¹A precestujúc Amfipolis a Apolloniu prišli do Tesaloniky, kde bola synagóga Židov.

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

²A Pavel podľa svojej obyčaje vošiel k nim. A po tri soboty hovoril s nimi z písem,

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

³otváral ich a predkladal, že Kristus musel trpieť a vstať z mŕtvych, a že toto je Kristus, Ježiš, ktorého vám ja zvestujem.

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.`

⁴A niektorí z nich uverili a boli losom Božím pridelení Pavlovi a Sílasovi i bohabojných Grékov veliké množstvo i popredných žien nemalý počet.

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.

⁵Ale neveriaci Židia zapálení súc závisťou pribrali si niekoľko po trhu sa potulujúcich zlých mužov, sohnali zástup a pobúrili mesto urobiac útok na dom Jázonov hľadali ich vyviesť pred ľud.

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,

⁶A keď ich nenašli, vliekli Jázona a niektorých bratov k náčelníkom mesta a kričali: Títo, ktorí búria celý svet, prišli aj sem,

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,

⁷a Jázon ich prijal. A títo všetci robia proti nariadeniam cisára hovoriac, že je iný kráľom, Ježiš.

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

⁸A pobúrili zástup i náčelníkov mesta, ktorí to počuli.

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

⁹Ale keď dostali od Jázona a od ostatných záruku, prepustili ich.

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

¹⁰A bratia hneď cez noc vyslali Pavla a Sílasa do Beree, ktorí prijdúc ta odišli do synagógy Židov.

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;

¹¹A tí boli šľachetnejší ako tí v Tesalonike a prijali slovo s celou ochotou a zkúmali písma každý deň, či je tomu tak.

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;

¹²A tak uverili mnohí z nich, i gréckych žien popredných i mužov uveril nemalý počet.

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

¹³Ale hneď ako zvedeli Židia z Tesaloniky, že Pavel i v Berei zvestoval slovo Božie, prišli aj tam nepokojiť a búriť zástupy.

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;

¹⁴Ale bratia potom hneď vyslali Pavla, aby išiel až k moru, ale i Sílas i Timoteus zostali tam.

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.

¹⁵A tí, ktorí odprevádzali Pavla, zaviedli ho až do Atén a dostanúc príkaz pre Sílasa a Timotea, aby čím najskôr prišli za ním, odišli.

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;

¹⁶A kým ich Pavel čakal v Aténach, roznecoval sa v ňom jeho duch, keď videl, že je mesto plné modiel.

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

¹⁷Hovoril tedy v synagóge so Židmi i s bohabojnými inokmeňci i na tržisku každý deň s tými, ktorí sa ta práve nahodili.

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.

¹⁸A dali sa s ním do hádky aj niektorí z epikurejských a stoických filozofov, mudrcov. A jedni vraveli: Čože to chce ten žvatláč povedať? A iní zase: Zdá sa byť zvestovateľom cudzích bohov. Lebo im zvestoval Ježiša a zmŕtvychvstanie.

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,

¹⁹A pochytili ho a zaviedli na Areopág a povedali: Či môžeme zvedieť, čo a jaké je to nové učenie, ktoré to ty hovoríš?

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,

²⁰Lebo nesieš čosi čudného do našich uší. Radi by sme tedy zvedieť, čo to chce byť.

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

²¹Lebo všetci Atéňania i tam bývajúci cudzinci na nič iného nestihnú ako alebo vravieť niečo alebo počúvať niečo nového.

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

²²Vtedy si zastal Pavel naprostred Areopágu a povedal: Mužovia Atéňania, podľa všetkého vidím, že ste vy neobyčajne nábožní ľudia.

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

²³Lebo jako som chodil po meste a obzeral som vaše posviatnosti, ktorým dávate božskú česť, našiel som aj oltár, na ktorom je napísané: Neznámemu Bohu. Toho teda, ktorého ctíte bez toho, žeby ste ho znali, toho vám ja zvestujem.

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.

²⁴Bôh, ktorý učinil svet a všetko, čo je na ňom, súc Pánom nebies a zeme nebýva v chrámoch, učinených rukou,

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,

²⁵ani sa mu neslúži ľudskými rukami, jako čo by niečo potreboval, lebo veď on sám dáva všetkému život a dych a všetko

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

²⁶a učinil z jednej krvi všetok národ ľudí, aby bývali na celej tvári zeme, určiac vopred odriadené časy a medze ich bývania,

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 —

²⁷aby hľadali Pána, ak by ho snáď len nejako nahmatali a našli, hoci nie je ďaleko od niktorého z nás.

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

²⁸Lebo veď v ňom žijeme, hýbeme sa a sme, jako aj ktorísi z vašich básnikov povedali: Lebo i jeho rodina sme.

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

²⁹Tedy keď sme rodinou Božou, nemáme sa domnievať, že by Božstvo bolo podobné zlatu alebo striebru alebo kameňu, rytine, ktorú vytvorilo remeslo a ľudský výmysel.

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;

³⁰Bôh tedy prehliadol časy nevedomosti, ale teraz zvestuje ľuďom, všetkým všade, aby činili pokánie,

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

³¹pretože ustanovil deň, v ktorom bude súdiť celý svet v spravedlivosti v osobe muža, ktorého určil nato, a podáva všetkým ľuďom vieru vzkriesiac ho z mŕtvych.

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.`

³²Ale keď počuli o vzkriesení z mŕtvych, jedni sa posmievali, a druhí povedali: Vypočujeme ťa o tom aj po druhé.

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

³³Takto vyšiel Pavel zpomedzi nich.

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

³⁴No, niektorí mužovia sa pripojili k nemu a uverili, medzi ktorými bol aj Dionýzius Areopagský aj žena, menom Damaris, a iní s nimi.

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.