Caeltueih 17
1 Te phoeiah Amphipolis neh Apollonia te a hil rhoi tih Thessalonika la pawk rhoi. Te ah te Judah rhoek kah tunim om.
And, travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews;
2 Te vaengah a sainoek bangla Paul te amih taengla kun tih Sabbath voei thum amih taengah olcim te a thui.
and, according to Paul’s custom, he went in unto them, and, for three sabbaths, reasoned with them from the Scriptures, —
3 Te vaengah, “Khrih he patang tih duek lamkah a thoh a kuek te khaw, Jesuh amah tah Khrih ni. Anih te ni kai loh nangmih taengah ka doek,” tila a ong pah tih a tawn pah.
opening up, and setting forth, that it was needful for, the Christ, to suffer, and to arise from among the dead; and [saying], This, is the Christ, —Jesus, whom, I, am declaring unto you.
4 Te vaengah amih khuikah hlangvang tah ngailaem tih Paul neh Silas taengla kibaeng uh. Greek rhoek khuiah huta rhaengpuei a yet loh a bawk uh tih tanglue rhoek khaw a yool mai moenih.
And, some from among them, were persuaded, and cast in their lot with Paul and Silas; also, of the devout Greeks, a great throng, and, of the chief women, not a few.
5 Tedae Judah rhoek te a thatlai uh dongah boethae hlang rhoek te dumlo lailo la hlangvang a khuen tih khopuei ah sarhingrhup la a a kuk uh. Te phoeiah Jason im te a pai thil uh tih amih rhoi te rhaengpuei taengah phoe sak ham a toem uh.
But the Jews, being, jealous, and taking unto themselves certain wicked men, of the rabble, and making a riot, were setting the city in an uproar; and, besieging the house of Jason, were seeking to lead them forth unto the populace, —
6 Tedae amih rhoi te a hmuh uh pawt vaengah Jason neh manuca rhoek hlangvang te khoboei rhoek taengla a mawt uh. Te phoeiah, “Amih loh lunglai a palet uh tih he la om rhoi coeng.
and, not finding them, they began dragging Jason and certain brethren unto the city-rulers, shouting—They who have thrown the inhabited earth into confusion, the same, hither also, are come, —
7 Amih te Jason loh a doe. Te dongah amih tah Kaisar kah oltloek te boeih a khoboe thil uh tih, 'Manghai tloe Jesuh om,’ a ti uh, “tila pang uh.
unto whom Jason hath given welcome; and, these all, contrary to the decrees of Caesar, are acting, —saying that there is another king, Jesus.
8 Te te a yaak uh vaengah hlangping neh khoboei rhoek khaw thuen uh.
And they troubled the multitude and the city-rulers, when they heard these things;
9 Tedae Jason neh a tloe rhoek taengkah a doe uh khangrhang daengah amih te a hlah uh.
and, taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Te dongah Paul neh Silas te manuca rhoek loh khoyin ah Berea la pahoi a tueih uh. A pha uh vaengah Judah rhoek kah tunim ah kun uh.
But, the brethren, straightway, during the night, sent away both Paul and Silas unto Beroea, who, indeed, arriving, unto the synagogue of the Jews, went off;
11 Tedae amih tah Thessalonika kah rhoek lakah hlangtang la om uh. Amih tah khalanah cungkuem neh olka te a doe uh. Hno he om tang nim tila hnin takuem ah cacim te a thuep uh.
and, these, were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they welcomed the word with all readiness of mind, daily, searching the Scriptures, —whether these things could be so.
12 Te dongah amih khuikah loh muep a tangnah uh. Te veangkah Greek huta tongpa hlangcong khaw a yool mai moenih.
Many, therefore, from among them, believed, and, of the Grecian women of the higher class, and of men, not a few.
13 Paul loh Berea ah Pathen kah olka a doek van tila Thessalonika lamkah Judah rhoek loh a ming uh. Te vaengah ha lo uh tih a hinghoek dongah hlangping te a hinghuen sakuh.
But, when the Jews from Thessalonica came to know that, in Beroea also, had the word of God been declared by Paul, they came thither also, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.
14 Te dongah tuitunli duela caeh sak ham manuca rhoek loh Paul te pahoi a thak uh. Tedae Silas neh Timothy tah pahoi duem rhoi pueng.
Howbeit, then, immediately, the brethren sent away, Paul, to be journeying as far as unto the sea; and both Silas and Timothy stayed behind, there.
15 Te vaengkah a hmoel rhoek loh Paul te Athens duela a thak uh. Te phoeiah Silas neh Timothy te anih taengah thamaa la lo sak ham olpaek te a doe uh tih bal uh.
But, they who were conducting Paul, brought him as far as Athens, and, receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy, that with, all possible speed, they would come unto him, they departed.
16 Amih te Paul loh Athens ah a rhing. Khopuei mueirhol la a poeh te a hmuh vaengah a mueihla tah a khuiah umya.
But, while, in Athens, Paul was expecting them, his spirit within him was being urged on, seeing how the city was given to idols.
17 Te dongah tunim kah Judah rhoek nen khaw, aka bawk rhoek nen khaw, hnin takuem kah hnoyoih hmuen ah a hmuh rhoek taengah khaw a thuingong uh.
So then, he began reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with them who worshipped; and, in the market-place, every day, with them who happened to be at hand.
18 A lak vaengah Epikouri neh Satoiko kah poeksoemkung rhoek long khaw anih te a loepdak uh. Te dongah a ngen loh, “Olom loh banim thui a ngaih he. A tloe rhoek loh, “Kholong kah sungrhai aka thuikung i ti. Jesuh neh thohkoepnah ni a phong,” a ti uh.
But, certain both of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were encountering him; and some were saying—What might this picker-up-of-scraps wish to be saying? And, others—Of foreign demons, he seemeth to be a declarer: because, of Jesus and the Resurrection, he was announcing the joyful tidings.
19 Anih te a tuuk uh tih Areo Pagos la a khuen uh phoeiah, “Nang loh a thai la thuituennah dongah na thui te ka ming uh thai aya?
And so, laying hold of him, they brought him up, to the Hill of Mars, saying—Can we get to know what this new teaching is, which, by thee, is being spoken.
20 Kaimih hnavue ah nang khuen dongah a ngen tah suel coeng. Te dongah tekah a ti ngaih te ming ham ka cai uh,” a ti uh.
For, certain foreign things, art thou bringing into our hearing: We are minded to get to know, therefore, what these things please to be!
21 Te vaengkah Athen pum neh aka laiom yinlai ham khaw a tloe moenih. A hoeng hoep vaengah pakhat khaw a thui tih a thai la pakhat khaw a yaak uh.
Now, all Athenians and the sojourning foreigners, unto nothing else, were devoting their leisure, than to be telling or hearing, something newer.
22 Te dongah Paul loh Areo Pagos laklung ah pai tih, “Athen hlang rhoek, cungkuem dongah na cuep uh te ka hmuh.
And Paul taking his stand in the midst of the Hill of Mars, said—Ye men of Athens! In every way, how unusually reverent of the demons ye are, I perceive.
23 Tedae ka caeh vengah na bawknah te ka thuep hatah hmueihtuk pakhat dongah MANGVAWT Pathen la a daek te ka hmuh bal. Te dongah mangvawt taengah tho na thueng uh. He ni kai loh nangmih taengah ka doek.
For, passing through, and carefully observing your objects of devotion, I found an altar also, in which was inscribed—Unto an Unknown God. What, therefore, not knowing, ye reverence, the same, do, I, declare unto you.
24 Diklai neh a khuikah boeih aka saii Pathen, vaan neh diklai kah Boeipa la aka om he kutsai bawkim ah kho a sak moenih. Hlanghing kut loh a yuh a yam ham pakhat khaw a kuek moenih.
The God that made the world and all things that are therein, the same, being, Lord, of heaven and earth, not in hand-made shrines, doth dwell,
25 Amah loh a cungkuem taengah hingnah, hiil neh a cungkuem he a paek.
nor, by human hands, is waited upon, as though in want of anything, himself, giving unto all life and breath and all things;
26 Pakhat lamloh diklai hman boeih ah khosak ham namtom hlang boeih khaw a saii. Khoning a hmoel tih amih omnah te khorhi la a suem pah.
he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, —marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,
27 Pathen te a toem atah amah te tapkhoeh m'phathuep sak tih m'ming sak ni. Tedae amah te mamih pakhat rhip taeng lamloh lakhla la a om moenih.
that they might be seeking God—if, after all, indeed, they might feel after him and find him, —although, in truth, he is already not far from any one of us.
28 Amah dongah n'hing uh tih m'pongpa la ng'om uh. Nangmih khui kah hlangvang loh hlohlai neh a thui vanbangla, amah kah namtu la n'om uh.
For, in him, we live and move and are: as, even some of your own poets, have said—For, his offspring also, we are.
29 Pathen kah namtu la aka om loh sui, ngun, lungto, bungkhutnah kutnoek neh hlang kah poeknah he Pathen bangla om tila poek ham a om moenih.
Being, then, offspring, of God, we ought not to be supposing that, unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man, the Divine, is like.
30 Kotalhnah tue vaengah Pathen loh n'hnoelrhoeng mai cakhaw hlang boeih te yut sak ham khotomrhali a uen coeng.
The times of ignorance, therefore, overlooking, God, as things now are, is charging all men everywhere to repent,
31 A hmoel hlang loh duengnah dongah lunglai he laitloek thil ham khohnin te a pai sak coeng. Anih te duek lamkah a thoh tih a cungkuem ham tangnah khaw a soep sak,” a ti nah.
inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, in which he is about to be judging the habitable earth in righteousness, by a man whom he hath pointed out, —offering faith unto all, by raising him from among the dead?
32 Duek lamkah thohkoepnah te a yaak uh vaengah hlangvang loh nueih thil cakhaw a ngen long tah, “Nang kawng he koep ka hnatun bal ni,” a ti uh.
Now, when they heard of raising the dead, some, indeed, began to mock, while, others, said—We will hear thee, concerning this, even again.
33 Te vanbangla Paul tah amih khui lamkah loh vik nong.
Thus, Paul, came forth out of their midst.
34 Tedae aka tangnah hlang hlangvang rhoek tah Paul taengah kap uh. Amih khuiah Areopagite khoboei Dionysus, te phoeiah huta pakhat, a ming ah Damaris neh amih taengkah a tloe rhoek khaw omuh.
But, certain persons, joining themselves unto him, believed; among whom were even Dionysius the Mars-hill judge, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.
