Acts 17
1 And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,
Pawluh ja Tilah cun Amphipolih ja Apolonih jah khe pah lü, Thesalonikah mlüha Judahea sinakoka venaka citki xawi.
2 and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,
Acua Pawluh cun a thum khawia mäiha, ami veia lut lü, Sabbath mhnüp kthum vei, khyange mahmah ngthäh ngkhyah u lü pyen u lü, Cangcim üngka jah mtheh lü,
3 opening and alleging, 'That the Christ it behoved to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that this is the Christ — Jesus whom I proclaim to you.'
Mesijah naw khuikhanak khamei khaia akyaka mawng, thinak üngkhyüh a tho be vaia mawng cun jah mthehki. “Hina Jesuh ka ning jah mtheh cun Mesijaha kyaki ni” ti lü Pawluh naw a jah mtheh.
4 And certain of them did believe, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also of the worshipping Greeks a great multitude, of the principal women also not a few.
Avang he naw jum u lü, Krik khyang khawhae ja nghnumi khawhae naw Pawluh ja Tilaha veia law u lü Mhnam mküimto lawki he.
5 And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,
Acunsepi, Judahe naw, k’eihei u lü, lama i käh pawhkie cun jah lawpüi u lü khyange jah ngcun lawsakie naw, mlüh avan üng suksak lawki he. Acunüng, Jasona ima ngkhäm law u lü, Pawluh ja Tilah cun khyangea hmaia ami jah cehpüi vaia ami täng.
6 and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud — 'These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present,
Am jah hmu u lü, Jason ja jumeikie cun khyang ngvaiea hmaia jah kaihkie naw, ngpyang u lü, “Hina khyange naw avan suksak khaia Khawmdek nglatsakie cun mi mlüha lawki he;
7 whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king — Jesus.'
Jason naw jah na khin na ve, ahin xawi cun, ‘Jesuh ngming naki, sangpuxang kce veki tia, Emperoa thum am läk ni” ami ti.
8 And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
Acuna khyange naw mlüh ngvaie cun ami jah suksakei;
9 and having taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Jason ja a püie cun ngui jah tä lü jah hlät lü ami jah cehsak be.
10 And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews;
Jumeikie naw mthana, Pawluh ja Tilah cun Beriha jah cehsak u se; acua ami va pha ja, Judahea sinakoka lutki xawi.
11 and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;
Acuna khaw khyange cun, Thesalonikah mlüh khyangea kthaka ana daw u se, mlung jenak am ngthu cun dokhameikie, ani ngthu pyen cun am akcang ja akcang ksingnak vaia, a mhnüp tä se, Cangcim cun büktengkie.
12 many, indeed, therefore, of them did believe, and of the honourable Greek women and men not a few.
Acunakyase, khyang khawha naw jum u se; Krik nghnumi kdawe ja kpamie naw pi jum lawki he.
13 And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God declared by Paul, they came thither also, agitating the multitudes;
Acunsepi, Thesalonikah mlüha ka Judahe naw, Pawluh naw Berih mlüha pi Pamhnama ngthu sangki tia ami ksing üng, acua pi va cit u lü, khyange ami jah va ksük.
14 and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining there.
Jumeikie naw, Pawluh cun tui cayea cit khaia ami tüih. Acunsepi, Tilah ja Timoti cun acua ve hütki xawi.
15 And those conducting Paul, brought him unto Athens, and having received a command unto Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come unto him, they departed;
Pawluh va thakie naw, Aten mlüh cäpa cit u lü Berih da nglat law be lü Pawluh naw a jah cüka kba, Tilah ja Timoti cun naw akjanga a jah mtheh.
16 and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,
Pawluh naw Atena Tilah ja Timoti jah k'äih lü a ve üng, mlüh cun juktuhe am be lü a hmuha kyase, aktäa a mlung am daw.
17 therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with him.
Acunüng, sinakoka Judahe ja Pamhnam jumkie khyangmjükcee jah pyenpüi lü, khyang ami ngkhämnaka law nakütkia veia a mhnüp tä se a jah pyenpüi.
18 And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,
Epikurih ja, Stok sajae naw ani ngcuhpüikie. Avang he naw, “Hin ia am ngtäh xaki naw i pyen hlüki ni?” ami ti. Avang he naw, Jesuha mawng ja thawhnak bea mawng a pyena phäha, “Pe kcea ka mhnama mawng pyenki am ni aw” ami ti.
19 having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought [him], saying, 'Are we able to know what [is] this new teaching that is spoken by thee,
Pawluh cun man u lü, mlüh kawngci, Arepakaha hmaia lawpüi u lü, “Hina mtheimthangnak akthai na pyen hü hin na jah ksingsak thei khai aw?
20 for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'
Akthai am kami ngjak khawi cun na sang lawki ni; acunakyase, acuna suilam kami ksing vai täng ve üng” ami ti.
21 and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.
(Aten mlüha khyange ja khine cun, ngthu kthaia akyak üng, ami pyen vai ja ami ngaih vaia phäha ami kcün sumeiki he.)
22 And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, 'Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;
Pawluh cun kawngci hmaia ngdüi lü, “Nangmi Aten khyange cun, a naküt üng jumnak aktäa nami taki ti ka ksingki.
23 for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God — unknown; whom, therefore — not knowing — ye do worship, this One I announce to you.
Ka ceh hü sawa, nami hjawkhahe ka ja bükteng üng, kpyawngkung mata khana, ‘Am ksinga Mhnama phäha’ ti lü ng’yuki ka hmuh. Acunakyase, am ksing u lü nami jumei, acuna mawng ka ning jah mthehki ni.
24 'God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,
Pamhnam, khawmdek ja a k'uma veki naküt ja mhnünki cun, mce ja khana Bawia kyase kut am saka temple üng am ve.
25 neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;
Khut bi lü a hlüei cun mi pe khai aw, amät kung cun anaküt am xünnak, ngxünak a naküt üng pekia kyaki.
26 He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth — having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings —
Acunüng, khawmdek khan naküt üng ve khaia, khyang mat üngka naw khyang mjüe naküt atäng tänga jah mhnün lü, ami phäha akcün ja ami venak vai phäh phähe pi a jah tak pet.
27 to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,
Acunakyase, Pamhnam cun ami hmuh vaia sui hükie; acunsepi, Pamhnam cun mimi üngkhyüh akthuka am ve.
28 for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.
Amäta phäha mi xüng lü, mi thoawm lü mi veki; ‘Keimi pi Mhnama a jah caea kami kyaki’ tia nangmi üng khyang mat naw pyenki.
29 'Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;
Acukba Pamhnama caea mi kya ua phäha, nghngicima khyaihnak am pyanga xüie, nguie, lung he lup cun Mhnam am tänga käh jah ngaih vai.
30 the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,
Ahlana Pamhnam am ksing u se, jah na hawih khawi se pi, atuh cun ahawa pi ami mkhyekatnak nghlatak vaia ngthu a jah petki,
31 because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.'
akcün a na pyang päng thüp thüpa phäha, acuna mhnüp üng, a mcawna nghngicim phäh khawmdek avan cun angsunga ngthumkhyah law pe khai; acun cun Pamhnam naw thihnak üngka naw mtho be lü, khyange naküta veia angsingsak pänga kyaki” tia a pyen.
32 And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, 'We will hear thee again concerning this;'
Acuna thihnak üngka naw mthawh bea ngthu Pawluh naw pyen se ami ngjak üng avange naw ami yaihei; avange naw, “Hina ngthu na pyen be vai ngja hlü ve üng” ami ti.
33 and so Paul went forth from the midst of them,
Acunüng Pawluh naw ami ngkhyumnak a jah cehtak.
34 and certain men having cleaved to him, did believe, among whom [is] also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.
Acunsepi, khyang avange Pawluha veia ngdawn law u lü, jumei lawki he; acunüng avange cun, Dajonutih khyang kawngci üngkaa kya u lü avange cun nghnumi mat Damarih jah khyang kcea kyakie.
