Actuum Apostolorum 17
1 Cum autem perambulassent Amphipolim, et Apolloniam, venerunt Thessalonicam, ubi erat synagoga Iudaeorum.
And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,
2 Secundum consuetudinem autem Paulus introivit ad eos, et per sabbata tria disserebat eis de Scripturis,
and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,
3 adaperiens et insinuans quia Christum oportuit pati, et resurgere a mortuis: et quia hic est Iesus Christus, quem ego annuncio vobis.
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.'
4 Et quidam ex eis crediderunt, et adiuncti sunt Paulo, et Silae, et de colentibus, Gentilibusque multitudo magna, et mulieres nobiles non paucae.
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.
5 Zelantes autem Iudaei, assumentesque de vulgo viros quosdam malos, et turba facta, concitaverunt civitatem: et assistentes domui Iasonis quaerebant eos producere in populum.
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,
6 Et cum non invenissent eos, trahebant Iasonem, et quosdam fratres ad principes civitatis, clamantes: Quoniam hi, qui Urbem concitant, et huc venerunt,
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,
7 quos suscepit Iason, et hi omnes contra decreta Caesaris faciunt, regem alium dicentes esse, Iesum.
whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king — Jesus.'
8 Concitaverunt autem plebem, et principes civitatis audientes haec.
And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
9 Et accepta satisfactione a Iasone, et a ceteris, dimiserunt eos.
and having taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Fratres vero confestim per noctem dimiserunt Paulum, et Silam in Beroeam. Qui cum venissent, in synagogam Iudaeorum introierunt.
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;
11 Hi autem erant nobiliores eorum, qui sunt Thessalonicae, qui susceperunt verbum cum omni aviditate, quotidie scrutantes Scripturas, si haec ita se haberent.
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;
12 Et multi quidem crediderunt ex eis, et mulierum Gentilium honestarum, et viri non pauci.
many, indeed, therefore, of them did believe, and of the honourable Greek women and men not a few.
13 Cum autem cognovissent in Thessalonica Iudaei, quia et Beroeae praedicatum est a Paulo verbum Dei, venerunt et illuc commoventes, et turbantes multitudinem.
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;
14 Statimque tunc Paulum dimiserunt fratres, ut iret usque ad mare: Silas autem, et Timotheus remanserunt ibi.
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.
15 Qui autem deducebant Paulum, perduxerunt eum usque Athenas, et accepto mandato ab eo ad Silam, et Timotheum ut quam celeriter venirent ad illum, profecti sunt.
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;
16 Paulus autem cum Athenis eos expectaret, incitabatur spiritus eius in ipso, videns idololatriae deditam civitatem.
and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,
17 Disputabat igitur in synagoga cum Iudaeis, et colentibus, et in foro, per omnes dies ad eos, qui aderant.
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.
18 Quidam autem Epicurei, et Stoici philosophi disserebant cum eo, et quidam dicebant: Quid vult seminiverbius hic, dicere? Alii vero: Novorum daemoniorum videtur annunciator esse: quia Iesum, et resurrectionem annunciabat eis.
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,
19 Et apprehensum eum ad Areopagum duxerunt, dicentes: Possumus scire quae est haec nova, quae a te dicitur, doctrina?
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,
20 nova enim quaedam infers auribus nostris: Volumus ergo scire quidnam velint haec esse.
for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'
21 (Athenienses autem omnes, et advenae hospites, ad nihil aliud vacabant nisi aut dicere, aut audire aliquid novi.)
and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.
22 Stans autem Paulus in medio Areopagi, ait: Viri Athenienses per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video.
And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, 'Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;
23 Praeteriens enim, et videns simulacra vestra, inveni et aram, in qua scriptum erat: IGNOTO DEO. Quod ergo ignorantes colitis, hoc ego annuncio vobis.
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.
24 Deus, qui fecit mundum, et omnia quae in eo sunt, hic caeli et terrae cum sit Dominus, non in manufactis templis habitat,
'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,
25 nec manibus humanis colitur indigens aliquo, cum ipse det omnibus vitam, et inspirationem, et omnia:
neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 fecitque ex uno omne genus hominum inhabitare super universam faciem terrae, definiens statuta tempora, et terminos habitationis eorum,
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 —
27 quaerere Deum si forte attrectent eum, aut inveniant, quamvis non longe sit ab unoquoque nostrum.
to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,
28 In ipso enim vivimus, et movemur, et sumus: sicut et quidam vestrorum Poetarum dixerunt: Ipsius enim et genus sumus.
for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.
29 Genus ergo cum simus Dei, non debemus aestimare auro, aut argento, aut lapidi, sculpturae artis, et cogitationis hominis, Divinum esse simile.
'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;
30 Et tempora quidem huius ignorantiae despiciens Deus, nunc annunciat hominibus ut omnes ubique poenitentiam agant,
the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,
31 eo quod statuit diem, in quo iudicaturus est orbem in aequitate, in viro, in quo statuit, fidem praebens omnibus, suscitans eum a mortuis.
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.'
32 Cum audissent autem resurrectionem mortuorum, quidam quidem irridebant, quidam vero dixerunt: Audiemus te de hoc iterum.
And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, 'We will hear thee again concerning this;'
33 Sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum.
and so Paul went forth from the midst of them,
34 Quidam vero viri adhaerentes ei, crediderunt: in quibus et Dionysius Areopagita, et mulier nomine Damaris, et alii cum eis.
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.
