Atos 15

Te Hui i Hiruhārama

1 Nā, ka tae iho ētahi tāngata i Hūria ka whakaako i ngā tēina, "Ki te kore koutou e kotia, kia rite ki tā Mohi, e kore koutou e taea te whakaora." 2 Nā, kīhai i iti te whawhai, te uiui a Pāora rāua ko Pānapa ki a rātou, ka whakaritea ko Pāora, ko Pānapa, ko ētahi atu hoki o rātou, e haere ki ngā āpōtoro, ki ngā kaumātua ki Hiruhārama, mō tēnei pūtake.

3 Heoi, ārahina ana rātou e te hāhi haere ana rā Pinikia, rā Hamaria kōrero ana i te tahuritanga o ngā tauiwi, ā, hoatu ana e rāua he hari nui ki ngā tēina katoa. 4 Ā, nō tō rāua taenga ki Hiruhārama ka whakamanuhiritia rāua e te hāhi, e ngā āpōtoro hoki rātou ko ngā kaumātua, ka kōrerotia ngā mea i mahi tahi ai te Atua me rāua.

5 Nā, ko te whakatikanga o ētahi tāngata whakapono nō te tītorehanga ki ngā Parihi, ka mea, "Me kokoti rātou, me ako hoki kia whakaritea te ture a Mohi."

6 Nā, ka huihui ngā āpōtoro rātou ko ngā kaumātua ki te whakaaro ki tēnei mea. 7 Ā, ka nui te tautohetohe, ka whakatika a Pita, ka mea ki a rātou, "E ngā tuākana, e mātau ana koutou ki te whiriwhiringa a te Atua i mua rawa i roto i a koutou, ko tōku māngai e rongo ai ngā tauiwi i te kupu o te rongopai, e whakapono ai hoki. 8 I whakaae hoki ki a rātou te Atua e mātau nei ki ngā ngākau, i a ia i hoatu ai i te Wairua Tapu ki a rātou, rite tahi ki tāna ki a tātou; 9 kāhore hoki i puta kē tōna whakaaro ki a tātou, ki a rātou, i ō rātou ngākau kua mā i a ia i runga i te whakapono. 10 Ko tēnei, he aha koutou ka whakamātautau ai i te Atua, ka whakatakoto ioka ai ki te kakī o ngā ākonga, he mea kīhai nei i taea te mau e ō tātou mātua, e tātou rānei? 11 Heoi, ka whakapono nei tātou, tērā tātou e ora i runga i te aroha noa o te Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, ka pērā tahi hoki me rātou."

12 Nā, noho puku ana te mano katoa, whakarongo ana ki a Pānapa rāua ko Pāora e kōrero ana i ngā tohu, i ngā mea whakamīharo i mea ai te Atua kia mahia e rāua i roto i ngā tauiwi. 13 Ā, ka mutu tā rāua ka whakahoki a Hēmi, ka mea: "E ngā tuākana, whakarongo ki ahau! 14 Kua kōrerotia e Himiona tā te Atua tirohanga mai i mua, tāna tangohanga i tētahi iwi i roto i ngā tauiwi mō tōna ingoa. 15 E rite ana anō ki tēnei ngā kōrero a ngā poropiti; i tuhituhia rā:

16 ‘I muri o ēnei mea ka hoki mai ahau,

ka hangā anō e ahau te Tapenākara o Rāwiri,

kua hinga nei;

ka hangā anō e ahau ōna wāhi kua horoa,

ā, ka whakaarahia e ahau.

17 Kia rapu ai ngā toenga o ngā tāngata ki te Ariki,

me ngā tauiwi katoa hoki

i karangatia nei tōku ingoa ki runga ki a rātou,

e ai tā te Ariki, e mahi nei i ēnei mea katoa.

18 Nāna nei i mea kia mōhiotia ēnei mea katoa

nō te tīmatanga rā anō o te ao.’

19 "Nā, ko tōku whakaaro tēnei; kia kaua e whakararua te hunga e tahuri ana mai ki te Atua i roto i ngā tauiwi; 20 engari, kia tuhi atu tātou ki a rātou, kia mawehe atu rātou i ngā poke o ngā whakapakoko, i te moe tāhae, i te mea kua nōtia te kakī, i te toto. 21 Nō ngā whakatupuranga hoki ō mua ngā kaikauwhau i a Mohi i tēnei pā, i tēnei pā, he mea kōrero i roto i ngā whare karakia i ngā hāpati katoa."

Te Pukapuka ki ngā Tauiwi Whakapono

22 Kātahi, ka pai ngā āpōtoro rātou ko ngā kaumātua me te hāhi katoa, kia whiriwhiria ētahi tāngata i roto i a rātou kia tonoa hei hoa mō Pāora rāua ko Pānapa ki Anatioka; a Hūrā, i huaina nei ko Pāhapa, rāua ko Hira, he hunga ingoa nui i roto i ngā tēina; 23 ka tuhia hoki ēnei mea hei mauranga:

Nā ngā āpōtoro rātou ko ngā kaumātua, ko ngā tuākana, ki ngā tēina o roto i ngā tauiwi, i Anatioka, i Hīria, i Kirikia.

Tēnā koutou.

24 Nā, ka rongo nei mātou, tērā ētahi i haere atu nei i a mātou, i whakararu i a koutou ki ngā kōrero, i whakapōhēhē i ō koutou ngākau, kāhore nei ā mātou kupu ki a rātou. 25 Kotahi tonu tō mātou whakaaro he pai kia whiriwhiria ētahi tāngata, kia tonoa atu ki a koutou, hei hoa mō ā mātou tāngata e aroha nei, mō Pānapa rāua ko Pāora; 26 he hunga i tuku nei i a rāua ki te mate hei mea mō te ingoa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti. 27 Nā, kua tonoa atu nei e mātou a Hūrā rāua ko Hira, mā rāua hoki e kōrero a kupu atu aua mea anō. 28 I pai hoki ki te Wairua Tapu, ki a mātou hoki, kia kaua e utaina ki a koutou tētahi atu whakataimaha, ko ēnei mea tika anake; 29 kia mawehe koutou i ngā mea e patua ana mā ngā whakapakoko, i te toto, i te mea kua nōtia te kakī, i te moe tāhae. Ka tiaki koutou i a koutou i ēnei mea, ka pai tā koutou mahi.

Kia ora koutou.

30 Ā, nō tō rātou tukunga atu, ka haere ki Anatioka. Nā, ka huihuia te mano, ka hoatu te pukapuka. 31 Ā, ka oti te kōrero, ka koa rātou mō te kupu whakahauora. 32 Nā, he maha ngā kupu a Hūrā rāua ko Hira i whakahau ai, i whakaū ai i ngā tēina; he poropiti hoki rāua. 33 Ā, ka roa iho rāua ki reira, ka tukua rāua e ngā tēina i runga i te rangimārie ki te hunga nāna rāua i tono atu. 34 Heoi, i pai a Hira kia noho ki reira.

35 Ko Pāora ia rāua ko Pānapa i noho i Anatioka, i whakaako, i kauwhau i te kupu a te Ariki, rātou tahi ko tērā hunga tokomaha.

Ka Wehe a Pāora rāua ko Pānapa

36 Nā, muri iho i ētahi rā ka kī atu a Pāora ki a Pānapa, "Tāua ka hoki, ka tirotiro i ngā tēina i ngā pā katoa i kauwhautia ai e tāua te kupu a te Ariki, i tō rātou pēheatanga." 37 Ā, ka mea a Pānapa kia mauria hei hoa a Hoani, e huaina nei ko Māka. 38 Otiia, kīhai a Pāora i pai kia haere i tō rāua tira te tangata i whakarere rā i a rāua i Pamapuria, kīhai hoki i haere tahi me rāua ki te mahi. 39 Heoi, nui atu tō rāua ngangare, mawehe ai rāua i a rāua; ā, mauria ana e Pānapa a Māka, rere ana ki Kaiperu. 40 Nā, tango ana a Pāora i a Hira, haere ana, he mea tuku ki te aroha noa o te Atua e ngā tēina. 41 Ā, haere ana ia rā Hīria, rā Kirikia, whakaū ana i ngā hāhi.

1 And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. 3 They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them. 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.

6 And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them,

Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us; 9 and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? 11 But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they.

12 And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them. 13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying,

Brethren, hearken unto me: 14 Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

16 After these things I will return,

And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen;

And I will build again the ruins thereof,

And I will set it up:

17 That the residue of men may seek after the Lord,

And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

19 Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God; 20 but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 23 and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting: 24 Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment; 25 it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29 that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

30 So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle. 31 And when they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation. 32 And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. 33 And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth. 34 *15:34 Some ancient authorites insert, with variations, v. 34. But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there. 35 But Paul and Barnabas tarried in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

36 And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they fare. 37 And Barnabas was minded to take with them John also, who was called Mark. 38 But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. 39 And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted asunder one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus: 40 but Paul chose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.