¶ Lālau akula ua kauā lā i nā kāmelo o kona haku he ʻumi; no ka mea, ma kona lima ka waiwai a pau o kona haku; kū aʻela ia, a hele akula i Mesopotamia, i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Nahora.
I ka makahiki ʻeiwa o Hosea, hoʻopio akula ke aliʻi o ʻAsuria iā Samaria, a lawe pio akula i kā ʻIseraʻela i ʻAsuria, a hoʻonoho ihola iā lākou ma Hala, a ma Habora ma ka Muliwai o Gozana, a ma nā kūlanakauhale o ko Media.
¶ A ʻike ihola nā mamo a ʻAmona, ua pilau lākou i mua o Dāvida, hoʻouka akula ʻo Hanuna me nā mamo a ʻAmona i nā tālena kālā he tausani e hoʻolimalima no lākou i nā hale kaʻa a me nā hoʻoholo lio mai Mesopotamia, a mai Suria Maʻaka, a mai Zoba mai.
¶ A hiki aku i kēlā lā, E hohola hou mai ka Haku i kona lima, E hoʻōla i ke koena o kona poʻe kānaka, I ka poʻe e koe ma ʻAsuria, a ma ʻAigupita, a me Paterosa, Ma Kusa a me ʻElama, ma Sinara a me Hamata, A ma nā mokupuni o ke Kai.
He wānana weliweli kai hōʻike ʻia mai iaʻu; ʻO ka mea e luku aku, e luku aku nō ia, ʻO ka mea i ʻānai aku, e ʻānai aku nō ia. Ō piʻi, e ʻElama; e hoʻopuni aku, e Media; Ua hoʻopau wau i kona uē ʻana a pau.
Ua ʻike au ma ka hihiʻo ʻana; a i kuʻu ʻike ʻana, ma ka pā kaua nō au ia wā, ma Susana, ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻElama; a ʻike akula au ma kuʻu hihiʻo ʻana, aia nō au ma ka muliwai ʻo ʻUlai.
A loaʻa iā ia kekahi Iudaio, ʻo ʻAkula kona inoa, i hānau ʻia ma Poneto, ia wā mua iho kona hiki ʻana mai, mai ʻItalia mai, me kāna wahine, ʻo Perisekila, (no ka mea, ua kauoha akula ʻo Kelaudio i ka poʻe Iudaio a pau e haʻalele iā Roma,) a hele maila ia i o lāua lā.
Ua hana mau ʻia kēia mea i nā makahiki ʻelua; no ia mea, lohe ka poʻe a pau i noho ma ʻĀsia i ka ʻōlelo a ka Haku, a Iesū, ʻo ka poʻe Iudaio a me ka poʻe Helene.
“No ia mea, ʻaʻole kā kākou ʻoihana wale nō ke ʻaneʻane lilo i mea ʻole; akā, ʻo ka heiau o kēia akua nui ʻo Diana kekahi, e hoʻowahāwahā ʻia, a kokoke e pau i ke kahuli ʻia ka nani o ka mea i hoʻomana ʻia ai e ko ʻĀsia a pau, a me ko ke ao nei.”
Ua paʻa nō ko Paulo manaʻo, e holo ma ʻEpeso aʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻi e kali ma ʻĀsia; no ka mea, ua wikiwiki nō ia, inā pono iā ia ke hiki i Ierusalema ma ka lā Penetekota.
A hiki lākou i ona lā, ʻī maila ʻo ia iā lākou, “Ua ʻike nō ʻoukou, mai ka lā maka mua aʻu i hiki mai ai i ʻĀsia nei, i ke ʻano o koʻu noho ʻana me ʻoukou i nā manawa a pau,
Hele pū akula me ia a hiki i ʻĀsia ʻo Sopatero, no Beroia, a me ʻArisetareko lāua ʻo Sekunedo no Tesalonike, a me Gaio lāua ʻo Timoteo no Derebe, a me Tukiko lāua ʻo Teropima no ʻĀsia.
¶ A kokoke e pau kēlā mau lā ʻehiku, ʻike aʻela ka poʻe Iudaio no ʻĀsia iā ia, ma loko o ka luakini, hoʻohaunaele aʻela lākou i ka lehulehu, a hopu ihola ko lākou lima iā ia,
A eʻe mākou i kekahi moku no ʻAderamuteno, a hemo akula me ka manaʻo e holo ma ke kapa o ʻĀsia; a ʻo ʻArisetareko, no Teselonike i Makedonia, kekahi me mākou.
Akā, kū maila kekahi poʻe no ka Hale Hālāwai (i kapa ʻia) o nā Liberetino, a me ko Kurene, a me ko ʻAlekanederia, a me ko Kilikia, a me ko ʻĀsia, hoʻopaʻapaʻa maila lākou iā Setepano.
¶ ʻĪ maila kēlā, “E nā kānaka, nā hoahānau, a me nā mākua, e hoʻolohe mai; ua ʻikea mai ke Akua nani e ko kākou kupuna e ʻAberahama, i kona noho ʻana ma Mesopotamia, i ka wā ma mua aku o kona noho ʻana ma Harana;
¶ Ke aloha aku nei nā ʻekalesia ma ʻĀsia iā ʻoukou. Ke aloha nui aku nei ʻo ʻAkula a me Perisekila iā ʻoukou ma loko o ka Haku, a me ka ʻekalesia i loko o ko lāua hale.
No laila, e nā hoahānau, ʻaʻole o mākou makemake e ʻike ʻole ʻoukou i ko mākou pilikia i hiki aʻe i o mākou lā i ʻĀsia; no ka mea, ua hoʻopilikia loa ʻia mākou, ʻaʻole ikaika iki, ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo e ola.
no ka mea, ʻaʻole lākou i hele mai i o ʻoukou lā me ka berena a me ka wai ma ke ala i ko ʻoukou hele ʻana, mai ʻAigupita mai; a no kā lākou uku ʻana aku iā Balaʻama, ke keiki a Beora o Petora ma Mesopotamia e kūʻē iā ʻoukou, a e hōʻino aku iā ʻoukou.
¶ ʻO Petero, kekahi lunaʻōlelo no Iesū Kristo, i ka poʻe i puehu liʻiliʻi, a e noho malihini ana hoʻi ma Poneto, a ma Galatia, a ma Kapadokia, a ma ʻĀsia, a ma Bitunia;
ʻī maila, “ʻO wau nō ka ʻAlepa a me ka ʻOmega, ka Mua a me ka Hope; ʻo ka mea āu i ʻike ai, e palapala iho ʻoe ma ka buke, a e hoʻouna aku i nā ʻekalesia ʻehiku ma ʻĀsia: ma ʻEpeso, a ma Semurena, a ma Peregamo, a ma Tuateira, a ma Saredeisa, a ma Piladelepia, a ma Laodikeia.”
¶ Na Ioane aku i nā ʻekalesia ʻehiku ma ʻĀsia: E aloha ʻia mai ʻoukou, a e maluhia hoʻi i ka Mea e noho ana, ka Mea ma mua hoʻi, ka Mea e hiki mai ana; a i nā ʻUhane ʻehiku e noho lā ma ke alo o kona noho aliʻi;
Wela ihola ka huhū o Iēhova i kā ʻIseraʻela, a hoʻolilo aʻela ʻo ia iā lākou i ka lima o Kusana-Risataima, ke aliʻi o Mesopotamia, a hoʻokauā aku nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela na Kusana-Risataima, i ʻewalu makahiki.