17 Ka naʻá ne fakaʻilonga atu ʻaki hono nimá kiate kinautolu ke nau fakalongolongo hifo peá ne fakamatala fakaikiiki ange kiate kinautolu ʻa e anga hono ʻomi ia ki tuʻa ʻe Sihova* mei he pilīsoné, pea naʻá ne pehē: “Fakahā ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni kia Sēmisi+ pea mo e fanga tokouá.” ʻI he meʻa ko iá naʻá ne ʻalu atu leva ʻo ne fononga ki ha feituʻu ʻe taha.

13 ʻI he ʻosi ʻena leá, naʻe tali ange ʻe Sēmisi: “Kau tangata, fanga tokoua, mou fanongo mai.

19 Ka naʻe ʻikai te u sio ki ha taha ʻo e kau ʻapositolo kehé, ko Sēmisi+ pē ko e tokoua ʻo e ʻEikí.

9 pea naʻa nau ʻiloʻi naʻe fakahaaʻi mai kiate au ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e ʻofa maʻataʻatā,+ ko ia naʻe hanga ai ʻe Sēmisi+ mo Kīfasi* pea mo Sione, ʻa e faʻahinga naʻe hangē ko ha ngaahi pou ʻo e fakatahaʻangá, ʻo tuku mai kiate au mo Panepasa+ ʻa e nima toʻomataʻu ʻo e ngāue fakatahá,* mo nau pehē: “ʻOku lelei ke mo malanga ki he ngaahi puleʻangá, ka te mau malanga kimautolu ki he faʻahinga ʻoku kamú.”

1 Ko au Sēmisi,+ ko ha tamaioʻeiki ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí, ko e tohi atu ki he matakali ʻe 12 ʻa ia ʻoku nau movetevete holó:

Mālō e tau mo ena!