Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ أَبُلُّوسُ فِي كُورِنْثُوسَ وَصَلَ بُولُسُ إِلَى أَفَسُسَ، بَعْدَمَا مَرَّ بِالْمَنَاطِقِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ مِنَ الْبِلاَدِ. وَهُنَاكَ وَجَدَ بَعْضَ التَّلاَمِيذِ، | ١ |
2 He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
| فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «هَلْ نِلْتُمُ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ عِنْدَمَا آمَنْتُمْ؟» أَجَابُوهُ: «لاَ! حَتَّى إِنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ بِوُجُودِ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ!» | ٢ |
3 He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
| فَسَأَلَ: «إِذَنْ عَلَى أَيِّ أَسَاسٍ قَدْ تَعَمَّدْتُمْ؟» أَجَابُوا: «عَلَى أَسَاسِ مَعْمُودِيَّةِ يُوحَنَّا!» | ٣ |
4 Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
| فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «كَانَ يُوحَنَّا يُعَمِّدُ بِمَعْمُودِيَّةِ التَّوْبَةِ، وَيَدْعُو الشَّعْبَ إِلَى الإِيمَانِ بِالآتِي بَعْدَهُ، أَيْ بِيَسُوعَ». | ٤ |
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا هَذَا تَعَمَّدُوا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. | ٥ |
6 When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
| وَمَا إِنْ وَضَعَ بُولُسُ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى حَلَّ عَلَيْهِمِ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ، وَأَخَذُوا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَاتٍ أُخْرَى وَيَتَنَبَّأُونَ. | ٦ |
7 They were about twelve men in all.
| وَكَانَ عَدَدُهُمْ نَحْوَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً. | ٧ |
8 He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.
| وَأَخَذَ بُولُسُ يُدَاوِمُ عَلَى الذَّهَابِ إِلَى الْمَجْمَعِ مُدَّةَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ، يَتَكَلَّمُ بِجُرْأَةٍ فَيُنَاقِشُ الْحَاضِرِينَ وَيُحَاوِلُ إِقْنَاعَهُمْ بِالْحَقَائِقِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِمَلَكُوتِ اللهِ. | ٨ |
9 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
| وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ عَانَدُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتَنِعُوا، وَأَخَذُوا يَشْتِمُونَ هَذَا الطَّرِيقَ أَمَامَ الْمُجْتَمِعِينَ. فَانْفَصَلَ بُولُسُ عَنْهُمْ، وَانْفَرَدَ بِالتَّلاَمِيذِ، وَبَدَأَ يَعْقِدُ مُنَاقَشَاتٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي مَدْرَسَةِ رَجُلٍ اسْمُهُ تِيرَانُّوسُ، | ٩ |
10 This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
| وَدَاوَمَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مُدَّةَ سَنَتَيْنِ. وَهَكَذَا وَصَلَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى جَمِيعِ سُكَّانِ مُقَاطَعَةِ أَسِيَّا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ. | ١٠ |
11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
| وَكَانَ اللهُ يُجْرِي مُعْجِزَاتٍ خَارِقَةً عَلَى يَدِ بُولُسَ، | ١١ |
12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
| حَتَّى صَارَ النَّاسُ يَأْخُذُونَ الْمَنَادِيلَ أَوِ الْمَآزِرَ الَّتِي مَسَّتْ جَسَدَهُ، وَيَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى الْمَرْضَى، فَتَزُولُ أَمْرَاضُهُمْ وَتَخْرُجُ الأَرْوَاحُ الشِّرِّيرَةُ مِنْهُمْ. | ١٢ |
13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
| وَحَاوَلَ بَعْضُ الْيَهُودِ الْجَوَّالِينَ الَّذِينَ يَحْتَرِفُونَ طَرْدَ الأَرْوَاحِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، أَنْ يَسْتَغِلُّوا اسْمَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، قَائِلِينَ: «نَطْرُدُكَ بِاسْمِ يَسُوعَ الَّذِي يُبَشِّرُ بِهِ بُولُسُ!» | ١٣ |
14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
| وَكَانَ بَيْنَ هَؤُلاَءِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْنَاءٍ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةٍ اسْمُهُ سَكَاوَا، | ١٤ |
15 The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
| فَأَجَابَهُمُ الرُّوحُ الشِّرِّيرُ: «يَسُوعُ أَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ، وَبُولُسُ أَفْهَمُهُ. وَلكِنْ، مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟» | ١٥ |
16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
| ثُمَّ هَجَمَ عَلَيْهِمِ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي بِهِ الرُّوحُ الشِّرِّيرُ، فَتَمَكَّنَ مِنْهُمْ وَغَلَبَهُمْ، فَهَرَبُوا مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي كَانُوا فِيهِ، عُرَاةً مُجَرَّحِينَ. | ١٦ |
17 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
| فَانْتَشَرَ خَبَرُ ذَلِكَ بَيْنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَفَسُسَ، فَاسْتَوْلَتِ الرَّهْبَةُ عَلَى الْجَمِيعِ. وَتَمَجَّدَ اسْمُ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. | ١٧ |
18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.
| فَجَاءَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدْ آمَنُوا يَعْتَرِفُونَ وَيُخْبِرُونَ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ. | ١٨ |
19 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
| وَأَخَذَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْمُشْتَغِلِينَ بِالسِّحْرِ يَجْمَعُونَ كُتُبَهُمْ وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا أَمَامَ الْجَمِيعِ. وَقَدْ حُسِبَ ثَمَنُهَا، فَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ خَمْسُونَ أَلْفَ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ. | ١٩ |
20 So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
| بِهذِهِ الصُّورَةِ كَانَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ تَنْتَشِرُ وَتَقْوَى بِاقْتِدَارٍ. | ٢٠ |
21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
| وَبَعْدَ حُدُوثِ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ، عَزَمَ بُولُسُ عَلَى السَّفَرِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مُرُوراً بِمُقَاطَعَتَيْ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَخَائِيَةَ، قَائِلاً: «لاَبُدَّ لِي بَعْدَ إِقَامَتِي فِيهَا مِنْ زِيَارَةِ رُومَا أَيْضاً!» | ٢١ |
22 Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
| فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَقِدُونِيَّةَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ مُعَاوِنِيهِ، هُمَا تِيمُوثَاوُسُ وَأَرَسْطُوسُ، وَبَقِيَ مُدَّةً مِنَ الزَّمَنِ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ أَسِيَّا. | ٢٢ |
23 About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
| فِي تِلْكَ الْمُدَّةِ وَقَعَ اضْطِرَابٌ خَطِيرٌ فِي أَفَسُسَ بِسَبَبِ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ. | ٢٣ |
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
| فَإِنَّ صَائِغاً اسْمُهُ دِيمِتْرِيُوسُ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ نَمَاذِجَ فِضِّيَّةً صَغِيرَةً لِمَعَابِدِ الإِلَهَةِ أَرْطَامِيسَ، فَيَعُودُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى عُمَّالِهِ بِرِبْحٍ وَفِيرٍ، | ٢٤ |
25 whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
| دَعَا عُمَّالَهُ وَأَهْلَ مِهْنَتِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَعْلَمُونَ أَيُّهَا الرِّجَالُ أَنَّ عَيْشَنَا الرَّغِيدَ يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى صِنَاعَتِنَا هذِهِ، | ٢٥ |
26 You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.
| وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ وَسَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ بُولُسَ هَذَا أَضَلَّ عَدَداً كَبِيراً مِنَ النَّاسِ، لاَ فِي أَفَسُسَ وَحْدَهَا، بَلْ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ أَسِيَّا كُلِّهَا تَقْرِيباً، وَأَقْنَعَهُمْ بِأَنَّ الآلِهَةَ الَّتِي تَصْنَعُهَا الأَيْدِي لَيْسَتْ بِآلِهَةٍ. | ٢٦ |
27 Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
| وَهَذَا لاَ يُهَدِّدُ صِنَاعَتَنَا بِالْكَسَادِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ يُعَرِّضُ مَعْبَدَ أَرْطَامِيسَ إِلهَتِنَا الْعُظْمَى لِفُقْدَانِ هَيْبَتِهِ. فَنَخْشَى أَن تَتَلاَشَى كَرَامَتُهَا وَتَنْهَارَ عَظَمَتُهَا، وَهِيَ الَّتِي يَتَعَبَّدُ لَهَا سُكَّانُ أَسِيَّا جَمِيعاً، بَلِ الْعَالَمُ كُلُّهُ!» | ٢٧ |
28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْعُمَّالُ هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ تَمَلَّكَهُمُ الْغَضَبُ وَبَدَأُوا يَصْرُخُونَ: «عَظِيمَةٌ أَرْطَامِيسُ إِلهَةُ أَهْلِ أَفَسُسَ!» | ٢٨ |
29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.
| وَعَمَّ الاِضْطِرَابُ الْمَدِينَةَ كُلَّهَا. وَهَجَمَ حَشْدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ عَلَى غَايُوسَ وَأَرِسْتَرْخُسَ الْمَقِدُونِيَّيْنِ رَفِيقَيْ بُولُسَ فِي السَّفَرِ، وَجَرُّوهُمَا إِلَى سَاحَةِ الْمَلْعَبِ. | ٢٩ |
30 When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
| وَأَرَادَ بُولُسُ أَنْ يُوَاجِهَ الْجُمْهُورَ، وَلَكِنَّ التَّلاَمِيذَ مَنَعُوهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، | ٣٠ |
31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
| كَمَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْدِقَاؤُهُ مِنْ وُجَهَاءِ أَسِيَّا يَرْجُونَ مِنْهُ أَلاَّ يُعَرِّضَ نَفْسَهُ لِخَطَرِ الذَّهَابِ إِلَى الْمَلْعَبِ، | ٣١ |
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.
| فَقَدْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ مُخْتَلِطاً عَلَى الْجُمْهُورِ، بَعْضُهُمْ يَصْرُخُ بِشَيْءٍ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَصْرُخُ بِشَيْءٍ آخَرَ، حَتَّى إِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْرِفُونَ سَبَبَ تَجَمُّعِهِمْ. | ٣٢ |
33 They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.
| وَكَانَ بَيْنَ الْجُمْهُورِ يَهُودِيٌّ اسْمُهُ إِسْكَنْدَرُ، دَفَعَهُ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى الأَمَامِ، وَدَعَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى الْكَلاَمِ. فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُلْقِيَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ كَلِمَةَ دِفَاعٍ. | ٣٣ |
34 But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
| لَكِنَّ الْمُحْتَشِدِينَ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ يَهُودِيٌّ، فَأَخَذُوا يَهْتِفُونَ مَعاً هُتَافاً وَاحِداً ظَلُّوا يُرَدِّدُونَهُ نَحْوَ سَاعَتَيْنِ: «عَظِيمَةٌ أَرْطَامِيسُ إِلهَةُ أَهْلِ أَفَسُسَ!» | ٣٤ |
35 When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
| أَخِيراً تَمَكَّنَ كَاتِبُ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ تَهْدِئَةِ الْحُشُودِ، وَقَالَ: «يَاأَهْلَ أَفَسُسَ، مَنْ يُنْكِرُ أَنَّ أَفَسُسَ هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الْحَارِسَةُ لِهَيْكَلِ أَرْطَامِيسَ الإِلهَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَلِصَنَمِهَا الَّذِي هَبَطَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ؟ | ٣٥ |
36 Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
| فَلأَنَّهُ لاَ خِلاَفَ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، يَجِبُ أَنْ تَهْدَأُوا وَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا شَيْئاً بِتَسَرُّعٍ. | ٣٦ |
37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
| فَقَدْ أَحْضَرْتُمْ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَسْرِقَا الْمَعْبَدَ وَلَمْ يَشْتُمَا إِلهَتَكُمْ. | ٣٧ |
38 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
| أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَ لِدِيمِتْرِيُوسَ وَزُمَلاَءِ مِهْنَتِهِ شَكْوَى، فَإِنَّ عِنْدَنَا مَحَاكِمَ وَقُضَاةً. فَلْيَتَقَدَّمُوا بِشَكْوَاهُمْ إِلَى الْقُضَاةِ. | ٣٨ |
39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
| وَإِذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ شَكْوَى أُخْرَى، فَإِنَّ النَّظَرَ فِيهَا يَتِمُّ فِي جَلْسَةٍ قَانُونِيَّةٍ. | ٣٩ |
40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning today’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.”
| أَمَّا الآنَ فَكُلُّنَا مُعَرَّضُونَ لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ بِتُهْمَةِ افْتِعَالِ الاضْطِرَابِ، بِسَبَبِ مَا حَدَثَ الْيَوْمَ، وَنَحْنُ لاَ نَمْلِكَ حُجَّةً نُبَرِّرُ بِهَا التَّجَمُّعَ!» | ٤٠ |
41 When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
| وَبِقَوْلِهِ هَذَا صَرَفَ الْمُحْتَشِدِينَ. | ٤١ |
