Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to the city of Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Cum autem perambulassent Amphipolim, et Apolloniam, venerunt Thessalonicam, ubi erat synagoga Iudaeorum.
2 Paul, as his custom was, went to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures.
Secundum consuetudinem autem Paulus introivit ad eos, et per sabbata tria disserebat eis de Scripturis,
3 He was opening the scriptures and explaining that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead. He said, “This Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Christ.”
adaperiens et insinuans quia Christum oportuit pati, et resurgere a mortuis: et quia hic est Iesus Christus, quem ego annuncio vobis.
4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women.
Et quidam ex eis crediderunt, et adiuncti sunt Paulo, et Silae, et de colentibus, Gentilibusque multitudo magna, et mulieres nobiles non paucae.
5 But the unbelieving Jews, being moved with jealousy, took certain wicked men from the marketplace, gathered a crowd together, and set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they wanted to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.
Zelantes autem Iudaei, assumentesque de vulgo viros quosdam malos, et turba facta, concitaverunt civitatem: et assistentes domui Iasonis quaerebant eos producere in populum.
6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and certain other brothers before the officials of the city, crying, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.
Et cum non invenissent eos, trahebant Iasonem, et quosdam fratres ad principes civitatis, clamantes: Quoniam hi, qui Urbem concitant, et huc venerunt,
7 These men whom Jason has welcomed act against the decrees of Caesar; they say that there is another king—Jesus.”
quos suscepit Iason, et hi omnes contra decreta Caesaris faciunt, regem alium dicentes esse, Iesum.
8 The crowd and the officials of the city were disturbed when they heard these things.
Concitaverunt autem plebem, et principes civitatis audientes haec.
9 But after the officials made Jason and the rest pay money as security, then they let them go.
Et accepta satisfactione a Iasone, et a ceteris, dimiserunt eos.
10 That night the brothers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Fratres vero confestim per noctem dimiserunt Paulum, et Silam in Beroeam. Qui cum venissent, in synagogam Iudaeorum introierunt.
11 Now these people were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Hi autem erant nobiliores eorum, qui sunt Thessalonicae, qui susceperunt verbum cum omni aviditate, quotidie scrutantes Scripturas, si haec ita se haberent.
12 Therefore many of them believed, including some influential Greek women and many men.
Et multi quidem crediderunt ex eis, et mulierum Gentilium honestarum, et viri non pauci.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God at Berea, they went there and stirred up and troubled the crowds.
Cum autem cognovissent in Thessalonica Iudaei, quia et Beroeae praedicatum est a Paulo verbum Dei, venerunt et illuc commoventes, et turbantes multitudinem.
14 Then immediately, the brothers sent Paul to go to the sea, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.
Statimque tunc Paulum dimiserunt fratres, ut iret usque ad mare: Silas autem, et Timotheus remanserunt ibi.
15 Those who were leading Paul took him as far as the city of Athens. As they left Paul there, they received from him instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible.
Qui autem deducebant Paulum, perduxerunt eum usque Athenas, et accepto mandato ab eo ad Silam, et Timotheum ut quam celeriter venirent ad illum, profecti sunt.
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
Paulus autem cum Athenis eos expectaret, incitabatur spiritus eius in ipso, videns idololatriae deditam civitatem.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and others who worshiped God, as well as in the marketplace with those who happened to be there.
Disputabat igitur in synagoga cum Iudaeis, et colentibus, et in foro, per omnes dies ad eos, qui aderant.
18 But also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. Some said, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be one who calls people to follow strange gods,” because he was proclaiming Jesus and the resurrection.
Quidam autem Epicurei, et Stoici philosophi disserebant cum eo, et quidam dicebant: Quid vult seminiverbius hic, dicere? Alii vero: Novorum daemoniorum videtur annunciator esse: quia Iesum, et resurrectionem annunciabat eis.
19 They took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know this new teaching which you were speaking?
Et apprehensum eum ad Areopagum duxerunt, dicentes: Possumus scire quae est haec nova, quae a te dicitur, doctrina?
20 For you bring some strange things to our ears. Therefore, we want to know what these things mean.”
nova enim quaedam infers auribus nostris: Volumus ergo scire quidnam velint haec esse.
21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing but either telling or listening about something new.)
(Athenienses autem omnes, et advenae hospites, ad nihil aliud vacabant nisi aut dicere, aut audire aliquid novi.)
22 So Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in every way.
Stans autem Paulus in medio Areopagi, ait: Viri Athenienses per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video.
23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found an altar with this inscription, “To an Unknown God.” What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.
Praeteriens enim, et videns simulacra vestra, inveni et aram, in qua scriptum erat: IGNOTO DEO. Quod ergo ignorantes colitis, hoc ego annuncio vobis.
24 The God who made the world and everything in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples built with hands.
Deus, qui fecit mundum, et omnia quae in eo sunt, hic caeli et terrae cum sit Dominus, non in manufactis templis habitat,
25 Neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives people life and breath and everything else.
nec manibus humanis colitur indigens aliquo, cum ipse det omnibus vitam, et inspirationem, et omnia:
26 From one man he made every nation of people to live on the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the boundaries of their living areas,
fecitque ex uno omne genus hominum inhabitare super universam faciem terrae, definiens statuta tempora, et terminos habitationis eorum,
27 so that they should search for God and perhaps they may feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us.
quaerere Deum si forte attrectent eum, aut inveniant, quamvis non longe sit ab unoquoque nostrum.
28 For in him we live and move and have our being, just as one of your own poets has said, 'For we also are his offspring.'
In ipso enim vivimus, et movemur, et sumus: sicut et quidam vestrorum Poetarum dixerunt: Ipsius enim et genus sumus.
29 Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the qualities of deity are like gold, or silver, or stone—images created by the art and imagination of man.
Genus ergo cum simus Dei, non debemus aestimare auro, aut argento, aut lapidi, sculpturae artis, et cogitationis hominis, Divinum esse simile.
30 Therefore God overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent.
Et tempora quidem huius ignorantiae despiciens Deus, nunc annunciat hominibus ut omnes ubique poenitentiam agant,
31 This is because he has set a day when he will judge the world in righteousness by the man he has chosen. God has given proof of this man to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
eo quod statuit diem, in quo iudicaturus est orbem in aequitate, in viro, in quo statuit, fidem praebens omnibus, suscitans eum a mortuis.
32 Now when the men of Athens heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked Paul; but others said, “We will listen to you again about this matter.”
Cum audissent autem resurrectionem mortuorum, quidam quidem irridebant, quidam vero dixerunt: Audiemus te de hoc iterum.
33 After that, Paul left them.
Sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum.
34 But certain men joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Quidam vero viri adhaerentes ei, crediderunt: in quibus et Dionysius Areopagita, et mulier nomine Damaris, et alii cum eis.
