Acts 17
1 And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where the synagogue of the Jews was,
Lino chiindi nobakiinda mumyuunzi yaku Amfipolisi a Apoloniya, bakasika kumunzi waku Tesalonika, ooko kwakali chikombelo chaba Juda.
2 and according to the custom of Paul, he went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,
Pawulu, mbubonya mbulichimbo chakwe, wakiinka kulimbabo alimwi kwamazuba aama Sabata aatatu wakambilaana aabo kuzwa mumalembe.
3 opening and alleging that it was necessary [for] the Christ to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that “this is the Christ—Jesus whom I proclaim to you.”
Wakali kujula malembe akupandulula kuti chakalelede kuti Kkilisito aapenge akubuka lubo kuzwa kulufu. Wakwamba kuti, “Jesu ooyo ngundiluula kulindinywe ngu Kkilisito.”
4 And certain of them believed, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also a great multitude of the worshiping Greeks, also not a few of the principal women.
Bamwi babaJuda bakakombelezegwa eelyo bakajatana a Pawulu a Sayilasi kubikilizya mweelwe muunji waba Giliki balipeda, abuzuluzi bwabanakazi bayingi.
5 And the Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to themselves certain evil men of the agitators, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having also assailed the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,
Pesi baJuda ibatasyomi, bakali abbivwe, bakabweza bamwi bantu bamineme kuzwa kuchisambalilo, bakabungania makamu aantomwe, akubika muunzi mumbukila. kubusizya kung'anda ya Jasoni, bakali kuyandula ikuhusya Pawulu a Sayilasi aanze kuti aaye kubantu.
6 and having not found them, they drew Jason and certain brothers to the city rulers, calling aloud, “These, having put the world in commotion, are also present here,
Pesi awo nebatakwe nobakabajana, bakakwela Jasoni abamwi bakwabo kunembo lyaba singuzu bamumuunzi, bakalilila kuti aaba bantu bakasandamwida nyika aansi alubo basika ookuno lubo.
7 whom Jason has received; and all these do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king—Jesus.”
Aaba baalumi Jasoni mbakatambula bakazyania aamulawo wa-Siza, bamba kuti, “Kulumbi Mwami Jesu.”
8 And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
Bakatazya makamu abasinguzu, bamuunzi bakamvwa zintu eezi.
9 and having taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Pesi mukwinda kwakujana kukwabililwa kuzwa kuli Jasoni akuliboonse, bakabazumizya kwiinka.
10 And the brothers immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went into the synagogue of the Jews;
Busiku oobo bakwabo bakatuma Pawulu a Sayilasi kuBbeliya. Nobakasika nkuko, bakayinka muchikombelo chaba Juda.
11 and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Writings every day [to see] whether those things were so;
Lino bantu aaba bakaliluleeme kwinda aabo bamu Tesalonika, nkambo bakatambula ijwi amizeezo ilipedelede, kulingulula malembe buzuba abuzuba kuti babone na zintu eezi zyakali mbubo.
12 therefore, many of them, indeed, believed, and not a few of the honorable Greek women and men.
Nkinkaako biingi babo bakasyooma, kubikilizya abamwi banakazi bayuungi ba Giliki abalumi biingi.
13 And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God declared by Paul, they came there also, agitating the multitudes;
Pesi chiindi ba Juda baku Tesalonika nibakaziba kuti alubo Pawulu wakali kuluula jwi lya Leza ku Bbeliya, bakiinka nkuko akunyongania akukataazya makamu.
14 and then immediately the brothers sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timotheus were remaining there.
Mpawawo, bakwabo bakatumina Pawulu kuya kulwizi, pesi Sayilasi a Timoti bakakkala nkuko.
15 And those conducting Paul, brought him to Athens, and having received a command to Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come to him, they departed;
Aabo bakali kweenzya Pawulu bakamubweza bamutola kule kuluumbi munzi waku Atenisi. Mbubonya mbakamusiya Pawulu nkuko, bakatambula malayilile kuzwa kulinguwe kuti Sayilasi a Timoti basike chakufwambana mbuli mbubakonzya.
16 and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,
Lino mbubonya Pawulu mbwakali kubalinda mu Atenisi, muuya wakwe wakanyemezegwa mukati kawke aawo nakabona muunzi uzwide zikozyano.
17 therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshiping persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met with him.
Eelyo mazuba woonse wakambilaana abaJuda abamwi bakali kukomba Leza mbonya amuchisambalilo kuba nkuko.
18 And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, “What would this seed picker wish to say?” And others, “He seems to be an announcer of strange demons”; because he proclaimed to them Jesus and the resurrection as good news,
Pesi abalabo bamwi baba Epikuliya abasongo ba Sitoyiki bakaswanana aawe. Bamwi bakaamba kuti, “Niinzi ooyu utakwe makani ncheezya kwaamba?” Bamwi bakati, “Ulangika aanga nguumwi ooyo wwiita bantu kuti batobela baleza benzu, nkambo wakali kuluula makani mabotu aatala a Jesu abubuke.
19 having also taken him, they brought [him] to the Areopagus, saying, “Are we able to know what this new teaching [is] that is spoken by you,
Bakabweza Pawulu akumuleta ku Aliyopagasi, bakati, “Ngatulaziba eeyi njiisyo mpyaa eyo njowakali kwaamba?
20 for you bring certain strange things to our ears? We resolve, then, to know what these things would wish to be”;
Nkaambo ulikweta zintu zyeenzu kumatwi eesu. Nkinkaako, tuyanda kuziba kuti eezi zyambanzi.”
21 and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.
(Lino ba Atenisi aabenzu bakali kukkala nkuko bakamaninsya chiindi chabo kakutakwe anchibachita pesi kwambuula nikuba kuswilila atala achimwi chipya.)
22 And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, “Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;
Mpawo Pawulu wakima aakati kaba Aliyopagasi akwaamba kuti, “Yobalumi baku Atenisi, ndabona kuti muli basichizuminano munzila yoonse.
23 for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I also found an altar on which had been inscribed: To God—unknown; whom, therefore—not knowing—you worship, this One I announce to you.
Nkambo mbubonya mbundayinda akulanga loko kuzintu zyabukombe bwanu, ndajana chipayililo chili abulemu oobu, “Kuli Leza utazibinkene.” kufumbwa nchimukomba mukutaziba, eechi ndachaambilizya kuli ndinywe.
24 God, who made the world, and all things in it, this One, being Lord of Heaven and of earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
Leza wakachita nyika azyoonse zilimulinjiyo, mbwanga ngu Mwami wajulu anyika, takkali mumaanda ayaakwa amaboko.
25 neither is He served by the hands of men—needing anything, He giving life to all, and breath, and all things;
Nikuba kubelekelwa amaboko abantu, mbuli kunga ubulide chintu, mbwaanga lwakwe nguupa bantu buumi akuyooya azimwi zyonse.
26 He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings—
Kuzwa kumuntu uumwi wakachita misyobo yabantu kuti bapone aatala enyika kali wabamba kuzulila kwazyiindi amigano yamasena aabo mubakkede,
27 to seek the LORD, if perhaps they felt after Him and found, though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,
Kuchitila kuti balanguule Leza akuti ambweni ngabalakonzya kuzuzya nzila yabo nkambo kanguwe akumujana pesi talikule pe kuzwa kuluumwi wesu.
28 for in Him we live, and move, and are; as certain of your poets have also said: For we are also His offspring.
Nkaambo mulinguwe tulapona akweenda akujana buumi, mbubonya mbuli bamwi, simwanza ngano banu mbubakaamba, 'Nkambo alubo tuli lunyungu lwakwe.'
29 Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, [an] engraving of art and imagination of man;
“Nkinkaako, mbokunga tulilunyungu lwa Leza, tatwelede kuyeeya anga bubotu bwabulenge bulakozyanisigwa angolida niiba nsiliva, niliba bbwe, izikozyano zyakabezwa amiyeeyo yamuntu.
30 therefore indeed God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to convert,
Nkinkaako Leza wakazileka zyiindi zyakutaziba, pesi lino ulayilila bantu boonse koonse koonse kuti basanduke.
31 because He set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a Man whom He ordained, having given assurance to all, having raised Him out of the dead.”
Nkambo wakabamba buzuba nayobetaeka nyika mubululami kumuntu ngwakasala. Leza wakapa chisinizyo chamuntu ooyu kuli woonse akumubusya kuzwa kubafu.”
32 And having heard of a resurrection of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, “We will hear you again concerning this”;
Lino chiindi bantu baku Atenisi nobakamvwa azyabubuke wabafu, bamwi bakamuniaka Pawulu; pesi bamwi bakati, “Tuyokuswilila lubo aatala ankani eeyi.”
33 and so Paul went forth from the midst of them,
Kuzwa waawo, Pawulu wakabasiya.
34 and certain men having cleaved to him, believed, among whom [is] also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.
Pesi bamwi bakasyoma, kubikilizya a Diyonisiyasi mu Aliyopegiti, mwanakazi utegwa Damalisi, abamwi bakalaambabo.
