IZenzo 17:1 Ke kaloku, bakuba beyihambile iAmfipoli neApoloni, beza eTesalonika, apho yayikhona indlu yesikhungu yamaYuda. 17:2 Ke kaloku uPawulos wangena kubo ngokwesiko lakhe, kwaneesabatha ezintathu waqiqa nabo ngezibhalo, 17:3 etyhila, ebeka phambi kwakhe ukuba uKristu ubemelwe kukuva ubunzima, aze avuke wabuya kwabafileyo; nokuba unguye lo Yesu, ndivakalisa mna kuni UKrestu. 17:4 Inxenye kuwo yoyiseka, yazibandakanya noPawulos noSilas; kunye ne inkitha enkulu yamaGrike amhlonelayo uThixo, nakubafazi abaziintloko ababa mbalwa. 17:5 Ke kaloku amaYuda abengakholwa, aba nomona, abathabathela kuwo abathile amadoda angamatshijolo angamatshijolo, ahlanganisana ibandla, amisa zonke ezo nto Sahlokoma isixeko, sayingenela indlu kaYason, safuna ukuyizisa baphume baye ebantwini. 17:6 Akuba engabafumani, amrholela uYason nabazalwana abathile kubo bedanduluka kubaphathi bomzi, besithi, Aba baliququququkileyo elimiweyo nabo behlile nalapha; 17:7 athe uYason wabamkela ngobubele; baye bonke aba benza okuchasene nemimiselo Ke uKesare, esithi kukho kumkani wumbi, uYesu. 17:8 Baye ke beva babaphazamisa abantu nabaphathi bomzi, bakuva ezi zinto. 17:9 Bethabathe isibambiso kuYason nakwabanye, basikhulula bahambe. 17:10 Bathi abazalwana kwaoko bamndulula uPawulos noSilas ngobusuku, ukuba baye kubo EBhereya: abathi bakufika khona, baya endlwini yesikhungu yamaYuda. 17:11 La ke aye enobuntu kunawaseTesalonika; ilizwi ngentumekelelo yonke yengqondo, eziphengulula izibhalo imihla ngemihla; nokuba zinjalo na ezo zinto. 17:12 Into eninzi ngoko yakholwa; kwanabafazi ababekekileyo ababekho amaGrike, nabantu, hayi mbalwa. 17:13 Ke kaloku, akukwazi amaYuda aseTesalonika, ukuba ilizwi likaThixo libe lilo Zathi zakushunyayelwa nguPawulos naseBhereya, zathi zakufika khona, zabadubaduba abantu. 17:14 Bandula ke kwaoko abazalwana, bamndulula uPawulos ukuba ahambe njengokungathi aye edolophini elwandle: kwasala ooSilas noTimoti khona. 17:15 Ke kaloku abo babekhapha uPawulos, bamsa eAtene; wabawisela umthetho ooSilas noTimoti, wokuba beze kuye kwakamsinya. bahamba. 17:16 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba uPawulos ubalindile eAtene, wacaphuka umoya wakhe; xa wawubona umzi uzizithixo kuphela. 17:17 Wayexoxa ke ngoko endlwini yesikhungu namaYuda, nakumaYuda abamhlonelayo uThixo; nasendaweni yembutho imihla ngemihla, nabasukuba bemkhawulela. 17:18 Ke kaloku zazithile intanda-bulumko zamaEpikure namaStoyike, wadibana naye. Babesithi inxenye, Liya kuthini na eli pholopholo? abanye abanye, + Wavakala engumvakalisi wezithixo zasemzini, + ngenxa yokuba eshumayela kubo uYesu, novuko. 17:19 Bamthabatha ke bamzisa eAreyopago, besithi, Makhe siqonde Ithini na le mfundiso intsha, uthetha ngayo? 17:20 Kuba uzisa izinto ezithile zasemzini ezindlebeni zethu; zithetha ukuthini na ke ezi zinto. 17:21 Kuba onke ama-Atene nabasemzini babechitha ixesha labo entweni eyenye, ingekukuxela, okanye ukuva into entsha.) 17:22 Wema ke uPawulos esazulwini seMars, wathi, Madoda aseAtene! Kuba ndiyabona ukuba ezintweni zonke nincamisekile. 17:23 Kuba ndithe, ndihamba ndisingasinga izinto enizihlonelayo, ndafumana nesibingelelo kuso lo mbhalo uthi, KUTHIXO ONGAZIWAYO. eningamaziyo ngoko nqulani, ndiyanazisa yena. 17:24 uThixo yena, owenza ihlabathi neento zonke ezikulo, ekubeni yena eyiNkosi Yena wezulu nomhlaba, akahlali zitempileni zenziwe ngazandla; 17:25 Kananjalo akaphiliswa zizandla zabantu, ngokoswele into; ekubeni ke yena ubanika bonke ubomi, nomphefumlo, nazo zonke izinto; 17:26 waza wazenza ngagazi-nye zonke iintlanga zabantu, ukuba zime phezu kwawo onke ubuso bomhlaba, umise amaxesha amisiweyo ngenxa engaphambili, kwaye imida yokuhlala kwabo; 17:27 ukuze bafune iNkosi, ukuba mhlawumbi bangaphuthaphutha emva kwayo, baze nimfumane, nakuba engekude kuthi sonke ngabanye. 17:28 Kuba kuyo sihleli, siyashukuma, sikho; njengokuba uqinisekile ukuba zithe iimbongi zenu, Ngokuba nathi siyinzala yakhe. 17:29 Ekubeni ke siyinzala kaThixo nje, masingacingi ukuba ubuThixo bufana negolide, nesilivere, nelitye, into eqingqwe ngobugcisa kunye nesixhobo somntu. 17:30 Loo maxesha ke oko kungazi, uThixo wawayeka ngabomi; kungoku uyala konke abantu baguquke ezindaweni zonke; 17:31 Ngokuba umise umhla, aya kuligweba ngawo elimiweyo ubulungisa ke ngaloo ndoda ayimiseleyo; athe wandinika isiqinisekiso kubo bonke, ngokumvusa kwabafileyo. 17:32 Ke kaloku, bakuva ngokuvuka kwabafileyo, inxenye yayihlekisa ngaloo nto, yaye abanye bathi, Sobuya sikuve wena ngale nto. 17:33 Wemka ke uPawulos phakathi kwabo. 17:34 Kodwa amadoda athile anamathele kuye, akholwa; noDiyonisiyo waseAreyopago, nomfazi ogama linguDamari, nabanye ndawonye bona.