8. Asikhathaza ke isihlwele nabaphathi bomzi, bakuziva ezi zinto.
9. Bethabathe isibambiso kuYason nakwabanye, babakhulula.
10. Ke kaloku bathi abazalwana kwaoko bamndulula uPawulos noSilas ngobusuku, ukuba baye eBhereya; abathi bona bakufika, baya endlwini yesikhungu yamaYuda.
11. La ke aye enobuntu kunawaseTesalonika; la wona alamkela ilizwi ngentumekelelo yonke, ezincina izibhalo imihla ngemihla, ukuba zingaba zinjalo na ezi zinto.
12. Kwakholwa ke ngoko into eninzi kuwo, nakumaGrikekazi abekekileyo, nakumadoda, àbaba mbalwa.
13. Akùqonda ke awaseTesalonika amaYuda, ukuba ilizwi likaThixo lazisiwe nguPawulos naseBhereya, eza azizamazamisa nalapho izihlwele.
14. Bandula ke kwaoko abazalwana, bamsusa uPawulos ukuba abheke ngaselwandle; kwasala uSilas kwanoTimoti khona.
15. Bathe ke bona abamkhapháyo uPawulos, bamsa eAtene; bakuba bamkelé umthetho oya kooSilas noTimoti, wokuba beze kuye kwakamsinya, bemka.
16. Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba uPawulos ubalindile eAtene, wacaphuka, akuwubona umzi uzizithixo kuphela.
17. Wayexoxa ke ngoko endlwini yesikhungu namaYuda, nabamhlonelayo uThixo; nasendaweni yembutho imihla ngemihla, nabasukuba bekhona.
18. Ke kaloku izithanda-bulumko ezithile zamaEpikure* nezamaStoyike* zamhlanganyela; yayisithi inxenye, Azi lifuna ukuthini na eli pholopholo? Abanye ke bathi, Ngathi ngumazisi wezithixo zasemzini; ngokuba wayebashumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo zikaYesu, novuko lwabafileyo.
19. Bamthabatha ke bamsa eAreyopago,* besithi, Singakhe siyive na le mfundiso intsha ithethwa nguwe, ukuba iyini na?