أعمال 10
| وَكَانَ يَسْكُنُ فِي قَيْصَرِيَّةَ قَائِدُ مِئَةٍ اسْمُهُ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ، يَنْتَمِي إِلَى الْكَتِيبَةِ الإِيطَالِيَّةِ، | ١ 1 |
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in the regiment known as the “Italian Regiment,”
| وَكَانَ تَقِيّاً يَخَافُ اللهَ، هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ جَمِيعاً، يَتَصَدَّقُ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ كَثِيراً، وَيُصَلِّي إِلَى اللهِ دَائِماً. | ٢ 2 |
A religious man and one who reverenced God, with all his household. He was liberal in his charities to the people, and prayed to God constantly.
| وَذَاتَ نَهَارٍ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، رَأَى كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ فِي رُؤْيَا وَاضِحَةٍ مَلاَكاً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: «يَاكَرْنِيلِيُوسُ!» | ٣ 3 |
One afternoon, about three o’clock, he distinctly saw in a vision an angel from God come to him, and call him by name.
| فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْمَلاَكِ وَقَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِ الْخَوْفُ، وَسَأَلَ: «مَاذَا يَاسَيِّدُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «صَلَوَاتُكَ وَصَدَقَاتُكَ صَعِدَتْ أَمَامَ اللهِ تَذْكَاراً. | ٤ 4 |
Cornelius fixed his eyes on him and, in great alarm, said, ‘What is it, Lord?’ ‘Your prayers and your charities,’ the angel answered, ‘have been an acceptable offering to God.
| وَالآنَ أَرْسِلْ بَعْضَ الرِّجَالِ إِلَى يَافَا وَاسْتَدْعِ سِمْعَانَ الْمُلَقَّبَ بُطْرُسَ. | ٥ 5 |
And now, send messengers to Joppa and fetch a man called Simon, who is also known as Peter.
| إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُ فِي بَيْتِ سِمْعَانَ الدَّبَّاغِ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ». | ٦ 6 |
He is lodging with a tanner named Simon, who has a house near the sea.’
| فَمَا إِنْ ذَهَبَ الْمَلاَكُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُكَلِّمُ كَرْنِيلِيُوسَ، حَتَّى دَعَا اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ خَدَمِهِ، وَجُنْدِيّاً تَقِيّاً مِنْ مُرَافِقِيهِ الدَّائِمِينَ، | ٧ 7 |
When the angel, who had spoken to him, had gone, Cornelius called two servants and a religious soldier, who was one of his constant attendants,
| وَرَوَى لَهُمُ الْخَبَرَ كُلَّهُ، وَأَرْسَلَهُمْ إِلَى يَافَا. | ٨ 8 |
and, after telling them the whole story, sent them to Joppa.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ الرِّجَالُ الثَّلاَثَةُ يَقْتَرِبُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ يَافَا، صَعِدَ بُطْرُسُ نَحْوَ الظُّهْرِ إِلَى السَّطْحِ لِيُصَلِّيَ. | ٩ 9 |
On the next day, while these men were on their way, just as they were nearing the town, Peter went up on the housetop about midday to pray.
| وَأَحَسَّ جُوعاً شَدِيداً، فَاشْتَهَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ. وَبَيْنَمَا الطَّعَامُ يُعَدُّ لَهُ، وَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ غَيْبُوبَةٌ، | ١٠ 10 |
He became hungry and wanted something to eat; but while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance,
| فَرَأَى رُؤْيَا: السَّمَاءَ مَفْتُوحَةً، وَوِعَاءً يُشْبِهُ قِطْعَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ الْقُمَاشِ مَرْبُوطَةً بِأَطْرَافِهَا الأَرْبَعَةِ يَتَدَلَّى إِلَى الأَرْضِ، | ١١ 11 |
and saw that the heavens were open, and that something like a great sail was descending, let down by its four corners towards the earth.
| وَهُوَ مَلِيءٌ بِأَنْوَاعِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الدَّابَّةِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَالْوُحُوشِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ جَمِيعاً. | ١٢ 12 |
In it were all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds.
| وَنَادَاهُ صَوْتٌ: «يَابُطْرُسُ، قُمِ اذْبَحْ وَكُلْ!» | ١٣ 13 |
Then he was aware of a voice which said – ‘Stand up, Peter, kill something, and eat.’
| وَلَكِنَّ بُطْرُسَ أَجَابَ: «كَلاَ يَارَبُّ، فَأَنَا لَمْ آكُلْ قَطُّ شَيْئاً مُحَرَّماً أَوْ نَجِساً». | ١٤ 14 |
‘No, Lord, I cannot,’ answered Peter, ‘for I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.’
| فَقَالَ لَهُ الصَّوْتُ أَيْضاً: «مَا طَهَّرَهُ اللهُ لاَ تَحْسَبْهُ أَنْتَ نَجِساً!» | ١٥ 15 |
Again he was aware of a voice which said – ‘What God has pronounced clean, do not regard as defiled.’
| وَتَكَرَّرَ هَذَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ ارْتَفَعَ الْوِعَاءُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ. | ١٦ 16 |
This happened three times, and then suddenly it was all taken up into the heavens.
| تَحَيَّرَ بُطْرُسُ وَأَخَذَ يُسَائِلُ نَفْسَهُ عَنْ مَعْنَى الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي رَآهَا. وَإِذَا الرِّجَالُ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ قَدْ سَأَلُوا عَنْ بَيْتِ سِمْعَانَ الدَّبَّاغِ وَوَقَفُوا بِالْبَابِ | ١٧ 17 |
While Peter was still perplexed as to the meaning of the vision that he had seen, the men sent by Cornelius, having enquired the way to Simon’s house, came up to the gate,
| يَسْتَخْبِرُونَ: «هَلْ سِمْعَانُ الْمُلَقَّبُ بُطْرُسَ مُقِيمٌ هُنَا؟» | ١٨ 18 |
and called out and asked if the Simon, who was also known as Peter, was lodging there.
| فِي هَذِهِ الأَثْنَاءِ كَانَ بُطْرُسُ يُوَاصِلُ التَّفْكِيرَ فِي مَعْنَى الرُّؤْيَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ الرُّوحُ: «بِالْبَابِ ثَلاَثَةُ رِجَالٍ يَطْلُبُونَكَ | ١٩ 19 |
Peter was still pondering over the vision, when the Spirit said to him, ‘There are two men looking for you at this moment.
| فَانْزِلْ إِلَيْهِمْ وَرَافِقْهُمْ بِلاَ تَرَدُّدٍ، فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَرْسَلْتُهُمْ». | ٢٠ 20 |
Go down at once and do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.’
| فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا الَّذِي تَطْلُبُونَ. فَمَا سَبَبُ حُضُورِكُمْ؟» | ٢١ 21 |
Peter went down to the men and said, ‘I am the person you are looking for. What is your reason for coming?’
| فَأَجَابُوهُ: «قَائِدُ الْمِئَةِ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ يَتَّقِي اللهَ، وَيَشْهَدُ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ شَعْبُ الْيَهُودِ جَمِيعاً. وَقَدْ أَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ بِوَاسِطَةِ مَلاَكٍ طَاهِرٍ أَنْ يَسْتَدْعِيَكَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِيَسْمَعَ مَا عِنْدَكَ مِنْ كَلاَمٍ». | ٢٢ 22 |
The men replied, ‘Our centurion, Cornelius, a pious man who reverences God and is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to listen to what you have to say.’
| فَدَعَاهُمْ بُطْرُسُ لِيُمْضُوا اللَّيْلَةَ ضُيُوفاً بِذَلِكَ الْبَيْتِ. وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ ذَهَبَ مَعَهُمْ، يُرَافِقُهُ بَعْضُ الإِخْوَةِ مِنْ يَافَا، | ٢٣ 23 |
So Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he lost no time in setting out with them, accompanied by some of the Lord’s followers from Joppa;
| فَوَصَلُوا قَيْصَرِيَّةَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي. وَكَانَ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ يَنْتَظِرُ وُصُولَهُمْ، وَقَدْ دَعَا أَقَارِبَهُ وَأَصْدِقَاءَهُ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
and the day following he entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them, and had invited his relatives and intimate friends to meet them.
| فَمَا إِنْ دَخَلَ بُطْرُسُ حَتَّى اسْتَقْبَلَهُ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ سَاجِداً لَهُ، | ٢٥ 25 |
So, when Peter entered the city, Cornelius met him, and, throwing himself at Peter’s feet, bowed to the ground.
| فَأَنْهَضَهُ بُطْرُسُ وَقَالَ: «قُمْ! مَا أَنَا إِلاَّ إِنْسَانٌ مِثْلُكَ!» | ٢٦ 26 |
Peter, however, lifted him up, saying as he did so, ‘Stand up, I am only human like yourself.’
| وَدَخَلَ بُطْرُسُ وَهُوَ يُحَادِثُهُ، فَرَأَى جَمْعاً كَبِيراً مِنَ النَّاسِ، | ٢٧ 27 |
Talking with him as he went, Peter entered the house, where he found a large gathering of people, to whom he said,
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى الْيَهُودِيِّ أَنْ يَتَعَامَلَ مَعَ الأَجْنَبِيِّ أَوْ يَزُورَهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ اللهَ أَرَانِي أَلاَّ أَقُولَ عَنْ إِنْسَانٍ مَا إِنَّهُ دَنِسٌ أَوْ نَجِسٌ. | ٢٨ 28 |
‘You are doubtless aware that it is forbidden for a Jew to be intimate with a foreigner, or even to enter his house; and yet God has shown me that I ought not to call anyone defiled or unclean.
| فَلِذَلِكَ جِئْتُ مِنْ غَيْرِ اعْتِرَاضٍ، تَلْبِيَةً لِدَعْوَتِكُمْ. فَمَا هُوَ سَبَبُ دَعْوَتِكُمْ لِي؟» | ٢٩ 29 |
That was why I came, when I was sent for, without raising any objection. And now I ask your reason for sending for me.’
| فَأَجَابَ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ: «مُنْذُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، فِي مِثْلِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي صَلاَةَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَظَهَرَ أَمَامِي فَجْأَةً رَجُلٌ يَلْبَسُ ثَوْباً بَرَّاقاً | ٣٠ 30 |
‘Just three days ago this very hour,’ Cornelius said, ‘I was in my house, saying the Afternoon Prayers, when a man in dazzling clothing suddenly stood before me.
| وَقَالَ لِي: يَاكَرْنِيلِيُوسُ، سَمِعَ اللهُ صَلاَتَكَ وَذَكَرَ صَدَقَاتِكَ. | ٣١ 31 |
“Cornelius,” he said, “your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been accepted, by God.
| وَالآنَ أَرْسِلْ رِجَالاً إِلَى يَافَا، وَاسْتَدْعِ سِمْعَانَ الْمُلَقَّبَ بُطْرُسَ. إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُ فِي بَيْتِ سِمْعَانَ الدَّبَّاغِ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ. | ٣٢ 32 |
Therefore send to Joppa, and invite the Simon, who is also known as Peter, to come here. He is lodging in the house of Simon the tanner, near the sea.”
| فَأَرْسَلْتُ حَالاً أَدْعُوكَ، وَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ بِمَجِيئِكَ. وَنَحْنُ الآنَ جَمِيعاً حَاضِرُونَ أَمَامَ اللهِ لِنَسْمَعَ كُلَّ مَا أَمَرَكَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ». | ٣٣ 33 |
Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say.’
| فَبَدَأَ بُطْرُسُ كَلاَمَهُ قَائِلاً: «تَبَيَّنَ لِي فِعْلاً أَنَّ اللهَ لاَ يُفَضِّلُ أَحَداً عَلَى أَحَدٍ، | ٣٤ 34 |
Then Peter began. ‘I see, beyond all doubt,’ he said, ‘that God does not show partiality,
| بَلْ يَقْبَلُ مَنْ يَتَّقِيهِ وَيَعْمَلُ الصَّلاَحَ مَهْمَا كَانَتْ جِنْسِيَّتُهُ. | ٣٥ 35 |
but that in every nation he who reverences him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
| وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَ كَلِمَتَهُ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَشَّرَهُمْ بِالسَّلاَمِ بِوَاسِطَةِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، رَبِّ الْجَمِيعِ. | ٣٦ 36 |
God has sent his message to the Israelites and told them, through Jesus Christ, the good news of peace – and Jesus is Lord of all!
| وَلاَبُدَّ أَنَّكُمْ عَرَفْتُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا جَرَى فِي بِلاَدِ الْيَهُودِ، وَكَانَ بَدْءُ الأَمْرِ فِي الْجَلِيلِ بَعْدَ الْمَعْمُودِيَّةِ الَّتِي نَادَى بِهَا يُوحَنَّا. | ٣٧ 37 |
You yourselves know the story which spread through all Judea, how, beginning form Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed –
| فَقَدْ مَسَحَ اللهُ يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ وَبِالْقُدْرَةِ، فَكَانَ يَنْتَقِلُ مِنْ مَكَانٍ إِلَى مَكَانٍ يَعْمَلُ الْخَيْرَ، وَيَشْفِي جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ تَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ، لأَنَّ اللهَ كَانَ مَعَهُ. | ٣٨ 38 |
the story, I mean, of Jesus of Nazareth, and how God consecrated him his Christ by enduing him with the Holy Spirit and with power; and how he went about doing good and curing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
| وَنَحْنُ شُهُودٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا قَامَ بِهِ فِي بِلاَدِ الْيَهُودِ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَقَدْ قَتَلُوهُ حَقّاً، مُعَلَّقاً عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ. | ٣٩ 39 |
We are ourselves, too, witnesses to all that he did in Judea and in Jerusalem; yet they put him to death by hanging him on a cross!
| وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ أَقَامَهُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ، وَجَعَلَهُ يَظْهَرُ، | ٤٠ 40 |
This Jesus God raised on the third day, and enabled him to appear,
| لاَ لِلشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ، بَلْ لِلشُّهُودِ الَّذِينَ اخْتَارَهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ، لَنَا نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ أَكَلْنَا وَشَرِبْنَا مَعَهُ بَعْدَ قِيَامَتِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ. | ٤١ 41 |
not indeed to everyone, but to witnesses chosen beforehand by God – to us, who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead.
| ثُمَّ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُبَشِّرَ شَعْبَنَا بِهِ، وَنَشْهَدَ أَنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ اللهُ دَيَّاناً لِلأَحْيَاءِ وَلِلأَمْوَاتِ. | ٤٢ 42 |
Further, God charged us to proclaim to the people, and solemnly affirm, that it is Jesus who has been appointed by God judge of the living and the dead.
| لَهُ يَشْهَدُ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِهِ يَنَلْ بِاسْمِهِ غُفْرَانَ الْخَطَايَا». | ٤٣ 43 |
To him it is that all the prophets bear witness, when they say that everyone who believes in him receives through his name forgiveness of sins.’
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ بُطْرُسُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا الْكَلاَمِ، حَلَّ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَسْمَعُونَ. | ٤٤ 44 |
Before Peter had finished saying these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.
| فَدُهِشَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْيَهُودُ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا بِرِفْقَةِ بُطْرُسَ، لأَنَّ هِبَةَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ فَاضَتْ أَيْضاً عَلَى غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ، | ٤٥ 45 |
Those converts from Judaism, who had come with Peter, were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed even on the Gentiles;
| إِذْ سَمِعُوهُمْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَاتٍ، وَيُسَبِّحُونَ اللهَ. فَقَالَ بُطْرُسُ: | ٤٦ 46 |
for they heard them speaking in different languages and extolling God. At this Peter asked,
| «أَيَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَمْنَعَ الْمَاءَ فَلاَ يَتَعَمَّدَ أَيْضاً هَؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ نَالُوا الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ مِثْلَنَا؟» | ٤٧ 47 |
‘Can anyone refuse the water for the baptism of these people, now that they have received the Holy Spirit as we did ourselves?’
| وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَتَعَمَّدُوا بِاسْمِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ. ثُمَّ دَعَوْهُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عِنْدَهُمْ بِضْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ. | ٤٨ 48 |
And he directed that they should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ; after which they asked him to stay there a few days longer.
