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

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

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

²and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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

³opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, [said he,] I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

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

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

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

⁵But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.

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

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

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

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

⁸ሕዝቡና የከተማውም አለቆች ይህን ነገር በሰሙ ጊዜ ታወኩ፥

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

⁹ከኢያሶንና ከሌሎቹም ዋስ ተቀብለው ለቀቁአቸው።

⁹And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

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

¹⁰And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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

¹¹Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

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

¹²Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.

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

¹³But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.

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

¹⁴And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.

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

¹⁵But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

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

¹⁶Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

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

¹⁷So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.

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።

¹⁸And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

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።

¹⁹And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?

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

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

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

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

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

²²And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious.

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

²³For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.

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

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

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።

²⁵neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

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

²⁶and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

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

²⁷that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:

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

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

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

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

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

³⁰The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

³³እንዲሁም ጳውሎስ ከመካከላቸው ወጣ።

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

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

³²Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.

³³Thus Paul went out from among them.

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