Aramaic NT Parallel English Translations

 17:1 And they went forth and passed by Amphipolis and Apolonia, cities, and came to Thessalonika, where was a synagogue of the Jihudoyee.

 17:1 And they passed through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia, and came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews.

 17:2 ¶ AND Paulos entered, as his custom was, with them, and three shabaths spoke to them from the scriptures,

 17:2 And Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and during three sabbaths he discoursed with them from the scriptures;

 17:3 expounding, and showing, That Meshiha was to suffer and to rise from the house of the dead, and he is Jeshu the Meshiha whom I preach to you.

 17:3 expounding and showing, that the Messiah was to suffer, and to arise from the dead, and that this Jesus whom I announce to you is the Messiah.

 17:4 And men of them believed and adhered to Paulos and Shilo, and many of the Javnoyee who feared Aloha, and distinguished women not a few.

 17:4 And some of them believed, and adhered to Paul and Silas; and of those Greeks who feared God, a great many; and also of noted women, not a few.

 17:5 And the Jihudoyee envied, and joined to them evil men from the public place of the city, and made a great multitude, and conturbed the city. And they came and stood at the house of Jason, and demanded that they should bring them out from thence and deliver them to the multitude.

 17:5 But the Jews were indignant, and gathered to themselves evil men from the marketplace of the city, and formed a great mob; and they alarmed the city, and came and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to draw them from it, and to deliver them up to the mob.

 17:6 And when they could not find them there, they drew Jason and the brethren who were there, and brought them to the chiefs of the city, crying, These are they who have troubled the whole land; and behold again have they come here;

 17:6 And when they found them not there, they drew Jason and the brethren who were there, and brought them before the chiefs of the city, crying out: These are they who have terrified all the country; and lo, they have come hither also:

 17:7 and their receiver is this Jason; and all these against the commands of Cesar are risen, in saying that there is another king, Jeshu.

 17:7 and this Jason is their entertainer: and they all resist the commands of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

 17:8 And the chiefs of the city and all the people were troubled when they heard these things;

 17:8 And the chiefs of the city and all the people, were alarmed when they heard these things.

 17:9 and they took pledges from Jason and also from the brethren, and then dismissed them.

 17:9 And they took sureties from Jason, and also from the brethren, and then released them.

 17:10 But the brethren immediately in that night dismissed Paulos and Shilo unto Beroa the city; and when they were come thither they entered into the synagogue of the Jihudoyee:

 17:10 And the brethren immediately, on the same night, sent away Paul and Silas to the city of Berea. And when they came there, they entered into the synagogue of the Jews.

 17:11 for more noble were those Jihudoyee who were there than those Jihudoyee who were in Thessalonika; and they heard from them the word daily with joy, while they decided from the scriptures whether these things were so.

 17:11 For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews of Thessalonica; and they gladly heard the word from them daily, and searched from the scriptures whether these things were so.

 17:12 And many of them believed, and so also of the Javnoyee, men many, and distinguished women.

 17:12 And many of them believed; and so likewise of the Greeks, many men, and women of note.

 17:13 And when those Jihudoyee who were of Thessalonika knew that the word of Aloha was preached by Paulos in Beroa the city, they came there also, and ceased not to move and trouble the people.

 17:13 And when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul in the city of Berea, they came thither also, and they ceased not to excite and alarm the people.

 17:14 And the brethren dismissed Paulos that he should go down by sea; and Shilo and Timotheos remained in that city.

 17:14 And the brethren sent away Paul, that he might go down to the sea. But Silas and Timothy abode in that city.

 17:15 ¶ AND they who accompanied Paulos came [with him] unto Athinos the city; and when they departed from the midst of it they took from him an epistle to Shilo and Timotheos, that they should speedily come to him.

 17:15 And they who conducted Paul, went with him to the city of Athens. And when they departed from him, they received an epistle from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him speedily.

 17:16 But he, Paulos, while he waited in Athinos, was embittered in his spirit, (for he) saw how the whole city was filled with idols.

 17:16 And while Paul was waiting [for them] at Athens, he was pained in his spirit; because he saw that the whole city was full of idols.

 17:17 And he spake in the synagogue with the Jihudoyee, and with those who worshipped Aloha, and in the public place with those who met there daily;

 17:17 And in the synagogue he spoke with the Jews, and with those that feared God, and in the market-place with them who daily assembled there.

 17:18 and the philosophers also who were of the doctrine of Epikuros, and others who were called Estoiku, disputed with him. And some of them said, What willeth this accumulator of words? And others said, He preaches foreign gods; because Jeshu and his resurrection he preached unto them.

 17:18 And also philosophers of the sect of Epicureans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger mean? Others said: He announceth foreign deities; because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.

 17:19 And they took him and brought him to the house of judgment which is called Arios-pagos, saying to him, Can we know what this new doctrine is which thou art preaching?

 17:19 And they took him and brought him to the place of judgments called Areopagus, and said to him: May we know what this new doctrine which thou preachest is?

 17:20 for thou sowest foreign words in our hearing, and we desire to know what these things are.

 17:20 For thou scatterest in our ears strange words; and we wish to know what they are.

 17:21 But all the Athinoyee, and those foreigners who are there, of no other thing are careful, but to say and to hear something new.

 17:21 For all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there, cared for nothing else but to tell or to hear something new.

 17:22 ¶ AND as Paulos stood on Arios-pagos he said, Men of Athinos, I observe you that in all (things) you exceed in the worship of demons.

 17:22 And as Paul stood in the Areopagus, he said: Men, Athenians, I perceive that in all things ye are excessive in the worship of demons.

 17:23 As I walked about and saw the place of your worship, I found a certain altar on which was inscribed, TO GOD THE HIDDEN: him then whom while not known you worship, This I declare to you.

 17:23 For, as I was rambling about, and viewing the temples of your worship, I met with an altar, on which was inscribed, TO THE HIDDEN GOD. Him, therefore, whom ye worship while ye know him not, the very same I announce to you.

 17:24 For Aloha who made the world and all that is in it, and is himself the Lord of heaven and of earth, in temples made with hands resideth not.

 17:24 For the God who made the world and all that is in it, and who is Lord of heaven and of earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.

 17:25 Neither is he served by the hands of men, nor needeth he any thing, for it is he who giveth to every man life and soul.

 17:25 Nor is he ministered to by human hands, neither hath he any wants; for he it is giveth life and breath to every man.

 17:26 And of one blood hath he made the whole world of men to dwell upon the face of all the earth, and he hath distinguished the times by his decree, and set the limits of the dwelling of mankind,

 17:26 And of one blood hath he made the whole world of men, that they might dwell on the face of all the earth: and he hath separated the seasons by his ordinance; and hath set bounds to the residence of men:

 17:27 that they should seek Aloha and inquire, and from his creatures find himself, because he is not far from every one of us.

 17:27 that they might inquire and search after God, and, by means of his creations, might find him; because he is not afar off from each one of us:

 17:28 For in him we live, and are moved, and are; as also one of your sages hath said, From him is our descent.

 17:28 for in him it is we live, and move, and exist: as one of your own wise men hath said: From him is our descent.

 17:29 Men, therefore, whose descent is from Aloha, should not think that gold or silver or stone sculptured by the art and skill of man is like the Divinity.

 17:29 Therefore we, whose descent is from God, ought not to suppose that the Deity hath the likeness of gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by the art and skill of men

 17:30 For the times of error Aloha hath made to pass away; and in this time he commandeth all men, that every man in every place should repent;

 17:30 And the times of this error God hath made to pass away; and at the present time, he commandeth all men, that each individual, in every place, should repent.

 17:31 because he hath set a day in which he will judge the whole earth in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained; and he will convert every man to the faith of him in having raised him from among the dead.

 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge all the earth, with righteousness, by the man whom he hath designated: and he turneth every man to faith in him, in that he raised him from the dead.

 17:32 And when they heard of resurrection from among the dead, (some) of them mocked, and (some) of them said, At another time we will hear thee concerning this.

 17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some of them ridiculed, and others of them said: At another time, we will hear thee on this matter.

 17:33 And so Paulos went forth from among them.

 17:33 And so Paul departed from among them.

 17:34 And certain of them adhered to him and believed: but one of them was Dionosios of the judges of Arios-pagos, and a certain woman whose name was Damaris, and others with them.

 17:34 And some of them adhered to him, and believed; one of these was Dionysius from among the judges of Areopagus, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.