¹ Lino nibakainda mumasi amu Amphipolis nalimwi naku Apollonia, bakaboola mu Thessalonica oko kwakali Sinagogo waba Juda. ² Paulu mbuli ciyanza, wakaya kuli mbabo, nalimwi kwamansabata otatwi kwaambaula kuzwa mumalembe. ³ Wakali kujula malembe nalimwi ncakali kwaamba ukuti, ''christo apengi nalimwi nakubuka kuzwa kubafu. Wakaamba, ''ngweamba kuli ndinwe ngu christo. ⁴ Bamwi bama juda bakabenzelezya nalimwi no kusanguna ba Paulu nalimwi na Sailasi kubikilizya nomweelwe munji munji waba Giliki bakasanduka, nalimwi kabatali basyonto bakali kusololela baakaintu. ⁵ Pele bama juda batashomi, bakali kweenda amunyono, kubweza bamwi bantu babi kuzwa musambililo ba bungana antomwi nalimwi bakayobeka mumunzi. No kuma banganda ya Jasson, bakali kuyandaula kuleta ba Paulu nalimwi na Sailasi kuzwa kubantu. ⁶ Pele lino nibatakabajana babo, bakabweza Jasoni nabamwi banyina kumbele abendelezi bamumunzi, bakali, ''bakasandumune nyika babole na cokuno. ⁷ Aba bantu Jasoni mbakatambula bakali kukozyanya amilimo ya Caeser, bakamba ukuti kuli unji mwami ''Jesu''. ⁸ Lino baka penzya mbunga na basikubeleka bamumunzi ibakamvwa zintu ezi. ⁹ Pele nibakajana bukwabilizi kuzila Jasoni nalimwi abamwi bakabaleka kuti baunki. ¹¹ Masiku aya babunyina bakatuma Paulu na Salasi ku Berea. nibakasika, bakaunka ku sinagogo yaba Juda. ¹⁰ Lino aba bakakali kabotu kwiinda baobo baku Tesalonika, bakatambula mazwi amizeezo manindi, kwalanganya malembe lyoonse kuti na ezhi hintu mbohi bede hyoonsele. ¹² Nabobo banji bakasangana ba boobo ba Giliki bamakaintu na bamalombwana banjinji bayunga bantu. ¹³ Pele bama Juda baku Thessalonica bakamvwa kuti Paulu wakali kukambauka majwi a Leza ku Berea, bakaunka ukuya nalimwi no kunyonganya mabunga. ¹⁴ Lino kufwanbana babunyina baktuma Paulu kunka kulwiizi, pele Sailasi nalimwi na Timoti bakali kadi kuya. ¹⁵ Lino babo bakali kusindikila Paulu bakamutola kucisi ca Atherns. Nibakamusiya Paulu okuya, lino bakatambula malailile kuli nguyo kuti, ''Sailasi na Timoti baboli kuli nguyo chakufwambana. ¹⁶ Lino paulu nakali kubalindila balo ku Athens, muya wace wakalazigwa mbuli mbwakabona zhibumbwa zyakali mucisi. ¹⁷ Wakali kwambaula mu sinagogo na ba Juda nalimwi bamwi bakakomba leza, nalimwi nabakali kumasambalilo nababo kakali kujanika koko. ¹⁸ Pele bamwi ba shabusonga baku Epicurean aku Stoic nibakamuswanganya. Bamwi bamba, ''usola kwamba ci oyu kabwelubwelu? bomwi bamba, ''ngoumwi upa kuti bantu bantu bacilili baleza benzu''. nkambo wakali kukambauka kujatikizya jesu nalimwi nbubuce. ¹⁹ Lino bakabweza Paulu nalimwi bamuleta kuli ba Areopagus bakamba, ''atukuzyukuli kuisha kunyowana uko kowakali kwamb? ²⁰ nkambo waleta zinyu zyenzu kumitwi yesu, nabobo tuyanda kuzhiba ukuti ezhi zhintu zhyamba ci''. ²¹ (Lino bonse baku Antionia nalimwi nabenzu bakala kokuya bakasowa ciindi cabo kakutaku Paulu kwambula no kuswiilizhya zinyoewana. ²² Paulu wakaima akati kababo ba ku Areopagus nalimwi no kwamba, inwe nobantu baku Athren ndabona ukuti nwe ''muli bashomi munzila zyonsele. ²³ Ino mbulimbwindainda nokubona zintu zyabupaizyi bwenu ndajana cipaililo cilembedwe kuli leza citazukwidwe, ''mukomba ncomutazukwidi aaya ndamba kuli ndimwe. ²⁴ Ngguleza wakalenga nyika nalimwi na zintu zili mumo nkambo ngumwami wejulu nensi nabobo takali mutempele lyakwe na matashi. ²⁵ Nkuba kubambwa kumatashi abantu, na mbulikuti kuli cintu ciyanda, nabobo mwini bwace ulapa bantu maumi nalimwi nokuyoya nalimwi na zyintu zyonsele. ²⁶ Kuzwa kumuntu omwi wakalenga nyika yabantu banji ukuti b akale attala anshhi ulikwete kuyeyela izindi zibikidwe nalimwi ne minyinza mumasena ngobakala. ²⁷ Ukutegwa ukuti bamukapaule leza kucitakuti ndiza bamujani munzila zyabo nakubakuti tali kule kule andiswe. ²⁸ Muli nguyo tunoopona, kwenda nalimwi nokukwat bantu besu mbuli kano kanyumbu, lino aswebo tuli lunyungu lwace. ²⁹ ''Nabobo mbuli mbotuli lunyungu lwa leza tutayeyi zintu zisumpukidi mbuli nsiliva a ngolide na ibwe nakuba cifwanikiso cakupanga ³⁰ Naboobo leza wakahilanga he ziindi zakubula luzibo pele ulalela bantu bakwe konsele kuti basanduki. ³¹ Ino nkambo ulibikidi buzuba bwakukosola milandu iyei mubululamini kumuntu ngwakabika. Leza wakashoma muntu uyu kuli konsele kuti wakamubusha walo kuzwila kubafu. ³³ Lino bantu baku Athern nibakamvwa bubuke bwabafu, bamwi baka mundyakaizya Paulu, pele bamwi bakakomba, ''tuya kuswilizya kuli nguyo kukwatikizya makani aya. ³² Nikwakamana, Paulu wakaba siya balo. ³⁴ Pele umwi muntu wakabasangana no kushoma kusanganya a Dionysius aku areopagiti, mukaintu wazina lya Damaris naliwi nabamwi babo.