Actus Apostolorum, 17

1. Cum autem perambulassent Amphipolim et Apolloniam, venerunt Thessalonicam, ubi erat synagoga Iudaeorum.

1. Now when they had passed through Amphip'olis and Apollo'nia, they came to Thessaloni'ca, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

2. Secundum consuetudinem autem suam Paulus introivit ad eos et per sabbata tria disserebat eis de Scripturis

2. And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he argued with them from the scriptures,

3. adaperiens et comprobans quia Christum oportebat pati et resurgere a mortuis, et: “Hic est Christus, Iesus, quem ego annuntio vobis”.

3. explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."

4. Et quidam ex eis crediderunt et adiuncti sunt Paulo et Silae et de colentibus Graecis multitudo magna et mulieres nobiles non paucae.

4. And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.

5. Zelantes autem Iudaei assumentesque de foro viros quosdam malos et turba facta concitaverunt civitatem; et assistentes domui Iasonis quaerebant eos producere in populum.

5. But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked fellows of the rabble, they gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

6. Et cum non invenissent eos, trahebant Iasonem et quosdam fratres ad politarchas clamantes: “Qui orbem concitaverunt, isti et huc venerunt,

6. And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, crying, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

7. quos suscepit Iason; et hi omnes contra decreta Caesaris faciunt, regem alium dicentes esse, Iesum”.

7. and Jason has received them; and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus."

8. Concitaverunt autem plebem et politarchas audientes haec;

8. And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard this.

9. et accepto satis ab Iasone et a ceteris, dimiserunt eos.

9. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

10. Fratres vero confestim per noctem dimiserunt Paulum et Silam in Beroeam; qui cum advenissent, in synagogam Iudaeorum introierunt.

10. The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroe'a; and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.

11. Hi autem erant nobiliores eorum, qui sunt Thessalonicae, qui susceperunt verbum cum omni aviditate, cotidie scrutantes Scripturas, si haec ita se haberent.

11. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessaloni'ca, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

12. Et multi quidem crediderunt ex eis et Graecarum mulierum honestarum et virorum non pauci.

12. Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.

13. Cum autem cognovissent in Thessalonica Iudaei quia et Beroeae annuntiatum est a Paulo verbum Dei, venerunt et illuc commoventes et turbantes multitudinem.

13. But when the Jews of Thessaloni'ca learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroe'a also, they came there too, stirring up and inciting the crowds.

14. Statimque tunc Paulum dimiserunt fratres, ut iret usque ad mare; Silas autem et Timotheus remanserunt ibi.

14. Then the brethren immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.

15. Qui autem deducebant Paulum, perduxerunt usque Athenas; et accepto mandato ad Silam et Timotheum, ut quam celerrime venirent ad illum, profecti sunt.

15. Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

16. Paulus autem cum Athenis eos exspectaret, irritabatur spiritus eius in ipso videns idololatriae deditam civitatem.

16. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

17. Disputabat igitur in synagoga cum Iudaeis et colentibus et in foro per omnes dies ad eos, qui aderant.

17. So he argued in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the market place every day with those who chanced to be there.

18. Quidam autem ex Epicureis et Stoicis philosophi disserebant cum eo. Et quidam dicebant: “Quid vult seminiverbius hic dicere?”; alii vero: “Novorum daemoniorum videtur annuntiator esse”, quia Iesum et resurrectionem evangelizabat.

18. Some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers met him. And some said, "What would this babbler say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities" -- because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

19. Et apprehensum eum ad Areopagum duxerunt dicentes: “Possumus scire quae est haec nova, quae a te dicitur, doctrina?

19. And they took hold of him and brought him to the Are-op'agus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you present?

20. Mira enim quaedam infers auribus nostris; volumus ergo scire quidnam velint haec esse”.

20. For you bring some strange things to our ears; we wish to know therefore what these things mean."

21. Athenienses autem omnes et advenae hospites ad nihil aliud vacabant nisi aut dicere aut audire aliquid novi.

21. Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.

22. Stans autem Paulus in medio Areopagi ait: “Viri Athenienses, per omnia quasi superstitiosiores vos video;

22. So Paul, standing in the middle of the Are-op'agus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.

23. praeteriens enim et videns simulacra vestra inveni et aram, in qua scriptum erat: “Ignoto deo”. Quod ergo ignorantes colitis, hoc ego annuntio vobis.

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 you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

24. Deus, qui fecit mundum et omnia, quae in eo sunt, hic, caeli et terrae cum sit Dominus, non in manufactis templis inhabitat

24. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,

25. nec manibus humanis colitur indigens aliquo, cum ipse det omnibus vitam et inspirationem et omnia;

25. nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything.

26. fecitque ex uno omne genus hominum inhabitare super universam faciem terrae, definiens statuta tempora et terminos habitationis eorum,

26. And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation,

27. quaerere Deum, si forte attrectent eum et inveniant, quamvis non longe sit ab unoquoque nostrum.

27. that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us,

28. In ipso enim vivimus et movemur et sumus, sicut et quidam vestrum poetarum dixerunt: “Ipsius enim et genus sumus”.

28. for `In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your poets have said, `For we are indeed his offspring.'

29. Genus ergo cum simus Dei, non debemus aestimare auro aut argento aut lapidi, sculpturae artis et cogitationis hominis, divinum esse simile.

29. Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, a representation by the art and imagination of man.

30. Et tempora quidem ignorantiae despiciens Deus, nunc annuntiat hominibus, ut omnes ubique paenitentiam agant,

30. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent,

31. eo quod statuit diem, in qua iudicaturus est orbem in iustitia in viro, quem constituit, fidem praebens omnibus suscitans eum a mortuis”.

31. because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by raising him from the dead."

32. Cum audissent autem resurrectionem mortuorum, quidam quidem irridebant, quidam vero dixerunt: “Audiemus te de hoc iterum”.

32. Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We will hear you again about this."

33. Sic Paulus exivit de medio eorum.

33. So Paul went out from among them.

34. Quidam vero viri adhaerentes ei crediderunt; in quibus et Dionysius Areopagita et mulier nomine Damaris et alii cum eis.

34. But some men joined him and believed, among them Dionys'ius the Are-op'agite and a woman named Dam'aris and others with them.