1 A nd there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also -- Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother -- and Saul;

وَكانَ فِي كَنِيسَةِ أنطاكِيَّةَ بَعضُ الأنبِياءِ وَالمُعَلِّمِينَ. فَكانَ هُناكَ بَرنابا، وَسِمعانُ الَّذِي كانَ يُدعَى نِيجَرَ، وَلُوكيُوسُ القَيرِينِيُّ، وَمَنايِنُ الَّذِي كانَ قَدْ نَشَأ مَعَ الوالِي هِيرُودُسَ، وَشاوُلُ.

2 a nd in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'

وَبَينَما كانُوا يَخدِمُونَ الرَّبَّ وَيَصُومُونَ، قالَ الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ: «خَصِّصُوا لِي بَرنابا وَشاوُلَ لِكَي يَقُوما بِالعَمَلِ الَّذِي سَبَقَ أنْ دَعَوتُهُما إلَيهِ.»

3 t hen having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent away.

فَبَعدَ أنْ صامُوا وَصَلُّوا، وَضَعُوا أيدِيَهُمْ عَلَى بَرنابا وَشاوُلَ، وَأرسَلُوهُما. بَرنابا وَشاوُلُ فِي قُبرُص

4 T hese, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

وَبَعدَ أنْ أرسَلَهُما الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ، ذَهَبا إلَى سَلُوكِيَّةَ. وَمِنْ هُناكَ أبحَرا إلَى قُبرُصَ.

5 a nd having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John a ministrant;

وَعِندَما وَصَلا إلَى سَلامِيسَ، بَشَّرا بِرِسالَةِ الرَّبِّ فِي مَجامِعِ اليَهُودِ، وَكانَ يُوحَنّا مَعَهُما يُساعِدُهُما.

6 a nd having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name Bar-Jesus;

فَاجتازا فِي الجَزِيْرَةِ كُلِّها حَتَّى مَدِينَةِ بافُوسَ. فَوَجَدا هُناكَ ساحِراً وَنَبِيّاً كاذِباً، وَهُوَ يَهُودِيٌّ اسْمُهُ بارْيَشُوعُ.

7 w ho was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

وَكانَ مُرافِقاً لِحاكِمِ الجَزِيرَةِ سَرجِيُوسَ بُولُسَ، وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ حَكيمٌ. فَأرسَلَ فِي طَلَبِ بَرنابا وَشاوُلَ وَطَلَبَ أنْ يَسمَعَ رِسالَةً مِنَ اللهِ.

8 a nd there withstood them Elymas the magian -- for so is his name interpreted -- seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

فَقاوَمَهُما السّاحِرُ عَلِيمُ، كَما يُتَرجَمُ اسْمُهُ. وَحاوَلَ أنْ يُبْعِدَ الحاكِمَ عَنِ الإيمانِ.

9 A nd Saul -- who also Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

فَامتَلأ شاوُلُ، الَّذِي كانَ يُدعَى بُولُسُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ، وَوَجَّهَ نَظَرَهُ إلَى عَلِيمَ،

10 s aid, `O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

وَقالَ لَهُ: «أنتَ مُمتَلِئٌ بِكُلِّ أنواعِ الغِشِّ وَالحِيَلِ الشِّرِّيْرَةِ! أنتَ ابنٌ لإبلِيسَ، عَدُوٌّ لِكُلِّ ما هُوَ حَقٌّ! ألَنْ تَتَوَقَّفَ أبَداً عَنْ تَشوِيهِ طُرُقِ الرَّبِّ المُستَقِيمَةِ؟

11 a nd now, lo, a hand of the Lord upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead by the hand;

فَالآنَ ها هِيَ يَدُ الرَّبِّ تَضْرِبُكَ، فَتَكُونَ أعمَىً لا تَرَى الشَّمسَ مُدَّةً مِنَ الزَّمَنِ.» فَغَمَرَتهُ عَلَى الفَورِ ظُلمَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، وَراحَ يَبحَثُ عَمَّنْ يَقُودُهُ بِيَدِهِ.

12 t hen the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass, did believe, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

فَلَمّا رَأى الحاكِمُ ما حَدَثَ، آمَنَ إذْ ذُهِلَ مِنْ تَعلِيمِ الرَّبِّ. بُولُس فِي أنطاكيَة الَّتي فِي بِيسِدِيَة

13 A nd those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,

ثُمَّ أبحَرَ بُولُسُ وَرِفِيقاهُ مِنْ بافُوسَ، وَوَصَلُوا إلَى مَدِينَةِ بَرْجَةَ فِي بَمْفِيليَةَ. لَكِنَّ يُوحَنّا تَرَكَهُما وَرَجِعَ إلَى القُدسِ.

14 a nd they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down,

فَتابَعا رِحلَتَهُما مِنْ بَرجَةَ فَوَصَلا إلَى أنطاكِيَةَ الَّتِي فِي بِيسِيديَةَ. وَفِي السَّبتِ ذَهَبا إلَى المَجمَعِ وَجَلَسا.

15 a nd after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, `Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people -- say on.'

وَهُناكَ قُرِئَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ وَكِتاباتُ الأنبِياءِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ أرسَلَ إلَيهِما المَسؤُولُونَ عَنِ المَجمَعِ رِسالَةً تَقُولُ: «أَيُّها الأَخَوَانِ، إنْ كانَتْ لَدَيكُما رِسالَةُ تَشجِيعٍ لِلشَّعبِ، فَتَكَلَّما.»

16 A nd Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, `Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:

فَوَقَفَ بُولُسُ وَأشارَ بِيَدِهِ وَقالَ: «يا رِجالَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، وَأنتُمْ يا غَيرَ اليَهُودِ الَّذِينَ تَخافُونَ اللهَ، أصغُوا إلَيَّ.

17 t he God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

إنَّ إلَهَ بَنِيْ إسرائِيلَ قَدِ اخْتارَ آباءَنا، وَرَفَعَ مِنْ شَأْنِ شَعبِنا أثناءَ إقامَتِهِمْ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، ثُمَّ أخرَجَهُمْ بِقُوَّتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ مِنْ تِلكَ الأرْضِ.

18 a nd about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

وَاحتَمَلَهُمْ نَحوَ أربَعِينَ عاماً فِي البَرِّيَّةِ.

19 a nd having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

ثُمَّ حَطَّمَ سَبعَةَ شُعُوبٍ فِي أرْضِ كِنعانَ، وَأعطَى الأرْضَ لَهُمْ مِيراثاً

20 ` And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges -- till Samuel the prophet;

لِمُدَّةِ أربَعِ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ عاماً. وَبَعدَ هَذا وَلَّى عَلَيهِمْ قُضاةً حَتَّى زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَمُوئِيلَ.

21 a nd thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

«ثُمَّ طَلَبُوا مَلِكاً، فَأعطاهُمُ اللهُ شاوُلَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ بَنْيامِيْنَ. فَحَكَمَهُمْ أربَعِينَ عاماً.

22 a nd having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

وَبَعدَ أنْ أزاحَهُ اللهُ، نَصَّبَ داوُدَ مَلِكاً عَلَيهِمْ، وَشَهِدَ لِداوُدَ فَقالَ: ‹لَقَدْ وَجَدتُ داوُدَ بْنَ يَسَّى كَما يُرِيدُهُ قَلبِي. وَهُوَ سَيَفعَلُ كُلَّ ما أُرِيدُهُ.›

23 ` Of this one's seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour -- Jesus,

«وَمِنْ نَسلِ هَذا الرَّجُلِ، أعطَى اللهُ لِبَنِي إسرائِيلَ مُخَلِّصاً حَسَبَ وَعدِهِ، هُوَ يَسُوعَ.

24 J ohn having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

وَقَبلَ مَجِيئِهِ، نادَى يُوحَنّا لِكُلِّ بَنِي إسرائِيلَ بِمَعمُودِيَّةٍ مَبنِيَّةٍ عَلَى التَّوبَةِ.

25 a nd as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not, but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of feet.

وَقَدْ قالَ يُوحَنّا وَهُوَ يُكمِلُ مَهَمَّتَهُ: ‹مَنْ تَظُنُّونَنِي؟ أنا لَستُ هُوَ، لَكِنْ هُناكَ شَخصٌ سَيَأْتِي بَعدِي لا أستَحِقُّ أنْ أحُلَّ رِباطَ حِذائِهِ.›

26 ` Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent,

«أيُّها الإخوَةُ، يا أبناءَ إبراهِيمَ، وَأنتُمْ يا غَيرَ اليَهُودِ الَّذِينَ تَخافُونَ اللهَ، لَقَدْ أُرسِلَتْ إلَينا نَحنُ رِسالَةُ الخَلاصِ هَذِهِ،

27 f or those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read -- having judged -- did fulfill,

أمّا اليَهودُ وَقادَتُهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَسكُنُونَ مَدينَةَ القُدسِ، فَلَمْ يَعرِفُوا يَسُوعَ، بَلْ أدانُوهُ مُتَمِّمِينَ بِذَلِكَ نُبُوَّاتِ الأنبِياءِ الَّتِي يَقرَأُونَها كُلَّ سَبتٍ.

28 a nd no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

وَرُغمَ أنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَجِدُوا أيَّ أساسٍ لِلحُكمِ عَلَيهِ بِالمَوْتِ، إلّا أنَّهُمْ طَلَبُوا مِنْ بِيلاطُسَ أنْ يَأْمُرَ بِقَتلِهِ.

29 a nd when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

«وَلَمّا تَمَّموا كُلَّ الأُمُورِ المَكتُوبَةِ عَنه، أنزَلُوهُ عَنْ خَشَبَةِ الصَّلِيبِ، وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبرٍ.

30 a nd God did raise him out of the dead,

لَكِنَّ اللهَ أقامَهُ مِنَ المَوتِ.

31 a nd he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

وَظَهَرَ أيّامّاً كَثِيرَةً لِلَّذِينَ رافَقُوهُ مِنَ الجَلِيلِ إلَى القُدسِ. وَهُمِ الآنَ شُهُودٌ لَهُ أمامَ النّاسِ.

32 ` And we to you do proclaim good news -- that the promise made unto the fathers,

وَنَحنُ نُبَشِّرُكُمْ بِذَلِكَ. لَقَدْ أعْطَى اللهُ لآبائِنا وَعداً،

33 G od hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee.

وَقَدْ حَقَّقَ هَذا الوَعدَ لَنا نَحنُ أبناءَهُمْ، بِأنْ أقامَ يَسُوعَ مِنَ المَوتِ. فَكَما هُوَ مَكتُوبٌ فِي المَزمُورِ الثّانِي: ‹أنتَ ابنِي، وَأنا الَيَومَ وَلَدْتُكَ.›

34 ` And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus -- I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

وَلِيُبَيِّنَ اللهُ أنَّهُ أقامَهُ مِنَ المَوتِ، وَأنَّهُ لَنْ يَعُودَ إلَى فَسادٍ قالَ: ‹سَأُعطِيكُمُ البَرَكاتِ الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها داوُدُ.›

35 w herefore also in another he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

لِهَذا يَقُولُ فِي مَزْمورٍ آخَرَ: ‹لَنْ تَدَعَ جَسَدَ قُدُّوسَكَ يَتَعَفَّنُ.›

36 f or David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

فَلَقَدْ ماتَ داوُدُ بَعدَ أنْ حَقَّقَ قَصدَ اللهِ فِي جِيلِهِ. وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ، وَتَعَفَّنَ جَسَدُهُ،

37 b ut he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption.

أمّا الَّذِي أقامَهُ اللهُ مِنَ المَوتِ فَلَمْ يَتَعَفَّنْ.

38 ` Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

فَاعلَمُوا أيُّها الإخوَةُ أنَّنا نُنادِي لَكُمْ بِغُفرانِ الخَطايا مِنْ خِلالِ يَسُوعَ. لَقَدْ عَجِزَتْ شَرِيعَةُ مُوسَى أنْ تُحَرِّرَكُمْ مِنْ خَطاياكُمْ،

39 a nd from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

أمّا كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤمِنُ بِيَسُوعَ فَإنَّهُ يَتَحَرَّرُ مِنْها.

40 s ee, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

فَاحذَرُوا مِنْ أنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ ما قالَهُ الأنبِياءُ:

41 S ee, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I -- I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare to you.'

‹احذَرُوا أيُّها المُستَهزِئُونَ، وَتَعَجَّبُوا وَاهلِكُوا. فَأنا سَأعمَلُ عَمَلاً فِي أيّامِكُمْ، عَمَلاً لَنْ تُصَدِّقوهُ أبَداً، حَتَّى لَوْ أخبَرَكُمْ أحَدٌ!›»

42 A nd having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

وَبَينَما كانا مُنصَرِفَينِ، طَلَبُوا مِنهُما أنْ يُكَلِّماهُمْ بِهَذا الكَلامِ نَفسِهِ فِي السَّبتِ التّالِي.

43 a nd the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

فَلَمّا انتَهَى الاجتِماعُ، تَبِعَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ اليَهُودِ وَالأتقِياءِ المُتَهَوِّدِينَ بُولُسَ وَبَرنابا، فَتَحَدَّثاَ إلَيْهِمْ وَحَثّاهُم عَلَى أنْ يَستَمِرُّوا فِي نِعمَةِ اللهِ.

44 A nd on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

وَفِي السَّبتِ التّالِي، اجتَمَعَ سُكّانُ البَلدَةِ كُلُّهُمْ تَقرِيباً لِسَماعِ رِسالَةِ الرَّبِّ.

45 a nd the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul -- contradicting and speaking evil.

فَلَمّا رَأى اليَهُودُ جُمُوعَ النّاسِ، مَلأهُمُ الحَسَدُ، وَقاوَمُوا ما كانَ بُولُسُ يَقُولُهُ. وَكانُوا يَشتِمُونَهُ.

46 A nd speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

لَكِنَّ بُولُسَ وَبَرنابا تَكَلَّما بِجُرأةٍ. وَقالا: «كانَ ضَرُورِيّاً أنْ نُوصِلَ رِسالَةَ اللهِ إلَيكُمْ أنتُمْ أوَّلاً. لَكِنَّكُمْ رَفَضْتُموها، فَحَكَمتُمْ عَلَى أنفُسِكُمْ بِأنَّكُمْ لا تَستَحِقُّونَ الحَياةَ الأبَدِيَّةَ. فَها نَحْنُ الآنَ نَتَوَجَّهُ بِالبِشارَةِ إلَى غَيرِ اليَهُودِ،

47 f or so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

فَقَدْ أوصانا الرَّبُّ وَقالَ: ‹أقمْتُكُمْ لِتَكُونُوا نُوراً لِبَقِيَّةِ الأُمَمِ، مُظهِرينَ طَريقَ الخَلاصِ للعالَمِ كُلِّهِ›»

48 A nd the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ غَيرُ اليَهُودِ هَذا، فَرِحُوا كَثِيراً، وَامتَدَحُوا رِسالَةَ الرَّبِّ. وَآمَنَ كُلُّ الَّذِينَ عَيَّنَهُمُ اللهُ لِلحَياةِ الأبَدِيَّةِ.

49 a nd the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.

وَانتَشَرَتْ رِسالَةُ الرَّبِّ فِي المِنطَقَةِ كُلِّها.

50 A nd the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

فَهَيَّجَ اليَهُودُ النِّساءَ المُتَدَيِّناتِ البارِزاتِ فِي المُجْتَمَعِ، وَكِبارَ رِجالِ المَدِينَةِ. فَبَدَأُوا حَملَةَ اضطِهادٍ ضِدَّ بُولُسَ وَبَرنابا، وَأخرَجُوهُما بِالقُوَّةِ مِنْ مِنطَقَتِهِمْ.

51 a nd they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium,

فَنَفَضا التُّرابَ عَنْ قَدَمَيهِما، ثُمَّ ذَهَبا إلَى مَدِينَةِ إيقُونِيَةَ.

52 a nd the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

وَأمّا التَّلامِيذُ، فَكانوا مُمتَلِئينَ مِنَ الفَرَحِ وَمِنَ الرُّوحِ القُدُسِ.