1 I n Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

وَحَدَثَ الأمرُ نَفسُهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ إيقُونِيَّةَ أيضاً، حَيثُ دَخَلَ بُولُسُ وَبَرنابا إلَى المَجمَعِ اليَهُودِيِّ وَتَكَلَّما، فَآمَنَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ اليَهُودِ وَاليُونانِيِّينَ.

2 B ut the disbelieving Jews stirred up and embittered the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.

أمّا اليَهُودُ الَّذِينَ رَفَضُوا أنْ يُؤمِنُوا فَقَدْ هَيَّجُوا غَيرَ اليَهُودِ وَحَرَّضُوهُمْ عَلَى الإخوَةِ.

3 T herefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

وَبَقِيَ بُولُسُ وَبَرنابا هُناكَ فَترَةً طَوِيلَةً. وَكانا يَتَكَلَّمانِ بِشَجاعَةٍ عَنِ الرَّبِّ. وَأيَّدَ الرَّبُّ رِسالَةَ نِعمَتِهِ بِأنْ سَمَحَ بِأنْ تَجرِيَ مُعجِزاتٌ وَعَجائِبُ عَلَى أيدِيهِما.

4 B ut the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

وَانقَسَمَ أهلُ المَدِينَةِ ما بَينَ مُؤَيِّدٍ لِليَهُودِ وَما بَينَ مُؤَيِّدٍ لِلرَّسُولَينِ.

5 W hen some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

وَتَحَرَّكَ غَيرُ اليَهُودِ وَاليَهُودُ جَمِيعاً مَعَ قادَتِهِمْ لِلإساءَةِ إلَيهِما وَرَجمِهِما.

6 t hey became aware of it, and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, Derbe, and the surrounding region.

غَيرَ أنَّهُما عَلِما بِهَذا، وَهَرَبا إلَى مَدِينَتَيْ لِستَرَةَ وَدَربَةَ فِي مُقاطَعَةِ لِيكَأُونِيَّةَ وَالمِنطَقَةِ المُحِيطَةِ.

7 T here they preached the Good News.

وَهُناكَ استَمَرّا يُبَشِّرانِ. فِي لِستَرَةَ وَدَرْبَة

8 A t Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked.

وَكانَ يَجلِسُ فِي لِستَرَةَ رَجُلٌ عاجِزُ القَدَمَيْنِ. لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ مَشَىْ عَلَىْ قَدَميهِ قَطُّ لأنَّهُ وُلِدَ كَسِيحاً.

9 H e was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,

سَمِعَ هَذا الرَّجُلُ بُولُسَ وَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ. فَوَجَّهَ بُولُسُ نَظَرَهُ إلَيهِ، وَرَأى أنَّ لَدَيهِ إيماناً لِكَي يُشفَى.

10 s aid with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet!” He leaped up and walked.

وَقالَ بُولُسُ بِصَوتٍ مُرتَفِعٍ: «قِفْ مُنتَصِباً عَلَى قَدَمَيكَ!» فَقَفَزَ وَأخَذَ يَمشِي.

11 W hen the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

فَلَمّا رَأى الجَمعُ ما فَعَلَهُ بُولُسُ، رَفَعُوا أصواتَهُمْ بِلُغَةِ مُقاطَعَةِ لِيكَأُونِيَّةَ وَقالُوا: «أصبَحَ الآلِهَةُ كَالنّاسِ وَنَزَلُوا إلَينا!»

12 T hey called Barnabas “Jupiter”, and Paul “Mercury”, because he was the chief speaker.

وَسَمُّوا بَرنابا «زَفْسَ،» أمّا بُولُسُ فَسَمَّوْهُ «هَرْمَسَ» لِأنَّهُ كانَ المُبادِرَ فِي الكَلامِ.

13 T he priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.

وَأحضَرَ كاهِنُ زَفْسَ، الَّذِي كانَ مَعبَدُهُ عِندَ مَدخَلِ المَدِينَةِ، ثِيراناً وَأكالِيلَ إلَى بَوّاباتِ المَدِينَةِ. فَقَدْ أرادَ هُوَ وَالجَمعُ أنْ يُقَدِّمُوا ذَبائِحَ لَهُما.

14 B ut when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,

لَكِنْ لَمّا سَمِعَ الرَّسُولانِ بَرنابا وَبُولُسَ بِهَذا، مَزَّقا ثِيابَهُما، وَاندَفَعا إلَى الجَمعِ وَهُما يَصرُخانِ:

15 “ Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

«أيُّها الرِّجالُ، لِماذا تَفعَلُونَ هَذا؟ إنَّنا نَحنُ أيضاً بَشَرٌ مِثلُكُمْ. وَنَحنُ هُنا لِكَي نَنْقِلَ لَكُمُ البُشْرَى، وَنُبعِدَكُمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ التّافِهَةِ إلَى الإلَهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّماءَ وَالأرْضَ وَالبَحرَ وَكُلَّ ما فِيها.

16 w ho in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.

لَقَدْ سَمَحَ لِلشُّعُوبِ فِي الأزمِنَةِ الغابِرَةِ بِأنْ يَعِيشُوا كَما يَحلُو لَهُمْ.

17 Y et he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَترُكْكُمْ دُونَ أدِلَّةٍ تَشهَدُ لَهُ، لِأنَّهُ يَصنَعُ لَكُمْ خَيراتٍ كَثِيرَةً. فَهُوَ يُعطِيكُمْ أمطاراً مِنَ السَّماءِ وَمَحاصِيلَ فِي أوقاتِها. وَهُوَ يُزَوِّدُكُمْ بِالطَّعامِ وَيَملأُ قُلُوبَكُمْ بِالفَرَحِ.»

18 E ven saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

وَرُغمَ كَلامِهِما هَذا، فَإنَّهُما لَمْ يَستَطِيعا مَنعَ النّاسِ مِنْ تَقدِيمِ الذَّبائِحِ إلّا بَعدَ جَهدٍ كَبِيْرٍ.

19 B ut some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

ثُمَّ جاءَ بَعضُ اليَهُودِ مِنْ مَدِينَتَيْ أنطاكِيَةَ وَإيقُونِيَةَ، وَاستَمالُوا الجُمُوعَ إلَى جانِبِهِمْ. فَرَجَمُوا بُولُسَ وَجَرُّوهُ إلَى خارِجِ المَدِينَةِ ظانِّيْنَ أنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ.

20 B ut as the disciples stood around him, he rose up, and entered into the city. On the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.

وَعِندَما تَجَمَّعَ التَّلاميذُ حَولَهُ، نَهَضَ بُولُسُ وَدَخَلَ المَدِينَةَ. وَفِي اليَومِ التّالِي ذَهَبَ مَعَ بَرنابا إلَى مَدِينَةِ دَربَةَ. العَودَةُ إلَى أنطاكِيَةَ فِي سُورِيَّة

21 W hen they had preached the Good News to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

وَبَشَّرا فِي تِلكَ المَدِينَةِ وَتَلْمَذا كَثِيرِينَ، ثُمَّ عادا إلَى لِستَرَةَ وَإيقُونِيَةَ وَأنطاكِيَةَ.

22 c onfirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

وَكانَ يُقَوِّيانِ نُفُوسَ التَّلامِيذِ وَيُشَجِّعانِهِمْ عَلَى أنْ يَستَمِرُّوا فِي الإيمانِ. وَقالا لَهُمْ: «يَنبَغِي أنْ نَدخُلَ فِي مُلكِ اللهِ بِمُعاناةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.»

23 W hen they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

ثُمَّ عَيَّنا شُيُوخاً فِي كُلِّ كَنِيسَةٍ، وَصَلَّيا وَصاما لِكَيْ يَحفَظَهُمُ الرَّبُّ الَّذي آمَنوا بِهِ.

24 T hey passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.

وَبَعدَ أنِ اجتازا بِيسِيدِيَّةَ، وَصَلا إلَى بَمفِيلِيَّةَ.

25 W hen they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

ثُمَّ تَكَلَّما بِالرِّسالَة فِي بَرجَةَ، وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ نَزَلا إلَى أتّالِيَةَ.

26 F rom there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

وَمِنْ هُناكَ أبحَرا إلَى أنطاكِيَةَ، وَهيَ المَدينَةُ الَّتي كانَ الإخوَةُ قَدْ أرسَلاهُما مِنْها بِنِعمَةِ اللهِ لإنجازِ الخِدمَةِ المُوكَلَةِ لَهُما، وَقَدْ أنجَزاها الآنَ بِالفِعلِ.

27 W hen they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

وَعِندَما وَصَلا، جَمَعا شَعبَ الكَنِيسَةِ، وَأخبَراهُمْ بِما عَمِلَ اللهُ مَعَهُمْ. وَقالا لَهُمْ إنَّ اللهَ قَدْ فَتَحَ بابَ الإيمانِ لِغَيرِ اليَهُودِ.

28 T hey stayed there with the disciples for a long time.

وَأقاما مَعَ التَّلامِيذِ مُدَّةً غَيْرَ قَصِيرَةٍ.