Ko e Tohi ʻa ʻIkinasio ki he kakai ʻEfesō VAHE 1 1 ʻOku ʻi he siasi ʻi ʻEfesō ʻi ʻĒsia ʻa ʻIkinasio, ʻaia ʻoku ui foki ko Teofolo; fiefia taau taha; kuo tāpuakiʻi ʻa kimautolu ʻi he lahi mo e kakato ʻo e ʻOtua ko e Tamaí, pea naʻe tomuʻa fakapapauʻi ʻi he teʻeki kamata ʻa e māmaní, ke ʻi ai maʻu pē ia ki ha nāunau ʻoku tuʻuloa mo taʻe-faʻa-liliu; ʻi heʻene fakatahaʻi mo fili ʻi heʻene mamahi moʻoní, ʻo fakatatau ki he finangalo ʻo e Tamaí, mo Sīsū Kalaisi ko hotau ʻOtuá; ko e fiefia kotoa pe, 'ia Sisu Kalaisi, mo 'ene kelesi ta'emele. 2 Kuo u fanongo ki ho huafa, ʻofeina lahi ʻi he ʻOtua; ʻa ia kuo mou maʻu ʻi he anga ʻo e māʻoniʻoni, ʻo fakatatau ki he tui mo e ʻofa ʻa ia ʻoku ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi ko hotau Fakamoʻui. 3 Pea ʻi heʻetau hoko ko e kau faʻifaʻitaki ʻo e ʻOtuá, pea ʻi heʻetau ueʻi ʻa kimoutolu ʻi he taʻataʻa ʻo Kalaisí, kuo mou fakakakato ʻa e ngāue naʻe fakanatula kiate kimoutolú. 4 He na‘á ku fanongo na‘á ku ha‘u ha‘isia mei Sīlia koe‘uhi ko e huafa ‘o e ‘Otuá mo e ‘amanakí; koe‘uhi ke u hoko ‘i he mamahí ko e ākonga mo‘oni ia ‘a ia na‘á ne foaki ia ki he ‘Otuá, ko e feilaulau mo e feilaulau ma‘atautolu; (naʻa mou fakavave ke mamata kiate au). Ko ia na‘a ku tali ‘i he huafa ‘o e ‘Otua ho‘omou fu‘u kakai kotoa pē ‘ia ‘Onesema. 5 ‘Oku ‘a‘ataua ‘a e ‘Ofa ko ia ‘i he ‘ofa ta‘efa‘alaua; ʻaia ʻoku ou kole kiate kimoutolu, ʻia Sīsū Kalaisi, ke mou ʻofa ki ai; pea ke mou feinga kotoa pē ke mou hangē ko iá. Pea ke fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtuá, ʻa ia kuó ne foaki kiate kimoutolu, ʻa ia ʻoku mou taau mo iá, ke mou fiefia ʻi ha pīsope lelei ʻaupito pehē. 6 He ko e me‘a ‘oku fekau‘aki mo hoku kaungā tamaio‘eiki ko Pulusí, pea mo ho‘omou tīkoni monū‘ia tahá ‘i he ngaahi me‘a ‘oku kau ki he ‘Otuá; ʻOku ou kole kiate kimoutolu ke ne nofo fuoloa, koeʻuhi ko hoʻomou ʻeiki mo hoʻomou ʻeiki. 7 Pea ko Kolokasi foki ʻoku taau mo hotau ʻOtuá mo kimoutolu, ʻa ia kuó u maʻu ko e sīpinga ʻo hoʻomou ʻofá, kuó ne fakafiemālieʻi au ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻe fakafiemālieʻi foki ia ʻe he Tamai ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí; fakataha mo ‘Onesema, mo Pulu, mo ‘Iukulu, mo Folonito, ‘a ia na‘a ku mamata kiate kimoutolu kotoa pē ‘i ho‘omou ‘ofa. Pea ke u fiefia maʻu pē ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻo kapau te u taau mo ia. 8 Ko ia ‘oku taau ke mou fakalāngilangi‘i ‘i he me‘a kotoa pē ‘a Sīsū Kalaisi, ‘a ia na‘a ne fakalāngilangi‘i kimoutolu: koe‘uhi ke mou kau fakataha ‘i he talangofua tatau, ‘i he fakakaukau pe taha, mo e fakakaukau pe taha: pea ke mou lea tatau kotoa pē ‘i he me‘a ‘i he me‘a ko ia na‘a ne fakalāngilangi‘i kimoutolu. me'a kotoa. 9 Pea koeʻuhi ʻi hoʻomou talangofua ki hoʻomou pīsope, mo e kau pule, ke mou fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi kakato mo fakaʻaufuli. 10 ‘Oku ou tu‘utu‘uni atu ‘a e ngaahi me‘á ni kiate kimoutolu, ‘o ‘ikai ko ha taha makehe au: he neongo ‘oku ha‘i au koe‘uhi ko hono huafa, ka ‘oku te‘eki ai ke u
haohaoa ‘ia Kalaisi Sīsū. Ka ko eni, ‘oku ou kamata ako, pea ‘oku ou lea kiate kimoutolu ko e kaungāako mo au. 11 He na‘e totonu ke u ue‘i au ‘e ho‘omou tui, mo e akonaki, mo e kātaki, mo e kātaki fuoloa; ka ko e meʻa ʻi he ʻikai tuku ʻe he ʻofa ke u fakalongo kiate kimoutolu, kuo u tomuʻa enginaki ʻakimoutolu, ke mou lele fakataha kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau ki he finangalo ʻo e ʻOtua. 12 He naʻa mo Sīsū Kalaisi, ʻa hotau moʻui taʻemavahevahé, ʻoku fekauʻi mai ia ʻi he finangalo ʻo e Tamaí; ʻo hangē ko e kau pīsopé, kuo fakanofo ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo e māmaní, ʻoku ʻi he finangalo ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí. 13 Ko ia ‘oku taau ke mou lele fakataha ‘o fakatatau ki he finangalo ‘o ho‘omou tauhi, ‘o hangē ko ia ‘oku mou fai. 14 He ko ho‘omou lakanga ‘iloá, ‘a ia ‘oku taau mo e ‘Otuá, ‘oku taau tonu ia ki he pīsopé, ‘o hangē ko e ngaahi afo ki he ha‘apé. 15 Ko ia ʻi hoʻomou loto taha mo e ʻofa ʻoku mou loto taha, ʻoku hiva ai ʻa Sisu Kalaisi; pea ko e tokotaha taki taha ‘iate kimoutolu ‘oku ne fa‘u ‘a e hiva: 16 Koe‘uhi ke mou loto taha kotoa pē ‘i he ‘ofa, mo to‘o ‘a e hiva ‘a e ‘Otua, ke mou hiva ki he Tamai ‘ia Sīsū Kalaisi ‘i he loto taha haohaoa; koeʻuhi ke ne fanongo kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻilo ʻi hoʻomou ngaahi ngāue, ko e ngaahi kupu moʻoni ʻa kimoutolu ʻo hono foha. 17 Ko ia ‘oku ‘aonga kiate kimoutolu ke mou nofo ‘i he uouangataha ta‘emele, koe‘uhi ke mou feohi ma‘u ai pē mo e ‘Otua. VAHE 2 1 He kapau ʻi he kiʻi taimi siʻi ko eni kuo u feohi pehē mo hoʻomou ʻeiki, ʻoku ʻikai ʻeku ʻuhinga ki he feohi fakakakano, ka ko e feohi fakalaumālie mo ia; huanoa ‘eku fakakaukau ‘oku mou fiefia ‘a kimoutolu ‘oku mou pipiki pehē kiate ia, ‘o hangē ko e siasi kia Sīsū Kalaisi, pea mo Sīsū Kalaisi ki he Tamai; koeʻuhi ke feongoongoi ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he taha pē? 2 ʻOua naʻa kākaaʻi ia ʻe ha taha; kapau ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he feilaulauʻanga ha taha, ʻoku ʻikai te ne maʻu ʻae mā ʻae ʻOtua. He kapau ʻoku mālohi pehē ʻae ngaahi lotu ʻa ha toko taha pe toko ua, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tala mai kiate kitautolú; ʻe fēfē ʻa e mālohi ʻo e pīsopé mo e siasi kotoa pē? 3 Ko ia ai, ko ia ‘oku ‘ikai te ne fakataha ‘i he potu tatau mo ia, ‘okú ne pōlepole, pea kuó ne ‘osi fakahalaia‘i ia ‘e ia. He kuo tohi, ʻOku talitekeʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae fielahi. Ko ia ke tau tokanga ke ʻoua naʻa tau fakafeangai ki he ʻeiki, koeʻuhi ke tau moʻulaloa ki he ʻOtua. 4 Ko e lahi ange ʻa e sio ʻa ha taha ki heʻene pīsopé ʻoku fakalongolongo, ko e lahi ange ia ʻene fakaʻapaʻapa kiate iá. He ko ia ʻoku fekau ʻe he ʻeiki ʻoe fale ke pule ki hono fale ʻoʻona, ʻoku totonu ke tau tali ia, ʻo hangē ko ʻetau tali kiate ia naʻa ne fekau ia. Ko ia ʻoku mahino ʻoku totonu ke tau sio ki he pīsopé, ʻo hangē pē ko ʻetau sio ki he ʻEikí tonu. 5 Pea ko e mo‘oni, ‘oku fakaongoongolelei‘i lahi ‘e ‘Onesema ‘a ho‘omou mo‘ui lelei ‘i he ‘Otua: he ‘oku mou mo‘ui kotoa pē ‘o fakatatau ki he mo‘oni, pea ‘oku ‘ikai nofo ‘iate kimoutolu ha lotu hala. He ʻoku ʻikai te mou tokanga ki ha taha ʻo lahi ange, ka ko Sisu Kalaisi ʻi heʻene folofola ʻi he moʻoni kiate kimoutolu.