Djela apostolska 17
1 Prošavši kroz Amfipol i Apoloniju, stigoše u Solun, gdje bijaše židovska sinagoga.
Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue,
2 Po običaju uđe Pavao onamo. Tri je subote s njima raspravljao na temelju Pisama.
and Paul, according to his usual custom, went in to them and, for three Sabbath Days, he reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,
3 Tumačio je i izlagao: “Trebalo je da Krist trpi i uskrsne od mrtvih. Taj Krist jest Isus koga vam ja navješćujem.”
explaining and quoting passages to prove that the Messiah had to suffer and to rise again from the dead and that "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming unto you is the Messiah."
4 Neki se od njih uvjeriše pa se pridružiše Pavlu i Sili; tako i veliko mnoštvo bogobojaznih Grka i nemalo uglednih žena.
Some were persuaded and attached themselves to Paul and Silas, including a number of devout Greeks, and a large number of the leading women.
5 Židove nato spopade zavist pa pridobiše neke opake uličnjake, potakoše ih i pobuniše grad te nahrupiše u kuću Jasonovu tražeći da se Pavao i Sila izvedu pred narod.
But the Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill- favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
6 Kako ih ne nađoše, odvukoše Jasona i neke od braće pred gradske glavare vičući: “Evo i ovdje onih koji pobuniše sav svijet.
And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also.
7 Jason ih je ugostio. Svi oni rade protiv carskih odredaba: tvrde da postoji drugi kralj - Isus.”
"Jason has received them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
8 Time uzbuniše svjetinu i glavare koji su to čuli
Both the crowd and the politarchs were disturbed when they heard this,
9 te oni od Jasona i ostalih uzeše jamčevinu pa ih pustiše.
but when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Braća su pak brže-bolje noću odaslala Pavla i Silu u Bereju. Kad su stigli, odoše u židovsku sinagogu.
Now the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they got there they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue.
11 Ovi su Židovi bili plemenitiji od solunskih: primili su Riječ sa svom spremnošću i danomice istraživali Pisma, da li je to tako.
The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.
12 Mnogi od njih stoga povjerovaše, a tako i nemalo uglednih grčkih žena i muževa.
So many of them became believers, and so did not a few Greeks, women of honorable estate, and men.
13 Ali kad su solunski Židovi doznali da Pavao i u Bereji navješćuje riječ Božju, odoše te i ondje podjariše i uzbuniše svjetinu.
As soon as the Jews in Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came there, and stirred up and troubled the crowds.
14 Braća tada brže-bolje uputiše Pavla k moru. Sila pak i Timotej ostadoše ondje.
Then the brothers at once sent Paul down to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.
15 Pratioci dovedoše Pavla do Atene pa se vratiše noseći Sili i Timoteju zapovijed da što prije dođu k njemu.
Those who were caring for Paul brought him as far as Athens, and there left him, with instructions to Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed.
16 Dok ih je u Ateni iščekivao, ogorči se Pavao u duši promatrajući kako je grad pokumiren.
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he noticed that the city was full of idols.
17 Međutim raspravljaše u sinagogi sa Židovima i bogobojaznima, a na trgu svaki dan s onima koji bi se ondje zatekli.
He argued in the synagogues with the Jews and the devout proselytes, and also daily in the market-place with those that met him there.
18 Dobacivahu mu i neki od epikurejskih i stoičkih filozofa. Jedni su govorili: “Što bi htjela reći ta čavka?” Drugi pak: “Navješćuje, čini se, neke tuđe bogove.” Jer navješćivaše Isusa i uskrsnuće.
A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him again and again. Some were saying, "What has this beggarly fellow to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
19 Onda su ga uzeli i odveli na Areopag i upitali: “Bismo li mogli znati kakav to nov nauk naučavaš?
Then they laid hold of him and brought him up to Mars Hill, saying. "May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?
20 Čudnovatim nam nekim tvrdnjama uši puniš. Željeli bismo stoga znati što bi to imalo biti.”
"For you are bringing certain strange things to our ears. We want to know, therefore, what these things mean."
21 Nijedan Atenjanin ni doseljeni stranac ni na što drugo ne trati vrijeme nego na pripovijedanje i slušanje novosti.
(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear some new thing.)
22 Tada Pavao stade posred Areopaga i reče: “Atenjani! U svemu ste, vidim, nekako veoma bogoljubni.
So Paul stood up in the center of Mars Hill, and said. "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all respects you are remarkably religious.
23 Doista, prolazeći i promatrajući vaše svetinje nađoh i žrtvenik s natpisom: Nepoznatom Bogu. Što dakle ne poznajete, a štujete, to vam ja navješćujem.”
"For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming to you.
24 “Bog koji stvori svijet i sve na njemu, on, neba i zemlje Gospodar, ne prebiva u rukotvorenim hramovima;
"The God who made the universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
25 i ne poslužuju ga ljudske ruke, kao da bi što trebao, on koji svima daje život, dah i - sve.
"neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
26 Od jednoga sazda cijeli ljudski rod da prebiva po svem licu zemlje; ustanovi određena vremena i međe prebivanja njihova
"He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation,
27 da traže Boga, ne bi li ga kako napipali i našli. Ta nije daleko ni od koga od nas.
"so that they might seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from every on of us;
28 U njemu doista živimo, mičemo se i jesmo, kao što i neki od vaših pjesnika rekoše: “Njegov smo čak i rod!”
"for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, "‘For we also are his offspring.’
29 “Ako smo dakle rod Božji, ne smijemo smatrati da je božanstvo slično zlatu, srebru ili kamenu, liku isklesanu umijećem i maštom ljudskom.”
"Since then we are God’s offspring, we ought not to imagine that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
30 “I ne obazirući se na vremena neznanja, nutka sada Bog ljude da se svi i posvuda obrate
"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but he now commands all men that they should all, everywhere, repent;
31 jer ustanovi Dan u koji će suditi svijetu po pravdi, po Čovjeku kojega odredi, pred svima ovjerovi uskrisivši ga od mrtvih.”
inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."
32 Kad čuše “uskrsnuće od mrtvih”, jedni se stadoše rugati, a drugi rekoše: “Još ćemo te o tom slušati!”
But on hearing of the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock; but others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."
33 Tako se Pavao povuče od njih.
So Paul withdrew from them.
34 Neki ipak prionuše uza nj i povjerovaše; među njima i Dionizije Areopagit, neka žena imenom Damara i drugi s njima.
A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and some others.
