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.
In the former treatise (Deare frende Theophilus) I have written of all that Iesus beganne to do and teache
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.
vntyll the daye in the which he was taken vp after that he thorowe the holy goost had geven commaundementes vnto the Apostles which he had chosen:
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 also he shewed him selfe alyve after his passion by many tokens apperynge vnto them fourty dayes and speakynge of the kyngdome 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 gaddered them togeder and commaunded the that they shuld not departe from Ierusalem: but to wayte for ye promys of the father whereof ye have herde of 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.
For Iohn baptised wt water: but ye shalbe baptised with the holy goost and that with in this feawe dayes.
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?
When they were come togeder they axed of him sayinge: Lorde wilt thou at this tyme restore agayne ye kyngdome 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 sayde vnto them: It is not for you to knowe the tymes or the seasons which ye father hath put in his awne power:
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 ye shall receave power of the holy goost which shall come on you. And ye shall be witnesses vnto me in Ierusalem and in all Iewrye and in Samary and even vnto the worldes ende.
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 when he had spoken these thinges whyll they behelde he was take vp and a cloude receaved him vp out of 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 while they looked stedfastly vp to heaven as he went beholde two men stode by them in white apparell
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.
which also sayde: ye men of Galile why stonde ye gasinge vp into heave? This same Iesus which is taken vp fro you in to heaven shall so come even as ye haue sene him goo into 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 returned they vnto Ierusalem from mount olivete which is nye to Ierusalem coteyninge a Saboth dayes iorney.
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 were come in they went vp into a parler where abode both Peter and Iames Iohn and Andrew Philip and Thomas Bartlemew and Mathew Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simo Zelotes and Iudas Iames sonne.
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 all cotinued with one acorde in prayer and supplicacion with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren.
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 those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes of the disciples and sayde (the noumbre of names that were to gether were aboute an hondred 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.
Ye men and brethren this scripture must have nedes ben fulfilled which the holy goost thorow ye mouth of David spake before of Iudas which was gyde to them that tooke Iesus.
17 I huihuia tahitia hoki ia ki a tatou, i a ia ano tetahi wahi o tenei mahi.
For he was noubred with vs and had obtayned fellouship in this ministracion.
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.
And the same hath now possessed a plot of grounde with the rewarde of iniquite and when he was hanged brast a sondre in ye myddes and all his bowels gusshed oute.
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 is knowe vnto all the inhabiters of Ierusalem: in so moche that that felde is called in their mother tonge Acheldama that is to saye the bloud felde.
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.
It is written in the boke of Psalmes: His habitacio be voyde and no man be dwellinge therin: and his bisshoprycke let another take.
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,
Wherfore of these me which have copanyed with vs all ye tyme that the Lorde Iesus wet in and out amonge vs
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.
begynninge at the baptyme of Iohn vnto that same daye that he was taken vp from vs must one be ordeyned to be are witnes with vs of his resurreccion.
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 appoynted two Ioseph called Barsabas (whose syr name was Iustus) and Mathias.
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 they prayed sayinge: thou Lorde which knowest the hertes of all me shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen
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.
that the one maye take the roume of this ministracion and apostleshippe from the which Iudas by transgression fell that he myght go to his awne 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 forthe their lottes and the lot fell on Mathias and he was counted with the eleven Apostles.
