Atos 17
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Acts 17
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| Tendo passado por Anfípolis e Apolônia, chegaram a Tessalônica, onde havia uma sinagoga dos judeus. | Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews: |
| Ora, Paulo, segundo o seu costume, foi ter com eles; e por três sábados discutiu com eles as Escrituras, | And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings, |
| expondo e demonstrando que era necessário que o Cristo padecesse e ressuscitasse dentre os mortos; este Jesus que eu vos anuncio, dizia ele, é o Cristo. | Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ. |
| E alguns deles ficaram persuadidos e aderiram a Paulo e Silas, bem como grande multidão de gregos devotos e não poucas mulheres de posição. | And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women. |
| Mas os judeus, movidos de inveja, tomando consigo alguns homens maus dentre os vadios e ajuntando o povo, alvoroçavam a cidade e, assaltando a casa de Jáson, os procuravam para entregá-los ao povo. | But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people. |
| Porém, não os achando, arrastaram Jáson e alguns irmãos à presença dos magistrados da cidade, clamando: Estes que têm transtornado o mundo chegaram também aqui, | And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; |
| os quais Jáson acolheu; e todos eles procedem contra os decretos de César, dizendo haver outro rei, que é Jesus. | Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. |
| Assim alvoroçaram a multidão e os magistrados da cidade, que ouviram estas coisas. | And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled. |
| Tendo, porém, recebido fiança de Jáson e dos demais, soltaram-nos. | And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go. |
| E logo, de noite, os irmãos enviaram Paulo e Silas para Beréia; tendo eles ali chegado, foram à sinagoga dos judeus. | And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews. |
| Ora, estes eram mais nobres do que os de Tessalônica, porque receberam a palavra com toda avidez, examinando diariamente as Escrituras para ver se estas coisas eram assim. | Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. |
| De sorte que muitos deles creram, bem como bom número de mulheres gregas de alta posição e não poucos homens. | And a number of them had faith, and no small number of the Greek women of high position and of the men. |
| Mas, logo que os judeus de Tessalônica souberam que também em Beréia era anunciada por Paulo a palavra de Deus, foram lá agitar e sublevar as multidões. | But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up. |
| Imediatamente os irmãos fizeram sair a Paulo para que fosse até o mar; mas Silas e Timóteo ficaram ali. | So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still. |
| E os que acompanhavam a Paulo levaram-no até Atenas e, tendo recebido ordem para Silas e Timóteo a fim de que estes fossem ter com ele o mais depressa possível, partiram. | But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly. |
| Enquanto Paulo os esperava em Atenas, revoltava-se nele o seu espírito, vendo a cidade cheia de ídolos. | Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods. |
| Argumentava, portanto, na sinagoga com os judeus e os gregos devotos, e na praça todos os dias com os que se encontravam ali. | So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there. |
| Ora, alguns filósofos epicureus e estóicos disputavam com ele. Uns diziam: Que quer dizer este paroleiro? E outros: Parece ser pregador de deuses estranhos; pois anunciava a boa nova de Jesus e a ressurreição. | And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead. |
| E, tomando-o, o levaram ao Areópago, dizendo: Poderemos nós saber que nova doutrina é essa de que falas? | And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours? |
| Pois tu nos trazes aos ouvidos coisas estranhas; portanto queremos saber o que vem a ser isto. | For you seem to us to say strange things, and we have a desire to get the sense of them. |
| Ora, todos os atenienses, como também os estrangeiros que ali residiam, de nenhuma outra coisa se ocupavam senão de contar ou de ouvir a última novidade. | (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.) |
| Então Paulo, estando de pé no meio do Areópago, disse: Varões atenienses, em tudo vejo que sois excepcionalmente religiosos; | And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods. |
| Porque, passando eu e observando os objetos do vosso culto, encontrei também um altar em que estava escrito: AO DEUS DESCONHECIDO. Esse, pois, que vós honrais sem o conhecer, é o que vos anuncio. | For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you. |
| O Deus que fez o mundo e tudo o que nele há, sendo ele Senhor do céu e da terra, não habita em templos feitos por mãos de homens; | The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands; |
| nem tampouco é servido por mãos humanas, como se necessitasse de alguma coisa; pois ele mesmo é quem dá a todos a vida, a respiração e todas as coisas; | And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things; |
| e de um só fez todas as raças dos homens, para habitarem sobre toda a face da terra, determinando-lhes os tempos já dantes ordenados e os limites da sua habitação; | And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands, |
| para que buscassem a Deus, se porventura, tateando, o pudessem achar, o qual, todavia, não está longe de cada um de nós; | So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us: |
| porque nele vivemos, e nos movemos, e existimos; como também alguns dos vossos poetas disseram: Pois dele também somos geração. | For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring. |
| Sendo nós, pois, geração de Deus, não devemos pensar que a divindade seja semelhante ao ouro, ou à prata, ou à pedra esculpida pela arte e imaginação do homem. | If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man. |
| Mas Deus, não levando em conta os tempos da ignorância, manda agora que todos os homens em todo lugar se arrependam; | Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart: |
| porquanto determinou um dia em que com justiça há de julgar o mundo, por meio do varão que para isso ordenou; e disso tem dado certeza a todos, ressuscitando-o dentre os mortos. | Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead. |
| Mas quando ouviram falar em ressurreição de mortos, uns escarneciam, e outros diziam: Acerca disso te ouviremos ainda outra vez. | Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time. |
| Assim Paulo saiu do meio deles. | And so Paul went away from among them. |
| Todavia, alguns homens aderiram a ele, e creram, entre os quais Dionísio, o areopagita, e uma mulher por nome Dâmaris, e com eles outros. | But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. |
