Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
अब तिनीहरू अम्फिपोलिस र अपोल्लोनिया सहरहरू हुँदै यहूदीहरूको सभाघर भएको थेसलोनिके सहरमा आइपुगे ।
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
पावलले आफ्नो आदतअनुसार उनीहरूकहाँ गए र तिनवटा विश्राम दिनसम्म त्यहाँका मानिसहरूसँग धर्मशास्त्रबाट तर्क गरे ।
3 Opening and alleging, that it was needful that Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach to you, is Christ.
उनले धर्मशास्त्र खोल्दै ख्रीष्टले दुःख भोग्नु र मृत्युबाट फेरि जीवित हुनु आवश्यक थियो भनी व्याख्या गरे । उनले भने, “यिनै येशू जसलाई मैले तपाईंहरूका बिचमा घोषणा गरेको छु, उहाँ नै ख्रीष्ट हुनुहुन्छ ।”
4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
केही यहूदीहरू साथै ईश्वरभक्त ग्रीकहरू, धेरै अगुवा स्त्रीहरू र ठुलो भिडले पावल र सिलासको कुरामा विश्वास गरे ।
5 But the Jews who believed not, moved with envy, took to them certain wicked fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city in an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
तर अविश्वासी यहूदीहरू ईर्ष्याले भरिए र बजारका चोकबाट केही दुष्ट मानिसहरूलाई जम्मा गरे र ठुलो भिड बनाएर सहरमा होहल्ला मच्चाए । तिनीहरूले यासोनको घरमा आक्रमण गरेर पावल र सिलासलाई मानिसहरूका बिचमा बाहिर ल्याउन चाहन्थे ।
6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down have come here also;
तर जब तिनीहरूले पावल र सिलासलाई भेटाएनन्, तब यासोन र केही भाइहरूलाई घिसार्दै सहरका अधिकारीहरूकहाँ ल्याए । तिनीहरूले कराएर भने, “संसारलाई उलटपुलट पार्ने यी मानिसहरू यहाँ पनि आइपुगेका छन् ।”
7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
यासोनले स्वागत गरेका यी मानिसहरूले कैसरको आदेश विपरित काम गर्छन् र भन्छन्, “येशू भन्ने अर्को एकजना राजा पनि छन् ।”
8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
यी कुराहरू सुनेर मानिसहरूका भिड र सहरका हाकिमहरू आत्तिए ।
9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the others, they let them go.
तिनीहरूले यासोन र अरू भाइहरूबाट जरिवानाको रकम लिइसकेपछि उनीहरूलाई जान दिए ।
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who coming there went into the synagogue of the Jews.
त्यही रात भाइहरूले पावल र सिलासलाई बेरियामा पठाइदिए । त्यहाँ आइपुगेपछि उनीहरू यहूदीहरूको सभाघरमा पसे ।
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
थेसलोनिकेमा भएका मानिसहरूभन्दा यहाँका मानिसहरू असल थिए किनभने यिनीहरूले सिकाइएका कुराहरू त्यस्तै हुन् कि होइनन् भनी दैनिक रूपमा धर्मशास्त्रबाट जाँच्दै खुल्ला रूपमा परमेश्वरको वचनलाई ग्रहण गर्थे ।
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women who were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
यसकारण तिनीहरूमध्ये केही प्रभावशाली ग्रीक स्त्रीहरू लगायत धेरै पुरुषहरूले प्रभुमा विश्वास गरे ।
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also, and stirred up the people.
तर जब पावलले परमेश्वरको वचन बेरियामा पनि घोषणा गर्दैछन् भनी थेसलोनिकेका यहूदीहरूले थाहा पाए, तिनीहरू त्यहाँ गएर भिडहरूलाई उक्साए र खलबल मच्चाउन लगाए ।
14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.
त्यसपछि भाइहरूले पावललाई तुरुन्तै समुद्रतिर पठाइदिए, तर सिलास र तिमोथी त्यहीँ बसे ।
15 And they that conducted Paul brought him to Athens: and receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed.
पावललाई डोर्याइरहेका मानिसहरूले उनलाई एथेन्स सहरसम्म लगे । पावललाई त्यहाँ छोडेर फर्कंदा पावलले तिनीहरूसँग सिलास र तिमोथीलाई जति सक्दो छिट्टो उनीकहाँ आउनू भन्ने निर्देशन दिएर पठाए ।
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
पावलले सिलास र तिमोथीलाई एथेन्समा पर्खंदै गर्दा, त्यो सहर मूर्ती नै मूर्तीले भरिएको देखेर उनको आत्मा उनीभित्र वेचैन भयो ।
17 Therefore he disputed in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
यसैकारण उनले यहूदीहरू र परमेश्वरको आराधना गर्नेहरूसँग सभाघरहरूमा र बजारमा दिनहुँ भेटिने मानिसहरूसँग पनि यसको बारेमा बहस गरे ।
18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? some others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.
तर त्यहाँ कतिजना एपिक्युरी र स्तोइकी दार्शनिकहरूसँग पनि उनको विवाद भयो । र केहीले यसो भने, “यो बकबकेले के भन्न खोज्दैछ?” अरूहरूले भने, “ऊ त विदेशी देवताहरूको प्रचारक जस्तो देखिन्छ ।” किनभने उनले येशू र उहाँको पुनरुत्थानको बारेमा प्रचार गर्दै थिए ।
19 And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest?
तिनीहरूले पावललाई अरिओपागसमा ल्याए, र उनलाई सोधे, “के हामी तपाईंले बताइरहनुभएको नयाँ शिक्षाको बारेमा जान्न सक्छौँ?
20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
किनभने तपाईंले केही अनौठा कुराहरू हाम्रो कानमा ल्याउँदै हुनुहुन्छ । त्यसकारण हामी यी कुराहरूको अर्थ के हो भनी जान्न चाहन्छौँ ।”
21 ( For all the Athenians and strangers who were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
(अब सबै एथेन्सबासीहरू र त्यहाँ बस्ने परदेशीहरूले अरूलाई नयाँ कुराहरू बताउने र नयाँ कुराहरूको बारेमा सुन्ने बाहेक अन्य केही कुरामा समय बिताउँदैनथे । )
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are very religious.
त्यसैले पावल अरिओपागसको बिचमा उभिए र यसो भने, “एथेन्सबासी हो, तपाईंहरू हरेक क्षेत्रमा धार्मिक हुनुहुन्छ भन्ने कुरा मैले देखेँ ।
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I to you.
किनिक यहाँ हिँड्दै गर्दा मैले तपाईंहरूले पुज्ने वस्तुहरू देखेँ । मैले यस्तो एउटा वेदी पनि देखेँ, जसमा ʼअज्ञात ईश्वरका निम्तिʼ भन्ने कुँदिएको थियो । यसकारण जसलाई तपाईंहरूले नजानिकन पुज्नुहुन्छ, तिनै ईश्वरको बारेमा म तपाईंहरूलाई बताउँछु ।
24 God that made the world and all things in it, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
परमेश्वर जसले संसार र त्यसमा भएका सबै थोक बनाउनुभयो, उहाँ स्वर्ग र पृथ्वीका प्रभु हुनुभएको कारण उहाँ मानिसका हातहरूले बनाएका मन्दिरहरूमा बस्नुहुन्न ।
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
न त उहाँलाई केही कुराको खाँचो परेजस्तै मानिसका हातद्वारा सेवा गरिनुपर्छ, किनकि उहाँले नै मानिसहरूलाई जीवन, सास र सबै थोक दिनुहुन्छ ।
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
उहाँले एउटा मानिसबाट पृथ्वीमा रहने सबै जातिका मानिसहरूलाई बनाउनुभयो अनि ऋतुहरू र तिनीहरू बस्ने क्षेत्रका सिमानाहरू निर्धारण गर्नुभयो ।
27 That they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might grope after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of us:
यसैकारण उनीहरूले तिनै परमेश्वरलाई खोजून् र सायद तिनीहरूले उहाँलाई खोजेर पाउनेछन् । वास्तवमा उहाँ हामीमध्ये कसैबाट पनि टाढा हुनुहुन्न ।
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
किनकि हामी उहाँमा नै जिउँछौँ र हिँडडुल गर्छौं र उहाँमै हाम्रो अस्तित्व छ, जसरी तपाईंहरूका आफ्नै कविहरूले भनेका छन्: ʼकिनकि हामीहरू पनि उहाँकै सन्तान हौँ ।ʼ
29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like gold, or silver, or stone, formed by art and man’s device.
यसकारण हामी परमेश्वरका सन्तान भएका हुनाले परमेश्वरलाई मानिसको कला वा विचारअनुसार सुन वा चाँदी वा ढुङ्गाबाट खोपेर बनाइएको चीज हो भनी ठान्नु हुँदैन ।
30 And the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
यसकारण परमेश्वरले पहिलेको अज्ञानताको समयलाई ध्यान दिनुभएन, तर अहिले परमेश्वरले सबै ठाउँका सारा मानिसहरूलाई आफ्नो पापको पश्चात्ताप गर्ने आज्ञा गर्नुहुन्छ ।
31 Because he hath appointed a day, when he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; of which he hath given assurance to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
किनभने उहाँले एक दिन निश्चित गर्नुभएको छ, जुन दिन आफूले चुन्नु भएको मानिसद्वारा उहाँले धार्मिकतामा संसारलाई न्याय गर्नुहुनेछ । परमेश्वरले उहाँलाई मृत्युबाट जीवित पार्नुभएर सबै मानिसहरूलाई यी मानिसको बारेमा प्रमाण दिनुभएको छ ।”
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again concerning this matter.
जब एथेन्सका मानिसहरूले मृत्त व्यक्तिको पुनरुत्थानको बारेमा सुने, कसै-कसैले पावललाई गिज्याए तर अरूहरूले यसो भने, “हामी यो विषयमा तपाईंबाट फेरि सुन्नेछौँ ।”
33 So Paul departed from among them.
त्यसपछि पावलले तिनीहरूलाई छोडेर गए ।
34 But certain men joined themselves to him, and believed: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
तर अरियोपागसका डायनोसियस, दामारिस नाउँ गरेकी एक स्त्री र अरू कतिपय मानिसहरू पावललाई भेट्न आए र उनको कुरामा विश्वास गरे ।
