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.