1 T he former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

كَتَبتُ إلَيكَ يا ثاوفِيلُسُ فِي كِتابِي الأوَّلِ عَنْ كُلِّ ما عَمِلَهُ يَسُوعُ وَعَلَّمَهُ.

2 u ntil the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,

وَذَلِكَ مِنَ البِدايَةِ حَتَّى الوَقتِ الَّذِي رُفِعَ فِيهِ إلَى السَّماءِ، بَعْدَ أنْ أعطَى مِنْ خِلالِ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ تَعلِيماتٍ لِلرُّسُلِ الَّذِينَ اختارَهُمْ.

3 t o whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit Promised

وَكانَ يَسُوعُ قَد أظهَرَ نَفسَهُ لَهُمْ بَعدَ مَوتِهِ مُقنِعاً إيّاهُمْ بِبَراهِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ قاطِعَةٍ بِأنَّهُ كانَ حَيّاً. وَظَهَرَ لَهُمْ خِلالَ فَترَةٍ تَزِيدُ عَلَى أربَعِينَ يَوماً، وَتَحَدَّثَ إلَيْهِمْ عَنْ مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ.

4 A nd being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;

وَذاتَ مَرَّةٍ، وَبَينَما كانَ يَأكُلُ مَعَهُمْ، أمَرَهُمْ وَقالَ: «لا تُغادِرُوا مَدينَةَ القُدسِ، لَكِنِ انتَظِرُوا ما وَعَدَ بِهِ الآبُ، وَهُوَ الوَعدُ الَّذِي كَلَّمتُكُمْ عَنهُ.

5 f or John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

فَقَدْ عَمَّدَ يُوحَنّا النّاسَ في الماءِ، وَأمّا أنتُمْ فَسَتَتَعَمَّدُونَ فِي الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ بَعدَ أيّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ.» يَسُوعُ يَرْتَفِعُ إلَى السَّماء

6 T herefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

وَبَعدَ أنِ اجتَمَعُوا، سَألُوهُ: «يا رَبُّ، هَلْ سَتُعِيدُ المُلكَ إلَى بَنيْ إسرائِيلَ الآنَ؟»

7 A nd He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

فَقالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذِهِ المَعلُومَةُ عَنِ الأوقاتِ وَالتَّوارِيخِ لَيسَتْ مِنْ شَأْنِكُمْ، فَالآبُ قَدْ وَضَعَها ضِمْنَ سُلطانِهِ الخاصِّ.

8 B ut you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Jesus Ascends to Heaven

لَكِنَّكُمْ سَتَنالُونَ قُوَّةً عِندَما يَحِلُّ الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ عَلَيكُمْ. وَسَتَكُونُونَ شُهُوداً لِي فِي القُدسِ وَفِي كُلِّ اليَهُودِيَّةِ وَالسّامِرَةِ، وَإلَى أبعَدِ الأماكِنِ عَلَىْ الأرْضِ.»

9 N ow when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

وَبَعدَ أنْ أنهَى قَولَهُ هَذا، رُفِعَ إلَى السَّماءِ وَهُمْ يُراقِبُونَ. وَأخفَتهُ سَحابَةٌ عَنْ أنظارِهِمْ.

10 A nd while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,

وَبَينَما كانُوا يُحَدِّقُونَ فِيهِ وَهُوَ يَصْعَدُ، وَقَفَ فَجأةً إلَى جانِبِهِمْ رَجُلانِ يَرتَدِيانِ ثِياباً بَيضاءَ.

11 w ho also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” The Upper Room Prayer Meeting

فَقالا: «أيُّها الرِّجالُ الجَلِيلِيُّونَ، لِماذا تَقِفُونَ هَكَذا ناظِرِينَ إلَى السَّماءِ؟ إنَّ يَسُوعَ هَذا الَّذِي رُفِعَ عَنكُمْ إلَى السَّماءِ، سَيَأتِي ثانِيَةً بِالطَّرِيقَةِ نَفسِها الَّتِي رَأيتُمُوهُ يَصْعَدُ بِها إلَى السَّماءِ.» اختِيارُ رَسُولٍ جَدِيد

12 T hen they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey.

ثُمَّ عادُوا إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدسِ مِنَ التَّلَّةِ الَّتِي تُدعَى جَبَلَ الزَّيتُونِ، وَهيَ تَبعُدُ نَحْوَ مَسِيرَةِ سَبْتٍ عَنِ القُدسِ.

13 A nd when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying: Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James.

وَعِندَما وَصَلُوا، ذَهَبُوا إلَى غُرفَةٍ فِي الطّابِقِ العُلوِيِّ حَيثُ كانُوا يُقِيمُونَ. وَهُمْ بُطرُسُ، يُوحَنّا، يَعقُوبُ، أندراوُسُ، فِيلِبُّسُ، تُوما، بَرثُولَماوُسُ، مَتَّى، يَعقُوبُ بْنُ حَلفَى، سِمعانُ الغَيُورُ ، وَيَهُوذا بْنُ يَعقُوبَ.

14 T hese all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. Matthias Chosen

كانَ هَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعاً مُنشَغِلِينَ بِالصَّلاةِ مَعاً. وَكانَ مَعَهُمْ بَعضُ النِّساءِ وَمَريَمُ أُمُّ يَسُوعَ وَإخوَتُهُ.

15 A nd in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said,

وَفِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ، وَقَفَ بُطرُسُ بَينَ الإخوَةِ وَكانُوا نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ شَخصاً وَقالَ:

16 “ Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;

«أيُّها الإخوَةُ، كانَ لابُدَّ أنْ يَتَحَقَّقَ قَولُ الكِتابِ الَّذِي قالَهُ الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ قَدِيماً عَلَى فَمِ داوُدَ عَنْ يَهُوذا. وَنَحنُ نَعرِفُ أنَّ يَهُوذا صارَ دَلِيلاً لِلَّذِينَ ألقَوْا القَبضَ عَلَى يَسُوعَ.

17 f or he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry.”

كانَ واحِداً مِنْ جَماعَتِنا، وَشَرِيكاً مَعَنا فِي هَذِهِ الخِدمَةِ.

18 ( Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out.

«وَقَدِ اشتَرَى حَقلاً بِالمالِ الَّذِي حَصَلَ عَلَيهِ مُقابِلَ عَمَلِهِ الآثِمِ، لَكِنَّهُ وَقَعَ عَلَى رَأسِهِ أَوَّلاً وَانشَقَّ مِنَ الوَسَطِ، فَخَرَجَتْ أمعاؤُهُ كُلُّها.

19 A nd it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, Field of Blood.)

وَذاعَتْ هَذِهِ الحادِثَةُ بَينَ كُلِّ سُكّانِ القُدسِ، فَصارَ ذَلِكَ الحَقلُ يُدعَى فِي لُغَتِهِمْ ‹حَقلَ دَما› – وَيَعنِي ‹حَقلَ دَمْ.›»

20 “ For it is written in the Book of Psalms: ‘Let his dwelling place be desolate, And let no one live in it’; and, ‘Let another take his office.’

وَتابَعَ بُطرُسُ فَقالَ: «مَكتُوبٌ فِي كِتابِ المَزامِيرِ: ‹لِيُهجَرْ بَيتُهُ، فَلا يَسكُنُ فِيهِ أحَدٌ.› ومَكْتوبٌ أيضاً: ‹لْيُشغِلْ وَظِيفَتَهُ شَخصٌ آخَرٌ.›

21 “ Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

لِذَلِكَ عَلَينا أنْ نَختارَ أحَدَ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مَعَنا طَوالَ مُدَّةِ بَقاءِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ بَينَنا،

22 b eginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

أي مِنَ الوَقتِ الَّذِي عَمَّدَهُ فِيهِ يُوحَنّا المَعْمَدانُ، إلَى الوَقتِ الَّذِي رُفِعَ فِيهِ يَسُوعُ عَنّا. إذْ يَنبَغِي أنْ يَكُونَ هَذا الرَّجُلُ شاهِداً مَعَنا عَلَى قِيامَتِهِ.»

23 A nd they proposed two: Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

فَرَشَّحُوا رَجُلَينِ: الأوَّلُ هُوَ يُوسُفُ الَّذِي كانَ يُدعَى بارْسابا، وَيُعْرَفُ أيضاً بِاسْمِ يُوسْتُسَ، وَالثّاني هُوَ مَتِيّاسُ.

24 A nd they prayed and said, “You, O Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen

ثُمَّ صَلُّوا وَقالوا: «يا رَبُّ، أنتَ تَعرِفُ قُلُوبَ الجَمِيعِ، فَأرِنا أيّاً مِنْ هَذَينِ الاثنَينِ قَدِ اختَرتَ

25 t o take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.”

لِيَكُونَ خادِماً وَرَسُولاً مَعَنا فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي تَرَكَهُ يَهُوذا لِيَذهَبَ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي يَستَحِقُّ.»

26 A nd they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

ثُمَّ أجرُوا القُرعَةَ بَينَ الرَّجُلَينِ، فَوَقَعَتِ القُرعَةُ عَلَى مَتِيّاسَ، فَأُضِيفَ إلَى الأحَدَ عَشَرَ رَسُولاً.