أعمال 17
| وَصَلَ بُولُسُ وَسِيلا إِلَى تَسَالُونِيكِي بَعْدَمَا مَرَّا بِأَمْفِيبُولِيسَ وَأَبُولُونِيَّةَ. وَكَانَ فِي تَسَالُونِيكِي مَجْمَعٌ لِلْيَهُودِ. | ١ 1 |
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
| فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ كَعَادَتِهِ، وَنَاقَشَهُمْ لِثَلاثَةِ سُبُوتٍ، مُسْتَنِداً إِلَى الْكِتَابِ، | ٢ 2 |
So Paul, as was his custom, went in to them and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
| وَشَرَحَ لَهُمْ مُبَيِّناً أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ كَانَ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتَأَلَّمَ وَيَقُومَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَأَنَّ «الْمَسِيحَ الَّذِي تَنْتَظِرُونَهُ هُوَ يَسُوعُ الَّذِي أُبَشِّرُكُمْ بِهِ الآنَ!» | ٣ 3 |
explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that “this Jesus whom I proclaim to you is the Messiah.”
| فَاقْتَنَعَ بَعْضُ الْحَاضِرِينَ وَانْضَمُّوا إِلَى بُولُسَ وَسِيلا. وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ الْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ لِلهِ وَكَثِيرَاتٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ النَّبِيلاتِ. | ٤ 4 |
Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of devout Greeks and not a few of the prominent women.
| فَأَثَارَ ذَلِكَ حَسَدَ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا، فَأَتَوْا بِبَعْضِ الأَشْرَارِ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الشَّارِعِ، وَجَمَعُوا جُمْهُوراً وَأَخَذُوا يُحَرِّضُونَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى أَثَارُوا الْفَوْضَى فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، ثُمَّ هَجَمُوا عَلَى بَيْتِ يَاسُونَ مُطَالِبِينَ بِتَسْلِيمِ بُولُسَ وَسِيلا إِلَى الْجَمْعِ. | ٥ 5 |
But the disobedient Jews rounded up some wicked men from the marketplace, and forming a mob they created an uproar in the city; and attacking the house of Jason, they wanted to bring them out to the crowd.
| وَلَمَّا لَمْ يَجِدُوهُمَا هُنَاكَ جَرُّوا يَاسُونَ وَبَعْضَ الإِخْوَةِ وَاقْتَادُوهُمْ إِلَى حُكَّامِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاشْتَكَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ صَارِخِينَ: «إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ قَلَبَا الدُّنْيَا، قَدْ جَاءَا إِلَى مَدِينَتِنَا أَيْضاً، | ٦ 6 |
But not finding them they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials vociferating: “These who have upset the whole world have come here too,
| فَاسْتَضَافَهُمَا يَاسُونُ. وَهُمْ جَمِيعاً يُخَالِفُونَ أَوَامِرَ الْقَيْصَرِ، وَيُنَادُونَ بِمَلِكٍ آخَرَ اسْمُهُ يَسُوعُ». | ٧ 7 |
to whom Jason has given lodging. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”
| فَأَحْدَثُوا انْزِعَاجاً لَدَى الْجَمْعِ وَالْحُكَّامِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعُوا هَذَا. | ٨ 8 |
Well they agitated the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
| فَقَبَضَ الْحُكَّامُ كَفَالَةً مِنْ يَاسُونَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ أَفْرَجُوا عَنْهُمْ. | ٩ 9 |
Then they took a security bond from Jason and the rest and let them go.
| وَفِي اللَّيْلِ رَحَّلَ الإِخْوَةُ بُولُسَ وَسِيلا حَالاً إِلَى بِيرِيَّةَ. وَلَمَّا وَصَلا إِلَيْهَا، ذَهَبَا إِلَى مَجْمَعِ الْيَهُودِ فِيهَا. | ١٠ 10 |
Immediately, during the night, the brothers sent both Paul and Silas away to Berea; on arriving they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
| وَكَانَ يَهُودُ بِيرِيَّةَ أَشْرَفَ مِنْ يَهُودِ تَسَالُونِيكِي، فَقَبِلُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ بِرَغْبَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، وَأَخَذُوا يَدْرُسُونَ الْكِتَابَ يَوْمِيًّا لِيَتَأَكَّدُوا مِنْ صِحَّةِ التَّعْلِيمِ. | ١١ 11 |
Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all goodwill, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things might be so.
| فَآمَنَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ، كَمَا آمَنَ مِنَ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ نِسَاءٌ نَبِيلاتٌ وَعَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
| وَعَرَفَ يَهُودُ تَسَالُونِيكِي أَنَّ بُولُسَ يُبَشِّرُ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ فِي بِيرِيَّةَ، فَلَحِقُوا بِهِ وَبَدَأُوا يُحَرِّضُونَ الْجُمُوعَ لِيَثُورُوا عَلَيْهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the Word of God was also being proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came too, agitating the crowds.
| وَفِي الْحَالِ أَخَذَ بَعْضُ الإِخْوَةِ بُولُسَ نَحْوَ الْبَحْرِ لِيُسَافِرَ، وَبَقِيَ سِيلا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ هُنَاكَ. | ١٤ 14 |
So then, without delay, the brothers sent Paul away, as if to go by sea, while both Silas and Timothy remained there.
| وَرَافَقَ الإِخْوَةُ بُولُسَ حَتَّى أَوْصَلُوهُ إِلَى أَثِينَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا بَعْدَمَا أَوْصَاهُمْ بُولُسُ بِأَنْ يَلْحَقَ بِهِ سِيلا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ بِأَسْرَعِ مَا يُمْكِنُ. | ١٥ 15 |
But those who were conducting Paul actually took him all the way to Athens; and receiving a command to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they started back.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ بُولُسُ يَنْتَظِرُهُمَا فِي أَثِينَا رَأَى الْمَدِينَةَ مَمْلُوءَةً أَصْنَاماً فَتَضَايَقَتْ رُوحُهُ. | ١٦ 16 |
Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was increasingly aroused within him as he observed that the city was full of idols.
| وَأَخَذَ يُخَاطِبُ الْيَهُودَ وَغَيْرَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ، وَمَنْ يَلْقَاهُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٧ 17 |
So he reasoned both in the synagogue with the Jews and devout persons, and in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.
| وَجَرَتْ مُنَاقَشَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ بَعْضِ الْفَلاسِفَةِ الأَبِيقُورِيِّينَ وَالرِّوَاقِيِّينَ. وَلَمَّا وَجَدُوا أَنَّهُ يُبَشِّرُ بِيَسُوعَ وَالْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: «مَاذَا يَعْنِي هَذَا الْمُدَّعِي الأَحْمَقُ بِكَلامِهِ؟» وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: «يَبْدُو أَنَّهُ يُنَادِي بِآلِهَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ». | ١٨ 18 |
Then certain philosophers, both Epicureans and Stoics, encountered him. Some said, “What might this idea-scavenger want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
| ثُمَّ قَادُوهُ إِلَى تَلَّةِ أَرْيُوبَاغُوسَ (حَيْثُ مَجْلِسُ الْمَدِينَةِ) وَسَأَلُوهُ: «هَلْ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْرِفَ مَا هُوَ الْمَذْهَبُ الْجَدِيدُ الَّذِي تُنَادِي بِهِ؟ | ١٩ 19 |
So taking him in tow they led him to the Areopagus and said: “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
| إِنَّنَا نَسْمَعُ مِنْكَ أَقْوَالاً غَرِيبَةً نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَعْرِفَ مَعْنَاهَا». | ٢٠ 20 |
Because you are bringing some strange things to our ears, and we would like to know what they might mean.”
| وَكَانَ أَهْلُ أَثِينَا وَالأَجَانِبُ السَّاكِنُونَ فِيهَا لَا يُمْضُونَ أَوْقَاتِ فَرَاغِهِمْ إِلّا فِي مُنَاقَشَةِ الأَفْكَارِ الْجَدِيدَةِ. | ٢١ 21 |
(Now all Athenians and resident foreigners spent their time in nothing else but to tell, or else to hear, some novelty.)
| فَوَقَفَ بُولُسُ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرِيُوبَاغُوسِ، وَقَالَ: «يَا أَهْلَ أَثِينَا، أَرَاكُمْ مُتَدَيِّنِينَ كَثِيراً فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ. | ٢٢ 22 |
So standing in the middle of the Areopagus Paul said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
| فَبَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ أَتَجَوَّلُ فِي مَدِينَتِكُمْ وَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَعَابِدِكُمْ وَجَدْتُ مَعْبَداً مَكْتُوباً عَلَيْهِ’إِلَى الإِلهِ الْمَجْهُولِ‘. فَبِهَذَا الإِلَهِ الَّذِي تَعْبُدُونَهُ وَلا تَعْرِفُونَهُ، أَنَا أُبَشِّرُكُمْ. | ٢٣ 23 |
because as I went along and scrutinized the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO UNKNOWN GOD. Now then, the one you worship as ‘unknown’, this is the One I proclaim to you:
| إِنَّهُ اللهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْكَوْنَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهِ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي لَا يَسْكُنُ فِي مَعَابِدَ بَنَتْهَا أَيْدِي الْبَشَرِ، لأَنَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، | ٢٤ 24 |
The God who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples built by hands,
| وَلَيْسَ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى خِدْمَةٍ يُقَدِّمُهَا لَهُ النَّاسُ. فَإِنَّهُ يَهَبُ جَمِيعَ الْخَلْقِ الْحَيَاةَ وَالنَّفْسَ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ. | ٢٥ 25 |
neither is He cared for by men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself has always given life and breath to all.
| وَقَدْ أَخْرَجَ الشُّعُوبَ جَمِيعاً مِنْ أَصْلٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ بِلادَ الأَرْضِ كُلَّهَا، وَحَدَّدَ مُسْبَقاً أَزْمِنَةَ وُجُودِهِمْ وَحُدُودَ أَوْطَانِهِمْ، | ٢٦ 26 |
And from one blood He made every ethnic nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
| لِكَيْ يَبْحَثُوا عَنِ اللهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَلَمَّسُونَهُ فَيَهْتَدُوا إِلَيْهِ! فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَعِيداً عَنْ أَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا، | ٢٧ 27 |
so that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
| لأَنَّنَا بِهِ نَحْيَا وَنَتَحَرَّكُ وَنُوجَدُ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ بَعْضُ شُعَرَائِكُمْ: نَحْنُ أَيْضاً ذُرِّيَّتُهُ! | ٢٨ 28 |
because in Him we live and move and have our being. As also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
| فَمَادُمْنَا ذُرِّيَةَ اللهِ، فَيَجِبُ أَلّا نَنْظُرَ إِلَى الأُلُوهِيَّةِ كَأَنَّهَا صَنَمٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ أَوْ حَجَرٍ يَسْتَطِيعُ إِنْسَانٌ أَنْ يَنْحَتَهُ أَوْ يَصُوغَهُ كَمَا يَتَخَيَّلُ! | ٢٩ 29 |
Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold or silver or stone—something shaped by human skill and imagination.
| فَاللهُ الآنَ يَدْعُو جَمِيعَ النَّاسِ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْ يَرْجِعُوا إِلَيْهِ تَائِبِينَ، وَقَدْ غَضَّ النَّظَرَ عَنْ أَزْمِنَةِ الْجَهْلِ الَّتِي مَرَّتْ، | ٣٠ 30 |
Such times of ignorance God did indeed overlook, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent,
| لأَنَّهُ حَدَّدَ يَوْماً يَدِينُ فِيهِ الْعَالَمَ بِالْعَدْلِ عَلَى يَدِ رَجُلٍ اخْتَارَهُ لِذَلِكَ. وَقَدْ قَدَّمَ لِلْجَمِيعِ بُرْهَاناً، إِذْ أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ». | ٣١ 31 |
because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
| وَمَا إِنْ سَمِعَ الْحَاضِرُونَ بِالْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ حَتَّى بَدَأَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ. وَلَكِنَّ آخَرِينَ قَالُوا لِبُولُسَ: «نَوَدُّ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَنَا فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضُوعِ ثَانِيَةً». | ٣٢ 32 |
Well when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some started scoffing, while others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
| وَهَكَذَا خَرَجَ بُولُسُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ. | ٣٣ 33 |
And with that Paul went out from among them.
| وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَهُمُ انْضَمُّوا إِلَى بُولُسَ وَآمَنُوا وَمِنْهُمْ دِيُونِيسِيُوسُ، وَكَانَ عُضْواً فِي مَجْلِسِ أَرْيُوبَاغُوسَ، وَامْرَأَةٌ اسْمُهَا دَامَارِيسُ، وَآخَرُونَ غَيْرُهُمَا. | ٣٤ 34 |
However some men believed and joined him, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, also a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
