Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Alò, lè yo te fin vwayaje travèse Amphipolis ak Apollonie, yo te rive Thessalonique, kote te gen yon sinagòg Jwif.
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Selon abitid Paul, li te ale kote yo. Pandan twa Saba li te rezone avèk yo sou Ekriti Sen yo.
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.”
Li te bay eksplikasyon ak evidans ke Kris la te oblije soufri e leve ankò soti nan lanmò. Li t ap di: “Jésus sila a, ke mwen ap pwoklame a nou an, se Kris la.”
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.
Kèk nan yo te vin kwè, e te vin jwenn avèk Paul ak Silas, ansanm avèk yon gran kantite Grèk ki te krent Bondye, ak yon kantite fanm enpòtan.
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.
Men Jwif yo te vin jalou, e te mennen kèk mesye mechan sòti nan mache a. Yo te fòme yon ekip ajitatè, e te mete tout vil la nan yon tapaj. Lè yo te rive lakay Jason, yo t ap chache mennen yo deyò bay pèp la.
6 When they did not 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,
Men lè yo pa t twouve yo, yo te kòmanse rale Jason ak kèk lòt nan frè yo devan otorite vil yo. Yo t ap rele: “Mesye sa yo k ap boulvèse tout mond lan rive isit la tou.
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
Se Jason ki resevwa yo. Yo tout aji kont dekrè César a. Y ap di gen yon lòt wa, Jésus!”
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
Foul la ak chèf yo te byen twouble lè yo tande bagay sa yo.
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Lè yo te resevwa yon bon garanti nan men Jason ak lòt yo, yo te lage yo.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Frè yo, konsa, te voye Paul ak Silas ale nan Bérée pandan nwit lan. Lè yo te rive, yo te antre nan sinagòg Jwif yo.
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.
Alò, Jwif sila yo te pi nòb pase sila nan Thessalonique yo, paske yo te resevwa pawòl la avèk yon gwo anvi. Yo te egzamine Ekriti yo chak jou pou wè si bagay sa yo se te konsa.
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
Konsa, anpil nan yo te vin kwè, ansanm avèk plizyè mesye ak fanm Grèk enpòtan yo.
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.
Men lè Jwif Thessalonique yo te vin konprann ke pawòl Bondye a te pwoklame pa Paul nan Bérée, yo te vini la osi pou yo ajite ak chofe foul la.
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
Alò, imedyatman frè yo te voye Paul deyò pou ale jis kote lanmè a, e Silas ak Timothée te rete la.
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.
Alò, sila ki t ap gide Paul yo te mennen li jiska Athènes. Yo te kite li la, epi lè yo fin resevwa lòd pou fè Silas ak Timothée vin kote l pi vit ke posib, yo te ale.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
Pandan Paul t ap tann yo nan Athènes, lespri li te pwovoke anndan l akoz li te wè ke vil la te ranpli nèt avèk zidòl.
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.
Konsa, li t ap rezone nan sinagòg la avèk Jwif yo ak pèp etranje ki te krent Bondye yo, e nan mache a chak jou avèk sila ke li te konn rakontre.
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.
Anplis, kèk nan filosòf Epikiryen ak Stoyik yo t ap diskite avè l. Kèk t ap di: “Kisa mesye ki renmen pale anpil sa a ta vle di?” Lòt yo t ap di: “Li sanble ke l ap pwoklame kèk lòt kalite dye etranje” —akoz ke li t ap preche Jésus ak rezirèksyon an.
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?
Konsa, yo te pran li e te mennen li nan Aréopage la. Yo te di l: “Èske ou kapab eksplike nou nouvo ansèyman sila a, ke w ap pwoklame a.
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
Paske w ap pote kèk bagay byen dwòl nan zòrèy nou. Konsa, nou vle konnen kisa bagay sa yo vle di.”
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.
(Alò, tout Atenyen yo ak lòt etranje ki t ap vizite la yo te konn pase tout tan yo nan pale, oswa nan tande kèk lide nèf.)
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.
Konsa, Paul te kanpe nan mitan Aréopage la, e te di: “Mesye Athènes yo, mwen wè ke nou se moun ki renmen adore nan tout sans.
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.
Paske pandan mwen t ap travèse e t ap egzamine objè adorasyon nou yo, mwen te twouve yon otèl avèk enskripsyon sa a: “A Dye Enkoni an!” Konsa, sila ke nou ap adore san konnen an, mwen pwoklame L a nou.
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
“Bondye ki te fè mond lan avèk tout bagay ki ladann yo, akoz Li se Senyè syèl la ak tè a, pa rete nan tanp ki fèt pa men a lòm.
25 He is not served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
Ni li pa sèvi pa men moun kòmsi Li te bezwen yon bagay. Paske se Li menm ki bay moun lavi, souf ak tout bagay.
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,
“Se Li menm ki te fè sòti nan yon sèl òm, tout nasyon a lòm yo, pou viv sou tout sifas tè a, e ki te deja detèmine fòs tan yo ta pase ladann, ak lizyè pou kote yo ta viv yo;
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.
pou yo ta chèche Bondye, si petèt yo ta lonje men yo e twouve L, malgre ke Li pa lwen de chak en de nou.
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.’
“‘Paske nan Li nou viv, nou fè mouvman, e nou egziste menm, jan kèk nan powèt nou yo konn di: paske nou menm tou se pitit Li.’
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.
Konsa, akoz ke nou se pitit a Bondye, nou pa dwe panse ke lanati diven an se tankou lò, lajan, oswa wòch; yon imaj ki fòme pa da ak refleksyon a lòm.
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
“Bondye pa t konte tan inyorans sa yo, men koulye a Li deklare ke lòm toupatou dwe repanti,
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.”
paske Li deja fikse yon jou ladann ke Li va jije lemonn nan ladwati atravè yon nonm ke Li nome, e te founi prèv a tout moun lè L te fè L leve, sòti nan lanmò a.”
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
Alò, lè yo te tande de rezirèksyon lanmò a, kèk te kòmanse moke l, men lòt yo te di: “Nou dwe tande ou ankò konsènan sa a”.
33 Thus Paul went out from among them.
Konsa Paul te sòti nan mitan yo.
34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Men kèk moun te vin jwenn li e te kwè. Pami sila yo te gen osi Denys, moun Aréopage la, yon fanm ki te rele Damaris, e kèk lòt avèk yo.
