Acts 17
1 After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Paul and Silas came to Thessalonica. Here the Jews had a synagogue;
Torej ko sta šla skozi Amfípolo in Apolonijo sta prišla do Tesaloníke, kjer je bila judovska sinagoga.
2 and, following his usual custom, Paul joined them, and for three Sabbaths addressed them, drawing his arguments from the scriptures.
In kakor je bila njegova navada, je Pavel vstopil k njim in tri šabatne dneve z njimi razpravljal iz pisem,
3 He laid before them and explained that the Christ must undergo suffering and rise from the dead; and “It is this man,” he declared, “who is the Christ – this Jesus about whom I am telling you.”
razkrival in trdil, da je Kristus brezpogojno moral trpeti in ponovno vstati od mrtvih in da je ta Jezus, ki vam ga oznanjam, Kristus.
4 Some of the people were convinced, and threw in their lot with Paul and Silas, as did also a large body of Greeks who were accustomed to join in the Jewish services, and a great number of leading women.
In nekateri izmed njih so verovali in se družili s Pavlom in Silom, in velika množica izmed predanih Grkov ter ne malo izmed vodilnih žensk.
5 But the Jewish leaders, becoming jealous, engaged some worthless fellows from the streets, and, getting a mob together, kept the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, with the intention of bringing Paul and Silas before the Popular Assembly;
Toda Judje, ki niso verovali, so prevzeti z zavistjo, vzeli k sebi neke ničvredne pajdaše iz prostaške sorte in zbrali skupino in po vsem mestu zanetili vstajo ter napadli Jazonovo hišo in si prizadevali, da ju privedejo k ljudstvu [dežele].
6 and, not finding them there, they proceeded to drag Jason and some of the Lord’s followers before the city magistrates, shouting out, “These men, who have turned the world upside down, have now come here,
Ko pa ju niso našli, so Jazona in neke brate odvlekli k vladarjem mesta ter kričali: »Tile, ki so obrnili svet na glavo, so prišli tudi sèm,
7 and have been harbored by Jason! They are all defying the decrees of the Emperor. They say that someone else is king – a man called Jesus!”
ki jih je sprejel Jazon, in vsi ti delajo nasprotno cesarjevim odlokom, rekoč, da obstaja drug kralj, nek Jezus.«
8 On hearing this, the people and the city magistrates were much concerned;
In vznemirili so množico in mestne vladarje, ko so slišali te stvari.
9 and, before letting them go, they took bail from Jason and the others.
In ko so od Jazona in od drugih prejeli varščino, so jih izpustili.
10 That very night the followers sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea; and on reaching that place, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
In bratje so Pavla ter Sila takoj ponoči odposlali v Berójo. Ko sta prispela tja, sta odšla v judovsko sinagogo.
11 These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with great readiness, and daily examined the scriptures to see if what was said was true.
Ti so bili plemenitejši, kakor tisti v Tesaloníki, ker so z vso prisebnostjo sprejeli besedo in dnevno preiskovali pisma, če so bile te stvari take.
12 As a consequence, many of them became believers in Christ, besides a considerable number of Greek women of position, and of men also.
Zato so mnogi izmed njih verovali, tudi častitljive ženske, ki so bile Grkinje in izmed mož ne malo.
13 But, when the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been delivered by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, exciting and disturbing the minds of the people.
Toda ko so Judje iz Tesaloníke spoznali, da je Pavel Božjo besedo oznanjal v Beróji, so prišli tudi tja in razvneli množico.
14 The followers immediately arranged for Paul to go away to the coast, but both Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Beroea.
In potem so bratje Pavla takoj odposlali, da gre, kot bi bilo k morju, toda Sila in Timótej sta še vedno ostala tam.
15 The friends who escorted Paul took him as far as Athens, and, after receiving a message for Silas and Timothy to join him as quickly as possible, they started on their return.
In ti, ki so spremljali Pavla, so ga privedli v Atene in ko so prejeli zapoved za Sila in Timóteja, naj z vso naglico prideta k njemu, so odšli.
16 While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his heart was stirred at seeing the whole city full of idols.
Torej medtem ko je Pavel v Atenah čakal nanju, je bil njegov duh v njem razvnet, ko je videl mesto v celoti predano malikovanju.
17 So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who joined in their worship, as well as daily in the public Square with those who happened to be there.
Zato se je v sinagogi prerekal z Judi in s predanimi osebami in vsakodnevno na trgu s temi, ki so se srečevali z njim.
18 Among others, some Epicurean and Stoic Philosophers joined issue with him. Some asked “What is this prater wanting to make out?”, while others said “He seems to be a preacher of foreign Deities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection).
Potem so mu ugovarjali neki filozofi izmed epikurejcev in izmed stoikov. In nekateri so rekli: »Kaj hoče povedati ta blebetavec?« Drugi nekako: »Zdi se, da je oznanjevalec tujih bogov, « ker jim je oznanjal Jezusa in vstajenje.
19 So they laid hold of him and took him to the Court of Areopagus. “May we hear,” they asked, “what new teaching this is which you are giving?
In prijeli so ga ter ga privedli na Areopag, rekoč: »Ali lahko izvemo, kakšen je ta novi nauk, o katerem govoriš?«
20 For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean.”
Kajti v naša ušesa prinašaš nekatere čudne besede. Hočemo torej izvedeti, kaj te stvari pomenijo.
21 (All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
(Kajti vsi Atenci in tujci, ki so bili tam, svojega časa niso porabljali za nič drugega, razen da so ali govorili ali poslušali kako novo stvar.)
22 So Paul took his stand in the middle of the Court, and said – “People of Athens, on every hand I see signs of your being very devout.
Tedaj je Pavel na sredi Marsovega hriba vstal in rekel: » Vi atenski možje, zaznavam, da ste v vseh stvareh preveč vraževerni.
23 For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription – ‘To an Unknown God.’ What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.
Kajti ko sem šel mimo in gledal vaše predmete čaščenja, sem našel oltar s tem napisom: NEPOZNANEMU BOGU. Katerega torej vi nevedno obožujete, tega vam jaz razglašam.
24 The God who made the world and all things that are in it – he, Lord as he is of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands,
Bog, ki je naredil svet in vse stvari na njem, glede na to, da je on Gospodar neba in zemlje, ne prebiva v templjih, narejenimi z rokami,
25 neither do human hands minister to his wants, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives, to all, life, and breath, and all things.
tudi ni oboževan s človeškimi rokami, kakor da karkoli potrebuje, glede na to, da vsem daje življenje in dihanje in vse stvari
26 He made all races of the earth’s surface – fixing a time for their rise and fall, and the limits of their settlements –
in je iz ene krvi naredil vse narode ljudi, da prebivajo na vsem obličju zemlje in je vnaprej določil določene čase in meje njihovega prebivanja,
27 That they might search for God, if by any means they might feel their way to him and find him. And yet he is not really far from any one of us;
da bi iskali Gospoda, če bi ga morda dotipali in ga našli, čeprav ni daleč od vsakega izmed nas.
28 for in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets – ‘His offspring, too, are we.’
Kajti v njem živimo in se gibljemo in obstajamo, kakor so rekli celó nekateri izmed vaših lastnih pesnikov: ›Kajti tudi mi smo njegovo potomstvo.‹
29 Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone – a work of human art and imagination.
Kot smo torej zagotovo potomstvo Boga, ne bi smeli misliti, da je Božanstvo podobno zlatu ali srebru ali kamnu, vrezanemu od umetnika in [s] človeško pripravo.
30 True, God looked with indulgence on the days of people’s ignorance, but now he is announcing to everyone everywhere the need for repentance,
In nad časi te nevednosti je Bog zamižal, toda sedaj povsod vsem ljudem zapoveduje, da se pokesajo,
31 because he has fixed a day on which he intends to judge the world with justice, by a man whom he has appointed – and of this he has given all people a pledge by raising this man from the dead.”
kajti določil je dan, na katerega bo sodil svet v pravičnosti, po tem možu, ki ga je določil. O tem je dal zagotovilo vsem ljudem, ker ga je obudil od mrtvih.«
32 On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they wanted to hear what he had to say about that another time.
Ko pa so slišali o vstajenju mrtvih, so se nekateri posmehovali, drugi pa so rekli: »Oh tej zadevi te bomo ponovno poslušali.«
33 And so Paul left the Court.
Tako je Pavel odšel izmed njih.
34 There were, however, some people who joined him, and became believers in Christ. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Court of Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and several others.
Vendar so se mu določeni možje trdno pridružili in verovali, med katerimi je bil Dionizij Areopagít in ženska, po imenu Dámaris in drugi z njima.
