أعمال 21
| وَلَمَّا ٱنْفَصَلْنَا عَنْهُمْ أَقْلَعْنَا وَجِئْنَا مُتَوَجِّهِينَ بِٱلِٱسْتِقَامَةِ إِلَى كُوسَ، وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلتَّالِي إِلَى رُودُسَ، وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى بَاتَرَا. | ١ 1 |
So after disengaging ourselves from them we were able to set sail, and running a straight course we came to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
| فَإِذْ وَجَدْنَا سَفِينَةً عَابِرَةً إِلَى فِينِيقِيَةَ صَعِدْنَا إِلَيْهَا وَأَقْلَعْنَا. | ٢ 2 |
We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail.
| ثُمَّ ٱطَّلَعْنَا عَلَى قُبْرُسَ، وَتَرَكْنَاهَا يَسْرَةً وَسَافَرْنَا إِلَى سُورِيَّةَ، وَأَقْبَلْنَا إِلَى صُورَ، لِأَنَّ هُنَاكَ كَانَتِ ٱلسَّفِينَةُ تَضَعُ وَسْقَهَا. | ٣ 3 |
When we had sighted Cyprus we passed it on the left, sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, because it was there that the ship was to unload the cargo.
| وَإِذْ وَجَدْنَا ٱلتَّلَامِيذَ مَكَثْنَا هُنَاكَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ لِبُولُسَ بِٱلرُّوحِ أَنْ لَا يَصْعَدَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٤ 4 |
Upon finding disciples we stayed there seven days; these, through the Spirit, told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
| وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا ٱسْتَكْمَلْنَا ٱلْأَيَّامَ خَرَجْنَا ذَاهِبِينَ، وَهُمْ جَمِيعًا يُشَيِّعُونَنَا، مَعَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْأَوْلَادِ إِلَى خَارِجِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. فَجَثَوْنَا عَلَى رُكَبِنَا عَلَى ٱلشَّاطِئِ وَصَلَّيْنَا. | ٥ 5 |
But when our time was up, as we left to go on our way, they all, including women and children, accompanied us out of the city, and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
| وَلَمَّا وَدَّعْنَا بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا صَعِدْنَا إِلَى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ. وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى خَاصَّتِهِمْ. | ٦ 6 |
After we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship and they returned to their homes.
| وَلَمَّا أَكْمَلْنَا ٱلسَّفَرَ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ مِنْ صُورَ، أَقْبَلْنَا إِلَى بُتُولِمَايِسَ، فَسَلَّمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِخْوَةِ وَمَكَثْنَا عِنْدَهُمْ يَوْمًا وَاحِدًا. | ٧ 7 |
Now upon arriving in Ptolemais, the voyage from Tyre ended; so greeting the brothers we stayed with them one day.
| ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا فِي ٱلْغَدِ نَحْنُ رُفَقَاءَ بُولُسَ وَجِئْنَا إِلَى قَيْصَرِيَّةَ، فَدَخَلْنَا بَيْتَ فِيلُبُّسَ ٱلْمُبَشِّرِ، إِذْ كَانَ وَاحِدًا مِنَ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ وَأَقَمْنَا عِنْدَهُ. | ٨ 8 |
Leaving the next day, we came to Caesarea; and entering the house of Philip the evangelist (being of ‘the Seven’), we stayed with him.
| وَكَانَ لِهَذَا أَرْبَعُ بَنَاتٍ عَذَارَى كُنَّ يَتَنَبَّأْنَ. | ٩ 9 |
(This man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.)
| وَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مُقِيمُونَ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً، ٱنْحَدَرَ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ نَبِيٌّ ٱسْمُهُ أَغَابُوسُ. | ١٠ 10 |
Now as we stayed there a number of days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
| فَجَاءَ إِلَيْنَا، وَأَخَذَ مِنْطَقَةَ بُولُسَ، وَرَبَطَ يَدَيْ نَفْسِهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: «هَذَا يَقُولُهُ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ: ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي لَهُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمِنْطَقَةُ، هَكَذَا سَيَرْبُطُهُ ٱلْيَهُودُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيُسَلِّمُونَهُ إِلَى أَيْدِي ٱلْأُمَمِ». | ١١ 11 |
Joining us he took Paul's belt, bound his feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit: ‘In this way, in Jerusalem, the Jews will bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعْنَا هَذَا طَلَبْنَا إِلَيْهِ نَحْنُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمَكَانِ أَنْ لَا يَصْعَدَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٢ 12 |
Well, when we heard these things, both we and the local residents, we pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.
| فَأَجَابَ بُولُسُ: «مَاذَا تَفْعَلُونَ؟ تَبْكُونَ وَتَكْسِرُونَ قَلْبِي، لِأَنِّي مُسْتَعِدٌّ لَيْسَ أَنْ أُرْبَطَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ أَنْ أَمُوتَ أَيْضًا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ لِأَجْلِ ٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ». | ١٣ 13 |
But Paul answered: “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
| وَلَمَّا لَمْ يُقْنَعْ سَكَتْنَا قَائِلِينَ: «لِتَكُنْ مَشِيئَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ». | ١٤ 14 |
When he would not be dissuaded, we stopped, saying, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
| وَبَعْدَ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ تَأَهَّبْنَا وَصَعِدْنَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٥ 15 |
So after those days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
| وَجَاءَ أَيْضًا مَعَنَا مِنْ قَيْصَرِيَّةَ أُنَاسٌ مِنَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذِ ذَاهِبِينَ بِنَا إِلَى مَنَاسُونَ، وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ قُبْرُسِيٌّ، تِلْمِيذٌ قَدِيمٌ، لِنَنْزِلَ عِنْدَهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing us to a certain Mnason, of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge.
| وَلَمَّا وَصَلْنَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ قَبِلَنَا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ بِفَرَحٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
And when we arrived in Jerusalem the brothers received us gladly.
| وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ دَخَلَ بُولُسُ مَعَنَا إِلَى يَعْقُوبَ، وَحَضَرَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْمَشَايِخِ. | ١٨ 18 |
The next day Paul, with us, went to see James, and all the elders were present.
| فَبَعْدَ مَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَفِقَ يُحَدِّثُهُمْ شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا بِكُلِّ مَا فَعَلَهُ ٱللهُ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ بِوَاسِطَةِ خِدْمَتِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
After greeting them he reported one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا كَانُوا يُمَجِّدُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ. وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَنْتَ تَرَى أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَخُ كَمْ يُوجَدُ رَبْوَةً مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا، وَهُمْ جَمِيعًا غَيُورُونَ لِلنَّامُوسِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
But after listening they ‘glorified’ the Lord by saying to him: “You see, brother, how many tens of thousands are the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;
| وَقَدْ أُخْبِرُوا عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ تُعَلِّمُ جَمِيعَ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلِٱرْتِدَادَ عَنْ مُوسَى، قَائِلًا: أَنْ لَا يَخْتِنُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ وَلَا يَسْلُكُوا حَسَبَ ٱلْعَوَائِدِ. | ٢١ 21 |
but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to our customs.
| فَإِذًا مَاذَا يَكُونُ؟ لَا بُدَّ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ أَنْ يَجْتَمِعَ ٱلْجُمْهُورُ، لِأَنَّهُمْ سَيَسْمَعُونَ أَنَّكَ قَدْ جِئْتَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
What then? The assembly will certainly gather, since they will hear that you have come.
| فَٱفْعَلْ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي نَقُولُ لَكَ: عِنْدَنَا أَرْبَعَةُ رِجَالٍ عَلَيْهِمْ نَذْرٌ. | ٢٣ 23 |
So do this that we say to you: There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
| خُذْ هَؤُلَاءِ وَتَطهَّرْ مَعَهُمْ وَأَنْفِقْ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَحْلِقُوا رُؤُوسَهُمْ، فَيَعْلَمَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ أَنْ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ مِمَّا أُخْبِرُوا عَنْكَ، بَلْ تَسْلُكُ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا حَافِظًا لِلنَّامُوسِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads, and that all may know that there is nothing to the things that they have been informed about you; rather that you yourself are in line, keeping the law.
| وَأَمَّا مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، فَأَرْسَلْنَا نَحْنُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَحَكَمْنَا أَنْ لَا يَحْفَظُوا شَيْئًا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، سِوَى أَنْ يُحَافِظُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِمَّا ذُبِحَ لِلْأَصْنَامِ، وَمِنَ ٱلدَّمِ، وَٱلْمَخْنُوقِ، وَٱلزِّنَا». | ٢٥ 25 |
But concerning the Gentiles who believe we have written, having judged that they need observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from that offered to idols, from the blood, from anything strangled, and from fornication.”
| حِينَئِذٍ أَخَذَ بُولُسُ ٱلرِّجَالَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ، وَتَطَهَّرَ مَعَهُمْ وَدَخَلَ ٱلْهَيْكَلَ، مُخْبِرًا بِكَمَالِ أَيَّامِ ٱلتَّطْهِيرِ، إِلَى أَنْ يُقَرَّبَ عَنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْقُرْبَانُ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Then Paul took the men and purified himself with them; the next day he entered the temple to give notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the offering would be made for each one of them.
| وَلَمَّا قَارَبَتِ ٱلْأَيَّامُ ٱلسَّبْعَةُ أَنْ تَتِمَّ، رَآهُ ٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ أَسِيَّا فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ، فَأَهَاجُوا كُلَّ ٱلْجَمْعِ وَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْأَيَادِيَ | ٢٧ 27 |
Now when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, mobilized a whole crowd and seized him,
| صَارِخِينَ: «يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، أَعِينُوا! هَذَا هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي يُعَلِّمُ ٱلْجَمِيعَ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ ضِدًّا لِلشَّعْبِ وَٱلنَّامُوسِ وَهَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ، حَتَّى أَدْخَلَ يُونَانِيِّينَ أَيْضًا إِلَى ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَدَنَّسَ هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَ». | ٢٨ 28 |
shouting: “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Not only that, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place!”
| لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَدْ رَأَوْا مَعَهُ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تُرُوفِيمُسَ ٱلْأَفَسُسِيَّ، فَكَانُوا يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ بُولُسَ أَدْخَلَهُ إِلَى ٱلْهَيْكَلِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
(They had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
| فَهَاجَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ كُلُّهَا، وَتَرَاكَضَ ٱلشَّعْبُ وَأَمْسَكُوا بُولُسَ وَجَرُّوهُ خَارِجَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ. وَلِلْوَقْتِ أُغْلِقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَابُ. | ٣٠ 30 |
The whole city was aroused and a mob of people formed. So having seized Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
| وَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ، نَمَا خَبَرٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ ٱلْكَتِيبَةِ أَنَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ كُلَّهَا قَدِ ٱضْطَرَبَتْ. | ٣١ 31 |
As they were trying to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
| فَلِلْوَقْتِ أَخَذَ عَسْكَرًا وَقُوَّادَ مِئَاتٍ وَرَكَضَ إِلَيْهِمْ. فَلَمَّا رأَوْا ٱلْأَمِيرَ وَٱلْعَسْكَرَ كَفُّوا عَنْ ضَرْبِ بُولُسَ. | ٣٢ 32 |
He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down among them, and when they saw the commander and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul.
| حِينَئِذٍ ٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْأَمِيرُ وَأَمْسَكَهُ، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُقَيَّدَ بِسِلْسِلَتَيْنِ، وَطَفِقَ يَسْتَخْبِرُ: تُرَى مَنْ يَكُونُ؟ وَمَاذَا فَعَلَ؟ | ٣٣ 33 |
Then the commander came up and took hold of him, commanded that he be bound with two chains, and started inquiring who he was and what he had done.
| وَكَانَ ٱلْبَعْضُ يَصْرُخُونَ بِشَيْءٍ وَٱلْبَعْضُ بِشَيْءٍ آخَرَ فِي ٱلْجَمْعِ. وَلَمَّا لَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ ٱلْيَقِينَ لِسَبَبِ ٱلشَّغَبِ، أَمَرَ أَنْ يُذْهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْمُعَسْكَرِ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Well some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another; so when he could not ascertain the truth, because of the uproar, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks.
| وَلَمَّا صَارَ عَلَى ٱلدَّرَجِ ٱتَّفَقَ أَنَّ ٱلْعَسْكَرَ حَمَلَهُ بِسَبَبِ عُنْفِ ٱلْجَمْعِ، | ٣٥ 35 |
When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the mob.
| لِأَنَّ جُمْهُورَ ٱلشَّعْبِ كَانُوا يَتْبَعُونَهُ صَارِخِينَ: «خُذْهُ!». | ٣٦ 36 |
Because the crowd kept following and shouting, “Away with him!”
| وَإِذْ قَارَبَ بُولُسُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ ٱلْمُعَسْكَرَ قَالَ لِلْأَمِيرِ: «أَيَجُوزُ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ لَكَ شَيْئًا؟» فَقَالَ: «أَتَعْرِفُ ٱلْيُونَانِيَّةَ؟ | ٣٧ 37 |
As Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?” So he said: “Do you know Greek?
| أَفَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ ٱلْمِصْرِيَّ ٱلَّذِي صَنَعَ قَبْلَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ فِتْنَةً، وَأَخْرَجَ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ أَرْبَعَةَ ٱلْآلَافِ ٱلرَّجُلِ مِنَ ٱلْقَتَلَةِ؟». | ٣٨ 38 |
Aren't you the Egyptian who some time ago started a revolt and led the four thousand men of ‘the Assassins’ out into the wilderness?”
| فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «أَنَا رَجُلٌ يَهُودِيٌّ طَرْسُوسِيٌّ، مِنْ أَهْلِ مَدِينَةٍ غَيْرِ دَنِيَّةٍ مِنْ كِيلِيكِيَّةَ. وَأَلْتَمِسُ مِنْكَ أَنْ تَأْذَنَ لِي أَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلشَّعْبَ». | ٣٩ 39 |
But Paul said, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a not insignificant city; but I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”
| فَلَمَّا أَذِنَ لَهُ، وَقَفَ بُولُسُ عَلَى ٱلدَّرَجِ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ، فَصَارَ سُكُوتٌ عَظِيمٌ. فَنَادَى بِٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ قَائِلًا: | ٤٠ 40 |
So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned to the people with his hand. When there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:
