Nyingnam 17
1 Paul okv Silas Ampipolis okv Apollonia bv vngpikla vngtoku, Jius kumkunaam dooku gv Tesalonika lo aatoku.
After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Paul and Silas came to Thessalonica. Here the Jews had a Synagogue;
2 Paul ninyigv atugv vngdungbv Jius kumkunaamlo vngtoku. Hoka Doonu alu lvum go hv nyitwng gv lvkobv dopam pamgvto Baibel kitap lokv minla,
and, following his usual custom, Paul joined them, and for three Sabbaths addressed them, drawing his arguments from the Scriptures.
3 okv Darwknv kitap lokv bunua mindimiyin jila mimpa jitoku ho Kristo hinching la okv sito kula turkur kunama. “Si Jisu oogv ngo nonua mimpa jidunv si,” Paul minto, “Si kv Kristo.”
He laid before them and explained that the Christ must undergo suffering and rise from the dead; and “It is this man,” he declared, “who is the Christ — this Jesus about whom I am telling you.”
4 Bunugv meegonv Paul okv Silas gv mingku lo tvvlwk minggv toku okv lvkobv ritoku; vkvlvgabv Grik twngtvnv meego okv anvnyimv rigvdogvnv meegoka, oogv Pwknvyarnvnyi kumnyabo vdwv.
Some of the people were convinced, and threw in their lot with Paul and Silas, as did also a large body of Greeks who were accustomed to join in the Jewish services, and a great number of women belonging to the leading families.
5 Vbvritola Jius vdwv kavtarv toku okv nyi agar manv vngkarchaakarnv meego vngkum motola okv dopam pamnya lakula alvmanv nyitwng gubv ritoku. Bunu pamtv mvnwng lo makarrikar nyato okv nyi akogv naama palwk jitoku Jason minv angv naam nga okv Paul okv Silasnyi mvdubv kaakar nyala okv bunua nyi apam lo boolin dubv.
But the Jews, becoming jealous, engaged some worthless fellows from the streets, and, getting a mob together, kept the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, with the intention of bringing Paul and Silas before the Popular Assembly;
6 Vbvritola bunua kaapa kuma nvngv, bunu Jasonnyi okv mvngjwngnv meegonyi pamtv gv rigvdogv nvlo boolin chotola okv goktoku, “So nyi vdwv mooku mvnwng lo ridwkriku nvgo! Bunu vjv ngonugv pamtv lo aapvku,
and, not finding them there, they proceeded to drag Jason and some of the Brethren before the City Magistrates, shouting out: “These men, who have turned the world upside down, have now come here,
7 okv Jason bunua ninyigv naam lo doomu toku. Bunu mvnwng ngv Dvbvyachok gv pvbv nga tvvmabv rinia toku, mvvnya toku dvbv kvvbigo dopvkv, vkvgv aminv Jisu.”
and have been harboured by Jason! They say that some one else is king — a man called Jesus!”
8 Bunu soogv gaam nga nyipam okv pamtv tujupkunam nga tvvsik motola twngtwng rara mvngmu toku.
On hearing this, the people and the City Magistrates were much concerned;
9 Tujupkunam vdwv Jason okv ajin vdwa ainmorko dorsvrisv nga rimu tokula topu toku, okv vbvrikunamv bunua vngmu nyatoku.
and, before letting them go, they took bail from Jason and the others.
10 Kanv sopikda, mvngjwngnv vdwv Paul okv Silas bunyia Beria lo vngmu toku. Vdwlo bunu vngchinam gola, bunu Jius kumkunaam bv vngtoku.
That very night the Brethren sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea; and on reaching that place, they went to the Jewish Synagogue.
11 Beria gv nyitwng ngv Tesalonika nyitwng nga habia yatoku. Bunu doina tvvnwng alvbv tvvria nyatoku, okv Paul gv minam ngv jvjv gubvri vla bunu Baibel kitap nga alu lokia purila kaanyato.
These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the Message with great readiness, and daily examined the Scriptures to see if what was said was true.
12 Bunu mvnwng ngv awgonv mvngjwng nyatoku, okv Grik gv anvnyimv kaibv rigvdogv awgo okv Grik gv nyiga awgunv ka mvngjwng nyatoku.
As a consequence, many of them became believers in Christ, besides a considerable number of Greek women of position, and of men also.
13 Vbvritola vdwlo Tesalonika lo doonv Jius vdwv Paul Beria lo Pwknvyarnv gv gaam nga japdokv vla tvvpa namgola, bunu hoka aatoku okv lamrwpato kula okv apam am nvngyaknvngchak toku.
But, when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that God’s Message had been delivered by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, exciting and disturbing the minds of the people.
14 Vjakpigobv mvngjwngnv vdwv Paulnyi svmasa gv agum bv vngmu toku; vbvritola Silas okv Timoti bunyi Beria lo dootoku.
Immediately upon that, the Brethren sent Paul off on his way to the sea coast, but both Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Beroea.
15 Paul gv lvkobv vnggvnv vngbom nyi vdwv ninyia Etins bv vngchi gvvtoku okv vbvrikunamv Paul gvlo lvkobv minsar koto kula ho Silas okv Timotinyi lvkobv aamu dokubv baapubv Beria vngkur toku.
The friends who escorted Paul took him as far as Athens, and, after receiving a message for Silas and Timothy to join him as quickly as possible, they started on their return.
16 Vdwlo Paul Etins lo Silas okv Timotinyi kaaria rilo, hv achialvbv mvngru toku pamtv lo morti achialvgo kaapa tokula.
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his heart was stirred at seeing the whole city full of idols.
17 Vkvlvgabv ninyia Pwknvyarnv kumnvjonv Jius okv Jentail vdwgv lvkobv kumkunaamlo dopam pamgv toku okv nyitwng nga aludwkibv vngpiknv vdwaka.
So he argued in the Synagogue with the Jews and with those who joined in their worship, as well as daily in the public Square with those who happened to be there.
18 Ipikurian gv meego okv stoik gv tamsarnvnyi larmi sito, mintoku, “so nyi si oguka chima hv ogugo mindu nvdw. Hv ogugo mintv dvnvdw?” Kvvbiv minto, “Hv mintv doonvgo ngonua kvvbi Pwknvyarnv meego,” ogulvgavbolo Paul minjito bunua Jisu gv lvkwng lo okv ninyigv sinam lokv turkur kunama.
Among others, some Epicurean and Stoic Philosophers joined issue with him. Some would ask “What is this prater wanting to make out?”, while others would say “He seems to be a Preacher of foreign Deities.” (This was because he was telling the Good News about Jesus and the Resurrection).
19 Vbvrikunamv Paulnyi hv vnggv toku, Aropagus kvba, doopamlo hoka hv mintoku, “Ngonua minbwk jilabv so anw rinama noogv ngonua tamsarnama.
So they laid hold of him and took him to the Court of Areopagus. “May we hear,” they asked, “what new teaching this is which you are giving?
20 Noogv ngonuam anw bv minjinam nga, okv ngonu chinwngdo soogv tamsarnam si oguvdw,” (
For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean.”
21 Etins lo nyi mvnwng ngv okv nyebunyi mvnwng gv atugv dwa rilwk dula anwnv ogugo minam am tvvria laka rito okv mimpa laka rito.)
(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
22 Paul pamtv gv kvbadopam kaagia lo dakrap toku okv minto, “Ngo kaadu nonugv Etins lo nyi vdwv achialvbv dormo rinv gubv ridu.
So Paul took his stand in the middle of the Court, and said — “Men of Athens, on every hand I see signs of your being very devout.
23 Ngo nonugv pamtv nga vngpitla okv nonugv kumkujoku am ngo kaakunamv oogv yogwngmvrwng lo lvkpv nama kaapa toku ‘Chimanam Pwknvyarnv gv lvgabv’ hv nonugv kumnamjonam go, vbvrikunamv, vbvrilachin hum nonu chimado, si oguvdw ngo nonua vjak minkar jidukunv.
For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription — ‘To an Unknown God.’ What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.
24 Pwknvyarnv, sichingmooku okv ogumvnwng nga sum pwknv, nyidomooku okv nyiamooku gv Ahtuv okv nyi vdwgv mvnam kumging lo dooma dunv.
The God who made the world and all things that are in it — he, Lord as he is of Heaven and Earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands,
25 Pwknvyarnv ngonu gvlo oguguka mvngma dunv vmalo ngonu ninyia ogugo jila nyudunv hv yabv atuv ngonua saknam turnama okv ogumvnwng nga nyichar mvnwng lo jiya dunv.
nor yet do human hands minister to his wants, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives, to all, life, and breath, and all things.
26 Nyi ako lokv hv mooku mvnwng nga mvlinto okv minjito sichingmooku mvnwng lokv turdubv. Hv atubongv mvkimvak jito ogolo okv oguaingbv singsv vdw.
He made all races of the earth’s surface — fixing a time for their rise and fall, and the limits of their settlements —
27 Ninyia sum ritoku vkvlvgabv ho bunu ninyia kaachin sidubv, okv ninyi chinsu lare bunu ninyigv lvkwng lo mvngnama. Hvjvka Pwknvyarnv ngonu mvnwng gv lokv aduma;
That they might search for God, if by any means they might feel their way to him and find him. And yet he is not really far from any one of us;
28 vbv akonv minto, ‘Ninyigv lokv ngonu singdunv okv bidutapdunv okv turmudakmu dunv.’ Si nonugv mimin lvknv meegonv mindunv, ‘Ngonuka ninyigv umvuu ngv.’
for in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets — ‘His offspring, too, are we.’
29 Ngonu mvnwng ngv Pwknvyarnv gv umvuu ngv vbolo, ngonu vbv mvngmare hv ain vmalo raaji vmalo vlwng lokv morti bv mvnamgo vla. Hv ogu lokvka manvgo nyi vdwlokv mwnglin nam okv mvlin nam.
Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone — a work of human art and imagination.
30 Vngnyi konv dwlo, Pwknvyarnv kaabotalikla kaato ogulvgavbolo nyi vdwv chimato ogugo bunu ridunvdw. Vbvritola vjak ninyia minduku ho nyi mvnwng nga mooku mvnwng gvngv alvmanv lokv mvngdin la ninyi gvlo aakur tvku vla.
True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men’s ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,
31 Pwknvyarnv sichingmooku mvnwng nga nyi akin gvlokv alvrungbv jwngkadaka dukubv alua mvpvripv pvku, okv hv sum kaabwk dukubv rilin jitoku ninyia sikunvnga turkur molaku!”
because he has fixed a day on which he intends to ‘judge the world with justice,’ by a man whom he has appointed — and of this he has given all men a pledge by raising this man from the dead.”
32 Vdwlo nyi vdwv, Paul gv oogv sitola turkur kunam gv lvkwngbv japnama tvvpa pvkudw, nyi kvvgonv nyarjito. Vbvritola kvvgonv mintoku, “Ngonu sum tvvria dvre no gvlo lvkodv.”
On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they would hear what he had to say about that another time.
33 Okv vbvrikunamv Paul bunugv doopam lokv lintoku.
And so Paul left the Court.
34 Nyi meegonv Paulnyi mvngjwng toku okv vngming gvvtoku, apam ho Dionysius, hv kvba gv nyi go, hoka anvnyimv ako aminv Damaris, okv nyitwng kvvbi meegoka.
There were, however, some men who joined him, and became believers in Christ. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Court of Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and several others.
