Acts 17
1 Nígbà tí wọn sì ti kọjá Amfipoli àti Apollonia, wọ́n wá sí Tẹsalonika, níbi tí Sinagọgu àwọn Júù wà.
When Paul and his companions had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 Àti Paulu, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìṣe rẹ̀, ó wọlé tọ̀ wọ́n lọ, ni ọjọ́ ìsinmi mẹ́ta ó sì ń bá wọn fi ọ̀rọ̀ wé ọ̀rọ̀ nínú ìwé mímọ́.
As was his custom, Paul went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 Ó ń túmọ̀, ó sì ń fihàn pé, Kristi kò lè ṣàìmá jìyà, kí o sì jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú; àti pé, “Jesu yìí ẹni tí èmi ń wàásù fún yin, òun ni Kristi náà.”
explaining and presenting evidence that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”
4 A sì yí nínú wọn lọ́kàn padà, wọ́n sì darapọ̀ mọ́ Paulu àti Sila, bákan náà ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nínú àwọn olùfọkànsìn Helleni àti nínú àwọn obìnrin ọlọ́lá, kì í ṣe díẹ̀.
Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of the devout Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
5 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn Júù jowú, wọn sì fa àwọn jàgídíjàgan nínú àwọn ọmọ ènìyàn mọ́ra, wọ́n ko ẹgbẹ́ jọ, wọ́n sì ń dá ìlú rú; wọ́n sì kọlu ilé Jasoni, wọ́n ń fẹ́ láti mú Paulu àti Sila jáde tọ àwọn ènìyàn lọ.
But the Jews who refused to believe rounded up some evil men from the marketplace and formed a mob, setting the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, seeking to bring Paul and Silas out to the public assembly.
6 Nígbà tí wọn kò sì rí wọn, wọ́n wọ́ Jasoni, àti àwọn arákùnrin kan tọ àwọn olórí ìlú lọ, wọ́n ń kígbe pé, “Àwọn wọ̀nyí tí o tí dorí ayé kodò títí de ìhín yìí pẹ̀lú.
But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers to the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7 Àwọn ẹni tí Jasoni gbà sí ọ̀dọ̀: gbogbo àwọn wọ̀nyí ni o sí ń hùwà lòdì sí àṣẹ Kesari, wí pé, ọba mìíràn kan wà tí í ṣe Jesu.”
and Jason has welcomed them. They all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”
8 Àwọn ènìyàn àti àwọn olórí ìlú kò ní ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ nígbà tí wọ́n gbọ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí.
And they stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
9 Nígbà tí wọ́n sì gbà onídùúró lọ́wọ́ Jasoni àti àwọn ìyókù, wọ́n fi wọ́n sílẹ̀ lọ.
But when the city officials had received a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.
10 Lọ́gán àwọn arákùnrin sì rán Paulu àti Sila lọ ṣí Berea lóru. Nígbà tí wọ́n sí dé ibẹ̀, wọ́n wọ inú Sinagọgu àwọn Júù lọ.
As soon as it was night the brothers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived, they went to the synagogue of the Jews.
11 Àwọn Júù Berea sì ní ìyìn ju àwọn tí Tẹsalonika lọ, ní tí pé wọn fi tọkàntọkàn gbà ọ̀rọ̀ náà. Wọ́n sì ń wá inú ìwé mímọ́ lójoojúmọ́ bí nǹkan wọ̀nyí bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, and they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
12 Nítorí náà púpọ̀ nínú wọn gbàgbọ́; àti nínú àwọn obìnrin Giriki ọlọ́lá, àti nínú àwọn ọkùnrin ti kì í ṣe díẹ̀.
As a result, many of them believed, as did quite a few of the Greek women of high standing and the men.
13 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí àwọn Júù tí Tẹsalonika mọ̀ pé, Paulu ń wàásù ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run ní Berea, wọ́n wá síbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú, wọ́n rú àwọn ènìyàn sókè.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that Paul was proclaiming the word of God in Berea also, they went there as well, agitating the crowds.
14 Nígbà náà ni àwọn arákùnrin rán Paulu jáde lọ́gán láti lọ títí de etí Òkun, ṣùgbọ́n Sila àti Timotiu dúró ní Berea.
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as though he were going by sea, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
15 Àwọn tí ó sin Paulu wá sì mú un lọ títí dé Ateni; nígbà tí wọ́n sì gba àṣẹ lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ wá fún Sila àti Timotiu pé, ki wọn ó yára tọ òun wá, wọ́n lọ.
Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after they had received an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
16 Nígbà tí Paulu dúró dè wọ́n ni Ateni, ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ ru nínú rẹ̀, nígbà tí ó rí pé ìlú náà kún fún òrìṣà.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.
17 Nítorí náà ó ń bá àwọn Júù fi ọ̀rọ̀ wé ọ̀rọ̀ nínú Sinagọgu, àti àwọn olùfọkànsìn, àti àwọn tí ó ń bá pàdé lọ́jà lójoojúmọ́.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout Greeks, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
18 Nínú àwọn ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n Epikure ni àti tí àwọn Stoiki kó tì í. Àwọn kan si ń wí pé, “Kín ni aláhesọ yìí yóò rí wí?” Àwọn mìíràn sì wí pé, “Ó dàbí oníwàásù àjèjì òrìṣà, wọ́n sọ èyí nítorí Paulu ń wàásù ìròyìn ayọ̀ nípa Jesu àti àjíǹde fún wọn.”
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. Some said, “What is this babbler trying to say?” But others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities.” (They said this because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
19 Wọ́n sì mú un, wọ́n sì fà á lọ sí Areopagu, wọ́n wí pé, “A ha lè mọ̀ kín ni ẹ̀kọ́ tuntun tí ìwọ ń sọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ yìí jẹ́?
So they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that yoʋ are presenting?
20 Nítorí tí ìwọ mú ohun àjèjì wá sí etí wa, àwa sì ń fẹ́ mọ̀ kín ni ìtumọ̀ nǹkan wọ̀nyí.”
For yoʋ are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”
21 Nítorí gbogbo àwọn ará Ateni, àti àwọn àjèjì tí ń ṣe àtìpó níbẹ̀ kì í ṣe ohun mìíràn jù kí a máa sọ tàbí kí a máa gbọ́ ohun tuntun lọ.
(Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who dwelt there would spend their time in nothing else but talking about and listening to whatever the newest idea might be.)
22 Paulu si dìde dúró láàrín Areopagu, ó ní, “Ẹ̀yin ará Ateni, mo wòye pé ní ohun gbogbo ẹ kún fún ẹ̀sìn lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀.
Paul then stood before the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see just how religious you are in every way.
23 Nítorí bí mo ti ń kọjá lọ, tí mo wo àwọn ohun tí ẹ̀yin ń sìn, mo sì rí pẹpẹ kan tí a kọ àkọlé yìí sí: Fún Ọlọ́run àìmọ̀. Ǹjẹ́ ẹni tí ẹ̀yin ń sìn ni àìmọ̀ òun náà ni èmi ń sọ fún yin.
For as I was going around and closely observing yoʋr objects of worship, I even found an altar that had been inscribed: ‘To an unknown god.’ I proclaim to you therefore the one whom you worship in ignorance.
24 “Ọlọ́run náà tí ó dá ayé àti ohun gbogbo tí ń bẹ nínú rẹ̀, òun náà tí í ṣe Olúwa ọ̀run àti ayé, kì í gbé tẹmpili tí a fi ọwọ́ kọ́.
The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands,
25 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kì í fi ọwọ́ ènìyàn sìn ín, bí ẹni pé ó ń fẹ́ nǹkan, òun ni ó fi ìyè àti èémí àti ohun gbogbo fún gbogbo ènìyàn.
neither is he served by the hands of men, as though he needed anything. Rather, he himself continually gives life and breath to all mankind.
26 Ó sì tí tipasẹ̀ ẹnìkan dá gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè láti tẹ̀dó sí ojú àgbáyé, ó sì ti pinnu àkókò tí a yàn tẹ́lẹ̀, àti ààlà ibùgbé wọn;
From one bloodline he created every nation of mankind to dwell on the entire face of the earth. He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they would dwell,
27 Ọlọ́run ṣe eléyìí kí wọn bá le máa wa, bóyá wọn yóò lè ṣàfẹ́rí rẹ̀, kí wọn sì rí í. Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ pé kò jìnnà sí olúkúlùkù wa.
so that they might seek the Lord and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.
28 Nítorí nínú rẹ̀ ni àwa wà láààyè, tí a ń rìn kiri, tí a sì ní ẹ̀mí wa, bí àwọn kan nínú àwọn akéwì tí ẹ̀yin tìkára yín tí wí pé, ‘Àwa pẹ̀lú sì jẹ́ ọmọ rẹ̀.’
For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said: ‘For we also are his offspring.’
29 “Ǹjẹ́ bí àwa bá jẹ́ ọmọ Ọlọ́run, kò yẹ fún wa láti rò pé, ẹni tí a wa n sìn dàbí wúrà, tàbí fàdákà, tàbí òkúta, tí a fi ọgbọ́n àti ìmọ̀ ènìyàn ya ère àwòrán rẹ̀.
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, an image formed by the skill and imagination of man.
30 Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú ìgbà àìmọ̀ yìí ni Ọlọ́run tí fojú fò dá; ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí ó pàṣẹ fún gbogbo ènìyàn níbi gbogbo láti ronúpìwàdà.
Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,
31 Níwọ́n bí ó ti dá ọjọ́ kan, nínú èyí tí yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ ayé lódodo nípasẹ̀ ọkùnrin náà tí ó ti yàn, nígbà tí ó ti fi ohun ìdánilójú fún gbogbo ènìyàn, ní ti pé ó jí dìde kúrò nínú òkú.”
because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man he has appointed. He has provided assurance of this to everyone by raising this man from the dead.”
32 Nígbà tí wọ́n ti gbọ́ ti àjíǹde òkú, àwọn mìíràn ń ṣẹ̀fẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn mìíràn wí pé, “Àwa o tún nǹkan yìí gbọ́ lẹ́nu rẹ̀.”
Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We wish to hear about this from yoʋ again.”
33 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Paulu sì jáde kúrò láàrín wọn.
So Paul departed from them,
34 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọkùnrin kan fi ara mọ́ ọn, wọ́n sì gbàgbọ́: nínú àwọn ẹni tí Dionisiu ara Areopagu wà, àti obìnrin kan tí a ń pè ni Damari àti àwọn mìíràn pẹ̀lú wọn.
but some of the people joined him and believed, among whom were Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
