¹Nad matkasid läbi Amfipolise ja Apolloonia ning tulid Tessaloonikasse, kus oli juudi sünagoog.

¹Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

²Ja Paulus astus oma harjumust mööda nende juurde sisse ning arutles ja väitles nendega kolmel hingamispäeval Pühakirja üle,

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

³selgitades ja tõestades, et Messias pidi kannatama ja surnuist üles tõusma: 'Tema ongi Messias - see Jeesus, keda mina teile kuulutan.'

³explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

⁴Ja mõned neist lasksid end veenda ja liitusid Pauluse ja Siilasega, samuti suur hulk jumalakartlikke kreeklasi ja rohkesti suursuguseid naisi.

⁴Some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

⁵Juudid läksid aga kadedaks ja võtsid enestega turuplatsidelt mõningaid nurjatuid mehi ja rahvahulki koondades muutsid linna rahutuks. Rünnates Jaasoni koda, püüdsid nad apostleid rahva ette tuua.

⁵But the unpersuaded Jews took along TR reads “And the Jews who were unpersuaded, becoming envious and taking along” instead of “But the unpersuaded Jews took along” some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

⁶Aga kui neid ei leitud, siis nad vedasid Jaasoni ja mõned vennad linna ülemate ette ning hüüdsid: 'Need, kes kogu maal rahutusi tekitavad, need on ka siia tulnud.

⁶When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

⁷Jaason on nad vastu võtnud; ja nad kõik rikuvad keisri korraldusi, öeldes ühe teise olevat kuninga, kellegi Jeesuse.'

⁷whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”

⁸Seda kuuldes rahvas ja linna ülemad ärritusid,

⁸The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

⁹kuid saades Jaasonilt ja teistelt tagatise, lasksid nad nemad vabaks.

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

¹⁰Vennad saatsid siis kohe Pauluse ja Siilase öö varjus Beroiasse. Kui nad olid sinna jõudnud, läksid nad juudi sünagoogi.

¹⁰The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

¹¹Sealsed olid üllameelsemad kui Tessaloonika omad, nemad võtsid sõna vastu täie innuga ja uurisid iga päev Pühakirjast, kas see on nõnda.

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 to see whether these things were so.

¹²Paljud neist hakkasid uskuma, samuti rohkesti kõrgemast seisusest kreeka naisi ja mehi.

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

¹³Kui aga Tessaloonika juudid said teada, et Paulus ka Beroias kuulutab Jumala sõna, tulid nad sinnagi rahvast ässitama ja segadusse ajama.

¹³But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.

¹⁴Siis saatsid vennad Pauluse kohe mere äärde, Siilas ja Timoteos jäid aga paigale.

¹⁴Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.

¹⁵Pauluse saatjad viisid ta Ateenani ja läksid ise ära, kui nad olid saanud Siilase ja Timoteose jaoks käsu, et need võimalikult ruttu tuleksid Pauluse juurde.

¹⁵But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.

¹⁶Aga kui Paulus neid Ateenas ootas, siis ta ärritus vaimus, nähes linna ebajumalakujusid täis olevat.

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

¹⁷Ta arutles ja väitles nüüd sünagoogis juutide ja proselüütidega ning turul iga päev nendega, kes tema juurde juhtusid.

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

¹⁸Aga mõned epikuurlaste ja stoikute mõttetargad vaidlesid temaga. Ühed ütlesid: 'Mida see lobasuu tahab öelda?' Teised aga: 'Tema näib kuulutavat võõraid vaime.' Sest ta kuulutas neile evangeeliumi Jeesusest ja ülestõusmisest.

¹⁸Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also TR omits “also” were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

¹⁹Ja nad võtsid ta kinni ja viisid Areopaagile, sõnades: 'Kas me võime teada saada, mis uus õpetus see on, mida sa räägid?

¹⁹They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

²⁰Sest sa tood meie kõrvu võõrastavaid asju. Me tahame nüüd teada saada, mis need õige on.'

²⁰For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”

²¹Kõigil ateenlastel ja seal elavatel muulastel ei olnud ju muuks aega, kui vaid rääkida ja kuulata midagi uut.

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

²²Paulus jäi seisma keset Areopaagi ja ütles: 'Ateena mehed, ma näen, et te olete haruldaselt jumalakartlikud,

²²Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

²³sest kui ma läksin läbi linna ja teie pühamuid silmitsesin, leidsin ka sellise altari, millele on kirjutatud: 'Tundmatule Jumalale.' Keda teie nüüd kui tundmatut teenite, teda kuulutan mina teile.

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 you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.

²⁴Jumal, kes on teinud maailma ja kõik, mis siin sees, kes taeva ja maa Issandana ei ela templites, mis on kätega tehtud,

²⁴The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands,

²⁵ega lase ennast ka inimkätega teenida, nagu oleks tal midagi vaja, - tema ise annab kõikidele elu ja õhu ja kõik.

²⁵neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

²⁶Tema on teinud ühestainsast terve inimkonna elama kogu ilmamaa peal ning on neile seadnud ettemääratud ajad ja nende asukohtade piirid,

²⁶He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

²⁷et nad otsiksid Jumalat, kas nad ehk saaksid teda käega katsuda ja leida, kuigi tema küll ei ole kaugel ühestki meist,

²⁷that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

²⁸sest tema sees meie elame ja liigume ja oleme, nagu ka mõned teie luuletajaist on öelnud: 'Sest ka meie oleme tema sugu.'

²⁸‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

²⁹Kui me nüüd oleme Jumala sugu, siis ei tohi me arvata, et jumalus on kulla või hõbeda või kivi sarnane või nagu inimeste oskuse ja kujutluse loodud.

²⁹Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

³⁰Jumal on küll selliseid teadmatuse aegu sallinud, kuid nüüd käsib ta kõigil inimestel kõigis paigus meelt parandada.

³⁰The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

³¹Sest ta on seadnud ühe päeva, mil ta mõistab õiglaselt kohut kogu ilmamaa üle mehe läbi, kelle ta on määranud, ja ta on pakkunud kõigile tõestuse sellega, et on tema üles äratanud surnuist.'

³¹because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

³²Kuuldes surnute ülestõusmisest, hakkasid mõned pilkama, teised aga ütlesid: 'Me tahame sinult selle kohta veel teinegi kord kuulda.'

³²Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

³³Nõnda läks Paulus nende keskelt ära.

³³Thus Paul went out from among them.

³⁴Aga mõned mehed ühinesid temaga ja said usklikuks, nende seas ka Areopaagi liige Dionüüsios, ja üks naine, Damaris nimi, ja teisigi koos nendega.

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