Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Muda bapeta katika niji ya Amfipoli na Apolonia, baisile mpaka mji wa Thesalonike ambao pabile na sinagogi lya Ayahudi.
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Mana yaibile kawaida ya Paulo, ateyenda kwao, na kwa muda wa masoba matatu ga Sabato atijadiliana nabo nnani ya maandiko.
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.”
Abile akibafungulia maandiko na kubaelekeza kuwa, impalike Kristo ateseke na boka po atifufuka kae na boka kwa bandu ba kiwo. Atiamakiya, “Yolo Yesu ywaniabakiye habari yake nga Kristo”
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.
Baadhi ya Ayahudi batishawishika na kukengama na Paulo na Sila, pamope na Agiliki achaNnongo, alwawa banyansima baongofu na likundi likolo lya bandu.
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.
Lakini baadhi ya Ayahudi baaminiya kwaa, batwelile na bwiu, batiyenda kusoko na kubatola baadhi ya bandu baovu, batikusanya kipenga sa bandu pamope, na kusababisha ghasia mjini, boka po batiivamia nyumba ya Jason, bapala kubakamwa Paulo na Sila ili kubaleta nnongi ya bandu.
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,
Lakini batiwakosa, bankamwile Yasoni na baadhi ya alongo benge na kubapeleka nnongi ya maofisa ba mji, bakombwa ndoti, “Aba analome batiupimdua ulimwengu baikite mpaka huku pia,
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
Analome aha batikaribishwa na Yasoni batiiharibia saliya ya Kaisaria, babaya pabile na mpwalume ywenge ywakemelwa Yesu.
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
Kipenga sa bandu na maofisa ba mji pabayowine makowe ago, bajingii na wasiwasi.
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Badala ya kuwa bayomwile kutola mbanje ya thamani ya ulinzi boka kwa Yasoni na benge, batibaachia bayende.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Kilo chelo alongo batintuma Paulo na Sila Beroya. Na balipofika kolyo batiyenda katika lisinagogi lya Ayahudi.
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.
Bandu balo babile na uwerevu nkolo kuliko balo bandu ba Thesalonike, kwa sababu babile na utayari wa kulipokya neno kwa ajili yabe, na kuchunguza maandiko kila lisoba ili kuona mana maneno galongelwa nga yabile kati yayabile.
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
Kwa eyo baingi babe batiamini, babile na anwawa babile na ushawishi nkolo ba Kigiriki na analome banyansima.
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.
Lakini Ayahudi na Thesalonike pabatigundua panga Paulo anatangaza neno lya Nnongo kolyo Beroya, batiyenda kolyo na kuchochea na boka po kuanzisha ghasia kwa bandu.
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
Kwa haraka, alongo batimpeleka Paulo kwa ndela ya ziwa, Lakini Sila na Timotheo babaki kolyo.
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.
Balo alongo batimpeleka Paulo batiyenda niywembe hadi Athene, banlekite Paulo kolyo, batipokya maagizo boka kwake kuwa, Sila na Timotheo baise kwa haraka yaiwezekana.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
Na muda akibalenda kolyo Athene, roho yake itikasirishwa nkati yake kwa namna yaaubweni mji utwelilwe sanamu zanyansima.
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.
Nga nyoo atilongela katika sinagogi na Ayahudi balo batincha Nnongo na kwa balo akwembine nabo kila lisoba mu'soko.
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.
Lakini baadhi ya Banafalsafa ba Baepikureo na Wetoiko batibakabili. Benge babaya, “Namani chaakilongela yolo mlongelaji nchunu? Benge babaya, “Ibonekana atihubiri habari ya nnongo mgeni,” kwa sababu ahubiria habari ya Yesu na ufufuo.
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?
Kabantola Paulo na kunneta Areopago, babaya, “Twaweza yowa aga mafundisho mapya yaugalongela?
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
Kwa mana waletya makowe gayambe katika makutu yitu. Kwa eyo twapala kugatanga makowe yabile ba maana gani?”
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.
(Na bandu bote ba Athene pamope na ageni babile kwao, utumia muda wao katika longela na kusikiliza nnani ya likowe lya ayambe.
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.
Kwa eyo Paulo ayemi nkati ya bandu ba Areopago no baya, “Mwenga mwa bandu, naboa kuwa mwenga mwa bandu ba dini kwa kila namna,
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.
Kwani katika pitya kwango na kulola ilebe yinu ya kuabudu, niabweni maneno yatiandikwa katika jimo ya madhabahu yinu, labaya, “KWA NNONGO YWAJULIKANA KWAA,” Nga nyo bai, yolo mwamumwabudia bila tanga, ywamwajulisha mwenga.
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.
Nnongo ywaiumbile dunia na kila kilebe chabile nkati, kwa mana ni Ngwana wa kumaunde na nchi, aweza kwaa tama mu'mahekalu gachengwile na maboko.
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.
Na utmikiwa kwaa na maboko ga bandu kati panga wahitaji kilebe kwabe, kwani ywembe mwene awapeya bandu na pumzi na ilebe yenge yote.
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,
Pitya mundu yumo, apangite mataifa gote ya bandu batama nnani ya minyo ga dunia, na atibabekya muda na mipaka katika maeneo batama.
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.
Kwa eyo, baloba kumpala Nnongo, na yamkini bamfikie na kumpata, na kwa uhakika abile kwaa mbale na kila yumo witu.
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.’
Kwake twatama, twatyanga na kuwa na ukoto witu, mana chelo mtunzi winu yumo wa shairi alongela 'tubile abelekwi bake'.
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.
Kwa eyo, mana itei twenga nin abelekwi ba Nnongo, twapalikwa kwaa kufikiri kuwa uungu ni kati dhahabu, au shaba, au maliwe, sanamu yaichongwa kwa ustadi na malango ga bandu.
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
Kwa eyo, Nnongo atinyamaza muda wolo wa ulalo, lakini nambeambe atiamuru bandu bote kila mahali bapate kutubu.
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.”
Ayee nga sababu atibeka lisoba lyapala kuihukumu dunia kwa haki kwa mundu ywabile atimchawa. Nnongo atitoa uhakika wa mundu yolo kwa kila mundu kolyo atiyoka boka mu'kiwo.
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
Na bandu ba Athene bayowine habari ya kufufuliwa kwa bandu ba kiwo, baadhi yao batimdhihaki Paulo, ila benge babaya, “Twalowa kukuyowa kae kwa habari ya likowe lee”
33 Thus Paul went out from among them.
Baada ya hapo, Paulo atibaleka.
34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Lakini baadhi ya bandu batikengamana niywembe baaminiya, na Dionisio Mwareopago, na Nwawa akemelwa Damari na ywenge pamope nabembe.
