Ditiro 17
1 Mme ba ralala metse ya Amfipolisa le Apolonia mme ba tla mo Thesalonia, kwa go neng go na le ntlo ya thuto ya Sejuta teng.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 Jaaka e ne e le tlwaelo ya ga Paulo, a tsena mo teng a rera, mme ya re ka go latelana ga bo Sabata ba le bararo a bulela batho dikwalo,
Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 a tlhalosetsa batho diporofeso ka pogo ya ga Mesia le ka tsogo ya gagwe mo baswing, a ba a tlhomamisa gore Jesu ke Mesia.
explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
4 Bangwe ba ba neng ba reeditse ba ne ba kgonwa ke molaetsa wa Lefoko mme ba sokologa ba inaakanya le Paulo le Silase mmogo le badumedi ba Bagerika ba banna ba le bantsi, le basadi ba motse ba ba tlotlegang ba le bantsi.
Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
5 Mme baeteledipele ba Bajuta ba ne ba fufega mme ba tlhotlheletsa batho ba ba senang molemo (dimatla) mo motseng go dira lesomo la go simolola mokubukubu. Ba ne ba tlhasela bonno jwa ga Jasone, ba loga leano la go isa Paulo le Silase kwa tlung ya tsheko go otlhaiwa.
But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
6 Erile ba sa ba fitlhele koo, ba gogela Jasone kwa ntle le badumedi bangwe, mme ba ba tlisa fa pele ga lekgotla. Ba goa ba re, “Paulo le Silase ba fetotse lefatshe lotlhe, jaanong ba fano ba dubaka motse wa rona,
When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7 mme Jasone o ba letleletse go tsena mo tlung ya gagwe. Botlhe ba molato wa go tsogologela puso, gonne ba bolela fa go na le kgosi nngwe, e go tweng Jesu mo boemong jwa ga Kaesarea.”
whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
8 Mme batho ba motse, le baatlhodi, ba ne ba tshwenyega thata ka mafoko a, mme ba ba lesa ba tsamaya fela ba sena go ba duedisa madi a go sekela kwa ntle.
The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 Mme bosigo joo Bakeresete ba akofa ba tshabisetsa Paulo le Silase kwa Berea, mme jaaka gale, ba ya kwa tlung ya thuto go ya go rera.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
11 Mme batho ba Berea ba ne ba tlhaloganya go na le ba ba kwa Thesalonika, ba ne ba reetsa molaetsa ka boitumelo. Ba ne ba batlisisa mo dikwalong letsatsi le letsatsi go bona gore a se se builweng ke Paulo le Silase ke Boammaaruri.
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
12 Lwa bofelo bangwe ba bone ba le bantsi ba ne ba dumela, mmogo le basadi ba ba tlotlegang ba Bagerika le banna ba le bantsi le bone ba dumela.
Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
13 Mme erile fa Bajuta mo Thesalonika ba utlwa gore Paulo o ne a rera kwa Berea, ba ya teng go ya go tsosa mokubukubu.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
14 Ka bonako badumedi ba tshabisetsa Paulo kwa lewatleng, fa Silase le Timotheo bone ba sala.
Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
15 Ba ba neng ba patile Paulo ba ne ba tsamaya nae go ya kwa Athena, mme ba boela kwa Berea ka molaetsa o o yang kwa go Silase le Timotheo gore ba itlhaganelele go kopana nae.
But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
16 Mme erile fa Paulo a sa ntse a ba letetse mo Athena, a tshwenyega thata ka go bona medimo ya disetwa gongwe le gongwe mo motseng.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
17 O ne a ya kwa tempeleng go ya go buisanya le Bajuta le Badichaba ba ba neng ba kgatlhegela go obamela Modimo, mme a bua letsatsi le letsatsi mo patlelong le botlhe ba ba neng ba le foo.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
18 Mme ba kopana le batlhalefi bangwe ba Bapikuria le Basetoika. Erile fa a ba bolelela kaga Jesu le kaga tsogo ya gagwe ba re, “Ke molori,” kgotsa, “O leka go dirisa tumelo ya seeng.”
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
19 Mme ba ne ba mo laletsa kwa patlelong ya Thaba ya Marase ba re, “Tla o re bolelele thata ka ga tumelo e ncha e,
They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
20 gonne o bua dilo tse di hakgamatsang mme re batla go utlwa mo gogolo.”
For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21 (Ke tshwanetse go tlhalosa gore Baathena mmogo le baeng ba ba mo Athena ba ne ba lebega ba senya nako ya bone yotlhe ba buisanya ka ga megopolo e mesha)!
Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
22 Mme Paulo erile fa a ema fa pele ga bone kwa Areapago a ba raya a re, “Batho ba Athena ke lemoga fa lo le badumedi,
Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
23 gonne erile ke ntse ke tsamaya ke ne ka bona dibeso di le dintsi tsa lona, mme nngwe ya tsone e ne e kwadilwe go twe. ‘Go Modimo o o sa itseweng.’ Lo ntse lo o obamela lo sa itse gore ke mang, mme gompieno ke batla go lo bolelela ka ga one.
For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
24 “O dirile lefatshe le sengwe le sengwe se se mo go lone, mme jaaka e le Morena wa legodimo le lefatshe, ga o nne mo ditempeleng tse di dirilweng ke batho.
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
25 Le gone diatla tsa batho ga di ka ke tsa direla ditlhoko tsa one se o se tlhokang, ga o tlhoke sepe! One ka bo one o naya botshelo ebile o tshedisa sengwe le sengwe gape o diragatsa sengwe le sengwe se se tlhokegang.
He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
26 O bopile batho botlhe ba lefatshe go tswa mo mothong a le mongwe Adamo, mme wa phatlalatsa dichaba mo lefatsheng. O itsile pele gore ke dife tse di tshwanetseng go tsholetsega le go wa, le gore leng. O emisitse melelwane ya tsone.
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,
27 “Maikaelelo a one mo go tse tsotlhe ke gore batho ba tshwanetse go batla Modimo, le gore motlhaope ba bone tsela e e yang kwa go one ba o bone, ntswa o se kgakala le ope wa rona.
that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
28 Gonne mo go one re a tshela ebile re a tsamaya! re bile re teng ka one! Jaaka mongwe wa bakwadi ba lona ba maboko a boletse a re, ‘Re bana ba Modimo!’
‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
29 Fa se e le boammaaruri, ga re a tshwanela go gopola Modimo jaaka modimo o o dirilweng ka gauta kana selefera kgotsa o betlilwe ka lentswe.
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
30 Mme Modimo o ne wa itshokela botlhoka-kitso jwa motho mo lobakeng lo lo fetileng kaga dilo tse, mme jaanong o laola mongwe le mongwe gore a latlhe medimo ya gagwe mme a obamele one fela.
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
31 Gonne o tlhophile letsatsi la go sekisa lefatshe ka tshiamo ka monna yo o mo losong.”
because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
32 Erile fa ba utlwa Paulo a bua kaga tsogo ya motho yo o neng a sule, bangwe ba tshega, mme ba bangwe ba re, “Re batla gore re tle re utlwe gape kaga gone.”
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
33 Mme moo ga fetsa puisanyo ya bone le Paulo,
Thus Paul went out from among them.
34 mme bangwe ba se kae ba ikopanya nae ba nna badumedi. Mongwe mo go bone e ne e le Dionisio wa lekgotla la motse le mosadi mongwe yo o neng a bidiwa Damarise, le ba bangwe.
But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
