of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas, by transgression, fell, to go on to his proper place”;
26 Na ka maka e ratou o raua rota; a ka tau te rota ki a Matiaha; a uru ana ia ki nga apotoro tekau ma tahi.
and they gave their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
