Ibyakozwe
17: 1 Banyuze kuri Amphipoli na Apolloniya, baragera
Tesalonike, aho isinagogi y'Abayahudi yari:
2: 2 Pawulo, nk'uko yari ameze, arabasanga, maze iminsi itatu y'isabato
yatekereje hamwe nabo bivuye mu byanditswe,
17: 3 Gufungura no kuvuga, ko Kristo agomba kuba yarababajwe, akazuka
na none mu bapfuye; kandi ko uyu Yesu, uwo mbabwira, ari
Kristo.
4: Bamwe muri bo barizera, bajyana na Pawulo na Sila; na
Abagereki bihaye Imana imbaga nyamwinshi, kandi y'abagore bakuru ntabwo ari bake.
17: 5 Ariko Abayahudi batizeraga, bagira ishyari, barabasobanurira neza
abanyarugomo ba baser ubwoko bwa baser, bakusanya uruganda, bashiraho byose
umujyi mu mvururu, maze atera inzu ya Jason, ashaka kuzana
babageza ku bantu.
6: 6 Babasanze, bakwegera Jason na benewabo bamwe
abategetsi b'umugi, barira, Aba bahinduye isi isi
manuka hano;
17 Yakobo uwo yakiriye: kandi ibyo byose binyuranyije n'amategeko ya
Sezari, avuga ko hariho undi mwami, umwe Yesu.
8 Bumvise abantu, abatware b'umugi, bumvise ibibazo
ibi bintu.
9 Bamaze gufata umutekano wa Yasoni n'uwundi, bararekura
baragenda.
17:10 Abavandimwe bahita bohereza Pawulo na Sila nijoro
Bereya: abajeyo bagiye mu isinagogi y'Abayahudi.
17:11 Abo bari abanyacyubahiro kuruta abo muri Tesalonike, kuko bakiriye
ijambo rifite ubushake bwo gutekereza, kandi ushakisha ibyanditswe buri munsi,
niba ibyo bintu byari bimeze.
17:12 Ni cyo cyatumye benshi muri bo bizera; n'abagore b'icyubahiro bari
Abagereki, n'abagabo, ntabwo ari bake.
17:13 Ariko igihe Abayahudi b'i Tesalonike bari bazi ko ijambo ry'Imana ariryo
babwirije Pawulo i Bereya, baza aho ngaho, bakangura Uwiteka
abantu.
17:14 Ako kanya, abavandimwe bohereza Pawulo ngo agende nk'uko byari bimeze kuri Uwiteka
inyanja: ariko Sila na Timoteyo baracumbitse.
17:15 Abayoboye Pawulo bamuzana muri Atenayi, bakira a
itegeko kuri Sila na Timoteyo ngo bamusange n'umuvuduko wose,
baragenda.
17:16 Pawulo abategereje muri Atenayi, umwuka we wamuteye ubwoba,
abonye umujyi wahawe rwose gusenga ibigirwamana.
17 Ni cyo cyatumye atongana mu isinagogi n'Abayahudi, n'Uwiteka
abantu bihaye Imana, no ku isoko buri munsi hamwe nabo bahuye nawe.
17:18 Noneho abahanga mu bya filozofiya bamwe bo muri Epikure, na ba Stoicks,
yahuye na we. Bamwe baravuga bati: "Uyu mwana azavuga iki?" abandi bamwe,
Asa nkaho atandukanije imana zidasanzwe: kuko yabwirije
kuri bo Yesu n'izuka.
17:19 Baramujyana, bamujyana kwa Areopagusi, bati: "Turabimenye."
iyi nyigisho nshya, aho uvuga, niyihe?
17:20 Kuberako uzana amatwi yacu adasanzwe: twabimenye
rero icyo ibyo bivuze.
17:21 (Kubanyatene bose nabanyamahanga bari bahari bamaranye igihe
mu kindi, ariko haba kubwira, cyangwa kumva ikintu gishya.)
17:22 Pawulo ahagarara hagati y'umusozi wa Mars, ati: "Yemwe bantu bo muri Atenayi,
Ndabona ko muri byose uri imiziririzo cyane.
17:23 Kuko nanyuze hafi, nkareba ibyo mwiyeguriye Imana, nasanze igicaniro
iyi nyandiko, KU MANA itazwi. Ninde rero mutabizi
musenge, aratangaza ko mbabwiye.
Imana yaremye isi n'ibiyirimo byose, ibona ko ari Umwami
y'ijuru n'isi, ntiba mu nsengero zakozwe n'amaboko;
17:25 Nta nubwo basengwa n'amaboko y'abantu, nkaho hari icyo akeneye,
kubona atanga ubuzima bwose, numwuka, nibintu byose;
17 Kandi yaremye mu maraso amoko yose y'abantu kugira ngo ature kuri bose
isura yisi, kandi yagennye ibihe mbere yashyizweho, kandi
imipaka y'aho batuye;
17:27 Kugira ngo bashake Uwiteka, niba bishoboka ko bashobora kumwumva, kandi
mumushakire, nubwo atari kure ya buri wese muri twe:
17:28 Kuberako muri twe tubaho, tugenda, kandi dufite ubuzima bwacu; nkuko bimwe na bimwe bya
abasizi bawe bwite baravuze bati: "Natwe turi urubyaro rwe.
17:29 Kuberako rero turi urubyaro rwImana, ntitugomba gutekereza
ko Ubumana bumeze nka zahabu, cyangwa ifeza, cyangwa ibuye, ryakozwe mubuhanzi
nigikoresho cyumuntu.
17:30 Kandi ibihe byubujiji Imana yarahanze amaso; ariko ubu ategeka bose
abagabo ahantu hose kwihana:
17 Kuberako yashyizeho umunsi, aho azacira urubanza isi
gukiranuka n'uwo muntu yashizeho; ibyo yatanze
ibyiringiro ku bantu bose, kuko yamuzuye mu bapfuye.
17:32 Bumvise izuka ry'abapfuye, bamwe barashinyagurira: na
abandi bati: Tuzongera kukumva kuri iki kibazo.
17:33 Pawulo ava muri bo.
17:34 Nubwo abantu bamwe bamwiziritseho, bakizera: mubari muri bo
Dionysius Areopagite, numugore witwa Damaris, nabandi hamwe
bo.