1 A fter the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and warned and consoled and urged and encouraged them; then he embraced them and told them farewell and set forth on his journey to Macedonia.

وَلَمّا تَوَقَّفَ الهِياجُ، أرسَلَ بُولُسُ فِي طَلَبِ المُؤمِنِيْنَ. وَبَعدَ أنْ شَجَّعَهُمْ، وَدَّعَهُمْ وَذَهَبَ إلَى مُقاطَعَةِ مَكدُونِيَّةَ.

2 T hen after he had gone through those districts and had warned and consoled and urged and encouraged the brethren with much discourse, he came to Greece.

وَسافَرَ عَبرَ تِلكَ المُقاطَعَةِ، وَشَجَّعَ المُؤمِنِينَ هُناكَ بِكَلامٍ كَثِيرٍ، ثُمَّ وَصَلَ إلَى اليُونانِ.

3 H aving spent three months there, when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to go back through Macedonia.

وَبَقِيَ هُناكَ ثَلاثَةَ شُهُورٍ. وَكانَ بُولُسُ يُجَهِّزُ نَفسَهُ لِلسَّفَرِ إلَى سُورِيّا بَحراً، لَكِنْ لأنَّ اليَهُودَ كانُوا يُخَطِّطُونَ لِشَيءٍ ضِدَّهُ، قَرَّرَ أنْ يَعُودَ عَبرَ مُقاطَعَةِ مَكدُونِيَّةَ.

4 H e was accompanied by Sopater the son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, and by the Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe and Timothy, and the Asians Tychicus and Trophimus.

وَرافَقَهُ سُوباتْرِسُ بْنُ بِرُّسَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ بِيرِيَّةَ. كَما رافَقَهُ أرَسْتَرْخُسُ وَسَكُونْدُسُ مِنْ تَسالُونِيكِي، وَغايُوسُ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ دَربَةَ، وَتِيمُوثاوُسُ وَتِيخِيكُسُ وَتْرُوفِيمُوسُ مِنْ مُقاطَعَةِ أسِيّا.

5 T hese went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas,

سَبَقَنا هَؤُلاءِ وَانتَظَرُونا فِي مَدِينَةِ ترُواسَ.

6 B ut we sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we joined them at Troas, where we remained for seven days.

فَأبحَرْنا مِنْ فِيلِبِّي بَعدَ أيّامِ عِيدِ الخُبزِ غَيرِ المُختَمِرِ. وَبَعدَ خَمسَةِ أيّامٍ، انضَمَمْنا إلَيْهِمْ فِي مَدِينَةِ ترُواسَ، حَيثُ بَقِينا سَبعَةَ أيّامٍ. زِيارَةُ بُولُسَ الأخِيرَةُ لِتْرُواس

7 A nd on the first day of the week, when we were assembled together to break bread '> the Lord’s Supper], Paul discoursed with them, intending to leave the next morning; and he kept on with his message until midnight.

وَفِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الأُسبُوعِ، كُنّا مُجتَمِعِينَ مَعاً لِكَسْرِ الخُبزِ، فَتَحَدَّثَ بُولُسُ مَعَهُمْ. وَلِأنَّهُ كانَ يَنوِي السَّفَرَ فِي اليَومِ التّالِي، ظَلَّ يَتَحَدَّثُ حَتَّى مُنتَصَفِ اللَّيلِ.

8 N ow there were numerous lights in the upper room where we were assembled,

وَكانَتْ هُناكَ مَصابِيحٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي الغُرفَةِ العُلوِيَّةِ حَيثُ كُنّا مُجتَمِعِينَ.

9 A nd there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window. He was borne down with deep sleep as Paul kept on talking still longer, and completely overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

وَكانَ شابٌّ اسْمُهُ أفتِيخُوسُ جالِساً فِي النّافِذَةِ. فَبَدَأ يَغُطُّ فِي نَومٍ عَمِيقٍ أثناءَ مُواصَلَةِ بُولُسَ حَدِيثِهِ. وَلِأنَّ النَّومَ قَدْ غَلَبَهُ تَماماً، فَقَدْ وَقَعَ مِنَ الطّابِقِ الثّالِثِ. وَلَمّا رَفَعُوهُ وَجَدُوهُ مَيِّتاً.

10 B ut Paul went down and bent over him and embraced him, saying, Make no ado; his life is within him.

فَنَزَلَ بُولُسُ وَانحَنَى عَلَيهِ، وَقالَ وَهُوَ يَحتَضِنُهُ: «لا تَخافُوا، فَما زالَتْ حَياتُهُ فِيهِ.»

11 W hen Paul had gone back upstairs and had broken bread and eaten, and after he had talked confidentially and communed with them for a considerable time—until daybreak —he departed.

ثُمَّ صَعِدَ بُولُسُ، وَكَسَرَ خُبزاً وَأكَلَ، وَتَحَدَّثَ إلَيْهِمْ فَترَةً طَوِيلَةً حَتَّى الفَجرِ ثُمَّ غادَرَ.

12 T hey took the youth home alive, and were not a little comforted and cheered and refreshed and encouraged.

وَأخَذُوا الشّابَّ إلَى بَيتِهِ حَيّاً، فَتَعَزَّوا كَثِيراً. مِنْ تْرُواسَ إلَى مِيلِيتُس

13 B ut going on ahead to the ship, the rest of us set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for that was what he had directed, intending himself to go by land.

أمّا نَحنُ فَتابَعنا السَّفَرَ وَسَبَقنا بُولُسَ. فَأبحَرْنا إلَى مَدِينَةِ أسُّوسَ. كُنّا مُتَّجِهِينَ إلَى هُناكَ لِكَي نَأْخُذَهُ مَعَنا عَلَى ظَهرِ السَّفِينَةِ، فَقَدْ رَتَّبَ هُوَ ذَلِكَ لِأنَّهُ أرادَ أنْ يَذهَبَ بِنَفسِهِ إلَى أسُّوسَ ماشِياً.

14 S o when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and sailed on to Mitylene.

وَعِندَما قابَلَنا فِي أسُّوسَ، أركَبْناهُ السَّفِينَةَ وَذَهَبْنا إلَى مِيتِيلِينِي.

15 A nd sailing from there, we arrived the day after at a point opposite Chios; the following day we struck across to Samos, and the next day we arrived at Miletus.

وَأبحَرْنا مِنْ هُناكَ فِي اليَومِ التّالِي، وَوَصَلْنا إلَى نُقطَةٍ مُقابِلَ خَيُوسَ. وَفِي اليَومِ التّالِي عَبَرنا إلَى سامُوسَ. وَفِي اليَومِ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ وَصَلْنا إلَى مِيلِيتُسَ.

16 F or Paul had determined to sail on past Ephesus, lest he might have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening on so that he might reach Jerusalem, if at all possible, by the day of Pentecost.

فَقَدْ قَرَّرَ بُولُسُ ألّا يَتَوَقَّفَ فِي أفَسُسَ لِئَلّا يُضطَرَّ لِقَضاءِ وَقتٍ فِي أسِيّا. إذْ كانَ يُرِيدُ الوُصُولَ إلَى مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ قَبلَ عيدِ يَومِ الخَمسِينَ إنْ أمَكَنَ. بُولُسُ يَتَحَدَّثُ إلَى الشُّيُوخِ فِي أفَسُس

17 H owever, from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church.

وَمِنْ مِيلِيتُسَ، أرسَلَ بُولُسُ إلَى شُيُوخِ الكَنِيسَةِ فِي أفَسُسَ طالِباً إلَيْهِمْ أنْ يُلاقُوهُ هُناكَ.

18 A nd when they arrived he said to them: You yourselves are well acquainted with my manner of living among you from the first day that I set foot in Asia, and how I continued afterward,

فَلَمّا وَصَلُوا قالَ لَهُمْ: «أنتُمْ تَعلَمُونَ كَيفَ عِشتُ مَعَكُمْ طَوالَ الوَقتِ، مِنْ أوَّلِ يَومٍ وَصَلتُ فِيهِ إلَى أسِيّا.

19 S erving the Lord with all humility in tears and in the midst of adversity (affliction and trials) which befell me, due to the plots of the Jews;

وَقَدْ خَدَمتُ الرَّبَّ بِكُلِّ تَواضُعٍ وَدُمُوعٍ. خَدَمتُهُ عَبرَ التَّجارِبِ الكَثِيرَةِ الَّتِي أصابَتنِي بِسَبَبِ مُؤامَراتِ اليَهُودِ.

20 H ow I did not shrink from telling you anything that was for your benefit and teaching you in public meetings and from house to house,

وَأنتُمْ تَعلَمُونَ أنَّنِي لَمْ أتَرَدَّدْ فِي عَمَلِ أيِّ شَيءٍ لِمَنفَعَتِكُمْ. وَلَمْ أتَرَدَّدْ فِي إعلانِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ وَتَعلِيمِكُمْ إيّاها عَلَناً، وَمِنْ بَيْتٍ إلَى بَيتٍ.

21 B ut constantly and earnestly I bore testimony both to Jews and Greeks, urging them to turn in repentance '> that is due] to God and to have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ '> that is due Him].

وَشَهِدتُ لِليَهُودِ وَاليُونانِيِّينَ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواءِ داعِياً إيّاهُمْ إلَى التَّوبَةِ إلَى اللهِ، وَالإيمانِ بِرَبِّنا يَسُوعَ.

22 A nd now, you see, I am going to Jerusalem, bound by the Spirit and obligated and compelled by the spirit, not knowing what will befall me there—

«وَها أنا الآنَ ذاهِبٌ إلَى القُدسِ مَدفُوعاً مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ، دُونَ أنْ أدرِيَ ما سَيَحدُثُ لِي هُناكَ.

23 E xcept that the Holy Spirit clearly and emphatically affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me.

إلّا أنَّ الرُّوحَ القُدُسَ يُحَذِّرُنِي فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ فَيَقولُ إنَّ الحَبسَ وَالصُّعُوباتِ فِي انتِظارِي.

24 B ut none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have obtained from the Lord Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God’s grace (His unmerited favor, spiritual blessing, and mercy).

لَكِنْ لَيسَ ما سَيَحدُثُ لِي هُوَ المُهِّمُ، بَلِ المُهِمُّ أنْ أُكمِلَ السِّباقَ وَالمَهَمَّةَ الَّتِي أعطانِي إيّاها الرَّبُّ يَسُوعَ، وَهيَ أنْ أشهَدَ عَن بِشارَةِ نِعمَةِ اللهِ.»

25 A nd now, observe, I perceive that all of you, among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more.

وَقالَ: «وَأنا الآنَ أعلَمُ أنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَرَوا وَجهِي ثانِيَةً، أنتُمُ الَّذِينَ تَجَوَّلْتُ أُبَشِّرُكُمْ بِمَلَكوتِ اللهِ.

26 T herefore I testify and protest to you on this day that I am clean and innocent and not responsible for the blood of any of you.

وَلِهَذا فَإنِّي أُعلِنُ لَكُمْ هَذا اليَومَ أنِّي غَيرُ مَسؤُولٍ عَنْ عَدَمِ خَلاصِ أيِّ واحِدٍ فِيكُمْ.

27 F or I never shrank or kept back or fell short from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan and counsel of God.

فَأنا لَمْ أتَرَدَّدْ فِي إخبارِكُمْ بِكُلِّ مَشِيئَةِ اللهِ.

28 T ake care and be on guard for yourselves and the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you bishops and guardians, to shepherd (tend and feed and guide) the church of the Lord or of God which He obtained for Himself with His own blood.

فَاحرُسُوا أنفُسَكُمْ وَكُلَّ الرَّعِيَّةِ الَّتي جَعَلَكُمِ الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ مُشْرِفِينَ عَلَيها، لِتَرعُوا كَنِيسَةَ اللهِ الَّتِي اشتَراها بِدَمِهِ.

29 I know that after I am gone, ferocious wolves will get in among you, not sparing the flock;

وَأنا أعرِفُ أنَّهُ بَعدَ رَحِيلِي سَتَتَسَلَّلُ بَينَكُمْ ذِئابٌ شَرِسَةٌ لا تَرحَمُ القَطِيعَ.

30 E ven from among your own selves men will come to the front who, by saying perverse (distorted and corrupt) things, will endeavor to draw away the disciples after them.

وَسَيَظهَرُ رِجالٌ حَتَّى مِنْ بَينِكُمْ أنتُمْ يَقُولُونَ أشياءَ مُشَوَّهَةً لِيُضِلُّوا المُؤمِنِينَ.

31 T herefore be always alert and on your guard, being mindful that for three years I never stopped night or day seriously to admonish and advise and exhort you one by one with tears.

فَكُونُوا مُتَيَقِّظِينَ! وَتَذَكَّرُوا أنِّي لَمْ أتَوَقَّفْ مُدَّةَ ثَلاثِ سَنَواتٍ عَنْ تَحذِيرِكُمْ بِدُمُوعٍ لَيلَ نَهار.

32 A nd now, I commit you to God. And I commend you to the Word of His grace. It is able to build you up and to give you inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).

أمّا الآنَ فَإنِّي أترُكُكُمْ فِي رِعايَةِ الله وَكَلِمَةِ نِعمَتِهِ القادِرَةِ عَلَى أنْ تَبنِيكُمْ وَأنْ تُعطِيَكُمْ مِيراثاً بَينَ كُلِّ المُقَدَّسِينَ.

33 I coveted no man’s silver or gold or garments.

«أنا لَمْ أشتَهِ فِضَّةَ أحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ أوْ ذَهَبَهُ أوْ ثِيابَهُ.

34 Y ou yourselves know personally that these hands ministered to my own needs and those who were with me.

وَأنتُمْ أنفُسُكُمْ تَعلَمُونَ أنَّنِي سَدَدْتُ حاجاتِي وَحاجاتِ الَّذِينَ مَعِي مِنْ تَعَبِ يَدِيَّ.

35 I n everything I have pointed out to you that, by working diligently in this manner, we ought to assist the weak, being mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, It is more blessed (makes one happier and more to be envied) to give than to receive.

وَقَدْ أرَيتُكُمْ فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ عَمِلتُهُ مِثالاً عَلَى العَمَلِ الجادِّ الَّذِي يَنْبَغي أنْ نَخدِمَ بِهِ الضُّعَفاءَ. وَعَلَينا أنْ نَتَذَكَّرَ كَلامَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ نَفسِهُ الَّذي قالَ: ‹فِي العَطاءِ بَرَكَةٌ أكثَرُ مِمّا فِي الأخذِ.›»

36 H aving spoken thus, he knelt down with them all and prayed.

وَبَعدَ أنْ قالَ بُولُسُ هَذا، رَكَعَ مَعَهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَصَلَّى.

37 A nd they all wept freely and threw their arms around Paul’s neck and kissed him fervently and repeatedly,

وَبَكَى الجَمِيعُ كَثِيراً، وَعانَقُوهُ وَقَبَّلُوهُ.

38 B eing especially distressed and sorrowful because he had stated that they were about to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

وَكانَ أكثَرَ ما أحزَنَهُمْ قَولُهُ إنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَرَوا وَجهَهُ ثانِيَةً. ثُمَّ رافَقُوهُ إلَى السَّفِينَةِ.