Mafola ʻa e Lotu Faka-Kalisitiané ki he Ngaahi Puleʻanga Lahi

Naʻe talangofua ʻa e kau ʻapositoló ki he fekau ʻa Sīsū ke fakamafola ʻa e ongoongo leleí ki he māmaní kotoa. ʻI he taʻu 47 T.S., naʻe fekauʻi atu ai ʻe he fanga tokoua ʻi ʻAniteoké ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ʻi ha fononga fakamalanga. Naʻe fononga ʻa e ongo malanga faivelengá ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻĒsia Mainá ki he ngaahi feituʻu hangē ko Teape, Līsita, mo ʻAikoniume.

Naʻe malanga ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ki he tokotaha kotoa, tatau ai pē pe naʻe koloaʻia pe masiva, kei siʻi pe taʻumotuʻa. Naʻe tali ʻe he kakai tokolahi ʻa e moʻoni fekauʻaki mo Kalaisí. ʻI he malanga ʻa Paula mo Panepasa kia Sēsio Paulo, ko e kōvana ʻo Saipaló, naʻe feinga ha tangata faimana ke taʻofi kinaua. Naʻe tala ange ʻe Paula ki he tangata faimaná: ‘ʻOku talitekeʻi koe ʻe Sihova.’ ʻI he taimi pē ko iá, naʻe kui ʻa e tangata faimaná. ʻI he sio ki aí, naʻe hoko ai ʻo tui ʻa Kōvana Paulo.

Naʻe malanga ʻa Paula mo Panepasa ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē, mei he fale ki he fale, ʻi he ngaahi māketí, ʻi he halá, pea ʻi he ngaahi sinakoké. ʻI heʻena fakamoʻui ha tangata heke ʻi Līsita, naʻe pehē ʻe he faʻahinga naʻa nau sio tonu ʻi he maná ko e ongo ʻotua kinaua pea naʻa nau feinga ke lotu kiate kinaua. Ka naʻe taʻofi kinautolu ʻe Paula mo Panepasa, ʻo na pehē: ‘Lotu pē ki he ʻOtuá! Ko e ongo tangata pē kimaua.’ Pea naʻe haʻu ha kau Siu ʻe niʻihi ʻo fakakoviʻi ʻa Paula ki he fuʻu kakaí. Naʻe tolomakaʻi ia ʻe he fuʻu kakaí, ʻo nau toho ia ki he tuʻakoló, ʻo tuku ai ʻi he pehē kuó ne mate. Neongo ia, naʻe kei moʻui pē ʻa Paula! Naʻe haʻu ʻi he taimi pē ko iá ʻa e fanga tokoua ʻo fakahaofi ia pea fakafoki ki he koló. Ki mui ai, naʻe toe foki ʻa Paula ki ʻAniteoke.

ʻI he taʻu 49 T.S., naʻe toe ʻalu ai ʻa Paula ʻi ha fononga fakamalanga. Hili ʻene foki ʻo sio ki he fanga tokoua ʻi ʻĒsia Mainá, naʻá ne ʻave ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻo toe mamaʻo ange ki ʻIulope. Naʻá ne ʻalu ki ʻAtenisi, ʻEfesō, Filipai, Tesalonaika, mo e ngaahi feituʻu kehe. Naʻe kau ʻa Sailosi, Luke pea mo ha talavou ko Tīmote ʻi he fononga mo Paulá. Naʻa nau ngāue fakataha ʻo fokotuʻu ha ngaahi fakatahaʻanga pea tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau mālohi. Naʻe nofo ʻa Paula ʻi Kolinitō ʻi ha taʻu ʻe taha mo e konga, ʻo ʻai ke mālohi ʻa e fanga tokoua ʻi aí. Naʻá ne malanga, faiako, mo fai ha ngaahi tohi ki he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga lahi. Naʻá ne toe ngāue foki ko ha tokotaha tuitui tēniti. Naʻe toe foki ʻa Paula ʻi ha taimi ki ʻAniteoke.

Ki mui ai, ʻi he taʻu 52 T.S., naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Paula ʻi haʻane fononga hono tolu, ʻo kamata ʻi ʻĒsia Maina. Naʻá ne fononga mamaʻo ki he tokelaú ki Filipai pea ʻalu hifo ai ki Kolinitō. Naʻe nofo ʻa Paula ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu ʻi ʻEfesō, ʻo ne faiako, fakamoʻui mahaki, mo tokoniʻi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá. Naʻá ne fai foki mo e ngaahi malanga maʻá e kakaí ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻi ha fale ako. Naʻe fanongo ʻa e kakai tokolahi pea liliu ʻenau founga moʻuí. Fakaʻosí, hili ʻene malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo leleí ʻi he ngaahi fonua lahi, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Paula ki Selusalema.