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 gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue,
2 Pọl bakwuuru ha, dịka ọ na-eme oge niile. Ọ nọnyere ha izu ụka atọ, ya na ha na-atụgharị uche nʼAkwụkwọ Nsọ,
and Paul, according to his usual custom, went in to them and, for three Sabbath Days, he reasoned with them out of 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 quoting passages to prove that the Messiah had to suffer and to rise again from the dead and that "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming unto 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 were persuaded and attached themselves to Paul and Silas, including a number of devout Greeks, and a large number of the leading 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 Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill- favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
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.
And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also.
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.”
"Jason has received them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
8 Okwu dị otu a wetara obi ịlọ mmiri nʼetiti ndị ikpe na mmadụ niile.
Both the crowd and the politarchs were disturbed when they heard this,
9 Ha hapụrụ Jesin na ndị ọzọ, naanị mgbe ndị akaebe bịara kwụọ ụgwọ e jiri gbapụta ha.
but when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they 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.
Now the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they got there they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue.
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.
The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.
12 Ọtụtụ nʼime ha kweere, ụfọdụ ụmụ nwanyị na ụmụ nwoke ndị Griik a maara aha ha chegharịkwara.
So many of them became believers, and so did not a few Greeks, women of honorable estate, and 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.
As soon as the Jews in Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came there, and stirred up and troubled 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.
Then the brothers at once sent Paul down to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.
15 Ma ndị dupuru Pọl sooro ya ruo obodo Atens. Ha lawara, hapụrụ Saịlas na Timoti ozi ka ha bịakwute ya na-atụfughị oge.
Those who were caring for Paul brought him as far as Athens, and there left him, with instructions to Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed.
16 Mgbe Pọl nọ na-echere ha nʼAtens, o wutere mmụọ ya nke ukwuu nʼihi arụsị niile ọ hụrụ, nke jupụtara nʼobodo ahụ.
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he noticed 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.
He argued in the synagogues with the Jews and the devout proselytes, and also daily in the market-place with those that met him 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.
A few of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also encountered him again and again. Some were saying, "What has this beggarly fellow to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods," because he preached 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?
Then they laid hold of him and brought him up to Mars Hill, saying. "May we be told what this new teaching of yours is?
20 Ị na-ekwu ihe ndị na-agbagwoju anyị anya. Anyị chọrọ ịmata ihe ndị a nke ọma.”
"For you are bringing certain strange things to our ears. We want to know, therefore, what these things 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 the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear some new thing.)
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 Paul stood up in the center of Mars Hill, and said. "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all respects you are remarkably 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.
"For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming 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 universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with 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 served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
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.
"He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation,
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 might seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from every on 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.’
"for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, "‘For we also are 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.
"Since then we are God’s offspring, we ought not to imagine that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
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.
"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but he now commands all men that they should all, everywhere, 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.”
inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this 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.”
But on hearing of the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock; but others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."
33 Nʼoge a, Pọl hapụrụ ha.
So Paul withdrew from 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.
A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and some others.
