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Paal da Tesalonaika
1 Paal ahn Sailas paas chroo Amfipolis ahn Apolonya, den dehn reech Tesalonaika. Wahn Jooish meetn plays* mi deh da Tesalonaika, 2 ahn da mi Paal habit fi aalwayz fain di meetn plays eniway ih goh, soh fi chree schrayt Sabat ih gaahn deh fi reezn wid di peepl dehn. 3 Ih eksplayn di Skripcha tu di peepl dehn ahn shoa dehn proof seh dat di Krais† hafu sofa, ahn den ih wahn rayz op bak fahn di ded. Paal tel dehn seh, “Dis Jeezas weh Ah di taak bowt da di Krais.” 4 Som a dehn mi kanvins seh dis da chroo ahn soh dehn jain Paal ahn Sailas. Lata Greek peepl weh mi lov Gaad ahn wahn lata impoatant laydi fahn di siti mi deh monks dehn wan weh bileev tu.
5 Bot di Jooz dehn geh jelos ahn dehn get tugeda sohn wotlis bwai aafa di schreet fi staat wahn raiyat, ahn dehn ton di hoal siti opsaid dong. Dehn gaahn da Jayson hows kaaz dehn mi tink seh Paal ahn Sailas mi dehdeh, kaa dehn mi waahn jreg dehn owt fronta di krowd. 6 Paal ahn Sailas neva dehdeh, soh dehn haal owt Jayson insted, lang wid sohn ada bileeva dehn weh mi dehdeh. Den dehn kehr dehn fronta di siti atariti dehn ahn hala seh, “Dehnya man noh kaaz notn bot chrobl eniway dehn goh. Now dehn kohn da fi wee siti, 7 ahn Jayson mek dehn stay da ih hows. Dehn di brok Seeza laa kaaz dehn di seh dat wahn nada king deh weh nayhn Jeezas.” 8 Wel luk ya, wen di krowd ahn di siti atariti dehn yehr dis, dehn gaan aaf. 9 Soh di atariti dehn in chaaj mek Jayson ahn di ada bileeva dehn pay bayl, ahn den dehn let dehn goh.
Paal ahn Sailas gaahn
da Bereeya
10 Wen nait kohn dong, di brejrin hosl Paal ahn Sailas owt, ahn sen dehn da Bereeya. Wen dehn reech deh, dehn gaahn schrayt da di meetn plays. 11 Da Bereeya di peepl dehn mi moa wilin fi lisn, noh laik dehn wan da Tesalonaika. Wel, dehn jos mi-di wayt fi yehr di mesij. Evri day dehn stodi di Skripcha fi si if weh Paal seh da chroo. 12 Wahn lata di Jooz dehn bileev, ahn lata hai op Greek laydi, ahn lata Greek man bileev tu.
13 Bot sayhn taim, di Jooz dehn da Tesalonaika yehr seh dat Paal mi-di preech di sayhn mesij bowt Jeezas da Bereeya, soh dehn kohn deh fi kohn set op di peepl dehn gens Paal. 14 Di brejrin deh neva ways no taim, ahn dehn hori sen Paal dong di koas, bot Sailas ahn Timoti stay bak da Bereeya. 15 Di man dehn fahn Bereeya weh gaahn wid Paal kehr ahn da Atenz, ahn den dehn ton bak. Paal tel dehn dat wen dehn reech bak da Bereeya, dehn mos tel Sailas ahn Timoti fi kohn kohn kech op wid ahn az soon az dehn kud.
Paal preech da Atenz
16 Wailz Paal mi-di wayt fi dehn wan, ih luk rong Atenz ahn ih mi feel sad wen ih si di lata aidal dehn rong di siti. 17 Paal gaahn da di meetn plays wehpaa ih ku reezn wid di Jooz dehn ahn dehn wan weh da noh Joo weh wership Gaad. Den evri day ih wuda goh da di maakit plays tu fi goh taak tu di peepl dehn weh mi dehdeh. 18 Ih mi meet op wid sohn Epikyooryan ahn Stowik teechaz tu, ahn dehn ga big aagyument wid ahn. Sohn seh, “Da weh dis shoa-aaf noa-aal di chrai seh?” Wen Paal preech tu dehn bowt Jeezas ahn how ih mi rayz op bak fahn di ded, sohn seh, “Hihn luk laik hihn di taak bowt sohn gaad weh wee noh noa bowt.” 19 Soh dehn kehr Paal fronta di kongsl weh dehn kaal di Ariyopagos. Dehn seh, “Kohn tel wi bowt dis nyoo rilijan.” 20 “Dehn ting weh yu di tel wi song schraynj tu wee, ahn wee waahn noa moa.” 21 (Yu si, di peepl dehn a Atenz ahn di farina dehn weh mi liv deh, mi lov fi yehr nyoo tingz ahn taak bowt nyoo tingz aal di taim.)
22 Soh Paal stan op fronta di kongsl ahn seh, “Unu man ya da Atenz, Ah noatis seh dat unu oanli rilijos 23 bikaa az Ah mi-di waak paas, Ah mi-di luk pahn aala di aidal dehn weh unu wership, an Ah si wahn alta weh maak, ‘Tu di Gaad weh nobadi noh noa.’ Unu mi-di wership ahn, ahn unu neva eevn noa ahn. Wel, now Ah wahn tel unu bowt ahn.
24 “Hihn da di Wan weh mek di werl ahn evriting weh eena it, ahn bikaa hihn da di Laad a hevn ahn ert, hihn noh liv eena no templ weh hyooman han mek. 25 Ahn bisaidz dat, fi unu hyooman han kyaahn ten tu fi hihn need dehn bikaa hihn noh need notn. Da hihn gi laif ahn bret tu evriting, ahn hihn satisfai aala fi wee needz. 26 Da hihn mek aala di peepl dehn weh deh eena di werl fahn wan man weh nayhn Adam. Den ih skyata dehn aal oava di hoal ert. Da hihn fiks di egzak taim ahn plays wehpaa dehn fi liv. 27 Gaad du aala dis soh dat wee wuda luk far ahn, ahn chrai fain ahn, bikaa reeli ahn chrooli Gaad noh deh faar fahn non a wi. 28 Da hihn gi wi di powa fi liv ahn moov ahn fi mek wi deh ya. Laik weh som a unu oan poawet dehn seh, ‘Wee da fi hihn pikni dehn tu.’
29 “Laik how wee da Gaad pikni, den wi shudn eevn tink seh dat Gaad da wahn aidal weh man ku tink op fi mek fahn owta goal er silva er stoan. 30 Fos, Gaad doz talarayt aala dis bikaa peepl neva noa beta, bot now ih koman evribadi, evriway fi du weh wid dehn aidal ahn wership oanli hihn wan. 31 Yu si, hihn don fiks wahn day wen hihn wahn joj di peepl dehn a di werl fyaa-wan. Ahn Jeezas da di man weh hihn don pik fi du di jojin far ahn. Gaad proov seh ih wahn du dat wen ih bring da sayhn Jeezas bak fahn di ded.”
32 Wen dehn yehr Paal taak bowt how sohnbadi mi rayz op bak fahn di ded, som a dehn laaf aata ahn, bot sohn ada wan seh, “Wee waahn yehr moa bowt dis layta.” 33 Soh Paal lef di meetn. 34 Bot sohn man jain op wid Paal ahn dehn bileev; monks dehn da mi Daiyonisyos, weh da-mi wahn memba a di siti kongsl, ahn wahn laydi nayhn Damaaris, ahn sohn ada wan.
* 17:1 Er: sinagag. † 17:3 Er: Mesaiya. (Luk pahn di noat eena 2:31.)