In Thessalonica
1When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. 4Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
5But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.17:5 Or the assembly of the people 6But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, 7and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.” 8When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. 9Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.
In Berea
10As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
13But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
In Athens
16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” 21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
22Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus
29“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.” 33At that, Paul left the Council. 34Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
Ní Tẹsalonika
1Nígbà tí wọn sì ti kọjá Amfipoli àti Apollonia, wọ́n wá sí Tẹsalonika, níbi tí Sinagọgu àwọn Júù wà: 2Àti Paulu, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìṣe rẹ̀, ó wọlé tọ̀ wọ́n lọ, ni ọjọ́ ìsinmi mẹ́ta ó sì ń bá wọn fi ọ̀rọ̀ wé ọ̀rọ̀ nínú ìwé mímọ́. 3Ó ń túmọ̀, ó sì ń fihàn pé, Kristi kò lè ṣàìmá jìyà, kí o sì jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú; àti pé, “Jesu yìí ẹni tí èmi ń wàásù fún yin, òun ni Kristi náà.” 4A sì yí nínú wọn lọ́kàn padà, wọ́n sì darapọ̀ mọ́ Paulu àti Sila: bákan náà ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ nínú àwọn olùfọkànsìn Helleni àti nínú àwọn obìnrin ọlọ́lá, kì í ṣe díẹ̀.
5Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn Júù jowú, wọn sì fa àwọn jàgídíjàgan nínú àwọn ọmọ ènìyàn mọ́ra, wọ́n ko ẹgbẹ́ jọ, wọ́n sì ń dá ìlú rú; wọ́n sì kọlu ilé Jasoni, wọ́n ń fẹ́ láti mú Paulu àti Sila jáde tọ àwọn ènìyàn lọ. 6Nígbà tí wọn kò sì rí wọn, wọ́n wọ́ Jasoni, àti àwọn arákùnrin kan tọ àwọn olórí ìlú lọ, wọ́n ń kígbe pé, “Àwọn wọ̀nyí tí o tí dorí ayé kodò títí de ìhín yìí pẹ̀lú. 7Àwọn ẹni tí Jasoni gbà sí ọ̀dọ̀: gbogbo àwọn wọ̀nyí ni o sí ń hùwà lòdì sí àṣẹ Kesari, wí pé, ọba mìíràn kan wà tí í ṣe Jesu.” 8Àwọn ènìyàn àti àwọn olórí ìlú kò ní ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ nígbà tí wọ́n gbọ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí. 9Nígbà tí wọ́n sì gbà onídùúró lọ́wọ́ Jasoni àti àwọn ìyókù, wọ́n fi wọ́n sílẹ̀ lọ.
Ní Berea
10Lọ́gán àwọn arákùnrin sì rán Paulu àti Sila lọ ṣí Berea lóru. Nígbà tí wọ́n sí dé ibẹ̀, wọ́n wọ inú Sinagọgu àwọn Júù lọ. 11Àwọn Júù Berea sì ní ìyìn ju àwọn tí Tẹsalonika lọ, ní tí pé wọn fi tọkàntọkàn gbà ọ̀rọ̀ náà. Wọ́n sì ń wá inú ìwé mímọ́ lójoojúmọ́ bí nǹkan wọ̀nyí bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀. 12Nítorí náà púpọ̀ nínú wọn gbàgbọ́; àti nínú àwọn obìnrin Giriki ọlọ́lá, àti nínú àwọn ọkùnrin ti kì í ṣe díẹ̀.
13Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí àwọn Júù tí Tẹsalonika mọ̀ pé, Paulu ń wàásù ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run ní Berea, wọ́n wá síbẹ̀ pẹ̀lú, wọ́n rú àwọn ènìyàn sókè. 14Nígbà náà ni àwọn arákùnrin rán Paulu jáde lọ́gán láti lọ títí de etí Òkun: ṣùgbọ́n Sila àti Timotiu dúró ní Berea. 15Àwọn tí ó sin Paulu wá sì mú un lọ títí dé Ateni; nígbà tí wọ́n sì gba àṣẹ lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ wá fún Sila àti Timotiu pé, ki wọn ó yára tọ òun wá, wọ́n lọ.
Ní Ateni
16Nígbà tí Paulu dúró dè wọ́n ni Ateni, ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ ru nínú rẹ̀, nígbà tí ó rí pé ìlú náà kún fún òrìṣà. 17Nítorí náà ó ń bá àwọn Júù fi ọ̀rọ̀ wé ọ̀rọ̀ nínú Sinagọgu, àti àwọn olùfọkànsìn, àti àwọn tí ó ń bá pàdé lọ́jà lójoojúmọ́. 18Nínú àwọn ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n Epikure ni àti tí àwọn Stoiki kó tì í. Àwọn kan si ń wí pé, “Kín ni aláhesọ yìí yóò rí wí?” Àwọn mìíràn sì wí pé, “Ó dàbí oníwàásù àjèjì òrìṣà, Wọ́n sọ èyí nítorí Paulu ń wàásù ìròyìn ayọ̀ nípa Jesu àti àjíǹde fún wọn.” 19Wọ́n sì mú un, wọ́n sì fà á lọ sí Areopagu, wọ́n wí pé, “A ha lè mọ̀ kín ni ẹ̀kọ́ tuntun tí ìwọ ń sọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ yìí jẹ́? 20Nítorí tí ìwọ mú ohun àjèjì wá sí etí wa: àwa sì ń fẹ́ mọ̀ kín ni ìtumọ̀ nǹkan wọ̀nyí.” 21Nítorí gbogbo àwọn ará Ateni, àti àwọn àjèjì tí ń ṣe àtìpó níbẹ̀ kì í ṣe ohun mìíràn jù kí a máa sọ tàbí kí a máa gbọ́ ohun tuntun lọ.
22Paulu si dìde dúró láàrín Areopagu, ó ní, “Ẹ̀yin ará Ateni, mo wòye pé ní ohun gbogbo ẹ kún fún ẹ̀sìn lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀. 23Nítorí bí mo ti ń kọjá lọ, tí mo wo àwọn ohun tí ẹ̀yin ń sìn, mo sì rí pẹpẹ kan tí a kọ àkọlé yìí sí:
fún ọlọ́run àìmọ̀.
Ǹjẹ́ ẹni tí ẹ̀yin ń sìn ni àìmọ̀ òun náà ni èmi ń sọ fún yin.
2417.24-25: Isa 42.5.“Ọlọ́run náà tí ó dá ayé àti ohun gbogbo tí ń bẹ nínú rẹ̀, òun náà tí í ṣe Olúwa ọ̀run àti ayé, kì í gbé tẹmpili tí a fi ọwọ́ kọ́; 25Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kì í fi ọwọ́ ènìyàn sìn ín, bí ẹni pé ó ń fẹ́ nǹkan, òun ni ó fi ìyè àti èémí àti ohun gbogbo fún gbogbo ènìyàn. 26Ó sì tí tipasẹ̀ ẹnìkan dá gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè láti tẹ̀dó sí ojú àgbáyé, ó sì ti pinnu àkókò tí a yàn tẹ́lẹ̀, àti ààlà ibùgbé wọn; 27Ọlọ́run ṣe eléyìí kí wọn bá le máa wa, bóyá wọn yóò lè ṣàfẹ́rí rẹ̀, kí wọn sì rí í. Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ pé kò jìnnà sí olúkúlùkù wa: 28Nítorí nínú rẹ̀ ni àwa wà láààyè, tí a ń rìn kiri, tí a sì ní ẹ̀mí wa: bí àwọn kan nínú àwọn akéwì tí ẹ̀yin tìkára yín tí wí pé, ‘Àwa pẹ̀lú sì jẹ́ ọmọ rẹ̀.’
29“Ǹjẹ́ bí àwa bá jẹ́ ọmọ Ọlọ́run, kò yẹ fún wa láti rò pé, ẹni tí a wa n sìn dàbí wúrà, tàbí fàdákà, tàbí òkúta, tí a fi ọgbọ́n àti ìmọ̀ ènìyàn ya ère àwòrán rẹ̀. 30Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú ìgbà àìmọ̀ yìí ni Ọlọ́run tí fojú fò dá; ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí ó pàṣẹ fún gbogbo ènìyàn níbi gbogbo láti ronúpìwàdà; 31Níwọ́n bí ó ti dá ọjọ́ kan, nínú èyí tí yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ ayé lódodo nípasẹ̀ ọkùnrin náà tí ó ti yàn, nígbà tí ó ti fi ohun ìdánilójú fún gbogbo ènìyàn, ní ti pé ó jí dìde kúrò nínú òkú.”
32Nígbà tí wọ́n ti gbọ́ ti àjíǹde òkú, àwọn mìíràn ń ṣẹ̀fẹ̀: ṣùgbọ́n àwọn mìíràn wí pé, “Àwa o tún nǹkan yìí gbọ́ lẹ́nu rẹ̀.” 33Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Paulu sì jáde kúrò láàrín wọn. 34Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọkùnrin kan fi ara mọ́ ọn, wọ́n sì gbàgbọ́: nínú àwọn ẹni tí Dionisiu ara Areopagu wà, àti obìnrin kan tí a ń pè ni Damari àti àwọn mìíràn pẹ̀lú wọn.
