Kau ʻAposetolo 9
1 Pea naʻe kei mānava ʻaki ʻe Saula ʻae lea fakamanavahē mo e fakapō ki he kau ākonga ʻae ʻEiki, pea ʻalu ia ki he taulaʻeiki lahi,
And Saul, still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest,
2 ʻO kole mei ai ʻae tohi ki he ngaahi falelotu ʻi Tamasikusi, koeʻuhi ka ʻilo ʻe ia ha niʻihi, ʻae tangata pe ko e fefine, ʻi he hala ko eni, ke ne ʻomi haʻisia ʻakinautolu ki Selūsalema.
and asked of him letters to Damascus, for the synagogues, that, if he should find any who were of this persuasion, either men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 Pea ʻi heʻene fononga, kuo ofi ki Tamasikusi: pea fakafokifā naʻe malama takatakai ʻiate ia ʻae maama mei he langi:
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven.
4 Pea tō ia ki he kelekele, ʻo ne fanongo ki he leʻo naʻe pehē mai kiate ia, “ʻE Saula, ʻe Saula, ko e hā ʻoku ke fakatanga ai au?”
And when he had fallen to the earth, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
5 Pea ne pehē, “ʻEiki ko hai koe?” Pea pehē mai ʻe he ʻEiki, “Ko au Sisu ʻoku ke fakatangaʻi: ko e meʻa faingataʻa hoʻo ʻakahi ʻae meʻa māsila.
He answered: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said: I am Jesus, whom you persecute.
6 Pea tetetete ia mo ofo lahi, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻEiki, ko ho finangalo ke u fai ʻae hā?” Pea [pehē ]ʻe he ʻEiki kiate ia, “Tuʻu, ʻo ʻalu ki he kolo, pea ʻe fakahā kiate koe ʻaia ʻoku totonu te ke fai.”
But rise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.
7 Pea naʻe tuʻu taʻefaʻalea ʻae kau tangata naʻe fononga mo ia, ʻonau fanongo pe ki he leʻo, kae ʻikai sio ki ha taha.
The men who journeyed with him stood amazed; for they heard a voice, but saw no one.
8 Pea tuʻu hake ʻa Saula mei he kelekele; pea ʻi he ʻā ʻa hono mata, kuo ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ha meʻa: ka naʻa nau taki nima ia, ʻo ʻomi ki Tamasikusi.
And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9 Pea naʻe kui ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu, pea naʻe ʻikai ke kai pe inu.
And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
10 Pea naʻe ʻi Tamasikusi ʻae ākonga ʻe tokotaha, ko ʻAnanaia hono hingoa; pea naʻe folofola ʻae ʻEiki kiate ia ʻi he meʻa naʻe hā mai, [ʻo ne pehē], “ʻAnanaia.” Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Vakai, ko au, ʻEiki.”
Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision: Ananias. He answered: Behold me, Lord.
11 Pea [pehē ]ʻae ʻEiki kiate ia, “Tuʻu, ʻo ʻalu ki he hala ʻoku ui ko e Totonu, pea ke fehuʻi ʻi he fale ʻo Siutasi kiate ia ʻoku ui ko Saula, mei Tasusi: pea vakai, he ʻoku lotu ia:
And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the street that is called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he is praying;
12 He kuo ne mamata ʻi he meʻa hā mai ki he tangata ko ʻAnanaia hono hingoa, ʻoku ʻalu ange mo hilifaki hono nima kiate ia, koeʻuhi ke ʻā hono mata.”
and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in and laying his hand on him, that he may receive his sight.
13 Pea toki pehē ʻe ʻAnanaia, “ʻEiki, kuo u fanongo ʻi he tokolahi, ki he kovi lahi kuo fai ʻe he tangata ni ki ho kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻi Selūsalema:
But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints in Jerusalem;
14 Pea mo ʻene maʻu ʻi heni ʻae fekau mei he kau taulaʻeiki lahi, ke haʻi ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ui ki he huafa.”
and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.
15 Ka naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻEiki kiate ia, “ʻAlu koe: he ko e meʻa ngāue ia kuo fili maʻaku, ke fakahā hoku huafa ki he ngaahi Senitaile, mo e ngaahi tuʻi pea mo e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli:
But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is a vessel chosen by me to bear my name before nations and kings, and the sons of Israel.
16 He te u fakahā kiate ia ʻae meʻa lahi ʻe mamahi ai ia koeʻuhi ko hoku hingoa.”
For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name.
17 Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa ʻAnanaia, ʻo hū ki he fale; pea ne hilifaki hono nima kiate ia, mo ne pehē, “ʻE kāinga Saula, ko e ʻEiki ko Sisu, ʻaia naʻe hā mai kiate koe ʻi he hala naʻa ke haʻu ai, kuo ne fekau au koeʻuhi ke ʻā ho mata, pea ke fakapitoʻaki koe ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.”
And Ananias went, and entered the house, and laying his hands on him, said: Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
18 Pea fetoki fakafokifā mei hono mata [ʻae meʻa ʻo ]hangē ko e ʻunoʻi ika: pea ʻā leva ia, pea tuʻu, ʻo papitaiso.
And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he instantly received his sight; and he arose, and was immersed.
19 Pea hili ʻene kai naʻa ne mālohi. Pea naʻe nonofo ʻa Saula mo e kau ākonga ʻi Tamasikusi ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho niʻihi.
And, having taken food, he was strengthened. And he was with the disciples in Damascus for some days;
20 Pea kamata leva ʻe ia ke malangaʻaki ʻa Kalaisi ko e ʻAlo ia ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻi he ngaahi falelotu.
and immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Sou of God.
21 Ka naʻe ofo ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe fanongo, mo nau pehē; “ʻIkai ko eni ia naʻe fakapoongi ʻakinautolu naʻe ui ki he hingoa ni ʻi Selūsalema, pea naʻe haʻu foki ki heni ke ne ʻave haʻisia ʻakinautolu ki he kau taulaʻeiki lahi?”
And all that heard him were astonished, and said: Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those that call on this name, and who has come hither for this purpose, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?
22 Ka naʻe tupulaki ʻae mālohi ʻia Saula, pea naʻa ne fakatāfuʻua ʻae kakai Siu naʻe nofo ʻi Tamasikusi, ʻo ne fakamoʻoni ko e Kalaisi eni.
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confuted the Jews that dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
23 Pea kuo hili ʻae ngaahi ʻaho lahi, naʻe fakakaukau ʻae kakai Siu ke tāmateʻi ia:
And, after many days had passed, the Jews determined to kill him.
24 Ka naʻe ʻilo ʻe Saula ʻenau toitoiʻi ia. Pea naʻa nau leʻohi ʻae ngaahi matapā ʻi he ʻaho mo e pō ke tāmateʻi ia.
And their plot was made known to Saul; and they watched the gates day and night, that they might kill him.
25 Pea naʻe toki ʻave poʻuli ia ʻe he kau ākonga, ʻo tukutuku hifo ʻi he kato mei he ʻā.
But the disciples took him by night, and let him down through the vail in a basket,
26 Pea ʻi he hoko ʻa Saula ki Selūsalema, naʻe fie ului ia ki he kau ākonga: ka naʻe manavahē kotoa pē kiate ia, he naʻe ʻikai te nau tui ko e ākonga ia.
And having come to Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.
27 Ka naʻe toʻo ia ʻe Pānepasa ʻo ʻomi ki he kau ʻaposetolo, pea naʻa ne fakahā kiate kinautolu ʻa ʻene mamata ki he ʻEiki ʻi he hala, mo ʻene folofola kiate ia, pea mo ʻene malanga mālohi ʻi Tamasikusi ʻi he huafa ʻo Sisu.
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and told them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had boldly preached in Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28 Pea naʻe nofo ia pea felemofafo mo kinautolu ʻi Selūsalema.
And he was with them in Jerusalem, coming in and going out; and, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus,
29 Pea naʻe lea mālohi ia ʻi he huafa ʻoe ʻEiki ko Sisu, mo ne fakakikihi mo e kau ʻElinisitō: ka naʻa nau kumi ke tāmateʻi ia.
he conversed and reasoned with the Hellenists; but they undertook to kill him.
30 Pea ʻi he ʻilo eni ʻe he kāinga, naʻa nau ʻohifo ia ki Sesalia, pea nau fekau ia [ke ʻalu ]ki Tasusi.
And when the brethren learned this, they brought him down to Cæsarea, and sent him out to Tarsus.
31 Pea naʻe toki maʻu ʻae fiemālie ʻe he ngaahi siasi ʻi Siutea kotoa pē mo Kaleli mo Samēlia, pea naʻe langa hake ʻakinautolu; pea naʻa nau ʻaʻeva ʻi he manavahē ki he ʻEiki, mo e fiemālie ʻoe Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, pea tupu ʻo tokolahi.
Then the churches throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
32 Pea ko eni, ʻi he ʻalu fano pe ʻa Pita ʻi he ngaahi potu, naʻe hoko hifo foki ia ki he kau lotu naʻe nofo ʻi Lita.
And it came to pass that Peter, passing through all the places, came down also to the saints that dwelt in Lydda.
33 Pea naʻa ne ʻilo ʻi ai ha tangata ko Enia hono hingoa, pea kuo valu taʻu ʻene tokoto ʻi hono mohenga, pea naʻe moʻua ia ʻi he mahaki tete.
And he found there a certain man named Æneas, who was a paralytic, and had kept his bed for eight years.
34 Pea pehē ʻe Pita kiate ia, “Enia, ʻoku fakamoʻui koe ʻe Sisu Kalaisi: tuʻu, ʻo tākai ho mohenga.” Pea tuʻu leva ia.
And Peter said to him: Æneas, Jesus the Christ restores you to health; arise, and spread your bed for yourself. And he immediately arose;
35 Pea naʻe mamata kiate ia pea tafoki ki he ʻEiki ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe nofo ʻi Lita mo Seloni.
and all that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him; and they turned to the Lord.
36 Pea naʻe ʻi Sopa ʻae ākonga ʻe taha naʻe hingoa ko Tapaita, ko e hingoa tatau ia mo Toakasi: pea naʻe faʻa fai ʻe he fefine ni ʻae ngaahi ngāue lelei mo e faʻa foaki.
Now there was in Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which name, when translated, is Dorcas. She was full of good works and deeds of charity which she did.
37 Pea ko eni, naʻe tuia hono mahaki ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, pea pekia: pea kuo nau tatafi ia, naʻa nau fakatokoto [ia ]ʻi he potu fale ʻi ʻolunga.
And it came to pass, in those days, that she was taken sick, and died. And when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
38 Pea naʻe vāofi ʻa Lita mo Sopa, pea ʻi he fanongo ʻae kau ākonga ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa Pita, naʻa nau fekau ʻae ongo tangata, ʻo kole kiate ia ke “ʻOua naʻa tuai ʻene haʻu kiate kinautolu.”
And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to make no delay in coming to them.
39 Pea tuʻu ʻa Pita, ʻo ʻalu mo kinaua. Pea kuo hoko atu ia, naʻa nau ʻomi ia ki he potu fale ʻi ʻolunga: pea naʻe tutuʻu mo tangi ʻo ofi kiate ia ʻae kau fefine kotoa pē kuo mate honau husepāniti, ʻonau fakahā ʻae ngaahi kofutuʻa mo e kofu kehekehe naʻe ngaohi ʻe Toakasi, ʻi heʻene kei ʻiate kinautolu.
Then Peter arose, and went with them; and when he had come, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
40 Ka kuo tuku atu ʻe Pita ʻakinautolu kotoa pē kituʻa, pea tuʻulutui ia, ʻo lotu; pea hanga ia ki he sino mo ne pehē, “Tapaita, tuʻu hake.” Pea ne ʻā hake hono mata: pea ʻi heʻene mamata kia Pita, naʻa ne nofo hake.
But Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 Pea ne mafao hono nima kiate ia, [ʻo ]fokotuʻu hake ia, pea kuo ne ui ʻae kau lotu mo e kau fefine kuo mate honau husepāniti, naʻa ne ʻatu ia kuo moʻui.
And he gave her his hand, and raised her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.
42 Pea naʻe ongoongoa ia ʻi Sopa kotoa pē; pea tui ʻae tokolahi ki he ʻEiki.
And it was known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.
43 Pea ko ia, naʻe nofo ai ia, ʻo ʻaho lahi, ʻi Sopa, mo e tokotaha ko Saimone ko e tufunga ngaohi kiliʻi manu.
And it came to pass, that he remained many days in Joppa with one Simon, a tanner.
