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

¹Huan, Amphikoli khua leh Appolonia khua a kheng ua, Thessalonika khua a tungta uh, huaiah Judate kikhop in a om hi;

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

²Huan, Paula, a dan ngeinain, a kiang uah a luta, Khawlni thumvei Laisiangthou akipanin teltaka sutpihin,

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.

³Kris tuh gimthuak ding him a hihdan khawng, misi lak akipana leng thou nawn ding him a hihdan khawng a hilhchiana, a hihlang jel hi. Hiai Jesu, a thu ka honhilh, amah Kris tuh ahi, chiin a gen behlap hi.

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.

⁴Huchiin, a lak ua khenkhatin a ging ua, Paula leh Sila a kithuahpihta uhi; Pathian limsak Grik mipi thupi tak leh numei makai tampi toh.

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.

⁵Himahleh ginglou Judaten a mullit ua; dawl mun a mi gilou thadah kuate hiam a kiang uah a tonpih ua, mipi a sam khawm ua, khua pumpi a tokbuai ua, Jason in a luh ua, vantang kianga pikhiak a tum uhi.

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;

⁶Huan, amau a mu kei ua, Jason leh unau ding kuate hiam kho heutute kiangah a kailut ua, a kikou ua, Khovel tokbuaite hiaiah leng a hong ua,

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

⁷Jasonin a nazintun viala; hiaite tengteng tuh, A min Jesu, kumpipa dang a om chiin, Kaisar thu kalhin a om uhi, a chi ua.

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

⁸Huan, mipi leh kho heututen huai thu a jak un a buaita ua.

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

⁹Huan, Jason leh midangte kiang akipanin, a sik ua hen dingin bang hiam a la ua, amau tuh a khahta uhi.

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.

¹⁰Huan, unauten ajan ajanin Beria khua ah Paula leh Sila a hohsak pah uh; huailai a vatun un Judate kikhopna in ah a lut ua.

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.

¹¹Huai mite tuh Thessalonika khuate sangin a na hoihjaw ua, huchiin lungsim kipaktakin thu a pom ua, a thugen uh a dik leh diklouh theihna dingin nitengin laisiangthou a zong jel uhi.

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

¹²Huchiin, huaite mi tampiin a gingtata uhi; Grik numei zahtakhuai leh pasalte leng duaisanin a gingtata kei uhi.

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.

¹³Himahleh, Thessalonika khuaa Judanten, Paulain Beria khua ah Pathian thu a gen chih a jak tak un, huaiah leng a vahoh ua, mipite a hasuan gawp ua, a hihbuai nawnta uhi.

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

¹⁴Huchiin, unauten tuipi tana hoh dingin Paula a sawlkhe pah ua, Sila leh Timothi bel huaiah a om tadih uhi.

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.

¹⁵Huan, Paula piten Anthen kha tannin a pi ua; huan, Sila leh Timothi tuh theihtawpa a kianga hongpai mengna ding thukhah puain a paita uhi.

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

¹⁶Huan, Paulain Athen khua a amau a nangak lain, huai khua pathian lima dimin a mu a, a lungsimin a hehta a.

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

¹⁷Huchiin, kikhopna in ah Judate leh Pathian limsakte a sel jela, dawl mun ah leng huaia naom peuhmahte tuh nitengin a sel jel hi.

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.

¹⁸Huan, Epikuria mi leh Stok mi laka mi pil kuate hiam in leng amah a hongkiselpih ua. Hiai mi tamtamin bang ahia gen a tup? a chi ua. Akhenin, Jesu thu leh Thohnawnna thu a gen jiakin gam dang pathiante thugenpa a hih tuak e, a chi ua.

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?

¹⁹Huan, amah a len ua, Areopaga ah a honpi ua, a kiangah, hiai thuhilhna thak na gengen non theisak thei diam?

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

²⁰Thil lamdang banghiam ka bil uah na hontun ahi; huchiin, hiai thil omdan theih ka ut uh, a chi ua.

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.)

²¹Athente tengteng, a khua ua mikhual omte leng, a man chiang peuh un thu thak photphot genin hiam, a ngaikhe bekin hiamin a om uhi.

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.

²²Huan, Areopaga laitak ah Paula a dinga, a gena, nou Athen khua a mite aw, bangkim ah sabiak limsaktak mi na hi uh chih ka thei hi.

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.

²³Ka vak kawma, na chibai bukte uh ka et lain, maitam khat, a tunga, Theihlouh Pathian Ading, chia gelh, ka mu ahi. Huchiin, theiloua chibai na buk uh, huai thu tuh ka honhilh ahi.

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

²⁴Pathian khovel leh a sunga thil tengteng siampa, lei leh van Toupa a hihjiakin khuta lam in ah khawngpeuh a om kei hi;

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;

²⁵thil tasam bangin mihing khuta nasep sakin leng om kei, amah mah tuh bangkim kianga hinna, hatna leh thil tengteng pepa ahi jaw hi.

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;

²⁶Huan, leitung maikaih tengtenga om dingin bul mun khat vekin nam chih mi a siama, amau adingin hun bisehte a sehsaka, a omna gi uh leng a khunsak.

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:

²⁷Pathian a zon ua, a mai a mai ua, a muh teiteina ding un; himahleh aman lah hongamlat kei chiat ngala.

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.

²⁸Amah vangin i hingin i tangin, i om uh ahi ngala; Noumau laphuahsiam kuate hiamin leng, ei leng a suante i hi ngal ua, chia a gen bang un.

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.

²⁹Huchiin, Pathian Suante i hih nung, Pathian tuh dangkaeng peuh, dangka peuh, suang peuh, mihing khutsiam leh suktuaha sekte bang hiam ahi, chih, i gingta ding ahi kei.

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

³⁰Huchiin, Pathianin i theihlouh laikhawng bang a kitheihmohbawla; himahleh, tunah jaw gam chiha mi tengteng kisik ding thu a peta hi, ni achiam jiakin;

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.

³¹huai ni chiangin Pathianin a mi seh zangin diktatnain khovel a vaihawm ding; huan a miseh tung thu tuh amah misi laka kipana kaithouin, mitengteng kiangah a theisakta hi, chiin.

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

³²Huan, misi laka kipana thohnawnna thu a jak tak un, a khenin a nuihsan ua; a khenin, hiai thu na kiangah ka ngaikhe nawn ding uh, a chi ua.

³³Thus Paul went out from among them.

³³Huchiin, Paula tuh a lak ua kipan a pawtta hi.Himahleh, mi kuate hiam amah lamah a pang chinten ua, a gingtata ua, huai laka khenkhat tuh Areopaga mi Dionisia leh, numei khat a min Damari leh, a kiang ua midangte toh ahi uh.

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

³⁴Himahleh, mi kuate hiam amah lamah a pang chinten ua, a gingtata ua, huai laka khenkhat tuh Areopaga mi Dionisia leh, numei khat a min Damari leh, a kiang ua midangte toh ahi uh.