Acts 17
1 Then, passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they went to Thessalonica. Here there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Mgbe ha gafechara obodo Amfipolis na Apolonia, ha bịaruru obodo Tesalonaịka, ebe ụlọ nzukọ ndị Juu dị.
2 Paul--following his usual custom--betook himself to it, and for three successive Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Pọl bakwuuru ha, dịka ọ na-eme oge niile. Ọ nọnyere ha izu ụka atọ, ya na ha na-atụgharị uche nʼAkwụkwọ Nsọ,
3 which he clearly explained, pointing out that it had been necessary for the Christ to suffer and rise again from the dead, and insisting, "The Jesus whom I am announcing to you is the Christ."
na-akọwara ha na-edokwa ha anya na ọ dị mkpa na Kraịst ga-ahụ ahụhụ, ma sitekwa nʼọnwụ bilie. Ọ sịrị, “Jisọs a, nke m na-ekwusara unu bụ Kraịst ahụ.”
4 Some of the people were won over, and attached themselves to Paul and Silas, including many God-fearing Greeks and not a few gentlewomen of high rank.
Ụfọdụ nʼime ndị Juu ahụ ka e mere ka ha kwere ma sonyere Pọl na Saịlas, otu aka ahụ, igwe mmadụ ndị na-atụ egwu Chineke nʼetiti ndị Griik na ụmụ nwanyị ụfọdụ a maara aha ha.
5 But the jealousy of the Jews was aroused, and, calling to their aid some ill-conditioned and idle fellows, they got together a riotous mob and filled the city with uproar. They then attacked the house of Jason and searched for Paul and Silas, to bring them out before the assembly of people.
Ma ndị Juu jupụtara nʼekworo, nʼihi ya, ha kpaliri obi ụfọdụ mmadụ efu nʼetiti ha nʼọma ahịa. Ndị a malitekwara ọgbaaghara nʼụzọ dị iche nʼime obodo. Ha tikasịrị ụlọ Jesin, nʼihi na ha chọrọ ịdọpụta ha nyefee ha nʼaka ọha mmadụ.
6 But, failing to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other brethren before the magistrates of the city, loudly accusing them. "These men," they said, "who have raised a tumult throughout the Empire, have come here also.
Ma mgbe ha na-achọtaghị ha nʼebe ahụ, ha dọpụtara Jesin na ụmụnna anyị ụfọdụ, duru ha jekwuru ndị ikpe nke obodo ahụ, na-eti mkpu, “Ndị a kpuru ụwa ihu nʼala abịala inye obodo ukwu anyị nsogbu.
7 Jason has received them into his house; and they all set Caesar's authority at defiance, declaring that there is another Emperor-- one called Jesus."
Ma Jesin nabatara ha nʼụlọ ya. Ha na-emebi iwu Siza nʼihi na ha na-asịkwa na ọ dị eze ọzọ dị nke a na-akpọ Jisọs.”
8 Great was the excitement among the crowd, and among the magistrates of the city, when they heard these charges.
Okwu dị otu a wetara obi ịlọ mmiri nʼetiti ndị ikpe na mmadụ niile.
9 They required Jason and the rest to find substantial bail, and after that they let them go.
Ha hapụrụ Jesin na ndị ọzọ, naanị mgbe ndị akaebe bịara kwụọ ụgwọ e jiri gbapụta ha.
10 The brethren at once sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea, and they, on their arrival, went to the synagogue of the Jews.
Ma nʼabalị ahụ, ndị kwere ekwe mere ngwangwa zipụ Pọl na Saịlas ka ha gaa obodo Beria. Ma mgbe ha ruru nʼebe ahụ, ha banyere nʼụlọ nzukọ ndị Juu.
11 The Jews at Beroea were of a nobler disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they very readily received the Message, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether it was as Paul stated.
Ma ndị bi na Beria jiri obi ghere oghe nabata okwu a karịa ndị bi na Tesalonaịka. Nʼihi na ha ji ịnụ ọkụ nʼobi nara okwu ahụ, na-enyocha Akwụkwọ Nsọ kwa ụbọchị, ka ha mara ma ihe ha na-ekwu ọ bụ eziokwu. Ha mere nke a ụbọchị niile.
12 As the result many of them became believers, and so did not a few of the Greeks--gentlewomen of good position, and men.
Ọtụtụ nʼime ha kweere, ụfọdụ ụmụ nwanyị na ụmụ nwoke ndị Griik a maara aha ha chegharịkwara.
13 As soon, however, as the Jews of Thessalonica learnt that God's Message had been proclaimed by Paul at Beroea, they came there also, and incited the mob to a riot.
Ma mgbe ndị Juu bi na Tesalonaịka nụrụ na Pọl na-ekwusa oziọma Chineke na obodo Beria, ụfọdụ ha gara nʼebe ahụ na-akpali igwe ndị mmadụ nʼihi iwebata ọgbaaghara.
14 Then the brethren promptly sent Paul down to the sea-coast, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.
Ndị kwere ekwe mere ngwangwa zipụ Pọl ka ọ gaa nʼakụkụ oke osimiri dị nʼebe ahụ. Ma ha hapụrụ Saịlas na Timoti ka ha na ha nọdụ.
15 Those who were caring for Paul's safety went with him as far as Athens, and then left him, taking a message from him to Silas and Timothy, asking them to join him as speedily as possible.
Ma ndị dupuru Pọl sooro ya ruo obodo Atens. Ha lawara, hapụrụ Saịlas na Timoti ozi ka ha bịakwute ya na-atụfughị oge.
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred within him when he noticed that the city was full of idols.
Mgbe Pọl nọ na-echere ha nʼAtens, o wutere mmụọ ya nke ukwuu nʼihi arụsị niile ọ hụrụ, nke jupụtara nʼobodo ahụ.
17 So he had discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and the other worshippers, and in the market place, day after day, with those whom he happened to meet.
Nʼihi nke a, ya na ndị Juu na ndị na-atụ egwu Chineke, na-anọgide nʼụlọ nzukọ na-arụrịta ụka. Kwa ụbọchị, ọ na-apụkwa nʼọma ahịa na-agwa ndị niile o zutere okwu.
18 A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him. Some of them asked, "What has this beggarly babbler to say?" "His business," said others, "seems to be to cry up some foreign gods." This was because he had been telling the Good News of Jesus and the Resurrection.
Ya na ụfọdụ ndị Epikuri na ndị Stoịk bụ ndị ọkachamara na-arụrịta ụka. Ndị ụfọdụ na-asị, “gịnị ka onye ekwurekwu a ga-ekwu?” Ndị ọzọ sịrị, “ọ dịka onye na-ekwusa ụmụ mmụọ ndị ala ọzọ.” Ha kwuru nke a nʼihi na ọ na-ekwusa oziọma banyere Jisọs na mbilite nʼọnwụ ya.
19 Then they took him and brought him up to the Areopagus, asking him, "May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?
Ha kpọbatara ya nʼebe ha zukọrọ, ebe a na-akpọ Areopagọs, ebe ha nọ sị ya, “Anyị enwere ike ịmata ihe banyere ozizi ọhụrụ gị a?
20 For the things you are saying sound strange to us. We should therefore like to be told exactly what they mean."
Ị na-ekwu ihe ndị na-agbagwoju anyị anya. Anyị chọrọ ịmata ihe ndị a nke ọma.”
21 (For all the Athenians and their foreign visitors used to devote their whole leisure to telling or hearing about something new.)
(Ndị Atens niile na ndị ala ọzọ bi nʼobodo ahụ, enweghị ohere ime ihe ọbụla, ọ gwụchaala ọrụ ikwu na ịnụ banyere ihe dị ọhụrụ.)
22 So Paul, taking his stand in the centre of the Areopagus, spoke as follows: "Men of Athens, I perceive that you are in every respect remarkably religious.
Mgbe ahụ Pọl guzoro na nzukọ Areopagọs sị, “Unu ndị Atens, ahụla m na ọ na-anụ unu ọkụ nʼobi ịsọpụrụ mmụọ nke unu na-efe ofufe.
23 For as I passed along and observed the things you worship, I found also an altar bearing the inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' "The Being, therefore, whom you, without knowing Him, revere, Him I now proclaim to you.
Nʼihi na mgbe m na-ejegharị nʼobodo unu, ahụrụ m ụlọ chi dị iche iche, ahụrụ m otu ebe ịchụ aja nke e dekwasịrị nʼelu ya: Ihe e nyere chi nke amaghị ama. Ya mere, ihe ahụ unu na-efe ofufe nʼamaghị ama nke a ka m na-ekwusara unu.
24 GOD who made the universe and everything in it--He, being Lord of Heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries built by men.
“Chineke onye kere ụwa na ihe niile dị nʼime ya. Ebe ọ bụ onye nwe eluigwe na ụwa, ọ dịghị ebikwa nʼụlọnsọ e jiri aka wuo.
25 Nor is He ministered to by human hands, as though He needed anything--but He Himself gives to all men life and breath and all things.
Otu aka ahụ, ọ dịghị anara ije ozi site nʼaka mmadụ, dịka a ga-asị na o nwere ihe kọrọ ya. Ya onwe ya na-enye ndụ na ume na ihe niile. Ọ na-egbokwa mkpa niile.
26 He caused to spring from one forefather people of every race, for them to live on the whole surface of the earth, and marked out for them an appointed span of life and the boundaries of their homes;
O sitere nʼaka otu onye, bụ mmadụ mbụ ahụ, kee agbụrụ niile nke mmadụ nʼotu nʼotu, ka ha biri nʼelu ụwa dum. O jiri aka ya kewachaa oge ọgbọ ọbụla ga-anọ na oke niile nke ebe obibi ha.
27 that they might seek God, if perhaps they could grope for Him and find Him. Yes, though He is not far from any one of us.
Ma nzube ya banyere ihe niile bụ ka onye ọbụla chọsie Chineke ike. Eleghị anya, mmadụ nwere ike lezie ụzọ ya anya, si otu a chọta ya. Ọ nọkwaghị mmadụ ọbụla nʼebe dị anya.
28 For it is in closest union with Him that we live and move and have our being; as in fact some of the poets in repute among yourselves have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'
‘Nʼihi nʼime ya ka anyị na-ebi, anyị na-ejegharịkwa nʼime ya na-adịkwa ndụ.’ Dịka ụfọdụ nʼime unu ndị ode abụ na-ekwu sị, ‘Anyị onwe anyị bụ ụmụ ya.’
29 Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to imagine that His nature resembles gold or silver or marble, or anything sculptured by the art and inventive faculty of man.
“Ebe anyị bụ ndị Chineke mụrụ, o kwesighị ka anyị na-eche na ihe akpọrọ Chineke yiri ọlaọcha maọbụ ọlaedo, maọbụ nkume, ihe apịrị apị site na ǹka na ihe dị nʼobi mmadụ.
30 Those times of ignorance God viewed with indulgence. But now He commands all men everywhere to repent,
Ma Chineke lefuru enweghị nghọta nke mmadụ anya banyere ihe ndị a niile nʼoge gara aga. Ma ugbu a, ọ chọrọ ka mmadụ niile chegharịa.
31 seeing that He has appointed a day on which, before long, He will judge the world in righteousness, through the instrumentality of a man whom He has pre-destined to this work, and has made the fact certain to every one by raising Him from the dead."
Nʼihi na o debela otu ụbọchị mgbe ọ ga-ekpe ụwa niile ikpe nʼụzọ ezi omume, site nʼaka otu nwoke ọ họpụtara. O mekwara ka nke a guzosie ike, mgbe o mere ka onye ahụ sị nʼọnwụ bilie.”
32 When they heard Paul speak of a resurrection of dead men, some began to scoff. But others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."
Mgbe ha nụrụ ihe banyere mbilite nʼọnwụ nke ndị nwụrụ anwụ, ha chịrị ya ọchị. Ma ụfọdụ nʼime ha sịrị, “Nʼoge ọzọ anyị ga-achọ ịnụ okwu ndị a.”
33 So Paul went away from them.
Nʼoge a, Pọl hapụrụ ha.
34 A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among them being Dionysius a member of the Council, a gentlewoman named Damaris, and some others.
Mmadụ ole na ole sooro ya, bụrụkwa ndị kwere ekwe. Otu onye nʼime ha bụ Dionisiọs onye Areopagọs. Onye ọzọ bụ nwanyị a na-akpọ Damaris na ndị ọzọkwa.
