Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul [left the places in Phrygia and Galatia] provinces where he had been visiting, and traveled through [Asia province] back to Ephesus. He met some people [who said that they] were believers.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ أَبُلُّوسُ فِي كُورِنْثُوسَ وَصَلَ بُولُسُ إِلَى أَفَسُسَ، بَعْدَمَا مَرَّ بِالْمَنَاطِقِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ مِنَ الْبِلادِ. وَهُنَاكَ وَجَدَ بَعْضَ التَّلامِيذِ، | ١ |
2 He asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [God’s message]?” They answered, “No, we [(exc) did not]. We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
| فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «هَلْ نِلْتُمُ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ عِنْدَمَا آمَنْتُمْ؟» أَجَابُوهُ: «لا! حَتَّى إِنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ بِوُجُودِ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ!» | ٢ |
3 So Paul asked, “So when you were baptized, what [were you showing]?” They replied, “[We were showing] that we [(exc)] believed what John [the Baptizer] taught.”
| فَسَأَلَ: «إِذَنْ عَلَى أَيِّ أَسَاسٍ قَدْ تَعَمَّدْتُمْ؟» أَجَابُوا: «عَلَى أَسَاسِ مَعْمُودِيَّةِ يُوحَنَّا!» | ٣ |
4 Paul said, “John baptized people who turned away from their sinful behavior. He [also] told the people to believe in the one who would come after he [had come], and that was Jesus.”
| فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «كَانَ يُوحَنَّا يُعَمِّدُ بِمَعْمُودِيَّةِ التَّوْبَةِ، وَيَدْعُو الشَّعْبَ إِلَى الإِيمَانِ بِالآتِي بَعْدَهُ، أَيْ بِيَسُوعَ». | ٤ |
5 So, when those men heard that, they were baptized [to affirm that they believed] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا هَذَا تَعَمَّدُوا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. | ٥ |
6 After that, Paul placed his hands on their heads [one by one], and the [power of the] Holy Spirit came upon [each of] them. The [Holy Spirit] enabled them to speak in various languages [MTY] [that they had not learned], and they also spoke messages [that the Holy Spirit] revealed to them.
| وَمَا إِنْ وَضَعَ بُولُسُ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى حَلَّ عَلَيْهِمِ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ، وَأَخَذُوا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَاتٍ أُخْرَى وَيَتَنَبَّأُونَ. | ٦ |
7 There were about twelve men [whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit].
| وَكَانَ عَدَدُهُمْ نَحْوَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً. | ٧ |
8 For three months after that, Paul entered the Jewish meeting place [in Ephesus on each] Sabbath/Jewish day of rest, and he spoke boldly. He convincingly taught [the people] about how God wanted to rule [MET] [their lives].
| وَأَخَذَ بُولُسُ يُدَاوِمُ عَلَى الذَّهَابِ إِلَى الْمَجْمَعِ مُدَّةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ، يَتَكَلَّمُ بِجُرْأَةٍ فَيُنَاقِشُ الْحَاضِرِينَ وَيُحَاوِلُ إِقْنَاعَهُمْ بِالْحَقَائِقِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِمَلَكُوتِ اللهِ. | ٨ |
9 [A few of the people in the meeting house believed the message about Jesus]. But some of the people would not believe that message and did not want to [continue to] hear it. While many people were listening, they said many bad things about the way [for people to receive eternal life about which Paul was preaching]. So Paul left them and took the believers with him [to meet in another place]. He taught every day in a lecture hall [that a man whose name was] Tyrannus [lectured in/owned].
| وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ عَانَدُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتَنِعُوا، وَأَخَذُوا يَشْتِمُونَ هَذَا الطَّرِيقَ أَمَامَ الْمُجْتَمِعِينَ. فَانْفَصَلَ بُولُسُ عَنْهُمْ، وَانْفَرَدَ بِالتَّلامِيذِ، وَبَدَأَ يَعْقِدُ مُنَاقَشَاتٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي مَدْرَسَةِ رَجُلٍ اسْمُهُ تِيرَانُّوسُ، | ٩ |
10 For two years Paul continued to teach people in that building. In this way, most of [HYP] the Jews and non-Jews who lived in Asia [province] heard the message about the Lord [Jesus].
| وَدَاوَمَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مُدَّةَ سَنَتَيْنِ. وَهَكَذَا وَصَلَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى جَمِيعِ سُكَّانِ مُقَاطَعَةِ آسِيَّا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ. | ١٠ |
11 Also, God gave Paul the power [MTY] to do amazing miracles.
| وَكَانَ اللهُ يُجْرِي مُعْجِزَاتٍ خَارِقَةً عَلَى يَدِ بُولُسَ، | ١١ |
12 [If those who were sick could not come to Paul, handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched would be taken and] placed on the sick people {[others] would take [and place on] the sick people handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched}. As a result, those sick people would become well, and evil spirits that troubled people would leave.
| حَتَّى صَارَ النَّاسُ يَأْخُذُونَ الْمَنَادِيلَ أَوِ الْمَآزِرَ الَّتِي مَسَّتْ جَسَدَهُ، وَيَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى الْمَرْضَى، فَتَزُولُ أَمْرَاضُهُمْ وَتَخْرُجُ الأَرْوَاحُ الشِّرِّيرَةُ مِنْهُمْ. | ١٢ |
13 There were also some Jews who traveled around [to] various places, [and] they commanded the evil spirits in those places to depart [from people. Certain ones of those Jews once] tried to command the evil spirits to come out of people by saying “I command you by the authority [MTY] of the Lord Jesus, the man about whom Paul preaches, to come out!”
| 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 men who were doing that. They were sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew, [who called himself] a chief priest.
| وَكَانَ بَيْنَ هَؤُلاءِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْنَاءٍ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ اسْمُهُ سَكَاوَا، | ١٤ |
15 But [one day as they were doing that], the evil spirit [refused to come out of that person. Instead, he] said to them, “I know Jesus, and I know [that he has authorized] Paul [to expel demons]. (But no one has authorized you [to do anything to me!]/who authorized you [to do anything to me]?) [RHQ]”
| فَأَجَابَهُمُ الرُّوحُ الشِّرِّيرُ: «يَسُوعُ أَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ، وَبُولُسُ أَفْهَمُهُ. وَلكِنْ، مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟» | ١٥ |
16 [After saying that, suddenly] the man who was controlled by the evil spirit jumped on the seven Jewish men, [one after another], knocked all of them down, and beat each of them severely. He tore off their clothes and wounded them, causing them to bleed. So, [greatly frightened, they all] ran out of the house.
| ثُمَّ هَجَمَ عَلَيْهِمِ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي بِهِ الرُّوحُ الشِّرِّيرُ، فَتَمَكَّنَ مِنْهُمْ وَغَلَبَهُمْ، فَهَرَبُوا مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي كَانُوا فِيهِ، عُرَاةً مُجَرَّحِينَ. | ١٦ |
17 All the people who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and non-Jews, heard what had happened. So they were afraid [MTY]. They honored the Lord Jesus [MTY] [because they realized that he was very powerful].
| فَانْتَشَرَ خَبَرُ ذَلِكَ بَيْنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَفَسُسَ، فَاسْتَوْلَتِ الرَّهْبَةُ عَلَى الْجَمِيعِ. وَتَمَجَّدَ اسْمُ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. | ١٧ |
18 [At that time], while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing.
| فَجَاءَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدْ آمَنُوا يَعْتَرِفُونَ وَيُخْبِرُونَ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ. | ١٨ |
19 Several of those who had [previously] practiced sorcery gathered up their scrolls [that told how to work] magic and burned them in a public place. When people added up how much those scrolls had cost, they realized that altogether the amount was 50,000 valuable silver coins.
| وَأَخَذَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْمُشْتَغِلِينَ بِالسِّحْرِ يَجْمَعُونَ كُتُبَهُمْ وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا أَمَامَ الْجَمِيعِ. وَقَدْ حُسِبَ ثَمَنُهَا، فَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ خَمْسُونَ أَلْفَ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ. | ١٩ |
20 As a result, many more people heard [MTY] the message about the Lord [Jesus], and the message powerfully [changed their lives].
| بِهذِهِ الصُّورَةِ كَانَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ تَنْتَشِرُ وَتَقْوَى بِاقْتِدَارٍ. | ٢٠ |
21 After those things had happened, Paul decided that he wanted to go to Jerusalem, but he decided that [first] he would visit [the believers in] Macedonia and Achaia [provinces again]. Paul said, “After I have been to Jerusalem, I must also go to Rome.”
| وَبَعْدَ حُدُوثِ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ، عَزَمَ بُولُسُ عَلَى السَّفَرِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مُرُوراً بِمُقَاطَعَتَيْ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَخَائِيَةَ، قَائِلاً: «لابُدَّ لِي بَعْدَ إِقَامَتِي فِيهَا مِنْ زِيَارَةِ رُومَا أَيْضاً!» | ٢١ |
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia. But Paul stayed a little longer [in Ephesus city], in Asia [province].
| فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَقِدُونِيَّةَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ مُعَاوِنِيهِ، هُمَا تِيمُوثَاوُسُ وَأَرَسْطُوسُ، وَبَقِيَ مُدَّةً مِنَ الزَّمَنِ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ آسِيَّا. | ٢٢ |
23 [Soon after that], some of the people there tried to make a lot of [LIT] trouble for the people who believed the way [God revealed for us(inc) to receive eternal life].
| فِي تِلْكَ الْمُدَّةِ وَقَعَ اضْطِرَابٌ خَطِيرٌ فِي أَفَسُسَ بِسَبَبِ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ. | ٢٣ |
24 There was a man there whose name was Demetrius who made little images out of silver. [They were models] of the temple of [a goddess whose name was] Artemis. Demetrius and the other men [who made those little images] earned a lot of [LIT] money [from selling those images].
| فَإِنَّ صَائِغاً اسْمُهُ دِيمِتْرِيُوسُ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ نَمَاذِجَ فِضِّيَّةً صَغِيرَةً لِمَعَابِدِ الإِلَهَةِ أَرْطَامِيسَ، فَيَعُودُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى عُمَّالِهِ بِرِبْحٍ وَفِيرٍ، | ٢٤ |
25 Demetrius called a meeting of his workmen and also of others who made the little silver images. He said to them, “Men, you know that we [(inc)] earn a lot of money doing our kind of work.
| دَعَا عُمَّالَهُ وَأَهْلَ مِهْنَتِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَعْلَمُونَ أَيُّهَا الرِّجَالُ أَنَّ عَيْشَنَا الرَّغِيدَ يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى صِنَاعَتِنَا هذِهِ، | ٢٥ |
26 Also, you know that [this fellow] Paul has persuaded many people who live in Ephesus [to no longer buy the images that we make. Now even the people from] many other towns in our province [no longer want to buy what we make]. This fellow tells people that the gods that we have made [and worship] are not gods [and that we should not worship them].
| وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ وَسَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ بُولُسَ هَذَا أَضَلَّ عَدَداً كَبِيراً مِنَ النَّاسِ، لَا فِي أَفَسُسَ وَحْدَهَا، بَلْ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ آسِيَّا كُلِّهَا تَقْرِيباً، وَأَقْنَعَهُمْ بِأَنَّ الآلِهَةَ الَّتِي تَصْنَعُهَا الأَيْدِي لَيْسَتْ بِآلِهَةٍ. | ٢٦ |
27 [If people continue to listen to him], soon they will ruin our business. Besides, they will no longer think that they should [come to] the temple of Artemis [to worship her. People] all over our Asia [province] and everywhere [HYP] else worship [our great] goddess [Artemis. Soon people] may no longer consider that Artemis is great!”
| وَهَذَا لَا يُهَدِّدُ صِنَاعَتَنَا بِالْكَسَادِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ يُعَرِّضُ مَعْبَدَ أَرْطَامِيسَ إِلهَتِنَا الْعُظْمَى لِفُقْدَانِ هَيْبَتِهِ. فَنَخْشَى أَن تَتَلاشَى كَرَامَتُهَا وَتَنْهَارَ عَظَمَتُهَا، وَهِيَ الَّتِي يَتَعَبَّدُ لَهَا سُكَّانُ أَسِيَّا جَمِيعاً، بَلِ الْعَالَمُ كُلُّهُ!» | ٢٧ |
28 All the men there were very angry [at Paul] when they heard what Demetrius said. They began to shout, “The goddess Artemis of us Ephesians is very great!”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْعُمَّالُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ تَمَلَّكَهُمُ الْغَضَبُ وَبَدَأُوا يَصْرُخُونَ: «عَظِيمَةٌ أَرْطَامِيسُ إِلهَةُ أَهْلِ أَفَسُسَ!» | ٢٨ |
29 Many of the other people in the city heard the shouting and went [and joined the crowd. They also became angry at Paul] and began shouting. [Several of] the people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, two men [from Macedonia] who had been traveling with Paul. [Then the whole crowd of people ran, dragging those men along with them], to the city stadium.
| وَعَمَّ الاِضْطِرَابُ الْمَدِينَةَ كُلَّهَا. وَهَجَمَ حَشْدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ عَلَى غَايُوسَ وَأَرِسْتَرْخُسَ الْمَقِدُونِيَّيْنِ رَفِيقَيْ بُولُسَ فِي السَّفَرِ، وَجَرُّوهُمَا إِلَى سَاحَةِ الْمَلْعَبِ. | ٢٩ |
30 Paul also wanted to go [to the stadium and speak to] the people, but the other believers would not let him go there.
| وَأَرَادَ بُولُسُ أَنْ يُوَاجِهَ الْجُمْهُورَ، وَلَكِنَّ التَّلامِيذَ مَنَعُوهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، | ٣٠ |
31 Also, some government officials of that province who were friends of Paul [heard what was happening]. So they sent someone to tell him [urgently] not to go into the stadium.
| كَمَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْدِقَاؤُهُ مِنْ وُجَهَاءِ آسِيَّا يَرْجُونَ مِنْهُ أَلّا يُعَرِّضَ نَفْسَهُ لِخَطَرِ الذَّهَابِ إِلَى الْمَلْعَبِ، | ٣١ |
32 The crowd of people [in the stadium] continued shouting. Some shouted one thing, and some shouted something else. But most of them did not even know what the meeting was about!
| فَقَدْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ مُخْتَلِطاً عَلَى الْجُمْهُورِ، بَعْضُهُمْ يَصْرُخُ بِشَيْءٍ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَصْرُخُ بِشَيْءٍ آخَرَ، حَتَّى إِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْرِفُونَ سَبَبَ تَجَمُّعِهِمْ. | ٣٢ |
33 One of the [Jews there was named Alexander. Some of] the Jews pushed him to the front of the stadium, [so that he could speak to the crowd of people]. So Alexander motioned with his hands to the crowd, [wanting them to be quiet]. He wanted to tell them that [the Jews] were not responsible [for the riot].
| وَكَانَ بَيْنَ الْجُمْهُورِ يَهُودِيٌّ اسْمُهُ إِسْكَنْدَرُ، دَفَعَهُ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى الأَمَامِ، وَدَعَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى الْكَلامِ. فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُلْقِيَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ كَلِمَةَ دِفَاعٍ. | ٣٣ |
34 But [many of the non-Jewish people] knew that Alexander was a Jew. [They also knew that the Jews did not worship the goddess Artemis. So the non-Jews there] unitedly [and] repeatedly shouted for about two hours, “Great is [the goddess] Artemis [whom we(inc)] Ephesians [worship]!”
| لَكِنَّ الْمُحْتَشِدِينَ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ يَهُودِيٌّ، فَأَخَذُوا يَهْتِفُونَ مَعاً هُتَافاً وَاحِداً ظَلُّوا يُرَدِّدُونَهُ نَحْوَ سَاعَتَيْنِ: «عَظِيمَةٌ أَرْطَامِيسُ إِلهَةُ أَهْلِ أَفَسُسَ!» | ٣٤ |
35 Then the city secretary made the crowd stop shouting, and he said to them, “My fellow-citizens, everyone in the world knows [RHQ] that [we(inc) people who live in] Ephesus [city] guard the temple [where we worship] the great [goddess] Artemis. Also, [everyone knows that we(inc) watch over] the [sacred] image [of our goddess] that fell down from heaven!
| أَخِيراً تَمَكَّنَ كَاتِبُ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ تَهْدِئَةِ الْحُشُودِ، وَقَالَ: «يَا أَهْلَ أَفَسُسَ، مَنْ يُنْكِرُ أَنَّ أَفَسُسَ هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الْحَارِسَةُ لِهَيْكَلِ أَرْطَامِيسَ الإِلهَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَلِصَنَمِهَا الَّذِي هَبَطَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ؟ | ٣٥ |
36 Of course everyone knows that, and no one can say that these things are not true. So you should be quiet now. Do not suddenly do anything (foolish/that will cause us trouble).
| فَلأَنَّهُ لَا خِلافَ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، يَجِبُ أَنْ تَهْدَأُوا وَلا تَفْعَلُوا شَيْئاً بِتَسَرُّعٍ. | ٣٦ |
37 You [should not] have brought these [two] men [here, because they have not done anything evil]. They have not gone into our temples and taken things [from there]. And they have not spoken evil of our goddess.
| فَقَدْ أَحْضَرْتُمْ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَسْرِقَا الْمَعْبَدَ وَلَمْ يَشْتُمَا إِلهَتَكُمْ. | ٣٧ |
38 Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow-workmen want to accuse anyone [about anything bad, they should do it in the right way]. There are courts [that you can go to when you want to accuse someone], and there are judges [there who have been appointed by the government] {[whom the government has appointed]}. You can accuse [anyone there].
| أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَ لِدِيمِتْرِيُوسَ وَزُمَلاءِ مِهْنَتِهِ شَكْوَى، فَإِنَّ عِنْدَنَا مَحَاكِمَ وَقُضَاةً. فَلْيَتَقَدَّمُوا بِشَكْوَاهُمْ إِلَى الْقُضَاةِ. | ٣٨ |
39 But if you want to ask about something else, [you should ask] for [other officials to] resolve it when [those] officials legally assemble.
| وَإذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ شَكْوَى أُخْرَى، فَإِنَّ النَّظَرَ فِيهَا يَتِمُّ فِي جَلْسَةٍ قَانُونِيَّةٍ. | ٣٩ |
40 [And this is certainly not a legal meeting! Resolve this legally] because, if [we(inc) do] not, I am afraid [that the governor] will hear about all this noise [that you have made] and will say that we [(inc)] were trying to rebel [against the government]. If he would ask me what you were all shouting about, I would not be able to give him an answer.”
| أَمَّا الآنَ فَكُلُّنَا مُعَرَّضُونَ لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ بِتُهْمَةِ افْتِعَالِ الاضْطِرَابِ، بِسَبَبِ مَا حَدَثَ الْيَوْمَ، وَنَحْنُ لَا نَمْلِكَ حُجَّةً نُبَرِّرُ بِها التَّجَمُّعَ!» | ٤٠ |
41 That is what the city secretary said [to the crowd]. Then he told them all to go [home. So they left].
| وَبِقَوْلِهِ هَذَا صَرَفَ الْمُحْتَشِدِينَ. | ٤١ |
