Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Prošavši kroz Amfipol i Apoloniju, stigoše u Solun, gdje bijaše židovska sinagoga.
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Po običaju uđe Pavao onamo. Tri je subote s njima raspravljao na temelju Pisama.
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Yeshua, whom I proclaim to you, is the Messiah.”
Tumačio je i izlagao: “Trebalo je da Krist trpi i uskrsne od mrtvih. Taj Krist jest Isus koga vam ja navješćujem.”
4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
Neki se od njih uvjeriše pa se pridružiše Pavlu i Sili; tako i veliko mnoštvo bogobojaznih Grka i nemalo uglednih žena.
5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
Židove nato spopade zavist pa pridobiše neke opake uličnjake, potakoše ih i pobuniše grad te nahrupiše u kuću Jasonovu tražeći da se Pavao i Sila izvedu pred narod.
6 When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
Kako ih ne nađoše, odvukoše Jasona i neke od braće pred gradske glavare vičući: “Evo i ovdje onih koji pobuniše sav svijet.
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Yeshua!”
Jason ih je ugostio. Svi oni rade protiv carskih odredaba: tvrde da postoji drugi kralj - Isus.”
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
Time uzbuniše svjetinu i glavare koji su to čuli
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
te oni od Jasona i ostalih uzeše jamčevinu pa ih pustiše.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Braća su pak brže-bolje noću odaslala Pavla i Silu u Bereju. Kad su stigli, odoše u židovsku sinagogu.
11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Ovi su Židovi bili plemenitiji od solunskih: primili su Riječ sa svom spremnošću i danomice istraživali Pisma, da li je to tako.
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
Mnogi od njih stoga povjerovaše, a tako i nemalo uglednih grčkih žena i muževa.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
Ali kad su solunski Židovi doznali da Pavao i u Bereji navješćuje riječ Božju, odoše te i ondje podjariše i uzbuniše svjetinu.
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
Braća tada brže-bolje uputiše Pavla k moru. Sila pak i Timotej ostadoše ondje.
15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
Pratioci dovedoše Pavla do Atene pa se vratiše noseći Sili i Timoteju zapovijed da što prije dođu k njemu.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
Dok ih je u Ateni iščekivao, ogorči se Pavao u duši promatrajući kako je grad pokumiren.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
Međutim raspravljaše u sinagogi sa Židovima i bogobojaznima, a na trgu svaki dan s onima koji bi se ondje zatekli.
18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Yeshua and the resurrection.
Dobacivahu mu i neki od epikurejskih i stoičkih filozofa. Jedni su govorili: “Što bi htjela reći ta čavka?” Drugi pak: “Navješćuje, čini se, neke tuđe bogove.” Jer navješćivaše Isusa i uskrsnuće.
19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
Onda su ga uzeli i odveli na Areopag i upitali: “Bismo li mogli znati kakav to nov nauk naučavaš?
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
Čudnovatim nam nekim tvrdnjama uši puniš. Željeli bismo stoga znati što bi to imalo biti.”
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Nijedan Atenjanin ni doseljeni stranac ni na što drugo ne trati vrijeme nego na pripovijedanje i slušanje novosti.
22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
Tada Pavao stade posred Areopaga i reče: “Atenjani! U svemu ste, vidim, nekako veoma bogoljubni.
23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
Doista, prolazeći i promatrajući vaše svetinje nađoh i žrtvenik s natpisom: Nepoznatom Bogu. Što dakle ne poznajete, a štujete, to vam ja navješćujem.”
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
“Bog koji stvori svijet i sve na njemu, on, neba i zemlje Gospodar, ne prebiva u rukotvorenim hramovima;
25 He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
i ne poslužuju ga ljudske ruke, kao da bi što trebao, on koji svima daje život, dah i - sve.
26 He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,
Od jednoga sazda cijeli ljudski rod da prebiva po svem licu zemlje; ustanovi određena vremena i međe prebivanja njihova
27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
da traže Boga, ne bi li ga kako napipali i našli. Ta nije daleko ni od koga od nas.
28 ‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
U njemu doista živimo, mičemo se i jesmo, kao što i neki od vaših pjesnika rekoše: “Njegov smo čak i rod!”
29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
“Ako smo dakle rod Božji, ne smijemo smatrati da je božanstvo slično zlatu, srebru ili kamenu, liku isklesanu umijećem i maštom ljudskom.”
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
“I ne obazirući se na vremena neznanja, nutka sada Bog ljude da se svi i posvuda obrate
31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
jer ustanovi Dan u koji će suditi svijetu po pravdi, po Čovjeku kojega odredi, pred svima ovjerovi uskrisivši ga od mrtvih.”
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
Kad čuše “uskrsnuće od mrtvih”, jedni se stadoše rugati, a drugi rekoše: “Još ćemo te o tom slušati!”
33 Thus Paul went out from amongst them.
Tako se Pavao povuče od njih.
34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Neki ipak prionuše uza nj i povjerovaše; među njima i Dionizije Areopagit, neka žena imenom Damara i drugi s njima.
