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17 Mpindieu bakapitshila mu Amfipoli ne mu Apolonia, kufikabu ku Tesalonike+ kuvua nsunagoga wa bena Yuda. 2 Nunku bilondeshile tshilele tshia Paulo,+ wakabuelamu, kuyaye kudibu, ne munkatshi mua mbingu isatu, dituku dionso dia Nsabatu, uvua ubeleshisha meji ne malu a mu Mifundu,+ 3 umvuija ne ufila bijadiki bia mu Mifundu ne: bivua bikengela bua Kristo akenge+ ne ajuke ku lufu+ wamba ne: “Yezu eu undi nnumanyisha bualu buende, yeye ke Kristo.” 4 Bua bualu ebu bamue ba kudibu bakalua bena kuitabuja, kudisangishabu kudi Paulo ne Sila,+ ne musumba munene wa bena Greke bavua batendelela Nzambi bakenza pabu nanku, pamue ne bakaji bende lumu ba bungi.
5 Kadi bena Yuda bakumvua mukawu,+ kusangishabu ndambu wa bantu babi bavua banyunguluka muaba wa tshisalu kabayi ne tshia kuenza, kudikunguijabu, kutuadijabu kujula tshimvundu mu tshimenga. Bakabuela mu nzubu wa Yasona ku bukole, benda bakeba bua kufila Paulo ne Sila kudi tshisumbu tshia bantu abu. 6 Pavuabu bapange kubapeta, bakakoka Yasona ne bana betu bakuabu, kuyabu nabu kudi bakokeshi ba mu tshimenga, bela mbila ne: “Bantu badi bajudije tshimvundu pa buloba budi bantu basombe aba bakadi kabidi munemu,+ 7 ne Yasona mmubakidile kuende bu benyi. Bantu bonso aba badi baluisha mêyi a Kaisa, bamba mudiku mukalenge mukuabu dîna diende Yezu.”+ 8 Pakumvua musumba wa bantu ne bakokeshi ba tshimenga malu aa, bakumvua buôwa; 9 kadi bakalekela Yasona ne bakuabu abu pakafutabu tshibawu tshikumbane.*
10 Diakamue bana betu bakatuma Paulo ne Sila ku Beloya butuku butuku. Pakafikabu, bakaya mu nsunagoga wa bena Yuda. 11 Bobu aba bavua ne meji mimpe kupita bena ku Tesalonike, bualu bakitaba dîyi ne luzuku lukole, bakonkonona Mifundu bimpe menemene ku dituku ku dituku bua kumanya bikala malu aa avua nanku. 12 Nunku ba bungi ba kudibu bakalua bena kuitabuja, ne bantu bakaji bena Greke ba kunemekibua ba bungi pamue ne ndambu wa bantu balume bakalua pabu bena kuitabuja. 13 Kadi pakumvua bena Yuda ba mu Tesalonike ne: Paulo uvua wamba kabidi dîyi dia Nzambi mu Beloya, bakaluamu bua kusonsola misumba ya bantu ne kujudija bimvundu.+ 14 Nunku bana betu bakatuma Paulo diakamue bua kuya too ne ku mbuu,+ kadi Sila ne Timote bobu bakashalamu. 15 Kadi bantu bavua bashindikija Paulo bakaya nende too ne ku Atena, ne yeye mumane kubambila bua Sila ne Timote+ balue kudiye lukasa, bakaya.
16 Kadi pavua Paulo mubindile mu Atena, biakamutonda* pavuaye umona muvua tshimenga tshiuwule tente ne mpingu. 17 Nunku wakatuadija kueleshishangana meji ne bena Yuda ne bantu bakuabu bavua batendelela Nzambi mu nsunagoga, kabidi ne bantu bonso bavuaye upetangana nabu dituku dionso muaba wa tshisalu. 18 Kadi bamue bena nkindi ba Epikuleo ne ba Stoiko bakatuadija kukokangana nende; bamue bavua bamba ne: “Muena biakulakula eu udi usua kutuambila tshinyi?” Bakuabu ne: “Mmuenze bu muyishi wa malu a nzambi ya ku babende.” Bavua bamba nanku bualu uvua umanyisha lumu luimpe lua Yezu ne dibishibua dia ku lufu.+ 19 Nunku bakamukuata, kuyabu nende ku Aleopago bamba ne: “Tudi mua kumanya dilongesha dipiadipia diudi ulongesha edi anyi? 20 Bualu udi wamba amue malu adi umvuika menyi ku matshi etu, ne tudi basue kumanya tshidi malu aa umvuija.” 21 Mu bulelela, bena Atena bonso ne bantu ba ku babende bavua basombelamu* bavua bapitshisha dîba diabu dionso divuabu kabayi benza mudimu ku dilonda anyi diteleja bualu kampanda bupiabupia. 22 Nunku Paulo wakimana munkatshi mua Aleopago,+ kuambaye ne:
“Nuenu bena Atena, ndi mumone ne: mu malu onso nudi numueneka bu bantu badi batshina banzambi* kupita bantu bakuabu.+ 23 Tshilejilu, pamvua mpita ne mutangile bimpe bintu bienu binudi nunemekela,* mvua mumone too ne tshioshelu tshikuabu bafundapu ne: ‘Kudi Nzambi udi kayi mumanyike.’ Nunku yeye unudi nutendelela kanuyi bamumanye, yeye au ke undi nnumanyisha. 24 Nzambi uvua muenze buloba ne bintu bionso bidipu, bu mudiye yeye Mukalenge wa diulu ne buloba,+ kena usombela mu ntempelo mienza ku bianza to;+ 25 anyi kakuena bianza bia bantu bidi bimukuatshila mudimu bienze bu ne: udi dijinga ne tshintu,+ bualu yeye muine ke udi upesha bantu bonso muoyo, ne mueyelu+ ne bintu bionso. 26 Wakenza bisamba bionso bia bantu bifumine mu muntu umue+ bua kusomba pa buloba bujima,+ ne wakateka bikondo bisungula, kuelelaye bantu mikalu ya muaba wa kusombela,+ 27 bua bobu bakebe Nzambi, nansha bobu mua kumukeba benda babubuta ne bamupete bushuwa,+ nansha mudiye, mu bulelela, kayi kule ne yonso wa kutudi. 28 Bualu tudi ne muoyo, tudi tuenda, ne tudiku bua bualu buende, anu muvua bafundi benu bakuabu ba tusala bambe ne: ‘Bualu tudi petu bana* bende.’
29 “Ke bualu kayi, bu mutudi bana* ba Nzambi,+ katuena ne bua kuela meji ne: Nzambi udi bu or anyi arjan anyi bu dibue, bu tshintu tshisonga ne lungenyi ne meji a bantu to.+ 30 Bulelela, Nzambi uvua mulengulule bikondo bia dipanga dia nunku;+ kadi mpindieu udi wambila bantu ba miaba yonso ne: badi ne bua kunyingalala bua mpekatu yabu. 31 Bualu mmusungule dituku didiye mupangadije bua kulumbuluisha+ mu buakane buloba budi bantu basombe ku butuangaji bua muntu udiye musungule, ne mmupeshe bantu bonso tshijadiki pa kumubisha ku lufu.”+
32 Kadi pakumvuabu bua dibishibua dia bafue, bamue bakatuadija kumuseka,+ pavua eku bakuabu bamba ne: “Netukuteleje bua bualu ebu musangu mukuabu.” 33 Nunku Paulo wakabashiya, 34 kadi bamue bantu bakadisangisha kudiye, kuluabu bena kuitabuja. Munkatshi muabu muvua Dionusio uvua mulumbuluishi wa ku kabadi ka ku Aleopago, ne muntu mukaji mukuabu diende Damali, ne bantu bakuabu kabidi.