Masengo 17
1 Nipele che Paolo ni che Sila ŵapelengenye ku Amfipoli ni ku Apolonia, ni ŵaiche ku Sesalonike kujaliji nyuumba ja kupopelela ja Ŵayahudi.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 Ni che Paolo malinga ni masyoŵelo gakwe ŵalumbikene nawo ni kuusyausyana nawo nkati Malembelo ga Akunnungu kwa moŵa gatatu ga Lyuŵa lya Kupumulila.
And according to his custom Paul went in among them, and for three sabbath-days discoursed to them from the scriptures;
3 Ŵaagopolele ni kwasalila pangasisika kuti yaŵajilwe Kilisito asauche ni kusyuka. Ŵaasalile, “Aŵa Che Yesu ŵangwajenesya kukwenu, ŵelewo ali Kilisito.”
opening them and shewing, that the Messiah was to suffer and rise again from the dead: and that this is the Christ even, Jesus, whom, said he, I preach unto you.
4 Ŵane mwa ŵanyawo ŵakulupilile ni ŵalumbikene ni che Paolo ni che Sila. Ni sooni, mpingo wekulungwa wa Ŵagiliki ŵaŵaliji nkwapopela Akunnungu ni achakongwe ŵakuchimbichikwa ŵajinji ŵaakulupilile Akunnungu.
And some of them believed and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and a great number of the devout Greeks, and of the women of distinction not a few.
5 Nambo Ŵayahudi ŵagumbele wiu ni ŵaajigele ŵandu ŵangalumbana ŵa pakusumichisya malonda ni ŵalumbikene pamo ni kutanda kutindiganya pamusi pose. Ŵajijimuchile nyuumba ji che Yasoni achiganisyaga kuti chiŵasimane che Paolo ni che Sila mwelemo kuti ŵakoposye kwa ŵandu.
But the unbelieving Jews being filled with envy, collected some loose profligate fellows, and making a tumult set all the city in an uproar: and assaulting Jason's house, they sought for them in order to bring them out to the populace.
6 Nambo nganiŵasimana, nipele ŵaajigele che Yasoni pamo ni ŵandu ŵane ŵakunkulupilila Che Yesu ni kwakwekwelemya mpaka kwa achakulu ŵa musi achinyanyisyaga kuti, “Ŵandu ŵa akutindiganya chilambo chose ni sano alinji pamusi pano.
But not finding them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, these men that have turned the world upside down,
7 Che Yasoni ŵaapochele mu nyuumba jao. Wose akukananga kugakuya malajisyo ga Mwenye jwa ku Loma achitiji, eti, ‘Apali mwenye jwine jwakuŵilanjikwa Che Yesu.’”
are come hither also, and Jason has privately received them. And they all act contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, there is another king, one Jesus.
8 Achakulu ŵa musi pamo ni mpingo wa ŵandu ula paŵagapilikene maloŵe go yatindigenye mu ntwe.
And they alarmed the people, and the rulers of the city upon hearing these things:
9 Nipele ŵaatesile che Yasoni ni achinjakwe atyosye chikole ni ŵalesile ajaulangane.
but they taking security of Jason and the rest, let them go.
10 Chilo, ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Che Yesu ŵa ku Sesalonike ŵala ŵachisisye che Paolo ni njakwe che Sila ajaulangane ku Belea. Ni ŵanyawo paŵaiche kweleko ŵajinjile mu nyuumba ja kupopelela ja Ŵayahudi.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who, when they were come thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 Nambo, ŵandu ŵa ku Belea ŵaliji ŵakupilikanichisya nnope kupunda ŵa ku Sesalonike. Ŵalipochele Liloŵe lya Akunnungu kwa lung'wanu lwekulungwa ni moŵa gose ŵaliji nkugalolechesya lolechesya Malembelo ga Akunnungu kanga yaŵaiŵechetaga che Paolo yo yaliji isyenesyene.
These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
12 Ŵayahudi ŵajinji ŵakulupilile pamo ni achakongwe ni achalume ŵa Chigiliki ŵakuchimbichikwa.
And therefore many of them believed: and of the Grecian women of quality, and of men likewise not a few.
13 Nambo Ŵayahudi ŵa ku Sesalonike paŵaimanyi kuti che Paolo ŵaliji nkulalichila Liloŵe lya Akunnungu ku Belea ko, ŵajawile kweleko nombe ni kutanda kutindiganya ni kujichisya mipingo ja ŵandu.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came thither also, to stir up the people.
14 Papopo ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Che Yesu ŵapechesye che Paolo ku mbwani nambo che Sila ni che Timoseo ŵasigele ku Belea.
Then the brethren immediately sent away Paul towards the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there.
15 Ŵandu ŵaŵampechesye che Paolo ŵala ŵampechesye mpaka ku Asene. Nombewo ŵausile ku Belea ali ni malajisyo kutyochela ku che Paolo gagakuti che Sila ni che Timoseo ŵakuye chitema pe.
And they that conducted Paul attended him to Athens: and receiving an order to Silas and Timothy, to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
16 Che Paolo paŵaliji ku Asene nkwalindilila ŵanya che Sila ni che Timoseo, yachimile nnope muntima mwao pakuŵa ŵauweni musi wo ugumbele inyago ya achiminungu.
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his Spirit was greatly moved, when he saw the city wholly given up to idolatry.
17 Nipele ŵausyeneusyene ni Ŵayahudi ni ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi ŵaŵaliji nkwalamba Akunnungu mu nyuumba ja kupopelela, lyuŵa ni lyuŵa ŵausyeneusyene ni ŵandu ŵaŵasimanaga nawo pakusumichisya malonda.
He therefore disputed in the synagogue with the Jews and other devout persons on the sabbath-day, and with whomsoever he met in public every day.
18 Ŵandu ŵaŵalijigenye lunda lwa Chiepikulo ni Chisitoiki ŵatesile makani ni che Paolo. Ŵane ŵatite, “Ana ujinga chi wakuusala mundu ju?” Ŵane ŵatite, “Akuwoneka mpela akulalichila ngani ja achiminungu achalendo.” Ŵatite yeleyo pakuŵa che Paolo ŵaliji nkulalichila ngani ji Che Yesu ni yatite kusyuka,
But some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him; and some said, What would this babler say? and others, He seemeth to be a proclaimer of foreign deities: because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.
19 Nipele ŵanjigele che Paolo ku Aleopago achitiji, “Tukusaka tukombole kugamanyilila gele majiganyo gasambano ginkusala ga.
And they took and brought him to the Areopagus, and said, May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest?
20 Indu ine itwipilikene mmawiwi getu ikuwoneka kuŵa ya chilendo kukwetu. Nipele tukusaka kugamanyilila malumbo ga yele indu yo.”
For thou bringest strange things to our ears; we would therefore know what these things mean.
21 Ŵandu ŵa ku Asene ni achalendo wose ŵakulonjela kweleko ŵajigele katema kakajinji kutagula ni kupilikanila ngani ja sambano.
(Now all the Athenians, and strangers sojourning among them, spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new.)
22 Nipele che Paolo ŵajimi paujo pa nkungulu wa Aleopago ni kuti, “Ŵanyamwe ŵandu ŵa ku Asene, nguwona kuti ŵanyamwe nli ŵandu ŵa dini nnope,
Then Paul stood up in the midst of the Areopagus and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that you are indeed over-much religious:
23 pakuŵa panaliji nkwendajenda akuno ni akunokuno napaweni peuto pankutyochesya mbopesi, ni sooni nachisimene chilisa chimo chilembekwe, ‘Kwa Akunnungu ŵangamanyika.’ Nipele ngunlalichila ŵanyamwe chele chindu chinkuchipopelela pangachimanyilila.
for as I was passing along, and looking at what ye worshipped, I found an altar on which there was inscribed, "To the unknown God." Whom therefore ye worship unknown, Him do I declare unto you.
24 Akunnungu ŵaŵachigumbile chilambo ni yose yaili mwelemo, ŵelewo ni Ambuje ŵa kwinani ni chilambo chino, ŵelewo ngakutama mmajumba ga Akunnungu getaŵe ni ŵandu.
The God that made the world and all things therein, being lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands:
25 Sooni ngakutumichilwa ni makono ga ŵandu ni ngakuchisaka chachili chose, pakuŵa asyene akwapa ŵandu wose umi ni kwakombolechesya kupumula ni kwapa indu yose.
nor is He served by the hands of men, as needing any thing: for He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 Kutyochela mwa mundu jumo ŵapanganyisye ŵandu wose ŵa pachilambo pano ni kwakombolechesya kutama palipose pachilambo pano. Ŵalamwile kutyochela kundanda katema chi ni papi pachatame ŵandu wo.
and hath made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined the seasons before-appointed them, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 Ŵatesile yeleyo kuti ŵandu ŵa ilambo yo ŵasoseje Akunnungu namuno kwakwapapasya ŵasimane. Natamuno yeleyo Akunnungu ngakutalikangana ni jwalijose.
that they might seek the Lord, if possibly they might trace Him, and find Him: though indeed He is not far from every one of us.
28 Mpela ila mundu jumo iŵatite pakusala, ‘Mwa ŵelewo uweji tukwete umi, tukwenda ni kutama!’ Mpela ila ŵakwimba ŵenu ŵane, ŵatite, ‘Uweji wose tuli ŵanache ŵao.’
For in Him we live and move, and exist; as some also of your own poets have said, "For we his offspring are."
29 Nipele pakuŵa tuli ŵanache ŵao Akunnungu, ngaikuŵajilwa kuganisya kuti Akunnungu akulandana ni sahabu ni madini ga mbiya atamuno liganga lyesepe uchenene kwa lunda lwa ŵandu.
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Deity is like to gold, or silver, or stone, carved by the art and device of man.
30 Ndema sya ungamanyilila wao, Akunnungu ŵalitesile nti ngakulola. Nambo sambano akulajisya kuti ŵandu wose ŵa palipose aleche sambi.
Wherefore though God overlooked the times of this ignorance, He now requireth all men every where to repent.
31 Pakuŵa aŵisile lyuŵa lichiŵalamule ŵandu ŵa pachilambo kwa goloka, kwa litala lya mundu jumo jwansagwile. Nombe Akunnungu ŵaalosisye pangasisa ŵandu wose ngani ji, pakunsyusya mundu jo!”
Because He hath fixed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom He hath appointed thereto; having given assurance of it to all men, by raising Him from the dead.
32 Nipele paŵampilikene che Paolo achiŵechetaga yankati kusyuka kwa ŵawe, ŵane mwa ŵanyawo ŵatesile chanache, nambo ŵane ŵatite, “Tukusaka tumpikanile sooni nkati yeleyo.”
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some laughed at it: and others said, We will hear thee again concerning this matter.
33 Che Paolo ŵatyosile pankungulu ni kwalekanga.
So Paul went out of the assembly.
34 Nambo ŵandu ŵampepe ŵalongene nawo ni kwakulupilila Che Yesu. Mwa ŵandu wo ŵapali che Dionisio jumo jwa mpingo waukuŵilanjikwa Aleopago ni jwankongwe liina lyakwe che Damali ni ŵandu ŵane.
Some however adhered to him, and believed: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
