Acts 2
1 In the course of the Festival at the close of the Harvest the disciples had all met together,
| وَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْيَوْمُ الْخَمْسُونَ، كَانَ الإِخْوَةُ مُجْتَمِعِينَ مَعاً فِي مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ، | ١ |
2 when suddenly there came from the heavens a noise like a strong wind rushing by; it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.
| وَفَجْأَةً حَدَثَ صَوْتٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ كَأَنَّهُ دَوِيُّ رِيحٍ عَاصِفَةٍ، فَمَلأَ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي كَانُوا جَالِسِينَ فِيهِ. | ٢ |
3 Then there appeared tongues of what seemed to be flame, separating, so that one settled on each of them;
| ثُمَّ ظَهَرَتْ لَهُمْ أَلْسِنَةٌ كَأَنَّهَا مِنْ نَارٍ، وَقَدْ تَوَزَّعَتْ وَحَلَّتْ عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ، | ٣ |
4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit prompted their utterances.
| فَامْتَلأُوا جَمِيعاً مِنَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ، وَأَخَذُوا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَاتٍ أُخْرَى، مِثْلَمَا مَنَحَهُمُ الرُّوحُ أَنْ يَنْطِقُوا. | ٤ |
5 Now there were then staying in Jerusalem religious Jews from every country in the world;
| وَكَانَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ فِي ذلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مُزْدَحِمَةً بِالْيَهُودِ الأَتْقِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا إِلَيْهَا مِنْ أُمَمِ الْعَالَمِ كُلِّهَا. | ٥ |
6 and, when this sound was heard, numbers of people collected, in the greatest excitement, because each of them heard the disciples speaking in his own language.
| فَلَمَّا دَوَّى الصَّوْتُ، تَوَافَدَتْ إِلَيْهِمِ الْجُمُوعُ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَتْهُمُ الْحَيْرَةُ لأَنَّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ كَانَ يَسْمَعُهُمْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَتِهِ. | ٦ |
7 They were utterly amazed, and kept asking in astonishment, “What! Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans?
| وَاسْتَوْلَتِ الدَّهْشَةُ عَلَيْهِمْ. فَأَخَذُوا يَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «أَلَيْسَ هَؤُلاَءِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُونَ جَمِيعاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَلِيلِ؟ | ٧ |
8 Then how is it that we each of us hear them in our own language?
| فَكَيْفَ يَسْمَعُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا لُغَةَ الْبَلَدِ الَّذِي وُلِدَ فِيهِ؟ | ٨ |
9 Some of us are Parthians, some Medes, some Elamites; and some of us live in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Roman Asia,
| فَبَعْضُنَا فَرْتِيُّونَ، وَمَادِيُّونَ، وَعِيلاَمِيُّونَ. وَبَعْضُنَا مِنْ سُكَّانِ مَا بَيْنَ النَّهْرَيْنِ وَالْيَهُودِيَّةِ، وَكَبَّدُوكِيَّةَ، وَبُنْتُسَ، وَأَسِيَّا، | ٩ |
10 in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the districts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; some of us are visitors from Rome,
| وَفَرِيجِيَّةَ، وَبَمْفِيلِيَّةَ، وَمِصْرَ، وَنَوَاحِي لِيبِيَّا الْمُواجِهَةِ لِلقَيْرَوَانِ. وَبَيْنَنَا كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الرُّومَانِيِّينَ الزَّائِرِينَ، | ١٠ |
11 either Jews by birth or converts, and some are Cretans and Arabians – yet we all alike hear them speaking in our own languages of the great things that God has done.”
| يَهُوداً وَمُتَهَوِّدِينَ، وَبَعْضُ الْكَرِيتِيِّينَ وَالْعَرَبِ. وَهَا نَحْنُ نَسْمَعُهُمْ يُكَلِّمُونَنَا بِلُغَاتِنَا عَنْ أَعْمَالِ اللهِ الْعَظِيمَةِ». | ١١ |
12 They were all utterly amazed and bewildered. “What does it mean?” they asked one another.
| وَأَخَذَ الْجَمِيعُ يَسْأَلُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً فِي دَهْشَةٍ وَحَيْرَةٍ: «مَا مَعْنَى هَذَا كُلِّهِ؟» | ١٢ |
13 But there were some who said with a sneer, “They have had too much new wine.”
| أَمَّا بَعْضُهُمْ فَقَالُوا سَاخِرِينَ: «مَا هُمْ إِلاَّ سُكَارَى!» | ١٣ |
14 Then Peter, surrounded by the eleven other apostles, stood up, and, raising his voice, addressed the crowd. “People of Judea,” he began, “and all you who are staying in Jerusalem, let me tell you what this means. Mark well my words.
| فَوَقَفَ بُطْرُسُ مَعَ الرُّسُلِ الأَحَدَ عَشَرَ، وَخَاطَبَ الْحَاضِرِينَ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ، وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الْيَهُودُ، وَيَاجَمِيعَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ! أَصْغُوا إِلَى كَلاَمِي لِتَعْلَمُوا حَقِيقَةَ الأَمْرِ! | ١٤ |
15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose; for it is only now nine in the morning! No!
| لَيْسَ هؤُلاَءِ سَكَارَى كَمَا تَتَوَهَّمُونَ، فَالنَّاسُ لاَ يَسْكَرُونَ فِي السَّاعَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ صَبَاحاً. | ١٥ |
16 This is what is spoken of in the prophet Joel –
| وَلَكِنْ هَذَا مَا قِيلَ بِلِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ يُوئِيلَ: | ١٦ |
17 ‘It will come about in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour out my Spirit on all humanity; your sons and your daughters will become prophets, your young men will see visions, and your old men dream dreams;
| يَقُولُ اللهُ: فِي الأَيَّامِ الأَخِيرَةِ سَأَسْكُبُ رُوحِي عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْبَشَرِ، فَيَتَنَبَّأُ بَنُوكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ، وَيَرَى شَبَابُكُمْ رُؤىً، وَيَحْلُمُ شُيُوخُكُمْ أَحْلاَماً. | ١٧ |
18 yes, even on the slaves – for they are mine – both men and women, I will in those days pour out my Spirit, and they will become prophets;
| فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ أُفِيضُ مِنْ رُوحِي عَلَى عَبِيدِي كُلِّهِمْ، رِجَالاً وَنِسَاءً، فَيَتَنَبَّأُونَ. | ١٨ |
19 and I will show wonders in the heavens above, and signs on the earth below – blood and fire and mist of smoke;
| سَأُجْرِي عَجَائِبَ فَوْقُ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَعَلاَمَاتٍ تَحْتُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، حَيْثُ يَكُونُ دَمٌ وَنَارٌ وَدُخَانٌ كَثِيفٌ! | ١٩ |
20 the sun will become darkness, and the moon blood-red, before the day of the Lord comes – that great and awful day.
| وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ، ذلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْعَظِيمُ الشَّهِيرُ، سَتُظْلِمُ الشَّمْسُ، وَيَتَحَوَّلُ الْقَمَرُ إِلَى لَوْنِ الدَّمِ. | ٢٠ |
21 Then will everyone who invokes the name of the Lord be saved.’
| وَلَكِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَدْعُو بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ يَخْلُصُ! | ٢١ |
22 People of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well –
| فَيَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، اسْمَعُوا هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ: إِنَّ يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ رَجُلٌ أَيَّدَهُ اللهُ بِمُعْجِزَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ وَعَلاَمَاتٍ أَجْرَاهَا عَلَى يَدِهِ بَيْنَكُمْ، كَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ. | ٢٢ |
23 he, I say, in accordance with God’s definite plan and with his previous knowledge, was betrayed, and you, by the hands of lawless men, nailed him to a cross and put him to death.
| وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ سَمَحَ اللهُ، وَفْقاً لِمَشِيئَتِهِ الْمَحْتُومَةِ وَعِلْمِهِ السَّابِقِ، أَنْ تَقْبِضُوا عَلَيْهِ وَتَصْلُبُوهُ وَتَقْتُلُوهُ بِأَيْدِي الأَثَمَةِ. | ٢٣ |
24 But God released him from the pangs of death and raised him to life, it being impossible for death to retain its hold on him.
| وَلكِنَّ اللهَ أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ نَاقِضاً أَوْجَاعَ المَوْتِ، فَمَا كَانَ يُمْكِنُ لِلْمَوْتِ أَنْ يُبْقِيَهُ فِي قَبْضَتِهِ! | ٢٤ |
25 Indeed he was the one David was referring to when he said – ‘I have had the Lord ever before my eyes, for he stands at my right hand, so that I should not be disquieted.
| فَإِنَّ دَاوُدَ يَقُولُ فِيهِ: كُنْتُ أَرَى الرَّبَّ أَمَامِي دَائِماً فَإِنَّهُ عَنْ يَمِينِي لِئَلاَّ أَتَزَعْزَعَ. | ٢٥ |
26 Therefore my heart was cheered, and my tongue told its delight; yes, even my body, too, will rest in hope;
| لِذَلِكَ فَرِحَ قَلْبِي وَتَهَلَّلَ لِسَانِي. حَتَّى إِنَّ جَسَدِي سَيَرْقُدُ عَلَى رَجَاءٍ. | ٢٦ |
27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor surrender me, your holy one, to undergo corruption. (Hadēs g86)
| لأَنَّكَ لَنْ تَتْرُكَ نَفْسِي فِي هُوَّةِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَلَنْ تَدَعَ وَحِيدَكَ الْقُدُّوسَ يَرَى فَسَاداً، (Hadēs g86) | ٢٧ |
28 You have shown me the path to life, you will fill me with gladness in your presence.’
| هَدَيْتَنِي سُبُلَ الْحَيَاةِ، وَسَتَمْلأُنِي سُرُوراً بِرُؤْيَةِ وَجْهِكَ! | ٢٨ |
29 Friends, I can speak to you the more confidently about the patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day.
| أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، دَعُونِي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ صَرَاحَةً إِنَّ أَبَانَا دَاوُدَ مَاتَ وَدُفِنَ، وَقَبْرُهُ مَازَالَ عِنْدَنَا حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ. | ٢٩ |
30 David, then, prophet as he was, knowing that God had solemnly sworn to him to set one of his descendants on his throne, looked into the future,
| لأَنَّ دَاوُدَ كَانَ نَبِيّاً، وَعَارِفاً أَنَّ اللهَ أَقْسَمَ لَهُ يَمِيناً بِأَنْ يَجِيءَ الْمَسِيحُ مِنْ نَسْلِهِ وَيَجْلِسَ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ، | ٣٠ |
31 and referred to the resurrection of the Christ when he said that he had not been abandoned to Hades, nor had his body undergone corruption. (Hadēs g86)
| فَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ عَنْ قِيَامَةِ الْمَسِيحِ كَمَا رَآهَا مُسْبَقاً، فَقَالَ إِنَّ نَفْسَهُ لَمْ تُتْرَكْ فِي هُوَّةِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَلَمْ يَنَلْ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ الْفَسَادُ. (Hadēs g86) | ٣١ |
32 It was this Jesus, whom God raised to life; and of that we are ourselves all witnesses.
| فَيَسُوعُ هَذَا أَقَامَهُ اللهُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، وَنَحْنُ جَمِيعاً شُهُودٌ لِذَلِكَ. | ٣٢ |
33 And now that he has been exalted to the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, he has begun to pour out that gift, as you yourselves now see and hear.
| وَإِذْ رُفِعَ إِلَى يَمِينِ اللهِ، وَأَخَذَ مِنَ الآبِ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ الْمَوْعُودَ بِهِ، أَفَاضَهُ عَلَيْنَا. وَمَا تَرَوْنَهُ الآنَ وَتَسْمَعُونَهُ هُوَ نَتِيجَةٌ لِذَلِكَ. | ٣٣ |
34 It was not David who went up into heaven; for he himself says – ‘The Lord said to my master, “Sit on my right hand,
| فَإِنَّ دَاوُدَ لَمْ يَرْتَفِعْ بِجَسَدِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ هُوَ نَفْسَهُ يَقُولُ: قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِرَبِّي: اجْلِسْ عَنْ يَمِينِي | ٣٤ |
35 Until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.”’
| حَتَّى أَجْعَلَ أَعْدَاءَكَ مَوْطِئاً لِقَدَمَيْكَ. | ٣٥ |
36 So let the whole nation of Israel know beyond all doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ – this Jesus whom you crucified.”
| فَلْيَعْلَمْ يَقِيناً بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعاً، أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ جَعَلَ يَسُوعَ، هَذَا الَّذِي صَلَبْتُمُوهُ أَنْتُمْ، رَبّاً وَمَسِيحاً!» | ٣٦ |
37 When the people heard this, they were conscience-smitten, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Friends, what can we do?”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْحَاضِرُونَ هَذَا الْكَلاَمَ، وَخَزَتْهُمْ قُلُوبُهُمْ، فَسَأَلُوا بُطْرُسَ وَبَاقِي الرُّسُلِ: «مَاذَا نَعْمَلُ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ؟» | ٣٧ |
38 “Repent,” answered Peter, “and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
| أَجَابَهُمْ بُطْرُسُ: «تُوبُوا، وَلْيَتَعَمَّدْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ بِاسْمِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، فَيَغْفِرَ اللهُ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَتَنَالُوا هِبَةَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ، | ٣٨ |
39 For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God.”
| لأَنَّ الْوَعْدَ هُوَ لَكُمْ وَلأَوْلاَدِكُمْ وَلِلْبَعِيدِينَ جَمِيعاً، يَنَالُهُ كُلُّ مَنْ يَدْعُوهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُنَا!» | ٣٩ |
40 Peter spoke to them for a long time using many other arguments and pleaded with them – “Save yourselves from the perverse spirit of this age.”
| ثُمَّ شَهِدَ بُطْرُسُ لِلْحَاضِرِينَ وَوَعَظَهُمْ بِكَلاَمٍ كَثِيرٍ آخَرَ، قَائِلاً: «اخْلُصُوا مِنْ هَذَا الْجِيلِ الْمُنْحَرِفِ!» | ٤٠ |
41 So those who accepted his teaching were baptized, and about three thousand people joined the disciples on that day alone.
| فَالَّذِينَ قَبِلُوا كَلاَمَهُ مِنْهُمْ تَعَمَّدُوا. وَانْضَمَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ نَحْوُ ثَلاَثَةِ آلافِ نَفْسٍ. | ٤١ |
42 They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the Common life of the church, to the breaking of the bread and to the Prayers.
| وَكَانَ الْجَمِيعُ يُدَاوِمُونَ عَلَى تَلَقِّي تَعْلِيمِ الرُّسُلِ، وَعَلَى حَيَاةِ الشَّرِكَةِ، وَكَسْرِ الْخُبْزِ، وَالصَّلَوَاتِ. | ٤٢ |
43 A deep impression was made on everyone, and many wonders and signs were done at the hands of the apostles.
| وَلَمَّا أُجْرِيَتْ عَجَائِبُ وَعَلاَمَاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ عَلَى أَيْدِي الرُّسُلِ، اسْتَوْلَتِ الرَّهْبَةُ عَلَى كُلِّ نَفْسٍ. | ٤٣ |
44 All who became believers in Christ held everything for the common use;
| وَكَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلُّهُمْ مُتَّحِدِينَ مَعاً، فَكَانُوا يَتَشَارَكُونَ فِي كُلِّ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ، | ٤٤ |
45 they sold their property and their goods, and shared the proceeds among them all, according to their individual needs.
| وَيَبِيعُونَ أَمْلاَكَهُمْ وَمُقْتَنَيَاتِهِمْ وَيَتَقَاسَمُونَ الثَّمَنَ عَلَى قَدْرِ احْتِيَاجِ كُلٍّ مِنْهُمْ، | ٤٥ |
46 Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the Temple Courts, and to the breaking of bread at their homes, while they partook of their food in simple-hearted gladness, praising God, and winning the goodwill of all the people.
| وَيُدَاوِمُونَ عَلَى الْحُضُورِ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ يَوْمِيّاً بِقَلْبٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَيَكْسِرُونَ الْخُبْزَ فِي الْبُيُوتِ، وَيَتَنَاوَلُونَ الطَّعَامَ مَعاً بِابْتِهَاجٍ وَبَسَاطَةِ قَلْبٍ، | ٤٦ |
47 And the Lord daily added to their company those who were in the path of salvation.
| مُسَبِّحِينَ اللهَ، وَكَانُوا يُلاَقُونَ اسْتِحْسَاناً لَدَى الشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ. وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ، كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، يَضُمُّ إِلَى الْكَنِيسَةِ الَّذِينَ يَخْلُصُونَ. | ٤٧ |
