16保羅在雅典等候他們的時候，看見滿城都是偶像，心裡非常著急。17於是，他在會堂跟猶太人和虔誠的外族人辯論，每天在廣場上跟遇見的人辯論。18還有一些伊壁鳩魯和斯多亞學派的哲學家和保羅爭論，有人嘲笑他說：「這人在胡說八道些什麼呀？」還有人說：「他好像在宣揚外國的神明。」他們這樣說是因為保羅在傳講耶穌和祂復活的福音。19他們帶保羅到一個稱為亞略·巴古的論壇，問他：「我們可以知道你所教導的這個新道理嗎？20你的言論確實稀奇，我們很想知道個究竟。」21這些雅典人和僑居在那裡的人沒有別的嗜好，只喜歡談論和打聽一些新奇的事。22保羅在亞略·巴古論壇中站起來說：「各位雅典人，我看得出你們在各方面都非常虔誠。23我在街上走的時候，觀察了你們所敬拜的對象，發現一座祭壇上面寫著『獻給未知之神』。這位你們不認識卻在敬拜的神明，我現在介紹給你們。24「這位創造宇宙萬物的上帝是天地的主宰，並不住在人手建造的廟宇裡，25也不需要人的侍奉，因為祂一無所缺。祂將生命、氣息和萬物賜給世人。26祂從一人造出萬族，讓他們散居世界各地，又預先定下他們的期限和居住的疆界，27以便他們在其間尋求祂，或許他們可以摸索著找到祂。祂原本就離我們各人不遠，28我們的生活、行動和存在都靠祂，你們的詩人也說過，『我們是祂的子孫。』29我們既然是上帝的子孫，就不該認為上帝是人憑手藝和想象用金、銀、石頭所雕刻的樣子。30「上帝以往不鑒察世人的無知，現在則命令世上所有的人都要悔改。31因為祂已經定了日子，要藉祂所設立的人按公義審判這個世界。祂叫那人從死裡復活，給了全人類可信的憑據。」32聽見保羅提到死人復活的事，有些人就嘲笑他，還有些人說：「我們改天再聽你講這個。」33於是保羅離開了他們。34不過，也有人跟隨保羅，信了耶穌，其中有亞略·巴古的會員丟尼修和一位名叫戴瑪麗的婦人及其他人。
English Standard Version
Paul and Silas in Thessalonica
1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.2And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,3explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”4And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.5But the Jews* were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.6And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,7and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”8And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things.9And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Paul and Silas in Berea
10The brothers* immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.12Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men.13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.14Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.15Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
Paul in Athens
16Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.18Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.19And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?20For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.”21Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
Paul Addresses the Areopagus
22So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.23For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.24The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,*25nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.26And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,27that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,28for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’;* as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’*29Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.30The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,31because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”32Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.”33So Paul went out from their midst.34But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.
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