1 N ow when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

وَبَعدَ أنْ سافَرا عَبْرَ مَدِينَتَي أمْفِيْبُولِيسَ وَأبُولُونِيَّةَ، وَصَلا إلَى مَدِينَةِ تَسالُونِيكِي، حَيثُ يُوجَدُ مَجمَعٌ لِليَهُودِ.

2 P aul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

فَدَخَلَ بُولُسُ إلَى المَجمَعِ كَعادَتِهِ. وَناقَشَهُمْ فِي الكِتابِ ثَلاثَةَ سُبُوتٍ.

3 e xplaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

وَشَرَحَ لَهُمْ مُثبِتاً أنَّهُ كانَ مِنَ اللازِمِ أنْ يَتَألَّمَ المَسِيحُ وَأنْ يَقُومَ مِنَ المَوتِ. وَقالَ بُولُسُ: «إنَّ يَسُوعَ هَذا الَّذِي أُنادِي بِهِ لَكُمْ هُوَ المَسِيحُ.»

4 S ome of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas, of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

فَاقْتَنَعَ بَعضُهُمْ، وَانضَمُّوا إلَى بُولُسَ وَسِيلا. كَما انضَمَّ إلَيْهِمْ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ اليُونانِيِّينَ الأتقِياءِ، بِالإضافَةِ إلَى عَدَدٍ لَيسَ بِقَلِيلٍ مِنَ النِّساءِ البارِزاتِ في المُجْتَمَعِ.

5 B ut the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

أمّا اليَهُودُ فَأكَلَهُمُ الحَسَدُ. فَجَمَعُوا بَعضَ الرِّجالِ الأشرارِ مِنَ السُّوقِ، وَشَكَّلُوا عِصابَةً، وَأثارُوا شَغَباً فِي المَدِينَةِ وَهاجَمُوا بَيتَ ياسُونَ. وَحاوَلُوا أنْ يَجِدُوا بُولُسَ وَسِيلا لِكَي يُخرِجُوهُما إلَى الشَّعبِ.

6 W hen they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

فَلَمّا لَمْ يَجِدُوهُما، جَرُّوا ياسُونَ وَبَعضَ الإخوَةِ أمامَ سُلطاتِ المَدِينَةِ، وَصَرَخُوا وَقالوا: «هَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أثارُوا الفِتَنَ فِي جَمِيعِ أنحاءِ العالَمِ. وَقَدْ وَصَلُوا إلَى هُنا،

7 w hom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”

فَاسْتَضافَهُمْ ياسُونُ فِي بَيتِهِ. وَهُمْ يَفعَلُونَ أُمُوراً تُخالِفُ أحكامَ القَيصَرِ، وَيَدَّعُونَ أنَّ هُناكَ مَلِكاً آخَرَ هُوَ رَجُلٌ اسْمُهُ يَسُوعُ.»

8 T he multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

فَتَضايَقَ النّاسُ وَسُلُطاتُ المَدِينَةِ لِسَماعِ هَذا،

9 W hen they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

ثُمَّ أخَذُوا كَفالَةً مِنْ ياسُونَ وَالبَقِيَّةِ وَأخلَوا سَبِيلَهُمْ. بُولُسُ وَسِيلا فِي بِيْرِيَّة

10 T he brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

فَقامَ الإخوَةُ عَلَى الفَورِ بِتَرحِيلِ بُولُسَ وَسِيلا لَيلاً إلَى مَدِينَةِ بِيْرِيَّةَ. وَعِندَما وَصَلا إلَى هُناكَ، دَخَلا إلَى المَجمَعِ اليَهُودِيِّ.

11 N ow these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

وَكانَ المَوجُودُونَ هُناكَ أنبَلَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ فِي مَدِينَةِ تَسالُونِيكِي، فَتَجاوَبُوا مَعَ الرِّسالَةِ باهتِمامٍ بالِغٍ. وَكانُوا يَدرُسُونَ الكِتابَ كُلَّ يَومٍ لِيَرَوا إنْ كانَتِ الأُمُورُ الَّتِي قالَها بُولُسُ صَحِيحَةً.

12 M any of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.

وَنَتِيجَةً لِذَلِكَ آمَنَ يَهُودٌ كَثِيرُونَ. كَما آمَنَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ النِّساءِ اليُونانِيّاتِ البارِزاتِ، وَمِنَ الرِّجالِ اليُونانِيِّينَ.

13 B ut when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.

فَلَمّا عَلِمَ اليَهُودُ فِي مَدِينَةِ تَسالُونِيكِي أنَّ بُولُسَ يُنادِي بِرِسالَةِ اللهِ أيضاً فِي مَدِينَةِ بِيرِيَّةَ، ذَهَبُوا إلَى هُناكَ أيضاً، وَبَدَأُوا يُهَيِّجُونَ النّاسَ وَيُحَرِّضُونَهُمْ.

14 T hen the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.

فَأرسَلَ الإخوَةُ بُولُسَ إلَى ساحِلِ البَحرِ. لَكِنَّ سِيلا وَتِيمُوثاوُسُ بَقِيا هُناكَ.

15 B ut those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.

أمّا الَّذِينَ رافَقُوا بُولُسَ فَأخَذُوهُ إلَى مَدِينَةِ أثِينا. وَقَدْ تَلَقَّوا تَعلِيماتٍ مِنْ بُولُسَ إلَى سِيلا وَتِيمُوثاوُسَ لِكَيْ يَلحَقُا بِهِ فِي أسرَعِ وَقتٍ مُمكِنٍ، ثُمَّ مَضَوا. بُولُسُ فِي أثِينا

16 N ow while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.

وَبَينَما كانَ بُولُسُ يَنتَظِرُهُما، انزَعَجَ فِي أعماقِ نَفسِهِ عِندَما لاحَظَ إلَى أيِّ حَدٍّ تَمتَلِئُ المَدِينَةُ بِالأصنامِ.

17 S o he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

فَراحَ يُكَلِّمُ اليَهُودَ وَاليُونانِيِّيْنَ الأتقِياءَ فِي المَجمَعِ، وَالنّاسَ الَّذينَ يَجِدُهُمْ في السُّوقِ كُلَّ يَومٍ.

18 S ome of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

فَبَدَأ بَعضُ الفَلاسِفَةِ الأبِيقُورِيِّيْنَ وَالرِّواقِيِّيْنَ يُجادِلُونَهُ، وَقالَ بَعضُهُمْ: «ما الَّذِي يُرِيدُ أنْ يَقُولَهُ هَذا الثَّرْثارُ؟» وَقالَ آخَرُونَ: «يَبدُو أنَّهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ عَنْ آلِهَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ.» قالُوا هَذا لِأنَّهُ كانَ يُبَشِّرُ بِيَسُوعَ وَبِالقِيامَةِ.

19 T hey took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

فَأخَذُوهُ وَأحضَرُوهُ إلَى مَجلِسِ أرِيُوسَ باغُوسَ وَقالُوا: «هَلْ تَسمَحُ بِأنْ تُخبِرَنا ما هُوَ هَذا التَّعلِيمُ الجَدِيدُ الَّذِي تَعرِضُهُ عَلَى النّاسِ؟

20 F or you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”

فَأنتَ تَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ أُمُورٍ غَرِيبَةٍ عَنّا، وَنُرِيدُ أنْ نَفهَمَ ما تَعنِيهِ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ.»

21 N ow all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

وَكانَ الأثِينِيُّونَ وَالأجانِبُ السّاكِنُونَ هُناكَ يَقضُونَ كُلَّ وَقتِهِمْ لا يَفعَلُونَ شَيئاً غَيرَ الحَدِيثِ عَنْ شَيءٍ جَدِيدٍ، أوْ الاستِماعِ إلَى شَيءٍ جَدِيدٍ.

22 P aul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

حينَئِذٍ، وَقَفَ بُولُسُ أمامَ أريُوسَ باغُوسَ وَقالَ: «يا رِجالَ أثِيْنا، لاحَظتُ أنَّكُمْ مُتَدَيِّنُونَ جِدّاً فِي كُلِّ شَيءٍ.

23 F or as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.

فَقَدْ تَجَوَّلْتُ فِي المَدِينَةِ وَرَأيتُ مَعبُوداتِكُمْ، فَوَجَدْتُ مَذبَحاً كُتِبَ عَلَيهِ: ‹هَذا المَذبَحُ لإلَهٍ مَجهُولٍ.› فَأنا أُنادِي لَكُمْ إذاً بِمَنْ تَعبُدُونَهُ وَأنتُمْ تَجهَلُونَهُ.

24 T he God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands,

«وَهُوَ الإلَهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ العالَمَ وَكُلَّ ما فِيهِ. وَبِما أنَّهُ رَبُّ السَّماءِ وَالأرْضِ، فَإنَّهُ لا يَسكُنُ فِي مَعابِدَ مِنْ صُنعِ النّاسِ،

25 n either is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

وَلا يُخدَمُ بِأيدِي النّاسِ كَما لَو كانَ مُحتاجاً إلَى شَيءٍ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُعطِي الجَمِيعَ الحَياةَ وَالنَّفسَ وَكُلَّ شَيءٍ آخَرَ.

26 H e made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

خَلَقَ كُلَّ أجناسِ البَشَرِ مِنْ إنسانٍ واحِدٍ، لِكَيْ يَسكُنُوا الأرْضَ كُلَّها. وَحَدَّدَ الأوقاتَ وَالحُدُودَ الَّتِي سَيَعِيشُ فِيها كُلُّ شَعبٍ.

27 t hat they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

«خَلَقَهُمْ لِكَيْ يَسعَوا إلَى اللهِ، فَلَعَلَّهُمْ يُفَتِّشُونَ عَنهُ فَيَجِدُوهُ. غَيرَ أنَّهُ لَيسَ بَعيداً عَنْ أيِّ واحِدٍ مِنّا.

28 ‘ For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

‹إذْ فِيهِ نَحيا وَنَتَحَرَّكُ وَنُوجَدُ.› وَكَما قالَ أيضاً بَعضُ شُعَرائِكُمْ: ‹إنَّنا أبناؤُهُ.›

29 B eing then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

«فَبِما أنَّنا أبناءُ اللهِ، لا يَنبَغي عَلينا أنْ نَظُنَّ أنَّ جَوهَرَ اللهِ كَالذَّهَبِ أوِ الفِضَّةِ أوِ الحَجَرِ، أوْ أيِّ شَيءٍ يُشَكِّلُهُ الإنسانُ بِمَهارَتِهِ وَخَيالِهِ.»

30 T he times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

وَتابَعَ يَقولُ: «لَقَدْ تَغاضَى اللهُ فِيما مَضَى عَنْ أوقاتِ الجَهلِ. أمّا الآنَ فَإنَّهُ يَأْمُرُ النّاسَ فِي كُلِّ مَكانٍ بِأنْ يَتُوبُوا.

31 b ecause he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

فَقَدْ حَدَّدَ يَوماً سَيَدِيْنُ فِيهِ العالَمَ بِالعَدلِ بِواسِطَةِ إنسانٍ اختارَهُ. وَقَدَّمَ بُرهاناً عَلَى هَذا لِلجَمِيعِ إذ أقامَهُ مِنَ المَوتِ.»

32 N ow when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

فَلَمّا سَمِعُوا عَنِ القِيامَةِ مِنَ المَوتِ، سَخِرَ بَعْضُهُمْ، لَكِنَّ آخَرِينَ قالُوا: «حَدِّثْنا بِالمَزِيدِ عَنْ هَذا فِيما بَعْدُ!»

33 T hus Paul went out from among them.

فَتَرَكَهُمْ بُولُسُ.

34 B ut certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

لَكِنَّ بَعضاً مِنهُمُ انضَمَّ إلَيهِ وَآمَنَ. وَمِنْ هَؤُلاءِ دِيُونِيسْيُوسُ، وَهُوَ أحَدُ أعضاءِ مَجلِسِ أرِيُوسَ باغُوسَ، وَامرَأةٌ اسْمُها دامَرِسَ، وَآخَرُونَ مَعَهُما.