Acts 17 (KIK) · Opened

1Na rĩrĩ, maarĩkia gũtuĩkanĩria Amufipoli na Apolonia, magĩkinya Thesalonike, kũrĩa kwarĩ na thunagogi ya Ayahudi.When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

2Paũlũ agĩtoonya thunagogi, o ta ũrĩa aamenyerete, na mĩthenya ĩtatũ ya Thabatũ akĩaranĩria nao kuuma Maandĩko-inĩ,As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3akĩmataarĩria na akĩmaiguithia atĩ kwarĩ o nginya Kristũ anyariirĩke na ariũke kuuma kũrĩ arĩa akuũ. Akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Jesũ ũyũ ndĩramũhe ũhoro wake-rĩ, nĩwe Kristũ.”explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

4Ayahudi amwe magĩtĩkĩra ũhoro ũcio na magĩtuĩka a thiritũ ya Paũlũ na Sila, o ũndũ ũmwe na gĩkundi kĩnene kĩa Ayunani etigĩri-Ngai, o na atumia aingĩ arĩa maarĩ igweta.Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

5No Ayahudi makĩigua ũiru; nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩcaria andũ arĩa maarĩ mĩtugo mĩũru kuuma ndũnyũ, makĩmacookanĩrĩria gĩkundi, na makĩambĩrĩria kũruta ngũĩ kũu itũũra-inĩ. Nao makĩhanyũka kwa Jasoni gwetha Paũlũ na Sila nĩgeetha mamoimie nja kũrĩ kĩrĩndĩ.The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

6No rĩrĩa maamaagire, magĩkururia Jasoni na ariũ a Ithe witũ amwe, makĩmarehe kũrĩ anene a itũũra, makĩanagĩrĩra atĩrĩ: “Andũ aya nĩo marehete thĩĩna thĩ yothe, na rĩu nĩmookĩte gũkũ,But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

7na Jasoni nĩamanyiitĩte ũgeni thĩinĩ wa nyũmba yake. Othe nĩmarakararia watho wa Kaisari, makoiga atĩ nĩ kũrĩ na mũthamaki ũngĩ wĩtagwo Jesũ.”and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

8Rĩrĩa maaiguire ũguo, kĩrĩndĩ kĩu na anene a itũũra magĩtangĩka mũno.On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

9Hĩndĩ ĩyo magĩĩtia Jasoni na andũ arĩa angĩ maarĩ nao irĩhi rĩa kũmarũgamĩrĩra, magĩcooka makĩmarekereria mathiĩ.And they collected bond from Jason and the others and then released them.

10Na kwarĩĩkia gũtuka-rĩ, ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ magĩtũma Paũlũ na Sila mathiĩ Berea. Nao maakinya kuo, magĩtoonya thunagogi ya Ayahudi.As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

11Na rĩrĩ, Ayahudi a Berea maarĩ a ngoro njega gũkĩra Ayahudi a Thesalonike, nĩgũkorwo nĩmamũkĩrire ndũmĩrĩri marĩ na wendo mũingĩ, na magathuthuuragia Maandĩko o mũthenya, nĩgeetha moone kana ũrĩa Paũlũ aameeraga warĩ ũhoro wa ma.Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

12Ayahudi aingĩ nĩmetĩkirie, o ũndũ ũmwe na atumia aingĩ a Ayunani arĩa maarĩ igweta, o na andũ arũme aingĩ Ayunani.As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

13Rĩrĩa Ayahudi a Thesalonike maamenyire atĩ Paũlũ nĩahunjagia kiugo kĩa Ngai kũu Berea-rĩ, magĩthiĩ kũu o nakuo, magĩthogotha kĩrĩndĩ na magĩgĩthũkia ngoro.But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

14Hĩndĩ o ĩyo ariũ na aarĩ a Ithe witũ magĩtũma Paũlũ athiĩ ndwere-inĩ cia iria, no Sila na Timotheo magĩtigwo kũu Berea.The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

15Nao andũ arĩa moimagaririe Paũlũ, makĩmũkinyia Athene, na magĩcooka marĩ na ndũmĩrĩri ya Sila na Timotheo atĩ mathiĩ kũrĩ Paũlũ narua o ta ũrĩa kũngĩhoteka.Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

16Paũlũ o ametereire kũu Athene-rĩ, nĩatangĩkire ngoro mũno nĩkuona ũrĩa itũũra rĩu rĩaiyũrĩte mĩhianano.While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

17Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩaranagĩria na Ayahudi o na Ayunani arĩa meeyamũrĩire Ngai kũu thunagogi-inĩ, o na ningĩ akaaragia ndũnyũ-inĩ o mũthenya na andũ arĩa maakoragwo ho.So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

18Nakĩo gĩkundi kĩa Aepikurio na Asitoiko, arutani a ũũgĩ, makĩambĩrĩria gũkararania nake. Amwe ao makĩũria atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ũyũ wa mũhuhu arageria kuuga atĩa?” Nao andũ arĩa angĩ makiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩ ta mũndũ ũrahunjia ũhoro wa ngai ngʼeni.” Moigaga ũguo tondũ Paũlũ aahunjagia Ũhoro Mwega wa Jesũ o na wa kũriũka gwake.Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

19Hĩndĩ ĩyo makĩmuoya na makĩmũtwara mbere ya mũcemanio wa Areopago, makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “No twende kũmenya atĩrĩ, ũrutani ũyũ mwerũ ũrarutana nĩ ũrĩkũ?So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

20Tũraigua ũgĩtwarĩria maũndũ mageni, na nĩtũkwenda kũmenya ũrĩa moigĩte.”For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

21(Andũ othe a Athene na andũ a kũngĩ arĩa maatũũraga kuo matirĩ ũndũ ũngĩ meekaga tiga kwaria na gũthikĩrĩria ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩa mageni).Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

22Hĩndĩ ĩyo Paũlũ akĩrũgama mũcemanio-inĩ wa kĩama kĩu gĩetagwo Areopago akĩmeera atĩrĩ: “Andũ aya a Athene, nĩnguona atĩ maũndũ-inĩ mothe mũrĩ andũ a ndini mũno.Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

23Nĩgũkorwo o na nĩnyonete kĩgongona kĩandĩkĩtwo maandĩko maya: KŨRĨ NGAI ĨRĨA ĨTOĨO, rĩrĩa ngoretwo ngĩceera na ngarora wega indo cianyu iria nyamũre cia kũhooywo. Na rĩrĩ, kĩrĩa mũhooyaga mũtooĩ nĩkĩo ngũmũhe ũhoro wakĩo.For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

24“Ngai ũrĩa wombire thĩ na indo ciothe iria irĩ kuo nĩwe Mwathani wa igũrũ na thĩ, na ndatũũraga hekarũ ciakĩtwo na moko.The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

25Na ndatungatagwo na moko ma andũ, ta abataire kĩndũ, tondũ we mwene nĩwe ũheaga andũ muoyo na mĩhũmũ o na indo iria ingĩ ciothe.Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

26Kuuma harĩ mũndũ ũmwe, nĩathondekire ndũrĩrĩ ciothe cia andũ nĩguo matũũre kũndũ guothe thĩ; na agĩtua mahinda mao o na kũndũ kũrĩa megũtũũra.From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

27Ngai eekire ũguo nĩgeetha andũ mamũmaathe na hihi mamũhambatĩrie mamuone, o na gũtuĩka ndarĩ haraaya na o ũmwe witũ.God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

28‘Nĩgũkorwo nĩ thĩinĩ wake tũtũũraga na tũgetwara, na tũgakorwo tũrĩ muoyo.’ O ta ũrĩa aandĩki amwe a nyĩmbo cianyu moigĩte atĩrĩ, ‘Ithuĩ tũrĩ a rũciaro rwake.’‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

29“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, kuona atĩ tũrĩ a rũciaro rwa Ngai, tũtiagĩrĩirwo nĩ gwĩciiria atĩ Ngai ahaana ta mũhianano wa thahabu kana wa betha, o na kana wa ihiga, ũrĩa ũthondeketwo na mũthugundĩre na ũũgĩ wa mũndũ.Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

30Mahinda ma tene Ngai ndaigana kũrũmbũiya ũhoro ũcio wa kwaga ũmenyo, no rĩu nĩathĩte andũ othe a kũndũ guothe merire.Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

31Nĩgũkorwo nĩatuĩte mũthenya ũrĩa agaatuĩra thĩ ciira na kĩhooto na ũndũ wa mũndũ ũrĩa athuurĩte. Nĩamenyithanĩtie ũndũ ũyũ kũrĩ andũ othe na ũndũ wa kũriũkia Jesũ kuuma kũrĩ arĩa akuũ.”For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

32Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maiguire ũhoro wa kũriũka kwa arĩa akuũ, amwe ao magĩtheka, no angĩ makiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩtũkwenda gũkũigua ũkĩaria ũhoro ũcio hĩndĩ ĩngĩ.”When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

33Maarĩkia kuuga ũguo, Paũlũ akĩehera Kĩama-inĩ kĩu.At that, Paul left the Areopagus.

34Andũ mataarĩ aingĩ magĩtuĩka arũmĩrĩri a Paũlũ na magĩĩtĩkia. Ũmwe wao aarĩ Dionisio, mũndũ warĩ wa thiritũ ya Areopago, o na mũtumia wetagwo Damari, na angĩ maigana ũna.But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

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