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Tej kyjaw tiljxjal kyiˈj nimil toj tnam Tesalónica

17  Tej kyxiˈ Pabl ex Silas toj kybˈe, i ikyˈx kyojjo tnam te Anfípolis ex Apolonia, ex liweyxix, i kanin tzma Tesalónica, jaˈ iteˈtaq txqan xjal aj Judiy, ex jaˈ taˈtaq jun ja kyuˈn, te nabˈl Dios. Tuˈn toj qˈij te ajlabˈl, okx Pabl tojjo ja anetziˈn, tzeˈnkux n‑oketaq tuˈn tojile tkyaqil tnam. Ex oxe maj, o bˈinchin ikyjo, noq tuˈn tchˈotj wen kyukˈa Judiy chˈuqleqetaq antza. Ex tzeˈnkuxjo ntqˈmaˈn Tyol Dios, kubˈ tchikyˈbˈin Pabl kywutz Judiy, qa ilxix tiˈjtaq tuˈn tkyim Crist, a Kolil, ex tuˈn tjatz anqˈin juntl majl. Ex tqˈma: Ax Jesúsjo lo, a nchin yolin tiˈj kyeˈy, axsin Cristjo.

Tuˈntzintzjo, ilaˈ Judiy, a nchi naˈntaq tbˈi Dios, me naˈmxtaq kynimin, i jaw nimin, junx kyukˈa txqan qya nim kyoklin, ex txqan xjal aj Grecia; ok kymujbˈin kyibˈ tukˈa Pabl ex Silas. Me tuˈntzintzjo ikyjo, bˈeˈx jaw kyikyˈin Judiy a nya nimilqetaq, noq tuˈn kyxkyˈaqlin, ex ok kychmoˈn jun jteˈbˈin nya wen xjal, a ayej kyˈajqe, a iteˈtaq tojile tnam. I bˈinchin ikyjo, noq tuˈn kyjaw naj, ex tuˈn kyjaw tilj kykyaqilxjal toj tnam. Okx kypaˈn tja Jasón, tuˈn tjyet Pabl ex Silas, tuˈn kyetz qˈiˈn, ex tuˈn kyxi qˈoˈn kyexjal. Me quˈn tuˈn mix i jyete antza, ex tuˈntzin kyqˈojtz, etz jukikin Jasón kyuˈn, junx kyukˈa ilaˈ nimil, ex xi qˈiˈn kywutz kawil te tnam. Bˈeˈx jaw ẍchˈin, ex kyqˈma: Aye maˈ xjal lo, a o chi sbˈun tiˈj tkyaqil tnam twutz txˈotxˈ, ma chi ul tzaluˈn jaˈlin, ex ma chi kubˈ wutzlin tuˈn Jasón toj tja. Kykyaqilx mi nkubˈ kynimin tkawbˈil kawil te Rom, quˈn tzuntzin nkyqˈman qa atx juntl kawil, Jesús tbˈi.

Tej kybˈin teˈ xjal yol lo exqetziˈn kawil, bˈeˈx jaw kyikyˈin. Me tuˈntzintla mi cheˈxa Jasón exqetziˈn tukˈa toj tze, kyij kyqˈoˈn pwaq te kyxel, ex tuˈntziˈn, bˈeˈx i tzaj tzaqpiˈn.

Tej kyxiˈ Pabl ex Silas tzmax Berea

10 Otaq qo ok yupj ikyjo, ayetzin kye nimil ok kyqˈoˈn tilil, tuˈn kyxiˈ Pabl ex Silas tzmax Berea. Atzaj teˈ kykanin, bˈeˈx i xiˈ tojjo ja te kynabˈl Dios Judiy. 11 Me ayetzin kye Judiy anetziˈn, wentaq chˈintl kyeˈ kynabˈl tzeˈnqeku kyej te aj Tesalónica, quˈn tuˈn toj twenil, xi kybˈiˈn kyyol Pabl ex Silas, ex i xpichˈin Tyol qMan Dios junjun qˈij, tuˈntzin telxix kynikyˈ te, qa twutzxtaqjo nyolajtz kye. 12 Tuˈntziˈn ikyjo, ilaˈx i jaw nimin, junx kyukˈa ichin ex qya nim kyoklin te aj Grecia.

13 Me atzaj teˈ kybˈinte Judiy te Tesalónica, qa tzuntaq nyolin Pabl toj Berea tiˈj Tyol Dios, bˈeˈxsin i xiˈtz antza, ex nimku bˈant kyuˈn, tuˈn kyjaw tiljxjal. 14 Me ayetzin kye nimil, ok kyqˈoˈn tilil, tuˈntzintla jun paqx, tzˈex Pabl tzmax ttzi ttxuyil aˈ. Atzin te Silas ex Timotey, axsa i kyije kyeˈ toj Berea. 15 Ayetzin kyeˈ i xiˈ waˈbˈilte Pabl, i kaninx kyeˈ tzmax toj tnam te Atenas. Me liwey, i meltzˈaj Berea tukˈa tqanil te Silas ex te Timotey, qa il tiˈj tuˈn kykanin Atenas liwey wen, a jaˈ taˈyetaq Pabl.

Tej tyolin Pabl Tyol Dios toj tnam Atenas

16 Me tzuntzin nyontaq Pabl toj Atenas, tuˈn tkanin Silas ex Timotey, bˈeˈx jaw tikyˈin, tej tok tkaˈyin txqan twutzbˈiyil, qˈoˈnk kyuˈn te kydios. 17 Tuˈnpetziˈn, nimxix jaw chˈotj tojjo ja te kynabˈl Dios Judiy, kyukˈa a nchi naˈntaq Dios. Ex ikyxjo, o chˈotj tojile junjun qˈij tojjo plas, ja nchi chmetetaq xjal. 18 Ex iteˈtaq jun jteˈbˈin xnaqˈtzil nabˈl, Epicúreos ex Estoicos kybˈi, i ok ten chˈotjil tukˈa Pabl. Iteˈ junjun kyqˈma kyjaluˈn: ¿Me anqiˈj nyolineˈ maˈ xkrat tzi lo?

Ex txqantl qˈmante kyjaluˈn: Nyakuj a teˈ suqil dios te junxil tnam.

Ikytzin kyqˈmaˈ, quˈn tuˈn tzuntaq nyolin Pabl tiˈjjo Tbˈanil Tqanil Jesús, exsin tiˈjjo teˈ tjatz anqˈin juntl majl.

19 Bˈeˈxsin xi qˈiˈn Pabl jaˈ nchi chmetetaq kawil te tnam, Areópago tbˈi, exsin xi kyqanin te: ¿Akutzin tzaj tqˈmaˈn tzeˈntzin tzˈelpineˈ saq xnaqˈtzbˈil, a luˈy nyoliˈn tiˈj? 20 Quˈn nyoliˈn kyiˈjjo noq tiˈchaqjo, a nya qojtzqiˈn, ex qaja tuˈn tel qnikyˈa te, tzeˈn chi elpine kykyaqiljo lo.

21 Tkyaqiljo luˈn bˈaj, quˈn kykyaqilxjo xjal te Atenas, exqetziˈn te junxil tnam a najleqetaq antza, oˈkxtaq tok tililjo kyuˈn, noq tuˈn kybˈin, ex tuˈn kyyolbˈin noq kyiˈjjo saq tqanil.

22 Jawtzin weˈks Pabl kyxoljo kawil tnam antza, ex tqˈma: Ayiˈy xjal te Atenas, tiˈj tkyaqiljo a n‑ok nkaˈyiˈn kyiˈja, tzuntzin n‑el nnikyˈtza te, qa ayejiˈy xjal, a nimin ilaˈku dios kyuˈn, 23 quˈn tzeˈn n‑ok nkaˈyinjiˈy jaˈ nchi naˈniˈy kydiosa, ma nliˈy jun xjan tkubˈil, a tzˈibˈink jun jteˈbˈin yol tiˈj, a ntqˈmaˈn kyjaluˈn: Teˈ dios a nya ojtzqiˈn quˈn.

Quˈn ikypetziˈn, chi Pabl, a teˈ Dios anetziˈn, a nchi kˈuliˈn twutz, exsin nya kyojtzqiˈn; tiˈjxsiˈn Dios anetziˈn loqin weˈ nchin yolin. 24 A Dios, a xkubˈ bˈinchinte txˈotxˈ ex tkyaqiljo tkubˈ twutz ex at toj; axix tAjaw kyaˈj ex tAjaw txˈotxˈ. Nyatza najle kyojjo ja, a kybˈinchbˈinxjal. 25 Ex nya ilxix tiˈj tuˈn tkubˈ bˈinchit jun tiˈla tiˈj tuˈn jun aˈla, quˈn tuˈn ntiˈ aku tzˈok tzˈaqsit te, qalaˈ axte ntzaj qˈonte chwinqil, kyqˈiqˈ, ex tkyaqil at qe. 26 Noq tuˈn tnejil ichin, kubˈ tbˈinchin Dios ẍi chˈiye kykyaqil nmaq tnam ex kykyaqil xjal, tuˈntzintla kyanqˈin toj tkyaqil twutz txˈotxˈ. Ex o txi tyekˈin jtoj, ex jaˈ, tuˈn kyanqˈine; 27 tuˈntzintla kyjyon tiˈjjo Dios, ex qape jyet kyuˈn iˈchaqxtla ikyjo tzeˈnku nxmakin jun xjal toj qxopin. Me twutzxix kxel nqˈmaˈn kyeˈy, qa nya najchaq taˈye qMan Dios tukˈile junjun, 28 quˈn itzˈqo noq tuˈn Dios, ex noq tuˈn, nqo yekje, ex nqo anqˈin. Tzeˈnkux kyyoljo junjun kyxjalila, a aj tzˈibˈilqe, a kyqˈma kyjaluˈn: Awotzinqe tyajil Diosqo, chi chiˈ.

29 Quˈn qa ikyxjo qa tyajil Diosqiˈy, a Dios itzˈ, chi Pabl, nlaytzin kubˈ kybˈisintza qa iky t‑xilin Diosjo noq jun twutzbˈiyil, bˈinchin tuˈn qˈanpwaq, saqpwaq mo jun abˈj, ayeˈ nchi kubˈ kybˈinchinxjal, tzeˈnkuxjo n‑ul tzqet toj kynabˈl.

30 Ma tzikyˈx tnaˈljtzjo tqˈijil ojtxe tuˈn Dios, a mi n‑eltaq kynikyˈxjal te. Me atzin jaˈlin, ntzaj tqˈmaˈn qe qkyaqilx toj tkyaqil twutz txˈotxˈ, tuˈn qmeltzˈaj tukˈa, 31 quˈn ma jaw tjyoˈn Dios jun qˈij, jaˈ tuˈn qoke toj paˈbˈin twutz. Quˈn ate Dios jaw tskˈoˈn jun ichin, a Jesucrist, tuˈn tok te kawil, ex o tyekˈe toklin kywutz kykyaqil xjal, tej tjatz anqˈin juntl majl kyxol kyimnin.

32 Tej kybˈinte xjaljo, qa jatz anqˈin juntl majl kyxol kyimnin, ilaˈ jaw xmayin, me iteˈxl i qˈmante kyjaluˈn: We qbˈintil teˈ luˈn toj junxil qˈij.

33 Tbˈajlinxiˈ ikyjo, bˈeˈx el bˈet Pabl. 34 Me jun jteˈbˈin xi lipe tiˈj, ex i nimin. Kyxoljo xjal anetziˈn, taˈyetaq Dionisio, a attaq toklin kyxol kawil toj Areópago, ex majx jun qya, Dámaris tbˈi, junx kyukˈa txqantl.

In Thessalonica

17 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,(A) where there was a Jewish synagogue. As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue,(B) and on three Sabbath(C) days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,(D) explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer(E) and rise from the dead.(F) “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,”(G) he said. Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas,(H) as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city.(I) They rushed to Jason’s(J) house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.[a] But when they did not find them, they dragged(K) Jason and some other believers(L) before the city officials, shouting: “These men who have caused trouble all over the world(M) have now come here,(N) and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.”(O) When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. Then they made Jason(P) and the others post bond and let them go.

In Berea

10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas(Q) away to Berea.(R) On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.(S) 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(T) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(U) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(V) 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.(W)

13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea,(X) some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers(Y) immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas(Z) and Timothy(AA) stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens(AB) and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.(AC)

In Athens

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue(AD) with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news(AE) about Jesus and the resurrection.(AF) 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus,(AG) where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching(AH) is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” 21 (All the Athenians(AI) and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)

22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus(AJ) and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.(AK) 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship(AL)—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.

24 “The God who made the world and everything in it(AM) is the Lord of heaven and earth(AN) and does not live in temples built by human hands.(AO) 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.(AP) 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(AQ) 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.(AR) 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[b](AS) As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[c]

29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(AT) 30 In the past God overlooked(AU) such ignorance,(AV) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(AW) 31 For he has set a day when he will judge(AX) the world with justice(AY) by the man he has appointed.(AZ) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”(BA)

32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,(BB) some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.” 33 At that, Paul left the Council. 34 Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus,(BC) also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.

Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:5 Or the assembly of the people
  2. Acts 17:28 From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides
  3. Acts 17:28 From the Cilician Stoic philosopher Aratus