Apostlenes-gjerninge 17
1 Paulus og Silas tok nå veien gjennom byene Amfipolis og Apollonia og kom til Tessaloniki, der jødene hadde en synagoge.
Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia [towns] and arrived at Thessalonica [city]. There was a Jewish meeting place there.
2 Paulus gikk som vanlig dit, og i tre uker på rad talte han til folket på hviledagene.
(On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) Paul went into the meeting house, as he usually did. For three weeks [he went there] on each Jewish day of rest. Referring to the Scriptures [about the Messiah], he spoke to the people who were there.
3 Ved hjelp av Skriften forklarte han at Messias, den lovede kongen, måtte lide og stå opp fra de døde, og han beviste at Jesus er denne kongen.
He explained and showed that [the prophets wrote that] the Messiah needed to die and (to become alive again/to be raised from the dead [afterwards]). He told them: “This man Jesus, whom I am telling you about, is our Messiah. [He died and became alive again, just like the prophets predicted].”
4 Mange av dem som lyttet ble overbeviste og holdt seg til Paulus og Silas. Blant dem var en stor gruppe som ikke var jøder, men tilba Israels Gud. Også et antall betydningsfulle kvinner begynte å tro.
Some of the Jews [there] were persuaded by {believed} [what Paul had said] and began to associate with Paul and Silas. There were also many non-Jewish people there who worshipped God and many important women [who also believed the message about Jesus], and they began to associate with Paul and Silas.
5 Men de religiøse lederne ble misunnelige og samlet en flokk pøbler fra gaten og dro i gang et oppløp som skapte uroligheter i byen. De marsjerte fram mot huset til Jason, for å hente Paulus og Silas og dra dem ut til folkemassen.
But [some leaders of] the Jews there in Thessalonica became jealous [because many people believed what Paul taught]. So they went to the public square and persuaded some lazy men [who were loitering there] to follow them. [In this way, the leaders of] the Jews gathered a crowd and incited them to become noisy and start a riot [against Paul and Silas]. Those [Jews and others] ran to the house of [a man named] Jason. [He was the man who had invited Paul and Silas to stay at his house]. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas outside to where the crowd [of people was waiting].
6 Da de ikke fant de to, slepte de i stedet Jason, og noen andre troende ut, og tok disse med til dommerne i byen og skrek:”Paulus og Silas har snudd opp ned på hele verden, og nå er de her og steller i stand bråk.
They discovered that Paul and Silas were not there, but they found Jason [and grabbed him]. They dragged him and some of the [other] believers to where the city officials/authorities and [many other people were gathered]. The men [who had brought Jason] shouted, “Those [two] men have caused trouble [IDM] everywhere [HYP] [they have gone]. Now they have come to our city,
7 Jason har sluppet dem inn i huset sitt. Alle disse er skyldige i forræderi mot keiseren, for de påstår at det er en annen som er konge, en som heter Jesus.”
and [this fellow] Jason invited them to stay at his house. All the people [of this sect] oppose what our Emperor has decreed. They say that another person, whose name is Jesus, is [the real] king!”
8 Både dommerne og folket i byen ble bekymret over disse anklagene.
When the crowd of people [that had gathered] and the city authorities heard that, they became very angry and excited.
9 Jason og de andre ble ikke sluppet fri før de hadde betalt kausjon.
[They wanted to put the believers in jail. But instead], the officials made Jason and the other [believers] pay a fine and told them that they [would give the money back to them if Paul and Silas did not cause any more trouble]. Then the authorities let Jason and those other believers go.
10 Samme natten passet de troende på at Paulus og Silas ble sendt videre til byen Berøa. Og så fort de var kommet dit, la de veien til den jødiske synagogen.
[So] that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas [out of Thessalonica] to Berea [town]. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place, [on a day when people had gathered there].
11 Folkene i Berøa var mer åpne for nye ideer enn de hadde vært i Tessaloniki. De lyttet mer enn gjerne til budskapet, og studerte hver dag i Skriften for å kontrollere at det Paulus og Silas sa, virkelig stemte.
The [Jews] in Thessalonica had not been very willing to listen to God’s message, but the [Jews] who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened very eagerly to the message [about Jesus]. Every day they read the Scriptures [for themselves] to find out if what Paul said [about the Messiah] was true.
12 Resultatet ble at mange begynte å tro. Blant dem var flere høytstående kvinner og menn som ikke var jøder.
As a result, many of the Jewish people believed [in Jesus], and also some of the important non-Jewish women and many non-Jewish men [believed in him].
13 Da jødene i Tessaloniki fikk greie på at Paulus spredde budskapet om Jesus også i Berøa, kom de etter og skapte uro og bråk blant folket også der.
But then the Jews in Thessalonica heard [people tell them] that Paul [was] in Berea and that he was preaching the message from God [about Jesus]. So they went to Berea and [told people there that what Paul was teaching was not true. Thus], they caused many of those people to get angry [at Paul].
14 Derfor handlet de troende raskt og sendte Paulus ned til kysten, men både Silas og Timoteus ble værende igjen.
So [several of] the believers [in Berea] took Paul to the coast [to go to another province]. But Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
15 De som førte Paulus ned til kysten, seilte seinere med ham helt til Aten. Etter det vendte de tilbake til Berøa, og meldte til Silas og Timoteus at Paulus ønsket at de skulle skynde seg å følge etter ham.
When Paul and the other men from Berea [arrived at the coast, they got on a ship and] went to Athens [city]. Then Paul said [to the men who had come with him], “Tell Silas and Timothy to come to me [here in Athens] as soon as they can.” Then those men left [Athens and returned to Berea].
16 Mens Paulus ventet på Silas og Timoteus, så han seg omkring i Aten. Han ble dypt rystet over alle avgudsbildene han oppdaget over alt i byen.
In Athens, Paul waited for Silas and Timothy [to arrive. In the meantime, he walked around in the city. He] became very distressed/disturbed because he saw that throughout [HYP] the city there were many idols.
17 Som vanlig besøkte han synagogen og talte til jødene, og de grekerne som tilba Israels Gud. Dessuten talte han hver dag på torget til alle som tilfeldigvis var der.
So he went to the Jewish meeting place and talked [about Jesus] with the Jews, and also with the Greeks who had accepted what the Jews believe. He also went to the public square/center every day and talked to the people [whom he met] there.
18 Han diskuterte også med noen av filosofene, både epikureere og stoikere. Men da Paulus fortalte dem om Jesus og sa at han hadde stått opp fra de døde, sa noen:”Hva er dette for slags underlige ideer han har snappet opp? Hva mener han?” Andre sa:”Han forsøker å prakke på oss en fremmed religion.”
Paul met some teachers who liked to talk about what people should believe. [People called] some of them Epicureans and [they called] others Stoics. They told Paul [what they believed], and they asked him [what he believed. Then] some of them said [to one another], “This ignorant person is just talking nonsense [RHQ]!” Others said, “[We(exc) think] that he is teaching people about (foreign gods/[new] gods that we [(exc)] have not heard about).” They said that because Paul was telling them that Jesus [had died and] had become alive again [afterwards. They had not heard that message before].
19 De førte ham med seg opp til Areopagos og sa:”Kom og fortell mer for oss om denne nye religionen.
So they took Paul to the place where the city council met. [When they arrived] there, they said to Paul, “[Please] tell us, what is this new message that you [(sg)] are teaching people?
20 Det er jo ganske merkelige ting du har å fortelle. Si oss hva dette handler om.”
You are teaching some things that startle us [(exc)], so we want to know what they mean.”
21 En slik utspørring var ikke uvanlig, for både atenerne og de utlendingene som bodde der, brukte all sin tid til å diskutere de siste ideer og trender i tiden.
[They said that, because] the people of Athens and also the people from other regions who lived there continually talked about what was new [to them], or they listened to [others tell] what was new.
22 Paulus stilte seg altså opp foran Areopagos og sa:”Atenere, jeg har lagt merke til at dere er sterkt religiøse.
Then Paul stood up before the men of the city council and said, “Citizens of Athens, I see that you (are very religious/think that it is very important to worship many gods).
23 Mens jeg har spasert omkring her, har jeg sett mange altere. Ett av dem hadde mottoet:’Til en ukjent gud’. Og det er denne guden jeg vil fortelle dere om, han som dere har tilbedt uten å vite hvem det er.
I [say that] because, while I was walking along and observing the objects [that represent different gods that] you worship, I even saw an altar that had these words [that someone had] carved [on it: THIS HONORS] THE GOD [THAT WE(exc)] DO NOT KNOW. So now I will tell you about [that God] whom you worship but you do not know.
24 Den Gud som har skapt verden og alt som finnes i den, han er Herre både over himmelen og jorden. Han bor ikke i noe tempel som er bygget av mennesker.
He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Because he rules over all [beings in] heaven and [on] earth, he does not dwell in shrines that people have made.
25 Menneskene kan ikke tilfredsstille behovene hans, etter som han ikke har noen! Det er jo han selv som lar oss leve og puste, og som fyller alle våre behov.
He does not need to have anything made for him by people [MTY] {to have people [MTY] make [MTY] anything for him}, because everything that exists belongs to him. He is the one who causes (us [(inc)]/all people) to live and breathe, and [he gives us] all the things [that we(inc) need].
26 Han skapte alle folk og riker fra et eneste menneske og spredde dem ut over hele jordens overflate. Han bestemte hvor lenge rikene skulle eksistere og staket ut grensene som skiller dem fra hverandre.
[In the beginning], God created one couple, and from them God produced all (the ethnic groups/the nations) that now live everywhere on the earth. He also decided where each ethnic group of people should live and how long they should live [there].
27 Hans hensikt med alt dette var at menneskene skulle lete etter Gud og kanskje finne veien til ham. Men han er ikke langt borte fra noen av oss.
He wanted people to realize that they need him. Then maybe they would seek him and find him. [God wants us to seek him], although he is [really] close [LIT] to each one of us.
28 Det er jo i han vi lever og rører oss og eksisterer slik som noen av deres egne diktere sier:’Vi kommer fra ham.’
As someone has said, ‘[It is only] because he enables us that we [(inc)] live and move and do [what we do].’ And, as some of your own poets have said, ‘We [(inc)] are God’s children.’
29 Dersom det altså er sant at vi kommer fra ham, da kan jo ikke Gud være en gjenstand, noe som menneskene har laget av sølv eller gull eller har hugget ut i stein.
Therefore, because we are God’s children [and can communicate like God does], we [(inc)] should not think that he is anything like an image [that people have made] of gold or silver or stone [which cannot communicate]. Those images are designed and skillfully made {People design and make those images}, [but they are not alive].
30 I lang tid har Gud hatt overbærenhet med den uvitenheten menneskene er begrenset av, men nå krever han at alle skal forlate avgudene og vende om til ham.
During the times when people did not know [what God wanted them to do], he did not [immediately] punish [them for what they did]. But now God commands all people everywhere to turn away from their evil behavior.
31 Gud har nemlig satt fast en dag da han skal dømme verden med rettferdighet gjennom en mann som han i forveien har bestemt for denne oppgaven. Det har han bevist for alle mennesker ved å la denne mannen stå opp fra de døde.”
[He tells us] that on a certain day that he has chosen he is going to judge [all of us(inc) people in] [MTY] the world. He has appointed a [certain] man to judge [us, and that man will judge each of us] fairly/justly. God has shown to all [people that he has appointed that man to judge everyone], because God (caused him to become alive again after he had died/raised him from the dead).”
32 Da de hørte at Paulus talte om en person som hadde stått opp fra de døde, begynte noen å le, men andre sa:”Vi vil høre mer om dette en annen gang.”
When the men of the council heard [Paul say] that ([a man] had become alive again after he had died/[someone] had been raised from the dead), some of them laughed scornfully. But others said, “We [(exc)] would like you [(sg)] to tell us more about this, some other time.”
33 Da diskusjonen var over, gikk Paulus fra dem.
After they said that, Paul left the council [meeting].
34 Noen atenere slo seg sammen med ham og begynte å tro. Blant dem var Dionysios, en mann som var medlem av Areopagosrådet, og en kvinne som het Damaris og noen til.
However, some of the people there went along with Paul and became believers. Among those [who believed in Jesus] was a member of the council whose [name was] Dionysius. Also, an [important] woman whose name was Damaris and some other people [who had heard Paul’s message also believed in Jesus].
