Hechos 17
1 Y pasando por Amfipolis, y por Apolonia, vinieron a Tesalónica, donde había sinagoga de Judíos.
Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia [towns] and arrived at Thessalonica [city]. There was a Jewish meeting place there.
2 Y Pablo, como acostumbraba, entró a ellos, y por tres sábados razonó con ellos de las Escrituras,
(On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) Paul went into the meeting house, as he usually did. For three weeks [he went there] on each Jewish day of rest. Referring to the Scriptures [about the Messiah], he spoke to the people who were there.
3 Declarando y proponiendo, que era menester que el Cristo padeciese, y resucitase de los muertos; y que este Jesús, el cual yo os anuncio, es el Cristo.
He explained and showed that [the prophets wrote that] the Messiah needed to die and (to become alive again/to be raised from the dead [afterwards]). He told them: “This man Jesus, whom I am telling you about, is our Messiah. [He died and became alive again, just like the prophets predicted].”
4 Y algunos de ellos creyeron, y se juntaron con Pablo y con Silas; y de los Griegos religiosos una grande multitud; y mujeres nobles no pocas.
Some of the Jews [there] were persuaded by {believed} [what Paul had said] and began to associate with Paul and Silas. There were also many non-Jewish people there who worshipped God and many important women [who also believed the message about Jesus], and they began to associate with Paul and Silas.
5 Entonces los Judíos que eran incrédulos, movidos de envidia, tomando a algunos vagabundos, malos hombres, y juntando compañía, alborotaron la ciudad; y acometiendo la casa de Jasón, procuraban sacarlos al pueblo.
But [some leaders of] the Jews there in Thessalonica became jealous [because many people believed what Paul taught]. So they went to the public square and persuaded some lazy men [who were loitering there] to follow them. [In this way, the leaders of] the Jews gathered a crowd and incited them to become noisy and start a riot [against Paul and Silas]. Those [Jews and others] ran to the house of [a man named] Jason. [He was the man who had invited Paul and Silas to stay at his house]. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas outside to where the crowd [of people was waiting].
6 Y no hallándolos, trajeron a Jasón y a algunos hermanos a las autoridades de la ciudad, dando voces, diciendo: Estos son los que trastornan el mundo, y han venido acá también;
They discovered that Paul and Silas were not there, but they found Jason [and grabbed him]. They dragged him and some of the [other] believers to where the city officials/authorities and [many other people were gathered]. The men [who had brought Jason] shouted, “Those [two] men have caused trouble [IDM] everywhere [HYP] [they have gone]. Now they have come to our city,
7 A los cuales Jasón ha recibido, y todos estos hacen contra los decretos de César, diciendo que hay otro rey, un tal Jesús.
and [this fellow] Jason invited them to stay at his house. All the people [of this sect] oppose what our Emperor has decreed. They say that another person, whose name is Jesus, is [the real] king!”
8 Y alborotaron el pueblo y a las autoridades de la ciudad, oyendo estas cosas.
When the crowd of people [that had gathered] and the city authorities heard that, they became very angry and excited.
9 Mas recibida fianza de Jasón, y de los demás, los soltaron.
[They wanted to put the believers in jail. But instead], the officials made Jason and the other [believers] pay a fine and told them that they [would give the money back to them if Paul and Silas did not cause any more trouble]. Then the authorities let Jason and those other believers go.
10 Entonces los hermanos luego de noche enviaron a Pablo y a Silas a Berea, los cuales como llegaron, entraron en la sinagoga de los Judíos.
[So] that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas [out of Thessalonica] to Berea [town]. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place, [on a day when people had gathered there].
11 Y fueron estos más nobles que los de Tesalónica, en que recibieron la palabra con toda codicia, escudriñando cada día las Escrituras, para ver si estas cosas eran así.
The [Jews] in Thessalonica had not been very willing to listen to God’s message, but the [Jews] who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened very eagerly to the message [about Jesus]. Every day they read the Scriptures [for themselves] to find out if what Paul said [about the Messiah] was true.
12 Así que creyeron muchos de ellos, también de mujeres Griegas nobles, y de varones no pocos.
As a result, many of the Jewish people believed [in Jesus], and also some of the important non-Jewish women and many non-Jewish men [believed in him].
13 Mas como entendieron los Judíos de Tesalónica que en Berea era predicada por Pablo la palabra de Dios, vinieron también allá alborotando el pueblo.
But then the Jews in Thessalonica heard [people tell them] that Paul [was] in Berea and that he was preaching the message from God [about Jesus]. So they went to Berea and [told people there that what Paul was teaching was not true. Thus], they caused many of those people to get angry [at Paul].
14 Empero luego los hermanos enviaron a Pablo que fuese hasta la mar; mas Silas y Timoteo se quedaron aun allí.
So [several of] the believers [in Berea] took Paul to the coast [to go to another province]. But Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
15 Y los que habían tomado a cargo a Pablo, le llevaron hasta Aténas; y tomando mandato de él para Silas y Timoteo, que viniesen a él lo más presto que pudiesen, se partieron.
When Paul and the other men from Berea [arrived at the coast, they got on a ship and] went to Athens [city]. Then Paul said [to the men who had come with him], “Tell Silas and Timothy to come to me [here in Athens] as soon as they can.” Then those men left [Athens and returned to Berea].
16 Y esperándolos Pablo en Aténas, su espíritu se deshacía en él, viendo la ciudad dada a la idolatría.
In Athens, Paul waited for Silas and Timothy [to arrive. In the meantime, he walked around in the city. He] became very distressed/disturbed because he saw that throughout [HYP] the city there were many idols.
17 Por lo cual disputaba en la sinagoga con los Judíos y los hombres religiosos, y en la plaza cada día con los que le ocurrían.
So he went to the Jewish meeting place and talked [about Jesus] with the Jews, and also with the Greeks who had accepted what the Jews believe. He also went to the public square/center every day and talked to the people [whom he met] there.
18 Y algunos filósofos de los Epicúreos y de los Estóicos disputaban con él; y unos decían: ¿Qué quiere decir este palabrero? Y otros: Parece que es predicador de nuevos dioses; porque les predicaba a Jesús, y la resurrección.
Paul met some teachers who liked to talk about what people should believe. [People called] some of them Epicureans and [they called] others Stoics. They told Paul [what they believed], and they asked him [what he believed. Then] some of them said [to one another], “This ignorant person is just talking nonsense [RHQ]!” Others said, “[We(exc) think] that he is teaching people about (foreign gods/[new] gods that we [(exc)] have not heard about).” They said that because Paul was telling them that Jesus [had died and] had become alive again [afterwards. They had not heard that message before].
19 Y tomándole, le trajeron al Areopago, diciendo: ¿Podremos saber qué sea esta nueva doctrina que tú anuncias?
So they took Paul to the place where the city council met. [When they arrived] there, they said to Paul, “[Please] tell us, what is this new message that you [(sg)] are teaching people?
20 Porque haces llegar a nuestros oídos ciertas cosas extrañas: queremos pues saber qué quiere ser esto.
You are teaching some things that startle us [(exc)], so we want to know what they mean.”
21 (Porque todos los Atenienses, y los extranjeros que allí moraban, en ninguna otra cosa entendían sino, o en decir, o en oír alguna cosa nueva.)
[They said that, because] the people of Athens and also the people from other regions who lived there continually talked about what was new [to them], or they listened to [others tell] what was new.
22 Entonces Pablo puesto en pie en medio del Areopago, dijo: Varones Atenienses, en todo veo que sois demasiadamente religiosos;
Then Paul stood up before the men of the city council and said, “Citizens of Athens, I see that you (are very religious/think that it is very important to worship many gods).
23 Porque pasando, y mirando vuestros santuarios, hallé un altar en el cual estaba esta inscripción: AL DIOS NO CONOCIDO. Aquel, pues, que vosotros adoráis sin conocerle, a éste os anuncio yo.
I [say that] because, while I was walking along and observing the objects [that represent different gods that] you worship, I even saw an altar that had these words [that someone had] carved [on it: THIS HONORS] THE GOD [THAT WE(exc)] DO NOT KNOW. So now I will tell you about [that God] whom you worship but you do not know.
24 El Dios que hizo el mundo, y todas las cosas que hay en él, éste como es Señor del cielo y de la tierra, no habita en templos hechos de manos;
He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Because he rules over all [beings in] heaven and [on] earth, he does not dwell in shrines that people have made.
25 Ni es servido por manos de hombres, como si necesitase de algo; pues él da a todos vida, y aliento, y todas las cosas.
He does not need to have anything made for him by people [MTY] {to have people [MTY] make [MTY] anything for him}, because everything that exists belongs to him. He is the one who causes (us [(inc)]/all people) to live and breathe, and [he gives us] all the things [that we(inc) need].
26 El cual hizo de una misma sangre a todas las naciones de los hombres, para que habitasen sobre toda la haz de la tierra, determinando el orden de los tiempos, y los términos de la habitación de ellos;
[In the beginning], God created one couple, and from them God produced all (the ethnic groups/the nations) that now live everywhere on the earth. He also decided where each ethnic group of people should live and how long they should live [there].
27 Para que buscasen a Dios, si en alguna manera palpando le hallasen: aunque por cierto no está lejos de cada uno de nosotros.
He wanted people to realize that they need him. Then maybe they would seek him and find him. [God wants us to seek him], although he is [really] close [LIT] to each one of us.
28 Porque en él vivimos, y nos movemos, y tenemos nuestro ser; como también algunos de vuestros poetas dijeron: Porque somos también su linaje.
As someone has said, ‘[It is only] because he enables us that we [(inc)] live and move and do [what we do].’ And, as some of your own poets have said, ‘We [(inc)] are God’s children.’
29 Siendo pues linaje de Dios, no hemos de pensar que la Divinidad sea semejante o a oro, o a plata, o a piedra, o a escultura de artificio, o de imaginación de hombres.
Therefore, because we are God’s children [and can communicate like God does], we [(inc)] should not think that he is anything like an image [that people have made] of gold or silver or stone [which cannot communicate]. Those images are designed and skillfully made {People design and make those images}, [but they are not alive].
30 Y disimulaba Dios los tiempos de aquella ignorancia; mas ahora manda a todos los hombres, en todas partes, que se arrepientan:
During the times when people did not know [what God wanted them to do], he did not [immediately] punish [them for what they did]. But now God commands all people everywhere to turn away from their evil behavior.
31 Por cuanto ha establecido un día, en el cual ha de juzgar con justicia a todo el mundo por aquel varón que él ha señalado; de lo cual ha dado testimonio a todos, levantándole de los muertos.
[He tells us] that on a certain day that he has chosen he is going to judge [all of us(inc) people in] [MTY] the world. He has appointed a [certain] man to judge [us, and that man will judge each of us] fairly/justly. God has shown to all [people that he has appointed that man to judge everyone], because God (caused him to become alive again after he had died/raised him from the dead).”
32 Y como oyeron la resurrección de los muertos, unos se burlaban; y otros decían: Te oiremos acerca de esto otra vez.
When the men of the council heard [Paul say] that ([a man] had become alive again after he had died/[someone] had been raised from the dead), some of them laughed scornfully. But others said, “We [(exc)] would like you [(sg)] to tell us more about this, some other time.”
33 Y así Pablo salió de en medio de ellos.
After they said that, Paul left the council [meeting].
34 Mas algunos creyeron, juntándose con él: entre los cuales fue Dionisio el del Areopago, y una mujer llamada Damaris, y otros con ellos.
However, some of the people there went along with Paul and became believers. Among those [who believed in Jesus] was a member of the council whose [name was] Dionysius. Also, an [important] woman whose name was Damaris and some other people [who had heard Paul’s message also believed in Jesus].
