Machitidwe 17 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

17 ¹Atadutsa m'Amfipoli ndi Apoloniya, anafika ku Tesalonika, kumene kunali sunagoge wa Ayuda. ²Ndipo Paulo, monga mwa chizolowezi chake, analowa kwa iwo, nakambirana nawo kuchokera m'malemba kwa masabata atatu. ³Nafotokoza ndi kuonetsa kuchokera m'malemba kuti Khristu anayenera kumva zowawa ndi kuuka kwa akufa, nati, “Yesu uyu amene ndikumulalikira kwa inu ndiye Khristu.” ⁴Ndipo ena a iwo anakopeka, nagwirizana ndi Paulo ndi Sila, pamodzi ndi Agiriki ambiri opembedza, ndi akazi otchuka ambiri. ⁵Koma Ayuda anachita nsanje, nasonkhanitsa anthu oyipa a pamsika, napanga gulu la anthu, nachititsa chipwirikiti mumzinda. Anathira nkhondo nyumba ya Yasoni, nafuna kuwatulutsa kwa khamu la anthu. ⁶Pamene sanawapeze, anakoka Yasoni ndi abale ena kupita kwa akuluakulu a mzinda, akufuula, nati, “Anthu amenewa amene asokoneza dziko lapansi abweranso kuno, ⁷ndipo Yasoni anawalandira. Onsewa akutsutsana ndi malamulo a Kaisara, nanena kuti kuli mfumu ina—Yesu. ⁸Ndipo anavutitsa khamu la anthu ndi akuluakulu a mzinda amene anamva zimenezi.” ⁹Ndipo atatenga chindapusa kwa Yasoni ndi ena onse, anawamasula.

Anthu a ku Berea Afufuza Malemba

¹⁰Nthawi yomweyo abale anatumiza Paulo ndi Sila usiku kupita ku Berea; atafika analowa mu sunagoge wa Ayuda. ¹¹Ayuda amenewa anali omvetsera bwino kuposa a ku Tesalonika, nalandira mau ndi changu chonse, nafufuza malemba tsiku ndi tsiku kuti aone ngati zinthuzi zinali zoona. ¹²Choncho ambiri a iwo anakhulupirira, pamodzi ndi akazi otchuka a Chigiriki ndi amuna ambiri. ¹³Koma Ayuda a ku Tesalonika atamva kuti Paulo analalikiranso mau a Atate wathu ku Berea, anapitanso kumeneko, nasokoneza ndi kuvutitsa makamu a anthu. ¹⁴Nthawi yomweyo abale anamtumiza Paulo kupita ku nyanja, koma Sila ndi Timoteo anakhalabe komweko. ¹⁵Amene anamperekeza Paulo anamfikitsa ku Atene, ndipo anabwerera ndi lamulo lakuti Sila ndi Timoteo abwere kwa iye msanga momwe angathere.

Paulo Afika ku Atene

¹⁶Pamene Paulo anali kuwadikira ku Atene, mzimu wake unakhumudwa mwa iye, poona mzinda utadzaza ndi mafano. ¹⁷Choncho ankakambirana mu sunagoge ndi Ayuda ndi anthu opembedza Mulungu, ndiponso tsiku ndi tsiku pamsika ndi aliyense amene anakhalapo. ¹⁸Anzeru ena a Chiepikureya ndi Chistoiko anakambirananso naye. Ena anafunsa, nati, “Kodi wolobodokayu akufuna kunena chiyani?” Ena anati, “Akuoneka ngati akulalikira milungu yachilendo”—popeza ankalalikira uthenga wabwino wa Yesu ndi kuuka kwa akufa.

¹⁹Anamtenga iye, namfikitsa ku Areopago, namfunsa, nati, “Kodi tingadziwe chiphunzitso chatsopano chimene mukunenachi kuti nchiyani? ^a a v19 Areopago, kapena “Phiri la Marisi,” linali phiri la miyala ku Atene kumene bwalo la akuluakulu a mzinda linkasonkhana kuti liganizire maganizo ndi ziphunzitso zatsopano. ²⁰Pakuti mukubweretsa zinthu zachilendo m'makutu mwathu, choncho tikufuna kudziwa kuti zitanthauza chiyani.” ²¹Tsono Aatene onse ndi alendo okhala kumeneko ankathera nthawi yawo pa chinthu china ayi, koma kunena kapena kumva chatsopano.

²²Paulo anayima pakati pa Areopago, nati, “Inu Aatene, ndikuona kuti ndinu anthu opembedza kwambiri m'njira zonse. ²³Pakuti pamene ndinkadutsa ndi kupenyetsetsa zinthu zanu zopembedzera, ndinapeza guwa lansembe lolembedwa kuti, ‘Kwa mulungu wosadziwika.’ Chimene mumachilambira osachidziwa, ndikuchilalikira kwa inu tsopano. ²⁴Atate wathu, amene analenga dziko lapansi ndi zonse zili m'menemo, pokhala Wolamulira wa kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi, sakhala m'nyumba zopanga ndi manja, ^b b v24 Paulo akuuza Aatene osapembedza kuti “mulungu wosadziwika” amene amamulambira, ndithudi ndiye Atate wathu — Mlengi wa zinthu zonse, amene sangathe kukhala m'nyumba iliyonse. ²⁵ndipo satumikiridwa ndi manja a anthu, ngati kuti akusowa kanthu—Iye mwini amapatsa aliyense moyo, mpweya, ndi zinthu zonse. ²⁶Kuchokera kwa munthu mmodzi analenga mtundu uliwonse wa anthu kuti ukhale pa dziko lonse lapansi, nakhazikitsa nthawi zawo zoikika ndi malire a mayiko awo, ²⁷kuti afunefune Atate wathu, mwina namfikira ndi kumpeza—ngakhale sali kutali ndi aliyense wa ife, ²⁸pakuti ‘Mwa Iye ife tikukhala ndi moyo, nkuyenda, nkukhalapo’; monga ngakhale ena a olemba ndakatulo anu ananena, ‘Ifenso ndife mbadwa zake.’ ²⁹Choncho popeza ndife ana a Atate wathu, tisaganize kuti umulungu ufanana ndi golidi, siliva, kapena mwala—chithunzi chopangidwa ndi luso ndi maganizo a munthu. ³⁰Nthawi za umbuli Atate wathu anazilekerera, koma tsopano akulamula anthu onse kulikonse kuti alape. ³¹Iye waika tsiku limene adzaweruza dziko lapansi mwachilungamo, kudzera mwa munthu amene anamsankha—nazitsimikizira kwa onse pomuukitsa kwa akufa.” ^c c v31 Munthu amene Atate wathu anamsankha kuti adzaweruze dziko lapansi ndiye Yesu; umboni wa Atate kwa aliyense ndi wakuti anamuukitsa Yesu kwa akufa.

³²Atamva za kuuka kwa akufa, ena anamnyoza; ena anati, “Tidzakumvanso pa nkhani imeneyi.” ³³Choncho Paulo anachoka pakati pawo. ³⁴Koma amuna ena anagwirizana naye, nakhulupirira, kuphatikizapo Dionisiyo wa ku Areopago, mkazi wina dzina lake Damarisi, ndi ena.