1 Pea toe hū ia ki he falelotu; pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae tangata kuo mate hono nima. 2 Pea naʻa nau lamasi ia, pe te ne fakamoʻui ia ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate: ka nau fakakoviʻi ai ia. 3 Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he tangata naʻe nima mate, “Tuʻu mai.” 4 Pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ngofua ke fai lelei ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho Sāpate, pe ko e fai kovi? Ke fakamoʻui, pe tāmateʻi?” Ka naʻa nau fakalongo pe. 5 Pea kuo vakai foli ʻe ia ʻakinautolu kuo tuputāmaki, he naʻe mamahi ia koeʻuhi ko e fefeka ʻo honau loto, pea ne pehē ki he tangata, “Mafao mai ho nima.” Pea ne mafao atu ia: pea fakamoʻui hono nima ʻo hangē ko hono nima e taha. 6 Pea naʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻae kau Fālesi, ʻonau alea leva mo e kau Helotiane kiate ia, pe fēfeeʻi ʻenau tāmateʻi ia. 7 Ka naʻe ʻalu ʻa Sisu mo ʻene kau ākonga ki he tahi: pea muimui kiate ia ʻae fuʻu tokolahi mei Kāleli mo Siutea, 8 Pea naʻe haʻu kiate ia, mei Selūsalema, mo ʻAitumia, mo e tuʻa Sioatani, mo kinautolu naʻe ofi ki Taia mo Saitoni, ʻae fuʻu tokolahi ʻi heʻenau fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi kuo ne fai. 9 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe ia ki heʻene kau ākonga, ke ʻai ha vaka siʻi ke tatali kiate ia, koeʻuhi ko e fuʻu tokolahi, telia naʻa nau fakaʻefihiaʻi ia. 10 He kuo ne fakamoʻui ʻae tokolahi; ko ia ne nau fakaʻefihiaʻi ia, ka nau ala kiate ia, ʻakinautolu naʻe mahaki. 11 Pea mo e kau laumālie ʻuli, ʻi heʻenau mamata kiate ia, naʻa nau tō ki lalo ʻi hono ʻao, pea tangi, ʻo pehē, “Ko e ʻAlo koe ʻoe ʻOtua.” 12 Pea ne fekau mālohi kiate kinautolu, ke ʻoua naʻa nau fakahā ia. 13 Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ia ki he moʻunga, ʻo ne ui kiate ia ʻakinautolu naʻe loto ia ki ai: pea nau ʻalu ange kiate ia. 14 Pea ne tuʻutuʻuni ʻae toko hongofulu ma toko ua, ke nau ʻiate ia, pea koeʻuhi ke ne fekau atu ʻakinautolu ke malanga, 15 Pea ke maʻu ʻae mālohi ke fakamoʻui ʻae ngaahi mahaki, mo kapusi ʻae kau tēvolo: 16 Ko Saimone naʻa ne fakahingoa ko Pita; 17 mo Semisi ko e foha ʻo Sepeti, mo Sione ko e tokoua ʻo Semisi; pea ne fakahingoa ʻakinaua ko Poaneasesi, ʻa ia, “Ko e ongo foha ʻoe mana:” 18 mo ʻAnitelū, mo Filipe, mo Pātolomiu, mo Mātiu, mo Tōmasi, mo Semisi ko e foha ʻo ʻAlefiusi, mo Tatiusi, mo Saimone ko e Kēnani, 19 mo Siutasi ʻIsikaliote ʻaia foki naʻa ne lavakiʻi ia: pea naʻa nau hū ki ha fale.

20 ¶ Pea toe fakataha ʻae kakai, ko ia naʻe ʻikai ai te nau faʻa fai ʻenau kai mā. 21 Pea ʻi he fanongo ki ai ʻa hono kāinga, naʻa nau ʻalu atu ko hono puke: he naʻa nau pehē, “Kuo vale ia.”

22 ¶ Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he kau tangata tohi naʻe ʻalu hifo mei Selūsalema, “ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻa Pelisipupe, pea ʻoku ne kapusi ʻae kau tēvolo ʻi he ʻeiki ʻoe kau tēvolo.” 23 Pea ne ui ʻakinautolu, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā, “E faʻa kapusi fēfē ʻe Sētane ʻa Sētane? 24 Pea kapau ʻe feʻiteʻitani ha puleʻanga, ʻe ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ʻae puleʻanga ko ia. 25 Pea kapau ʻe feʻiteʻitani ha fale, ʻe ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ʻae fale ko ia. 26 Pea kapau ʻe angatuʻu ʻa Sētane kiate ia, mo feʻiteʻitani, ʻe ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ia, kae ngata ai ia. 27 “E ʻikai ha taha te ne faʻa hū ki he fale ʻoe tokotaha mālohi, mo kaihaʻasi ʻene ngaahi koloa, ka ʻi heʻene tomuʻa haʻi ʻae tokotaha mālohi; pea te ne toki kaihaʻasi ʻene koloa. 28 “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, ʻE fakamolemole ʻae ngaahi hia kotoa pē ʻae fānau ʻae tangata, mo e lohiakiʻi ʻaia kotoa pē te nau lohiaki: 29 Ka ko e lohiakiʻi ʻoe Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni ʻe ʻikai fakamolemolea ʻo lauikuonga, ka ʻoku tuʻutāmaki ia ki he malaʻia taʻengata:” 30 Koeʻuhi naʻe pehē ʻekinautolu, “ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻae laumālie ʻuli.”

31 ¶ Pea naʻe toki haʻu ʻa hono kāinga mo ʻene faʻē, ʻonau tutuʻu ʻituʻa, pea nau fekau kiate ia. 32 Pea pehē kiate ia ʻe he kakai naʻa nau nofo ʻo kāpui ia, “Vakai, ko hoʻo faʻē mo ho kāinga ʻoku ʻituʻa, ko ʻenau kumi koe.” 33 Pea lea ia, ʻo pehēange kiate kinautolu, “Ko hai ʻeku faʻē mo hoku kāinga?” 34 Pea vakai foli ʻe ia ʻakinautolu naʻa nau nofo ʻo kāpui ia, mo ne pehē, “Vakai, ko ʻeku faʻē mo hoku kāinga! 35 He ko ia te ne fai ʻae finangalo ʻoe ʻOtua, ko hoku tokoua ia, mo hoku tuofefine, mo ʻeku faʻē.”