Asan'ny Apostoly 17
1 Ary rehefa nandeha namaky an’ i Amfipolia sy Apolonia izy, dia tonga tao Tesalonika, ary nisy synagogan’ ny Jiosy tao.
And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where the synagogue of the Jews was,
2 Ary Paoly dia niditra tao araka ny fanaony; ary Sabata telo no niadiany hevitra avy amin’ ny Soratra Masìna tamin’ ny olona tao.
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 Dia nanambara izy ka naneho marimarina fa tsy maintsy nijaly sy nitsangana tamin’ ny maty Kristy; ary Jesosy, Izay toriko aminareo, hoy izy, no Kristy.
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 Ary ny sasany tamin’ ireo dia nino ka nanampy ho isan’ ny mpianatr’ i Paoly sy Silasy, ary maro be koa tamin’ ny jentilisa izay mpivavaka, ary tsy vitsy tamin’ ny vehivavy nanan-kaja.
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 Fa nialona ny Jiosy ka naka olona ratsy fanahy teny an-tsena ary nahavory vahoaka betsaka, dia nampitabataba ny tanàna ka namely ny tranon’ i Jasona ary nitady hamoaka azy roa lahy ho ao amin’ ny olona.
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 Ary raha tsy nahita azy roa lahy izy, dia nisarika an’ i Jasona sy ny rahalahy sasany ho ao amin’ ny lehiben’ ny tanàna ka niantso mafy hoe: Tongay koa ireo lehilahy namadika izao tontolo izao ireo;
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 ary efa nampandrosoin’ i Jasona izy, ka izy rehetra ireo manohitra ny tenin’ i Kaisara, satria izy milaza fa misy mpanjaka hafa, dia Jesosy.
whom Jason has received; and all these do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king—Jesus.”
8 Dia taitra ny vahoaka sy ny lehiben’ ny tanàna, raha nahare izany.
And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
9 Ary rehefa nasainy nametraka antoka Jasona sy ny sasany teo aminy, dia navelany handeha izy.
and having taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Ary Paoly sy Silasy dia nampandehanin’ ny rahalahy niaraka tamin’ izay nony alina hankany Beria; koa raha tonga tany izy, dia niditra tao amin’ ny synagogan’ ny Jiosy.
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 Ary ny toe-panahin’ ireo dia tsara noho ny tao Tesalonika; satria nandray ny teny tamin’ ny zotom-po indrindra ireo ka nandinika ny Soratra Masìna isan’ andro, na marina izany, na tsia.
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 Koa maro tamin’ ireo no nino, ary tsy vitsy tamin’ ny vehivavy jentilisa nanan-kaja sy ny lehilahy.
therefore, many of them, indeed, believed, and not a few of the honorable Greek women and men.
13 Fa raha ren’ ny Jiosy tany Tesalonika fa Paoly nitory ny tenin’ Andriamanitra tany Beria, dia nankany izy ka nampikotrana sy nampitabataba ny vahoaka.
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 Ary niaraka tamin’ izay dia nasain’ ny rahalahy nandeha hatrany amoron-dranomasina Paoly; fa Silasy sy Timoty kosa dia mbola nijanona teo ihany.
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 Ary izay nanatitra an’ i Paoly dia nitondra azy nankany Atena; ary rehefa nahazo teny holazainy amin’ i Silasy sy Timoty izy mba hankanesan’ izy roa lahy any aminy faingana, dia lasa nandeha ireo.
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 Ary raha niandry azy tany Atena Paoly, dia taitra tao anatiny ny fanahiny, raha nahita ny tanàna feno sampy izy.
and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,
17 Ary izy niady hevitra tamin’ ny Jiosy sy ny proselyta tao amin’ ny synagoga sy tamin’ izay tafavory tany an-tsena isan’ andro.
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 Ary ny olon-kendry sasany tamin’ ny Epikoreana sy ny Stoika nanohitra azy koa, ka hoy ny sasany: Inona no tian’ io mpibedibedy io holazaina? Ary hoy kosa ny sasany: Toa mitory andriamani-baovao izy, satria Jesosy sy ny fitsanganan’ ny maty no notoriny.
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 Ary ireo naka azy, dia nitondra azy ho any Areopago ka nanao hoe: Moa mba mahazo mahafantatra izany fampianarana vaovao lazainao izany izahay?
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 Fa mampandre ny sofinay zavatra hafahafa izay tsy fantatray ianao; koa tianay ho fantatra izay hevitr’ izany zavatra izany.
for you bring certain strange things to our ears? We resolve, then, to know what these things would wish to be”;
21 (Fa ny Ateniana rehetra sy ny vahiny izay nitoetra teo tsy nandany ny androny tamin’ ny zavatra hafa, afa-tsy ny hilaza na hihaino zava-baovao.)
and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.
22 Ary Paoly nitsangana teo afovoan’ i Areopago ka nanao hoe: Ry lehilahy Ateniana, hitako fa amin’ ny zavatra rehetra dia fatra-pivavaka amin’ ny andriamanitrareo indrindra ianareo.
And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, “Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;
23 Fa raha nandeha aho ka nandinika izay zavatra ivavahanareo, dia nahita alitara anankiray misy izao soratra izao: HO AN’ IZAY ANDRIAMANITRA TSY FANTATRA. Koa izay ivavahanareo, kanefa tsy fantatrareo, dia izany no toriko aminareo,
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 dia Andriamanitra Izay nanao izao tontolo izao sy ny ao aminy rehetra, Izy no Tompon’ ny lanitra sy ny tany ka tsy mba mitoetra ao anaty tempoly nataon-tanana,
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 sady tsy mba tompoin’ ny tànan’ olona toa mila zavatra, fa Izy ihany no manome izao rehetra izao aina sy fofon’ aina ary ny zavatra rehetra;
neither is He served by the hands of men—needing anything, He giving life to all, and breath, and all things;
26 ary ny firenena rehetra avy amin’ ny iray ihany dia namponeniny ambonin’ ny tany rehetra, ary efa notendreny ny fotoan’ andro sy ny faritry ny fonenany,
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 mba hitady an’ Andriamanitra izy, raha tàhiny hahatsapa ka hahita Azy, kanefa tsy mba lavitra antsika rehetra Izy;
to seek the LORD, if perhaps they felt after Him and found, though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,
28 fa Izy no ivelomantsika sy ihetsehantsika ary iainantsika; araka ny nataon’ ny mpanao tonon-kira sasany teo aminareo hoe: Fa terany koa isika.
for in Him we live, and move, and are; as certain of your poets have also said: For we are also His offspring.
29 Ary satria terak’ Andriamanitra isika, dia tsy mety raha ny fomban’ Andriamanitra no ataontsika ho tahaka ny volamena, na volafotsy, na vato voasoratry ny fahaizana aman-tsain’ olombelona.
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 Ary Andriamanitra ninia tsy nijery ny andron’ ny tsi-fahalalana; fa ankehitriny Izy mandidy ny olona rehetra amin’ izao tontolo izao hibebaka,
therefore indeed God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to convert,
31 satria Izy efa nanendry andro iray, izay hitsarany izao tontolo izao amin’ ny fahamarinana amin’ ny alalan’ ny Lehilahy iray voatendriny, koa efa nanome vavolombelona hampino ny olona rehetra izany Izy tamin’ ny nananganany Azy tamin’ ny maty.
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 Ary raha nahare ny amin’ ny fitsanganan’ ny maty izy, dia nihomehy ny sasany; ary ny sasany kosa nanao hoe: Mbola hihaino anao indray izahay ny amin’ izany zavatra izany.
And having heard of a resurrection of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, “We will hear you again concerning this”;
33 Ary Paoly dia niala teo aminy.
and so Paul went forth from the midst of them,
34 Anefa ny olona sasany niray taminy ka nino; mba naman’ izany Dionysio Areopagita sy ny vehivavy anankiray atao hoe Damary ary ny sasany koa.
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.
