¹[Ny nankanesan'i Paoly sy Silasy tany Tesalonika sy Beria] Ary rehefa nandeha namaky an'i Amfipolia sy Apolonia izy, dia tonga tao Tesalonika, ary nisy synagogan'ny Jiosy tao.

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

²Ary Paoly dia niditra tao araka ny fanaony; ary Sabata telo no niadiany hevitra avy amin'ny Soratra Masina tamin'ny olona tao.

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

³Dia nanambara izy ka naneho marimarina fa tsy maintsy nijaly sy nitsangana tamin'ny maty Kristy; ary Jesosy, Izay toriko aminareo, hoy izy, no Kristy.

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.`

⁴Ary ny sasany tamin'ireo dia nino ka nanampy ho isan'ny mpianatr'i Paoly sy Silasy, ary maro be koa tamin'ny jentilisa izay mpivavaka, ary tsy vitsy tamin'ny vehivavy nanan-kaja. [ Gr. Grika]

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.

⁵Fa nialona ny Jiosy ka naka olona ratsy fanahy teny an-tsena ary nahavory vahoaka betsaka, dia nampitabataba ny tanàna ka namely ny tranon'i Jasona ary nitady hamoaka azy roa lahy ho ao amin'ny olona.

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,

⁶Ary raha tsy nahita azy roa lahy izy, dia nisarika an'i Jasona sy ny rahalahy sasany ho ao amin'ny lehiben'ny tanàna ka niantso mafy hoe: Tongay koa ireo lehilahy namadika izao tontolo izao ireo;

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,

⁷ary efa nampandrosoin'i Jasona izy, ka izy rehetra ireo manohitra ny tenin'i Kaisara, satria izy milaza fa misy mpanjaka hafa, dia Jesosy.

⁷whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king — Jesus.`

⁸Dia taitra ny vahoaka sy ny lehiben'ny tanàna, raha nahare izany.

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

⁹Ary rehefa nasainy nametraka antoka Jasona sy ny sasany teo aminy, dia navelany handeha izy.

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

¹⁰Ary Paoly sy Silasy dia nampandehanin'ny rahalahy niaraka tamin'izay nony alina hankany Beria; koa raha tonga tany izy, dia niditra tao amin'ny synagogan'ny Jiosy.

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;

¹¹Ary ny toe-panahin'ireo dia tsara noho ny tao Tesalonika; satria nandray ny teny tamin'ny zotom-po indrindra ireo ka nandinika ny Soratra Masina isan'andro, na marina izany, na tsia.

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;

¹²Koa maro tamin'ireo no nino, ary tsy vitsy tamin'ny vehivavy jentilisa nanan-kaja sy ny lehilahy. [Gr. Grika]

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

¹³Fa raha ren'ny Jiosy tany Tesalonika fa Paoly nitory ny tenin'Andriamanitra tany Beria, dia nankany izy ka nampikotrana sy nampitabataba ny vahoaka.

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;

¹⁴Ary niaraka tamin'izay dia nasain'ny rahalahy nandeha hatrany amoron-dranomasina Paoly; fa Silasy sy Timoty kosa dia mbola nijanona teo ihany.

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.

¹⁵Ary izay nanatitra an'i Paoly dia nitondra azy nankany Atena; ary rehefa nahazo teny holazainy amin'i Silasy sy Timoty izy mba hankanesan'izy roa lahy any aminy faingana, dia lasa nandeha ireo.

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;

¹⁶[Ny nataon'i Paoly tany Atena] Ary raha niandry azy tany Atena Paoly, dia taitra tao anatiny ny fanahiny, raha nahita ny tanàna feno sampy izy.

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

¹⁷Ary izy niady hevitra tamin'ny Jiosy sy ny proselyta tao amin'ny synagoga sy tamin'izay tafavory tany an-tsena isan'andro.

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.

¹⁸Ary ny olon-kendry sasany tamin'ny Epikoreana sy ny Stoika nanohitra azy koa, ka hoy ny sasany: Inona no tian'io mpibedibedy io holazaina? Ary hoy kosa ny sasany: Toa mitory andriamani-baovao izy, satria Jesosy sy ny fitsanganan'ny maty no notoriny. [ Gr. mpitsindroka]

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,

¹⁹Ary ireo naka azy, dia nitondra azy ho any Areopago ka nanao hoe: Moa mba mahazo mahafantatra izany fampianarana vaovao lazainao izany izahay?

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,

²⁰Fa mampandre ny sofinay zavatra hafahafa izay tsy fantatray ianao; koa tianay ho fantatra izay hevitr'izany zavatra izany.

²⁰for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;`

²¹(Fa ny Ateniana rehetra sy ny vahiny izay nitoetra teo tsy nandany ny androny tamin'ny zavatra hafa, afa-tsy ny hilaza na hihaino zava-baovao.)

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

²²Ary Paoly nitsangana teo afovoan'i Areopago ka nanao hoe: Ry lehilahy Ateniana, hitako fa amin'ny zavatra rehetra dia fatra-pivavaka amin'ny andriamanitrareo indrindra ianareo.

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

²³Fa raha nandeha aho ka nandinika izay zavatra ivavahanareo, dia nahita alitara anankiray misy izao soratra izao: HO AN'IZAY ANDRIAMANITRA TSY FANTATRA. Koa izay ivavahanareo, kanefa tsy fantatrareo, dia izany no toriko aminareo,

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.

²⁴dia Andriamanitra Izay nanao izao tontolo izao sy ny ao aminy rehetra, Izy no Tompon'ny lanitra sy ny tany ka tsy mba mitoetra ao anaty tempoly nataon-tanana,

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,

²⁵sady tsy mba tompoin'ny tànan'olona toa mila zavatra, fa Izy ihany no manome izao rehetra izao aina sy fofon'aina ary ny zavatra rehetra;

²⁵neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

²⁶ary ny firenena rehetra avy amin'ny iray ihany dia namponeniny ambonin'ny tany rehetra, ary efa notendreny ny fotoan'andro sy ny faritry ny fonenany,

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 —

²⁷mba hitady an'Andriamanitra izy, raha tàhiny hahatsapa ka hahita Azy, kanefa tsy mba lavitra antsika rehetra Izy;

²⁷to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

²⁸fa Izy no ivelomantsika sy ihetsehantsika ary iainantsika; araka ny nataon'ny mpanao tonon-kira sasany teo aminareo hoe: Fa terany koa isika.

²⁸for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

²⁹Ary satria terak'Andriamanitra isika, dia tsy mety raha ny fomban'Andriamanitra no ataontsika ho tahaka ny volamena, na volafotsy, na vato voasoratry ny fahaizana aman-tsain'olombelona.

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;

³⁰Ary Andriamanitra ninia tsy nijery ny andron'ny tsi-fahalalana; fa ankehitriny Izy mandidy ny olona rehetra amin'izao tontolo izao hibebaka,

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

³¹satria Izy efa nanendry andro iray, izay hitsarany izao tontolo izao amin'ny fahamarinana amin'ny alalan'ny Lehilahy iray voatendriny, koa efa nanome vavolombelona hampino ny olona rehetra izany Izy tamin'ny nananganany Azy tamin'ny maty.

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.`

³²Ary raha nahare ny amin'ny fitsanganan'ny maty izy, dia nihomehy ny sasany; ary ny sasany kosa nanao hoe: Mbola hihaino anao indray izahay ny amin'izany zavatra izany.

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

³³Ary Paoly dia niala teo aminy.Anefa ny olona sasany niray taminy ka nino; mba naman'izany Dionysio Areopagita sy ny vehivavy anankiray atao hoe Damary ary ny sasany koa.

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

³⁴Anefa ny olona sasany niray taminy ka nino; mba naman'izany Dionysio Areopagita sy ny vehivavy anankiray atao hoe Damary ary ny sasany koa.

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.