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1 Amfipolei un Apolonijai paejūt garum, jī aizgōja uz Tessalonikim, kur jūdim beja synagoga. 2 Pēc sova paroduma Pōvuls gōja svētneicā un trejūs sabatūs pēc kōrtas jim runōja nu Rokstim, 3 paskaidrōdams un pīrōdeidams, ka Kristum vajadzēja cīst un nu myrūnim augšamceļtīs, un ka tys Jezus, kuru es jums sludynōju, ir Kristus. 4 Daži nu jim palyka ticeigi un Pōvulam ar Silasu pīsavīnōja; ari lels ellenu daudzums un na mōz īvārojamu sīvīšu.
5 Bet jūdi, skaudeibas pōrjimti, pīlaseja sev nu pyuļa dažus ļaunus cylvākus un burzmē sacēle mīstā namīru. Tad jī drōzēs uz Jazona mōju un meklēja jūs tur, lai jūs nūdūtu pyuļam. 6 Bet, jūs naatrosdami, uz mīsta pōrvaļdi aizrōve Jazonu kūpā ar dažim brōlim, klīgdami: Tūs, kuri, namīru sādami pasaulī, atgōja šur, 7 Jazons ir vīsmīleigi pījēmis pi sevis. Jī tadei visi dora tū, kas ir pret keizara lykumu; jī tadei sludynoj cytu kēneņu — Jezus. 8 Tai jī uztrauce ļaudis un mīsta pōrvaļdi, kuri tū dzērdēja. 9 Bet tī, sajāmuši nu Jazona un citim pīteikūšu golvōjumu, palaide jūs vaļā. 10 Un brōli tyuleņ tamā pošā naktī Pōvulu un Sylasu izvadeja uz Bereju.
11 Aizgōjuši uz turīni, jī īgōja jūdu synagogā. Šitī beja gūdprōteigōki kai tessalonicīši. Jī labprōteigi pījēme mōceibu un ikdīnas pēteja Rokstus, vai tys tai ir. 12 Daudzejī nu jim, kai ari daudzejī nu ellenīšu gūdōtom sīvītem un veirīšim īticēja.
13 Bet kai tik Tessalonikas jūdi izzynōja, ka Pōvuls Dīva vōrdu sludynoj ari Berejā, jī devēs uz turīni un kārdynōja un cyldynōja ļaudis. 14 Tad brōli tyuleņ izvadeja Pōvulu leidz jyurai. Bet Silass un Timotejs palyka tur pat. 15 Bet Pōvula pavodūni aizgōja leidz Atenom un, sajāmuši nu jō Silasam un Timotejam pīsacejumu, lai tī kai na ōtrōk ītu pi jō, atgōja atpakaļ.
16 Jūs gaideidams Atenōs, Pōvuls beja gorā ļūti satrīkts, jo redzēja, ka mīsts ir pōrpiļdeits ar dīvaklu tālim. 17 Jys tad runōja synagogōs jūdim un dīvbejeigajim un uz tērga laukuma ikdīnas tim, kas vīn tur īsaroda. 18 Bet daži nu stoiku un epikureīšu filozofim uzastōja jam pretim. Jī saceja: Kū tad šytys pļōpa grib mōceit? Ūtrī otkon: Jys, kai līkās, ir jaunu dīveibu sludynōtōjs. Jys tadei sludynōja jim Jezus un augšamceļšonūs. . 19 Tad jī pajēme un nūvede jū uz Areopagu saceidami: Vai mes dreikstam zynōt, kas tei ir par jaunu mōceibu, kuru sludynoj? 20 Tu tadei lic mums dzērdēt naparostas lītas. Tōpēc mes gribim zynōt, kas tys ir. 21 Visi atenīši un svešinīki, kas tur dzeivōja, ni pi kō cyta tik labprōt nasakavēja, kai pi jaunumu stōsteišonas un klauseišonōs.
22 Pōvuls tad, nūstōjis Areopaga vydā, saceja: Atenas veiri, es radzu, ka jyus asat pōrōk dīvbejeigi. 23 Apstōjūt un apskotūt vysus jyusu svātumus, es atrodu oltoru, uz kura stōv raksteits: Napazeitam Dīvam. Kū jyus napazeistūt gūdynojat, Tū es jums tagad sludynoju. 24 Dīvs, kas radeja pasauli, un vysu, kas jamā ir, kai dabasu un zemes kungs nadzeivoj ar cylvāku rūkom caltajōs svētneicōs; 25 cylvāka rūkom Jys nav apkolpojams, kai kaids tryukumcītējs, jo Jys pats dūd visim i dzeiveibu, i elpu, i vysu. 26 Un Jys padareja, ka nu vīna caltūs vysas cylvāku ciļtis un apdzeivōtu vysu zemes vērsu. Un Jys nūrōdeja tim nūteiktus laika spreižus un jūs dzeives vītas rūbežus, 27 lai jī maklātu Dīva un mēginōtu Jū sajēgt un atrast, jo Jys tadei ikvīnam nu mums ir tyvu. 28 Mes tadei Jamā dzeivojam, kustamēs un asam. Tū ari vīns nu jyusu dzejnīkim izteice: Mes asam nu Jō ciļts. 29 Nu Dīva ciļts tad byudami, mes nadreikstam dūmōt, ka dīveiba ir leidzeiga zaltam, sudobram vai akmiņam, mōkslas tālam vai ari cylvāku īdūmai. 30 Dīvs gon uz tim naapzineibas laikim leidz šam pacīteigi skatejōs, bet tagad ļaudim sludynoj, ka visi un vysur par grākim vaidātu, 31 jo tei dīna, kurā pēc taisneibas tīsōs pasauli, jau ir nūlykta. Šytam Jys izredzēja veiru, kuru vysu prīškā apstyprynōja, pīceļūt tū nu myrūnim.
32 Dzērdādami par ceļšonūs nu myrūnim, daži gon izzūbōja, bet daži saceja: Mes vēļ nōkūšā reizē tevis par šytū klauseisimēs. 33 Tad Pōvuls nu jūs vyda aizgōja prūjom. 34 Daži tūmār jam pīsavīnōja un īticēja. Storp jim beja Dionizijs Areopagīts, sīvīte, vōrdā Damaris, un vēļ daži citi.
Trouble in Thessalonica
1 After Paul and his friends had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they went on to Thessalonica. A synagogue was in that city. 2 So as usual, Paul went there to worship, and on three Sabbaths he spoke to the people. He used the Scriptures 3 to show them that the Messiah had to suffer, but that he would rise from death. Paul also told them that Jesus is the Messiah he was preaching about. 4 Some of them believed what Paul had said, and they became followers with Paul and Silas. Some Gentiles and many important women also believed the message.
5 The Jewish leaders were jealous and got some troublemakers who hung around the marketplace to start a riot in the city. They wanted to drag Paul and Silas out to the mob, and so they went straight to Jason's home. 6 But when they did not find them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the Lord's followers. They took them to the city authorities and shouted, “Paul and Silas have been upsetting things everywhere. Now they have come here, 7 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. All of them break the laws of the Roman Emperor by claiming that someone named Jesus is king.”
8 The officials and the people were upset when they heard this. 9 So they made Jason and the other followers pay bail before letting them go.
People in Berea Welcome the Message
10 That same night the Lord's followers sent Paul and Silas on to Berea, and after they arrived, they went to the synagogue. 11 The people in Berea were much nicer than those in Thessalonica, and they gladly accepted the message. Day after day they studied the Scriptures to see if these things were true. 12 Many of them put their faith in the Lord, including some important Greek women and several men.
13 When the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica heard that Paul had been preaching God's message in Berea, they went there and caused trouble by turning the crowds against Paul.
14 At once the followers sent Paul down to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea. 15 Some men went with Paul as far as Athens, and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
Paul in Athens
16 While Paul was waiting in Athens, he was upset to see all the idols in the city. 17 He went to the synagogue to speak to the Jews and to anyone who worshiped with them. Day after day he also spoke to everyone he met in the market. 18 Some of them were Epicureans and some were Stoics, and they started arguing with him.
People were asking, “What is this know-it-all trying to say?”
Some even said, “Paul must be preaching about foreign gods! That's what he means when he talks about Jesus and about people rising from death.”
19 They brought Paul before a council called the Areopagus, and said, “Tell us what your new teaching is all about. 20 We have heard you say some strange things, and we want to know what you mean.”
21 More than anything else the people of Athens and the foreigners living there loved to hear and to talk about anything new. 22 So Paul stood up in front of the council and said:
People of Athens, I see that you are very religious. 23 As I was going through your city and looking at the things you worship, I found an altar with the words, “To an Unknown God.” You worship this God, but you don't really know him. So I want to tell you about him. 24 This God made the world and everything in it. He is Lord of heaven and earth, and he doesn't live in temples built by human hands. 25 He doesn't need help from anyone. He gives life, breath, and everything else to all people. 26 From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.
27 God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn't far from any of us, 28 and he gives us the power to live, to move, and to be who we are. “We are his children,” just as some of your poets have said.
29 Since we are God's children, we must not think that he is like an idol made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn't like anything that humans have thought up and made. 30 In the past, God forgave all this because people did not know what they were doing. But now he says that everyone everywhere must turn to him. 31 He has set a day when he will judge the world's people with fairness. And he has chosen the man Jesus to do the judging for him. God has given proof of this to all of us by raising Jesus from death.
32 As soon as the people heard Paul say a man had been raised from death, some of them started laughing. Others said, “We will hear you talk about this some other time.” 33 When Paul left the council meeting, 34 some of the men put their faith in the Lord and went with Paul. One of them was a council member named Dionysius. A woman named Damaris and several others also put their faith in the Lord.
