Acts 17
1 Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia [towns] and arrived at Thessalonica [city]. There was a Jewish meeting place there.
Paul le Silas sia Amphipolis le Apollonia a kantan zawk uh ciang in, Thessalonica theng uh hi, tua mun ah Judah te synagogue om hi:
2 (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) Paul went into the meeting house, as he usually did. For three weeks [he went there] on each Jewish day of rest. Referring to the Scriptures [about the Messiah], he spoke to the people who were there.
Taciang Paul sia ama ngeina bang in, synagogue sung ah tum a, sabbath ni nithum sung amate taw laithiangtho sung thu te kikum uh hi.
3 He explained and showed that [the prophets wrote that] the Messiah needed to die and (to become alive again/to be raised from the dead [afterwards]). He told them: “This man Jesus, whom I am telling you about, is our Messiah. [He died and became alive again, just like the prophets predicted].”
Christ sia a thuak kul hamtang a hi na le thina pan thokik hamtang tu hi; ci in note tung ah ka pualak hi Jesus sia Christ a hihi, ci in pualak in hil thiang hi.
4 Some of the Jews [there] were persuaded by {believed} [what Paul had said] and began to associate with Paul and Silas. There were also many non-Jewish people there who worshipped God and many important women [who also believed the message about Jesus], and they began to associate with Paul and Silas.
Amate sung pan pawlkhat te in um uh a, Paul le Silas te kipawlpui uh hi; taciang tua te sung ah biakna sang a kipumpiak Greek mihon tampi le numei lampui tampi kihel uh hi.
5 But [some leaders of] the Jews there in Thessalonica became jealous [because many people believed what Paul taught]. So they went to the public square and persuaded some lazy men [who were loitering there] to follow them. [In this way, the leaders of] the Jews gathered a crowd and incited them to become noisy and start a riot [against Paul and Silas]. Those [Jews and others] ran to the house of [a man named] Jason. [He was the man who had invited Paul and Silas to stay at his house]. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas outside to where the crowd [of people was waiting].
Ahihang a um ngawl Judah mite in haza uh a, van zuakna lamdung a vakvai mannung ngawl mite sam uh hi, taciang honpi khat hong pha uh a khuapi sung ah buaina piangsak uh hi, taciang Jason i inn sim uh a, mipi mai ah pusua tu in zong uh hi.
6 They discovered that Paul and Silas were not there, but they found Jason [and grabbed him]. They dragged him and some of the [other] believers to where the city officials/authorities and [many other people were gathered]. The men [who had brought Jason] shouted, “Those [two] men have caused trouble [IDM] everywhere [HYP] [they have gone]. Now they have come to our city,
Taciang amate in a mu ngawl uh ciang in, Jason le suapui pawlkhat te khuapi ulian te kung ah kai uh a, hileitung lumlet te himun zong ah hongpai uh hi;
7 and [this fellow] Jason invited them to stay at his house. All the people [of this sect] oppose what our Emperor has decreed. They say that another person, whose name is Jesus, is [the real] king!”
Amate sia Jason in ama inn ah tungsak hi: hi te theampo in Caesar thupiakna te langpan uh a, Jesus a kici a dang kumpi khat om hi, ci uh hi, ci in au lialua uh hi.
8 When the crowd of people [that had gathered] and the city authorities heard that, they became very angry and excited.
Hi thu te mipi te le khuapi ulian te in a zak uh ciang in, buai mama uh hi.
9 [They wanted to put the believers in jail. But instead], the officials made Jason and the other [believers] pay a fine and told them that they [would give the money back to them if Paul and Silas did not cause any more trouble]. Then the authorities let Jason and those other believers go.
Taciang Jason le a dang te sia a kisam za dangka liausak uh a, tua zawkciang in suaktasak kik uh hi.
10 [So] that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas [out of Thessalonica] to Berea [town]. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place, [on a day when people had gathered there].
Zan ciang in suapui te in Paul le Silas sia Berea ah a zan a zan in paisak uh hi: tua mun a thet uh ciang in Judah mite i synagogue sung ah tum uh hi.
11 The [Jews] in Thessalonica had not been very willing to listen to God’s message, but the [Jews] who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened very eagerly to the message [about Jesus]. Every day they read the Scriptures [for themselves] to find out if what Paul said [about the Messiah] was true.
Hi te sia Thessalonica mite sang in a thinsung uh phazaw hi, thalawptak in thu ngai uh a, tua a ngai uh thu te a man le man ngawl nisim laithiangtho sung ah zong uh hi.
12 As a result, many of the Jewish people believed [in Jesus], and also some of the important non-Jewish women and many non-Jewish men [believed in him].
Tua ahikom amate sung ah mi tampi in um uh a; a zatak huai Greek nupi pasal tampi om uh hi.
13 But then the Jews in Thessalonica heard [people tell them] that Paul [was] in Berea and that he was preaching the message from God [about Jesus]. So they went to Berea and [told people there that what Paul was teaching was not true. Thus], they caused many of those people to get angry [at Paul].
Ahihang Thesslonica a om Judah mite in Berea khua ah zong Paul in Pathian thuhil hi, ci a heak uh ciang in, hongpai uh a, mipi te thawn uh hi.
14 So [several of] the believers [in Berea] took Paul to the coast [to go to another province]. But Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
Tua zawk pociang in suapui te in Paul sia tuipi sang ah paisak uh hi: ahihang Silas le Timothy sia Berea ah taamlai hi.
15 When Paul and the other men from Berea [arrived at the coast, they got on a ship and] went to Athens [city]. Then Paul said [to the men who had come with him], “Tell Silas and Timothy to come to me [here in Athens] as soon as they can.” Then those men left [Athens and returned to Berea].
Paul a tha te in Athens dong tha uh hi: taciang Silas le Timothy sia manlangtak hongpai tu in thu nga uh a, pai uh hi.
16 In Athens, Paul waited for Silas and Timothy [to arrive. In the meantime, he walked around in the city. He] became very distressed/disturbed because he saw that throughout [HYP] the city there were many idols.
Paul sia Athen pan Silas le Timothy te ngak in a om laitak, tua khuapi sung ah milim biakna bebek om hi, ci a mu ciang in, a thinsung sutha mama hi.
17 So he went to the Jewish meeting place and talked [about Jesus] with the Jews, and also with the Greeks who had accepted what the Jews believe. He also went to the public square/center every day and talked to the people [whom he met] there.
Tua ahikom Judah mite i biakna lampui te taw synagogue sung ah thu ki nial uh a, vanzuakna ah a kisikpui te taw nisim in ki nial uh hi.
18 Paul met some teachers who liked to talk about what people should believe. [People called] some of them Epicureans and [they called] others Stoics. They told Paul [what they believed], and they asked him [what he believed. Then] some of them said [to one another], “This ignorant person is just talking nonsense [RHQ]!” Others said, “[We(exc) think] that he is teaching people about (foreign gods/[new] gods that we [(exc)] have not heard about).” They said that because Paul was telling them that Jesus [had died and] had become alive again [afterwards. They had not heard that message before].
Tua zawkciang in thu ngaisun thiam Epicurean te le Stoic te taw ki mu uh hi. Taciang pawlkhat te in, hi a papau sia bang son ziam? a dang pawlkhat te zong in, hisia pa sia ngamdang te pathian te thu son hi tu hi, ci uh hi: banghangziam cile Paul in amate tung ah Jesus le a thawkikna thu son hi.
19 So they took Paul to the place where the city council met. [When they arrived] there, they said to Paul, “[Please] tell us, what is this new message that you [(sg)] are teaching people?
Taciang amate in Paul man uh hi, taciang Areopagas ah paipui uh a, hi hilna thak na son te kote zong ka heak tu uh kisam ziam?
20 You are teaching some things that startle us [(exc)], so we want to know what they mean.”
Banghangziam cile a tumdang te ka bil uh ah nong zasak hi: tua ahikom hi thu te i deina sia bangziam, ci ka he nuam uh hi, ci uh hi.
21 [They said that, because] the people of Athens and also the people from other regions who lived there continually talked about what was new [to them], or they listened to [others tell] what was new.
Banghangziam cile Athen mite le leangna te theampo in thuthak son tu, a hibale ngai tu simngawl bangma dang atu amate hun a zang bua uh hi.
22 Then Paul stood up before the men of the city council and said, “Citizens of Athens, I see that you (are very religious/think that it is very important to worship many gods).
Tua zawkciang in Paul sia Mars mual laizang ah ding a, no Athen mite, na theampo ah note sia biakna sang ah a hanciam mama te na hi uh hi, ci kong he hi.
23 I [say that] because, while I was walking along and observing the objects [that represent different gods that] you worship, I even saw an altar that had these words [that someone had] carved [on it: THIS HONORS] THE GOD [THAT WE(exc)] DO NOT KNOW. So now I will tell you about [that God] whom you worship but you do not know.
Banghangziam cile ka vakawm in biakna sang na hanciam nate ka en a, a ki he ngawl pathian atu ci a ki at biaktau khat ka mu hi. Tua ahikom note in he ngawlpi in na biak uh Pathian thu kong pualak hi.
24 He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Because he rules over all [beings in] heaven and [on] earth, he does not dwell in shrines that people have made.
Tua Pathian sia leitung le a sung om theampo a vawtpa a hihi, ama sia van le lei i Topa hi a, khut taw a kisa biakinn sung ah om ngawl hi;
25 He does not need to have anything made for him by people [MTY] {to have people [MTY] make [MTY] anything for him}, because everything that exists belongs to him. He is the one who causes (us [(inc)]/all people) to live and breathe, and [he gives us] all the things [that we(inc) need].
Pathian sia mi theampo tung ah nuntakna, husan le na theampo a piapa ahikom, mihing te khut taw i vawtsak tu bangma kisam ngawl hi;
26 [In the beginning], God created one couple, and from them God produced all (the ethnic groups/the nations) that now live everywhere on the earth. He also decided where each ethnic group of people should live and how long they should live [there].
Taciang Ama in leitung theampo ah a om minam theampo sia thisan khat in vawt a, amate om tu hun te le a om na mun tu ngam te zong ngealkholsak siat hi;
27 He wanted people to realize that they need him. Then maybe they would seek him and find him. [God wants us to seek him], although he is [really] close [LIT] to each one of us.
Tabang in amate in Topa zong uh a, tham in a mu theina tu hi, Pathian sia eite khatsim kuama taw ki khuala ngawl hi:
28 As someone has said, ‘[It is only] because he enables us that we [(inc)] live and move and do [what we do].’ And, as some of your own poets have said, ‘We [(inc)] are God’s children.’
Banghangziam cile i nungta a, i tuk i dian le i hina theampo sia Ama sung ah a hihi; tasia bangma in na laphuak te in zong, eite zong Ama suan te i hihi, ci hi.
29 Therefore, because we are God’s children [and can communicate like God does], we [(inc)] should not think that he is anything like an image [that people have made] of gold or silver or stone [which cannot communicate]. Those images are designed and skillfully made {People design and make those images}, [but they are not alive].
Tabang in Pathian suan te i hi man in, mihing te khutthiam le ngaisutna taw a kivawt kham, ngun le suangtum milim bang in Pathian sia i ngaisut tu hi ngawl hi.
30 During the times when people did not know [what God wanted them to do], he did not [immediately] punish [them for what they did]. But now God commands all people everywhere to turn away from their evil behavior.
Mihing te in Pathian a heak ma hunlai in Pathian in a mu ngawl bang in omthong ngei napi; tu in mun theampo ah mi theampo maw ki sikkik tu in thupia hi:
31 [He tells us] that on a certain day that he has chosen he is going to judge [all of us(inc) people in] [MTY] the world. He has appointed a [certain] man to judge [us, and that man will judge each of us] fairly/justly. God has shown to all [people that he has appointed that man to judge everyone], because God (caused him to become alive again after he had died/raised him from the dead).”
Banghangziam cile nasep a piaksa mihing khat zang in leitung ah thutang suana tungtawn thu a khen tu ni ciangtan zo hi; tua thu sia a ma a hihi, ci in mi theampo tung ah kilangsak tu in tua pa sia thina pan thokiksak zo hi, ci hi.
32 When the men of the council heard [Paul say] that ([a man] had become alive again after he had died/[someone] had been raised from the dead), some of them laughed scornfully. But others said, “We [(exc)] would like you [(sg)] to tell us more about this, some other time.”
Amate in mithi te thawkikna thu a zak uh ciang in, mi pawlkhat te in selno uh a: midang te in hi thu nangtung pan ka za kik nuam uh hi, ci uh hi.
33 After they said that, Paul left the council [meeting].
Taciang Paul sia amate sung pan in pusuak hi.
34 However, some of the people there went along with Paul and became believers. Among those [who believed in Jesus] was a member of the council whose [name was] Dionysius. Also, an [important] woman whose name was Damaris and some other people [who had heard Paul’s message also believed in Jesus].
Ahihang mi pawlkhat te in ama beal uh a, um uh hi: tua te sung ah Areopagas mi Dionysius, Damaris a kici nupi khat le midang te zong kihel uh hi.
