Djela apostolska 17
1 Prošavši kroz Amfipol i Apoloniju, stigoše u Solun, gdje bijaše židovska sinagoga.
When Paul and his companions had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 Po običaju uđe Pavao onamo. Tri je subote s njima raspravljao na temelju Pisama.
As was his custom, Paul went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from 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 presenting evidence that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”
4 Neki se od njih uvjeriše pa se pridružiše Pavlu i Sili; tako i veliko mnoštvo bogobojaznih Grka i nemalo uglednih žena.
Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of the devout Greeks and quite a few prominent 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 who refused to believe rounded up some evil men from the marketplace and formed a mob, setting the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the public assembly.
6 Kako ih ne nađoše, odvukoše Jasona i neke od braće pred gradske glavare vičući: “Evo i ovdje onih koji pobuniše sav svijet.
But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers to the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7 Jason ih je ugostio. Svi oni rade protiv carskih odredaba: tvrde da postoji drugi kralj - Isus.”
and Jason has welcomed them. They all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”
8 Time uzbuniše svjetinu i glavare koji su to čuli
And they stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
9 te oni od Jasona i ostalih uzeše jamčevinu pa ih pustiše.
But when the city officials had received a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.
10 Braća su pak brže-bolje noću odaslala Pavla i Silu u Bereju. Kad su stigli, odoše u židovsku sinagogu.
As soon as it was night the brothers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived, they went to the synagogue of the Jews.
11 Ovi su Židovi bili plemenitiji od solunskih: primili su Riječ sa svom spremnošću i danomice istraživali Pisma, da li je to tako.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, and they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
12 Mnogi od njih stoga povjerovaše, a tako i nemalo uglednih grčkih žena i muževa.
As a result, many of them believed, as did quite a few of the Greek women of high standing and the men.
13 Ali kad su solunski Židovi doznali da Pavao i u Bereji navješćuje riječ Božju, odoše te i ondje podjariše i uzbuniše svjetinu.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that Paul was proclaiming the word of God in Berea also, they went there as well, agitating the crowds.
14 Braća tada brže-bolje uputiše Pavla k moru. Sila pak i Timotej ostadoše ondje.
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as though he were going by sea, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
15 Pratioci dovedoše Pavla do Atene pa se vratiše noseći Sili i Timoteju zapovijed da što prije dođu k njemu.
Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after they had received an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
16 Dok ih je u Ateni iščekivao, ogorči se Pavao u duši promatrajući kako je grad pokumiren.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw 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.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout Greeks, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be 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.
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. Some said, “What is this babbler trying to say?” But others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities.” (They said this because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
19 Onda su ga uzeli i odveli na Areopag i upitali: “Bismo li mogli znati kakav to nov nauk naučavaš?
So they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that yoʋ are presenting?
20 Čudnovatim nam nekim tvrdnjama uši puniš. Željeli bismo stoga znati što bi to imalo biti.”
For yoʋ are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they 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 foreigners who dwelt there would spend their time in nothing else but talking about and listening to whatever the newest idea might be.)
22 Tada Pavao stade posred Areopaga i reče: “Atenjani! U svemu ste, vidim, nekako veoma bogoljubni.
Paul then stood before the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see just how religious you are in every way.
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 going around and closely observing yoʋr objects of worship, I even found an altar that had been inscribed: ‘To an unknown god.’ I proclaim to you therefore the one whom you worship in ignorance.
24 “Bog koji stvori svijet i sve na njemu, on, neba i zemlje Gospodar, ne prebiva u rukotvorenim hramovima;
The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by 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 the hands of men, as though he needed anything. Rather, he himself continually gives life and breath to all mankind.
26 Od jednoga sazda cijeli ljudski rod da prebiva po svem licu zemlje; ustanovi određena vremena i međe prebivanja njihova
From one bloodline he created every nation of mankind to dwell on the entire face of the earth. He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they would dwell,
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 the Lord and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him, though he is not far from any one 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 even some 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.”
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, an image formed by the skill and imagination of man.
30 “I ne obazirući se na vremena neznanja, nutka sada Bog ljude da se svi i posvuda obrate
Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,
31 jer ustanovi Dan u koji će suditi svijetu po pravdi, po Čovjeku kojega odredi, pred svima ovjerovi uskrisivši ga od mrtvih.”
because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man he has appointed. He has provided assurance of this to everyone by raising this man from the dead.”
32 Kad čuše “uskrsnuće od mrtvih”, jedni se stadoše rugati, a drugi rekoše: “Još ćemo te o tom slušati!”
Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We wish to hear about this from yoʋ again.”
33 Tako se Pavao povuče od njih.
So Paul departed from them,
34 Neki ipak prionuše uza nj i povjerovaše; među njima i Dionizije Areopagit, neka žena imenom Damara i drugi s njima.
but some of the people joined him and believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
