“Naʻe Malanga Hake ha Fuʻu Felāuaki” (Ngāue 19:23-41)

16, 17. (a) Fakamatalaʻi ʻa e anga hono kamataʻi ʻe Temetelio ʻa e maveuveu ʻi ʻEfesoó. (e) Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe he kau ʻEfesoó ʻenau fuʻu māfana tōtuʻá?

¹⁶ ʻOku tau aʻu mai eni ki he founga ʻa Sētane ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻe Luke ʻi heʻene tohi ʻo pehē “naʻe malanga hake ha fuʻu felāuaki ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻAlunga ʻo e ʻEikí.” Naʻe ʻikai ko haʻane fakalahiʻi eni ʻa e ngaahi meʻá.e (Ngā. 19:23) Ko ha tufunga siliva ko hono hingoá ko Temetelio naʻá ne kamataʻi ʻa e palopalemá. Naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e tokanga ʻa hono ngaahi kaungātufunga silivá ʻaki ʻene tomuʻa fakamanatu ange kiate kinautolu ko ʻenau lakalakaimonuú naʻe maʻu ia mei hono fakatau atu ʻa e ngaahi ʻaitolí. Naʻá ne hoko atu ʻo pehē ko e pōpoaki naʻe malangaʻi ʻe Paulá naʻe kau kovi ia ki heʻenau pisinisí, koeʻuhí naʻe ʻikai lotu ʻa e kau Kalisitiané ki he ngaahi ʻaitolí. Naʻá ne ʻai leva ke maongo ki he pōlepole ʻaki ʻe heʻene kau fanongó ʻa honau koló mo ʻenau mamahiʻi-fonuá, ʻi heʻene fakatokanga kiate kinautolu ko honau ʻotua fefine ē ko ʻĀtemisí pea mo honau temipale ʻiloa he māmaní moʻo ʻĀtemisí naʻe hoko ʻo ʻi he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo “vakai ki ai ko e meʻa noa pē.”​—Ngā. 19:24-27.