Acts 17
1 When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Mgbe ha gafechara obodo Amfipolis na Apolonia, ha bịaruru obodo Tesalonaịka, ebe ụlọ nzukọ ndị Juu dị.
2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Pọl bakwuuru ha, dịka ọ na-eme oge niile. Ọ nọnyere ha izu ụka atọ, ya na ha na-atụgharị uche nʼAkwụkwọ Nsọ,
3 explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
na-akọwara ha na-edokwa ha anya na ọ dị mkpa na Kraịst ga-ahụ ahụhụ, ma sitekwa nʼọnwụ bilie. Ọ sịrị, “Jisọs a, nke m na-ekwusara unu bụ Kraịst ahụ.”
4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
Ụfọdụ nʼime ndị Juu ahụ ka e mere ka ha kwere ma sonyere Pọl na Saịlas, otu aka ahụ, igwe mmadụ ndị na-atụ egwu Chineke nʼetiti ndị Griik na ụmụ nwanyị ụfọdụ a maara aha ha.
5 The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
Ma ndị Juu jupụtara nʼekworo, nʼihi ya, ha kpaliri obi ụfọdụ mmadụ efu nʼetiti ha nʼọma ahịa. Ndị a malitekwara ọgbaaghara nʼụzọ dị iche nʼime obodo. Ha tikasịrị ụlọ Jesin, nʼihi na ha chọrọ ịdọpụta ha nyefee ha nʼaka ọha mmadụ.
6 But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
Ma mgbe ha na-achọtaghị ha nʼebe ahụ, ha dọpụtara Jesin na ụmụnna anyị ụfọdụ, duru ha jekwuru ndị ikpe nke obodo ahụ, na-eti mkpu, “Ndị a kpuru ụwa ihu nʼala abịala inye obodo ukwu anyị nsogbu.
7 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
Ma Jesin nabatara ha nʼụlọ ya. Ha na-emebi iwu Siza nʼihi na ha na-asịkwa na ọ dị eze ọzọ dị nke a na-akpọ Jisọs.”
8 On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
Okwu dị otu a wetara obi ịlọ mmiri nʼetiti ndị ikpe na mmadụ niile.
9 And they collected bond from Jason and the others, and then released them.
Ha hapụrụ Jesin na ndị ọzọ, naanị mgbe ndị akaebe bịara kwụọ ụgwọ e jiri gbapụta ha.
10 As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Ma nʼabalị ahụ, ndị kwere ekwe mere ngwangwa zipụ Pọl na Saịlas ka ha gaa obodo Beria. Ma mgbe ha ruru nʼebe ahụ, ha banyere nʼụlọ nzukọ ndị Juu.
11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
Ma ndị bi na Beria jiri obi ghere oghe nabata okwu a karịa ndị bi na Tesalonaịka. Nʼihi na ha ji ịnụ ọkụ nʼobi nara okwu ahụ, na-enyocha Akwụkwọ Nsọ kwa ụbọchị, ka ha mara ma ihe ha na-ekwu ọ bụ eziokwu. Ha mere nke a ụbọchị niile.
12 As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
Ọtụtụ nʼime ha kweere, ụfọdụ ụmụ nwanyị na ụmụ nwoke ndị Griik a maara aha ha chegharịkwara.
13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
Ma mgbe ndị Juu bi na Tesalonaịka nụrụ na Pọl na-ekwusa oziọma Chineke na obodo Beria, ụfọdụ ha gara nʼebe ahụ na-akpali igwe ndị mmadụ nʼihi iwebata ọgbaaghara.
14 The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
Ndị kwere ekwe mere ngwangwa zipụ Pọl ka ọ gaa nʼakụkụ oke osimiri dị nʼebe ahụ. Ma ha hapụrụ Saịlas na Timoti ka ha na ha nọdụ.
15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
Ma ndị dupuru Pọl sooro ya ruo obodo Atens. Ha lawara, hapụrụ Saịlas na Timoti ozi ka ha bịakwute ya na-atụfughị oge.
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
Mgbe Pọl nọ na-echere ha nʼAtens, o wutere mmụọ ya nke ukwuu nʼihi arụsị niile ọ hụrụ, nke jupụtara nʼobodo ahụ.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
Nʼihi nke a, ya na ndị Juu na ndị na-atụ egwu Chineke, na-anọgide nʼụlọ nzukọ na-arụrịta ụka. Kwa ụbọchị, ọ na-apụkwa nʼọma ahịa na-agwa ndị niile o zutere okwu.
18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
Ya na ụfọdụ ndị Epikuri na ndị Stoịk bụ ndị ọkachamara na-arụrịta ụka. Ndị ụfọdụ na-asị, “gịnị ka onye ekwurekwu a ga-ekwu?” Ndị ọzọ sịrị, “ọ dịka onye na-ekwusa ụmụ mmụọ ndị ala ọzọ.” Ha kwuru nke a nʼihi na ọ na-ekwusa oziọma banyere Jisọs na mbilite nʼọnwụ ya.
19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
Ha kpọbatara ya nʼebe ha zukọrọ, ebe a na-akpọ Areopagọs, ebe ha nọ sị ya, “Anyị enwere ike ịmata ihe banyere ozizi ọhụrụ gị a?
20 For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
Ị na-ekwu ihe ndị na-agbagwoju anyị anya. Anyị chọrọ ịmata ihe ndị a nke ọma.”
21 Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
(Ndị Atens niile na ndị ala ọzọ bi nʼobodo ahụ, enweghị ohere ime ihe ọbụla, ọ gwụchaala ọrụ ikwu na ịnụ banyere ihe dị ọhụrụ.)
22 Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
Mgbe ahụ Pọl guzoro na nzukọ Areopagọs sị, “Unu ndị Atens, ahụla m na ọ na-anụ unu ọkụ nʼobi ịsọpụrụ mmụọ nke unu na-efe ofufe.
23 For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
Nʼihi na mgbe m na-ejegharị nʼobodo unu, ahụrụ m ụlọ chi dị iche iche, ahụrụ m otu ebe ịchụ aja nke e dekwasịrị nʼelu ya: Ihe e nyere chi nke amaghị ama. Ya mere, ihe ahụ unu na-efe ofufe nʼamaghị ama nke a ka m na-ekwusara unu.
24 The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
“Chineke onye kere ụwa na ihe niile dị nʼime ya. Ebe ọ bụ onye nwe eluigwe na ụwa, ọ dịghị ebikwa nʼụlọnsọ e jiri aka wuo.
25 Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
Otu aka ahụ, ọ dịghị anara ije ozi site nʼaka mmadụ, dịka a ga-asị na o nwere ihe kọrọ ya. Ya onwe ya na-enye ndụ na ume na ihe niile. Ọ na-egbokwa mkpa niile.
26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
O sitere nʼaka otu onye, bụ mmadụ mbụ ahụ, kee agbụrụ niile nke mmadụ nʼotu nʼotu, ka ha biri nʼelu ụwa dum. O jiri aka ya kewachaa oge ọgbọ ọbụla ga-anọ na oke niile nke ebe obibi ha.
27 God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
Ma nzube ya banyere ihe niile bụ ka onye ọbụla chọsie Chineke ike. Eleghị anya, mmadụ nwere ike lezie ụzọ ya anya, si otu a chọta ya. Ọ nọkwaghị mmadụ ọbụla nʼebe dị anya.
28 ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
‘Nʼihi nʼime ya ka anyị na-ebi, anyị na-ejegharịkwa nʼime ya na-adịkwa ndụ.’ Dịka ụfọdụ nʼime unu ndị ode abụ na-ekwu sị, ‘Anyị onwe anyị bụ ụmụ ya.’
29 Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
“Ebe anyị bụ ndị Chineke mụrụ, o kwesighị ka anyị na-eche na ihe akpọrọ Chineke yiri ọlaọcha maọbụ ọlaedo, maọbụ nkume, ihe apịrị apị site na ǹka na ihe dị nʼobi mmadụ.
30 Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Ma Chineke lefuru enweghị nghọta nke mmadụ anya banyere ihe ndị a niile nʼoge gara aga. Ma ugbu a, ọ chọrọ ka mmadụ niile chegharịa.
31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Nʼihi na o debela otu ụbọchị mgbe ọ ga-ekpe ụwa niile ikpe nʼụzọ ezi omume, site nʼaka otu nwoke ọ họpụtara. O mekwara ka nke a guzosie ike, mgbe o mere ka onye ahụ sị nʼọnwụ bilie.”
32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
Mgbe ha nụrụ ihe banyere mbilite nʼọnwụ nke ndị nwụrụ anwụ, ha chịrị ya ọchị. Ma ụfọdụ nʼime ha sịrị, “Nʼoge ọzọ anyị ga-achọ ịnụ okwu ndị a.”
33 At that, Paul left the Areopagus.
Nʼoge a, Pọl hapụrụ ha.
34 But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
Mmadụ ole na ole sooro ya, bụrụkwa ndị kwere ekwe. Otu onye nʼime ha bụ Dionisiọs onye Areopagọs. Onye ọzọ bụ nwanyị a na-akpọ Damaris na ndị ọzọkwa.
