प्रेरित 17
1 अब तिनीहरू अम्फिपोलिस र अपोल्लोनिया सहरहरू हुँदै यहूदीहरूको सभाघर भएको थेसलोनिके सहरमा आइपुगे ।
And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where the synagogue of the Jews was,
2 पावलले आफ्नो आदतअनुसार उनीहरूकहाँ गए र तिनवटा विश्राम दिनसम्म त्यहाँका मानिसहरूसँग धर्मशास्त्रबाट तर्क गरे ।
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 उनले धर्मशास्त्र खोल्दै ख्रीष्टले दुःख भोग्नु र मृत्युबाट फेरि जीवित हुनु आवश्यक थियो भनी व्याख्या गरे । उनले भने, “यिनै येशू जसलाई मैले तपाईंहरूका बिचमा घोषणा गरेको छु, उहाँ नै ख्रीष्ट हुनुहुन्छ ।”
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 केही यहूदीहरू साथै ईश्वरभक्त ग्रीकहरू, धेरै अगुवा स्त्रीहरू र ठुलो भिडले पावल र सिलासको कुरामा विश्वास गरे ।
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 तर अविश्वासी यहूदीहरू ईर्ष्याले भरिए र बजारका चोकबाट केही दुष्ट मानिसहरूलाई जम्मा गरे र ठुलो भिड बनाएर सहरमा होहल्ला मच्चाए । तिनीहरूले यासोनको घरमा आक्रमण गरेर पावल र सिलासलाई मानिसहरूका बिचमा बाहिर ल्याउन चाहन्थे ।
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 तर जब तिनीहरूले पावल र सिलासलाई भेटाएनन्, तब यासोन र केही भाइहरूलाई घिसार्दै सहरका अधिकारीहरूकहाँ ल्याए । तिनीहरूले कराएर भने, “संसारलाई उलटपुलट पार्ने यी मानिसहरू यहाँ पनि आइपुगेका छन् ।”
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 यासोनले स्वागत गरेका यी मानिसहरूले कैसरको आदेश विपरित काम गर्छन् र भन्छन्, “येशू भन्ने अर्को एकजना राजा पनि छन् ।”
whom Jason has received; and all these do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king—Jesus.”
8 यी कुराहरू सुनेर मानिसहरूका भिड र सहरका हाकिमहरू आत्तिए ।
And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
9 तिनीहरूले यासोन र अरू भाइहरूबाट जरिवानाको रकम लिइसकेपछि उनीहरूलाई जान दिए ।
and having taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 त्यही रात भाइहरूले पावल र सिलासलाई बेरियामा पठाइदिए । त्यहाँ आइपुगेपछि उनीहरू यहूदीहरूको सभाघरमा पसे ।
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 थेसलोनिकेमा भएका मानिसहरूभन्दा यहाँका मानिसहरू असल थिए किनभने यिनीहरूले सिकाइएका कुराहरू त्यस्तै हुन् कि होइनन् भनी दैनिक रूपमा धर्मशास्त्रबाट जाँच्दै खुल्ला रूपमा परमेश्वरको वचनलाई ग्रहण गर्थे ।
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 यसकारण तिनीहरूमध्ये केही प्रभावशाली ग्रीक स्त्रीहरू लगायत धेरै पुरुषहरूले प्रभुमा विश्वास गरे ।
therefore, many of them, indeed, believed, and not a few of the honorable Greek women and men.
13 तर जब पावलले परमेश्वरको वचन बेरियामा पनि घोषणा गर्दैछन् भनी थेसलोनिकेका यहूदीहरूले थाहा पाए, तिनीहरू त्यहाँ गएर भिडहरूलाई उक्साए र खलबल मच्चाउन लगाए ।
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 त्यसपछि भाइहरूले पावललाई तुरुन्तै समुद्रतिर पठाइदिए, तर सिलास र तिमोथी त्यहीँ बसे ।
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 पावललाई डोर्याइरहेका मानिसहरूले उनलाई एथेन्स सहरसम्म लगे । पावललाई त्यहाँ छोडेर फर्कंदा पावलले तिनीहरूसँग सिलास र तिमोथीलाई जति सक्दो छिट्टो उनीकहाँ आउनू भन्ने निर्देशन दिएर पठाए ।
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 पावलले सिलास र तिमोथीलाई एथेन्समा पर्खंदै गर्दा, त्यो सहर मूर्ती नै मूर्तीले भरिएको देखेर उनको आत्मा उनीभित्र वेचैन भयो ।
and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,
17 यसैकारण उनले यहूदीहरू र परमेश्वरको आराधना गर्नेहरूसँग सभाघरहरूमा र बजारमा दिनहुँ भेटिने मानिसहरूसँग पनि यसको बारेमा बहस गरे ।
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 तर त्यहाँ कतिजना एपिक्युरी र स्तोइकी दार्शनिकहरूसँग पनि उनको विवाद भयो । र केहीले यसो भने, “यो बकबकेले के भन्न खोज्दैछ?” अरूहरूले भने, “ऊ त विदेशी देवताहरूको प्रचारक जस्तो देखिन्छ ।” किनभने उनले येशू र उहाँको पुनरुत्थानको बारेमा प्रचार गर्दै थिए ।
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 तिनीहरूले पावललाई अरिओपागसमा ल्याए, र उनलाई सोधे, “के हामी तपाईंले बताइरहनुभएको नयाँ शिक्षाको बारेमा जान्न सक्छौँ?
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 किनभने तपाईंले केही अनौठा कुराहरू हाम्रो कानमा ल्याउँदै हुनुहुन्छ । त्यसकारण हामी यी कुराहरूको अर्थ के हो भनी जान्न चाहन्छौँ ।”
for you bring certain strange things to our ears? We resolve, then, to know what these things would wish to be”;
21 (अब सबै एथेन्सबासीहरू र त्यहाँ बस्ने परदेशीहरूले अरूलाई नयाँ कुराहरू बताउने र नयाँ कुराहरूको बारेमा सुन्ने बाहेक अन्य केही कुरामा समय बिताउँदैनथे । )
and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.
22 त्यसैले पावल अरिओपागसको बिचमा उभिए र यसो भने, “एथेन्सबासी हो, तपाईंहरू हरेक क्षेत्रमा धार्मिक हुनुहुन्छ भन्ने कुरा मैले देखेँ ।
And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, “Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;
23 किनिक यहाँ हिँड्दै गर्दा मैले तपाईंहरूले पुज्ने वस्तुहरू देखेँ । मैले यस्तो एउटा वेदी पनि देखेँ, जसमा ʼअज्ञात ईश्वरका निम्तिʼ भन्ने कुँदिएको थियो । यसकारण जसलाई तपाईंहरूले नजानिकन पुज्नुहुन्छ, तिनै ईश्वरको बारेमा म तपाईंहरूलाई बताउँछु ।
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 परमेश्वर जसले संसार र त्यसमा भएका सबै थोक बनाउनुभयो, उहाँ स्वर्ग र पृथ्वीका प्रभु हुनुभएको कारण उहाँ मानिसका हातहरूले बनाएका मन्दिरहरूमा बस्नुहुन्न ।
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 न त उहाँलाई केही कुराको खाँचो परेजस्तै मानिसका हातद्वारा सेवा गरिनुपर्छ, किनकि उहाँले नै मानिसहरूलाई जीवन, सास र सबै थोक दिनुहुन्छ ।
neither is He served by the hands of men—needing anything, He giving life to all, and breath, and all things;
26 उहाँले एउटा मानिसबाट पृथ्वीमा रहने सबै जातिका मानिसहरूलाई बनाउनुभयो अनि ऋतुहरू र तिनीहरू बस्ने क्षेत्रका सिमानाहरू निर्धारण गर्नुभयो ।
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 यसैकारण उनीहरूले तिनै परमेश्वरलाई खोजून् र सायद तिनीहरूले उहाँलाई खोजेर पाउनेछन् । वास्तवमा उहाँ हामीमध्ये कसैबाट पनि टाढा हुनुहुन्न ।
to seek the LORD, if perhaps they felt after Him and found, though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,
28 किनकि हामी उहाँमा नै जिउँछौँ र हिँडडुल गर्छौं र उहाँमै हाम्रो अस्तित्व छ, जसरी तपाईंहरूका आफ्नै कविहरूले भनेका छन्: ʼकिनकि हामीहरू पनि उहाँकै सन्तान हौँ ।ʼ
for in Him we live, and move, and are; as certain of your poets have also said: For we are also His offspring.
29 यसकारण हामी परमेश्वरका सन्तान भएका हुनाले परमेश्वरलाई मानिसको कला वा विचारअनुसार सुन वा चाँदी वा ढुङ्गाबाट खोपेर बनाइएको चीज हो भनी ठान्नु हुँदैन ।
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 यसकारण परमेश्वरले पहिलेको अज्ञानताको समयलाई ध्यान दिनुभएन, तर अहिले परमेश्वरले सबै ठाउँका सारा मानिसहरूलाई आफ्नो पापको पश्चात्ताप गर्ने आज्ञा गर्नुहुन्छ ।
therefore indeed God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to convert,
31 किनभने उहाँले एक दिन निश्चित गर्नुभएको छ, जुन दिन आफूले चुन्नु भएको मानिसद्वारा उहाँले धार्मिकतामा संसारलाई न्याय गर्नुहुनेछ । परमेश्वरले उहाँलाई मृत्युबाट जीवित पार्नुभएर सबै मानिसहरूलाई यी मानिसको बारेमा प्रमाण दिनुभएको छ ।”
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 जब एथेन्सका मानिसहरूले मृत्त व्यक्तिको पुनरुत्थानको बारेमा सुने, कसै-कसैले पावललाई गिज्याए तर अरूहरूले यसो भने, “हामी यो विषयमा तपाईंबाट फेरि सुन्नेछौँ ।”
And having heard of a resurrection of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, “We will hear you again concerning this”;
33 त्यसपछि पावलले तिनीहरूलाई छोडेर गए ।
and so Paul went forth from the midst of them,
34 तर अरियोपागसका डायनोसियस, दामारिस नाउँ गरेकी एक स्त्री र अरू कतिपय मानिसहरू पावललाई भेट्न आए र उनको कुरामा विश्वास गरे ।
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.
