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.
And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,
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,
and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,
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.
opening and alleging, 'That the Christ it behoved to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that this is the Christ — Jesus whom I proclaim to you.'
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.
And certain of them did believe, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also of the worshipping Greeks a great multitude, of the principal women also not a few.
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.
And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,
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,
and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud — 'These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present,
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 hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be 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.
And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,
and having taking 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.
And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews;
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.
and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those 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, indeed, therefore, of them did believe, and of the honourable Greek women and men not a few.
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.
And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God declared by Paul, they came thither also, agitating the multitudes;
14 Ka bonako badumedi ba tshabisetsa Paulo kwa lewatleng, fa Silase le Timotheo bone ba sala.
and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining 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.
And those conducting Paul, brought him unto Athens, and having received a command unto Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come unto him, 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.
and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,
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.
therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with 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.”
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, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,
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,
having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought [him], saying, 'Are we able to know what [is] this new teaching that is spoken by thee,
20 gonne o bua dilo tse di hakgamatsang mme re batla go utlwa mo gogolo.”
for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;'
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)!
and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer 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,
And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, 'Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;
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 passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God — unknown; whom, therefore — not knowing — ye do worship, this One 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.
'God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,
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.
neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving 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 also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth — having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds 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.
to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, 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, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are 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, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device 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, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,
31 Gonne o tlhophile letsatsi la go sekisa lefatshe ka tshiamo ka monna yo o mo losong.”
because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of 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.”
And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, 'We will hear thee again concerning this;'
33 Mme moo ga fetsa puisanyo ya bone le Paulo,
and so Paul went forth from the midst of 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.
and certain men having cleaved to him, did believe, among whom [is] also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.
