¹Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

¹በአንፊጶልና በአጶሎንያም ካለፉ በኋላ ወደ ተሰሎንቄ መጡ፥ በዚያም የአይሁድ ምኵራብ ነበረ።

²And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

²ጳውሎስም እንደ ልማዱ ወደ እነርሱ ገባ፥ ሦስት ሰንበትም ያህል ከእነርሱ ጋር ከመጻሕፍት እየጠቀሰ ይነጋገር ነበር፤

³Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

³ሲተረጉምም ክርስቶስ መከራ እንዲቀበልና ከሙታን እንዲነሣ ይገባው ዘንድ እያስረዳ። ይህ እኔ የምሰብክላችሁ ኢየሱስ እርሱ ክርስቶስ ነው ይል ነበር።

⁴And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

⁴ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ተረድተው ከሚያመልኩም ከግሪክ ሰዎች ብዙ ከከበሩትም ሴቶች ጥቂቶች ያይደሉ፥ ከጳውሎስና ከሲላስ ጋር ተባበሩ።

⁵But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

⁵አይሁድ ግን ቀንተው ከሥራ ፈቶች ክፉ ሰዎችን አመጡ ሕዝብንም ሰብስበው ከተማውን አወኩ፥ ወደ ሕዝብም ያወጡአቸው ዘንድ ፈልገው ወደ ኢያሶን ቤት ቀረቡ፤

⁶And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

⁶ባላገኙአቸውም ጊዜ ኢያሶንንና ከወንድሞች አንዳንዶችን ወደ ከተማው አለቆች ጎትተው። ዓለምን ያወኩ እነዚህ ወደዚህ ደግሞ መጥተዋል፥ ኢያሶንም ተቀብሎአቸዋል፤

⁷Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

⁷እነዚህም ሁሉ። ኢየሱስ የሚሉት ሌላ ንጉሥ አለ እያሉ የቄሣርን ትእዛዝ ይቃወማሉ ብለው ጮኹ።

⁸And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

⁸ሕዝቡና የከተማውም አለቆች ይህን ነገር በሰሙ ጊዜ ታወኩ፥

⁹And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

⁹ከኢያሶንና ከሌሎቹም ዋስ ተቀብለው ለቀቁአቸው።

¹⁰And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

¹⁰ወዲያውም ወንድሞች ጳውሎስንና ሲላስን በሌሊት ወደ ቤርያ ሰደዱአቸው፥ በደረሱም ጊዜ ወደ አይሁድ ምኵራብ ገቡ፤

¹¹These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

¹¹እነዚህም በተሰሎንቄ ከሚኖሩት ይልቅ ልበ ሰፊዎች ነበሩና። ነገሩ እንደዚሁ ይሆንን? ብለው ዕለት ዕለት መጻሕፍትን እየመረመሩ ቃሉን በሙሉ ፈቃድ ተቀበሉ።

¹²Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

¹²ስለዚህም ከእነርሱ ብዙ፥ ከግሪኮችም የከበሩት ሴቶችና ወንዶች ጥቂት ያይደሉ፥ አመኑ።

¹³But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.

¹³በተሰሎንቄ ያሉት አይሁድ ግን ጳውሎስ በቤርያ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እንደ ሰበከ ባወቁ ጊዜ፥ ወደዚያው ደግሞ መጡና ሕዝቡን አወኩ።

¹⁴And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

¹⁴በዚያን ጊዜም ወንድሞቹ ወዲያው ጳውሎስን እስከ ባሕር ድረስ ይሄድ ዘንድ ሰደዱት፤ ሲላስና ጢሞቴዎስም በዚያው ቀሩ።

¹⁵And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

¹⁵ጳውሎስን የሸኙት ግን እስከ አቴና አደረሱት፥ እንደሚቻላቸውም በፍጥነት ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ዘንድ ወደ ሲላስና ወደ ጢሞቴዎስ ትእዛዝ ተቀብለው ሄዱ።

¹⁶Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.

¹⁶ጳውሎስም በአቴና ሲጠብቃቸው ሳለ፥ በከተማው ጣዖት መሙላቱን እየተመለከተ መንፈሱ ተበሳጨበት።

¹⁷Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

¹⁷ስለዚህም በምኵራብ ከአይሁድና እግዚአብሔርን ከሚያመልኩ ሰዎች ጋር በየቀኑም በገበያ ከሚያገኛቸው ጋር ይነጋገር ነበር።

¹⁸Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

¹⁸ከኤፊቆሮስ ወገንና ኢስጦኢኮችም ከተባሉት ፈላስፎች አንዳንዶቹ ከእርሱ ጋር ተገናኙ። አንዳንዶቹም። ይህ ለፍላፊ ምን ሊናገር ይወዳል? አሉ፤ ሌሎችም የኢየሱስንና የትንሣኤውን ወንጌል ስለ ሰበከላቸው። አዲሶችን አማልክት የሚያወራ ይመስላል አሉ።

¹⁹And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

¹⁹ይዘውም። ይህ የምትናገረው አዲስ ትምህርት ምን እንደሆነ እናውቅ ዘንድ ይቻለናልን? በጆሮአችን እንግዳ ነገር ታሰማናለህና፤ እንግዲህ ይህ ነገር ምን እንደሆነ እናውቅ ዘንድ እንፈቅዳለን ብለው አርዮስፋጎስ ወደ ተባለው ስፍራ ወሰዱት።

²⁰For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

²¹የአቴና ሰዎች ሁሉና በዚያ የኖሩ እንግዶች አዲስ ነገርን ከመናገርና ከመስማት በቀር በሌላ ጉዳይ አይውሉም ነበርና።

²¹(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

²²ጳውሎስም በአርዮስፋጎስ መካከል ቆሞ እንዲህ አለ። የአቴና ሰዎች ሆይ፥ እናንተ በሁሉ ነገር አማልክትን እጅግ እንደምትፈሩ እመለከታለሁ።

²²Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

²³የምታመልኩትን እየተመለከትሁ ሳልፍ። ለማይታወቅ አምላክ የሚል ጽሕፈት ያለበትን መሠዊያ ደግሞ አግኝቼአለሁና። እንግዲህ ይህን ሳታውቁ የምታመልኩትን እኔ እነግራችኋለሁ።

²³For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

²⁴ዓለሙንና በእርሱ ያለውን ሁሉ የፈጠረ አምላክ እርሱ የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ ነውና እጅ በሠራው መቅደስ አይኖርም፤

²⁴God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

²⁵እርሱም ሕይወትንና እስትንፋስን ሁሉንም ለሁሉ ይሰጣልና አንዳች እንደሚጎድለው በሰው እጅ አይገለገልም።

²⁵Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

²⁶ምናልባትም እየመረመሩ ያገኙት እንደ ሆነ፥ እግዚአብሔርን ይፈልጉ ዘንድ በምድር ሁሉ ላይ እንዲኖሩ የሰውን ወገኖች ሁሉ ከአንድ ፈጠረ፥ የተወሰኑትንም ዘመኖችና ለሚኖሩበት ስፍራ ዳርቻ መደበላቸው። ቢሆንም ከእያንዳንዳችን የራቀ አይደለም።

²⁶And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

²⁸ከእናንተ ከባለ ቅኔዎች አንዳንዶች ደግሞ። እኛ ደግሞ ዘመዶቹ ነንና ብለው እንደ ተናገሩ፥ በእርሱ ሕያዋን ነንና እንንቀሳቀሳለን እንኖርማለን።

²⁷That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

²⁹እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔር ዘመዶች ከሆንን፥ አምላክ በሰው ብልሃትና አሳብ የተቀረጸውን ወርቅ ወይም ብር ወይም ድንጋይ እንዲመስል እናስብ ዘንድ አይገባንም።

²⁸For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

³⁰እንግዲህ እግዚአብሔር ያለማወቅን ወራት አሳልፎ አሁን በየቦታቸው ንስሐ ይገቡ ዘንድ ሰውን ሁሉ ያዛል፤

²⁹Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

³¹ቀን ቀጥሮአልና፥ በዚያም ቀን ባዘጋጀው ሰው እጅ በዓለሙ ላይ በጽድቅ ሊፈርድ አለው፤ ስለዚህም እርሱን ከሙታን በማስነሣቱ ሁሉን አረጋግጦአል።

³⁰And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

³²የሙታንንም ትንሣኤ በሰሙ ጊዜ እኵሌቶቹ አፌዙበት፥ እኵሌቶቹ ግን። ስለዚህ ነገር ሁለተኛ እንሰማሃለን አሉት።

³¹Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

³³እንዲሁም ጳውሎስ ከመካከላቸው ወጣ።

³²And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

³⁴አንዳንዶች ወንዶች ግን ተባብረው አመኑ፤ ከእነርሱ ደግሞ በአርዮስፋጎስ ያለው የፍርድ ቤት ፈራጅ ዲዮናስዮስ ደማሪስ የሚሉአትም አንዲት ሴት ሌሎችም ከእነርሱ ጋር ነበሩ።

³³So Paul departed from among them.

³⁴Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.