Atos 17
1 E, passando por Amphipolis e Apollonia, chegaram a Thessalonica, onde havia uma synagoga de judeos.
Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia [towns] and arrived at Thessalonica [city]. There was a Jewish meeting place there.
2 E Paulo, como tinha por costume, foi ter com elles; e por tres sabbados disputou com elles sobre as Escripturas,
(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 Declarando-as, e demonstrando que convinha que o Christo padecesse e resuscitasse dos mortos. E este Jesus, que vos annuncio, dizia elle, é o Christo.
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 E alguns d'elles crêram, e ajuntaram-se com Paulo e Silas uma grande multidão de gregos religiosos, e não poucas mulheres principaes.
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 Porém os judeos desobedientes, movidos d'inveja, tomaram comsigo alguns homens malignos, d'entre os vadios, e, ajuntando o povo, alvoroçaram a cidade, e, accommettendo a casa de Jason, procuravam tiral-os para junto do povo.
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 E, não os achando, trouxeram com violencia a Jason, e alguns irmãos, aos magistrados da cidade, clamando: Estes que teem alvoroçado o mundo, chegaram tambem aqui;
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 Os quaes Jason tem recolhido; e todos estes obram contra os mandados de Cesar, dizendo que ha outro rei, a saber, 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 E alvoroçaram a multidão e os principaes da cidade, que ouviram estas coisas.
When the crowd of people [that had gathered] and the city authorities heard that, they became very angry and excited.
9 Tendo, porém, recebido satisfação de Jason, e dos demais, os soltaram.
[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 E logo os irmãos enviaram de noite Paulo e Silas a Berea: os quaes, chegando lá, foram á synagoga dos judeos.
[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 E estes foram mais nobres do que os que estavam em Thessalonica, porque de bom grado receberam a palavra, examinando cada dia nas Escripturas se estas coisas eram assim.
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 De sorte que crêram muitos d'elles, e mulheres gregas honestas, e não poucos varões.
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 Mas, logo que os judeos de Thessalonica souberam que a palavra de Deus tambem era annunciada por Paulo em Berea, foram tambem lá, e commoveram as multidões.
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 Porém no mesmo instante os irmãos mandaram a Paulo que fosse como para o mar, mas Silas e Timotheo ficaram ali.
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 E os que acompanhavam Paulo o levaram até Athenas, e, recebendo ordem para que Silas e Timotheo fossem ter com elle o mais depressa possivel, partiram.
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 E, emquanto Paulo os esperava em Athenas, o seu espirito se commovia em si mesmo, vendo a cidade tão dada á idolatria.
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 De sorte que disputava na synagoga com os judeos e religiosos, e todos os dias na praça com os que se apresentavam.
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 E alguns dos philosophos epicureos e estoicos contendiam com elle; e uns diziam: Que quer dizer este paroleiro? E outros: Parece que é prégador de deuses estranhos. Porque lhes annunciava a Jesus e a resurreição.
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 E, tomando-o, o levaram ao Areopago, dizendo: Poderemos nós saber que nova doutrina é essa de que fallas?
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 Pois coisas estranhas nos trazes aos ouvidos: queremos pois saber o que vem a ser isto.
You are teaching some things that startle us [(exc)], so we want to know what they mean.”
21 (Pois todos os athenienses e hospedes estrangeiros de nenhuma outra coisa se occupavam, senão de dizer e ouvir alguma coisa nova).
[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 E, estando Paulo no meio do Areopago, disse: Varões athenienses, em tudo vos vejo um tanto supersticiosos:
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 Porque, passando eu e vendo os vossos sanctuarios, achei tambem um altar em que estava escripto: AO DEUS DESCONHECIDO. Aquelle pois que vós honraes, não o conhecendo, vos annuncio.
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 O Deus que fez o mundo e todas as coisas que n'elle ha: este, sendo Senhor do céu e da terra, não habita em templos feitos por mãos de homens;
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 Nem tão pouco é servido por mãos de homens, como que necessitando de alguma coisa; pois é elle só quem dá a todos a vida, e a respiração, e todas as coisas;
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 E de um sangue fez toda a geração dos homens, para habitar sobre toda a face da terra, determinando os tempos já d'antes ordenados, e os limites da sua habitação;
[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 Para que buscassem ao Senhor, se porventura o podessem apalpar e achar; ainda que não está longe de cada um de nós;
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 Porque n'elle vivemos, e nos movemos, e existimos; como tambem alguns dos vossos poetas disseram: Porque somos tambem sua geração.
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 Sendo pois geração de Deus, não havemos de cuidar que a divindade seja similhante ao oiro, ou á prata, ou á pedra esculpida por artificio e imaginação dos homens
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 De sorte que Deus, dissimulando os tempos da ignorancia, annuncia agora a todos os homens, e em todo o logar, que se arrependam;
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 Porquanto tem determinado um dia em que com justiça ha-de julgar o mundo com justiça por aquelle varão que destinou; dando certeza a todos, resuscitando-o dos mortos.
[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 E, como ouviram da resurreição dos mortos, uns escarneciam, e outros diziam: Ácerca d'isso te ouviremos outra vez.
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 E assim Paulo saiu do meio d'elles.
After they said that, Paul left the council [meeting].
34 Porém, chegando alguns varões a elle, creram: entre os quaes foram Dionysio, areopagita, e uma mulher por nome Damaris, e com elles outros.
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].
