Mitendo 17
1 Linu haba hita mwi tolope ya Anfipolisi ni Apolonia, ni beeza kwi tolopo ya Tesalonoka, ku beena i sinagoge ya Majuda.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 Paulusi, ka chizo chakwe, naya kubali, mi mu mazuba o tatwe e nsabata na li kumbulusa nabo ku zwilila muma ñolo.
So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 Abali kwi yalula mañolo ni ku toloka kuti kubali kwa bu tokwa kuti Kilisite a nyande ni kubuka hape kuzwa kwaa bana bafwile. Nacho, “Uzu Jesu uni wamba kwenu njeye Kilisite.
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 Ba mwi Majuda baba zumini ni kuli kopanya ni Paulusi ni Silasi, mane ni Ma gelike babali tombwele kwali, bungi bwa banakazi baba hitile ni chichaba chikando.
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 Kono Majuda basana bali kuzumina, chaku yendiswa muuna, na hinda ba nakwame ba sena sinde muma uzikizo, na kunganya chicaba hamwina, mi na bika i tolopo mwi laata li lyanganisa. Ni ba ngundunganya i nzubo ya Jasoni. Babali kusaka kuleta Paulusi ni Silasi hanze ku bantu.
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 Kono haba sana baba bawani, ni ba tundanisa Jasoni ni bamwi bakwame habusu bwa ba sepahali be tolopo, kulila, “Aba bakwame ba chiba futumuna inkanda beeza kunu nabo.
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 A baba kwame Jason baba tambuli ba tenda chaku sandukila intaelo ya Sesare, ba cho kuti kwina zumwi simwine- Jesu.”
to whom Jason has given lodging. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”
8 Linu chichaba ni ba sepahali be tolopo haba zuwa izi zintu, baba katazehete.
Well they agitated the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
9 Haba mana kuhinda intuwelo ye nsilelezo kwa Jasoni ni bamwi, ni baba lekeza kuti baliyendeze.
Then they took a security bond from Jason and the rest and let them go.
10 Ubo busiku ba mwakwe ni ba tumina Paulusi ni Silasi kwa Beria. Haba sika kwateni, ni be njila mu masinagoge a Majuda.
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 Linu a ba bantu babali ku sepahala kuhita abo bamwa Teselonika, mukuti baba tambuli inzwi ca maano a litukiseze, ku tatuba mañolo mwi zuba kubona kapa izi zintu muzibekalile.
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 Kuzwaho bungi bwabo baba zumini, ku bika ni basusuwezi ba Ma Gelike ba bana kazi mane ni bungi bwa bakwame.
Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
13 Kono ma Juda ba Teselonika habeziba kuti Paulusi naye abali kuwamba inzwi lye Ireeza kwa Berea, ba ba yendi ko ni kubusa musunga ni ku kataza bungi bwa bantu.
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 Linu haho bulyo, ba mwaakwe ni ba tuma Paulusi kuya kwi iwate, kono Silasi ni Timetea abo niba shala kwateni.
So then, without delay, the brothers sent Paul away, as if to go by sea, while both Silas and Timothy remained there.
15 Abo baba sotweze Paulusi ni bamu twala uko kwi tolopo ya Anseni. Ha basiya Paulusi kwateni, ni ba tambula intaelo yakwe ya Silasi ni Timotea ya kwiza kwali cha kuhwela muku wolekela.
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 Linu mukuti Paulusi haba kuba lindile mwa Anseni, luuho lwakwe ni lwa katazeha mwali ha bona i tolopo i zwiile ziswaniso zi lapelwa.
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 Mi na zeza zeza mwa sinagoge ni Majuda na bo ba bali ku lumbeka Ireeza mi mane na bo ba bali ku likopanya nabo izuba ni zuba mu cibaka ca musika.
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 Kono hape bamwi ba li tutite ba Ma epikulia ni ma Sitoiki ni bali kopanya naye. Mi bamwi nibati, “Uzu yo wamba ahulu u lika ku tii nzi? Bamwi ni bati,” Uboneka kuba muluti wa milimu iseni kubonwa, “kakuti abali kuluta za Jesu ni za ku buuka.
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 Ni bahinda Paulusi ni kumu leta kwa Areopagusi, ni bati, Tusaka kwi ziba uwu mulutilo seke wo wamba?
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 Ka kuti u leta zintu zi seni kubonwa mu matwi etu. Linu tusaka kwiziba kuti izi zintu zi talusa nzi.”
Because you are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they might mean.”
21 (Linu bonse ma Ansenia ni mabuu kwenda babali kuhala mwa teni ni be kaala ni kusena ziba tenda kwanda ku wamba ni ku tekeleza zimwi zihya.)
(Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)
22 Kuzwa aho Paulusi na zimana mukati ka ma Aeropagusi mi nacho, “Inwe muba kwame ba Anseni, ni bwene kuti mwi zwile ahulu bu mulimu mwi nzila zonse.
So standing in the middle of the Areopagus Paul said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
23 Sina ha ni bali ku hitite ni ba boni zintu zi mu lumbeka, Ni ba wani kataala kena uwu miñolo, “Kwa Ireeza ya se zibenkene.” Icho linu chimu lapela mu kuseziba, ni chi mi wambila.
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 Ireeza ya ba bumbi i nkanda ni zonse zina mwateni, mukuti njeye simwine we iwulu ni hansi, ka haali mwi i tempele i ba bumbwa ni mayanza.
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 Nandi ku sebelezwa cha mayanza a muntu, mane ubu kwina cha saka, mukuti iye mwine njo ha bantu bu halo ni luhuho ni zintu zonse.
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 Mi kuzwa ku muntu yenke a ba pangi cisi cha bantu ba hala hansi, mi ni ku akaleza ku ketwa kwe nako ni museto wa zibaka mu bahala.
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 Kuzwa aho, ba lukela ku gana Ireeza mukuti pona chiba sika kwali ni ku muwana, mi luli, kena kule ni yense wa kwetu.
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 Mi mwali tuhala ni ku yenda ni kuba ni buntu bwetu, sina mu iti imwi i mpwetele yenu i ba cho, “Cho kuti naswe tu ba luzubo lwakwe.
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 Kuzwa aho, sina hatuli tu ba luzubo lwakwe, katu swaneli ku zeza kuti bulimu bu swana ni gauda, kapa chilivela, kapa mabwe, zi bezetwe ni ka bu ma pangapanga ni kuzeza kwa muntu.
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 Kuzwa ho Ireeza na shila cha menso i nako ya ku li lyanganisa, kono hanu a ba laeli bantu bonse konse konse ku baka.
Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent,
31 Ichi cha kuti aba bakanyi izuba lwete na atule inkanda mu kuluka ca muntu yaba keeti. I reeza aba hi bupaki bozu muntu ku yense cha ku mu busa kwabana ba fwile.”
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 Linu bantu ba Ansena ha bazuwa za ku buka kwa ba fwile, bamwi ni ba sheununa Paulusi; kono bamwi ni bati, “mutu te keeleze kwako hape kwa amana niyi indaba.”
Well when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some started scoffing, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
33 Kuzwa aho, Paulusi, na ba siya.
And with that Paul went out from among them.
34 Kono bamwi bantu ni ba likopanya naye ni kuzumina, mane bulyo ni Dionisuisi wa kwa Areopagite, mwanakazi ya bali ku sumpwa Damaris, mi ni bamwi ba bena na bo.
However some men believed and joined him, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, also a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
