Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija 17
1 YA anae guinen manmalofan inanaco Amfipolis yan Apolonia, manmato Tesalónica, anae guaja sinagogan Judios,
After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Paul and Silas came to Thessalonica. Here the Jews had a synagogue;
2 Ya si Pablo segun costumbreña, jumalom güije sija, ya tres sabado jaadingane sija ni y Tinigue.
and, following his usual custom, Paul joined them, and for three Sabbaths addressed them, drawing his arguments from the scriptures.
3 Jadeclararayeja sija, na si Cristo nesesita ufamadese, ya ucajulo talo guinin y manmatae: ya este na Jesus ni y jusangane jamyo, güiya y Cristo.
He laid before them and explained that the Christ must undergo suffering and rise from the dead; and ‘It is this man,’ he declared, ‘who is the Christ – this Jesus about whom I am telling you.’
4 Ya palo guiya sija manmanjonggue, ya mandaña yan si Pablo yan Silas: yan y mandeboto na Griego un dangculon manada; ya ti didide na manmagas na famalaoan.
Some of the people were convinced, and threw in their lot with Paul and Silas, as did also a large body of Greeks who were accustomed to join in the Jewish services, and a great number of leading women.
5 Lao y Judio sija pot y inigoñija, palo manaelaye na taotao gui mancanaya; ya mandaña un linajyan taotao jaatborota y siuda; ya maataca y guima Jason, ya maprocura manmaquecone sija juyong gui menan taotao.
But the Jewish leaders, becoming jealous, engaged some worthless fellows from the streets, and, getting a mob together, kept the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, with the intention of bringing Paul and Silas before the Popular Assembly;
6 Ya anae ti manmasoda, macone si Jason yan palo gui mañelo guato gui manmagas y siuda, ya managang ilegñija: Este yuje sija y munafanaatlibes y tano, ya manmato güine locue;
and, not finding them there, they proceeded to drag Jason and some of the Lord’s followers before the city magistrates, shouting out, ‘These men, who have turned the world upside down, have now come here,
7 Ni y jaresibe si Jason; ya todo este sija cumocontra y tinago Sesat; ilegñija na guaja otro ray, si Jesus.
and have been harboured by Jason! They are all defying the decrees of the Emperor. They say that someone else is king – a man called Jesus!’
8 Ya jaatborota todo y taotao yan y manmagas y siuda anae majungog este sija.
On hearing this, the people and the city magistrates were much concerned;
9 Ya anae manmañule segurida gui as Jason yan y pumalo, manmasotta.
and, before letting them go, they took bail from Jason and the others.
10 Ya anae puenge enseguidas matago ni y mañelo si Pablo yan Silas para Berea; ya anae manmato, manjalom gui sinagogan y Judios.
That very night the followers sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea; and on reaching that place, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
11 Este sija mas manmauleg qui ayo iya Tesalónica, sa rumesibe y sinangan contodo y minalagoñija, yan matataetae y Tinigue cada jaane, para umalie cao magajet ayo sija.
These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with great readiness, and daily examined the scriptures to see if what was said was true.
12 Enaomina megae guiya sija manmanjonggue; yan y manjulon locue na famalaoan Griego, yan y lalaje ti didide.
As a consequence, many of them became believers in Christ, besides a considerable number of Greek women of position, and of men also.
13 Lao y Judios Tesalónica anae jatungo na japredidica si Pablo y sinangan Yuus guiya Berea, manmato locue güije, ya manafangalamten yan manafaninestotba y linajyan taotao sija.
But, when the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been delivered by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, exciting and disturbing the minds of the people.
14 Ya enseguidas matago ni y mañelo si Pablo na ujanao asta y tase; lao si Silas yan Timoteo mañagaja güije.
The followers immediately arranged for Paul to go away to the coast, but both Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Beroea.
15 Ya ayo y umadadaje si Pablo, macone asta Atenas; ya manresibe tinago para si Silas yan Timoteo, na ujalaguse guato guiya güiya, ya manmapos.
The friends who escorted Paul took him as far as Athens, and, after receiving a message for Silas and Timothy to join him as quickly as possible, they started on their return.
16 Ya mientras manninanangga as Pablo guiya Atenas, calamten y espirituña gui sanjalomña anae jalie y siuda na bula y idolos.
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his heart was stirred at seeing the whole city full of idols.
17 Enaomina gui sinagoga jaadingane y Judio sija, yan y mandeboto na taotao sija, yan todo y asodaña gui plasa todo y jaane.
So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who joined in their worship, as well as daily in the public Square with those who happened to be there.
18 Ya palo ni y manmalate gui finanagüe y Epicureo yan Estoicosija, managuaguat yan güiya, ya palo ilegñija: Jafa cumequeilegña este na caducon cuicuentos? Otro palo ilegñija: Buente mannae notisia y nuebo na yuus; sa jasangane sija as Jesus, yan y quinajulo talo.
Among others, some Epicurean and Stoic Philosophers joined issue with him. Some asked ‘What is this prater wanting to make out?’, while others said ‘He seems to be a preacher of foreign Deities.’ (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection).
19 Ya macone güe guato gui as Areopago, ilegñija. Siñajam intingo este y nuebo na finanagüe ni y unsasangan?
So they laid hold of him and took him to the Court of Areopagus. ‘May we hear,’ they asked, ‘what new teaching this is which you are giving?
20 Sa uunafanmanjujungogjam ni y güinaja ni tatnae injingog, enaomina manmalagojam intingo jafa estesija.
For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean.’
21 (Sa todo iya Atenas, yan y manaotao juyong ni y mañasaga güije, taya chechoñiñija na para ufanguentosja, yan para ufanecungog ni y nuebo na güinaja.)
(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
22 Ayonae tumojgue si Pablo gui talo gui Areopago, ya ilegña; Jamyo ni y lalajen Atenas, julie na guefdeboto jamyo.
So Paul took his stand in the middle of the Court, and said – ‘People of Athens, on every hand I see signs of your being very devout.
23 Sa anae malofanyo, ya juatan jafa y inadoranmimiyo, jusoda gui un attat este na tinigue: PARA Y TI MATUNGO NA YUUS. Ayo y inadodoraja ni y ti intingo; güiya jusangangane jamyo.
For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription – “To an Unknown God.” What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.
24 Si Yuus ni y fumatinas y tano yan todo y güinaja ni y mangaegue gui sumanjalomña; güiya Señot gui langet yan y tano, ti sumasaga gui templo ni y finatinas canae;
The God who made the world and all things that are in it – he, Lord as he is of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands,
25 Ni umasetbe ni y canae taotao sija, taegüije y guaja janesesita; sa güiya mannae todo linâlâ, yan jinagong, yan todo y güinaja;
neither do human hands minister to his wants, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives, to all, life, and breath, and all things.
26 Ya güiya fumatinas unoja na jâgâ todo y nasion y taotao sija para ufañaga gui jilo y tano, jadetetmina tinancha y tiempoñija, yan y uttimon y saganñija;
He made all races of the earth’s surface – fixing a time for their rise and fall, and the limits of their settlements –
27 Para ujaaligao y Señot, yaguin siña buente masiente ya umasoda güe, sa ti chago güe cada uno guiya jita.
That they might search for God, if by any means they might feel their way to him and find him. And yet he is not really far from any one of us;
28 Sa iya güiya nae utafanlâlâ yan utafangalamten, yan utafanguaja sustansiata; taegüije y palo gui poetan miyo, ilegñija: Sa jita locue y rasaña.
for in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets – “His offspring, too, are we.”
29 Yaguin jita y rasan Yuus, mungajit jumaso na y yiniusan Yuus parejo yan oro, pat salape, pat acho, pat y finatinas y jinason y taotao.
Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone – a work of human art and imagination.
30 Ya ti jaconsidera si Yuus y tiempo anae manaetiningo; lao pago, manago na todo y taotao ufanmañotsot;
True, God looked with indulgence on the days of people’s ignorance, but now he is announcing to everyone everywhere the need for repentance,
31 Sa jatancho un jaane, ni y anae para ujusga ni y tininas, y tano, ni ayo na taotao y jatago; ni y mannae testimonio todo y taotao, sa janacajulo guinin y manmatae.
because he has fixed a day on which he intends to judge the world with justice, by a man whom he has appointed – and of this he has given all people a pledge by raising this man from the dead.’
32 Ya anae jajungog sija y quinajulo talo guinin y manmatae, palo manmanbotlea; ya y palo ilegñija: Injingog jao talo otro biaje, pot este.
On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they wanted to hear what he had to say about that another time.
33 Ya ayonae mapos si Pablo gui entaloñija.
And so Paul left the Court.
34 Lao palo mandaña guiya güiya, manmanjonggue: ya y palo güije sija, si Dionisio, taotao Areopago, yan un palaoan na y naanña Dámaris, yan palo mangachongñiñija.
There were, however, some people who joined him, and became believers in Christ. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Court of Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and several others.
