1 N ow after had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Na, ka haereere raua i Amapipori, i Aporonia, ka tae ki Teharonika; he whare karakia no nga Hurai i reira:

2 A nd Paul entered, as he usually did, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned and argued with them from the Scriptures,

A ka tomo atu a Paora ki a ratou, he tikanga hoki nana, a e toru nga hapati i korerorero ai ki a ratou i roto i nga karaipiture,

3 E xplaining and setting forth 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 (the Messiah).

I whakapuaki ai, i korero ai, kua takoto hoki te tikanga kia mamae a te Karaiti, kia ara mai hoki i te hunga mate; a ko tenei Ihu, e kauwhautia nei e ahau ki a koutou, ko ia te Karaiti.

4 A nd some of them were induced to believe and associated themselves with Paul and Silas, as did a great number of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.

Na ka whakapono etahi o ratou, ka piri hoki ki a Paora raua ko Hira; he tokomaha hoki o nga Kariki karakia, kihai hoki i ruarua nga wahine rangatira.

5 B ut the unbelieving Jews were aroused to jealousy, and, getting hold of some wicked men (ruffians and rascals) and loungers in the marketplace, they gathered together a mob, set the town in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring out to the people.

Heoi ka hae nga Hurai, ka tango ki a ratou i etahi tangata kikino o te hunga mangere, ka huihuia nga tangata, ka whakaohotia te pa; na ko te huakanga ki te whare o Hahona, ka mea kia whakaputaina raua ki te iwi.

6 B ut when they failed to 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,

A, no te korenga i kitea raua, ka toia e ratou a Hahona ratou ko etahi teina ki nga rangatira o te pa, ka karanga, Kua tae mai ki konei nga tangata i whakatutungia ai te ao;

7 A nd Jason has received them to his house and privately protected them! And they are all ignoring and acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, asserting that there is another king, one Jesus!

Kua puritia hoki e Hahona; e tika ke ana nga mahi a tenei hunga katoa i nga ture a Hiha, e mea ana, tera atu tetahi kingi, ko Ihu.

8 A nd both the crowd and the city authorities, on hearing this, were irritated (stirred up and troubled).

Na, ka rongo te mano ratou ko nga rangatira o te pa ki enei mea, ka pororaru.

9 A nd when they had taken security from Jason and the others, they let them go.

Na ka tango ratou i etahi moni pupuri i a Hahona ratou ko era atu, a tukua atu ana ratou.

10 N ow the brethren at once sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea; and when they arrived, they entered the synagogue of the Jews.

Na tonoa tonutia atu e nga teina a Paora raua ko Hira i te po ki Peria: i to raua taenga atu, ka haere ki te whare karakia o nga Hurai.

11 N ow these were better disposed and more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they were entirely ready and accepted and welcomed the message '> concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] with inclination of mind and eagerness, searching and examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Engari enei i nui atu te ahua rangatira i to nga tangata o Teharonika, i hohoro tonu ratou te tango i te kupu, a i tenei ra, i tenei ra i rapu i roto i nga karaipiture i te tikanga o enei mea.

12 M any of them therefore became believers, together with not a few prominent Greeks, women as well as men.

Na he tokomaha o ratou i whakapono; kihai hoki i tokoiti nga wahine rangatira o nga Kariki, me nga tane hoki.

13 B ut when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the Word of God '> concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] was also preached by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, disturbing and inciting the masses.

Otira, i te mohiotanga o nga Hurai o Teharonika, tera te kupu a te Atua te kauwhautia ana e Paora ki Peria, ka haere hoki ratou ki reira ki te whakaoho, ki te whakararuraru i nga mano.

14 A t once the brethren sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

Na tonoa tonutia atu e nga teina a Paora kia haere tae noa ki te moana: ko Hira ia raua ko Timoti i noho ki reira.

15 T hose who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

Na ka kawea a Paora e ona kaiarahi ki Atena: a, ka riro he kupu ki a Hira raua ko Timoti kia hohoro te haere ki a ia, ka hoki ratou.

16 N ow while Paul was awaiting them at Athens, his spirit was grieved and roused to anger as he saw that the city was full of idols.

Na, i a Paora e tatari ana ki a raua i Atene, ka oho tona wairua i roto i a ia, i tana kitenga i te pa e ki ana i te whakapakoko.

17 S o he reasoned and argued in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped there, and in the marketplace day after day with any who chanced to be there.

Na totohe ana ia i roto i te whare karakia ki nga Hurai ratou ko nga tangata karakia, i te kainga hoko hoki i nga ra katoa ki nga tangata i pono ki a ia.

18 A nd some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him and began to engage in discussion. And some said, What is this babbler with his scrap-heap learning trying to say? Others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign deities—because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

A ka ngangare ki a ia etahi tohunga o nga Epikureana, o nga Toika. Ko etahi i mea, he aha ta tenei tangata korerorero e mea nei? i mea etahi, Me te mea he kaiwhakapuaki ia i etahi atua tauhou: mo tana kauwhau i a Ihu, i te aranga, ki a ratou.

19 A nd they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this novel (unheard of and unprecedented) teaching is which you are openly declaring?

Na ka mau ratou ki a ia, ka kawea ki Areopaka, ka mea, Kia mohio matou, he aha ranei tenei ako hou e korerotia nei e koe?

20 F or you set forth some startling things, foreign and strange to our ears; we wish to know therefore just what these things mean—

Poka ke hoki nga mea e mauria mai nei e koe ki o matou taringa: koia matou i mea ai kia mohio, he aha enei mea.

21 F or the Athenians, all of them, and the foreign residents and visitors among them spent all their leisure time in nothing except telling or hearing something newer than the last—

Ka mutu hoki ta nga tangata katoa o Atene, ratou ko nga manuhiri e noho ana i reira, e watea ai, ko te korero ranei, ko te whakarongo ranei ki tetahi mea hou.

22 S o Paul, standing in the center of the Areopagus, said: Men of Athens, I perceive in every way that you are most religious or very reverent to demons.

Na ka tu a Paora i waenganui o Areopaka, ka mea, E nga tangata o Atene, i nga mea katoa ka kite ahau he ahua nui ke to koutou wehi ki nga atua maori.

23 F or as I passed along and carefully observed your objects of worship, I came also upon an altar with this inscription, To the unknown god. Now what you are already worshiping as unknown, this I set forth to you.

I ahau hoki e haereere ana, e matakitaki ana i nga mea e karakia nei koutou, ka kite ahau i tetahi aata i tuhia nei i runga, KI TE ATUA NGARO. Heoi ko ta koutou e karakia kuware nei, ko ia taku e whakaatu nei ki a koutou.

24 T he God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.

Ko te Atua, nana nei i hanga te ao me nga mea katoa i roto, ko ia nei te Ariki o te rangi, o te whenua, e kore ia e noho ki nga whare i hanga e te ringa;

25 N either is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all.

E kore ano e mahia he mea mana e te ringa tangata, me te mea he mate nona ki tetahi aha ranei, ko ia hoki hei homai i te ora, i te manawa, i nga mea katoa, ki nga tangata katoa;

26 A nd He made from one all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes),

Kotahi ano te toto i hanga ai e ia nga iwi katoa o nga tangata, hei noho ki te mata katoa o te whenua, nana hoki i whakatakoto o ratou wa i whakaritea i mua, me nga kaha o to ratou nohoanga;

27 S o that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.

Kia rapu ai ratou i te Atua, me kore e whawha, e kite i a ia, ahakoa ra kahore ia i matara atu i a tatou katoa:

28 F or in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your poets have said, For we are also His offspring.

Nana hoki tatou i ora ai, i korikori ai, i noho ai; i pera hoki te korero a etahi o o koutou kaitito, Ko tatou hoki tona uri.

29 S ince then we are God’s offspring, we ought not to suppose that Deity (the Godhead) is like gold or silver or stone, a representation by human art and imagination, or anything constructed or invented.

Na, he uri nei tatou no te Atua, e kore e tika kia mea tatou, kei te rite te Atua ki te koura, ki te hiriwa, ki te kohatu, ki te mea i whakairoa e te mohio, e te whakaaro o te tangata.

30 S uch ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent ( to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins),

Na kahore i whakaaroa e te Atua nga wa o te kuwaretanga; inaianei ia kua whakahau ia i nga tangata katoa o nga wahi katoa kia ripeneta:

31 B ecause He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible and given conviction and assurance and evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead.

Kua rite hoki i a ia he ra e whakawa ai ia i te ao i runga i te tika, ara ma te tangata kua whakaritea nei e ia; kua tukua nei hoki he tohu ki nga tangata katoa, i tana whakaarahanga i a ia i te hunga mate.

32 N ow when they had heard a resurrection from the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again about this matter.

Na ka rangona e ratou te aranga o te hunga mate, ka tawai etahi; ko etahi i mea, Taihoa matou e whakarongo ano ki tenei mea i a koe.

33 S o Paul went out from among them.

Heoi puta atu ana a Paora i waenganui i a ratou.

34 B ut some men were on his side and joined him and believed (became Christians); among them were Dionysius, a judge of the Areopagus, and a woman named Damaris, and some others with them.

Ko etahi tangata ia i piri ki a ia, i whakapono; i roto i a ratou a Rionaihia no Areopaka, ko tetahi wahine, ko Ramari te ingoa, ratou ko etahi atu.