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

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

2 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,

and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3 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.

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 N a 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.

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 H eoi 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.

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 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;

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 K ua 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.

whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

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

And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

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

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

10 N a 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.

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 E ngari 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.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

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

Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.

13 O tira, 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.

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 N a 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.

And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.

15 N a 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.

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 N a, 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.

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

17 N a 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.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.

18 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.

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 N a 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?

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 P oka 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.

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

21 K a 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.

(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 N a 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.

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 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.

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 K o 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;

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 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;

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 K otahi 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;

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 K ia 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:

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 N ana 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.

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 N a, 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.

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 N a 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:

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

31 K ua 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.

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 N a 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.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.

33 H eoi puta atu ana a Paora i waenganui i a ratou.

Thus Paul went out from among them.

34 K o 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.

But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.