Acts 17
1 After Paul and Silas had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia they arrived at Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Linu haba hita mwi tolope ya Anfipolisi ni Apolonia, ni beeza kwi tolopo ya Tesalonoka, ku beena i sinagoge ya Majuda.
2 As usual, Paul went into the synagogue and over the course of three Sabbaths he debated with them using the Scriptures.
Paulusi, ka chizo chakwe, naya kubali, mi mu mazuba o tatwe e nsabata na li kumbulusa nabo ku zwilila muma ñolo.
3 He explained what the Scriptures meant, proving that the Messiah had to die and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I'm telling you about—he is the Messiah,” he told them.
Abali kwi yalula mañolo ni ku toloka kuti kubali kwa bu tokwa kuti Kilisite a nyande ni kubuka hape kuzwa kwaa bana bafwile. Nacho, “Uzu Jesu uni wamba kwenu njeye Kilisite.
4 Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas, along with many Greek-speaking worshipers and some leading women of the town.
Ba mwi Majuda baba zumini ni kuli kopanya ni Paulusi ni Silasi, mane ni Ma gelike babali tombwele kwali, bungi bwa banakazi baba hitile ni chichaba chikando.
5 But the Jews became jealous and with some rabble-rousers they gathered from the marketplace they formed a mob. They rioted in the town, and attacked Jason's house. They tried to find Paul and Silas so they could bring them before the people.
Kono Majuda basana bali kuzumina, chaku yendiswa muuna, na hinda ba nakwame ba sena sinde muma uzikizo, na kunganya chicaba hamwina, mi na bika i tolopo mwi laata li lyanganisa. Ni ba ngundunganya i nzubo ya Jasoni. Babali kusaka kuleta Paulusi ni Silasi hanze ku bantu.
6 When they couldn't find them they dragged Jason and some of the other believers before the town leaders, shouting, “These people are famous for causing trouble, turning the world upside down. Now they've come here,
Kono haba sana baba bawani, ni ba tundanisa Jasoni ni bamwi bakwame habusu bwa ba sepahali be tolopo, kulila, “Aba bakwame ba chiba futumuna inkanda beeza kunu nabo.
7 and Jason has made them welcome in his house. They all defy Caesar's decrees, committing treason by saying there is another king called Jesus.”
A baba kwame Jason baba tambuli ba tenda chaku sandukila intaelo ya Sesare, ba cho kuti kwina zumwi simwine- Jesu.”
8 The people and the leaders of the town were very disturbed when they heard this.
Linu chichaba ni ba sepahali be tolopo haba zuwa izi zintu, baba katazehete.
9 So they made Jason and the others post bail before they let them go.
Haba mana kuhinda intuwelo ye nsilelezo kwa Jasoni ni bamwi, ni baba lekeza kuti baliyendeze.
10 The believers had Paul and Silas leave for Berea that very night. When they arrived in Berea they went to the Jewish synagogue.
Ubo busiku ba mwakwe ni ba tumina Paulusi ni Silasi kwa Beria. Haba sika kwateni, ni be njila mu masinagoge a Majuda.
11 The people there had a better attitude than those in Thessalonica in that they were very quick to accept the word, and every day they examined the Scriptures to make sure what they were told was right.
Linu a ba bantu babali ku sepahala kuhita abo bamwa Teselonika, mukuti baba tambuli inzwi ca maano a litukiseze, ku tatuba mañolo mwi zuba kubona kapa izi zintu muzibekalile.
12 As a result many of them became believers, along with some highly-placed Greek women and men.
Kuzwaho bungi bwabo baba zumini, ku bika ni basusuwezi ba Ma Gelike ba bana kazi mane ni bungi bwa bakwame.
13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica heard that Paul was also spreading the word of God in Berea, they went there and caused the same kind of trouble, stirring up the crowds.
Kono ma Juda ba Teselonika habeziba kuti Paulusi naye abali kuwamba inzwi lye Ireeza kwa Berea, ba ba yendi ko ni kubusa musunga ni ku kataza bungi bwa bantu.
14 Immediately the believers sent Paul to the coast, while Silas and Timothy remained behind.
Linu haho bulyo, ba mwaakwe ni ba tuma Paulusi kuya kwi iwate, kono Silasi ni Timetea abo niba shala kwateni.
15 Those escorting Paul took him as far as Athens, and then returned with instructions from Paul to Silas and Timothy that they should join him there as soon as possible.
Abo baba sotweze Paulusi ni bamu twala uko kwi tolopo ya Anseni. Ha basiya Paulusi kwateni, ni ba tambula intaelo yakwe ya Silasi ni Timotea ya kwiza kwali cha kuhwela muku wolekela.
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens he was very troubled to see all the idolatry in the city.
Linu mukuti Paulusi haba kuba lindile mwa Anseni, luuho lwakwe ni lwa katazeha mwali ha bona i tolopo i zwiile ziswaniso zi lapelwa.
17 He debated in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped God, as well as in the marketplace with those he happened to meet from day to day.
Mi na zeza zeza mwa sinagoge ni Majuda na bo ba bali ku lumbeka Ireeza mi mane na bo ba bali ku likopanya nabo izuba ni zuba mu cibaka ca musika.
18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also argued with him. “What is he going on about?” they wondered. Others concluded, “He seems to be teaching about some foreign gods,” because he was speaking about Jesus and the resurrection.
Kono hape bamwi ba li tutite ba Ma epikulia ni ma Sitoiki ni bali kopanya naye. Mi bamwi nibati, “Uzu yo wamba ahulu u lika ku tii nzi? Bamwi ni bati,” Uboneka kuba muluti wa milimu iseni kubonwa, “kakuti abali kuluta za Jesu ni za ku buuka.
19 So they took him to the Areopagus, and asked him, “Please tell us about this new teaching that you're promoting.
Ni bahinda Paulusi ni kumu leta kwa Areopagusi, ni bati, Tusaka kwi ziba uwu mulutilo seke wo wamba?
20 We're hearing from you things that sound odd to us, so we'd like to know what they mean.”
Ka kuti u leta zintu zi seni kubonwa mu matwi etu. Linu tusaka kwiziba kuti izi zintu zi talusa nzi.”
21 (All the Athenians, including foreigners who lived there, spent their whole time doing nothing except explaining or listening to something new.)
(Linu bonse ma Ansenia ni mabuu kwenda babali kuhala mwa teni ni be kaala ni kusena ziba tenda kwanda ku wamba ni ku tekeleza zimwi zihya.)
22 Paul stood up right in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “People of Athens, I notice you are very religious about everything.
Kuzwa aho Paulusi na zimana mukati ka ma Aeropagusi mi nacho, “Inwe muba kwame ba Anseni, ni bwene kuti mwi zwile ahulu bu mulimu mwi nzila zonse.
23 As I was walking along, looking at your shrines, I found an altar that had the inscription, ‘To an Unknown God.’ This unknown God whom you worship is the one I'm describing to you.
Sina ha ni bali ku hitite ni ba boni zintu zi mu lumbeka, Ni ba wani kataala kena uwu miñolo, “Kwa Ireeza ya se zibenkene.” Icho linu chimu lapela mu kuseziba, ni chi mi wambila.
24 The God who created the world and everything in it, the Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't live in temples we make.
Ireeza ya ba bumbi i nkanda ni zonse zina mwateni, mukuti njeye simwine we iwulu ni hansi, ka haali mwi i tempele i ba bumbwa ni mayanza.
25 He doesn't need to be served by us as if he needed anything, since he is the source of all life for every living being.
Nandi ku sebelezwa cha mayanza a muntu, mane ubu kwina cha saka, mukuti iye mwine njo ha bantu bu halo ni luhuho ni zintu zonse.
26 From one man he made all the peoples who live on the earth, and decided beforehand when and where they should live.
Mi kuzwa ku muntu yenke a ba pangi cisi cha bantu ba hala hansi, mi ni ku akaleza ku ketwa kwe nako ni museto wa zibaka mu bahala.
27 God's purpose was that they should seek him, hoping they would reach out for him and find him—though he isn't far from any one of us.
Kuzwa aho, ba lukela ku gana Ireeza mukuti pona chiba sika kwali ni ku muwana, mi luli, kena kule ni yense wa kwetu.
28 In him we live, move, and exist. Just as one of your own poets wrote, ‘We are his family.’
Mi mwali tuhala ni ku yenda ni kuba ni buntu bwetu, sina mu iti imwi i mpwetele yenu i ba cho, “Cho kuti naswe tu ba luzubo lwakwe.
29 Since we are his family we shouldn't think that God is like gold, or silver, or stone, shaped by human artistry and thinking.
Kuzwa aho, sina hatuli tu ba luzubo lwakwe, katu swaneli ku zeza kuti bulimu bu swana ni gauda, kapa chilivela, kapa mabwe, zi bezetwe ni ka bu ma pangapanga ni kuzeza kwa muntu.
30 God disregarded people's ignorance in the past, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent.
Kuzwa ho Ireeza na shila cha menso i nako ya ku li lyanganisa, kono hanu a ba laeli bantu bonse konse konse ku baka.
31 For he has set a time when he will rightly judge the world by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone that he is the one by raising him from the dead.”
Ichi cha kuti aba bakanyi izuba lwete na atule inkanda mu kuluka ca muntu yaba keeti. I reeza aba hi bupaki bozu muntu ku yense cha ku mu busa kwabana ba fwile.”
32 Some of them laughed when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, while others said, “Please come back so we can hear more about this later.”
Linu bantu ba Ansena ha bazuwa za ku buka kwa ba fwile, bamwi ni ba sheununa Paulusi; kono bamwi ni bati, “mutu te keeleze kwako hape kwa amana niyi indaba.”
33 So Paul left them.
Kuzwa aho, Paulusi, na ba siya.
34 A few men joined him and trusted in God, including Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, as well as a woman called Damaris, and some others.
Kono bamwi bantu ni ba likopanya naye ni kuzumina, mane bulyo ni Dionisuisi wa kwa Areopagite, mwanakazi ya bali ku sumpwa Damaris, mi ni bamwi ba bena na bo.
