أعمال 26
| فَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِبُولُسَ: «إِنَّنَا نَسْمَحُ لَكَ بِالدِّفَاعِ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ». فَأَشَارَ بُولُسُ بِيَدِهِ، وَابْتَدَأَ دِفَاعَهُ قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
And Agrippa said to Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand and made his defence:
| «أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ، يُسْعِدُنِي أَنْ أُدَافِعَ عَنْ نَفْسِي فِي حَضْرَتِكَ، وَأَرُدَّ كُلَّ مَا يَتَّهِمُنِي بِهِ الْيَهُودُ، | ٢ 2 |
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence this day before thee concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews;
| وَبِخَاصَّةٍ لأَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ تَمَاماً طُقُوسَهُمْ وَمُجَادَلاتِهِمْ. فَأَلْتَمِسُ أَنْ تَسْمَعَنِي بِرَحَابَةِ صَدْرٍ. | ٣ 3 |
especially as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
| إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَمِيعاً يَعْرِفُونَ نَشْأَتِي مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ. فَقَدْ عِشْتُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مُنْذُ صِغَرِي. | ٤ 4 |
My manner of life, then, from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all Jews know:
| وَمَادَامُوا يَعْرِفُونَنِي مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ، فَلَوْ أَرَادُوا لَشَهِدُوا أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ فَرِّيسِيًّا، أَيْ تَابِعاً لِلْمَذْهَبِ الأَكْثَرِ تَشَدُّداً فِي دِيَانَتِنَا. | ٥ 5 |
and they know, if they are willing to testify, that from the first, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
| وَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أُحَاكَمُ لأَنَّ لِي رَجَاءً بِأَنْ يُحَقِّقَ اللهُ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ آبَاءَنَا، | ٦ 6 |
And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers,
| وَمَازَالَتْ أَسْبَاطُ شَعْبِنَا الاثْنَا عَشَرَ تُوَاظِبُ عَلَى الْعِبَادَةِ لَيْلَ نَهَارَ رَاجِيَةً تَحْقِيقَهُ. مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الرَّجَاءِ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، يَتَّهِمُنِي الْيَهُودُ. | ٧ 7 |
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God day and night, hope to obtain; concerning which hope, O king, I am accused by Jews.
| لِمَاذَا لَا تُصَدِّقُونَ أَنَّ اللهَ يُقِيمُ الأَمْوَاتَ؟ | ٨ 8 |
Why is it judged incredible with you if God raiseth the dead?
| وَكُنْتُ أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهُ يَجِبُ أَنْ أَبْذُلَ غَايَةَ جَهْدِي لأُقَاوِمَ اسْمَ يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيِّ. | ٩ 9 |
I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
| وَقَدْ عَمِلْتُ عَلَى تَنْفِيذِ خُطَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ خَاصٍّ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ، فَأَلْقَيْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ عَدَداً كَبِيراً مِنَ الْقِدِّيسِينَ. وَكُنْتُ أُعْطِي صَوْتِي بِالْمُوَافَقَةِ عِنْدَمَا كَانَ الْمَجْلِسُ يَحْكُمُ بِإِعْدَامِهِمْ. | ١٠ 10 |
Which I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I myself shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
| وَكَمْ عَذَّبْتُهُمْ فِي الْمَجَامِعِ كُلِّهَا لأُجْبِرَهُمْ عَلَى التَّجْدِيفِ. وَقَدْ بَلَغَ حِقْدِي عَلَيْهِمْ دَرَجَةً جَعَلَتْنِي أُطَارِدُهُمْ فِي الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي فِي خَارِجِ الْبِلادِ. | ١١ 11 |
And I punished them often in all the synagogues, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.
| وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دِمَشْقَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ وَتَرْخِيصٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ، | ١٢ 12 |
And as I was going to Damascus on this business, with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
| فَرَأَيْتُ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ نُوراً يَفُوقُ نُورَ الشَّمْسِ يَسْطَعُ حَوْلِي وَحَوْلَ مُرَافِقِيَّ، | ١٣ 13 |
at mid-day, on the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me.
| فَسَقَطْنَا كُلُّنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ. وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً يُنَادِينِي بِاللُّغَةِ الْعِبْرِيَّةِ قَائِلاً: شَاوُلُ، شَاوُلُ، لِمَاذَا تَضْطَهِدُنِي؟ يَصْعُبُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَرْفُسَ الْمَنَاخِسَ. | ١٤ 14 |
And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.
| فَسَأَلْتُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ؟ فَأَجَابَ: أَنَا يَسُوعُ الَّذِي أَنْتَ تَضْطَهِدُهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
| انْهَضْ وَقِفْ عَلَى قَدَمَيْكَ، فَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ لَكَ لأُعَيِّنَكَ خَادِماً لِي وَشَاهِداً بِهَذِهِ الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي تَرَانِي فِيهَا الآنَ، وَبِالرُّؤَى الَّتِي سَتَرَانِي فِيهَا بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ. | ١٦ 16 |
But arise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to prepare thee as a minister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of those on account of which I will appear to thee;
| وَسَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ شَعْبِكَ وَمِنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي أُرْسِلُكَ إِلَيْهَا الآنَ، | ١٧ 17 |
delivering thee from the people, and from the gentiles, to whom I send thee,
| لِتَفْتَحَ عُيُونَهُمْ كَيْ يَرْجِعُوا مِنَ الظَّلامِ إِلَى النُّورِ، وَمِنْ سَيْطَرَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِلَى اللهِ، فَيَنَالُوا غُفْرَانَ الْخَطَايَا وَنَصِيباً بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ تَقَدَّسُوا بِالإِيمَانِ بِي. | ١٨ 18 |
to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.
| وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ لَمْ أُعَانِدِ الرُّؤْيَا السَّمَاوِيَّةَ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ. | ١٩ 19 |
Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
| فَبَشَّرْتُ أَهْلَ دِمَشْقَ أَوَّلاً، ثُمَّ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ كُلِّهَا، ثُمَّ الأَجَانِبَ. فَدَعَوْتُ الْجَمِيعَ إِلَى التَّوْبَةِ وَالرُّجُوعِ إِلَى اللهِ، وَالْقِيَامِ بِأَعْمَالٍ تَلِيقُ بِالتَّوْبَةِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
but first to those in Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the country of Judaea, and then to the gentiles, I proclaimed that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
| وَبِسَبَبِ تَبْشِيرِي قَبَضَ الْيَهُودُ عَلَيَّ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ وَحَاوَلُوا أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِي، | ٢١ 21 |
For these causes the Jews seized me in the temple, and attempted to kill me.
| وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ حَفِظَنِي حَتَّى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَبِمَعُونَتِهِ أَقِفُ أَمَامَ الْبُسَطَاءِ وَالْعُظَمَاءِ شَاهِداً لَهُ وَلَسْتُ أَحِيدُ عَمَّا تَنَبَّأَ بِهِ مُوسَى وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Having, however, obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing except those things which the Prophets and Moses said were to come to pass;
| مِنْ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ سَيَتَأَلَّمُ فَيَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَقُومُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَيُبَشِّرُ بِالنُّورِ شَعْبَنَا وَالشُّعُوبَ الأُخْرَى». | ٢٣ 23 |
that the Christ should suffer, and that, as first of those raised from the dead, he was to proclaim light both to the people and to the gentiles.
| وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَ بُولُسُ فِي دِفَاعِهِ إِلَى هَذَا الْحَدِّ، حَتَّى قَاطَعَهُ فَسْتُوسُ قَائِلاً بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ: «جُنِنْتَ يَا بُولُسُ! إِنَّ تَبَحُّرَكَ فِي الْعِلْمِ أَصَابَكَ بِالْجُنُونِ!» | ٢٤ 24 |
And as he was thus speaking in his defence, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning is making thee mad.
| فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «لَسْتُ مَجْنُوناً يَا سُمُوَّ الْحَاكِمِ فَسْتُوسَ، فَأَنَا أَنْطِقُ بِكَلامِ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
But he saith, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness.
| وَالْمَلِكُ الَّذِي أُخَاطِبُهُ الآنَ صَرَاحَةً يَعْرِفُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ الَّتِي أَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْهَا، وَأَنَا مُتَأَكِّدٌ أَنَّهُ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْهَا، لأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَحْدُثْ فِي زَاوِيَةٍ مُظْلِمَةٍ! | ٢٦ 26 |
For the king knoweth about these things well; to whom also I speak boldly; for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him: for this was not done in a corner.
| أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ، أَتُصَدِّقُ أَقْوَالَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ؟ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تُصَدِّقُهَا!» | ٢٧ 27 |
King Agrippa, believest thou the Prophets? I know that thou believest.
| فَأَجَابَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ: «قَلِيلاً بَعْدُ، وَتُقْنِعُنِي بِأَنْ أَصِيرَ مَسِيحِيًّا!» | ٢٨ 28 |
Then Agrippa said to Paul, With little effort thou thinkest to persuade me to become a Christian.
| فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «سَوَاءٌ كَانَ قَلِيلاً أَمْ كَثِيراً، فَإِنَّ صَلاتِي إِلَى اللهِ لأَجْلِكَ وَلأَجْلِ الْحَاضِرِينَ هُنَا جَمِيعاً أَنْ تَصِيرُوا مِثْلِي، ولكِنْ دُونَ هَذِهِ السَّلاسِلِ!» | ٢٩ 29 |
And Paul said, I would to God, that with little effort or with great, not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, might be made such as I am, except these bonds.
| بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَامَ الْمَلِكُ وَالْحَاكِمُ وَبَرْنِيكِي وَالْحَاضِرُونَ | ٣٠ 30 |
And the king rose up and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them;
| وَتَرَكُوا الْقَاعَةَ، وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «لَمْ يَرْتَكِبْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ مَا يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمَوْتَ أَوِ السَّجْنَ». | ٣١ 31 |
and going aside they talked with each other, saying, This man is doing nothing deserving death, or bonds.
| وَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِفَسْتُوسَ: «لَوْ لَمْ يَسْتَأْنِفْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ دَعْوَاهُ إِلَى الْقَيْصَرِ لَكَانَ يُمْكِنُ إِطْلاقُهُ!» | ٣٢ 32 |
And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.
