Acts 19
1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul took the inland route and arrived in Ephesus where he found some believers.
| فَحَدَثَ فِيمَا كَانَ أَبُلُّوسُ فِي كُورِنْثُوسَ، أَنَّ بُولُسَ بَعْدَ مَا ٱجْتَازَ فِي ٱلنَّوَاحِي ٱلْعَالِيَةِ جَاءَ إِلَى أَفَسُسَ. فَإِذْ وَجَدَ تَلَامِيذَ | ١ |
2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them. “No, we haven't heard anything about a Holy Spirit,” they told him.
| قَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَلْ قَبِلْتُمُ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ لَمَّا آمَنْتُمْ؟». قَالُوا لَهُ: «وَلَا سَمِعْنَا أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ». | ٢ |
3 “So what baptism did you receive?” he asked. “John's baptism,” they replied.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «فَبِمَاذَا ٱعْتَمَدْتُمْ؟». فَقَالُوا: «بِمَعْمُودِيَّةِ يُوحَنَّا». | ٣ |
4 “John baptized with the baptism of repentance,” said Paul. He told the people that they should trust in the one who would come after him—that is, they should trust in Jesus.
| فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «إِنَّ يُوحَنَّا عَمَّدَ بِمَعْمُودِيَّةِ ٱلتَّوْبَةِ، قَائِلًا لِلشَّعْبِ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِالَّذِي يَأْتِي بَعْدَهُ، أَيْ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ». | ٤ |
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا ٱعْتَمَدُوا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. | ٥ |
6 After Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
| وَلَمَّا وَضَعَ بُولُسُ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيْهِمْ حَلَّ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَطَفِقُوا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَاتٍ وَيَتَنَبَّأُونَ. | ٦ |
7 There were about twelve of them in total.
| وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ ٱلرِّجَالِ نَحْوَ ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. | ٧ |
8 Paul went to the synagogue and over the course of the next three months spoke boldly to those who were there, discussing with them and trying to convince them about the kingdom of God.
| ثُمَّ دَخَلَ ٱلْمَجْمَعَ، وَكَانَ يُجَاهِرُ مُدَّةَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ مُحَاجًّا وَمُقْنِعًا فِي مَا يَخْتَصُّ بِمَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ. | ٨ |
9 But some of them were stubborn, and refused to accept. They denounced the Way to the crowd. So Paul gave up on them and left the synagogue, taking the believers with him. Then he had discussions every day at the hall of Tyrannus.
| وَلَمَّا كَانَ قَوْمٌ يَتَقَسَّوْنَ وَلَا يَقْنَعُونَ، شَاتِمِينَ ٱلطَّرِيقَ أَمَامَ ٱلْجُمْهُورِ، ٱعْتَزَلَ عَنْهُمْ وَأَفْرَزَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذَ، مُحَاجًّا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي مَدْرَسَةِ إِنْسَانٍ ٱسْمُهُ تِيرَانُّسُ. | ٩ |
10 This went on for the next two years, with the result that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
| وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مُدَّةَ سَنَتَيْنِ، حَتَّى سَمِعَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ جَمِيعُ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَسِيَّا، مِنْ يَهُودٍ وَيُونَانِيِّينَ. | ١٠ |
11 God performed unusual miracles through Paul,
| وَكَانَ ٱللهُ يَصْنَعُ عَلَى يَدَيْ بُولُسَ قُوَّاتٍ غَيْرَ ٱلْمُعْتَادَةِ، | ١١ |
12 so much so that they took handkerchiefs or aprons Paul had touched to heal the sick and to drive out evil spirits.
| حَتَّى كَانَ يُؤْتَى عَنْ جَسَدِهِ بِمَنَادِيلَ أَوْ مَآزِرَ إِلَى ٱلْمَرْضَى، فَتَزُولُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَمْرَاضُ، وَتَخْرُجُ ٱلْأَرْوَاحُ ٱلشِّرِّيرَةُ مِنْهُمْ. | ١٢ |
13 Some Jews who were going around exorcising decided to use the name of the Lord Jesus when they drove out evil spirits. They'd say, “I command you to leave in the name of the Jesus that Paul talks about.”
| فَشَرَعَ قَوْمٌ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلطَّوَّافِينَ ٱلْمُعَزِّمِينَ أَنْ يُسَمُّوا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ بِهِمِ ٱلْأَرْوَاحُ ٱلشِّرِّيرَةُ بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، قَائِلِينَ: «نُقْسِمُ عَلَيْكَ بِيَسُوعَ ٱلَّذِي يَكْرِزُ بِهِ بُولُسُ!». | ١٣ |
14 The ones doing this were the seven sons of Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest.
| وَكَانَ سَبْعَةُ بَنِينَ لِسَكَاوَا، رَجُلٍ يَهُودِيٍّ رَئِيسِ كَهَنَةٍ، ٱلَّذِينَ فَعَلُوا هَذَا. | ١٤ |
15 But one day an evil spirit responded, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?”
| فَأَجَابَ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ وَقَالَ: «أَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَأَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ، وَبُولُسُ أَنَا أَعْلَمُهُ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَمَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟» | ١٥ |
16 The man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered all of them. He beat them so severely that they ran out of the house, naked and badly injured.
| فَوَثَبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ، وَغَلَبَهُمْ وَقَوِيَ عَلَيْهِمْ، حَتَّى هَرَبُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْبَيْتِ عُرَاةً وَمُجَرَّحِينَ. | ١٦ |
17 People living in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, heard about this. They were all in awe at what had happened, and the name of the Lord Jesus gained great respect.
| وَصَارَ هَذَا مَعْلُومًا عِنْدَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ وَٱلْيُونَانِيِّينَ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَفَسُسَ. فَوَقَعَ خَوْفٌ عَلَى جَمِيعِهِمْ، وَكَانَ ٱسْمُ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ يَتَعَظَّمُ. | ١٧ |
18 Many came to trust in the Lord and confessed their sins, openly admitting their evil practices.
| وَكَانَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَأْتُونَ مُقِرِّينَ وَمُخْبِرِينَ بِأَفْعَالِهِمْ، | ١٨ |
19 A number of those who used to practice sorcery collected their books on magic and brought them to be burned publicly. They worked out how much the books were worth, and the total was fifty thousand silver coins.
| وَكَانَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَعْمِلُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ يَجْمَعُونَ ٱلْكُتُبَ وَيُحَرِّقُونَهَا أَمَامَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ. وَحَسَبُوا أَثْمَانَهَا فَوَجَدُوهَا خَمْسِينَ أَلْفًا مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ. | ١٩ |
20 In this way the word of the Lord grew strong and spread widely.
| هَكَذَا كَانَتْ كَلِمَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ تَنْمُو وَتَقْوَى بِشِدَّةٍ. | ٢٠ |
21 Some time after this Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing first through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I've been there, I'll have to go to Rome,” he said.
| وَلَمَّا كَمِلَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورُ، وَضَعَ بُولُسُ فِي نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ بَعْدَمَا يَجْتَازُ فِي مَكِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَخَائِيَةَ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، قَائِلًا: «إِنِّي بَعْدَ مَا أَصِيرُ هُنَاكَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ أَرَى رُومِيَةَ أَيْضًا». | ٢١ |
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.
| فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَكِدُونِيَّةَ ٱثْنَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَخْدِمُونَهُ: تِيمُوثَاوُسَ وَأَرَسْطُوسَ، وَلَبِثَ هُوَ زَمَانًا فِي أَسِيَّا. | ٢٢ |
23 It was about this time that serious problems occurred regarding the Way.
| وَحَدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ شَغَبٌ لَيْسَ بِقَلِيلٍ بِسَبَبِ هَذَا ٱلطَّرِيقِ، | ٢٣ |
24 A man called Demetrius, a silversmith, was producing small silver replicas of the temple of the goddess Artemis. This business brought in a great deal of work for such craftsmen.
| لِأَنَّ إِنْسَانًا ٱسْمُهُ دِيمِتْرِيُوسُ، صَائِغٌ صَانِعُ هَيَاكِلِ فِضَّةٍ لِأَرْطَامِيسَ، كَانَ يُكَسِّبُ ٱلصُّنَّاعَ مَكْسَبًا لَيْسَ بِقَلِيلٍ. | ٢٤ |
25 Demetrius called them together, along with others who worked in similar trades, and said, “Fellow-workers, you know that it's through this business we make our money.
| فَجَمَعَهُمْ وَٱلْفَعَلَةَ فِي مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَمَلِ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ سِعَتَنَا إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنْ هَذِهِ ٱلصِّنَاعَةِ. | ٢٥ |
26 As you're no doubt aware from what you've seen and heard—not just here in Ephesus, but throughout almost the whole of Asia—this man Paul has convinced and misled many people, telling them that there are no such things as gods made by human hands.
| وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ وَتَسْمَعُونَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَفَسُسَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسِيَّا تَقْرِيبًا، ٱسْتَمَالَ وَأَزَاغَ بُولُسُ هَذَا جَمْعًا كَثِيرًا قَائِلًا: إِنَّ ٱلَّتِي تُصْنَعُ بِٱلْأَيَادِي لَيْسَتْ آلِهَةً. | ٢٦ |
27 It's not just a question that our business will be in danger of losing respect, but that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be considered worthless. Artemis herself would be dethroned from her high position as the one whom everyone in Asia and the whole world worships.”
| فَلَيْسَ نَصِيبُنَا هَذَا وَحْدَهُ فِي خَطَرٍ مِنْ أَنْ يَحْصُلَ فِي إِهَانَةٍ، بَلْ أَيْضًا هَيْكَلُ أَرْطَامِيسَ، ٱلْإِلَهَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ، أَنْ يُحْسَبَ لَا شَيْءَ، وَأَنْ سَوْفَ تُهْدَمُ عَظَمَتُهَا، هِيَ ٱلَّتِي يَعْبُدُهَا جَمِيعُ أَسِيَّا وَٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ». | ٢٧ |
28 When they heard this they became furious, and shouted out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا ٱمْتَلَأُوا غَضَبًا، وَطَفِقُوا يَصْرُخُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «عَظِيمَةٌ هِيَ أَرْطَامِيسُ ٱلْأَفَسُسِيِّينَ!». | ٢٨ |
29 The city was in complete chaos. People rushed towards the amphitheatre, dragging along with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions who were from Macedonia.
| فَٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ كُلُّهَا ٱضْطِرَابًا، وَٱنْدَفَعُوا بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ إِلَى ٱلْمَشْهَدِ خَاطِفِينَ مَعَهُمْ غَايُوسَ وَأَرِسْتَرْخُسَ ٱلْمَكِدُونِيَّيْنِ، رَفِيقَيْ بُولُسَ فِي ٱلسَّفَرِ. | ٢٩ |
30 Paul thought he should confront the mob, but the other believers would not let him.
| وَلَمَّا كَانَ بُولُسُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ، لَمْ يَدَعْهُ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ. | ٣٠ |
31 Some of the provincial officials, who were Paul's friends, also sent a message begging him not to go into the amphitheatre.
| وَأُنَاسٌ مِنْ وُجُوهِ أَسِيَّا، كَانُوا أَصْدِقَاءَهُ، أَرْسَلُوا يَطْلُبُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ لَا يُسَلِّمَ نَفْسَهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَشْهَدِ. | ٣١ |
32 Some were shouting one thing, and some something else, for the crowd that had gathered was in total confusion—most of them had no idea why they were there.
| وَكَانَ ٱلْبَعْضُ يَصْرُخُونَ بِشَيْءٍ وَٱلْبَعْضُ بِشَيْءٍ آخَرَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْمَحْفِلَ كَانَ مُضْطَرِبًا، وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَدْرُونَ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانُوا قَدِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا! | ٣٢ |
33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front. Alexander motioned with his hand for them to be quiet, wanting to explain things to the people.
| فَٱجْتَذَبُوا إِسْكَنْدَرَ مِنَ ٱلْجَمْعِ، وَكَانَ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَدْفَعُونَهُ. فَأَشَارَ إِسْكَنْدَرُ بِيَدِهِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَحْتَجَّ لِلشَّعْبِ. | ٣٣ |
34 But when they realized he was a Jew, they all took up a chant that lasted for about two hours, shouting “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
| فَلَمَّا عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ يَهُودِيٌّ، صَارَ صَوْتٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ صَارِخِينَ نَحْوَ مُدَّةِ سَاعَتَيْنِ: «عَظِيمَةٌ هِيَ أَرْطَامِيسُ ٱلْأَفَسُسِيِّينَ!». | ٣٤ |
35 After the town clerk had managed to quiet the mob down, he told them, “People of Ephesus, who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
| ثُمَّ سَكَّنَ ٱلْكَاتِبُ ٱلْجَمْعَ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْأَفَسُسِيُّونَ، مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مَدِينَةَ ٱلْأَفَسُسِيِّينَ مُتَعَبِّدَةٌ لِأَرْطَامِيسَ ٱلْإِلَهَةِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ وَٱلتِّمْثَالِ ٱلَّذِي هَبَطَ مِنْ زَفْسَ؟ | ٣٥ |
36 Since these facts can't be denied, you should stay calm—don't do anything rash.
| فَإِذْ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَشْيَاءُ لَا تُقَاوَمُ، يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَكُونُوا هَادِئِينَ وَلَا تَفْعَلُوا شَيْئًا ٱقْتِحَامًا. | ٣٦ |
37 You have brought these men here, but they haven't robbed any temples or blasphemed against our goddess.
| لِأَنَّكُمْ أَتَيْتُمْ بِهَذَيْنِ ٱلرَّجُلَيْنِ، وَهُمَا لَيْسَا سَارِقَيْ هَيَاكِلَ، وَلَا مُجَدِّفَيْنِ عَلَى إِلَهَتِكُمْ. | ٣٧ |
38 So if Demetrius and the other craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, then go to the authorities and the courts. They can press charges there.
| فَإِنْ كَانَ دِيمِتْرِيُوسُ وَٱلصُّنَّاعُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ لَهُمْ دَعْوَى عَلَى أَحَدٍ، فَإِنَّهُ تُقَامُ أَيَّامٌ لِلْقَضَاءِ، وَيُوجَدُ وُلَاةٌ، فَلْيُرَافِعُوا بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا. | ٣٨ |
39 If there's anything else, it can be taken to the legal assembly.
| وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَطْلُبُونَ شَيْئًا مِنْ جِهَةِ أُمُورٍ أُخَرَ، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْضَى فِي مَحْفِلٍ شَرْعِيٍّ. | ٣٩ |
40 In fact we ourselves are in danger of being accused of being responsible for this riot today, since there was no reason for it, and we can't justify why it happened.”
| لِأَنَّنَا فِي خَطَرٍ أَنْ نُحَاكَمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ فِتْنَةِ هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. وَلَيْسَ عِلَّةٌ يُمْكِنُنَا مِنْ أَجْلِهَا أَنْ نُقَدِّمَ حِسَابًا عَنْ هَذَا ٱلتَّجَمُّعِ». | ٤٠ |
41 When he had finished speaking, he dismissed the crowd.
| وَلَمَّا قَالَ هَذَا صَرَفَ ٱلْمَحْفِلَ. | ٤١ |
