¹And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,

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

²and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

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

³opening and alleging, `That the Christ it behoved to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that this is the Christ — Jesus whom I proclaim to you.`

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

⁴And certain of them did believe, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also of the worshipping Greeks a great multitude, of the principal women also not a few.

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

⁵And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,

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

⁶and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud — `These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present,

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 another to be king — Jesus.`

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

⁸And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,

⁸ሕዝቡና የከተማውም አለቆች ይህን ነገር በሰሙ ጊዜ ታወኩ፥

⁹and having taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

⁹ከኢያሶንና ከሌሎቹም ዋስ ተቀብለው ለቀቁአቸው።

¹⁰And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews;

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

¹¹and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

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

¹²many, indeed, therefore, of them did believe, and of the honourable Greek women and men not a few.

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

¹³And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God declared by Paul, they came thither also, agitating the multitudes;

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

¹⁴and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining there.

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

¹⁵And those conducting Paul, brought him unto Athens, and having received a command unto Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come unto him, they departed;

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

¹⁶and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,

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

¹⁷therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with him.

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

¹⁸And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, `What would this seed picker wish to say?` and others, `Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;` because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,

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።

¹⁹having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought [him], saying, `Are we able to know what [is] this new teaching that is spoken by thee,

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 certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;`

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

²¹and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.

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

²²And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, `Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;

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

²³for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God — unknown; whom, therefore — not knowing — ye do worship, this One I announce to you.

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

²⁴`God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,

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

²⁵neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving 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።

²⁶He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth — having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings —

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

²⁷to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, He is not far from each 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 are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

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

²⁹`Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;

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

³⁰the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

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

³¹because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.`

³³እንዲሁም ጳውሎስ ከመካከላቸው ወጣ።

³²And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, `We will hear thee again concerning this;`

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

³³and so Paul went forth from the midst of them,

³⁴and certain men having cleaved to him, did believe, among whom [is] also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.