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Go Tesalonaika
1 Bo kehm tahme go Amfipolis, sehng song rehng go Apolonia, soro song rehng go Tesalonaika, edi ji etahk ero ji Jus jolo no. 2 Pol kehm song yel go ekpꞌkpa ero, ana á jo kono ellimi. Aneb Jus jo limi nfaabe a ne bada nwer Esowo tete biingi Esabat na ebra.* 3 Á jo lennge bo, fere jo tib bo re, “Tiki jol re, Kraist nyehn erem, kpo, fere nyahme go elkv.” Á kehm kpe bung re, “Jisos jia ji n kpꞌbungu bada ne, Kraist wo.”†
4 Egom jindiki lꞌlennge bo, bo taame, fere jo toono Pol, a Sailas. Ano wo fvfo ellong aneb Grik gbalee ba jo kak Esowo, a atubesi anebkal bandiki gbalee tob taame, jo toono bo.
5 Ala kehm kehme aneb Jus teele. Bo kehm lungu abi ane bandiki tum, bo song lung ane ba kono edi ajehng, kehm kehme edi sohko na sohko. Bo kehm song yel ekpꞌkpa Jeson, jo seb Bab Pol re, bo ko bo ba ka ane bao. 6 Eji bo ki nyehn bo, bo kehm tohngo Jeson, a abon Esowo bako gona, tahm a bo goji atubesi nfam, fere jo rabe re, “Ane bao ba ma rod njini nyia kpiidi akpade go ero, bobkpe ba a. 7 Jeson wo ma ko bo ba kak go ege etahk. Bo ba kpi atahm nya ntul a Rom range. Bo kpo bung re, Ntul noko noa, no li Jisos.”‡
8 Eji ellong ane bao, a atubesi nfam wuku ano, ntim kehm jokko na jokko bo. 9 Bo kehm tongo Jeson, a ane bako re bo ba ka akpohko nkpaneka. Eji bo ma ka akpohko nyao, bo kehm yake bo.
Go Berea
10 Eji atv behde no, aneb Esowo bao kehm tumu Pol, a Sailas tv go Berea. Eji bo rehnge o, bo kehm sehnge tahm go etahk ero ji Jus. 11 Aneb Jus bao ba ga nob sehnge ane bao ba jolo go Tesalonaika. Bo ko alum Esowo nyao kak go bo a ntim, fere jo kak ekpuku, jo feede go nwer Esowo efung abehng abehng, joare lohko li ano.§ 12 Owo wahnge ane gbalee go ebo ellong taame no. Go bo ellong o, ajꞌjok anebkal Grik tob woomo o semme aneblum.
13 Eji Jus ji jolo go Tesalonaika wuku re, Pol ebtob bung alum Esowo go Berea, bo kehm tob je o fvfo, song kehme ane nyare. Nfam kehm kehme eljokko na jokko. 14 Abon Esowo bao kehm soro tong Pol re á song go mbang nyio nyi agburu aya li no. Sailas, a Timoti, bo sa ona Berea. 15 Ane bao ba jo tv Pol, ko-e tete song rehng a ne go Atens. Bo ko elle goji Pol, ni jolo re, Sailas, a Timoti gulu eljeke song kpir-e. Bo kehm feere kehnge go Berea.
Go Atens
16 Eji Pol ji go Atens, jo sik Sailas, a Timoti, eltim rak-e sehng, tibre ejahbe jio asowo tv sehng. 17 Á jo bungu a anebe Jus go bo etahk ero, fere jo bung a ane baka baka ba ki jol Jus, ba jo kak Esowo. Efung abehng abehng á jo je go are, jo song bung tong ane ba jo ba si are. 18 Atꞌtibi bandiki ba jo toono eltibi ni Epikur, a atꞌtibi bako ba bo jo lung bo re Stoik, kehm tob song kpiri Pol.
Ane bandiki kehm bungu re, “Jen ji á kpꞌbꞌbung o? Akpaale abuuru nyaa lohngo renan?”*
Ane bandiki re, “Li are á kpꞌbungu bade ajen eblom bi ane bamongo.”
Tibre Pol jo bungu bada Jisos, a elnyahme ngubjing go elkv. 19 Bo kehm koko Pol tahm ane go edi ji bo jo lung re Areopagus, kehm-e tongo re, “E kpꞌsebe re wahr kahn eltibi nia ni nfenfe, ni a kpꞌbungu bade. 20 Nsol enya nyi a kpꞌtibi, nyindiki li-r nfenfe go egahre atung. E kpꞌsebe re wahr kahn ana nsol nyio lohngo lohng.”
21 Ane kpee ba lene go Atens, a ajenne fvfo jo rannge ngare ebo re bo jo wuk aka nfenfe nya nya, fere jo tub.
22 Pol jo yiimi go elka ane bao ba jo kono nkon go Areopagus, jo bung re, “Aneb Atens wahn, me n nyehn re, ń li ane ba kpꞌgare area re wahn sehng go mbang nyi Esowo. 23 Eji n jo sehng abake, n nyehne eblom bi ń kpꞌkake. N tob nyehne edi njom alimi ji bo nyono re, ‘Jia li ka Esowo bi e kil-e elkahne.’ Esowo bio bi ń kpo kak-e, bi ń kil-e elkahne, bi bi n yahk-n tong bada ne anv.
24 “Esowo bi limi njini, a nsol kpee nyi li no. Ye wo li ntul no elbung abola ndi. Á kpehme lene go ntahk ero nyi ane si no.† 25 Esowo, ejum ajehng ajehng we kpehme rin ji nne bahk-e kake, tibre ye wo kpo ka ane elkpin, go nsol alehke, a ejum ajehng ajehng. 26 Go etꞌtohngo nne awohng no á lim-e no, owo ane ba li njini nyia kpee lohng no. Á limi bo re bo jol go njini nyia kpee. Eji á limi bo, á ka bo ngare ana nyi bo bahke kpini, fere bak bo adi ndi nya bo bahke jo lene, 27 eji bo lꞌseb Esowo. Fundiki bo bahk-e nyehne, eji bo kp-e sebe nkamme nkamme. Jol fee á limm go egahre. 28 Tib go ege esi wo wahnge, e li go elkpin, fere kpꞌjene tete sik anv. Li ana akahnkahn ane ebahne bandiki bungu no re, ‘Wahr lohng go ege etꞌtohngo.’ 29 Eji wahr lohng go etꞌtohngo ji Esowo, wahr kꞌjo tir re, Esowo li go elfoongo ni agul, a ni asilva, a ni atal, a ni nsol nyi ane kpo lim abo, nyi lohng go bo a ntir atahng.
30 “Ngare nyio nyi ane ki liingi Esowo, Jehova kpooro na. Anv, yebtong nne awohng awohng go edi ajehng ajehng re á gbo ndon go ege abiafem.‡ 31 Tibre yebkunu afung nya á bahke njini nyia kpee lam nob nob go nnyo mi nne no á ma yehke. Esowo eblennge jia ka nne awohng awohng, eji á nyahme nne noo go elkv.”
32 Eji bo wuku bade elnyahme ngubjing go elkv, egom jindiki kehm-e elnyoko. Egom jindiki re, “E bahke kpe wuk ana a bahke kpe bung efung bindiki.”
33 Owo Pol kehm soro lohng ekpꞌkpa nkon jio. 34 Egom ane bandiki tꞌtaame toon-e. Nne awohng no bo jo lung-e re Dionisius ji woomo go ellong ane ba jo kono nkon go Areopagus tob woomo go ellong ane ba taame no, a nnenkal awohng no bo jo lung-e re Damaris, a egom ane bandiki fvfo.
* 17:2 1 Tes 2:2 † 17:3 Luk 24:46 ‡ 17:7 Jon 18:36-37; 19:15 § 17:11 1 Kor 14:29; 1 Tes 5:21 * 17:18 1 Kor 4:12 † 17:24 Elt 7:48 ‡ 17:30 Luk 24:47