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17:1 Manje lapho sebedabula Amfipholi futhi Apoloniya, bafika
eThesalonika, lapho kwakukhona isinagoge labaJuda.
17:2 Futhi uPawulu, njengomkhuba wakhe, wangena kubo, futhi amasabatha amathathu
wabonisana nabo ngemibhalo,
17:3 Evula futhi esho, ukuthi uKristu kwakufanele ahlupheke, futhi wavuka
futhi kwabafileyo; nokuthi uJesu lo engimshumayeza nina unguye
UKristu.
17:4 Abanye kubo bakholwa, bazihlanganisa noPawulu noSila; kanye ne
isixuku esikhulu samaGreki akholwayo, nabesifazane abadumileyo abangeyingcosana.
17:5 Kodwa abaJuda abangakholwanga, benomona, babathathela abathile
amanyala ohlobo olubi, wabutha iviyo, wamisa zonke
idolobha lasuka isiphithiphithi, yahlasela indlu kaJasoni, yafuna ukuyiletha
baphume baye kubantu.
17:6 Futhi lapho bengabatholi, badonsela uJasoni nabazalwane abathile
ababusi bomuzi bememeza besithi: Laba abaphendukise umhlaba
behlile nalapha;
17:7 labo uJasoni abamukele, futhi bonke laba benza okuphambene nezimiso
Khesari, ethi kukhona enye inkosi, uJesu.
17:8 Futhi baphazamisa abantu kanye nababusi bomuzi, lapho bezwa
lezi zinto.
17:9 Futhi lapho sebethathe isibambiso kuJasoni nakwabanye, badedela
bahambe.
17:10 Futhi ngokushesha abazalwane bamukisa uPawulu noSila ebusuku
eBereya: bona sebefikile, bangena esinagogeni labaJuda.
17:11 Laba babeyizicukuthwane kunalabo baseThesalonika, ngoba wathola
izwi ngenhliziyo yonke ehlolisisa imibhalo imihla ngemihla,
ukuthi zazinjalo lezozinto.
17:12 Ngakho abaningi kubo bakholwa; nabesifazane abahloniphekile ababekhona
amaGreki, futhi amadoda, hhayi ambalwa.
17:13 Kodwa lapho amaJuda aseThesalonika azi ukuthi izwi likaNkulunkulu
etshumayela izindaba ezinhle ngoPawuli eBereya, beza lakhona, bavusa isiphithiphithi
abantu.
17:14 Khona-ke masinyane abazalwane bamukisa uPawulu ukuba ahambe njengokungathi aye
olwandle: kepha oSila noThimothewu basala khona.
17:15 Futhi labo ababephelekezela uPawulu bamyisa e-Athene
umyalo kuSila noThimothewu ukuba beze kuye ngokushesha okukhulu.
bahamba.
17:16 Manje lapho uPawulu ebalindile e-Athene, umoya wakhe wanyakaza phakathi kwakhe.
lapho ebona umuzi ugcwele izithombe.
NgokukaLuka 17:17 Ngakho waphikisana nabaJuda esinagogeni kanye nabaJuda
abakholwayo, nasesigcawini imihla ngemihla nabahlangana naye.
17:18 Khona izazi ezithile zefilosofi yama-Epikhuru namaStoyiku.
wahlangana naye. Abanye bathi: Lizakuthini lelipholi? abanye abanye,
Ungathi ungummemezeli wezithixo zabezizwe, ngokuba washumayela
kubo uJesu, nokuvuka.
17:19 Futhi bamthatha, bamyisa e-Areyophagu, bathi, "Kwangathi singakwazi."
Iyini le mfundiso entsha okhuluma ngayo na?
17:20 Ngoba uletha izinto ezingavamile ezindlebeni zethu, sifuna ukwazi
ngakho-ke ukuthi lezi zinto ziyini.
NgokukaLuka 17:21 Ngokuba bonke abase-Athene nabafokazi ababekhona bachitha isikhathi sabo
akukho okunye, ngaphandle kokukhuluma, noma ukuzwa into entsha.)
17:22 Khona uPawulu wema phakathi kwentaba iMars, wathi: "Madoda ase-Athene!
Ngiyabona ukuthi kukho konke nikholelwa ezeni.
17:23 Ngoba njengoba ngidlula, futhi bheka devotions yakho, Ngathola i-altare
lombhalo othi: KUNKULUNKULU ONGAZIWAYO. Ngakho-ke eningazi
khonzani, ngimemezela yena kini.
17:24 UNkulunkulu owenza umhlaba nakho konke okukuwo, njengoba yena eyiNkosi
wezulu nomhlaba, akahlali emathempelini enziwe ngezandla;
17:25 Futhi akakhonzwa ngezandla zabantu, sengathi udinga utho.
yena onika bonke ukuphila nokuphefumula nakho konke;
17:26 Futhi wenza ngegazi elilodwa zonke izizwe zabantu ukuba bahlale phezu kwabo bonke
ebusweni bomhlaba, futhi umisile izikhathi ezimisiwe ngaphambili, futhi
imingcele yokuhlala kwabo;
17:27 Ukuze bafune iNkosi, uma mhlawumbe bangase bazizwe emva kwakhe, futhi
simthole, nakuba engekude kulowo nalowo kithi.
17:28 Ngoba kuye siphila, futhi sinyakaze, futhi sikhona; njengoba kuqinisekile futhi
izimbongi zenu zithe: Ngokuba nathi siyinzalo yakhe.
17:29 Ngakho, njengoba siyinzalo kaNkulunkulu, akufanele sicabange
ukuthi ubuNkulunkulu bufana negolide, noma isiliva, noma itshe, okuqoshwe ngobuciko
kanye nethuluzi lomuntu.
17:30 Futhi izikhathi zokungazi uNkulunkulu akazange azinake; kodwa khathesi uyala konke
abantu ezindaweni zonke ukuba baphenduke;
17:31 Ngoba umisile usuku, lapho ayokwahlulela izwe
ukulunga ngalowo muntu ammisile; anikele ngakho
isiqinisekiso kubo bonke, ngokuthi wamvusa kwabafileyo.
17:32 Futhi lapho bezwa ngokuvuka kwabafileyo, abanye bamhleka usulu
abanye bathi: Sizakubuye sikuzwe ngale ndaba.
17:33 Ngakho uPawulu wasuka phakathi kwabo.
17:34 Nokho amadoda athile anamathela kuye, bakholwa;
uDiyonisiyu waseAreyophagi, nowesifazane ogama lakhe linguDamari, nabanye kanye
bona.