Acts 17
1 And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.
Pawluh ja Tilah cun Amphipolih ja Apolonih jah khe pah lü, Thesalonikah mlüha Judahea sinakoka venaka citki xawi.
2 And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,
Acua Pawluh cun a thum khawia mäiha, ami veia lut lü, Sabbath mhnüp kthum vei, khyange mahmah ngthäh ngkhyah u lü pyen u lü, Cangcim üngka jah mtheh lü,
3 opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I announce to you.
Mesijah naw khuikhanak khamei khaia akyaka mawng, thinak üngkhyüh a tho be vaia mawng cun jah mthehki. “Hina Jesuh ka ning jah mtheh cun Mesijaha kyaki ni” ti lü Pawluh naw a jah mtheh.
4 And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
Avang he naw jum u lü, Krik khyang khawhae ja nghnumi khawhae naw Pawluh ja Tilaha veia law u lü Mhnam mküimto lawki he.
5 But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
Acunsepi, Judahe naw, k’eihei u lü, lama i käh pawhkie cun jah lawpüi u lü khyange jah ngcun lawsakie naw, mlüh avan üng suksak lawki he. Acunüng, Jasona ima ngkhäm law u lü, Pawluh ja Tilah cun khyangea hmaia ami jah cehpüi vaia ami täng.
6 and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,
Am jah hmu u lü, Jason ja jumeikie cun khyang ngvaiea hmaia jah kaihkie naw, ngpyang u lü, “Hina khyange naw avan suksak khaia Khawmdek nglatsakie cun mi mlüha lawki he;
7 whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.
Jason naw jah na khin na ve, ahin xawi cun, ‘Jesuh ngming naki, sangpuxang kce veki tia, Emperoa thum am läk ni” ami ti.
8 And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.
Acuna khyange naw mlüh ngvaie cun ami jah suksakei;
9 And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Jason ja a püie cun ngui jah tä lü jah hlät lü ami jah cehsak be.
10 But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.
Jumeikie naw mthana, Pawluh ja Tilah cun Beriha jah cehsak u se; acua ami va pha ja, Judahea sinakoka lutki xawi.
11 And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.
Acuna khaw khyange cun, Thesalonikah mlüh khyangea kthaka ana daw u se, mlung jenak am ngthu cun dokhameikie, ani ngthu pyen cun am akcang ja akcang ksingnak vaia, a mhnüp tä se, Cangcim cun büktengkie.
12 Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.
Acunakyase, khyang khawha naw jum u se; Krik nghnumi kdawe ja kpamie naw pi jum lawki he.
13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.
Acunsepi, Thesalonikah mlüha ka Judahe naw, Pawluh naw Berih mlüha pi Pamhnama ngthu sangki tia ami ksing üng, acua pi va cit u lü, khyange ami jah va ksük.
14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.
Jumeikie naw, Pawluh cun tui cayea cit khaia ami tüih. Acunsepi, Tilah ja Timoti cun acua ve hütki xawi.
15 But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
Pawluh va thakie naw, Aten mlüh cäpa cit u lü Berih da nglat law be lü Pawluh naw a jah cüka kba, Tilah ja Timoti cun naw akjanga a jah mtheh.
16 But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.
Pawluh naw Atena Tilah ja Timoti jah k'äih lü a ve üng, mlüh cun juktuhe am be lü a hmuha kyase, aktäa a mlung am daw.
17 He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.
Acunüng, sinakoka Judahe ja Pamhnam jumkie khyangmjükcee jah pyenpüi lü, khyang ami ngkhämnaka law nakütkia veia a mhnüp tä se a jah pyenpüi.
18 But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection [to them].
Epikurih ja, Stok sajae naw ani ngcuhpüikie. Avang he naw, “Hin ia am ngtäh xaki naw i pyen hlüki ni?” ami ti. Avang he naw, Jesuha mawng ja thawhnak bea mawng a pyena phäha, “Pe kcea ka mhnama mawng pyenki am ni aw” ami ti.
19 And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?
Pawluh cun man u lü, mlüh kawngci, Arepakaha hmaia lawpüi u lü, “Hina mtheimthangnak akthai na pyen hü hin na jah ksingsak thei khai aw?
20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
Akthai am kami ngjak khawi cun na sang lawki ni; acunakyase, acuna suilam kami ksing vai täng ve üng” ami ti.
21 Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.
(Aten mlüha khyange ja khine cun, ngthu kthaia akyak üng, ami pyen vai ja ami ngaih vaia phäha ami kcün sumeiki he.)
22 And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;
Pawluh cun kawngci hmaia ngdüi lü, “Nangmi Aten khyange cun, a naküt üng jumnak aktäa nami taki ti ka ksingki.
23 for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you.
Ka ceh hü sawa, nami hjawkhahe ka ja bükteng üng, kpyawngkung mata khana, ‘Am ksinga Mhnama phäha’ ti lü ng’yuki ka hmuh. Acunakyase, am ksing u lü nami jumei, acuna mawng ka ning jah mthehki ni.
24 The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
Pamhnam, khawmdek ja a k'uma veki naküt ja mhnünki cun, mce ja khana Bawia kyase kut am saka temple üng am ve.
25 nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;
Khut bi lü a hlüei cun mi pe khai aw, amät kung cun anaküt am xünnak, ngxünak a naküt üng pekia kyaki.
26 and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,
Acunüng, khawmdek khan naküt üng ve khaia, khyang mat üngka naw khyang mjüe naküt atäng tänga jah mhnün lü, ami phäha akcün ja ami venak vai phäh phähe pi a jah tak pet.
27 that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:
Acunakyase, Pamhnam cun ami hmuh vaia sui hükie; acunsepi, Pamhnam cun mimi üngkhyüh akthuka am ve.
28 for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.
Amäta phäha mi xüng lü, mi thoawm lü mi veki; ‘Keimi pi Mhnama a jah caea kami kyaki’ tia nangmi üng khyang mat naw pyenki.
29 Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.
Acukba Pamhnama caea mi kya ua phäha, nghngicima khyaihnak am pyanga xüie, nguie, lung he lup cun Mhnam am tänga käh jah ngaih vai.
30 God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
Ahlana Pamhnam am ksing u se, jah na hawih khawi se pi, atuh cun ahawa pi ami mkhyekatnak nghlatak vaia ngthu a jah petki,
31 because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.
akcün a na pyang päng thüp thüpa phäha, acuna mhnüp üng, a mcawna nghngicim phäh khawmdek avan cun angsunga ngthumkhyah law pe khai; acun cun Pamhnam naw thihnak üngka naw mtho be lü, khyange naküta veia angsingsak pänga kyaki” tia a pyen.
32 And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.
Acuna thihnak üngka naw mthawh bea ngthu Pawluh naw pyen se ami ngjak üng avange naw ami yaihei; avange naw, “Hina ngthu na pyen be vai ngja hlü ve üng” ami ti.
33 Thus Paul went out of their midst.
Acunüng Pawluh naw ami ngkhyumnak a jah cehtak.
34 But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.
Acunsepi, khyang avange Pawluha veia ngdawn law u lü, jumei lawki he; acunüng avange cun, Dajonutih khyang kawngci üngkaa kya u lü avange cun nghnumi mat Damarih jah khyang kcea kyakie.
