1 PBS Nena huhufako neju bapa, neru, bai kei Malta petu. BSB BSB: Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
2 PBS Bapa te-e petui ne-jatete huhufa. Rapa bapale tete pa teniko nenafatene i kei fu-po we-e pa nolela tafa. BSB BSB: The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
3 PBS Pu Paulus rine kelo pa kapatifui ra, ra-etiko iu keto, Paulus noke kopewa. BSB BSB: Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
4 PBS Pu tebafai tekarete i-i weko Paulus noke, tewowo nie: "Kebawei bamua keba teba kejipate tebie, kei, jafui kekahuhufato, para Peba Te-uma pewati kewawale." BSB BSB: When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
5 PBS Pa Paulus i-i kehinapa leti-ra, pa ke-jauratuka. BSB BSB: But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
6 PBS Pa tenira, noro e-etuna rakuifa kewawale. Pa tejoko jopa, tekarete, no-keke jauratuka, kaipa tehie, kebawe keba-te. BSB BSB: The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 PBS Habaraka kebarube petui hatu keke, Kebarubei batikeke Publius. Ne-kelo huhufa pa baheto ne-jakelepa nenane. BSB BSB: Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
8 PBS Pui Publius reke noepa kei pa hupokeli-i. Paulus keti ja-keke; lupopo jakele pa nokekeve pa keleko kenohae. BSB BSB: The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
9 PBS Jalelepai kapa teba noe kau ja-petui to pa tera keleko te-nohae. BSB BSB: After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
10 PBS Nei tabeja bamua tete-e, pa pu nenate, jalelepa nene tetupi. BSB BSB: The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
11 PBS Ke-heto tohepa nenaia ne-e tu-u ka Aleksandria to pu ba-lelakui kefei petui. Tui Diskoro bilate kefako. BSB BSB: After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
12 PBS Nele Sirakusa pa baheto neteneia. BSB BSB: Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
13 PBS Keiapa nena bafa, ko neneju Regium. Ba-upa fe-lopeka pa fefepepeupa nenakoneju Putioli. BSB BSB: From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
14 PBS Kei tebapa lupopojate-e nefi, pa tewo wako kopa nelopa tenei ba napaheto. Kaipa nene Roma. BSB BSB: There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
15 PBS Jopalala te-efu pife nene teri pa tejakoto netefi Forum Apius pa Tres Taberne. Pu Paulus te-kefe, Janawo kewaete Tata kaipa hupala keke nave. BSB BSB: The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
17 PBS Ba-hetopa Paulus teba huhu Yahudi keraki ko telu, pa Paulus kelo: "Johane, tebapa nenewe jafeu nileka na leja jobepakama nene, pakei ni-teke Yerusalem pa ni-tekeni teba Roma. BSB BSB: After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
18 PBS Pu ni-telafu, hupala tetei ni tekefufute, kei niwe jafefeura nilekako aha ana nitejati ni-wuwule. BSB BSB: They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
19 PBS Pakei teba Yahudi piputela pa peanya ni-teketute kebatete-ho, pa kei tebapa ninei nilelekale. BSB BSB: But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
20 PBS Peanya niwa, u-e-nifefe pa pi-epanetete, kei ni-pule Israel ni-lofefeleko ni-atete." BSB BSB: So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
21 PBS Keteipa pi-tete nowea: "Ropu meme wa Yudea-to neroka, para jopalala nebafawera baura to jafefe mepemei hohokakeleka. BSB BSB: The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
22 PBS Pa ne-putu neruru meape, hupala meme none, kei ja-lomawe neru, lomemamepe kenera me- tehalaete." BSB BSB: But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
23 PBS Kaipa bau teruko Paulus, pu batenikoi tojupa teba fananau tete je-kelei. Pi ke-nalui pa Tata Paike kenalui te; pa Musa ma keke bamua pa teba puha roputepa ke-ena Oke-i ketejiji. Jakenalu wa fetahapa pa wakote rale. BSB BSB: So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
24 PBS Jakenalui-i tekau keteji tekau ketejika. BSB BSB: Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
25 PBS Kaipa teluei temepu pa janaura teweka. Pa Paulus pitiwe kelafai: "Pife keke kele Letu Keke wa bapuhakei Yesaya te jobepakama nenei konaia kokotu: BSB BSB: They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
26 PBS Meme tepawe, pa meponawewe: Elue pa elue, pa ealolulule, e-fue pa e-fue pa elulukale. BSB BSB: ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 PBS Kei hupala tetei po, pa loi jateriri-i rampapi, pa luto tete pomotu; u-luto tetepa tefufuka pa lo-tetepa teririka pa hupala tetepa tehietapepe, kaipa teputo te-Ni-leko nohae-e. BSB BSB: For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
28 PBS Peanya elulu, janaheve wa Tata toi tenarue teba papahi pa tei teririte." BSB BSB: Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
29 PBS Pa Paulus piti kela noia, kaipa teba Yahudi temela hupala wowopa. BSB BSB: Not in the BSB
31 PBS Jaura faweka pa Tata pifeke kenalu pepefai pa Tata Okei kenalui. BSB BSB: Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
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