أعمال 14

١ 1 وَحَدَثَ فِي إِيقُونِيَةَ أَنَّهُمَا دَخَلَا مَعًا إِلَى مَجْمَعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ وَتَكَلَّمَا، حَتَّى آمَنَ جُمْهُورٌ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ وَٱلْيُونَانِيِّينَ.

The same thing occurred in Iconium, where Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed in Christ.

٢ 2 وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْيَهُودَ غَيْرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ غَرُّوا وَأَفْسَدُوا نُفُوسَ ٱلْأُمَمِ عَلَى ٱلْإِخْوَةِ.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles, and poisoned their minds against the Lord’s followers.

٣ 3 فَأَقَامَا زَمَانًا طَوِيلًا يُجَاهِرَانِ بِٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَشْهَدُ لِكَلِمَةِ نِعْمَتِهِ، وَيُعْطِي أَنْ تُجْرَى آيَاتٌ وَعَجَائِبُ عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمَا.

Therefore Paul and Barnabas spent a long time there, and spoke out fearlessly, relying on the Lord, who confirmed the message of his love by permitting signs and wonders to take place at their hands.

٤ 4 فَٱنْشَقَّ جُمْهُورُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَكَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ مَعَ ٱلْيَهُودِ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولَيْنِ.

But the townspeople were divided, some siding with the Jews, some with the apostles;

٥ 5 فَلَمَّا حَصَلَ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ وَٱلْيَهُودِ مَعَ رُؤَسَائِهِمْ هُجُومٌ لِيَبْغُوا عَلَيْهِمَا وَيَرْجُمُوهُمَا،

and, when there was an attempt on the part of both Gentiles and Jews, with their leaders, to resort to violence and to stone them,

٦ 6 شَعَرَا بِهِ، فَهَرَبَا إِلَى مَدِينَتَيْ لِيكَأُونِيَّةَ: لِسْتِرَةَ وَدَرْبَةَ، وَإِلَى ٱلْكُورَةِ ٱلْمُحِيطَةِ.

the apostles heard of it, and took refuge in Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and in the district round,

٧ 7 وَكَانَا هُنَاكَ يُبَشِّرَانِ.

and there they continued to tell the good news.

٨ 8 وَكَانَ يَجْلِسُ فِي لِسْتْرَةَ رَجُلٌ عَاجِزُ ٱلرِّجْلَيْنِ مُقْعَدٌ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ، وَلَمْ يَمْشِ قَطُّ.

In the streets of Lystra there used to sit a man who had no power in his feet; he had been lame from his birth, and had never walked.

٩ 9 هَذَا كَانَ يَسْمَعُ بُولُسَ يَتَكَلَّمُ، فَشَخَصَ إِلَيْهِ، وَإِذْ رَأَى أَنَّ لَهُ إِيمَانًا لِيُشْفَى،

This man was listening to Paul speaking, when Paul, looking intently at him, and seeing that he had the faith to be healed,

١٠ 10 قَالَ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «قُمْ عَلَى رِجْلَيْكَ مُنْتَصِبًا!». فَوَثَبَ وَصَارَ يَمْشِي.

said loudly, ‘Stand upright on your feet.’ The man leaped up, and began walking about,

١١ 11 فَٱلْجُمُوعُ لَمَّا رَأَوْا مَا فَعَلَ بُولُسُ، رَفَعُوا صَوْتَهُمْ بِلُغَةِ لِيكَأُونِيَّةَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ ٱلْآلِهَةَ تَشَبَّهُوا بِٱلنَّاسِ وَنَزَلُوا إِلَيْنَا».

and the crowd, seeing what Paul had done, called out in the Lycaonian language, ‘The Gods have come down to us in human form.’

١٢ 12 فَكَانُوا يَدْعُونَ بَرْنَابَا «زَفْسَ» وَبُولُسَ «هَرْمَسَ» إِذْ كَانَ هُوَ ٱلْمُتَقَدِّمَ فِي ٱلْكَلَامِ.

So they called Barnabas “Zeus,” and Paul “Hermes,” because he took the lead in speaking;

١٣ 13 فَأَتَى كَاهِنُ زَفْسَ، ٱلَّذِي كَانَ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، بِثِيرَانٍ وَأَكَالِيلَ عِنْدَ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ مَعَ ٱلْجُمُوعِ، وَكَانَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ.

and the priest of Zeus-beyond-the-Walls, accompanied by the crowd, brought bullocks and garlands to the gates, with the intention of offering sacrifices.

١٤ 14 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلرَّسُولَانِ، بَرْنَابَا وَبُولُسُ، مَزَّقَا ثِيَابَهُمَا، وَٱنْدَفَعَا إِلَى ٱلْجَمْعِ صَارِخَيْنِ

But, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd. ‘Friends, why are you doing this?’ they shouted.

١٥ 15 وَقَائِلِينِ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ، لِمَاذَا تَفْعَلُونَ هَذَا؟ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا بَشَرٌ تَحْتَ آلَامٍ مِثْلُكُمْ، نُبَشِّرُكُمْ أَنْ تَرْجِعُوا مِنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ إِلَى ٱلْإِلَهِ ٱلْحَيِّ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَاءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلْبَحْرَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهَا،

‘We are only people like yourselves, and we have come with the good news that you should turn away from these follies to a living God, who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

١٦ 16 ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْأَجْيَالِ ٱلْمَاضِيَةِ تَرَكَ جَمِيعَ ٱلْأُمَمِ يَسْلُكُونَ فِي طُرُقِهِمْ

In bygone times he permitted all the nations to go their own ways.

١٧ 17 مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ نَفْسَهُ بِلَا شَاهِدٍ، وَهُوَ يَفْعَلُ خَيْرًا: يُعْطِينَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَمْطَارًا وَأَزْمِنَةً مُثْمِرَةً، وَيَمْلَأُ قُلُوبَنَا طَعَامًا وَسُرُورًا».

Yet he has not failed to give you, in the good he does, some revelation of himself – sending you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, and gladdening your hearts with plenty and good cheer.’

١٨ 18 وَبِقَوْلِهِمَا هَذَا كَفَّا ٱلْجُمُوعَ بِٱلْجَهْدِ عَنْ أَنْ يَذْبَحُوا لَهُمَا.

Even with this appeal they could hardly restrain the people from offering sacrifice to them.

١٩ 19 ثُمَّ أَتَى يَهُودٌ مِنْ أَنْطَاكِيَةَ وَإِيقُونِيَةَ وَأَقْنَعُوا ٱلْجُمُوعَ، فَرَجَمُوا بُولُسَ وَجَرُّوهُ خَارِجَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، ظَانِّينَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ.

Presently, however, there came some Jews from Antioch, and Iconium who, after they had won over the people, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the town, thinking him to be dead.

٢٠ 20 وَلَكِنْ إِذْ أَحَاطَ بِهِ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ، قَامَ وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ، وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ خَرَجَ مَعَ بَرْنَابَا إِلَى دَرْبَةَ.

But, when the disciples had gathered round him, he got up and went back into the town; the next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe.

٢١ 21 فَبَشَّرَا فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَتَلْمَذَا كَثِيرِينَ. ثُمَّ رَجَعَا إِلَى لِسْتِرَةَ وَإِيقُونِيَةَ وَأَنْطَاكِيَةَ،

After telling the good news throughout that town, and making a number of converts, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

٢٢ 22 يُشَدِّدَانِ أَنْفُسَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذِ وَيَعِظَانِهِمْ أَنْ يَثْبُتُوا فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ، وَأَنَّهُ بِضِيقَاتٍ كَثِيرَةٍ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَدْخُلَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ.

reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the kingdom of God.

٢٣ 23 وَٱنْتَخَبَا لَهُمْ قُسُوسًا فِي كُلِّ كَنِيسَةٍ، ثُمَّ صَلَّيَا بِأَصْوَامٍ وَٱسْتَوْدَعَاهُمْ لِلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي كَانُوا قَدْ آمَنُوا بِهِ.

They also appointed elders for them in every church, and, after prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had learned to believe.

٢٤ 24 وَلَمَّا ٱجْتَازَا فِي بِيسِيدِيَّةَ أَتَيَا إِلَى بَمْفِيلِيَّةَ.

Paul and Barnabas then went through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia,

٢٥ 25 وَتَكَلَّمَا بِٱلْكَلِمَةِ فِي بَرْجَةَ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَا إِلَى أَتَّالِيَةَ.

and, after telling the message at Perga, went down to Attaleia.

٢٦ 26 وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ سَافَرَا فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ، حَيْثُ كَانَا قَدْ أُسْلِمَا إِلَى نِعْمَةِ ٱللهِ لِلْعَمَلِ ٱلَّذِي أَكْمَلَاهُ.

From there they sailed to Antioch – the place where they had been committed to the gracious care of God for the work which they had now finished.

٢٧ 27 وَلَمَّا حَضَرَا وَجَمَعَا ٱلْكَنِيسَةَ، أَخْبَرَا بِكُلِّ مَا صَنَعَ ٱللهُ مَعَهُمَا، وَأَنَّهُ فَتَحَ لِلْأُمَمِ بَابَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ.

After their arrival, they gathered the church together, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do, and especially how he had opened to the Gentiles the door of faith;

٢٨ 28 وَأَقَامَا هُنَاكَ زَمَانًا لَيْسَ بِقَلِيلٍ مَعَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذِ.

and at Antioch they stayed with the disciples for a considerable time.