Ngāue 18:1-9

¹Pea hili ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Paula ʻi ʻAtenisi, pea aʻu atu ki Kolinitō;

²Pea naʻa ne ʻilo ʻi ai ha Siu naʻe hingoa ko ʻAkuila, naʻe fanauʻi ʻi Ponito, kuo toki haʻu mei ʻItali, mo hono uaifi ko Pisila; (he naʻe fekau ʻe Kalotiusi ke ʻalu ʻi Loma ʻae kakai Siu kotoa pē:) pea ne ʻalu ia kiate kinaua.

³Pea koeʻuhi naʻa nau faiva taha, ko ia naʻa ne nofo mo kinaua, ʻo ngāue: he ko ʻenau faiva ko e ngaohi fale fehikitaki.

⁴Pea naʻe ako ia ʻi he falelotu, ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate kotoa pē, pea ne fakatafoki ʻae Siu mo e Kiliki.

⁵Pea kuo haʻu ʻa Sailosi mo Timote mei Masitōnia, pea māfasia ʻa Paula ʻi hono loto, pea fakapapau atu ʻe ia ki he kakai Siu ko e Kalaisi ʻa Sisu.

⁶Pea ʻi heʻenau fakatanga, mo lea kovi, naʻa ne tupeʻi hono kofu, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ke ʻi homou ʻulu pē ʻa homou toto; ʻoku ou maʻa au: ngata mei heni, te u ʻalu ki he Senitaile.”

⁷Pea ne ne ʻalu mei ai, ʻo hū ki he fale ʻo ha tangata, naʻe hingoa ko Susitasa, naʻe lotu ia ki he ʻOtua, pea naʻe vāofi hono fale mo e falelotu.

⁸Pea naʻe tui ki he ʻEiki ʻa Kalisipo, ko e pule lahi ʻoe falelotu, mo hono fale kotoa pē; pea naʻe fanongo mo tui ʻae kakai Kolinitō tokolahi, pea naʻe papitaiso ʻakinautolu.

⁹Pea folofola ai ʻae ʻEiki kia Paula ʻi he poʻuli, ʻi he meʻa naʻe hā mai, “ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē, ka ke lea, pea ʻoua naʻa ke fakalongo pē;