ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᏄᎾᏛᏁᎵᏙᎸᎢ 17
1 ᎥᏈᎪᎵᏱᏃ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᎶᏂᏯ ᎤᏁᏙᏅ, ᏕᏏᎶᏂᎦ ᏭᏂᎷᏨᎩ, ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏓᏂᎳᏫᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏓᏁᎸᎩ.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 ᏉᎳᏃ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏄᏛᏁᎸᎩ, ᏚᏴᏎᎸᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏦᎢ ᏄᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᎬ ᎪᏪᎵ ᎬᏗᏍᎬ ᏕᎦᏬᏁᏗᏍᎬᎩ,
and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,
3 ᏕᎪᏏᏏᏍᎬᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᎬᏁᎲᎩ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᏎ ᎤᎩᎵᏲᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲᎱᏒ ᏧᎵᎯᏐᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏌ ᎠᏴ ᏥᏨᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ, ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎩ.
opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, [said he], I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.
4 ᎢᎦᏛᏃ ᎤᎾᏓᏑᏴ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏅᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᎾᎵᎪᏁᎸᎩ ᏉᎳ ᎠᎴ ᏌᏱᎳ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏣᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏂᎪᎢ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎦᏲᎵᏉ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏄᏂᎬᏫᏳᏒ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ.
And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏄᏃᎯᏳᏒᎾ, ᎠᏅᏳᎬ ᏅᏓᏳᎵᏍᏙᏔᏅᎩ, ᏫᏚᏂᏯᏅᎲᎩ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᏁᎫᏥᏛ ᎤᏁᏙᎯ, ᏚᏂᏟᏌᏅᏃ ᎤᏂᏖᎸᏅᎩ ᎦᏚᎲᎢ; ᏚᏂᎦᏘᎴᏅᏃ ᏤᏌᏂ ᎦᏁᎸᎢ, ᏴᏫ ᏧᏂᏄᎪᏫᏎᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏁᎶᏔᏅᎩ.
But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.
6 ᏫᏚᎾᏠᏨᏃ ᏫᏚᏂᎾᏌᏁᏒᎩ ᏤᏌᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎠᎾᏓᏅᏟ, ᎦᏚᎲ ᎨᏥᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ ᏫᏚᎾᏘᏃᎮᎸᎩ, ᎤᏁᎷᎬᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏂᏪᏍᎬᎩ; ᎯᎠ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏧᏂᎷᏆᏗᏅᏛ, ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏂ ᎢᎤᏂᎷᏨ;
And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏤᏌᏂ ᏚᏓᏂᎸᏨ; ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎠᎾᏡᏗᎭ ᏏᏌ ᎤᏁᏨᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏂᏪᎭ; ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏌ.
whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.
8 ᏚᎾᏕᏯᏙᏔᏅᎩᏃ ᏴᏫ ᎠᎴ ᎦᏚᎲ ᎨᏥᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅ.
And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9 ᏤᏌᏂᏃ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᏔᎵ ᎬᏩᎾᏛᏓᏁᎯ ᏚᏂᏩᏛᎲ ᏙᎨᏥᎧᏅᎩ.
And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10 ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟᏃ ᎩᎳᏉ ᎢᏴᏛ ᏚᎾᏘᎾᏫᏛᎲᎩ ᏉᎳ ᎠᎴ ᏌᏱᎳ, ᏈᎵᏯ ᏒᏃᏱ ᏫᏚᎾᏘᏅᏍᏔᏅᎩ. ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎾᎿᎭᏭᏂᎷᏨ, ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏧᏂᎳᏫᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᏭᏂᏴᎸᎩ.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏟ ᎠᏃᏏᏳ ᎨᏒᎩ ᎡᏍᎦᏉ ᏕᏏᎶᏂᎦ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᏚᎾᏓᏂᎸᏨᎩᏰᏃ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎠᎴ ᏂᏚᎩᏨᏂᏒ ᏓᏂᎪᎵᏰᏍᎬᎩ ᎪᏪᎵ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎾᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏗᏱ.
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
12 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᏣᏛᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏅᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗ ᎠᏂᎪᎢ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏂᎦᏲᎵᏉ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ.
Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.
13 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏕᏏᎶᏂᎦ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅ ᏉᎳ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏈᎵᏯ ᎠᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎬ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ, ᎾᎿᎭᎾᏍᏉ ᏭᏂᎷᏨᎩ, ᏴᏫ ᏚᏂᏖᎸᏅᎩ.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.
14 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᎩᎳᏉ ᎢᏴᏛ ᎠᎾᏓᏅᏟ ᎬᏩᏘᎿᎭᏫᏛᎲᎩ ᏉᎳ, ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎢᏗᏢ ᏫᎬᏩᏘᏅᏍᏔᏅᎩ. ᏌᏱᎳᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎹᏗ ᎾᎿᎭᏉ ᎤᎾᏗᎩᏴᎩ.
And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.
15 ᏉᎳᏃ ᎬᏩᏘᎿᎭᏫᏛᏛ ᎡᏗᏂᏱ ᏫᎬᏩᏘᏃᎸᎩ; ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏥᏁᏤᎸ ᏌᏱᎳ ᏗᎹᏗᏃ ᎤᎾᏛᎪᏗ, ᏄᎵᏍᏛᏉ ᎬᏩᎷᏤᏗᏱ, ᎤᎾᏂᎩᏒᎩ.
But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.
16 ᎠᏏᏉᏃ ᏉᎳ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᎦᏘᏴᎩ ᎡᏗᏂᏱ, ᏧᏓᏅᏛ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎤᏕᏯᏔᏁᎸᎩ, ᎤᏙᎴᎰᏒ ᎦᏚᎲ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᏰᎸᎯ ᏗᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.
17 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏕᎦᏬᏁᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᏗᎦᎳᏫᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏚᎩᏨᏂᏒ ᎦᏃᏗᏗᏱ ᏕᎦᏬᏁᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᎾᎿᎭᏧᏩᏛᏔᏅᎯ.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.
18 ᎩᎶᏃ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎿᎭᎢ ᎠᏂᏈᎫᎳ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏍᏙᎢᎦ ᎬᏩᎵᏃᎮᏔᏅᎩ; ᎢᎦᏛᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏒᎩ; ᎦᏙ ᎤᏚᎵ ᎤᏛᏗᏱ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏰᎸᏛᎾ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ; ᎠᏂᏐᎢᏃ ᎯᎠ; ᏅᏩᎾᏓᎴ ᏴᏫ ᏧᎾᏤᎵ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏗᎦᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᎩ ᏅᏩᏍᏗ; ᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᏓᎵᏥᏙᏁᎲᎢ ᏥᏌ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎴᎯᏐᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ.
And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
19 ᏫᎬᏩᏯᏅᎲᏃ ᎡᎵᎣᏈᎦ ᎬᏩᏘᏃᎸᎩ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏒᎩ; ᏥᎪ ᎦᏲᎦᏛᎪᏗᏉ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎢᏤ ᏗᏕᏲᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏃᎮᎭ?
And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?
20 ᎪᎱᏍᏗᏰᏃ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᏕᎯᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᎭ ᏦᏥᎴᏂ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎣᎦᏚᎵᎭ ᎣᎦᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎦᏛᎬᎢ.
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 ᏂᎦᏛᏰᏃ ᎡᏗᏂᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎸᎯᏢ ᏗᏁᎯ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏁᏙᎯ ᎥᏝ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏱᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎮᎢ, ᎠᏂᏃᎮᏍᎬ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᏛᎩᏍᎬ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎢᏤᎢ.
(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)
22 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏉᎳ ᏕᎤᎴᏅ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎡᎵᎣᏈᎦ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ; ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏯ ᎡᏗᏂᏱ ᎢᏤᎯ, ᎦᏙᎴᎣᏍᎦ ᎢᏥᎧᎵᏨᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏕᏥᎾᏰᏍᎬ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᏁᎯ.
And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious.
23 ᎦᎢᏒᏰᏃ ᎠᎴ ᏓᎩᎪᎲ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏗᏥᏰᎸᎯ, ᎠᎩᏩᏛᎲᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏥᎸ-ᎨᎳᏍᏗᏱ ᎯᎠ ᏅᎬᏅ ᎥᎪᏪᎸᎩ; “ᎾᏥᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎡᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.” ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎰᏩ ᏁᏥᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᏤᏣᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᏨᏴᏁᎭ.
For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.
24 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏬᏢᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎡᎳᏂᎬᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏁᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ, ᎥᏝ ᏱᎦᏁᎸ ᏗᎦᎳᏫᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎩᎶ ᏧᏬᏱ ᏧᏮᏔᏅᎯ ᏧᏁᏍᎨᎲᎯ.
The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᏧᏃᏰᏂ ᏱᏚᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗ, ᏧᏂᎬᎪ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ, ᏕᎠᏁᎮᏰᏃ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏓᏅᏅᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏓᏅᏬᎳᏕᏍᎬ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ.
neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 ᎠᎴ ᏌᏉ ᎩᎬ ᏚᏬᏢᏔᏅ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏒ ᏴᏫ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᎾᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎬᎾᏛ ᎦᏚᎢᏗᏢ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏕᎤᏭᎪᏔᏅ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏫᏚᏍᏖᏅ ᎾᎿᎭᏕᎨᏌᏗᏒ ᏧᎾᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗᏱ.
and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᏯᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏩᎾᏒᏂᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎬᏩᏂᏩᏛᏗ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎥᏝᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎢᏗᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᏂᎦᏛᎿᎭᏕᎬᎢ ᎢᏅᎯᏳ ᏱᏄᏛᎿᎭᏕᎦ.
that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:
28 ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᏄᏩᏅ ᏥᏕᏛᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏓᎵᏖᎸᎲᏍᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏕᎭ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ ᏗᏃᏪᎵᏍᎩ ᏗᏣᏤᎵᎦ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏒ; “ᎠᏴᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏪᏥ.”
for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ, ᎠᏴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏪᏥ ᏥᎩ, ᎥᏝ ᎯᎠᏉ ᏱᏂᎨᏕᎵᎭ; ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᏉ ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏕᎸ ᎤᏁᎬ ᎠᎴ ᏅᏯ, ᏴᏫ ᎠᏂᏏᎾᏌᏅ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏖᎸᎯ ᎬᏔᏅᎯ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ.
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
30 ᎾᎯᏳᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏂᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᏥᎨᏎᎢ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᎤᏪᎵᏎᎢ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏕᎧᏁᏤᎭ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏴᏫ ᏂᎬᎾᏛᎢ ᏧᏂᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᏱ ᏚᎾ ᏓᏅᏛᎢ;
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
31 ᏕᎤᏒᏍᏔᏅᏰᏃ ᎢᎦ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏧᏭᎪᏓᏁᏗᏱ, ᎬᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏪᎧᏅᎯ, ᏄᏜᏓᏏᏛᏒᎾ ᏂᏚᏩᏁᎸ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏴᏫ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏕᎤᎴᏔᏅᎢ ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎢ.
inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32 ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅᏃ ᎠᏲᎱᏒ ᏗᎴᎯᏐᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎢᎦᏛ ᎤᏂᏰᎵᎥᎩ, ᎢᎦᏛᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏒᎩ; ᏔᎵᏁ ᎯᎠ ᏛᏨᏯᏛᎦᏁᎵ.
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.
33 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏉᎳ ᎤᏓᏅᏒᎩ ᎠᏂᏅᎢ.
Thus Paul went out from among them.
34 ᎩᎶᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎬᏩᎵᎪᏁᎸᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏅᎩ; ᎾᎿᎭᎨᎸᎩ ᏓᏲᏂᏏᏯ ᎡᎵᎣᏈᎦ ᎦᎲᏍᎩ ᏗᎫᎪᏘᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎨᏴ ᏕᎺᎵ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ, ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᎾᏓᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ.
But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
