Ndu Manzaniba 17
1 Zizan, niwa ba zren zu ni igbu bi Amphipolis mba Apoloniya, ba ye ri ni kikle gbu Tesalonika, bubu wa synagogue wu Yahudawa a he.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 Bulus, toh wa a ta tia, hi ni ba, nda ban vi Sati tra si vu mla ya ni mi nha tre BAchi niba.
Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 A sia bwu tre Bachi nda ni mla bla ndi a tsra kri ni du Kristi du ti ya nda la lu rhini kwu. A hla ndi “Yesu yi, wa mi d'bu bla ni yiwu a wawuyi hi Kristi.”
explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
4 Yahudawa bari ba kpanyme nda zontu ni Bulus mba Sila, baba gbugbu ndji bi Greek wa ba kri gbangban ni hu, mba imba bi ninkon, wa bana fii me ngame na.
Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
5 I Yahudawa wa bana kpanyime na, nitu ba shu ni ngu, ba vu ndji bari bi meme dri rji ni bubu-leni-kpi wu gbu'a, nda kplu kpaandji ye zontu nda chon gbu'a duba yra gro ni nfu. Ba ri ni nfu kima ni ko Jason, ndi ba wa vu Bulus mba Sila nu ndji ba.
But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
6 Niwa bana to bana, ba gbi Jason baba mri vayi bari ye ni bi ninkon u gbu'a nda ni yii, “Ndji biyi wa ba k'ma gbungblu wawu sran hon grji ba ye ni wayi ngame.
When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7 Ndji biyi wa Jason a kpa ba; a; zren mba ni hu nkon nkan ni gbren tre wa Siza a yo'a, ba bla ndi niko chu ri nkan he wa ba yondi Yesu.
whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
8 Ba kpa suron kpaa ndji ba baba bi ninkon gbu'a ti meme ni kpi biyi wa ba wo'a.
The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
9 Hu gon wa ba chu Jason baba mbru mba ru ni wo bi lo ba, ba chuba chuwo duba hi.
When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Ni chu kima, mri vayi ba ba tru Bulus mba Sila hi ni Beriya. Niwa ba ri niki, ba ri hi ni mi sinagog wu Yahudawa ba.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
11 Zizan ndji biyi bana he nitu mla to zan bi wa ba he ni Tasalonika, ba kpa lan tre'a ni sron ndindi, nda bwu lan nha chachu nda shle si ya nitu duba to ka kpi ba ba tokii.
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
12 Nitu kima, gbugbu mba ba kpanyime, hu ni mba Greek bari wa ba yaba ni nfutu, baba gbugbu lilon bari.
Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
13 Niwa Yahudawa bi Tasalonika ba wo ndi Bulus a sia d'bu ni bla lan tre Irji ni Bariya, ba hi niki nda ka chon kpaa ndji ba hwu dri.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
14 Mle, mri vayi ba ba tru Bulus du hi hu nkon wu tu kpaa ma, i Sila mba Timoti ba ki niki.
Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
15 Biwa ba sia tsro Bulus nkon a ba njiwu aren gbron ka tsra ni kikle gbu wu Athens. Niwa ba don Bulus niki, ba kpa tre nitu kpe wuti rji niwu hi ni ba Sila mba Timoti, ndi duba sima ye niwu.
But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
16 Zizan wa Bulus a sia gben ye mba ni Athens, langbiri sron ma a si chon niwa a to gunki ba shu ni kikle gbu'a.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
17 Niki a si bla ndani k'ma sran ya chachu ni mi sinagog baba Yahudawa baba bari wa babi hu nkon Irji, mba nimi bubu wu leni kpi baba biwa ba heni ki.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
18 Niki ngame bari bi to rhimren gban, wa babi Epikurean mba Stoic, ba zontu wu sen nyu niwu. Bari ba tre ndi, “A ngye wa ndi wu gbla nyu treyi si son hla?” Bari ba tre “A rju ndji biwa ba yo ndi du ba ye hu mri Irji wa bana to tumana,” nitu a sia dbu bla tre ndindi nitu Yesu mba ta sh'me ni kwu ma.
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
19 Ba ban Bulus hi ni Areopagus, nda ni bla ndi, “Wu la mla bla nitu tsro isa yi wa wu sia bla?”
They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
20 Nitu wu nji kpi wa kina to tuma na ye ni ton mbu. Nikima, kisonb mla to tumba.”
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 (Zizan bi Athens ba wawumba baba bi tsri wa ba kru nha niba'a, ba sia wu nton mba ni kpe na, hama ni ndu bla mba srenton nitu ikpi isa wa ba rini gbu).
Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
22 Niki Bulus a lu kri ni tsutsu Ariopagus nda tre ndi, “Biyi ndji Athens, mi to ndi bi bi hu nkon bre irji ni za nkankan.
Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
23 Niwa mi zren zu si hi, mi mla ya nito kpe wa bi nzu hon ni bre mbi. Mi to iko bre ri wa bi nha “Ni Irji wa bina to na,” Ikpe wa bi nzu hon ni bre nina too na, wawuyi mi bwu bla ni yiwu.
For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
24 Irji wa a ti gbungblu wawu mba kpi wa ba he nimi ma, nitu wawuyi hi Bachi wu shulu mba meme, ana son ni ko bre wa ba me ni wo na.
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
25 Ana wo ndji mba ni tindu niwu na, ana ndi ani wa kpe ni wo ndji na, nitu a hi wawu kima mba ni nu ndji vrison sisren mba gbron vri ni kpi wawu.
He is not served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
26 Rhi ni ndji ri, a ti gbungblu ndi ni duba ki ni tu gbungblu meme, nda tsra nton mba nyu dren bubu ki mba,
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,
27 nitu duba wa Irji ka ba ma nk'mo nkon hi nda hi to wu. Kima me, ana gbangban ni ko nha mbu na.
that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
28 Ni wawuyi ki son nda zren nda he ni kpa ndi too wa ndi mbi ri wu to tre a hla ndi 'kita ngame ki hpu ma.'
‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
29 Nikima, nituwa ki hpu Irji, kina ba ndi nkon wubi wu irji ana to zinariya ko azurfa ko tita iwa kpiwa mren ndi mba ba la ba rhu na.
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
30 Nitu ki, Irji wruhle kpi wa kiti ni bwu tu, nda mha yo zi ndi du ndji kagon duba k'ma sron sran.
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
31 A he toki nitu a yo vi wa ani gaatre ni gbungblu wawu ni nkon tsatsra zu ni wo ndji wa a chu zi ye. Irji guchi nu kpe wu tsro to nitu ndji yi ni ko nha wa a nzu lu ri ni kwu'a.
because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
32 Niwa ndji bi Athens ba wo nitu tsame ri ni kwu, bari mba ban za Bulus, e bari ba tre ndi, “Ki la sreton ngari ni wo nitu kpeyi.”
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
33 Hu gon ki, Bulus rju donba.
Thus Paul went out from among them.
34 E ndi bari ba hu ka zontu niwu nda kpanyime, nimi mba Dionysius wu Areopagus, wari wa ndema hi Damaris, baba bari wa ba he ni ba.
But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
