Ebikolwa by’Abatume 17
1 Awo ne batambula ne bayita mu bibuga Anfipoli ne Apolooniya ne batuuka e Sessaloniika, omwali ekkuŋŋaaniro ly’Abayudaaya.
And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.
2 Pawulo, ng’empisa ye bwe yali, n’agenda n’ababuuliranga ekigambo kya Katonda okuva mu byawandiikibwa, ku buli lwa Ssabbiiti okumala Ssabbiiti ssatu.
And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,
3 N’abannyonnyola era n’abalaga nga bwe kyali kyetaagisa Kristo okubonaabona n’okuzuukira mu bafu, era nti, “Oyo ye Kristo Yesu gwe mbabuulira.”
opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I announce to you.
4 Abamu ku Bayudaaya abaamuwuliriza ne bakkiriza ne beegatta ku Pawulo ne Siira; era n’Abayonaani bangi abatya Katonda awamu n’abakazi bangi ab’ekitiibwa mu kibuga ekyo.
And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 Naye Abayudaaya ne bakwatibwa obuggya, ne bagenda nga bafukuutirira abantu ab’empisa embi ne babaggya mu nguudo z’omu kibuga ne mu katale, ne batandikawo akasasamalo mu kibuga. Ne balumbagana amaka ga Yasooni nga banoonyaamu Pawulo ne Siira babatwale mu kibiina ky’abantu.
But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
6 Bwe baababulwa, kwe kukwata Yasooni n’abooluganda abamu ne babaleeta mu maaso g’abakulu b’ekibuga, nga bwe baleekaana nti, “Pawulo ne Siira batabuddetabudde ebifo ebirala mu nsi yonna, ne kaakano bazze wano batabuletabule ekibuga kyaffe,
and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,
7 era Yasooni oyo y’abaaniriza mu maka ge. Bano bonna bazizza omusango ogw’okuseeketerera eggwanga ne bamenya amateeka ga Kayisaali nga bayimbirira kabaka omulala Yesu.”
whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.
8 Ekibiina n’abakulu b’ekibuga bwe baawulira ebintu ebyo ne basasamala.
And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.
9 Bwe baamala okusasuza Yasooni ne banne omutango, ne babaleka ne bagenda.
And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Obudde bwe bwaziba abooluganda ne bafulumya Pawulo ne Siira mu kibuga ne babaweereza e Beroya. Bwe baatuuka eyo ne bagenda mu kkuŋŋaaniro ly’Abayudaaya okusinza n’okubuulira, nga bwe yali empisa yaabwe.
But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 Abayudaaya b’omu Beroya baali balungi okusinga ab’e Sessaloniika, ne bawuliriza bulungi n’essanyu Ekigambo ekyababuulirwa. Buli lunaku nga babikkula Ebyawandiikibwa okunoonyaamu ebyo Pawulo ne Siira bye baayogerangako bakakase nti bya mazima.
And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.
12 Era Abayudaaya bangi ne bakkiriza, n’abakazi ab’ekitiibwa Abayonaani bangi n’abasajja, nabo ne bakkiriza.
Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.
13 Naye Abayudaaya ab’omu Sessaloniika bwe baategeera nga Pawulo abuulira ekigambo kya Katonda mu Beroya, ne bamuwondera ne batabangula ekibiina.
But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.
14 Amangwago abooluganda bwe bakitegeera ne baweereza Pawulo ku nnyanja, Siira ne Timoseewo bo ne basigala e Beroya.
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.
15 Abaawerekera ku Pawulo ne bagenda naye okutuukira ddala mu Asene, eyo gye baamuleka ne bakomawo e Beroya ng’abatumye bagambe Siira ne Timoseewo bagende mangu gy’ali.
But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
16 Ebbanga Pawulo lye yamala ng’alinda Siira ne Timoseewo mu Asene, n’alumwa nnyo mu mutima bwe yalaba ng’ekibuga kijjudde bakatonda abalala.
But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.
17 N’abeeranga mu kkuŋŋaaniro buli lunaku ng’akubaganya ebirowoozo n’Abayudaaya n’Abamawanga abatya Katonda, era n’ayogeranga eri abantu bonna abajjanga okumuwuliriza mu kibuga wakati okumpi n’akatale.
He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.
18 Abamu ku bayigiriza bakagezimunnyu Aba Epikuliyo ne Abasutoyiiko ne batandika okuwakana naye. Bwe yabuulira ku Yesu n’okuzuukira kw’abafu ne bagamba nti, “Aloota buloosi,” n’abalala nti, “Waliwo eddiini empya etali ya wano gy’ayimbirira.”
But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection [to them].
19 Naye ne bamuyita ajje mu kukuŋŋaana kwabwe okwa Aleyopaago nga bagamba nti, “Twagala okwongera okumanya ebikwata ku kuyigiriza kuno okuggya,
And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?
20 kubanga oyogedde ebintu bingi ebyewuunyisa, noolwekyo twagala okwongera okumanya kye bitegeeza.”
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.
21 Abaasene bonna n’abagenyi abajjanga mu Asene, baayagalanga nnyo okumala ebiseera byabwe mu kukubaganya ebirowoozo ku bintu ebiggya bye baakawulira.
Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.
22 Awo Pawulo n’ayimirira mu maaso gaabwe mu Aleyopaago, n’abagamba nti, “Abasajja b’omu Asene! Ntegedde nga bwe muli abannaddiini ennyo;
And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;
23 kubanga bwe mbadde ntambulatambula ne ndaba ebyoto bya ssaddaaka bingi, ne ku kimu nga kuliko ebigambo bino nti: Kya Katonda Atamanyiddwa. Mubadde mumusinza nga temumumanyi, nange kaakano njagala mbamutegeeze.
for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you.
24 “Katonda oyo ye yakola ensi n’ebintu byonna ebigirimu. Era olwokubanga ye Mukama w’eggulu n’ensi tabeera mu yeekaalu ezikolebwa n’emikono gy’abantu,
The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
25 era abantu tebayinza kumuyamba mu byetaago bye, kubanga talina byetaago! Ye yennyini y’awa buli muntu obulamu n’omukka gw’assa n’ebintu byonna.
nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;
26 Ye yatonda abantu bonna mu nsi, ng’abaggya mu muntu omu, n’abasaasaanya mu mawanga okubuna ensi yonna. N’ateekateeka amawanga agalisituka n’agaligwa, era n’ebbanga lye galimala. Era n’agakolera n’ensalo zaago.
and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,
27 Yakola bw’atyo ng’ayagala abantu bonna banoonye Katonda, nga bafuba okumuvumbula, okumutuukako, newaakubadde nga buli omu ku ffe tamuli wala.
that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:
28 Kubanga mu ye mwe tubeera, era mwe tutambulira, era mwe muli obulamu bwaffe. Ng’omu ku bawandiisi bammwe bw’agamba nti, ‘Tuli baana ba Katonda.’
for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 “Obanga kino kya mazima nti tuli baana ba Katonda, tetusaana kumulowoozaako ng’ekibajje ekikoleddwa abantu oba ekintu ekyoleddwa mu zaabu oba ffeeza oba ekitemeddwa mu jjinja.
Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.
30 Edda mu biseera ebyayita Katonda yagumiikiriza obutamanya bw’omuntu ku bintu ng’ebyo, naye kaakano alagira abantu bonna buli wantu okwenenya.
God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,
31 Kubanga yateekawo olunaku, oyo gwe yalonda lw’alisalirako ensi yonna omusango mu bwenkanya. Era yamukakasa eri abantu bonna kubanga yamuzuukiza mu bafu.”
because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.
32 Awo bwe baawulira Pawulo ng’ayogera ku kuzuukira kw’abafu, abamu ne bamusekerera, abalala ne bamugamba nti, “Twandiyagadde okwongera okukuwuliriza ku nsonga eyo olulala.”
And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.
33 Bw’atyo Pawulo n’afuluma mu lukuŋŋaana lwabwe.
Thus Paul went out of their midst.
34 Naye abamu ku bo ne bamugoberera ne bakkiriza Mukama waffe. Omwo mwe mwali Diyonusiyo Omwaleyopaago, n’omukazi erinnya lye Damali n’abalala.
But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.
