1 و َبَينَما بُطرُسُ وَيُوحَنّا يَتَحَدَّثانِ إلَى النّاسِ، تَقَدَّمَ إلَيهِما الكَهَنَةُ وَرَئِيسُ حَرَسِ الهَيكَلِ وَالصَّدُوقِيُّونَ.

As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

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

being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

3 ف َقَبَضُوا عَلَيهِما وَحَجَزُوهُما حَتَّى اليَومِ التّالِي، لأنَّ المَساءَ كانَ قَدْ حَلَّ.

And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.

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

But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

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

On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

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

and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.

7 ف َأحضَرُوا الرَّسُولَينِ أمامَهُما وَبَدَأُوا يَستَجوِبُونَهُما: «بِأيَّةِ قُوَّةٍ وَبِأيِّ سُلْطانٍ فَعَلْتُمْ هَذا؟»

When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

8 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ بُطرُسُ وَهُوَ مُمتَلِئٌ مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ: «يا قادَةَ الشَّعبِ وَالشُّيُوخِ،

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “ Rulers and elders of the people,

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

if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,

10 إ ذاً 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.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead— by this name this man stands here before you in good health.

11 ف َهُوَ ‹الحَجَرُ الَّذِي رَفَضْتُمُوهُ أيُّها البَنّاؤُونَ، وَالَّذِي صارَ حَجَرَ الأساسِ.›

He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

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

And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” Threat and Release

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

Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.

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

And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

15 ف َأمَرُوهُما بِأنْ يُغادِرا المَجمَعَ. ثُمَّ تَشاوَرُوا فِيما بَينَهُمْ وَقالوا:

But when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they began to confer with one another,

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

saying, “ What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

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

But so that it will not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any man in this name.”

18 ف َاسْتَدعُوهُما وَأمَرُوهُما بِأنْ لا يَقُولا أوْ يُعَلِّما شَيئاً عَنِ اسْمِ يَسُوعَ.

And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

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

But Peter and John answered and said to them, “ Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge;

20 أ مّا نَحنُ فَلا نَستَطِيعُ إلّا أنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ بِما رَأيناهُ وَسَمِعناهُ.»

for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

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

When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;

22 ف َقَدْ جاوَزَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي جَرَتْ لَهُ المُعجِزَةُ الأربَعِينَ عاماً. عَودَةُ بُطرُسَ وَيُوحَنّا إلَى المُؤمِنِين

for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

23 و َعِندَما أُطلِقَ سَراحُهُما، جاءا إلَى جَماعَتِهِما، وَأخبَراهُمْ بِكُلِّ ما قالَهُ لَهُما كِبارُ الكَهَنَةِ وَالشُّيُوخِ.

When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

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

And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

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

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, ‘ Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples devise futile things ?

26 أ عَدَّ مُلُوكُ الأرْضِ أنفُسَهُمْ لِلمَعرَكَةِ. وَاجتَمَعَ الحُكّامُ مَعاً عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَعَلَى مَسِيحِهِ.›

‘ The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

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

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

28 ل ِكَي يُتَمِّمُوا كُلَّ ما سَبَقَ أنْ قَضَيتَ بِهِ بِقُوَّتِكَ وَإرادَتِكَ.

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.

29 و َالآنَ يا رَبُّ، انظُرْ إلَى تَهدِيداتِهِمْ، وَمَكِّنْ عَبيدَكَ مِنَ التَّكَلُّمِ بِرِسالَتِكَ بِكُلِّ شَجاعَةٍ.

And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence,

30 و َفِي أثناءَ ذَلِكَ، مُدَّ يَدَكَ لِلشِّفاءِ، وَاصْنَعْ مُعْجِزاتٍ وَعَجائِبَ بِاسْمِ فَتاكَ القُدُّوسِ يَسُوعَ.»

while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

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

And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness. Sharing among Believers

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

And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.

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

And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

34 و َلَمْ يَكُنْ أحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ مُحتاجاً. فَكُلُّ الَّذِينَ كانَ لَدَيهِمْ حُقُولٌ أوْ بُيُوتٌ، كانُوا يَبِيعُونَها،

For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales

35 و َيُسَلِّمُونَ ثَمَنَها إلَى الرُّسُلِ، فَيُوَزَّعَ المالُ عَلَى الجَمِيعِ حَسَبَ احتِياجِ كُلِّ واحِدٍ.

and lay them at the apostles’ feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need.

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

Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement),

37 ب اعَ حَقلاً، وَأحضَرَ المالَ وَسَلَّمَهُ إلَى الرُّسُلِ.

and who owned a tract of land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.