أعمال 26
| فَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِبُولُسَ: «إِنَّنَا نَسْمَحُ لَكَ بِالدِّفَاعِ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ». فَأَشَارَ بُولُسُ بِيَدِهِ، وَابْتَدَأَ دِفَاعَهُ قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak about yourself." So Paul, with outstretched arm, proceeded to make his defence.
| «أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ، يُسْعِدُنِي أَنْ أُدَافِعَ عَنْ نَفْسِي فِي حَضْرَتِكَ، وَأَرُدَّ كُلَّ مَا يَتَّهِمُنِي بِهِ الْيَهُودُ، | ٢ 2 |
"As regards all the accusations brought against me by the Jews," he said, "I think myself fortunate, King Agrippa, in being about to defend myself to-day before you,
| وَبِخَاصَّةٍ لأَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ تَمَاماً طُقُوسَهُمْ وَمُجَادَلاتِهِمْ. فَأَلْتَمِسُ أَنْ تَسْمَعَنِي بِرَحَابَةِ صَدْرٍ. | ٣ 3 |
who are so familiar with all the customs and speculations that prevail among the Jews; and for this reason, I pray you, give me a patient hearing.
| إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَمِيعاً يَعْرِفُونَ نَشْأَتِي مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ. فَقَدْ عِشْتُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مُنْذُ صِغَرِي. | ٤ 4 |
"The kind of life I have lived from my youth upwards, as exemplified in my early days among my nation and in Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews.
| وَمَادَامُوا يَعْرِفُونَنِي مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ، فَلَوْ أَرَادُوا لَشَهِدُوا أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ فَرِّيسِيًّا، أَيْ تَابِعاً لِلْمَذْهَبِ الأَكْثَرِ تَشَدُّداً فِي دِيَانَتِنَا. | ٥ 5 |
For they all know me of old--if they would but testify to the fact--how, being an adherent of the strictest sect of our religion, my life was that of a Pharisee.
| وَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أُحَاكَمُ لأَنَّ لِي رَجَاءً بِأَنْ يُحَقِّقَ اللهُ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ آبَاءَنَا، | ٦ 6 |
And now I stand here impeached because of my hope in the fulfilment of the promise made by God to our forefathers--
| وَمَازَالَتْ أَسْبَاطُ شَعْبِنَا الاثْنَا عَشَرَ تُوَاظِبُ عَلَى الْعِبَادَةِ لَيْلَ نَهَارَ رَاجِيَةً تَحْقِيقَهُ. مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الرَّجَاءِ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، يَتَّهِمُنِي الْيَهُودُ. | ٧ 7 |
the promise which our twelve tribes, worshipping day and night with intense devotedness, hope to have made good to them. It is on the subject of this hope, Sir, that I am accused by the Jews.
| لِمَاذَا لَا تُصَدِّقُونَ أَنَّ اللهَ يُقِيمُ الأَمْوَاتَ؟ | ٨ 8 |
Why is it deemed with all of you a thing past belief if God raises the dead to life?
| وَكُنْتُ أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهُ يَجِبُ أَنْ أَبْذُلَ غَايَةَ جَهْدِي لأُقَاوِمَ اسْمَ يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيِّ. | ٩ 9 |
"I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility 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 |
And that was how I acted in Jerusalem. Armed with authority received from the High Priests I shut up many of God's people in various prisons, and when they were about to be put to death I gave my vote 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 |
In all the synagogues also I punished them many a time, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my wild fury I chased them even to foreign towns.
| وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دِمَشْقَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ وَتَرْخِيصٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ، | ١٢ 12 |
"While thus engaged, I was travelling one day to Damascus armed with authority and a commission from the High Priests,
| فَرَأَيْتُ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ نُوراً يَفُوقُ نُورَ الشَّمْسِ يَسْطَعُ حَوْلِي وَحَوْلَ مُرَافِقِيَّ، | ١٣ 13 |
and on the journey, at noon, Sir, I saw a light from Heaven--brighter than the brightness of the sun--shining around me and around those who were travelling with me.
| فَسَقَطْنَا كُلُّنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ. وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً يُنَادِينِي بِاللُّغَةِ الْعِبْرِيَّةِ قَائِلاً: شَاوُلُ، شَاوُلُ، لِمَاذَا تَضْطَهِدُنِي؟ يَصْعُبُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَرْفُسَ الْمَنَاخِسَ. | ١٤ 14 |
We all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice which said to me in Hebrew, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? You are finding it painful to kick against the ox-goad.'
| فَسَأَلْتُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ؟ فَأَجَابَ: أَنَا يَسُوعُ الَّذِي أَنْتَ تَضْطَهِدُهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
"'Who art Thou, Lord?' I asked. "'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.
| 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 rise, and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you My servant and My witness both as to the things you have already seen and as to those in which I will appear to you.
| وَسَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ شَعْبِكَ وَمِنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي أُرْسِلُكَ إِلَيْهَا الآنَ، | ١٧ 17 |
I will save you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes,
| لِتَفْتَحَ عُيُونَهُمْ كَيْ يَرْجِعُوا مِنَ الظَّلامِ إِلَى النُّورِ، وَمِنْ سَيْطَرَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِلَى اللهِ، فَيَنَالُوا غُفْرَانَ الْخَطَايَا وَنَصِيباً بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ تَقَدَّسُوا بِالإِيمَانِ بِي. | ١٨ 18 |
that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'
| وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ لَمْ أُعَانِدِ الرُّؤْيَا السَّمَاوِيَّةَ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ. | ١٩ 19 |
"Therefore, 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 I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.
| وَبِسَبَبِ تَبْشِيرِي قَبَضَ الْيَهُودُ عَلَيَّ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ وَحَاوَلُوا أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِي، | ٢١ 21 |
"It was on this account that the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried 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 the help which is from God, I have stood firm until now, and have solemnly exhorted rich and poor alike, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses predicted as soon to happen,
| مِنْ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ سَيَتَأَلَّمُ فَيَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَقُومُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَيُبَشِّرُ بِالنُّورِ شَعْبَنَا وَالشُّعُوبَ الأُخْرَى». | ٢٣ 23 |
since the Christ was to be a suffering Christ, and by coming back from the dead was then to be the first to proclaim a message of light both to the Jewish 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 |
As Paul thus made his defence, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, "You are raving mad, Paul; and great learning is driving you mad."
| فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «لَسْتُ مَجْنُوناً يَا سُمُوَّ الْحَاكِمِ فَسْتُوسَ، فَأَنَا أَنْطِقُ بِكَلامِ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
"I am not mad, most noble Festus," replied Paul; "I am speaking words of sober truth.
| 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, to whom I speak freely, knows about these matters. I am not to be persuaded that any detail of them has escaped his notice; for these things have not been done in a corner.
| أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ، أَتُصَدِّقُ أَقْوَالَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ؟ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تُصَدِّقُهَا!» | ٢٧ 27 |
King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you believe them."
| فَأَجَابَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ: «قَلِيلاً بَعْدُ، وَتُقْنِعُنِي بِأَنْ أَصِيرَ مَسِيحِيًّا!» | ٢٨ 28 |
Agrippa answered, "In brief, you are doing your best 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 |
"My prayer to God, whether briefly or at length," replied Paul, "would be that not only you but all who are my hearers to-day, might become such as I am--except these chains."
| بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَامَ الْمَلِكُ وَالْحَاكِمُ وَبَرْنِيكِي وَالْحَاضِرُونَ | ٣٠ 30 |
So the King rose, and the Governor, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them;
| وَتَرَكُوا الْقَاعَةَ، وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «لَمْ يَرْتَكِبْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ مَا يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمَوْتَ أَوِ السَّجْنَ». | ٣١ 31 |
and, having withdrawn, they talked to one another and said, "This man is doing nothing for which he deserves death or imprisonment."
| وَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِفَسْتُوسَ: «لَوْ لَمْ يَسْتَأْنِفْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ دَعْوَاهُ إِلَى الْقَيْصَرِ لَكَانَ يُمْكِنُ إِطْلاقُهُ!» | ٣٢ 32 |
And Agrippa said to Festus, "He might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar."
