< Acts 13 >

1 Among [the people in] the congregation at Antioch there were (prophets/those who spoke messages from God) and those who taught [people about Jesus. They were] Barnabas; Simeon, who was also called Niger/Blackman; Lucius, from Cyrene [city]; Manaen, who had grown up with [King] Herod [Antipas]; and Saul.
وَكَانَ فِي الْكَنِيسَةِ الَّتِي فِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ بَعْضُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالْمُعَلِّمِينَ؛ وَمِنْهُمْ بَرْنَابَا؛ وَسِمْعَانُ الَّذِي يُدْعَى الأَسْوَدَ؛ وَلُوكِيُوسُ مِنَ الْقَيْرَوَانِ؛ وَمَنَايِنُ الَّذِي تَرَبَّى فِي طُفُولَتِهِ مَعَ هِيرُودُوسَ حَاكِمِ الرُّبْعِ؛ وَشَاوُلُ.١
2 While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said [to them], “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to [serve] me and to [go and do] the work that I have chosen them [to do]!”
وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، وَهُمْ صَائِمُونَ يَتَعَبَّدُونَ لِلرَّبِّ، قَالَ لَهُمُ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ: «خَصِّصُوا لِي بَرْنَابَا وَشَاوُلَ لأَجْلِ الْعَمَلِ الَّذِي دَعَوْتُهُمَا إِلَيْهِ».٢
3 So they continued (to fast/to abstain from eating food) and pray. Then having put their hands on Barnabas and Saul and [praying that God would help them], they sent them off [to do what the Holy Spirit had commanded].
فَبَعْدَمَا صَامُوا وَصَلُّوا وَوَضَعُوا عَلَيْهِمَا أَيْدِيَهُمْ أَطْلَقُوهُمَا.٣
4 Barnabas and Saul, guided by the Holy Spirit, went down [from Antioch] to Seleucia [port]. From there they went by ship to Salamis [port on Cyprus Island].
وَإِذْ أَرْسَلَ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ بَرْنَابَا وَشَاوُلَ، تَوَجَّهَا إِلَى مِينَاءِ سُلُوكِيَةَ، وَسَافَرَا بَحْراً بِاتِّجَاهِ قُبْرُصَ.٤
5 While they were in Salamis, [they went] to the Jewish meeting places. There they proclaimed the message from God [about Jesus]. John [Mark went with them and] was helping them.
وَلَمَّا وَصَلا الْجَزِيرَةَ نَزَلا فِي سَلامِيسَ، وَأَخَذَا يُبَشِّرَانِ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ فِي مَجَامِعِ الْيَهُودِ، وَكَانَ يُرَافِقُهُمَا يُوحَنَّا مُعَاوِناً لَهُمَا.٥
6 [The three of] them went across the entire island to Paphos [city]. There they met a magician whose name was Bar-Jesus. He was a Jew who falsely [claimed] (to be a prophet/to speak messages from God).
وَاجْتَازَا الْجَزِيرَةَ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى وَصَلا بَافُوسَ. وَهُنَاكَ قَابَلا سَاحِراً يَهُودِيًّا نَبِيًّا دَجَّالاً، اسْمُهُ بَارْيَشُوعُ،٦
7 He often accompanied the governor [of the island], Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor sent [someone] to ask Barnabas and Saul to come to him, because he wanted to hear God’s message. [So Barnabas and Saul came and told him about Jesus].
وَكَانَ مُقَرَّباً مِنْ سَرْجِيُوسَ بُولُسَ حَاكِمِ قُبْرُصَ. وَكَانَ الْحَاكِمُ ذَكِيًّا، فَاسْتَدْعَى بَرْنَابَا وَشَاوُلَ، وَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يُكَلِّمَاهُ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ.٧
8 However, the magician, whose name was Elymas [in the Greek language], was opposing them. He repeatedly tried to persuade the governor not to believe [in Jesus].
فَعَارَضَهُمَا السَّاحِرُ عَلِيمٌ، وَهَذَا مَعْنَى اسْمِهِ، سَاعِياً أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ الْحَاكِمَ عَنِ الإِيمَانِ.٨
9 Then Saul, who now called himself Paul, empowered by the Holy Spirit, looked intently at the magician and said,
أَمَّا شَاوُلُ، وَاسْمُهُ أَيْضاً بُولُسُ، فَامْتَلأَ مِنَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ، وَنَظَرَ إِلَى السَّاحِرِ وَقَالَ:٩
10 “You [(sg)] are serving the devil and you oppose everything that is good! You are always lying [to people] and doing [other] evil things to them. (You must stop saying that the truth about the Lord [God is a lot of lies!]/When will you stop changing what is true about the Lord [God and saying] what is not true about him?) [RHQ]
«أَيُّهَا الْمُمْتَلِئُ غِشّاً وَخُبْثاً! يَا ابْنَ إِبْلِيسَ! يَا عَدُوَّ كُلِّ بِرٍّ! أَمَا تَكُفُّ عَنْ تَعْوِيجِ طُرُقِ الرَّبِّ الْمُسْتَقِيمَةِ؟١٠
11 Right now the Lord [God] [MTY] is going to punish you! You will become blind and not [even] be able to see light for [some] time.” At once he became [blind, as though he was] in a dark mist, and he groped about, searching for someone [to hold him by the] hand and lead him.
الآنَ سَتَمْتَدُّ يَدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْكَ، فَتَصِيرُ أَعْمَى لَا تُبْصِرُ النُّورَ إِلَى حِينٍ». وَفِي الْحَالِ سَقَطَتْ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ غَمَامَةٌ مُظْلِمَةٌ، فَأَخَذَ يَدُورُ طَالِباً مَنْ يَقُودُهُ بِيَدِهِ!١١
12 When the governor saw what had happened [to Elymas], he believed [in the Lord Jesus]. He was amazed by [what Paul and Barnabas] were teaching about the Lord [Jesus].
وَلَمَّا رَأَى الْحَاكِمُ مَا جَرَى آمَنَ مَدْهُوشاً مِنْ تَعْلِيمِ الرَّبِّ.١٢
13 [After that], Paul and the two men with him went by ship from Paphos to Perga [port] in Pamphylia [province. At Perga] John [Mark] left them and returned to [his home in] Jerusalem.
وَأَبْحَرَ بُولُسُ وَرَفِيقَاهُ مِنْ بَافُوسَ إِلَى بَرْجَةَ فِي بَمْفِيلِيَّةَ. وَهُنَاكَ فَارَقَ يُوحَنَّا بُولُسَ وَبَرْنَابَا وَرَجَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.١٣
14 Then Paul and Barnabas traveled [by land] from Perga, and arrived in Antioch [city] near Pisidia [district in Galatia province]. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) they entered the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place and sat down.
أَمَّا هُمَا فَسَافَرَا مِنْ بَرْجَةَ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ التَّابِعَةِ لِمُقَاطَعَةِ بِيسِيدِيَّةَ. وَدَخَلا الْمَجْمَعَ الْيَهُودِيَّ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ، وَجَلَسَا.١٤
15 [Someone] read [aloud] from what [Moses had written. Then someone read from what the other] prophets [had written] [MTY]. Then the leaders of the Jewish meeting place gave [someone this] note [to take] to Paul and Barnabas: “Fellow Jews, if [one of] you wants to speak to the people [here] to encourage them, please speak [to us(exc) now].”
وَبَعْدَ قِرَاءَةٍ مِنَ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَكُتُبِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ، أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا رُؤَسَاءُ الْمَجْمَعِ يَقُولُونَ: «أَيُّهَا الأَخَوَانِ، إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكُمَا مَا تَعِظَانِ بِهِ الْمُجْتَمِعِينَ، فَتَكَلَّمَا».١٥
16 So Paul stood up and motioned with his right hand [so that the people would listen to him]. Then he said, “Fellow Israelis and you [non-Jewish people] who [also] worship God, [please] listen [to me]!
فَوَقَفَ بُولُسُ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ، وَقَالَ: «اسْمَعُوا يا بَني إِسرائيلَ، ويا مَنْ تَتَّقونَ اللهَ:١٦
17 God, whom we [(inc)] Israelis worship, chose our ancestors [to be his people], and he caused them to become very numerous while they were foreigners living in Egypt. [Then after many years], God helped them [MTY] powerfully and led them out of there.
إِنَّ إِلَهَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ هَذَا اخْتَارَ آبَاءَنَا، وَرَفَعَ مِنْ شَأْنِ شَعْبِنَا طَوَالَ غُرْبَتِهِمْ فِي مِصْرَ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْهَا بِقُدْرَةِ ذِرَاعِهِ الْفَائِقَةِ.١٧
18 [Even though they repeatedly disobeyed him, he] cared for them for about 40 years [while they were] in the desert.
وَعَالَهُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً،١٨
19 He [enabled the Israelis] to conquer seven tribal groups [who were then living] in Canaan [region], and he gave their land to us Israelis for us to possess.
ثُمَّ أَزَالَ سَبْعَةَ شُعُوبٍ مِنْ بِلادِ كَنْعَانَ، وَأَوْرَثَهُمْ أَرْضَهَا،١٩
20 [Our ancestors began to possess Canaan] about 450 years after [their ancestors had arrived in Egypt].” Acts 13:20b-22 “After that, God appointed leaders [to rule the Israeli people. Those leaders continued to rule our people] until the time when the prophet Samuel [ruled them].
نَحْوَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، أَقَامَ لَهُمْ قُضَاةً كَانَ آخِرَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صَمُوئِيلُ.٢٠
21 Then, [while Samuel was still their leader], the people demanded that he [appoint] a king [to rule them. So] God appointed Saul, the son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, [to be their king]. He [ruled them] for 40 years.
فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكاً، فَأَقَامَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَاوُلَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، مِنْ سِبْطِ بنْيَامِينَ، فَمَلَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.٢١
22 After God had rejected Saul [from being king], he appointed David to be their king. God said about him, ‘I have observed that David, son of Jesse, is exactly the kind of man that I desire [IDM]. He will do [everything that] I want [him to do].’”
ثُمَّ عَزَلَهُ اللهُ، وَعَيَّنَ بَدَلاً مِنْهُ دَاوُدَ الَّذِي شَهِدَ لَهُ بِقَوْلِهِ: إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ دَاوُدَ بْنَ يَسَّى رَجُلاً يُوَافِقُ قَلْبِي، سَيَعْمَلُ كُلَّ مَا أَشَاءُ.٢٢
23 “From [among] David’s descendants, God brought one of them, Jesus, to [us] Israeli people to save us, just like he had told [David and our other ancestors] that he would do.
وَقَدْ بَعَثَ اللهُ إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ نَسْلِ دَاوُدَ مُخَلِّصاً هُوَ يَسُوعُ، إِتْمَاماً لِوَعْدِهِ.٢٣
24 Before Jesus began his work, John [the Baptizer] preached to all of our Israeli people [who came to him. He told them] that they should turn away from their sinful behavior [and ask God to forgive them. Then he] would baptize them.
وَقَدْ سَبَقَ يُوحَنَّا مَجِيءَ يَسُوعَ، فَدَعَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ جَمِيعاً إِلَى مَعْمُودِيَّةِ التَّوْبَةِ.٢٤
25 When John was about to finish the work [that God gave him to do], he frequently said [to the people], ‘Do you think [RHQ] that I am [the Messiah whom God promised to send]? No, I am not. But listen! The Messiah will [soon] come. [He is so much greater than I am that] I am not [even] important enough to be his slave [MET].’”
وَلَمَّا أَوْشَكَ يُوحَنَّا أَنْ يُنْهِيَ مُهِمَّتَهُ، قَالَ: مَنْ تَظُنُّونَنِي؟ لَسْتُ أَنَا (الْمُخَلِّصَ)، بَلْ إِنَّهُ آتٍ بَعْدِي. وَلَسْتُ أَسْتَحِقُّ أَنْ أَحُلَّ رِبَاطَ حِذَائِهِ!٢٥
26 “Fellow Israelis, you who are descendants of Abraham, and [you non-Jewish people who] also worship God, [please listen! It is] to [all of] us that [God] has sent the message about [how he] saves people.
أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، يَا بَنِي جِنْسِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَيَا كُلَّ مَنْ يَتَّقِي اللهَ مِنَ الْحَاضِرِينَ هُنَا: إِلَيْنَا أَرْسَلَ اللهُ كَلِمَةَ هَذَا الْخَلاصِ!٢٦
27 The people who were living in Jerusalem and their rulers did not realize that this man [Jesus was the one whom God had sent to save them]. Although messages from [MTY] the prophets have been read [aloud] {someone has read [aloud] messages from [MTY] the prophets} every (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest), they did not understand [what the prophets wrote about the Messiah. So] the [Jewish leaders] condemned Jesus [to die], which was just like the prophets predicted.
فَإِنَّ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَرُؤَسَاءَهُمْ عَمِلُوا عَلَى إِتْمَامِ مَا يُقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمِ سَبْتٍ مِنْ نُبُوءَاتٍ، وَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ. إِذْ حَكَمُوا عَلَى يَسُوعَ بِالْمَوْتِ،٢٧
28 [Many people accused Jesus of doing wicked things], but they could not prove that he had done anything for which he deserved to die. They insistently asked Pilate [the governor] to command that Jesus be executed {to command soldiers to execute Jesus}. [So Pilate did what they asked him to do].
وَمَعَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُثْبِتُوا عَلَيْهِ أَيَّ جُرْمٍ يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمَوْتَ، طَلَبُوا مِنْ بِيلاطُسَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ.٢٨
29 They did [to Jesus] all the things that [the prophets long ago had] written [that people would do to] him. [They killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross. Then] his body was taken {[some people took] his body} down from the cross and placed it in a tomb.
وَبَعْدَمَا نَفَّذُوا فِيهِ كُلَّ مَا كُتِبَ عَنْهُ، أَنْزَلُوهُ عَنِ الصَّلِيبِ، وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرٍ.٢٩
30 However, God (raised him from the dead/caused him to live again after he had died)
وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ،٣٠
31 and for many days he [repeatedly] appeared to [his followers] who had come along with him from Galilee [province] to Jerusalem. Those [who saw him] are telling the [Jewish] people about him now.”
فَظَهَرَ عِدَّةَ أَيَّامٍ لِلَّذِينَ رَافَقُوهُ مِنْ مِنْطَقَةِ الْجَلِيلِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَهُمُ الآنَ يَشْهَدُونَ بِذَلِكَ أَمَامَ الشَّعْبِ.٣١
32 “[Right] now we [two] are proclaiming to you this good message. We want to tell you that God has fulfilled what he promised to [our Jewish] ancestors!
وَهَا نَحْنُ الآنَ نُبَشِّرُكُمْ بِأَنَّ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ بِهِ آبَاءَنَا،٣٢
33 He has now done that for us [(inc) who are] their descendants, [and also for you who are not Jews], by causing Jesus to live again. That is just like what [David] wrote in the second Psalm that [God said when he was sending his Son], You [(sg)] are my Son; Today I have shown everyone [that I really am] your Father.
قَدْ أَتَمَّهُ لَنَا نَحْنُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ، إِذْ أَقَامَ يَسُوعَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ وَفْقاً لِمَا كُتِبَ فِي الْمَزْمُورِ الثَّانِي: أَنْتَ ابْنِي؛ أَنَا الْيَوْمَ وَلَدْتُكَ.٣٣
34 [God] has (raised [the Messiah] from the dead/caused [the Messiah] to live again after he had died) and will never let him die again. [Concerning that, God] said [to our Jewish ancestors], ‘I will surely help you, as I [promised] David [that I would do].’
وَأَمَّا أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَقَامَ يَسُوعَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ وَلَنْ يَدَعَ الْفَسَادَ يَنَالُ مِنْهُ فِيمَا بَعْدُ، فَقَدْ وَرَدَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: سَأَمْنَحُكُمُ الْبَرَكَاتِ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ الصَّادِقَةَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها دَاوُدَ.٣٤
35 So [in writing] another [Psalm, David] said this [to God about the Messiah]: ‘Because I am devoted to you and always obey [you, when I die] you [(sg)] will not let my body decay.’
وَيَقُولُ دَاوُدُ فِي مَزْمُورٍ آخَرَ: لَنْ تَدَعَ وَحِيدَكَ الْقُدُّوسَ يَرَى فَسَاداً.٣٥
36 While David was living, he did what God wanted him to do. And when he died [EUP], his [body] was buried, [as] his ancestors’ [bodies had been buried], and his body decayed. [So he could not have been speaking about himself in this Psalm].
وَقَدْ مَاتَ دَاوُدُ بَعْدَمَا خَدَمَ شَعْبَهُ فِي عَصْرِهِ وَفْقاً لِمَشِيئَةِ اللهِ، وَدُفِنَ فَلَحِقَ بِآبَائِهِ، وَنَالَ مِنْهُ الْفَسَادُ.٣٦
37 [Instead, he was speaking about Jesus. Jesus also died], but God (raised him from the dead/caused him to live again), and [therefore] his body did not decay.”
أَمَّا الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ اللهُ فَلَمْ يَنَلْ مِنْهُ الْفَسَادُ قَطُّ.٣٧
38 “Therefore, [my] fellow Israelis [and other friends], it is important for you to know that [we(exc)] are declaring to you [that God] can forgive you for your sins as a result of [what] Jesus [has done]. Because of [what] Jesus [has done], [God] considers that everyone who believes [in Jesus] is no longer guilty (OR, the record has been erased {[God] has erased the record}) concerning everything that they [have done that displeased God. But] when [God] does [that for you], it is not as a result of [your obeying] the laws [that] Moses [wrote].
فَاعْلَمُوا، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، أَنَّهُ بِيَسُوعَ تُبَشَّرُونَ بِغُفْرَانِ الْخَطَايَا،٣٨
وَأَنَّهُ بِهِ يَتَبَرَّرُ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا عَجَزَتْ شَرِيعَةُ مُوسَى أَنْ تُبَرِّرَهُ مِنْهُ.٣٩
40 Therefore be careful that [God] does not judge you [MTY], as one of the prophets said [MTY] that God would do!
فَاحْذَرُوا لِئَلّا يَحُلَّ بِكُمْ مَا قِيلَ فِي كُتُبِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ:٤٠
41 [The prophet wrote that God said], You who ridicule [me], you will [certainly] be astonished [when you see what I am doing], and [then] you will be destroyed. You will be astonished because I will do something [terrible to you] while you are living. You would not believe [that I would do that] even though someone told you!”
انْظُرُوا أَيُّهَا الْمُتَهَاوِنُونَ، وَتَعَجَّبُوا وَاهْلِكُوا! فَإِنِّي أَعْمَلُ فِي أَيَّامِكُمْ عَمَلاً لَوْ حَدَّثَكُمْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ لَمَا صَدَّقْتُمْ!»٤١
42 After Paul [finished speaking], while he and Barnabas were leaving the Jewish meeting place, [many of] the people there repeatedly requested that on the next (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [the two of them] should speak to them [again] about those things [that Paul had just told them].
وَفِيمَا الْحَاضِرُونَ يَنْصَرِفُونَ، طَلَبُوا إِلَى بُولُسَ وَبَرْنَابَا أَنْ يَعُودَا فِي السَّبْتِ التَّالِي وَيُحَدِّثَاهُمْ بِهَذَا الأَمْرِ.٤٢
43 After they began to leave [that meeting], many [of them] went along with Paul and Barnabas. They consisted of Jews and also of non-Jews who had accepted the things that the Jews believe. Paul and Barnabas continued talking to them, and were urging them to continue [believing the message that] God kindly [forgives people’s sins because of what Jesus did].
وَتَبِعَهُمَا بَعْدَ الاجْتِمَاعِ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْمُتَهَوِّدِينَ الْعَابِدِينَ، فَأَخَذَا يُكَلِّمَانِهِمْ وَيُشَجِّعَانِهِمْ عَلَى الثَّبَاتِ فِي نِعْمَةِ اللهِ.٤٣
44 On the next Jewish rest day, most of the [people in Antioch came to] the Jewish meeting place to hear [Paul and Barnabas] speak about the Lord [Jesus].
وَفِي السَّبْتِ التَّالِي اجْتَمَعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ كُلُّهُمْ تَقْرِيباً لِيَسْمَعُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ.٤٤
45 But [the leaders of] [SYN] the Jews became extremely jealous, because they saw that large crowds of [non-Jewish people were coming to hear Paul and Barnabas. So] they began to contradict the things that Paul was saying [and also] to insult [him].
فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْيَهُودُ الْجُمُوعَ مَلأَتِ الْغَيْرَةُ صُدُورَهُمْ، وَأَخَذُوا يُعَارِضُونَ كَلامَ بُولُسَ مُجَدِّفِينَ.٤٥
46 Then, speaking very boldly, Paul and Barnabas said [to those Jewish leaders], “[We two] had to speak the message from God [about Jesus] to you [Jews] first [before we proclaim it to non-Jews, because God commanded us to do that. But] you are rejecting God’s message. [By doing that], you have shown that you are not worthy (to have eternal life/to live eternally [with God]). [Therefore], we are leaving [you, and now we] will go to the non-Jewish people [to tell them the message from God]. (aiōnios g166)
فَخَاطَبَهُمْ بُولُسُ وَبَرْنَابَا بِجُرْأَةٍ قَائِلَيْنِ: «كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ نُبَلِّغَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَوَّلاً كَلِمَةَ اللهِ، وَلكِنَّكُمْ رَفَضْتُمُوهَا فَأَظْهَرْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ لَا تَسْتَحِقُّونَ الْحَيَاةَ الأَبَدِيَّةَ. وَهَا نَحْنُ نَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَى غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ! (aiōnios g166)٤٦
47 [We are doing that also] because the Lord [God] has commanded us [to do it]. He said to us, ‘I have appointed you [to reveal things about me] to non-Jewish people [MET] that will be [like] a light to them. [I have appointed] you to tell people everywhere [MTY] in the world [about the one who came] to save [them].’”
فَقَدْ أَوْصَانَا الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً: قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ نُوراً لِلأُمَمِ، لِتَكُونَ سَبِيلَ خَلاصٍ إِلَى أَقْصَى الأَرْضِ!»٤٧
48 While the non-Jewish people were listening [to those words], they began to rejoice, and they repeatedly said that the message about the Lord [Jesus] was wonderful. And all of the non-Jewish people whom [God] had chosen (to have eternal [life/to live eternally with God]) believed [the message about the Lord Jesus]. (aiōnios g166)
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ غَيْرُ الْيَهُودِ ذَلِكَ، فَرِحُوا جِدّاً، وَمَجَّدُوا كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ. وَآمَنَ جَمِيعُ مَنْ أَعَدَّهُمُ اللهُ لِلْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ. (aiōnios g166)٤٨
49 [At that time, many of the believers] traveled around throughout that region. As they did that, they were proclaiming the message about the Lord [Jesus] [MTY].
وَهَكَذَا انْتَشَرَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ فِي الْمِنْطَقَةِ كُلِّهَا.٤٩
50 However, [some leaders of] [SYN] the Jews incited the most important men in the city, and [some] important/influential women who had accepted what the Jews believe, to oppose [Paul and Barnabas. So those non-Jewish people] incited [other people also] to persecute Paul and Barnabas. As a result they expelled the two men from their region.
وَلَكِنَّ الْيَهُودَ حَرَّضُوا النِّسَاءَ النَّبِيلاتِ وَالْمُتَعَبِّدَاتِ وَوُجَهَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَثَارُوا الاضْطِهَادَ عَلَى بُولُسَ وَبَرْنَابَا، حَتَّى طَرَدُوهُمَا مِنْ بَلَدِهِمْ،٥٠
51 So, [as the two apostles were leaving, they] shook the dust from their feet [to show those Jewish leaders that God had rejected them and would punish them. They left Antioch] and went to Iconium [city].
فَنَفَضَا عَلَيْهِمْ غُبَارَ أَقْدَامِهِمَا وَتَوجَّهَا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ إِيْقُونِيَةَ.٥١
52 Meanwhile, the believers [in Antioch] continued to rejoice greatly, and they continued to be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit.
أَمَّا التَّلامِيذُ، فَقَدِ امْتَلأُوا مِنَ الْفَرَحِ وَمِنَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ.٥٢

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