Misala ya Bantoma 17
1 Sima na Polo mpe Silasi kolekela na Afipolisi mpe na Apolonia, bakendeki na Tesalonika epai wapi ndako ya mayangani ya Bayuda ezalaki.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 Ndenge momesano na ye ezalaki, Polo akotaki na ndako ya mayangani. Basaba misato, asololaki na bato oyo bazalaki kuna na tina na Makomi.
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3 Azalaki kotalisa mpe kolakisa bango polele ete Klisto asengelaki komona pasi mpe kosekwa kati na bakufi. Azalaki koloba na bango: — Yesu oyo nazali koteya bino, Ye nde azali Klisto.
Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4 Ndambo ya Bayuda bandimisamaki mpe basanganaki na Polo mpe Silasi; ndenge moko mpe na bato mingi ya Grese, oyo bazalaki kogumbamela Nzambe, mpe basi ebele ya lokumu.
And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 Kasi Bayuda mosusu basalaki zuwa; bakendeki kozwa bato ya mobulu oyo batambolaka pamba-pamba na balabala, basangisaki bango mpe babimisaki mobulu kati na engumba. Bakendeki mbangu na ndako ya Jazoni mpo na koluka Polo mpe Silasi mpo ete bamema bango liboso ya ebele ya bato.
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6 Kasi lokola bamonaki bango te, bamemaki Jazoni mpe bandeko mosusu liboso ya bakambi ya engumba na koganga: — Bato oyo bazali koningisa mokili mobimba bakomi sik’oyo awa,
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7 mpe Jazoni ayambi bango lokola babengami kati na ndako na ye. Bango nyonso bazali kobuka mibeko ya Sezare, pamba te bazali koloba: « Mokonzi mosusu azali, Kombo na Ye: Yesu! »
Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8 Tango ebele ya bato mpe bakambi ya engumba bayokaki bongo, batombokaki makasi.
And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9 Boye, bafutisaki Jazoni mpe bandeko mosusu lomande mpe, na sima, batikaki bango.
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10 Wana butu ekomaki, bandeko bakimisaki Polo mpe Silasi noki-noki na Bere. Tango bakomaki kuna, bakotaki na ndako ya mayangani ya Bayuda.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 Nzokande, Bayuda ya Bere bazalaki bato ya boboto koleka bato ya Tesalonika, pamba te bayambaki Liloba na motema mobimba mpe, mokolo na mokolo, bazalaki koyekola na mozindo Makomi mpo na kotala soki makambo oyo Polo azali koteya bango ezali ya solo.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Bayuda ebele kati na bango bandimaki; ndenge moko mpe, kati na bato ya Grese, basi mingi ya lokumu mpe mibali ebele bandimaki.
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13 Kasi tango Bayuda ya Tesalonika bayokaki ete Polo azali koteya Liloba na Nzambe na Bere, mingi kati na bango bayaki mpe kuna mpo na kotia songisongi kati na bato mpo ete batomboka.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14 Bongo, kaka na tango yango, bandeko basalaki ete Polo akende na ebale mpo na kozwa masuwa, wana Silasi mpe Timote batikalaki na Bere.
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timothy abode there still.
15 Bato oyo bakendeki kotika Polo bamemaki ye kino na Ateni; mpe na mitindo ya Polo, bazongaki na Bere koyebisa Silasi mpe Timote ete balanda ye noki na Ateni.
And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16 Wana Polo azali kozela bango kati na Ateni, motema na ye etungisamaki mingi na komona ete engumba yango etonda na banzambe ya bikeko.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17 Boye, azalaki kosolola na Bayuda mpe Bagreki oyo bazalaki kogumbamela Nzambe kati na ndako ya mayangani, mpe na bato oyo azalaki kokuta, mokolo na mokolo, na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka.
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18 Ndambo ya bato ya mayele oyo balandaka malakisi ya Epikire mpe ya Zenon bakomaki kotiana tembe na ye. Bamoko batunaki: — Moto oyo ya makelele alingi koloba nini? Bamosusu balobaki: — Tomoni lokola nde azali kolobela banzambe ya bapaya! Balobaki bongo mpo ete Polo azalaki koteya Sango Malamu na tina na Yesu mpe lisekwa kati na bakufi.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 Boye bakamataki ye, bamemaki ye na Areopaje mpe balobaki na ye: — Boni, tokoki koyeba soki mateya ya sika oyo ozali koteya elingi koloba nini?
And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20 Pamba te ozali koloba na biso makambo ya sika. Yango wana, tolingi koyeba soki makambo yango elakisi penza nini.
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 (Bato nyonso ya Ateni mpe bapaya oyo bazalaki kovanda kuna bazalaki kolekisa tango mingi mpo na koloba mpe koyoka basango ya sika).
( For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22 Polo atelemaki liboso ya bato oyo basanganaki na Areopaje mpe alobaki: — Bato ya Ateni! Nasosoli ete, na makambo nyonso, bolingaka mingi makambo ya bonzambe.
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 Pamba te tango nazalaki kotambola kati na engumba na bino mpe kotala bikeko oyo bosambelaka, namonaki kutu etumbelo moko bakoma na likolo na yango: Mpo na Nzambe oyo ayebani te. Nzokande, ngai nayei koteya bino Nzambe oyo bosambelaka ata boyebi Ye te.
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 Nzambe oyo asala mokili mpe biloko nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango azali Nkolo ya Likolo mpe ya mokili, avandaka te kati na batempelo oyo maboko ya bato etonga.
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Mpe azalaka na posa te ya masungi ya bato, pamba te akoka na nyonso. Nzokande, Ye nde apesaka bato nyonso bomoi, pema mpe biloko nyonso.
Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 Wuta na moto moko, asalaki mabota nyonso ya bato, mpo ete bakoka kovanda na mokili mobimba; mpe akataki tango mpo na moto na moto mpe atiaki bandelo mpo na bisika na bango ya kovanda.
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 Nzambe asalaki bongo mpo ete bato bakoka koluka Ye, tango mosusu bakolonga komona Ye na kolukaluka lokola mokufi miso. Nzokande, na bosolo, azali mosika te ya moko na moko kati na biso.
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 Pamba te, ezali na nzela na Ye nde tozalaka na bomoi, toninganaka mpe tozalaka oyo tozali, ndenge bakomi na bino mosusu baloba: « Tozali bana na ye! »
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Yango wana, lokola tozali bana na Nzambe, tosengeli te kokanisa ete bonzambe ekokani na elilingi ya wolo, ya palata to ya libanga, lokola nzambe ya ekeko oyo esalemi na maboko mpe mayele ya moto.
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
30 Nzokande, lokola Nzambe atalaka te tango ya kozanga boyebi, kasi azali sik’oyo kosenga ete bato nyonso, na bisika nyonso oyo bazali, babongola mitema.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Pamba te akata mokolo oyo akosambisa mokili mobimba na bosembo nyonso, na nzela ya moto oyo Ye asila kopona. Atalisaki bosolo na yango epai ya bato nyonso, na nzela ya kosekwisa moto yango kati na bakufi.
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32 Tango bayokaki Polo koloba na tina na lisekwa ya bakufi, bamoko basekaki ye, mpe bamosusu balobaki: — Tokoyoka yo mokolo mosusu na tina na likambo oyo.
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33 Na bongo, Polo atikaki bango.
So Paul departed from among them.
34 Nzokande, bato mosusu balandaki Polo mpe bakomaki bandimi. Kati na bango, ezalaki: Denisi, moto ya Areopaje; mwasi moko oyo kombo na ye ezali Damarisi, mpe bato mosusu.
Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
