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 manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of 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 the Messiah must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Yahushua, whom I preach unto you, is the Messiah.
4 ᎢᎦᏛᏃ ᎤᎾᏓᏑᏴ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏅᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᎾᎵᎪᏁᎸᎩ ᏉᎳ ᎠᎴ ᏌᏱᎳ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏣᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏂᎪᎢ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᎦᏲᎵᏉ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏄᏂᎬᏫᏳᏒ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ.
And some of them believed, 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 which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out 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 drew Jason and certain brethren unto 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 do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Yahushua.
8 ᏚᎾᏕᏯᏙᏔᏅᎩᏃ ᏴᏫ ᎠᎴ ᎦᏚᎲ ᎨᏥᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅ.
And they troubled the people 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 of Jason, and of the other, 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 Berea: who coming 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.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᏣᏛᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏅᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗ ᎠᏂᎪᎢ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏂᎦᏲᎵᏉ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ.
Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, 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 YHWH was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᎩᎳᏉ ᎢᏴᏛ ᎠᎾᏓᏅᏟ ᎬᏩᏘᎿᎭᏫᏛᎲᎩ ᏉᎳ, ᎠᎺᏉᎯ ᎢᏗᏢ ᏫᎬᏩᏘᏅᏍᏔᏅᎩ. ᏌᏱᎳᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎹᏗ ᎾᎿᎭᏉ ᎤᎾᏗᎩᏴᎩ.
And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
15 ᏉᎳᏃ ᎬᏩᏘᎿᎭᏫᏛᏛ ᎡᏗᏂᏱ ᏫᎬᏩᏘᏃᎸᎩ; ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏥᏁᏤᎸ ᏌᏱᎳ ᏗᎹᏗᏃ ᎤᎾᏛᎪᏗ, ᏄᎵᏍᏛᏉ ᎬᏩᎷᏤᏗᏱ, ᎤᎾᏂᎩᏒᎩ.
And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to 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 stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏕᎦᏬᏁᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᏗᎦᎳᏫᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏚᎩᏨᏂᏒ ᎦᏃᏗᏗᏱ ᏕᎦᏬᏁᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᎾᎿᎭᏧᏩᏛᏔᏅᎯ.
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with 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.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange mighty ones: because he preached unto them Yahushua, and the resurrection.
19 ᏫᎬᏩᏯᏅᎲᏃ ᎡᎵᎣᏈᎦ ᎬᏩᏘᏃᎸᎩ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏒᎩ; ᏥᎪ ᎦᏲᎦᏛᎪᏗᏉ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎢᏤ ᏗᏕᏲᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏃᎮᎭ?
And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
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.
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were 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.
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
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 by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN MIGHTY ONE. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏬᏢᏅᎯ ᏥᎩ ᎡᎳᏂᎬᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏁᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ, ᎥᏝ ᏱᎦᏁᎸ ᏗᎦᎳᏫᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎩᎶ ᏧᏬᏱ ᏧᏮᏔᏅᎯ ᏧᏁᏍᎨᎲᎯ.
YHWH that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Ruler 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 worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he 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 hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᏯᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏩᎾᏒᏂᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎬᏩᏂᏩᏛᏗ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎥᏝᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎢᏗᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᏂᎦᏛᎿᎭᏕᎬᎢ ᎢᏅᎯᏳ ᏱᏄᏛᎿᎭᏕᎦ.
That they should seek Him, if possibly they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every 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 also 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.
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of YHWH, we ought not to think that the Most High is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 ᎾᎯᏳᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏂᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᏥᎨᏎᎢ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᎤᏪᎵᏎᎢ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏕᎧᏁᏤᎭ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏴᏫ ᏂᎬᎾᏛᎢ ᏧᏂᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᏱ ᏚᎾ ᏓᏅᏛᎢ;
And the times of this ignorance YHWH winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 ᏕᎤᏒᏍᏔᏅᏰᏃ ᎢᎦ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏧᏭᎪᏓᏁᏗᏱ, ᎬᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏪᎧᏅᎯ, ᏄᏜᏓᏏᏛᏒᎾ ᏂᏚᏩᏁᎸ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏴᏫ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏕᎤᎴᏔᏅᎢ ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎢ.
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that 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.
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏉᎳ ᎤᏓᏅᏒᎩ ᎠᏂᏅᎢ.
So Paul departed from among them.
34 ᎩᎶᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎬᏩᎵᎪᏁᎸᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏅᎩ; ᎾᎿᎭᎨᎸᎩ ᏓᏲᏂᏏᏯ ᎡᎵᎣᏈᎦ ᎦᎲᏍᎩ ᏗᎫᎪᏘᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎨᏴ ᏕᎺᎵ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ, ᎠᎴ ᏅᏩᎾᏓᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ.
Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
