Kau ʻAposetolo 6

1 Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, ʻi he tupu ʻo tokolahi ʻae kau ākonga, naʻe tupu ʻi he kau ʻElinisitō ʻae lāunga ki he kau Hepelū, koeʻuhi naʻe taʻetokangaʻi ʻenau kau fefine kuo mate honau husepāniti, ʻi he tufa naʻe fai ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.

And in those dayes, as the nomber of ye disciples grewe, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians towards ye Hebrewes, because their widowes were neglected in the dayly ministring.

2 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he toko hongofulu ma toko ua ke fakataha mai ʻae kau ākonga, ʻonau pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai taau ke mau liʻaki ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua, kae tokonaki ki he ngaahi keinangaʻanga.

Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayd, It is not meete that we should leaue the worde of God to serue the tables.

3 Pea ko eni, ʻe kāinga, mou fili meiate kimoutolu ʻae kau tangata ongoongoleleiʻia ʻe toko fitu, ʻoku pito ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni mo e poto, ke mau fakanofo ʻakinautolu ki he ngāue ni.

Wherefore brethren, looke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, and full of the holy Ghost, and of wisedome, which we may appoint to this busines.

4 Ka te mau tuku ʻakimautolu maʻuaipē ki he lotu, pea mo e malangaʻaki ʻae folofola.”

And we will giue our selues continually to prayer, and to the ministration of the worde.

5 Pea naʻe lelei ʻae lea ko ia ki he kakai kotoa pē: pea naʻa nau fili ʻa Setiveni, ko e tangata naʻe pito ʻi he tui mo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, mo Filipe, mo Pikolo, mo Nikanoolo, mo Taimoni mo Pamina, mo Nikola ko e ului ki he [lotu fakaSiu ]mei ʻAniteoke:

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Steuen a man full of fayth and of the holy Ghost, and Philippe, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a Proselyte of Antiochia,

6 ‌ʻAia naʻa nau omi ki he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻaposetolo: pea hili ʻenau lotu, naʻe ʻai honau nima kiate kinautolu.

Which they set before the Apostles: and they prayed, and layed their hands on them.

7 Pea naʻe mafola ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua; pea naʻe fakatokolahi ʻaupito ʻae kau ākonga ʻi Selūsalema; pea talangofua ki he tui ʻae fuʻu tokolahi ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki.

And the worde of God increased, and the nomber of the disciples was multipled in Hierusalem greatly, and a great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith.

8 Pea kuo pito ʻa Setiveni ʻi he tui mo e mālohi, naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻae meʻa fakaofo mo e ngaahi mana lahi, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.

Now Steuen full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

9 Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae niʻihi ʻi he falelotu, ʻaia ʻoku ui [ko e falelotu ]ʻoe Lipataine, mo e kau Sailine, mo e kau ʻAlekisānitia, mo kinautolu mei Silisia, mo ʻEsia, pea naʻa nau fakakikihi mo Setiveni.

Then there arose certaine of the Synagogue, which are called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and of Alexandria, and of them of Cilicia, and of Asia, and disputed with Steuen.

10 Pea naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa tali ʻae poto mo e loto naʻa ne leaʻaki.

But they were not able to resist the wisdome, and the Spirit by the which he spake.

11 Pea naʻa nau toki fakalotoʻi ʻae kau tangata, ke nau pehē, “Kuo mau fanongo ki heʻene leaʻaki ʻae lea kovi kia Mōsese, pea mo e ʻOtua.”

Then they suborned men, which saide, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes against Moses, and God.

12 Pea naʻa nau ueʻi ʻae kakai, mo e mātuʻa, mo e kau tangata tohi, ke nau feʻohofi ʻo puke ia, ʻo ʻomi ki he kau fakamaau,

Thus they mooued the people and the Elders, and the Scribes: and running vpon him, caught him, and brought him to the Councill,

13 Pea naʻa nau ʻomi ʻae kau fakamoʻoni loi, ke nau pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai tuku ʻe he tangata ni ʻene lea kovi ki he potu māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e fono:

And set forth false witnesses, which sayd, This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes against this holy place, and the Law.

14 He kuo mau fanongo ki heʻene pehē, Ko e Sisu ni ʻo Nāsaleti, ʻe fakaʻauha ʻe ia ʻae potu ni, pea fakakehe ʻae ngaahi ngāue naʻe foaki ʻe Mōsese kiate kitautolu.”

For we haue heard him say, that this Iesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the ordinances, which Moses gaue vs.

15 Pea ko kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe nofo ʻi he fakamaau, naʻa nau sio fakamamaʻu kiate ia, ʻonau vakai ki hono mata kuo hangē ko e mata ʻo ha ʻāngelo.

And as all that sate in the Councill, looked stedfastly on him, they saw his face as it had bene the face of an Angel.