Ngāue 17
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1Pea kuo nau ʻalu ʻi ʻAmifipoli mo ʻApolonia, pea nau aʻu ki Tesalonika, pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae falelotu ʻoe kakai Siu.
1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Paula kiate kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko ʻene faʻa fai, pea ne malangaʻaki ʻae ngaahi tohi kiate kinautolu ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate ʻe tolu,
2Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3“ʻO fakamatala mo fakamoʻoni, naʻe taau mo Kalaisi ke mamahi, mo toetuʻu mei he pekia; pea ko Sisu eni, ʻoku ou malangaʻaki kiate kimoutolu, ko e Kalaisi ia.”
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.”
4Pea naʻe tui honau niʻihi, ʻonau kau taha mo Paula mo Sailosi; pea mo e tokolahi ʻi he Kiliki kuo lotu, pea mo e kau fineʻeiki tokolahi.
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.
5¶ Ka ko e kakai Siu naʻe ʻikai tui, naʻa nau meheka, pea naʻa nau ʻave mo kinautolu ʻae kau siana pauʻu, pea tānaki ʻae tokolahi, ʻonau veuveuki ʻae kolo, pea feʻohofi ki he fale ʻo Sesoni, ʻo kumi ke ʻomi ʻakinaua kituʻa ki he kakai.
5But 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.
6Pea ʻi he ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻakinaua, naʻa nau toho ʻa Sesoni mo e kāinga niʻihi ki he kau fakamaau ʻoe kolo, mo nau kalanga, Ko kinautolu kuo fulihi ʻa māmani, kuo nau haʻu foki ki heni;
6When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
7Pea kuo maʻu ʻakinautolu ʻe Sesoni pea ʻoku nau fai kehe kotoa pē mo e ngaahi fono ʻa Sisa, mo nau pehē, ‘ʻOku ai ʻae tuʻi ʻe taha, ko Sisu.’
7whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
8Pea naʻa nau fakamanavahēʻi ʻae kakai mo e kau fakamaau ʻoe kolo, ʻi heʻenau fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ni.
8The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
9Pea ʻi heʻenau maʻu ʻae tuku lea totongi ʻa Sesoni mo hono toe ʻoe kāinga, naʻa nau tukuange ʻakinautolu.
9When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
10¶ Pea naʻe tukuange leva ʻe he kāinga ʻa Paula mo Sailosi ke na ō poʻuli ki Pelea: pea kuo na aʻu ki ai, pea na hū ki he falelotu ʻoe kakai Siu.
10The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
11Pea naʻe loto lelei ʻakinautolu ni ʻiate kinautolu ʻi Tesalonika, he naʻa nau maʻu ʻae folofola mo e loto fiefia, ʻonau kumi ʻi he ngaahi tohi ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, ki hono moʻoni ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni.
11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
12Ko ia naʻe tui ai ʻae tokolahi ʻiate kinautolu; pea mo e kau fineʻeiki ʻi he kakai Kiliki, pea mo e kau tangata tokolahi.
12Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
13Pea kuo ʻilo ʻe he kakai Siu ʻi Tesalonika kuo malangaʻaki ʻe Paula ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua ʻi Pelea, naʻa nau ʻalu ki ai, ʻo fakamaveuveuʻi ʻae kakai.
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.
14Pea tukuange leva ʻe he kāinga ʻa Paula ke hala tahi ia ʻo ʻalu: ka naʻe nofo pe ʻi ai ʻa Sailosi mo Timote.
14Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
15Pea ko kinautolu naʻe fakahinohino ʻa Paula, naʻa nau ʻomi ia ki ʻAtenisi: pea kuo nau maʻu ʻae fekau kia Sailosi mo Timote, ke na haʻu vave kiate ia, naʻa nau ʻalu.
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.
16¶ Pea naʻe kei tatali ʻa Paula kiate kinaua ʻi ʻAtenisi, pea ngaueue hono laumālie ʻiate ia, ʻi heʻene mamata kuo pito ʻae kolo ʻi he tamapua.
16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
17Pea naʻe kikihi ia ʻi he falelotu mo e kakai Siu, pea mo e kakai kuo lotu, pea mo kinautolu naʻa nau fetaulaki mo ia ʻi he potu fakatau ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.
17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
18Pea naʻe toki fetaulaki mo ia ʻae kau fiepoto ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo ʻEpikulio, mo Sitoiko. Pea pehē ʻe he niʻihi, “Ko e hā ʻoku lau ʻe he palau na?” Pea pehē ʻe he niʻihi, “ʻOku matamata fakahā ʻotua foʻou ia:” koeʻuhi naʻa ne malangaʻaki kiate kinautolu ʻa Sisu, mo e toetuʻu.
18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers 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.
19Pea naʻe ʻomi ia, ʻo ʻave ki he ʻAleopeiko, mo nau pehē, “ʻOku mau fie ʻilo pē ko e hā ʻae akonaki foʻou ni, ʻoku ke leaʻaki.
19They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
20He ʻoku ke ʻomi meʻa foʻou ki homau telinga: ko ia ʻoku mau fie ʻilo ai hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni.”
20For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
21(He ko e kakai ʻAtenisi kotoa pē, mo e ʻāunofo ʻi ai, naʻa nau mātuʻaki nofo pe ke lau, mo fakafanongo ki he meʻa foʻou.)
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.
22¶ Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻa Paula ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ʻAleopeiko, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻAkimoutolu ʻi ʻAtenisi, ʻoku ou vakai ʻoku mou faʻa fai ʻo lahi ʻae lotu.
22Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
23Koeʻuhi ʻi heʻeku ʻalu, ʻoku ou mamata ki he meʻa ʻoku mou lotu ki ai, pea ne u ʻilo ʻae ʻesifeilaulau, ʻoku tuʻu ai ʻae tohi ni, ‘KI HE ʻOTUA ʻOKU ʻIKAI ʻILOA.’ Pea ko ia ʻoku mou lotu taʻeʻilo ki ai, ko ia ia ʻoku ou fakahā kiate kimoutolu.
23For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
24Ko e ʻOtua ʻaia naʻa ne ngaohi ʻa māmani mo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai, ʻoku ʻikai nofo ia ʻi he ngaahi fale kuo ngaohi ʻe he nima, he ko e ʻEiki ia ʻoe langi mo māmani;
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.
25Pea ʻoku ʻikai tauhi ʻaki ia ʻae nima ʻoe tangata, ʻo hangē ʻoku masiva ia ʻi ha meʻa, he ʻoku foaki ʻe ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē ʻae moʻui, mo e mānava, mo e meʻa kotoa pē;
25He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
26Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe ia ʻi he toto pe taha ʻae ngaahi kakai kotoa pē ke nofo ʻi he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē, pea kuo tomuʻa tukupau ʻae ngaahi kuonga, mo e ngataʻanga ʻo honau nofoʻanga;
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,
27Ke nau kumi ki he ʻEiki, ʻo tautaufā ki ai, heiʻilo pe te nau maʻu ia, ka ʻoku ʻikai mamaʻo ia mo kitautolu taki taha kotoa pē.
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.
28‘He ʻoku tau moʻui, mo ngaueue, mo nofo pē, ʻiate ia;’ ʻo hangē ko e lea ʻae niʻihi ʻi hoʻomou kau tohi hiva, ‘He ko hono hako foki ʻakitautolu.’
28‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
29Pea kapau ko e hako ʻoe ʻOtua ʻakitautolu, ʻoku ʻikai lelei ʻetau mahalo ʻoku tatau ʻae ʻOtua mo e koula, pe ko e siliva, pe ko e maka, kuo tongitongi ʻaki ʻae poto mo e filioʻi ʻoe tangata.
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.
30Pea naʻe ʻikai fie ʻafioʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi kuonga ʻoe vale ni, ka ʻoku ne fekau eni ki he kakai kotoa pē, ʻi he potu kotoa pē, ke nau fakatomala:
30The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
31Koeʻuhi kuo ne kotofa ʻae ʻaho, te ne fakamaau māʻoniʻoni ai ʻa māmani, ʻi he tangata kuo ne fakanofo; pea kuo ne fakapapau ia ki he kakai kotoa pē, ʻI heʻene fokotuʻu ia mei he pekia.”
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.”
32¶ Pea ʻi heʻenau fanongo ki he toetuʻu ʻae pekia, naʻe manuki ʻae niʻihi: kae pehē ʻe he niʻihi, “Te mau toe fanongo ʻiate koe ki he meʻa ni.”
32Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
33Pea ʻalu ai ʻa Paula ʻiate kinautolu.
33Thus Paul went out from among them.
34Ka naʻe pikitai ʻae kau tangata niʻihi kiate ia, pea nau tui: pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Taionisio ʻoe ʻAleopeiko, pea ko e fefine naʻe hingoa ko Temalisi, pea mo e niʻihi foki mo kinautolu.
34But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
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