1 A nd while they were talking to the people, the high priests and the military commander of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

وَبَينَما بُطرُسُ وَيُوحَنّا يَتَحَدَّثانِ إلَى النّاسِ، تَقَدَّمَ إلَيهِما الكَهَنَةُ وَرَئِيسُ حَرَسِ الهَيكَلِ وَالصَّدُوقِيُّونَ.

2 B eing vexed and indignant through and through because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

فَقَدِ انزَعَجُوا لِأنَّ بُطرُسَ وَيُوحَنّا كانا يُعَلِّمانِ وَيُنادِيانِ بِأنَّ هُناكَ قِيامَةً مِنَ المَوتِ مِنْ خِلالِ يَسُوعَ.

3 S o they laid hands on them (arrested them) and put them in prison until the following day, for it was already evening.

فَقَبَضُوا عَلَيهِما وَحَجَزُوهُما حَتَّى اليَومِ التّالِي، لأنَّ المَساءَ كانَ قَدْ حَلَّ.

4 B ut many of those who heard the message believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus as the Christ). And their number grew and came to about 5, 000.

غَيرَ أنَّ كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا الرِّسالَةَ آمَنُوا، فَوَصَلَ عَدَدُ الرِّجالِ الْمُؤمِنينَ إلَى خَمسَةِ آلافٍ.

5 T hen on the following day, their magistrates and elders and scribes were assembled in Jerusalem,

وَفِي اليَومِ التّالِي اجتَمَعَ قادَةُ اليَهودِ وَشُيُوخُهُمْ وَمُعَلِّمُو الشَّرِيعَةِ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدسِ.

6 I ncluding Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all others who belonged to the high priestly relationship.

كَما كانَ هُناكَ حَنّانُ رَئيسُ الكَهَنَةِ، وَقَيافا، وَيُوحَنّا، وَالإسكَندَرُ، وَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ يَنتَمُونَ إلَى عائِلَةِ رَئِيسِ الكَهَنَةِ.

7 A nd they set the men in their midst and repeatedly demanded, By what sort of power or by what kind of authority did you do this ?

فَأحضَرُوا الرَّسُولَينِ أمامَهُما وَبَدَأُوا يَستَجوِبُونَهُما: «بِأيَّةِ قُوَّةٍ وَبِأيِّ سُلْطانٍ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذا؟»

8 T hen Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and members of the council (the Sanhedrin),

فَقالَ لَهُمْ بُطرُسُ وَهُوَ مُمتَلِئٌ مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ: «يا قادَةَ الشَّعبِ وَالشُّيُوخِ،

9 I f we are being put on trial today and examined concerning a good deed done to benefit a feeble (helpless) cripple, by what means this man has been restored to health,

هَلْ تُحَقِّقُونَ مَعَنا اليَومَ بِشَأْنِ عَمَلٍ صالِحٍ قُمنا بِهِ نَحوَ إنسانٍ مُقعَدٍ، وَتَسألُونَنا كَيفَ شُفِيَ؟

10 L et it be known and understood by all of you, and by the whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man is standing here before you well and sound in body.

إذاً فَلتَعلَمُوا جَمِيعُكُمْ وَجَمِيعُ بَنيْ إسرائِيلَ أنَّنا فَعَلنا ذَلِكَ بِاسْمِ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ النّاصِرِيِّ الَّذِي صَلَبتُمُوهُ أنْتُمْ، وَقَدْ أقامَهُ اللهُ مِنَ المَوتِ. فَباسمِهِ يَقِفُ هَذا الرَّجُلُ أمامَكُمْ مُعافَىً تَماماً.

11 T his is the Stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the Head of the corner.

فَهُوَ ‹الحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضْتُمُوهُ أيُّها البَنّاؤُونَ، وَالَّذِي صارَ حَجَرَ الأساسِ.›

12 A nd there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved.

وَما مِنْ خَلاصٍ بِأحَدٍ غَيرِهِ. فَما مِنِ اسْمٍ تَحتَ السَّماءِ أعْطاهُ اللهُ لَنا لِكَي نَخلُصَ بِهِ سِوَى اسْمِ يَسوعَ.»

13 N ow when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools, they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

فَلَمّا رَأَوْا جَسارَةَ بُطرُسَ وَيُوحَنّا، وَأدرَكُوا أنَّهُما غَيرُ مُتَعَلِّمِينَ وَمِنْ عامَّةِ الشَّعبِ، ذُهِلُوا. ثُمَّ أدرَكُوا أنَّهُما كانا مَعَ يَسُوعَ.

14 A nd since they saw the man who had been cured standing there beside them, they could not contradict the fact or say anything in opposition.

وَبِما أنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي شُفِيَ واقِفاً هُناكَ مَعَهُما، لَمْ يَكُنْ لَدَيهِمْ شَيءٌ يَقُولُونَهُ ضِدَّهُما.

15 B ut having ordered to go aside out of the council, they conferred (debated) among themselves,

فَأمَرُوهُما بِأنْ يُغادِرا المَجمَعَ. ثُمَّ تَشاوَرُوا فِيما بَينَهُمْ وَقالوا:

16 S aying, What are we to do with these men? For that an extraordinary miracle has been performed by (through) them is plain to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

«ماذا سَنَفعَلُ بِهَذَينِ الرَّجُلَينِ؟ فَإنَّهُ وَاضِحٌ لِكُلِّ شَخصٍ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدسِ أنَّ مُعجِزَةً قَدْ جَرَتْ بِواسِطَتِهِما، وَلا يُمكِنُنا أنْ نُنكِرَ ذَلِكَ.

17 B ut in order that it may not spread further among the people and the nation, let us warn and forbid them with a stern threat to speak any more to anyone in this name.

لَكِنَّنا نُرِيدُ أنْ نَمنَعَ هَذا الخَبَرَ مِنَ الانتِشارِ أكثَرَ بَينَ النّاسِ. وَلِهَذا فَلنُحَذِّرْهُما ألّا يُكَلِّما أحَداً فِيما بَعْدُ بِهَذا الاسمِ.»

18 t hey summoned them and imperatively instructed them not to converse in any way or teach at all in or about the name of Jesus.

فَاسْتَدعُوهُما وَأمَرُوهُما بِأنْ لا يَقُولا أوْ يُعَلِّما شَيئاً عَنِ اسْمِ يَسُوعَ.

19 B ut Peter and John replied to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must decide (judge).

لَكِنَّ بُطرُسَ وَيُوحَنّا قالا: «احكُمُوا أنتُمْ إنْ كانَ صَواباً لَدَى اللهِ أنْ نَسمَعَ لَكُمْ بَدَلاً مِنْ أنْ نَسمَعَ للهِ.

20 B ut we cannot help telling what we have seen and heard.

أمّا نَحنُ فَلا نَستَطِيعُ إلّا أنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ بِما رَأيناهُ وَسَمِعناهُ.»

21 T hen when had further threatened them, they let them go, not seeing how they could secure a conviction against them because of the people; for everybody was praising and glorifying God for what had occurred.

وَبَعدَ مَزِيدٍ مِنَ التَّهدِيدِ أخلُوا سَبِيلَهُما. وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا سَبِيلاً لِمُعاقَبَتِهِما، لِأنَّ كُلَّ النّاسِ كانُوا يُسَبِّحُونَ اللهَ عَلَى ما حَدَثَ.

22 F or the man on whom this sign (miracle) of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

فَقَدْ جاوَزَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي جَرَتْ لَهُ المُعجِزَةُ الأربَعِينَ عاماً. عَودَةُ بُطرُسَ وَيُوحَنّا إلَى المُؤمِنِين

23 A fter they were permitted to go, returned to their own and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

وَعِندَما أُطلِقَ سَراحُهُما، جاءا إلَى جَماعَتِهِما، وَأخبَراهُمْ بِكُلِّ ما قالَهُ لَهُما كِبارُ الكَهَنَةِ وَالشُّيُوخِ.

24 A nd when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said, O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them,

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ المُؤمِنُونَ هَذا، رَفَعُوا كُلُّهُمْ مَعاً أصواتَهُمْ إلَى اللهِ وَقالُوا: «أيُّها السَّيِّدُ، أنتَ صَنَعتَ السَّماءَ وَالأرْضَ وَالبَحرَ وَكُلَّ شَيءٍ فِيها.

25 W ho by the mouth of our forefather David, Your servant and child, said through the Holy Spirit, Why did the heathen (Gentiles) become wanton and insolent and rage, and the people imagine and study and plan vain (fruitless) things ?

«وَأنتَ قُلْتَ بِالرُّوحِ القُدُسِ عَلَى لِسانِ أبِينا داوُدَ: ‹لِماذا اشتَعَلَ غَضَبُ الأُمَمِ، وَلِماذا تَتَآمَرُ الشُّعُوبُ عَبَثاً؟

26 T he kings of the earth took their stand in array and the rulers were assembled and combined together against the Lord and against His Anointed (Christ, the Messiah).

أعَدَّ مُلُوكُ الأرْضِ أنفُسَهُمْ لِلمَعرَكَةِ. وَاجتَمَعَ الحُكّامُ مَعاً عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَعَلَى مَسِيحِهِ.›

27 F or in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel,

وَقَدِ اجتَمَعَ بِالفِعلِ هِيرُودُسُ وَبُنطيُوسُ بِيلاطُسُ مَعاً فِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ مَعَ اليَهودِ وَغَيرِهِمْ مِنَ الأُمَمِ عَلَى فَتاكَ القُدُّوسِ يَسُوعَ الَّذِي مَسَحتَهُ،

28 T o carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur.

لِكَي يُتَمِّمُوا كُلَّ ما سَبَقَ أنْ قَضَيتَ بِهِ بِقُوَّتِكَ وَإرادَتِكَ.

29 A nd now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants to declare Your message fearlessly,

وَالآنَ يا رَبُّ، انظُرْ إلَى تَهدِيداتِهِمْ، وَمَكِّنْ عَبيدَكَ مِنَ التَّكَلُّمِ بِرِسالَتِكَ بِكُلِّ شَجاعَةٍ.

30 W hile You stretch out Your hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus.

وَفِي أثناءَ ذَلِكَ، مُدَّ يَدَكَ لِلشِّفاءِ، وَاصْنَعْ مُعْجِزاتٍ وَعَجائِبَ بِاسْمِ فَتاكَ القُدُّوسِ يَسُوعَ.»

31 A nd when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage.

وَلَمّا فَرَغُوا مِنَ الصَّلاةِ، تَزَلزَلَ المَكانُ الَّذِي كانُوا يَجتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ، وَامتَلأُوا جَمِيعاً مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ، وَاستَمَرُّوا يَتَكَلَّمونَ بِرِسالَةِ اللهِ بِجُرَأةٍ. تَشارُكُ المُؤمِنِين

32 N ow the company of believers was of one heart and soul, and not one of them claimed that anything which he possessed was his own, but everything they had was in common and for the use of all.

وَكانَ المُؤمِنُونَ جَمِيعاً مُتَّحِدِينَ فِي القَلبِ وَالنَّفسِ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أحَدٌ يَقُولُ إنَّ شَيئاً مِنْ مُمتَلَكاتِهِ لَهُ، بَلْ كانُوا يَتَشارَكُونَ فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ يَملِكُونَهُ.

33 A nd with great strength and ability and power the apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly upon them all.

وَكانَ الرُّسُلُ يَشهَدُونَ بِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ عَنْ قِيامَةِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ. وَكانَتْ بَرَكَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ مِنَ اللهِ عَلَيهِمْ جَمِيعاً.

34 N or was there a destitute or needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses proceeded to sell them, and one by one they brought (gave back) the amount received from the sales

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ مُحتاجاً. فَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ كانَ لَدَيهِمْ حُقُولٌ أوْ بُيُوتٌ، كانُوا يَبِيعُونَها،

35 A nd laid it at the feet of the apostles (special messengers). Then distribution was made according as anyone had need.

وَيُسَلِّمُونَ ثَمَنَها إلَى الرُّسُلِ، فَيُوَزَّعَ المالُ عَلَى الجَمِيعِ حَسَبَ احتِياجِ كُلِّ واحِدٍ.

36 N ow Joseph, a Levite and native of Cyprus who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, which interpreted means Son of Encouragement,

فَمَثَلاً يُوسُفُ الَّذِي كانَ الرُّسُلُ يَدعُونَهُ بَرنابا، وَيَعْني اسْمُهُ ابنَ التَّشجِيعِ، وَكانَ لاوِيّاً مَولُوداً فِي قُبرُصَ،

37 S old a field which belonged to him and brought the sum of money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

باعَ حَقلاً، وَأحضَرَ المالَ وَسَلَّمَهُ إلَى الرُّسُلِ.