Orekma 17
1 Paul ac Silas fahsr sasla Amphipolis ac Apollonia ac tuku nu Thessalonica, yen ma oasr iwen lolngok se we.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 In oana ke el oru pacl nukewa uh, Paul el som nu in iwen lolngok. Ac ke len Sabbath tolu el sramsram nu sin mwet uh, ac rit ke kas in Ma Simusla,
So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 ac aketeya kas inge, ac akpwayei lah Christ el enenu in keok ac sifil moulyak liki misa. Paul el fahk, “Jesus se ma nga fahkak nu suwos kac inge, el pa Christ.”
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 Kutu selos lulalfongi ac welulang Paul ac Silas; oayapa kutu mutan ma eteyuk fin acn we, ac pus pac mwet Greek su alu nu sin God.
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 Tusruktu mwet Jew elos sok selos, ac orani kutu mwet lusrongten ma forfor wel inkanek uh, ac orala sie u in orek lokoalok. U se inge akfohsyauk mwet in siti uh nufon, ac utyak nu in lohm sel Jason, in sokol Paul ac Silas ac usaltal uh nu yurin mwet uh.
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 Tusruktu ke elos tia konaltalak, elos amakunulma Jason ac kutu pac mwet lulalfongi nu ye mutun mwet fulat in siti uh, ac wowoyak ac fahk, “Mwet inge orek fohs yen nukewa! Ac inge elos tuku pac nu in siti sesr uh,
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 ac Jason el solaltalak nu in lohm sel ah. Elos nukewa kunaus ma sap lal Tokosra Fulat, ac fahk mu oasr pac siena tokosra saya, suh inel pa Jesus.”
to whom Jason has given lodging. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”
8 Ke un mwet uh, oayapa mwet fulat lun siti uh lohng kas inge, elos arulana wonak kac.
Well they agitated the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
9 Mwet fulat lun siti uh sap tuh Jason ac mwet lulalfongi wial uh in moli lupan mani ma oakwuki in aksukosokyalos, na filfilla elos.
Then they took a security bond from Jason and the rest and let them go.
10 Ke tufahna fongeni, mwet lulalfongi elos supwalla Paul ac Silas nu Berea. Ke eltal sun acn we eltal som nu ke iwen lolngok lun mwet Jew uh.
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 Mwet in acn sac elos engan liki mwet Thessalonica in eis mwe lutlut. Elos arulana oaru in lohng kas ma srumunyuk uh, ac elos lutlut len nukewa ke Ma Simusla uh in liye lah pwayena ma Paul el srumun uh.
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 Mwet puspis selos lulalfongi, ac pus mutan kacto sin mwet Greek, oayapa mukul Greek puspis elos lulalfongi pac.
Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
13 Tusruktu ke mwet Jew in acn Thessalonica lohngak lah Paul el fahkak kas lun God in acn Berea, elos tuku nu we ac mutawauk in pirik ac akfohsyauk nunak lun mwet puspis.
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 In pacl sacna, mwet lulalfongi elos supwalla Paul nu ke sie acn wekof uh; a Silas ac Timothy eltal mutana Berea.
So then, without delay, the brothers sent Paul away, as if to go by sea, while both Silas and Timothy remained there.
15 Mwet ma usal Paul ah welul na kalla nwe Athens, na elos folokla nu Berea, us sap soko sel Paul nu sel Silas ac Timothy, eltal in tuh sa na som nu yorol.
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 Ke Paul el tuh muta soanel Silas ac Timothy in acn Athens, el arulana toasrla ke el liye lah puslana ma sruloala in acn we.
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 Ouinge el som nu in iwen lolngok ac alolngoki yurin mwet Jew ac oayapa mwet saya su alu nu sin God. Ac len nukewa el sramsram yurin kutena mwet ma tuku nu in acn in tukeni in siti uh.
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 Oasr pac kutu mwet luti ke u se pangpang mwet Epicurus ac mwet Stoic elos wi pac alein nu sel. Kutu selos siyuk mu, “Mea mwet filanginkas se inge fahk uh?” Ac kutu mwet uh topuk, “El luman kaskas ke kutu god lun mutanfahl saya.” Elos fahk ouinge mweyen Paul el luti ke Jesus oayapa ke sifil moulyak uh.
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 Ouinge elos usalla Paul nu yurin un mwet pwapa fulat lun siti uh, su pangpang Areopagus, ac fahk, “Kut ke etu lah mea kalmen luti sasu se kom sramsramkin inge.
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 Kutu ma kut lohng kom fahk uh luman sakirik sesr in lohng, ac kut ke etu lah mea kalmac.” (
Because you are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they might mean.”
21 Mweyen mwet Athens nukewa, ac mwetsac su muta we, lungse sisla pacl lalos in sramsramkin ac lohng ke kutena pweng sasu.)
(Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)
22 Paul el tuyak ye mutun mwet pwapa fulat lun siti uh ac fahk, “Nga liye lah in ouiya nukewa kowos mwet Athens uh arulana akfulatye alu.
So standing in the middle of the Areopagus Paul said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
23 Mweyen ke nga forfor in siti lowos uh ac liye acn kowos alu we, nga konauk sie loang su simla kac, ‘Nu sin Sie God su Tia Eteyuk.’ Ma se ma kowos alu nu kac ingan kowos finne tia akilen, pa nga ac fahkak nu suwos.
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 God su orala faclu ac ma nukewa loac uh, El Leum lun kusrao ac faclu, ac El tia muta in tempul ma orekla ke poun mwet.
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 Ac El tia pac enenu kutena ma su kut ac sang nu sel ke orekma lun paosr, mweyen El pa sang moul ac momong ac ma nukewa nu sin mwet nukewa.
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 El orala mutanfahl nukewa sin mwet sefanna, ac oru tuh elos in muta apunla fin faclu nufon. El sifacna oakiya meet lusen pacl ac lupan acn elos in muta we.
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 El oru ma inge nukewa tuh mwet uh in sokol, ac elos in mau ku in konalak ke elos kahlimunul. Tusruktu pwayeiya uh, God El tiana muta loes liki kutena sesr,
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 oana ke sie mwet tuh fahk, ‘In El kut moul, kut mukuikui, ac kut oasr.’ Oana ke kutu mwet kuhn on lowos uh fahk, ‘Kut pac, kut tulik natul.’
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 Na ke kut tulik nutin God uh, wo kut in tia nunku mu ouiya lal uh ku in lumahyuk ke gold, ku silver, ku eot, ma tafleyukla in luman ma sruloala ke lalmwetmet ac usrnguk lun mwet.
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 God El tuh nunak munas nu sin mwet ke nikin lalos in pacl meet, a inge El sap nu selos nukewa yen nukewa in forla liki ouiya koluk lalos.
Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent,
31 Tuh El oakiya tari sie len ma El ac nununku faclu nufon ke nununku suwohs, ke sie mwet su El sulela tari. El akpwayei ma se inge nu sin mwet nukewa ke El akmoulyauk mwet se inge liki misa!”
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 Ke elos lohng lah Paul el kaskaskin akmoulyauk sie mwet liki misa, kutu selos aksruksrukel, a kutu mwet uh fahk, “Kut ke lohng kom in sifil srumun ke ma se inge ke sie pac pacl.”
Well when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some started scoffing, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
33 Na Paul el illa liki tukeni sac.
And with that Paul went out from among them.
34 Kutu mwet uh welulang in lulalfongi, ac sie selos inge pa Dionysius, sie sin un mwet pwapa fulat, ac oasr pac mutan se pangpang Damaris, ac kutu pac mwet saya.
However some men believed and joined him, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, also a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
