Kau ʻAposetolo 28
1 Pea kuo hao ʻakimautolu, pea mau toki ʻilo ko e motu ia ʻoku ui ko Melita.
When we were safe ashore, we discovered that we were on the island of Malta.
2 Pea naʻe lahi ʻae ʻofa mai ʻae kakai muli kiate kimautolu: he naʻa nau tutu ʻae afi, ʻo maʻu ʻakimautolu kotoa pē, koeʻuhi naʻe tō ʻae ʻuha, pea koeʻuhi ko e momoko.
The people there were very kind—they started a fire and called all of us over so we could warm up from the rain and the cold.
3 Pea ʻi he okooko ʻe Paula ʻae ʻu popohango, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he afi, naʻe haʻu mei he mafana ʻae ngata fekai, ʻo piki ʻi hono nima.
Paul collected a bundle of firewood and threw it on the fire. But a poisonous snake was driven out of the bundle because of the heat and bit him, fastening itself on his hand.
4 Pea kuo mamata ʻae kakai muli ki he manu ʻoku tāupe ʻi hono nima, ne nau fepehēʻaki ʻiate kinautolu, “Ko e moʻoni ko e fakapō ʻae tangata ni, pea kuo hao ia mei he tahi, ka ʻoku ʻikai tuku ia ʻe he houhau ke ne moʻui.”
When the people there saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer. Even though he escaped death from the sea, Justice won't let him live.”
5 Pea tupeʻi ʻe ia ʻae manu ki he afi, pea naʻe ʻikai ongoʻi ʻe ia ha kovi.
However, Paul shook the snake off into the fire, and suffered no ill-effects.
6 Ka naʻa nau ʻamanaki ki heʻene pupula, pe tō hifo ʻo mate fakafokifā pe: pea kuo nau siosio ʻo fuoloa, kae ʻikai mamata ki ha kovi kuo hoko kiate ia; pea liliu honau loto, ʻonau pehē, “Tā ko e ʻotua ia.”
They were expecting him to swell up, or suddenly fall down dead. But after waiting a long time, they saw that nothing bad had happened to him so they changed their minds and decided he must be a god.
7 Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi he potu ko ia ʻae ʻapi ʻoe ʻeiki ʻoe motu, ko hono hingoa ko Pupilio; pea naʻe ʻofa mai ia kiate kimautolu, ʻo mau nofo ʻi hono ʻapi ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu.
Nearby were lands that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and looked after us for three days very hospitably.
8 Pea pehē, naʻe tokoto ʻae tamai ʻa Pupilio ʻoku mahaki, ko e mofi mo e hana toto; pea kuo hū atu ʻa Paula ki ai, ʻo lotu, pea ne ala atu hono nima kiate ia, ʻo fakamoʻui ia.
Now Publius' father was sick, lying in bed suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and prayed for him, placed his hands on him, and healed him.
9 Pea kuo fai ia, pea haʻu foki mo e niʻihi ʻoe motu naʻe moʻua ʻi he ngaahi mahaki, pea fakamoʻui:
After this happened, everyone else who was sick on the island came and was healed.
10 Pea naʻa nau foaki ʻae ngaahi foaki lahi kiate kimautolu; pea ʻi heʻemau ʻalu, naʻa nau fakaheka ʻae ngaahi meʻa naʻe ʻaonga.
They presented us with many gifts, and when we had to sail they provided everything we needed for the voyage.
11 Pea kuo hili ʻae māhina ʻe tolu, naʻa mau folau ʻi he vaka ʻAlekisānitia, naʻe nofo ʻi he motu ʻi he faʻahitaʻu afā, pea ko hono fakaʻilonga “ko e Mahangataʻane.”
After a three month stay we set sail aboard a ship from Alexandria having a figurehead of the Heavenly Twins that had spent the winter at the island.
12 Pea naʻa mau ʻalu ki ʻuta ʻi Silakusa, pea mau nofo ai ʻo ʻaho tolu.
We stopped at Syracuse, and spent three days there.
13 Pea mau fākahua mei ai, pea mau aʻu atu ki Lisio: pea hili ʻae ʻaho ʻe taha, pea tonga ʻae matangi, pea pongipongi ai, naʻa mau aʻu atu ki Piuteoli:
From there we sailed on to Rhegium. The following day a south wind blew, and on the second day we arrived at the port of Puteoli,
14 Pea mau ʻilo ai ʻae kāinga, pea naʻa nau kole ke mau nofo mo kinautolu ʻo ʻaho fitu: pea naʻa mau fononga atu ki Loma.
where we discovered some believers. They asked us to stay with them for a week. So we came to Rome.
15 Pea kuo fanongo ʻae kāinga mei ai kiate kimautolu, naʻa nau haʻu ʻo fakafetaulaki mai kiate kimautolu ki he Malaʻe ʻo ʻApio, mo e Fale ʻe tolu: pea kuo mamata ai ʻa Paula, pea ne fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua, mo loto mālohi ai.
When some of the believers from Rome heard we had arrived they came to meet us at the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he was thankful to God and much encouraged.
16 Pea kuo mau aʻu atu ki Loma, pea tuku ʻe he ʻeikitau ʻae kau pōpula ki he pule ʻoe kau tau: ka naʻe tuku ʻa Paula ke nofo kehe, mo e tangata tau naʻa ne leʻohi ia.
When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay under house arrest with a soldier to guard him.
17 Pea pehē, “Kuo hili ʻae ʻaho ʻe tolu, pea fekau ʻe Paula ki he kau matāpule Siu ke fakataha: pea kuo nau kātoa mai, pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, ʻae kau tangata ko e kāinga, naʻe ʻikai pe te u fai ha meʻa ki he kakai pe ki he ngaahi ngāue fakaʻeiki ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai, ka naʻe tuku au mei Selūsalema, ko e pōpula ki he nima ʻoe kakai Loma.
Three days later Paul invited the Jewish leaders there to come to see him. When they were all together he told them, “Brothers, even though I had not done anything wrong against the people or the customs of our forefathers, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Roman authorities.
18 Pea kuo nau fakamaau au, pea nau loto ke tukuange au, koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai ʻiate au ha meʻa e totonu ai ʻeku mate.
After they had interrogated me they wanted to release me because I had done nothing that warranted execution.
19 Ka ʻi he lea mālohi ʻae kakai Siu ke ʻoua, pea ne u pehē, te u fakamaau pe au ia Sisa; ka naʻe ʻikai ʻi heʻeku fie talatalaakiʻi hoku kakai ʻi ha meʻa.
But the Jewish leaders opposed this, so I was forced to appeal to Caesar—not that I had any accusations against my own people.
20 Pea ko e meʻa ia ʻoku ou fekau atu ai ke mou kātoa mai, ke u mamata pea lea kiate kimoutolu: he koeʻuhi ko e ʻamanaki ʻa ʻIsileli kuo haʻisia ʻaki au ʻae ukamea fihifihi ni.”
That's why I asked to see you, and talk to you, because it is on account of the hope of Israel that I am chained up like this.”
21 Pea naʻa nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku ʻikai te mau maʻu mei Siutea ha tohi kiate koe, pea naʻe ʻikai fakahā pea leaʻaki ha kovi kiate koe ʻe ha tokotaha ʻi he kāinga naʻe haʻu.
“We have not received any letters from Judea about you, and none of our people have come here with reports against you or to speak badly of you,” they told him.
22 Ka ʻoku mau holi ke fanongo ʻiate koe pe ko e hā ho loto: he koeʻuhi ko e faʻahinga ni, ʻoku mau ʻilo ʻoku lea kovi ki ai ʻi he potu kotoa pē.
“But we do want to hear from you what you believe—especially regarding this sect, which we know is condemned everywhere.”
23 Pea kuo nau kotofa ʻae ʻaho kiate ia, pea haʻu ʻae tokolahi ki hono fale; pea ne fakamatala ʻe ia mo fakapapau atu ʻae puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne fakamoʻoni kiate kinautolu mei he fono ʻa Mōsese, mo e kau palōfita, kia Sisu, ʻo fai mei he pongipongi ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.
They made an appointment to meet with him. On that day many people came to where he was staying. From morning till night Paul was explaining to them, telling them about the kingdom of God. He tried to convince them about Jesus using the writings of the law of Moses and the prophets.
24 Pea naʻe tui ʻae niʻihi ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻa ne leaʻaki, ka naʻe ʻikai tui ʻae niʻihi.
Some accepted what Paul said, but some refused to believe.
25 Pea kuo ʻikai te nau loto taha ʻiate kinautolu, pea nau ʻalu, ka kuo hili ʻae leaʻaki ʻe Paula ʻae lea ni ʻe taha, Neʻineʻi folofola ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni ʻia ʻIsaia ko e palōfita ki heʻetau ngaahi Tamai.
They couldn't agree among themselves, and they left after Paul told them this: “The Holy Spirit said it well through Isaiah the prophet to your forefathers,
26 ʻO pehē, ‘ʻAlu ki he kakai ni, mo e pehē Te mou fakaongoongo pea fanongo, kae ʻikai ongoʻi; pea siofia ʻo mamata, kae ʻikai ʻiloʻi:
‘Go to these people and tell them: Even though you hear, you won't ever understand, and even though you see, you won't ever comprehend.
27 ‘He kuo fakaongonoa ʻae loto ʻoe kakai ni, pea ʻoku tuli honau telinga, pea kuo nau fakamohe honau mata; telia naʻa ʻiloange kuo mamata honau mata, pea fanongo honau telinga, pea ʻilo ʻe honau loto, pea liliu ai, pea te u fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu.’”
For the minds of these people have become calloused and hard, their ears cannot hear, their eyes are shut, in case they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their minds, and might come back to me and I would heal them.’
28 Ko ia ke mou ʻilo eni, kuo fekau atu ki he kakai Senitaile ʻae fakamoʻui ʻae ʻOtua, pea ʻe fanongo ai ʻakinautolu.
Consequently you should know that this salvation that comes from God has been sent to the foreigners and they will listen.”
29 Pea kuo leaʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi lea ni, pea ʻalu ʻae kakai Siu, pea naʻe lahi ʻenau fakakikihi ʻiate kinautolu.
30 Pea naʻe nofo ʻa Paula ʻi hono fale ʻoʻona naʻa ne totongi ki ai ʻo ua taʻu, pea ne talia ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe haʻu kiate ia,
For two full years Paul stayed there in the house he rented, welcoming everyone who came to see him.
31 ʻO ne malangaʻaki ʻae puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua, mo ako ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku kau ki he ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻi he mālohi lahi, pea naʻe ʻikai taʻofi kiate ia ʻe ha tokotaha.
He spoke of the kingdom of God, and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ very boldly. No one prevented him.
