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

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,

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.

4 Na 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.

5 Heoi 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.

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;

7 Kua 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.

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

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

10 Na 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.

11 Engari 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.

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

13 Otira, 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.

14 Na 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.

15 Na 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.

16 Na, 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.

17 Na 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.

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.

19 Na 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?

20 Poka 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.

21 Ka 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.

22 Na 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.

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.

24 Ko 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;

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;

26 Kotahi 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;

27 Kia 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:

28 Nana 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.

29 Na, 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.

30 Na 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:

31 Kua 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.

32 Na 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.

33 Heoi puta atu ana a Paora i waenganui i a ratou.

34 Ko 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.

1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. 4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; 7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. 14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. 15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. 19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. 30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. 33 So Paul departed from among them. 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.