Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Ary rehefa nandeha namaky an’ i Amfipolia sy Apolonia izy, dia tonga tao Tesalonika, ary nisy synagogan’ ny Jiosy tao.
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Ary Paoly dia niditra tao araka ny fanaony; ary Sabata telo no niadiany hevitra avy amin’ ny Soratra Masìna tamin’ ny olona tao.
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Yeshua, whom I proclaim to you, is the Messiah.”
Dia nanambara izy ka naneho marimarina fa tsy maintsy nijaly sy nitsangana tamin’ ny maty Kristy; ary Jesosy, Izay toriko aminareo, hoy izy, no Kristy.
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.
Ary ny sasany tamin’ ireo dia nino ka nanampy ho isan’ ny mpianatr’ i Paoly sy Silasy, ary maro be koa tamin’ ny jentilisa izay mpivavaka, ary tsy vitsy tamin’ ny vehivavy nanan-kaja.
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.
Fa nialona ny Jiosy ka naka olona ratsy fanahy teny an-tsena ary nahavory vahoaka betsaka, dia nampitabataba ny tanàna ka namely ny tranon’ i Jasona ary nitady hamoaka azy roa lahy ho ao amin’ ny olona.
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,
Ary raha tsy nahita azy roa lahy izy, dia nisarika an’ i Jasona sy ny rahalahy sasany ho ao amin’ ny lehiben’ ny tanàna ka niantso mafy hoe: Tongay koa ireo lehilahy namadika izao tontolo izao ireo;
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Yeshua!”
ary efa nampandrosoin’ i Jasona izy, ka izy rehetra ireo manohitra ny tenin’ i Kaisara, satria izy milaza fa misy mpanjaka hafa, dia Jesosy.
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
Dia taitra ny vahoaka sy ny lehiben’ ny tanàna, raha nahare izany.
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Ary rehefa nasainy nametraka antoka Jasona sy ny sasany teo aminy, dia navelany handeha izy.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Ary Paoly sy Silasy dia nampandehanin’ ny rahalahy niaraka tamin’ izay nony alina hankany Beria; koa raha tonga tany izy, dia niditra tao amin’ ny synagogan’ ny Jiosy.
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.
Ary ny toe-panahin’ ireo dia tsara noho ny tao Tesalonika; satria nandray ny teny tamin’ ny zotom-po indrindra ireo ka nandinika ny Soratra Masìna isan’ andro, na marina izany, na tsia.
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
Koa maro tamin’ ireo no nino, ary tsy vitsy tamin’ ny vehivavy jentilisa nanan-kaja sy ny lehilahy.
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.
Fa raha ren’ ny Jiosy tany Tesalonika fa Paoly nitory ny tenin’ Andriamanitra tany Beria, dia nankany izy ka nampikotrana sy nampitabataba ny vahoaka.
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
Ary niaraka tamin’ izay dia nasain’ ny rahalahy nandeha hatrany amoron-dranomasina Paoly; fa Silasy sy Timoty kosa dia mbola nijanona teo ihany.
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.
Ary izay nanatitra an’ i Paoly dia nitondra azy nankany Atena; ary rehefa nahazo teny holazainy amin’ i Silasy sy Timoty izy mba hankanesan’ izy roa lahy any aminy faingana, dia lasa nandeha ireo.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
Ary raha niandry azy tany Atena Paoly, dia taitra tao anatiny ny fanahiny, raha nahita ny tanàna feno sampy izy.
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.
Ary izy niady hevitra tamin’ ny Jiosy sy ny proselyta tao amin’ ny synagoga sy tamin’ izay tafavory tany an-tsena isan’ andro.
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 Yeshua and the resurrection.
Ary ny olon-kendry sasany tamin’ ny Epikoreana sy ny Stoika nanohitra azy koa, ka hoy ny sasany: Inona no tian’ io mpibedibedy io holazaina? Ary hoy kosa ny sasany: Toa mitory andriamani-baovao izy, satria Jesosy sy ny fitsanganan’ ny maty no notoriny.
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?
Ary ireo naka azy, dia nitondra azy ho any Areopago ka nanao hoe: Moa mba mahazo mahafantatra izany fampianarana vaovao lazainao izany izahay?
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
Fa mampandre ny sofinay zavatra hafahafa izay tsy fantatray ianao; koa tianay ho fantatra izay hevitr’ izany zavatra izany.
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.
(Fa ny Ateniana rehetra sy ny vahiny izay nitoetra teo tsy nandany ny androny tamin’ ny zavatra hafa, afa-tsy ny hilaza na hihaino zava-baovao.)
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.
Ary Paoly nitsangana teo afovoan’ i Areopago ka nanao hoe: Ry lehilahy Ateniana, hitako fa amin’ ny zavatra rehetra dia fatra-pivavaka amin’ ny andriamanitrareo indrindra ianareo.
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.
Fa raha nandeha aho ka nandinika izay zavatra ivavahanareo, dia nahita alitara anankiray misy izao soratra izao: HO AN’ IZAY ANDRIAMANITRA TSY FANTATRA. Koa izay ivavahanareo, kanefa tsy fantatrareo, dia izany no toriko aminareo,
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.
dia Andriamanitra Izay nanao izao tontolo izao sy ny ao aminy rehetra, Izy no Tompon’ ny lanitra sy ny tany ka tsy mba mitoetra ao anaty tempoly nataon-tanana,
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.
sady tsy mba tompoin’ ny tànan’ olona toa mila zavatra, fa Izy ihany no manome izao rehetra izao aina sy fofon’ aina ary ny zavatra rehetra;
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,
ary ny firenena rehetra avy amin’ ny iray ihany dia namponeniny ambonin’ ny tany rehetra, ary efa notendreny ny fotoan’ andro sy ny faritry ny fonenany,
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.
mba hitady an’ Andriamanitra izy, raha tàhiny hahatsapa ka hahita Azy, kanefa tsy mba lavitra antsika rehetra Izy;
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.’
fa Izy no ivelomantsika sy ihetsehantsika ary iainantsika; araka ny nataon’ ny mpanao tonon-kira sasany teo aminareo hoe: Fa terany koa isika.
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.
Ary satria terak’ Andriamanitra isika, dia tsy mety raha ny fomban’ Andriamanitra no ataontsika ho tahaka ny volamena, na volafotsy, na vato voasoratry ny fahaizana aman-tsain’ olombelona.
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
Ary Andriamanitra ninia tsy nijery ny andron’ ny tsi-fahalalana; fa ankehitriny Izy mandidy ny olona rehetra amin’ izao tontolo izao hibebaka,
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.”
satria Izy efa nanendry andro iray, izay hitsarany izao tontolo izao amin’ ny fahamarinana amin’ ny alalan’ ny Lehilahy iray voatendriny, koa efa nanome vavolombelona hampino ny olona rehetra izany Izy tamin’ ny nananganany Azy tamin’ ny maty.
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
Ary raha nahare ny amin’ ny fitsanganan’ ny maty izy, dia nihomehy ny sasany; ary ny sasany kosa nanao hoe: Mbola hihaino anao indray izahay ny amin’ izany zavatra izany.
33 Thus Paul went out from amongst them.
Ary Paoly dia niala teo aminy.
34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Anefa ny olona sasany niray taminy ka nino; mba naman’ izany Dionysio Areopagita sy ny vehivavy anankiray atao hoe Damary ary ny sasany koa.
