Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Y PASANDO por Anfípolis y Apolonia, llegaron á Tesalónica, donde estaba la sinagoga de Judíos.
2 So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Y Pablo, como acostumbraba, entró á ellos, y por tres Sábados disputó con ellos de las escrituras,
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.”
Declarando y proponiendo, que convenia que el Cristo padeciese, y resucitase de los muertos; y que Jesus (el cual yo os anuncio, [decia él]) este era el Cristo.
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.
Y algunos de ellos creyeron, y se juntaron con Pablo y con Silas; y de los Griegos religiosos grande multitud, y mujeres nobles no pocos.
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.
Entónces los Judíos que eran incrédulos, teniendo zelos, tomaron consigo á algunos ociosos, malos hombres, y juntando compañía, alborotaron la ciudad; y acometiendo la casa de Jason procuraban sacarlos al pueblo.
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,
Mas no hallándolos, trajeron á Jason, y á algunos hermanos á los gobernadores de la ciudad, dando voces: Estos que alborotan el mundo, tambien han venido acá;
7 to whom Jason has given lodging. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”
A los cuales Jason ha recibido: y todos estos hacen contra los decretos de Cesar, diciendo que hay otro rey, Jesus.
8 Well they agitated the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
Y alborotaron el pueblo y á los gobernadores de la ciudad, oyendo estas cosas.
9 Then they took a security bond from Jason and the rest and let them go.
Mas recibida satisfaccion de Jason y de los demás, los soltaron.
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.
Entónces los hermanos luego de noche enviaron á Pablo y á Silas á Beréa; los cuales habiendo llegado, entraron en la sinagoga de los Judíos.
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.
Y fueron estos más nobles que los que [estaban] en Tesalónica, pues recibieron la palabra con toda solicitud escudriñando cada dia las escrituras, si estas cosas eran así.
12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
Así que creyeron muchos de ellos; y mujeres Griegas de distincion, y no pocos hombres.
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.
Mas como entendieron los Judíos de Tesalónica que tambien en Beréa era anunciada la palabra de Dios por Pablo, fueron, y tambien allí tumultuaron el pueblo.
14 So then, without delay, the brothers sent Paul away, as if to go by sea, while both Silas and Timothy remained there.
Empero luego los hermanos enviaron á Pablo que fuese como á la mar; y Silas y Timotéo se quedaron allí.
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.
Y los que habian tomado á cargo á Pablo, le llevaron hasta Atenas; y tomando encargo [de él] para Silas y Timotéo, que viniesen á él lo más presto que pudiesen, partieron.
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.
Y esperándolos Pablo en Atenas su espíritu se deshacia en él, viendo la ciudad dada á idolatría.
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.
Así que disputaba en la sinagoga con los Judíos y religiosos; y en la plaza cada dia con los que le ocurrian.
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.
Y algunos filósofos de los Epicureos y de los Estóicos disputaban con él; y unos decian: ¿Qué quiere decir este palabrero? Y otros: Parece que es predicador de nuevos dioses; porque les predicaba á Jesus, y la resurreccion.
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?
Y tomándole, le trajeron al Areópago, diciendo: ¿Podrémos saber qué sea esta nueva doctrina que dices?
20 Because you are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they might mean.”
Porque pones en nuestros oidos unas nuevas cosas: queremos pues saber qué quiere ser esto.
21 (Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)
Entónces todos los Atenienses, y los huéspedes extranjeros, en ninguna otra cosa entendian sino, ó en decir, ó en oir alguna cosa nueva.
22 So standing in the middle of the Areopagus Paul said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
Estando pues Pablo en medio del Areópago, dijo: Varones Atenienses, en todo os veo como más supersticiosos.
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:
Porque pasando y mirando vuestros santuarios, hallé tambien un altar en el cual estaba esta inscripcion: AL DIOS NO CONOCIDO. Aquel pues, que vosotros honrais sin conocerle, á este os anuncio yo.
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,
El Dios que hizo el mundo, y todas las cosas que en él [hay, ] ese, como sea Señor del cielo, y de la tierra, no habita en templos hechos de manos,
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.
Ni es honrado con manos de hombres, necesitado de algo: pues él da á todos vida y respiracion, y todas las cosas.
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,
Y de una sangre ha hecho [venir] todo el linaje de los hombres, para que habitasen sobre toda la faz de la tierra y [les] ha prefijado el órden de los tiempos, y los términos de la habitacion de ellos;
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;
Para que buscasen á Dios, si en alguna manera palpando le hallan; aunque cierto no está lejos de cada uno de nosotros:
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.’
Porque en él vivimos, y nos movemos, y somos; como tambien algunos de vuestros poetas dijeron: Porque linaje de este somos tambien.
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.
Siendo pues linaje de Dios, no hemos de estimar la Divinidad ser semejante á oro, ó á plata, ó á piedra, ó á escultura de artificio, ó de imaginacion de hombres.
30 Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent,
Empero Dios, habiendo disimulado los tiempos de esta ignorancia, ahora denuncia á todos los hombres en todos lugares que se arrepientan:
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.”
Por cuanto ha establecido un dia, en el cual ha de juzgar al mundo con justicia por aquel varon al cual determinó, dando fé á todos con haberle levantado de los muertos.
32 Well when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some started scoffing, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
Y así que oyeron la resurreccion de los muertos, unos se burlaban, y otros decian: Te oirémos acerca de esto otra vez.
33 And with that Paul went out from among them.
Y así Pablo se salió de en medio de ellos.
34 However some men believed and joined him, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, also a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Mas algunos creyeron juntándose con él; entre los cuales tambien [fué] Dionisio el del Areópago, y una mujer llamada Dámaris, y otros con ellos.
