Ghamatendo 17:16-24

¹⁶Pauli hayang'ali yowabeta ako Asene, honile isi ila imema pfinyagho pfingi pfe milungu, kehilwa mmoyo mwake.

¹⁷Apfo ang'ali yolonga na Wayahudi na Wagiriki iwompfuka Imulungu mne ing'anda ye ukulombela. Pfipfila chila litsuwa yang'ali yolonga ne iwanu iyatingane nawo mne ghulilo.

¹⁸Iwanu wa Epikuro na Stoiki iwang'ali welangulitsa falisafa wandusa kwisonga naye. Wangi walonga, “Angu mbotsi yuno yolonga choni?” Wangi walonga, “Kakoneka kopeta mbuli tse milungu migheni.” Walonga apfo kwaapfila Pauli yang'ali yopeta imbuli ya Yesu na ukutsilihuka.

¹⁹Kuya wamsola, wamghala hanu he ukutinganila ha Areopagho, wamlongela, “Utulongele malangulitso ghachi ghano gha sambi ghweghwe ghaulonga?

²⁰Kwaapfila kutughalila ipfinu pfihenza, na twetwe twobama tumanye mbuli atso tsina mana yachi.”

²¹Iwanu wa Asene na iwagheni iwang'ali wokala ako tsawang'ali wotumila matsuwa ghawo ghose kulonga na kuhulikitsa mbuli tse sambi.

²²Apfo Pauli kema hambele ha mtingano wa Areopagho, kalonga, “Amweye iwanu wa Asene nene nakona mwemwe mwa iwanu yamuwinza dini ghendo.

²³Kwaapfila haning'ali nibita na kulola ghoya hanu hamlombela, mbona hanu hakulapfila inambiko handikighwe. Kwe Imulungu ing'ayomanyika. Lelo nene nowapetela mbuli tsake yuyo yamumtambikila bila kummanya.

²⁴“Imulungu iyalumbile isi na pfinu pfose ipfili mumo, ka Imtwatsa wa kulanga na iisi, ng'okala bae mne ng'anda tse Imulungu itsitsengighwe kwa ghamoko ghe iwanu.