Kau ʻAposetolo 1
1 ʻE Tiofilusi, ko e fuofua tohi naʻaku fai, ko e fakahā ʻoe meʻa kotoa pē naʻe kamata fai mo ako ʻaki ʻe Sisu,
The former record I made, O Theophilus, of all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
2 ʻO aʻu ki he ʻaho naʻe ʻave ai ia ki ʻolunga, ʻi he hili ʻene tuku ʻae ngaahi fekau ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni ki he kau ʻaposetolo naʻa ne fili:
till the day on which he was taken up, after he had, through the Holy Spirit, given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen.
3 ʻAkinautolu naʻa ne fakahā ia ki ai kuo moʻui, ʻi he hili ʻene mate, ʻi he ngaahi fakamoʻoni ʻilongofua pea lahi, he naʻa nau mamata kiate ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fāngofulu, pea lea ia ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoe puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua:
To whom, after he had suffered, he also showed himself alive, by many indubitable proofs; appearing to them for forty days, and speaking of the things that pertain to the kingdom of God.
4 Pea ʻi heʻenau fakataha mo ia, naʻa ne fekau kiate kinautolu “Ke ʻoua te nau ʻalu ʻi Selūsalema, kae tatali ki he talaʻofa ʻae Tamai, ʻa ia, [naʻe pehē ai ʻe ia], kuo mou fanongo ai ʻiate au.
And calling them together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of my Father, which, said he, you have heard from me;
5 He naʻe papitaiso moʻoni ʻe Sione ʻaki ʻae vai; kae ʻaho siʻi pē pea ʻe papitaiso ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni.”
for John indeed immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.
6 Pea ʻi heʻenau fakataha, naʻa nau fehuʻi kiate ia, ʻo pehē, ʻEiki, te ke toe ʻange ʻi he kuonga ni ʻae puleʻanga ki ʻIsileli?
Therefore, when they came together, they asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
7 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ʻikai maʻamoutolu ke ʻilo ki he ngaahi kuonga mo e ngaahi ʻaho, ʻaia ʻoku faʻiteliha tokotaha pe ki ai ʻae Tamai.
But he said to them: It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has reserved under his own control.
8 Ka te mou maʻu ʻae mālohi, ʻoka hoko mai ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni kiate kimoutolu: pea ko ʻeku kau fakamoʻoni ʻakimoutolu ʻi Selūsalema, mo Siutea kotoa pē, mo Samēlia, pea ki he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani.”
But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the most distant part of the earth.
9 Pea hili ʻene ngaahi folofola ni, lolotonga ʻenau siofia ia, naʻe ʻave ia ki ʻolunga; pea fakapuli ia ʻe he ʻao meiate kinautolu.
And when he had spoken these things, while they were looking on him, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 Pea ʻi heʻenau kei sio fakamamaʻu ki he langi, ʻi heʻene ʻalu hake, ʻiloange, kuo tuʻu mai kiate kinautolu ʻae ongo tangata kuo kofu hinehina;
And while they were looking earnestly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white raiment,
11 ʻo na pehē, “ʻAe kau tangata Kāleli, ko e hā ʻoku mou tutuʻu mo sio fakamamaʻu ai ki he langi? Ko e Sisu ko ia, kuo ʻave ʻiate kimoutolu ki langi, ʻe pehē pē ʻene toe haʻu ʻo hangē ko hoʻomou mamata ʻene ʻalu hake ki loto langi.”
who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall come in the same manner in which you saw him go into heaven.
12 Pea naʻa nau toki liu mai ki Selūsalema mei he moʻunga ʻoku ui ko ʻOlive, ko hono vahaʻa mo Selūsalema ko e mamaʻo ʻoe fononga ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day’s journey.
13 Pea kuo nau hoko mai, pea nau ʻalu hake ki he potu ki ʻolunga, ʻaia naʻe nonofo ai ʻa Pita, mo Semisi, mo Sione, mo ʻAnitelū, mo Filipe, mo Tōmasi, mo Pātolomiu, mo Mātiu, mo Semisi [ko e foha ]ʻo ʻAlefiusi, mo Saimone Selote, mo Siutasi ko e tokoua ʻo Semisi.
And when they had come in, they went up into an upper room, in which dwelt Peter and James, and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14 Pea naʻe nonofo loto taha ʻakinautolu ni kotoa pē, ʻi he lotu mo e hūfekina, fakataha mo e kau fefine, mo Mele ko e faʻē ʻa Sisu, mo hono kāinga.
All these, with one mind, continued in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
15 Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Pita ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ākonga (koe lau fakataha ʻoe kakai ko e toko teau mo e toko uofulu, ) ʻo ne pehē,
And in those days Peter arose in the midst of the disciples, (the number of the names together was about a hundred and twenty, ) and said:
16 “ʻAe kau tangata mo e kāinga, naʻe totonu ke fakamoʻoni ʻae tohi ni, ʻaia naʻe leaʻaki ʻi muʻa ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ngutu ʻo Tevita, kia Siutasi, ʻaia naʻa ne tataki ʻakinautolu naʻe puke ʻa Sisu.
Brethren, it was necessary for this scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit had before spoken by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who took Jesus:
17 He naʻe lau ia mo kitautolu, pea naʻe ai hono tufakanga ʻi he ngāue ni.”
for he was numbered with us, and had been appointed to this ministry.
18 Pea naʻe fakatau ʻe he tangata ni ʻae potu fonua ʻaki ʻae totongi ʻo ʻene angahala; pea naʻe tō ʻo tuʻu hono mata, pea mafahi hono kete, pea ʻoho kituʻa hono toʻotoʻonga kotoa pē.
Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19 Pea naʻe ʻilo ia ʻe he kau nofo kotoa pē ʻi Selūsalema: ko ia naʻe ui ai ʻae potu fonua ko ia ʻi heʻenau lea, Ko ʻAkeletama, ko e pehē, “Ko e potu fonua ʻoe toto.”
And it was known to all that dwelt in Jerusalem, so that the field is called, in their own language, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.
20 He ʻoku tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe ngaahi Saame, “Ke lala hono fale, pea ʻoua ʻe nofo ai ha taha:’ pea, ‘Ko ʻene ngāue ke maʻu ʻe ha taha.’
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no one dwell in it, and, His office let another take.
21 “Ko ia ʻi he kau tangata ni kuo tau nonofo mo kinautolu, ʻi he kuonga kotoa naʻe felemofafo ʻae ʻEiki ko Sisu ʻiate kitautolu,
Therefore, of these men who have associated with us during the whole time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 ʻO fua fai mei he papitaiso ʻa Sione, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho pe ko ia naʻe ʻave ai ia ki ʻolunga meiate kitautolu, ʻoku totonu ke ai ha taha ko e fakamoʻoni mo kimautolu ʻo ʻene toetuʻu.”
beginning from the immersion of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, must one be appointed as a witness with us of his resurrection.
23 Pea naʻa nau fili ʻae toko ua, ko Siosefa naʻe ui ko Pasapa, pea fakahingoa foki ko Susitasa, mo Mataiasi.
And they set apart two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias;
24 Pea naʻa nau lotu, ʻo pehē, “ʻE ʻEiki, ko koe ʻoku ke ʻiloʻi ʻae loto kotoa pē, ke fakahā pe ko hai ʻiate kinaua ni kuo ke fili,
and praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, make known which of these two thou hast chosen,
25 Koeʻuhi ke ai ʻene tufakanga ʻi he ngāue ni pea ke ʻaposetolo, ʻaia kuo hinga mei ai ʻa Siutasi ʻi he angahala, kae ʻalu ia ki hono potu ʻoʻona.”
that he may be appointed to this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26 Pea naʻa nau talotalo; pea totonu kia Mataiasi; pea naʻe lau fakataha ia mo e toko hongofulu ma tokotaha ʻoe kau ʻaposetolo.
And they gave in their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias: and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
