Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Paul le Silas sia Amphipolis le Apollonia a kantan zawk uh ciang in, Thessalonica theng uh hi, tua mun ah Judah te synagogue om hi:
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Taciang Paul sia ama ngeina bang in, synagogue sung ah tum a, sabbath ni nithum sung amate taw laithiangtho sung thu te kikum uh hi.
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
Christ sia a thuak kul hamtang a hi na le thina pan thokik hamtang tu hi; ci in note tung ah ka pualak hi Jesus sia Christ a hihi, ci in pualak in hil thiang hi.
4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
Amate sung pan pawlkhat te in um uh a, Paul le Silas te kipawlpui uh hi; taciang tua te sung ah biakna sang a kipumpiak Greek mihon tampi le numei lampui tampi kihel uh hi.
5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
Ahihang a um ngawl Judah mite in haza uh a, van zuakna lamdung a vakvai mannung ngawl mite sam uh hi, taciang honpi khat hong pha uh a khuapi sung ah buaina piangsak uh hi, taciang Jason i inn sim uh a, mipi mai ah pusua tu in zong uh hi.
6 When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
Taciang amate in a mu ngawl uh ciang in, Jason le suapui pawlkhat te khuapi ulian te kung ah kai uh a, hileitung lumlet te himun zong ah hongpai uh hi;
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
Amate sia Jason in ama inn ah tungsak hi: hi te theampo in Caesar thupiakna te langpan uh a, Jesus a kici a dang kumpi khat om hi, ci uh hi, ci in au lialua uh hi.
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
Hi thu te mipi te le khuapi ulian te in a zak uh ciang in, buai mama uh hi.
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Taciang Jason le a dang te sia a kisam za dangka liausak uh a, tua zawkciang in suaktasak kik uh hi.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Zan ciang in suapui te in Paul le Silas sia Berea ah a zan a zan in paisak uh hi: tua mun a thet uh ciang in Judah mite i synagogue sung ah tum uh hi.
11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Hi te sia Thessalonica mite sang in a thinsung uh phazaw hi, thalawptak in thu ngai uh a, tua a ngai uh thu te a man le man ngawl nisim laithiangtho sung ah zong uh hi.
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
Tua ahikom amate sung ah mi tampi in um uh a; a zatak huai Greek nupi pasal tampi om uh hi.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
Ahihang Thesslonica a om Judah mite in Berea khua ah zong Paul in Pathian thuhil hi, ci a heak uh ciang in, hongpai uh a, mipi te thawn uh hi.
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
Tua zawk pociang in suapui te in Paul sia tuipi sang ah paisak uh hi: ahihang Silas le Timothy sia Berea ah taamlai hi.
15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
Paul a tha te in Athens dong tha uh hi: taciang Silas le Timothy sia manlangtak hongpai tu in thu nga uh a, pai uh hi.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
Paul sia Athen pan Silas le Timothy te ngak in a om laitak, tua khuapi sung ah milim biakna bebek om hi, ci a mu ciang in, a thinsung sutha mama hi.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
Tua ahikom Judah mite i biakna lampui te taw synagogue sung ah thu ki nial uh a, vanzuakna ah a kisikpui te taw nisim in ki nial uh hi.
18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
Tua zawkciang in thu ngaisun thiam Epicurean te le Stoic te taw ki mu uh hi. Taciang pawlkhat te in, hi a papau sia bang son ziam? a dang pawlkhat te zong in, hisia pa sia ngamdang te pathian te thu son hi tu hi, ci uh hi: banghangziam cile Paul in amate tung ah Jesus le a thawkikna thu son hi.
19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
Taciang amate in Paul man uh hi, taciang Areopagas ah paipui uh a, hi hilna thak na son te kote zong ka heak tu uh kisam ziam?
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
Banghangziam cile a tumdang te ka bil uh ah nong zasak hi: tua ahikom hi thu te i deina sia bangziam, ci ka he nuam uh hi, ci uh hi.
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Banghangziam cile Athen mite le leangna te theampo in thuthak son tu, a hibale ngai tu simngawl bangma dang atu amate hun a zang bua uh hi.
22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
Tua zawkciang in Paul sia Mars mual laizang ah ding a, no Athen mite, na theampo ah note sia biakna sang ah a hanciam mama te na hi uh hi, ci kong he hi.
23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
Banghangziam cile ka vakawm in biakna sang na hanciam nate ka en a, a ki he ngawl pathian atu ci a ki at biaktau khat ka mu hi. Tua ahikom note in he ngawlpi in na biak uh Pathian thu kong pualak hi.
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
Tua Pathian sia leitung le a sung om theampo a vawtpa a hihi, ama sia van le lei i Topa hi a, khut taw a kisa biakinn sung ah om ngawl hi;
25 He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
Pathian sia mi theampo tung ah nuntakna, husan le na theampo a piapa ahikom, mihing te khut taw i vawtsak tu bangma kisam ngawl hi;
26 He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,
Taciang Ama in leitung theampo ah a om minam theampo sia thisan khat in vawt a, amate om tu hun te le a om na mun tu ngam te zong ngealkholsak siat hi;
27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
Tabang in amate in Topa zong uh a, tham in a mu theina tu hi, Pathian sia eite khatsim kuama taw ki khuala ngawl hi:
28 ‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
Banghangziam cile i nungta a, i tuk i dian le i hina theampo sia Ama sung ah a hihi; tasia bangma in na laphuak te in zong, eite zong Ama suan te i hihi, ci hi.
29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
Tabang in Pathian suan te i hi man in, mihing te khutthiam le ngaisutna taw a kivawt kham, ngun le suangtum milim bang in Pathian sia i ngaisut tu hi ngawl hi.
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
Mihing te in Pathian a heak ma hunlai in Pathian in a mu ngawl bang in omthong ngei napi; tu in mun theampo ah mi theampo maw ki sikkik tu in thupia hi:
31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
Banghangziam cile nasep a piaksa mihing khat zang in leitung ah thutang suana tungtawn thu a khen tu ni ciangtan zo hi; tua thu sia a ma a hihi, ci in mi theampo tung ah kilangsak tu in tua pa sia thina pan thokiksak zo hi, ci hi.
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
Amate in mithi te thawkikna thu a zak uh ciang in, mi pawlkhat te in selno uh a: midang te in hi thu nangtung pan ka za kik nuam uh hi, ci uh hi.
33 Thus Paul went out from among them.
Taciang Paul sia amate sung pan in pusuak hi.
34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Ahihang mi pawlkhat te in ama beal uh a, um uh hi: tua te sung ah Areopagas mi Dionysius, Damaris a kici nupi khat le midang te zong kihel uh hi.
