Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Polo leni silasa nden ca tesalonika, bi den tagini ki ñani amifipolisa dogu nni, leni apoloni dogu nni, ki ban pundi tesalonika, naani ke jufinba den pia li balimaama bangima dieli.
2 So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
nani polo n den maani maama, o den kua ki taani leni ba. polo den boe leni ba, mi fuodima dana nni, dana taa leni yaala n diani, i diani nni.
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that “this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah.”
O den bundi ki wangi ke U Tienu n gandi yua ba le fala ki kpe, ki go fii bi tinkpiba siiga. o den yedi ba, min wangi i jesu yua yaa maama yeni, wani n tie U Tienu n gandi yua.
4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of devout Greeks and not a few of the prominent women.
bi siiga nni bi tianba den tuo ki gaa laa maama ki taani polo leni silasa po. gilekinba siiga yaaba boncianla moko, yaaba n fangi U Tienu leni yaa puoba n pia ti kpiagidi yaa siiga den tuo ki gaa mi maama yeni.
5 But the disobedient Jews rounded up some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob they created an uproar in the city; and attacking the house of Jason, they wanted to bring them out to the crowd.
Ama jufinba nunponbiadili den fii ke bi taani leni u dogu nibiada, ke bi fiini ku fuugu leni ku yanyagu u dogu nni. bi den tugi biyaba ki gedi jasono denpo, ki woli polo leni silasa, ki bua ki ñani baa ki gedi n baa ku niligu nintuali.
6 But not finding them they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials vociferating: “These who have upset the whole world have come here too,
Ban ki den laa ba, bi den fuli jasono leni o kpiiba tianba, ki gedi ni ba u dogu bujaba po, ki taangi ki tua yaa niba n yagini li ŋandunli yama yeni, cua ne moko, ke jasono gaa bi cangu.
7 to whom Jason has given lodging. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”
Bikuli yeedi sesa balimaama, ki tua ke baditoa ye, ke bi yi o Jesu.
8 Well they agitated the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
Amaama den yagi ku niligu leni u dogu bujaba yama
9 Then they took a security bond from Jason and the rest and let them go.
bi den teni ke jasono leni o lieba pani i ligi yo ke bi ŋa ba
10 Immediately, during the night, the brothers sent both Paul and Silas away to Berea; on arriving they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Ku ñiagu n den bii, ti kpiiba den gedini polo leni silasa bele dogu nni, lankani bi den gedi jufinba n taandi ya balimaama bangima dielinni.
11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all goodwill, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things might be so.
Laa jufinba wani den tie nimoanba ki cie tesalonika yaaba. bi den gaa U Tienu maama leni li yankuali ki lingi daali kuli i diani nni ki baa le ban bangi baa yaala, ya tie moamoani.
12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
Bi siiga boncianla den daani, leni gileki yaaba siiga yaa puoba n pia ti kpiagidi leni bi jaba boncianla moko den daani.
13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the Word of God was also being proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came too, agitating the crowds.
Ama tesalonika jufinba n den gbadi ke polo wangi bele yaaba moko U Tienu maama, bi den gedi lanpo moko, ki ban yagi ku niligu yama.
14 So then, without delay, the brothers sent Paul away, as if to go by sea, while both Silas and Timothy remained there.
Lanwani ti kpiiba den gedini laayogunu polo nepo yaa kpenduoli, ama silasa leni timote den sedi bele.
15 But those who were conducting Paul actually took him all the way to Athens; and receiving a command to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they started back.
yaaba n den ciani polo den pundi o atena dogu nni, ki lebidi, ki ban ca polo tondu, silasa leni timote, ke polo yedi ban ŋoadi o ke laa wagi.
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was increasingly aroused within him as he observed that the city was full of idols.
nani polo n den gu baa atena yeni, o den laa ke ibuli naanana den gbie laa dogu ni, ke o yama yagi hali boncianla.
17 So he reasoned both in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.
o den boe leni jufinba, leni yaa jaba n fangi Utienu li balimaama bangima dieli nni, leni wan togidi leni yaaba daali n kuli.
18 Then certain philosophers, both Epicureans and Stoics, encountered him. Some said, “What might this idea-scavenger want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
Yaa yanfodanba n den ŋoa Epikule bangi ma bi tianba leni sitoyisieninba ya bangima yaaba tianba den taani ki nia leni polo ki tua. O maciandaano ne bua ki yedi be? Bi tianba n den gba ke o maadi Jesu labaali ŋamo leni bi tinkpiba gua fiima yeni, bi den tua: Li nani o maadi bucianni yaa maama yo!
19 So taking him in tow they led him to the Areopagus and said: “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
Lanwani, bi den taa polo, ki gedi nni o u dogu nikpela po, ki tua: Naani ti ba baa bandi ŋan maadi ya bangi panma ne bi.
20 Because you are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they might mean.”
Kelima a teni ke ti gba boncianla yo, lanwani ti bua ki bandi laa bangima n bua ki yedi yaala.
21 (Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)
Li den sua ke atena dotieba, leni yaa cianba n ye likani kuli, yen taani bi yogunu, ki maadi, bi ki cengi li boncianla.
22 So standing in the middle of the Areopagus Paul said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
Polo den fii ki se aleyopaja nitaali siiga ki yedi ba, atena yaaba, n laa ke yi kuani yi yama mi jaama nni hali boncianla.
23 because as I went along and scrutinized the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO UNKNOWN GOD. Now then, the one you worship as ‘unknown’, this is the One I proclaim to you:
Min goadi ki gaandi u dogu niine, n laa yin pia ya buli kuli, ki padi a pada, hali n ban laa, padibinbin yenli po ya diani te na: Line tie, tin kaa bani ya tienu po” yin kpiagidi yua kaa bani o yeni, n maadi yi o yaa maame.
24 The God who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples built by hands,
U Tienu yua tagi liŋandunli leni yaala n ye lienni kuli, wani yua die tanpoli leni ki tinga, waa ye bi nisaali ba n maa ya jandiena nni ka.
25 neither is He cared for by men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself has always given life and breath to all.
Lisaali nii ki tuuni o po, nani o bi luo bonliba yeni kelima wani n puuni bi niba kuli ke bi ye ki fo, ki pia ban pia yaala kuli.
26 And from one blood He made every ethnic nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
Teni ni ke bi nisaaliba kuli, ñani ja yendo yaakani. ke bi ye ki tinga kuli po, ki bili yua kuli po, o miali dana banlu, wan ye naani kani.
27 so that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
O den bua ban lingi wani o Diedo, bi ya tie ania bi tatanmi nni, ba ke waa foagi leni ti niinni o ba.
28 because in Him we live and move and have our being. As also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
Li miali, ti sancienli, leni ti yema kuli ye o yaa niinne. i baantiadi nni, bi tianba den yedi ke ti tie o puoli ŋoamu yo.
29 Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold or silver or stone—something shaped by human skill and imagination.
li ya tie ke ti tie U Tienu puoli ŋoani yo, laa pundi tin go daani ke o naani leni bi nisaaliba n fidi ki taa wula, bi ŋanjilifa, bi li tanli ki tagi ya nannanli kelima bi banma leni bi yanfuoma po.
30 Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent,
U Tienu n ki cuadi bi nisaaliba yanpiima, ya yogu nni n den pendi, moala o wangi bi niba kuli, i kani kuli ke li pundi ban bidi bi pala ki daani.
31 because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
kelima o bili, wani ba jiaa li ŋandunli buudi yaa daali, leni mi teginma. Lani mo baa tieni leni wan gandi yua ki teni o yaa siedo n tie mi kpe fiima yua kuli nintuali.
32 Well when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some started scoffing, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
Ban den gbadi, ke o maadi a tinkpila fiima maama bi tianba den ñuadi o, bine mo n yedi o: ti go ba cengi a cima dantuali.
33 And with that Paul went out from among them.
Lan polo den ñani li nitaanli siiga.
34 However some men believed and joined him, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, also a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Bi tianba den taani o po, ki tuo ki daani, denisa aleyopaja nitaanli yaabi siiga, yendo. Puo yendo ke bi yi o damalisa-leni nitoaba moko.
