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

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

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

²And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths 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 laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom *I* announce to you.

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

⁴And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, 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 having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;

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

⁶and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

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

⁷whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

⁸ሕዝቡና የከተማውም አለቆች ይህን ነገር በሰሙ ጊዜ ታወኩ፥

⁸And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

⁹ከኢያሶንና ከሌሎቹም ዋስ ተቀብለው ለቀቁአቸው።

⁹And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.

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

¹⁰But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away 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።

¹¹And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.

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

¹²Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and 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 from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

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

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

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, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

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

¹⁶But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.

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

¹⁷He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

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።

¹⁸But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection [to them].

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 having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?

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 wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

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

²¹Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

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

²²And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

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

²³for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you.

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

²⁴The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell 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።

²⁵nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving 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 has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

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

²⁷that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although 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 exist; as also some of the poets amongst you 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 therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.

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

³⁰God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

³³እንዲሁም ጳውሎስ ከመካከላቸው ወጣ።

³¹because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.

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

³²And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

³³Thus Paul went out of their midst.

³⁴But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.