أعمال 26

١ 1 فَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِبُولُسَ: «مَأْذُونٌ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ لِأَجْلِ نَفْسِكَ». حِينَئِذٍ بَسَطَ بُولُسُ يَدَهُ وَجَعَلَ يَحْتَجُّ:

So Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.

٢ 2 «إِنِّي أَحْسِبُ نَفْسِي سَعِيدًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ، إِذْ أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ أَحْتَجَّ ٱلْيَوْمَ لَدَيْكَ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا يُحَاكِمُنِي بِهِ ٱلْيَهُودُ.

“I regard myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today against all the accusations of the Jews;

٣ 3 لَا سِيَّمَا وَأَنْتَ عَالِمٌ بِجَمِيعِ ٱلْعَوَائِدِ وَٱلْمَسَائِلِ ٱلَّتِي بَيْنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ. لِذَلِكَ أَلْتَمِسُ مِنْكَ أَنْ تَسْمَعَنِي بِطُولِ ٱلْأَنَاةِ.

especially, because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and questions. So I ask you to hear me patiently.

٤ 4 فَسِيرَتِي مُنْذُ حَدَاثَتِي ٱلَّتِي مِنَ ٱلْبُدَاءَةِ كَانَتْ بَيْنَ أُمَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَعْرِفُهَا جَمِيعُ ٱلْيَهُودِ،

Truly, all the Jews know how I lived from my youth in my own nation and at Jerusalem.

٥ 5 عَالِمِينَ بِي مِنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، إِنْ أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَشْهَدُوا، أَنِّي حَسَبَ مَذْهَبِ عِبَادَتِنَا ٱلْأَضْيَقِ عِشْتُ فَرِّيسِيًّا.

They knew me from the beginning and they should admit that I lived as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.

٦ 6 وَٱلْآنَ أَنَا وَاقِفٌ أُحَاكَمُ عَلَى رَجَاءِ ٱلْوَعْدِ ٱلَّذِي صَارَ مِنَ ٱللهِ لِآبَائِنَا،

Now I stand here to be judged because of my certain hope in the promise made by God to our fathers.

٧ 7 ٱلَّذِي أَسْبَاطُنَا ٱلِٱثْنَا عَشَرَ يَرْجُونَ نَوَالَهُ، عَابِدِينَ بِٱلْجَهْدِ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا. فَمِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا ٱلرَّجَاءِ أَنَا أُحَاكَمُ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ.

For this is the promise that our twelve tribes sought to receive as they earnestly worshiped God night and day. It is for this certain hope, King Agrippa, that the Jews accuse me.

٨ 8 لِمَاذَا يُعَدُّ عِنْدَكُمْ أَمْرًا لَا يُصَدَّقُ إِنْ أَقَامَ ٱللهُ أَمْوَاتًا؟

Why should any of you think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?

٩ 9 فَأَنَا ٱرْتَأَيْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ أَصْنَعَ أُمُورًا كَثِيرَةً مُضَادَّةً لِٱسْمِ يَسُوعَ ٱلنَّاصِرِيِّ.

Now indeed, I myself thought that I should do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

١٠ 10 وَفَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَحَبَسْتُ فِي سُجُونٍ كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ، آخِذًا ٱلسُّلْطَانَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ. وَلَمَّا كَانُوا يُقْتَلُونَ أَلْقَيْتُ قُرْعَةً بِذَلِكَ.

I did these in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison by the authority I received from the chief priests, and when they were killed, I cast my vote against them.

١١ 11 وَفِي كُلِّ ٱلْمَجَامِعِ كُنْتُ أُعَاقِبُهُمْ مِرَارًا كَثِيرَةً، وَأَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَى ٱلتَّجْدِيفِ. وَإِذْ أَفْرَطَ حَنَقِي عَلَيْهِمْ كُنْتُ أَطْرُدُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ.

I punished them many times in all the synagogues and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was furiously enraged against them and I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

١٢ 12 «وَلَمَّا كُنْتُ ذَاهِبًا فِي ذَلِكَ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ، بِسُلْطَانٍ وَوَصِيَّةٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ،

While I was doing this, I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests;

١٣ 13 رَأَيْتُ فِي نِصْفِ ٱلنَّهَارِ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، نُورًا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ لَمَعَانِ ٱلشَّمْسِ، قَدْ أَبْرَقَ حَوْلِي وَحَوْلَ ٱلذَّاهِبِينَ مَعِي.

and on the way there, at midday, King, I saw a light from heaven that was brighter than the sun and it shone around both me and the men who were traveling with me.

١٤ 14 فَلَمَّا سَقَطْنَا جَمِيعُنَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا يُكَلِّمُنِي وَيَقُولُ بِٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ: شَاوُلُ، شَاوُلُ! لِمَاذَا تَضْطَهِدُنِي؟ صَعْبٌ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَرْفُسَ مَنَاخِسَ.

When we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me that said in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick a goad.'

١٥ 15 فَقُلْتُ أَنَا: مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنَا يَسُوعُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ تَضْطَهِدُهُ.

Then I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' The Lord replied, 'I am Jesus whom you persecute.

١٦ 16 وَلَكِنْ قُمْ وَقِفْ عَلَى رِجْلَيْكَ لِأَنِّي لِهَذَا ظَهَرْتُ لَكَ، لِأَنْتَخِبَكَ خَادِمًا وَشَاهِدًا بِمَا رَأَيْتَ وَبِمَا سَأَظْهَرُ لَكَ بِهِ،

Now get up and stand on your feet; because for this purpose I appeared to you, to appoint you to be a servant and a witness concerning the things that you know about me now and the things that I will show to you later;

١٧ 17 مُنْقِذًا إِيَّاكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَمِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنَا ٱلْآنَ أُرْسِلُكَ إِلَيْهِمْ،

and I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you,

١٨ 18 لِتَفْتَحَ عُيُونَهُمْ كَيْ يَرْجِعُوا مِنْ ظُلُمَاتٍ إِلَى نُورٍ، وَمِنْ سُلْطَانِ ٱلشَّيْطَانِ إِلَى ٱللهِ، حَتَّى يَنَالُوا بِٱلْإِيمَانِ بِي غُفْرَانَ ٱلْخَطَايَا وَنَصِيبًا مَعَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِينَ.

to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive from God the forgiveness of sins and the inheritance that I give to them who are sanctified by faith in me.'

١٩ 19 «مِنْ ثَمَّ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لَمْ أَكُنْ مُعَانِدًا لِلرُّؤْيَا ٱلسَّمَاوِيَّةِ،

Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the heavenly vision;

٢٠ 20 بَلْ أَخْبَرْتُ أَوَّلًا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي دِمَشْقَ، وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ حَتَّى جَمِيعِ كُورَةِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ، ثُمَّ ٱلْأُمَمَ، أَنْ يَتُوبُوا وَيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى ٱللهِ عَامِلِينَ أَعْمَالًا تَلِيقُ بِٱلتَّوْبَةِ.

but, to those in Damascus first, and then at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, I gave them the message that that they should repent and turn to God, doing deeds worthy of repentance.

٢١ 21 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَمْسَكَنِي ٱلْيَهُودُ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَشَرَعُوا فِي قَتْلِي.

For this cause the Jews arrested me in the temple and tried to kill me.

٢٢ 22 فَإِذْ حَصَلْتُ عَلَى مَعُونَةٍ مِنَ ٱللهِ، بَقِيتُ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ، شَاهِدًا لِلصَّغِيرِ وَٱلْكَبِيرِ. وَأَنَا لَا أَقُولُ شَيْئًا غَيْرَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَمُوسَى أَنَّهُ عَتِيدٌ أَنْ يَكُونَ:

God has helped me until now, so I stand and testify to the common people and to the great ones about nothing more than what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

٢٣ 23 إِنْ يُؤَلَّمِ ٱلْمَسِيحُ، يَكُنْ هُوَ أَوَّلَ قِيَامَةِ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، مُزْمِعًا أَنْ يُنَادِيَ بِنُورٍ لِلشَّعْبِ وَلِلْأُمَمِ».

that Christ must suffer and that by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our own people and to the Gentiles.”

٢٤ 24 وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَحْتَجُّ بِهَذَا، قَالَ فَسْتُوسُ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «أَنْتَ تَهْذِي يَا بُولُسُ! ٱلْكُتُبُ ٱلْكَثِيرَةُ تُحَوِّلُكَ إِلَى ٱلْهَذَيَانِ!».

As Paul completed his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are insane; your great learning makes you insane.”

٢٥ 25 فَقَالَ: «لَسْتُ أَهْذِي أَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ فَسْتُوسُ، بَلْ أَنْطِقُ بِكَلِمَاتِ ٱلصِّدْقِ وَٱلصَّحْوِ.

But Paul said, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but what I am declaring is true and rational.

٢٦ 26 لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ جِهَةِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ، عَالِمٌ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلَّذِي أُكَلِّمُهُ جِهَارًا، إِذْ أَنَا لَسْتُ أُصَدِّقُ أَنْ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، لِأَنَّ هَذَا لَمْ يُفْعَلْ فِي زَاوِيَةٍ.

For the king knows about these things; and so, I speak freely to him, for I am persuaded that none of this is hidden from him; for this has not been done in a corner.

٢٧ 27 أَتُؤْمِنُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ بِٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ؟ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تُؤْمِنُ».

Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe.”

٢٨ 28 فَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِبُولُسَ: «بِقَلِيلٍ تُقْنِعُنِي أَنْ أَصِيرَ مَسِيحِيًّا!».

Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me and make me a Christian?”

٢٩ 29 فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي إِلَى ٱللهِ أَنَّهُ بِقَلِيلٍ وَبِكَثِيرٍ، لَيْسَ أَنْتَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ أَيْضًا جَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَنِي ٱلْيَوْمَ، يَصِيرُونَ هَكَذَا كَمَا أَنَا، مَا خَلَا هَذِهِ ٱلْقُيُودَ».

Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether in a short or long time, not you only, but also all that hear me today, would be like me, but without these prison chains.”

٣٠ 30 فَلَمَّا قَالَ هَذَا قَامَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَٱلْوَالِي وَبَرْنِيكِي وَٱلْجَالِسُونَ مَعَهُمْ،

Then the king stood up, and the governor, and Bernice also, and those who were sitting with them;

٣١ 31 وَٱنْصَرَفُوا وَهُمْ يُكَلِّمُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ هَذَا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ لَيْسَ يَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا يَسْتَحِقُّ ٱلْمَوْتَ أَوِ ٱلْقُيُودَ».

when they left the hall, they talked to one another and said, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”

٣٢ 32 وَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِفَسْتُوسَ: «كَانَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُطْلَقَ هَذَا ٱلْإِنْسَانُ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ رَفَعَ دَعْوَاهُ إِلَى قَيْصَرَ».

Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been freed if he had not appealed to Caesar.”