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 passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where the synagogue of the Jews was,
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 the custom of Paul, he went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,
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 alleging that it was necessary [for] the Christ to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that “this is the Christ—Jesus whom I proclaim 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 certain of them believed, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also a great multitude of the worshiping Greeks, also not a few of the principal women.
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.
And the Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to themselves certain evil men of the agitators, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having also assailed the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,
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 having not found them, they drew Jason and certain brothers to the city rulers, calling aloud, “These, having put the world in commotion, are also present here,
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 all these do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king—Jesus.”
8 Ekibiina n’abakulu b’ekibuga bwe baawulira ebintu ebyo ne basasamala.
And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
9 Bwe baamala okusasuza Yasooni ne banne omutango, ne babaleka ne bagenda.
and having taken security from 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.
And the brothers immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went 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; they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Writings every day [to see] whether those things were so;
12 Era Abayudaaya bangi ne bakkiriza, n’abakazi ab’ekitiibwa Abayonaani bangi n’abasajja, nabo ne bakkiriza.
therefore, many of them, indeed, believed, and not a few of the honorable Greek women and men.
13 Naye Abayudaaya ab’omu Sessaloniika bwe baategeera nga Pawulo abuulira ekigambo kya Katonda mu Beroya, ne bamuwondera ne batabangula ekibiina.
And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God declared by Paul, they came there also, agitating the multitudes;
14 Amangwago abooluganda bwe bakitegeera ne baweereza Pawulo ku nnyanja, Siira ne Timoseewo bo ne basigala e Beroya.
and then immediately the brothers sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timotheus were remaining 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.
And those conducting Paul, brought him to Athens, and having received a command to Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come to him, 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.
and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given 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.
therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshiping persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met with him.
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.”
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, “He seems to be an announcer of strange demons”; because he proclaimed to them Jesus and the resurrection as good news,
19 Naye ne bamuyita ajje mu kukuŋŋaana kwabwe okwa Aleyopaago nga bagamba nti, “Twagala okwongera okumanya ebikwata ku kuyigiriza kuno okuggya,
having also taken him, they brought [him] to the Areopagus, saying, “Are we able to know what this new teaching [is] that is spoken by you,
20 kubanga oyogedde ebintu bingi ebyewuunyisa, noolwekyo twagala okwongera okumanya kye bitegeeza.”
for you bring certain strange things to our ears? We resolve, then, to know what these things would wish to be”;
21 Abaasene bonna n’abagenyi abajjanga mu Asene, baayagalanga nnyo okumala ebiseera byabwe mu kukubaganya ebirowoozo ku bintu ebiggya bye baakawulira.
and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.
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, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, “Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;
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 contemplating your objects of worship, I also found an altar on which had been inscribed: To God—unknown; whom, therefore—not knowing—you worship, this One 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,
God, who made the world, and all things in it, this One, being Lord of Heaven and of 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.
neither is He served by the hands of men—needing anything, He giving life to all, 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.
He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings—
27 Yakola bw’atyo ng’ayagala abantu bonna banoonye Katonda, nga bafuba okumuvumbula, okumutuukako, newaakubadde nga buli omu ku ffe tamuli wala.
to seek the LORD, if perhaps they felt after Him and found, though, indeed, 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 are; as certain of your poets have also 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, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, [an] engraving of art and imagination of man;
30 Edda mu biseera ebyayita Katonda yagumiikiriza obutamanya bw’omuntu ku bintu ng’ebyo, naye kaakano alagira abantu bonna buli wantu okwenenya.
therefore indeed God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to convert,
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 set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a Man whom He ordained, having given assurance to all, having raised Him out of 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 having heard of a resurrection of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, “We will hear you again concerning this”;
33 Bw’atyo Pawulo n’afuluma mu lukuŋŋaana lwabwe.
and so Paul went forth from the midst of them,
34 Naye abamu ku bo ne bamugoberera ne bakkiriza Mukama waffe. Omwo mwe mwali Diyonusiyo Omwaleyopaago, n’omukazi erinnya lye Damali n’abalala.
and certain men having cleaved to him, believed, among whom [is] also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.
