1 Bi ñu fa jógee, ñu aw yoon wa jaar dëkku Amfipolis ak Apoloni, door a ñëw Tesalonig, fa Yawut ya am jàngu.
1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 Pool nag dugg ca ñoom, na mu ko daan defe, ba am fa ñetti bésu noflaay, muy werante ak ñoom ci li Mbind mi wax.
2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3 Mu di leen ko tekki, te di leen wax ay firnde yuy wone ne, fàww Almasi bi sonn te dekki. Mu ne leen: «Yeesu, mi ma leen di yégal, mooy Almasi bi.»
3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4 Noonu ñenn ci Yawut yi gëm, ànd ak Pool ak Silas, ñoom ak mbooloo mu mag ci Gereg yi ragal Yàlla, ak jigéen ñu am maana ñu bare.
4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 Waaye kiñaan tàbbi ca Yawut ya, ñu daldi jël ay taxawaalukat ca pénc ma, dajale mbooloo, ñuy yengal dëkk ba. Ñu daanu ci kër Yason, di wut Pool ak Silas, ngir dëj leen ci kanam waa dëkk ba.
5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6 Bi ñu leen gisul nag, ñu diri Yason ak ñeneen ca bokk ya ci kanam àttekat ya. Ñuy wax ci kaw naan: «Nit ñi dëpp àddina sépp agsi nañu fii léegi,
6And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7 te Yason a leen dalal. Ñoom ñépp dañoo bañ ndigali buur Sesaar ne, am na beneen buur bu ñuy wax Yeesu.»
7Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8 Bi ko mbooloo mi ak àttekat yi déggee, ñu daldi jaaxle lool.
8And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9 Noonu nanguwuñoo yiwi Yason ak ñi ci des, lu dul bi ñu leen bataleelee dara.
9And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10 Bi loolu amee bokk yi jàllale Pool ak Silas ci saa si ci guddi, ñu jëm Bere. Ba ñu fa eggee nag, ñu dugg ca jàngub Yawut ya.
10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 Fekk ña fa nekk ñoo gën a am ay teggin waa Tesalonig, ndaxte nangu nañu kàddu ga te sawar ca, di niir Mbind mi bés bu nekk, ba xam ndax loolu dëgg la am déet.
11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12 Kon nag Yawut yu bare gëm ak ñu bare ci Gereg yi, di jigéen yu am maana ak ay góor.
12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13 Waaye bi Yawuti Tesalonig déggee ne, Pool mu ngi yégle kàddug Yàlla ci Bere it, ñu daldi fay dikk, di jógloo ak a jaxase mbooloo ma.
13But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14 Noonu bokk yi yebal Pool ca saa sa, mu jëm géej, waaye Silas ak Timote des fa.
14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
15 Ñi ànd ak Pool nag gunge ko ba dëkku Aten. Bi ñu fa àggee, ñu woññiku, yóbbaale ndigalu Pool ne, Silas ak Timote ñëw fekksi ko ci lu gën a gaaw.
15And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16 Bi leen Pool di nég ca Aten, mu am naqaru xol wu réy ci li mu gis dëkk ba fees ak ay nataali bokkaale Yàlla.
16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17 Muy werante nag ca jàngu ba ak Yawut ya ak ña ragal Yàlla, tey werante it bés bu nekk ca pénc ma ak ña fay dajaloo.
17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18 Noonu ay boroom xam-xam ci mbooloo mi ñuy wax Epikuren ak ci mbooloo mi ñuy wax Estowisen, di werante ak moom. Ñenn ci ñoom ne: «Fortukatu xam-xam bii, lu mu bëgg a wax?» Te ña ca des, bi ñu déggee Pool di waare xebaar bu baax bi, aju ci Yeesu ak ci mbirum ndekkite, ñu ne: «Dafa mel ni, day waare ay yàlla yu nu xamul.»
18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 Kon nag ñu jël ko, yóbbu ko ca géew, ba ñuy wax Areyopas. Ñu ne ko: «Danoo bëggoon, nga leeral nu ci sa xam-xam bu bees, bii ngay yégle.
19And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20 Ndaxte sol nga ci sunuy nopp lu nu xamul. Danoo bëggoon a xam nag léegi, loolu lu muy tekki.»
20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21 Ndaxte waa Aten ñépp ak doxandéem ya fa dëkk, wax ak a déglu lu bees rekk lañu daan xënte.
21(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22 Noonu Pool taxaw ci biir mbooloom Areyopas ne leen: «Yéen waa Aten gis naa ne, farlu ngeen ci diine lool.
22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23 Ndaxte bi may doxantu di seet seeni màggalukaay, gis naa ci benn bu ñu bind lii: “Yàlla mi nu xamul.” Li ngeen di màggal nag te xamuleen ko, loolu laa leen di xamal.
23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24 «Yàlla mi sàkk àddina ak li mu ëmb lépp, moom miy Boroom asamaan ak suuf, du dëkk ci néegi màggalukaay yu loxoy nit defar.
24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Du jariñu it ci loxoy nit, mel ni dafa soxla dara, ndax moom mooy jox ñépp bakkan ak ruu ak lépp.
25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 Ci kenn nit la sàkke xeeti àddina yépp, ñu dëkk ci ñeenti xebla yi; fekk àppal na xeet wu nekk jamonoom, te rëdd seen diggi réew.
26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 Yàlla def na loolu, ngir ñu koy wut ci yaakaaru daj ko ci làmbatu, fekk sax sorewul kenn ci nun.
27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 “Ndaxte ci moom lanuy dunde, di ci jëf te nekk ci,” ni ko ñenn ci seeni taalifkat dëggale naan: “Nun noo di aw xeetam.”
28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Kon nag, bu nu nekkee xeetu Yàlla, warunoo gëm ne, Yàlla mel na ni nataali wurus, xaalis mbaa doj yu nit defar ci xareñ mbaa xel.
29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 Ca jamono yu wees ya Yàlla toppul ñàkka xam googa, waaye léegi koo man a doon ak foo man a nekk, Yàlla santaane na, nga tuub say bàkkaar.
30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Ndaxte sàkk na bés bu muy àtte àddina ci njub, dénk ko Nit ki mu tànn; te firndeel na loolu bu wóor, ci li mu ko dekkal ca néew ya.»
31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32 Bi ñu déggee nag, muy wax ci mbirum ndekkitel ñi dee, ñii di ko fontoo, ña ca des ne ko: «Dinanu la déglu ci mbir moomu beneen yoon.»
32And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33 Noonu Pool génn ci seen biir.
33So Paul departed from among them.
34 Moona am na ñenn ñu taq ci moom te gëm: xàmmees na ci Denis, ku bokk ci mbooloom Areyopas, ak jigéen ju tudd Damaris, ak ñeneen.
34Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.