< Acts 17 >

1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews.
Nipele che Paolo ni che Sila ŵapelengenye ku Amfipoli ni ku Apolonia, ni ŵaiche ku Sesalonike kujaliji nyuumba ja kupopelela ja Ŵayahudi.
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Ni che Paolo malinga ni masyoŵelo gakwe ŵalumbikene nawo ni kuusyausyana nawo nkati Malembelo ga Akunnungu kwa moŵa gatatu ga Lyuŵa lya Kupumulila.
3 Opening and alledging, 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.
Ŵaagopolele ni kwasalila pangasisika kuti yaŵajilwe Kilisito asauche ni kusyuka. Ŵaasalile, “Aŵa Che Yesu ŵangwajenesya kukwenu, ŵelewo ali Kilisito.”
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.
Ŵane mwa ŵanyawo ŵakulupilile ni ŵalumbikene ni che Paolo ni che Sila. Ni sooni, mpingo wekulungwa wa Ŵagiliki ŵaŵaliji nkwapopela Akunnungu ni achakongwe ŵakuchimbichikwa ŵajinji ŵaakulupilile Akunnungu.
5 But the Jews who believed not, moved with envy, took to them certain vile 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.
Nambo Ŵayahudi ŵagumbele wiu ni ŵaajigele ŵandu ŵangalumbana ŵa pakusumichisya malonda ni ŵalumbikene pamo ni kutanda kutindiganya pamusi pose. Ŵajijimuchile nyuumba ji che Yasoni achiganisyaga kuti chiŵasimane che Paolo ni che Sila mwelemo kuti ŵakoposye kwa ŵandu.
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 hither also;
Nambo nganiŵasimana, nipele ŵaajigele che Yasoni pamo ni ŵandu ŵane ŵakunkulupilila Che Yesu ni kwakwekwelemya mpaka kwa achakulu ŵa musi achinyanyisyaga kuti, “Ŵandu ŵa akutindiganya chilambo chose ni sano alinji pamusi pano.
7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, That there is another king, [one] Jesus.
Che Yasoni ŵaapochele mu nyuumba jao. Wose akukananga kugakuya malajisyo ga Mwenye jwa ku Loma achitiji, eti, ‘Apali mwenye jwine jwakuŵilanjikwa Che Yesu.’”
8 And they troubled the people, and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
Achakulu ŵa musi pamo ni mpingo wa ŵandu ula paŵagapilikene maloŵe go yatindigenye mu ntwe.
9 And when they had taken security of Jason and of the other, they let them go.
Nipele ŵaatesile che Yasoni ni achinjakwe atyosye chikole ni ŵalesile ajaulangane.
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who coming [thither], went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Chilo, ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Che Yesu ŵa ku Sesalonike ŵala ŵachisisye che Paolo ni njakwe che Sila ajaulangane ku Belea. Ni ŵanyawo paŵaiche kweleko ŵajinjile mu nyuumba ja kupopelela ja Ŵayahudi.
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.
Nambo, ŵandu ŵa ku Belea ŵaliji ŵakupilikanichisya nnope kupunda ŵa ku Sesalonike. Ŵalipochele Liloŵe lya Akunnungu kwa lung'wanu lwekulungwa ni moŵa gose ŵaliji nkugalolechesya lolechesya Malembelo ga Akunnungu kanga yaŵaiŵechetaga che Paolo yo yaliji isyenesyene.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women who were Greeks, and of men not a few.
Ŵayahudi ŵajinji ŵakulupilile pamo ni achakongwe ni achalume ŵa Chigiliki ŵakuchimbichikwa.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
Nambo Ŵayahudi ŵa ku Sesalonike paŵaimanyi kuti che Paolo ŵaliji nkulalichila Liloŵe lya Akunnungu ku Belea ko, ŵajawile kweleko nombe ni kutanda kutindiganya ni kujichisya mipingo ja ŵandu.
14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.
Papopo ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Che Yesu ŵapechesye che Paolo ku mbwani nambo che Sila ni che Timoseo ŵasigele ku Belea.
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.
Ŵandu ŵaŵampechesye che Paolo ŵala ŵampechesye mpaka ku Asene. Nombewo ŵausile ku Belea ali ni malajisyo kutyochela ku che Paolo gagakuti che Sila ni che Timoseo ŵakuye chitema pe.
16 Now, while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Che Paolo paŵaliji ku Asene nkwalindilila ŵanya che Sila ni che Timoseo, yachimile nnope muntima mwao pakuŵa ŵauweni musi wo ugumbele inyago ya achiminungu.
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.
Nipele ŵausyeneusyene ni Ŵayahudi ni ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi ŵaŵaliji nkwalamba Akunnungu mu nyuumba ja kupopelela, lyuŵa ni lyuŵa ŵausyeneusyene ni ŵandu ŵaŵasimanaga nawo pakusumichisya malonda.
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.
Ŵandu ŵaŵalijigenye lunda lwa Chiepikulo ni Chisitoiki ŵatesile makani ni che Paolo. Ŵane ŵatite, “Ana ujinga chi wakuusala mundu ju?” Ŵane ŵatite, “Akuwoneka mpela akulalichila ngani ja achiminungu achalendo.” Ŵatite yeleyo pakuŵa che Paolo ŵaliji nkulalichila ngani ji Che Yesu ni yatite kusyuka,
19 And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine [is], of which thou speakest?
Nipele ŵanjigele che Paolo ku Aleopago achitiji, “Tukusaka tukombole kugamanyilila gele majiganyo gasambano ginkusala ga.
20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.
Indu ine itwipilikene mmawiwi getu ikuwoneka kuŵa ya chilendo kukwetu. Nipele tukusaka kugamanyilila malumbo ga yele indu yo.”
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.)
Ŵandu ŵa ku Asene ni achalendo wose ŵakulonjela kweleko ŵajigele katema kakajinji kutagula ni kupilikanila ngani ja sambano.
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
Nipele che Paolo ŵajimi paujo pa nkungulu wa Aleopago ni kuti, “Ŵanyamwe ŵandu ŵa ku Asene, nguwona kuti ŵanyamwe nli ŵandu ŵa dini nnope,
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.
pakuŵa panaliji nkwendajenda akuno ni akunokuno napaweni peuto pankutyochesya mbopesi, ni sooni nachisimene chilisa chimo chilembekwe, ‘Kwa Akunnungu ŵangamanyika.’ Nipele ngunlalichila ŵanyamwe chele chindu chinkuchipopelela pangachimanyilila.
24 God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Akunnungu ŵaŵachigumbile chilambo ni yose yaili mwelemo, ŵelewo ni Ambuje ŵa kwinani ni chilambo chino, ŵelewo ngakutama mmajumba ga Akunnungu getaŵe ni ŵandu.
25 Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Sooni ngakutumichilwa ni makono ga ŵandu ni ngakuchisaka chachili chose, pakuŵa asyene akwapa ŵandu wose umi ni kwakombolechesya kupumula ni kwapa indu yose.
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;
Kutyochela mwa mundu jumo ŵapanganyisye ŵandu wose ŵa pachilambo pano ni kwakombolechesya kutama palipose pachilambo pano. Ŵalamwile kutyochela kundanda katema chi ni papi pachatame ŵandu wo.
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of us:
Ŵatesile yeleyo kuti ŵandu ŵa ilambo yo ŵasoseje Akunnungu namuno kwakwapapasya ŵasimane. Natamuno yeleyo Akunnungu ngakutalikangana ni jwalijose.
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.
Mpela ila mundu jumo iŵatite pakusala, ‘Mwa ŵelewo uweji tukwete umi, tukwenda ni kutama!’ Mpela ila ŵakwimba ŵenu ŵane, ŵatite, ‘Uweji wose tuli ŵanache ŵao.’
29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone graven by art and man's device.
Nipele pakuŵa tuli ŵanache ŵao Akunnungu, ngaikuŵajilwa kuganisya kuti Akunnungu akulandana ni sahabu ni madini ga mbiya atamuno liganga lyesepe uchenene kwa lunda lwa ŵandu.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Ndema sya ungamanyilila wao, Akunnungu ŵalitesile nti ngakulola. Nambo sambano akulajisya kuti ŵandu wose ŵa palipose aleche sambi.
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in which 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.
Pakuŵa aŵisile lyuŵa lichiŵalamule ŵandu ŵa pachilambo kwa goloka, kwa litala lya mundu jumo jwansagwile. Nombe Akunnungu ŵaalosisye pangasisa ŵandu wose ngani ji, pakunsyusya mundu jo!”
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again concerning this [matter].
Nipele paŵampilikene che Paolo achiŵechetaga yankati kusyuka kwa ŵawe, ŵane mwa ŵanyawo ŵatesile chanache, nambo ŵane ŵatite, “Tukusaka tumpikanile sooni nkati yeleyo.”
33 So Paul departed from among them.
Che Paolo ŵatyosile pankungulu ni kwalekanga.
34 But certain men adhered to him, and believed: among whom [was] Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Nambo ŵandu ŵampepe ŵalongene nawo ni kwakulupilila Che Yesu. Mwa ŵandu wo ŵapali che Dionisio jumo jwa mpingo waukuŵilanjikwa Aleopago ni jwankongwe liina lyakwe che Damali ni ŵandu ŵane.

< Acts 17 >