Ọrụ Ndị Ozi 17
1 Mgbe ha gafechara obodo Amfipolis na Apolonia, ha bịaruru obodo Tesalonaịka, ebe ụlọ nzukọ ndị Juu dị.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 Pọl bakwuuru ha, dịka ọ na-eme oge niile. Ọ nọnyere ha izu ụka atọ, ya na ha na-atụgharị uche nʼAkwụkwọ Nsọ,
So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 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.”
explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that “this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah.”
4 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.
Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of devout Greeks and not a few of the prominent women.
5 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.
But the disobedient Jews rounded up some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob they created an uproar in the city; and attacking the house of Jason, they wanted to bring them out to the crowd.
6 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.
But not finding them they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials vociferating: “These who have upset the whole world have come here too,
7 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.”
to whom Jason has given lodging. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”
8 Okwu dị otu a wetara obi ịlọ mmiri nʼetiti ndị ikpe na mmadụ niile.
Well they agitated the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
9 Ha hapụrụ Jesin na ndị ọzọ, naanị mgbe ndị akaebe bịara kwụọ ụgwọ e jiri gbapụta ha.
Then they took a security bond from Jason and the rest and let them go.
10 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.
Immediately, during the night, the brothers sent both Paul and Silas away to Berea; on arriving they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 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.
Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all goodwill, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things might be so.
12 Ọtụtụ nʼime ha kweere, ụfọdụ ụmụ nwanyị na ụmụ nwoke ndị Griik a maara aha ha chegharịkwara.
Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
13 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.
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the Word of God was also being proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came too, agitating the crowds.
14 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.
So then, without delay, the brothers sent Paul away, as if to go by sea, while both Silas and Timothy remained there.
15 Ma ndị dupuru Pọl sooro ya ruo obodo Atens. Ha lawara, hapụrụ Saịlas na Timoti ozi ka ha bịakwute ya na-atụfughị oge.
But those who were conducting Paul actually took him all the way to Athens; and receiving a command to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they started back.
16 Mgbe Pọl nọ na-echere ha nʼAtens, o wutere mmụọ ya nke ukwuu nʼihi arụsị niile ọ hụrụ, nke jupụtara nʼobodo ahụ.
Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was increasingly aroused within him as he observed that the city was full of idols.
17 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.
So he reasoned both in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.
18 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.
Then certain philosophers, both Epicureans and Stoics, encountered him. Some said, “What might this idea-scavenger want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
19 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?
So taking him in tow they led him to the Areopagus and said: “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
20 Ị na-ekwu ihe ndị na-agbagwoju anyị anya. Anyị chọrọ ịmata ihe ndị a nke ọma.”
Because you are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they might mean.”
21 (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.)
(Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)
22 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.
So standing in the middle of the Areopagus Paul said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
23 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.
because as I went along and scrutinized the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO UNKNOWN GOD. Now then, the one you worship as ‘unknown’, this is the One I proclaim to you:
24 “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.
The God who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples built by hands,
25 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.
neither is He cared for by men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself has always given life and breath to all.
26 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.
And from one blood He made every ethnic nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
27 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.
so that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
28 ‘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.’
because in Him we live and move and have our being. As also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
29 “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.
Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold or silver or stone—something shaped by human skill and imagination.
30 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.
Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent,
31 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.”
because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
32 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.”
Well when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some started scoffing, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
33 Nʼoge a, Pọl hapụrụ ha.
And with that Paul went out from among them.
34 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.
However some men believed and joined him, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, also a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
