1 PBS Paulus tena Silas tenakeme tele Ampifolis pa Apolonia pa teteju Tesalonika. Kei teba Yahudi lupopo pauko. BSB BSB: When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 PBS Anara tete-e Paulus keti lupopopai. Baheto Tatabake fipapapa Tata pifeke huhukelei-te. BSB BSB: As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
3 PBS Pi-kelei-te pa nokelui, kei Tata Okei japafefe lelepa pa kelefutoto teba-bi, pa kelo: "Kewe Tata Oke, kei Oke, ka-ni-nalue-e." BSB BSB: 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.
4 PBS Teba nararau jateto keteji pa tetela Paulus tena Silas pa teba Yunani fapa Tata tefe-e, pa teume tefejara nawo. BSB BSB: 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.
5 PBS Pa teba Yahudi te-hufe pa teba efe te-ejataje latepa, pitewako piputela pa nofei tetaki. Tekete Yason pake hupala tetei Paulus tena Silas teretutete tebapa-ho. BSB BSB: 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.
7 PBS pa Yason te-kelokati pakeke. Piputela teba rube tete jataje pa teni, keba rube teteu, kei Tata Oke." BSB BSB: and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
8 PBS Pu tebapa pa teba rube tafa nofe jalelepai teri, tehufe. BSB BSB: On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
9 PBS Pa Yason pilei teri pa teba letu-hi, tera noteafa. BSB BSB: And they collected bond from Jason and the others and then released them.
12 PBS Teba fai nawo keteji; teume rube-rai pa tebale Yunani. BSB BSB: As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
13 PBS Pa pu teba Yahudi ja Tesalonika teri, kei Paulus Berea-ra Tatapifeke kenalu, keira tete teba tefaja pa teteko teba nawo hupala taku. BSB BSB: 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.
14 PBS Kipa jopala niko Paulus kotilei bape, pa Silas tena Tomotius tete-e Berea. BSB BSB: The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
15 PBS Teba lake Paulus-i telakorate Atena, pa teputo kei pefe tewetuto SIlas tena Timotius, tenake kokofa toto-ke. BSB BSB: Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
17 PBS Peanya lupopo-pai teba Yahudi kopa temepa pi-tewae pa teba lake Tata, pa jatajei fepato teba tefie kei. BSB BSB: So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
18 PBS Pa teba pirepue ja tebafa Epikuros pa Stoa kopa tehalae pa tekau-ni: "Kebawe anara tebate hiu jate kenaluile." Pa ke Tata Oke pifeke kenalui pa Ke-lefuto-i pipe kelei." BSB BSB: 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.
19 PBS Kaipa teketute Aeropagus tebapaho pa teni: "Nerurute pifenatine mapo napumepe-we? BSB BSB: 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?
20 PBS Kei janolelepa menapumepe-ne. Peanya nerurute, jai tipepe-ja." BSB BSB: For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
21 PBS Kei teba Atena pa tebapapa teetei baka-ko jatenini na teririte jalelepa lopa. BSB BSB: Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
23 PBS Pa pu nihapale-e nofe e-e pa jalelepa ke-ehie, kaku-u nifu putunaweako: Te Tata nefutaka. Ja-efulakapa tabeja ele-ele, jaia ninaluele-e. BSB BSB: 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.
25 PBS pa neba no-nenepara kejateteka, anara Ke jalelepa paka, nafe nene pa pu-nene pa jalelepai Kea loleile nebapa. BSB BSB: Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
29 PBS Kipa newe na Tata baleke, ne-hieeka, kei paikekei anara jahelo-tete na jahelo hou na wu, tuta nebanepa nete. BSB BSB: 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.
30 PBS Pakei fito-toto nefuka, pakei Tata lote neba, kei kenefa teba-te-ete teputoto. BSB BSB: Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
31 PBS Kei bau-kelu, bane Keba kelokoi fitowe ma-kelele, kei jari kenalu tebalelepa jai kei Ke-keleko kelefuto." BSB BSB: 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.”
32 PBS Pu tebabi lefuto teri, kaipa tekau tenaji, pa tekau ni: "Bahiu jai pimepemepei neruru. BSB BSB: 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.”
33 PBS Kaipa Paulus te-kelojatepa keti. BSB BSB: At that, Paul left the Areopagus.
34 PBS Pa tebale fau tetela-ke pa keteji, tebafai Damaris, teba janore-e Aeropagus, pa tebakau lake-te. BSB BSB: But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
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