Atos 17

I Teharonika

1 Nā, ka hāereere rāua i Amapipori, Aporonia, ka tae ki Teharonika; he whare karakia nō ngā Hūrai i reira. 2 Ā, ka tomo atu a Pāora ki a rātou, he tikanga hoki nāna, ā, e toru ngā hāpati i kōrerorero ai ki a rātou i roto i ngā karaipiture, 3 i whakapuaki ai, i kōrero ai, kua takoto hoki te tikanga kia mamae a te Karaiti, kia ara mai hoki i te hunga mate; ā, "Ko tēnei Īhu, e kauwhautia nei e ahau ki a koutou, ko ia te Karaiti." 4 Nā, ka whakapono ētahi o rātou, ka piri hoki ki a Pāora rāua ko Hira; he tokomaha hoki o ngā Kariki karakia, kīhai hoki i ruarua ngā wāhine rangatira.

5 Heoi, ka hae ngā Hūrai, ka tango ki a rātou i ētahi tāngata kikino o te hunga māngere, ka huihuia ngā tāngata, ka whakaohotia te pā; nā, ko te huakanga ki te whare o Hahona, ka mea kia whakaputaina rāua ki te iwi. 6 Ā, nō te korenga i kitea rāua ka tōia e rātou a Hahona rātou ko ētahi tēina ki ngā rangatira o te pā, ka karanga, "Kua tae mai ki konei ngā tāngata i whakatutūngia ai te ao; 7 kua puritia hoki e Hahona; e tika kē ana ngā mahi a tēnei hunga katoa i ngā ture a Hīhā, e mea ana, tērā atu tētahi kīngi, ko Īhu." 8 Nā, ka rongo te mano rātou ko ngā rangatira o te pā ki ēnei mea, ka pororaru. 9 Nā, ka tango rātou i ētahi moni pupuri i a Hahona rātou ko ērā atu, ā, tukua atu ana rātou.

I Peria

10 Nā, tonoa tonutia atu e ngā tēina a Pāora rāua ko Hira i te pō ki Peria; i tō rāua taenga atu, ka haere ki te whare karakia o ngā Hūrai. 11 Engari, ēnei i nui atu te āhua rangatira i tō ngā tāngata o Teharonika, i hohoro tonu rātou te tango i te kupu, ā, i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, i rapu i roto i ngā karaipiture i te tikanga o ēnei mea. 12 Nā, he tokomaha o rātou i whakapono; kīhai hoki i tokoiti ngā wāhine rangatira o ngā Kariki, me ngā tāne hoki.

13 Otirā, i te mōhiotanga o ngā Hūrai o Teharonika, tērā te kupu a te Atua te kauwhautia ana e Pāora ki Peria, ka haere hoki rātou ki reira ki te whakaoho, ki te whakararuraru i ngā mano. 14 Nā, tonoa tonutia atu e ngā tēina a Pāora kia haere tae noa ki te moana; ko Hira ia rāua ko Tīmoti i noho ki reira. 15 Nā, ka kawea a Pāora e ōna kaiārahi ki Atene; ā, ka riro he kupu ki a Hira rāua ko Tīmoti kia hohoro te haere ki a ia, ka hoki rātou.

I Atene

16 Nā, i a Pāora e tatari ana ki a rāua i Atene, ka oho tōna wairua i roto i a ia, i tāna kitenga i te pā e kī ana i te whakapakoko. 17 Nā, totohe ana ia i roto i te whare karakia ki ngā Hūrai rātou ko ngā tāngata karakia, i te kāinga hoko hoki i ngā rā katoa ki ngā tāngata i pono ki a ia. 18 Ā, ka ngangare ki a ia ētahi tohunga o ngā Epikureana, o ngā Toika. Ko ētahi i mea, "He aha tā tēnei tangata kōrerorero e mea nei?"

I mea ētahi, "Me te mea he kaiwhakapuaki ia i ētahi atua tauhou." Mō tāna kauwhau i a Īhu, i te aranga, ki a rātou. 19 Nā, ka mau rātou ki a ia, ka kawea ki Areopaka, ka mea, "Kia mōhio mātou, he aha rānei tēnei ako hou e kōrerotia nei e koe? 20 Poka kē hoki ngā mea e mauria mai nei e koe ki ō mātou taringa; koia mātou i mea ai kia mōhio, he aha ēnei mea." 21 Ka mutu hoki tā ngā tāngata katoa o Atene, rātou ko ngā manuhiri e noho ana i reira, e wātea ai, ko te kōrero rānei, ko te whakarongo rānei ki tētahi mea hou.

22 Nā, ka tū a Pāora i waenganui o Areopaka, ka mea, "E ngā tāngata o Atene, i ngā mea katoa ka kite ahau he āhua nui kē tō koutou wehi ki ngā atua māori. 23 I ahau hoki e hāereere ana, e mātakitaki ana i ngā mea e karakia nei koutou, ka kite ahau i tētahi āta, i tuhia nei a runga, ‘Ki te Atua Ngaro.’ Heoi, ko tā koutou e karakia kūware nei, ko ia tāku e whakaatu nei ki a koutou.

24 "Ko te Atua, nāna nei i hangā te ao me ngā mea katoa i roto, ko ia nei te Ariki o te rangi, o te whenua, e kore ia e noho ki ngā whare i hangā e te ringa; 25 e kore anō e mahia he mea māna e te ringa tāngata, me te mea he mate nōna ki tētahi aha rānei, ko ia hoki hei hōmai i te ora, i te manawa, i ngā mea katoa, ki ngā tāngata katoa. 26 Kotahi anō te toto i hangā ai e ia ngā iwi katoa o ngā tāngata, hei noho ki te mata katoa o te whenua, nāna hoki i whakatakoto ō rātou wā i whakaritea i mua, me ngā kaha o tō rātou nohoanga; 27 kia rapu ai rātou i te Atua, me kore e whāwhā, e kite i a ia, ahakoa rā kāhore ia i matara atu i a tātou katoa. 28 ‘Nāna hoki tātou i ora ai, i korikori ai, i noho ai.’ I pērā hoki te kōrero a ētahi o ō koutou kaitito, ‘Ko tātou hoki tōna uri.’

29 "Nā, he uri nei tātou nō te Atua, e kore e tika kia mea tātou, kei te rite te Atua ki te kōura, ki te hiriwa, ki te kōhatu, ki te mea i whakairoa e te mōhio, e te whakaaro o te tangata. 30 Nā, kāhore i whakaaroa e te Atua ngā wā o te kūwaretanga; ināianei ia kua whakahau ia i ngā tāngata katoa o ngā wāhi katoa kia rīpenetā. 31 Kua rite hoki i a ia he rā e whakawā ai ia i te ao i runga i te tika, arā mā te tangata kua whakaritea nei e ia; kua tukua nei hoki he tohu ki ngā tāngata katoa, i tāna whakaarahanga i a ia i te hunga mate!"

32 Nā, ka rangona e rātou te aranga o te hunga mate, ka tāwai ētahi; ko ētahi i mea, "Taihoa mātou e whakarongo anō ki tēnei mea i a koe." 33 Heoi, puta atu ana a Pāora i waenganui i a rātou. 34 Ko ētahi tāngata ia i piri ki a ia, i whakapono; i roto i a rātou a Rionaihia nō Areopaka, ko tētahi wahine, ko Ramari te ingoa, rātou ko ētahi atu.

1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures, 3 opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ. 4 And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. 5 But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; 7 whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. 8 And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so. 12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes. 14 And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still. 15 But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him. 18 And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22 And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said,

Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious. 23 For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you. 24 The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us: 28 for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said,

For we are also his offspring.

29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man. 30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again. 33 Thus Paul went out from among them. 34 But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.