Acts 19

1 And it came to pass, in Apollos being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

١ وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ أَبُلُّوسُ فِي كُورِنْثُوسَ وَصَلَ بُولُسُ إِلَى أَفَسُسَ، بَعْدَمَا مَرَّ بِالْمَنَاطِقِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ مِنَ الْبِلادِ. وَهُنَاكَ وَجَدَ بَعْضَ التَّلامِيذِ،

2 he said to them, “Having believed, did you receive the Holy Spirit?” And they said to him, “But we did not even hear whether there is any Holy Spirit”;

٢ فَسَأَلَهُمْ: «هَلْ نِلْتُمُ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ عِنْدَمَا آمَنْتُمْ؟» أَجَابُوهُ: «لا! حَتَّى إِنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ بِوُجُودِ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ!»

3 and he said to them, “Into what, then, were you immersed?” And they said, “Into John’s immersion.”

٣ فَسَأَلَ: «إِذَنْ عَلَى أَيِّ أَسَاسٍ قَدْ تَعَمَّدْتُمْ؟» أَجَابُوا: «عَلَى أَسَاسِ مَعْمُودِيَّةِ يُوحَنَّا!»

4 And Paul said, “John, indeed, immersed with an immersion of conversion, saying to the people that they should believe in Him who is coming after him—that is, in the Christ—Jesus”;

٤ فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «كَانَ يُوحَنَّا يُعَمِّدُ بِمَعْمُودِيَّةِ التَّوْبَةِ، وَيَدْعُو الشَّعْبَ إِلَى الإِيمَانِ بِالآتِي بَعْدَهُ، أَيْ بِيَسُوعَ».

5 and they, having heard, were immersed into the Name of the Lord Jesus,

٥ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا هَذَا تَعَمَّدُوا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ.

6 and Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, they were also speaking with tongues, and prophesying,

٦ وَمَا إِنْ وَضَعَ بُولُسُ يَدَيْهِ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى حَلَّ عَلَيْهِمِ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ، وَأَخَذُوا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَاتٍ أُخْرَى وَيَتَنَبَّأُونَ.

7 and all the men were, as it were, twelve.

٧ وَكَانَ عَدَدُهُمْ نَحْوَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً.

8 And having gone into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading the things concerning the Kingdom of God,

٨ وَأَخَذَ بُولُسُ يُدَاوِمُ عَلَى الذَّهَابِ إِلَى الْمَجْمَعِ مُدَّةَ ثَلاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ، يَتَكَلَّمُ بِجُرْأَةٍ فَيُنَاقِشُ الْحَاضِرِينَ وَيُحَاوِلُ إِقْنَاعَهُمْ بِالْحَقَائِقِ الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِمَلَكُوتِ اللهِ.

9 and when certain were hardened and were disbelieving, speaking evil of The Way before the multitude, having departed from them, he separated the disciples, reasoning every day in the school of a certain Tyrannus.

٩ وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ عَانَدُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتَنِعُوا، وَأَخَذُوا يَشْتِمُونَ هَذَا الطَّرِيقَ أَمَامَ الْمُجْتَمِعِينَ. فَانْفَصَلَ بُولُسُ عَنْهُمْ، وَانْفَرَدَ بِالتَّلامِيذِ، وَبَدَأَ يَعْقِدُ مُنَاقَشَاتٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي مَدْرَسَةِ رَجُلٍ اسْمُهُ تِيرَانُّوسُ،

10 And this happened for two years so that all those dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks,

١٠ وَدَاوَمَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مُدَّةَ سَنَتَيْنِ. وَهَكَذَا وَصَلَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى جَمِيعِ سُكَّانِ مُقَاطَعَةِ آسِيَّا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ.

11 also mighty works—not common—God was working through the hands of Paul,

١١ وَكَانَ اللهُ يُجْرِي مُعْجِزَاتٍ خَارِقَةً عَلَى يَدِ بُولُسَ،

12 so that even to the ailing were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them; the evil spirits also went forth from them.

١٢ حَتَّى صَارَ النَّاسُ يَأْخُذُونَ الْمَنَادِيلَ أَوِ الْمَآزِرَ الَّتِي مَسَّتْ جَسَدَهُ، وَيَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى الْمَرْضَى، فَتَزُولُ أَمْرَاضُهُمْ وَتَخْرُجُ الأَرْوَاحُ الشِّرِّيرَةُ مِنْهُمْ.

13 And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took on [them] to name over those having the evil spirits the Name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches”;

١٣ وَحَاوَلَ بَعْضُ الْيَهُودِ الْجَوَّالِينَ الَّذِينَ يَحْتَرِفُونَ طَرْدَ الأَرْوَاحِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، أَنْ يَسْتَغِلُّوا اسْمَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، قَائِلِينَ: «نَطْرُدُكَ بِاسْمِ يَسُوعَ الَّذِي يُبَشِّرُ بِهِ بُولُسُ!»

14 and there were certain—seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest—who are doing this thing;

١٤ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ هَؤُلاءِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْنَاءٍ لِوَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ اسْمُهُ سَكَاوَا،

15 and the evil spirit, answering, said, “I know Jesus, and I am acquainted with Paul; and you—who are you?”

١٥ فَأَجَابَهُمُ الرُّوحُ الشِّرِّيرُ: «يَسُوعُ أَنَا أَعْرِفُهُ، وَبُولُسُ أَفْهَمُهُ. وَلكِنْ، مَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟»

16 And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaping on them, and having overcome them, prevailed against them, so that they fled naked and wounded out of that house,

١٦ ثُمَّ هَجَمَ عَلَيْهِمِ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي بِهِ الرُّوحُ الشِّرِّيرُ، فَتَمَكَّنَ مِنْهُمْ وَغَلَبَهُمْ، فَهَرَبُوا مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي كَانُوا فِيهِ، عُرَاةً مُجَرَّحِينَ.

17 and this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who are dwelling at Ephesus, and fear fell on them all, and the Name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified;

١٧ فَانْتَشَرَ خَبَرُ ذَلِكَ بَيْنَ الْيَهُودِ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَفَسُسَ، فَاسْتَوْلَتِ الرَّهْبَةُ عَلَى الْجَمِيعِ. وَتَمَجَّدَ اسْمُ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ.

18 many also of those who believed were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,

١٨ فَجَاءَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدْ آمَنُوا يَعْتَرِفُونَ وَيُخْبِرُونَ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ.

19 and many of those who had practiced the superfluous arts, having brought the scrolls together, were burning [them] before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found [it] fifty thousand pieces of silver,

١٩ وَأَخَذَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْمُشْتَغِلِينَ بِالسِّحْرِ يَجْمَعُونَ كُتُبَهُمْ وَيُحْرِقُونَهَا أَمَامَ الْجَمِيعِ. وَقَدْ حُسِبَ ثَمَنُهَا، فَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُ خَمْسُونَ أَلْفَ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ.

20 so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.

٢٠ بِهذِهِ الصُّورَةِ كَانَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ تَنْتَشِرُ وَتَقْوَى بِاقْتِدَارٍ.

21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in the Spirit, having gone through Macedonia and Achaia, to go on to Jerusalem, saying, “After my being there, it is also necessary for me to see Rome”;

٢١ وَبَعْدَ حُدُوثِ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ، عَزَمَ بُولُسُ عَلَى السَّفَرِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مُرُوراً بِمُقَاطَعَتَيْ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَخَائِيَةَ، قَائِلاً: «لابُدَّ لِي بَعْدَ إِقَامَتِي فِيهَا مِنْ زِيَارَةِ رُومَا أَيْضاً!»

22 and having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him—Timotheus and Erastus—he himself stayed a time in Asia.

٢٢ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى مَقِدُونِيَّةَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ مُعَاوِنِيهِ، هُمَا تِيمُوثَاوُسُ وَأَرَسْطُوسُ، وَبَقِيَ مُدَّةً مِنَ الزَّمَنِ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ آسِيَّا.

23 And there came, at that time, not a little stir about The Way,

٢٣ فِي تِلْكَ الْمُدَّةِ وَقَعَ اضْطِرَابٌ خَطِيرٌ فِي أَفَسُسَ بِسَبَبِ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ.

24 for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the craftsmen not a little gain,

٢٤ فَإِنَّ صَائِغاً اسْمُهُ دِيمِتْرِيُوسُ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ نَمَاذِجَ فِضِّيَّةً صَغِيرَةً لِمَعَابِدِ الإِلَهَةِ أَرْطَامِيسَ، فَيَعُودُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى عُمَّالِهِ بِرِبْحٍ وَفِيرٍ،

25 whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who worked around such things, he said, “Men, you know that by this work we have our wealth;

٢٥ دَعَا عُمَّالَهُ وَأَهْلَ مِهْنَتِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَعْلَمُونَ أَيُّهَا الرِّجَالُ أَنَّ عَيْشَنَا الرَّغِيدَ يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَى صِنَاعَتِنَا هذِهِ،

26 and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, turned away a great multitude, saying that they who are made by hands are not gods;

٢٦ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ وَسَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّ بُولُسَ هَذَا أَضَلَّ عَدَداً كَبِيراً مِنَ النَّاسِ، لَا فِي أَفَسُسَ وَحْدَهَا، بَلْ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ آسِيَّا كُلِّهَا تَقْرِيباً، وَأَقْنَعَهُمْ بِأَنَّ الآلِهَةَ الَّتِي تَصْنَعُهَا الأَيْدِي لَيْسَتْ بِآلِهَةٍ.

27 and not only is this department in danger for us of coming into disregard, but also, that of the great goddess Artemis, the temple is to be reckoned for nothing, and also her greatness is about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world worships.”

٢٧ وَهَذَا لَا يُهَدِّدُ صِنَاعَتَنَا بِالْكَسَادِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ يُعَرِّضُ مَعْبَدَ أَرْطَامِيسَ إِلهَتِنَا الْعُظْمَى لِفُقْدَانِ هَيْبَتِهِ. فَنَخْشَى أَن تَتَلاشَى كَرَامَتُهَا وَتَنْهَارَ عَظَمَتُهَا، وَهِيَ الَّتِي يَتَعَبَّدُ لَهَا سُكَّانُ أَسِيَّا جَمِيعاً، بَلِ الْعَالَمُ كُلُّهُ!»

28 And having heard, and having become full of wrath, they were crying out, saying, “Great [is] the Artemis of the Ephesians!”

٢٨ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْعُمَّالُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ تَمَلَّكَهُمُ الْغَضَبُ وَبَدَأُوا يَصْرُخُونَ: «عَظِيمَةٌ أَرْطَامِيسُ إِلهَةُ أَهْلِ أَفَسُسَ!»

29 And the whole city was filled with confusion; they rushed also with one accord into the theater, having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s fellow-travelers.

٢٩ وَعَمَّ الاِضْطِرَابُ الْمَدِينَةَ كُلَّهَا. وَهَجَمَ حَشْدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ عَلَى غَايُوسَ وَأَرِسْتَرْخُسَ الْمَقِدُونِيَّيْنِ رَفِيقَيْ بُولُسَ فِي السَّفَرِ، وَجَرُّوهُمَا إِلَى سَاحَةِ الْمَلْعَبِ.

30 And on Paul’s resolving to enter in to the populace, the disciples were not permitting him,

٣٠ وَأَرَادَ بُولُسُ أَنْ يُوَاجِهَ الْجُمْهُورَ، وَلَكِنَّ التَّلامِيذَ مَنَعُوهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ،

31 and also some of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, having sent to him, were pleading [with] him not to venture into the theater himself.

٣١ كَمَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْدِقَاؤُهُ مِنْ وُجَهَاءِ آسِيَّا يَرْجُونَ مِنْهُ أَلّا يُعَرِّضَ نَفْسَهُ لِخَطَرِ الذَّهَابِ إِلَى الْمَلْعَبِ،

32 Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they had come together;

٣٢ فَقَدْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ مُخْتَلِطاً عَلَى الْجُمْهُورِ، بَعْضُهُمْ يَصْرُخُ بِشَيْءٍ، وَبَعْضُهُمْ يَصْرُخُ بِشَيْءٍ آخَرَ، حَتَّى إِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْرِفُونَ سَبَبَ تَجَمُّعِهِمْ.

33 and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander—the Jews thrusting him forward—and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defense to the populace,

٣٣ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ الْجُمْهُورِ يَهُودِيٌّ اسْمُهُ إِسْكَنْدَرُ، دَفَعَهُ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى الأَمَامِ، وَدَعَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى الْكَلامِ. فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُلْقِيَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ كَلِمَةَ دِفَاعٍ.

34 and having known that he is a Jew, one voice came out of all, for about two hours, crying, “Great [is] the Artemis of the Ephesians!”

٣٤ لَكِنَّ الْمُحْتَشِدِينَ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ يَهُودِيٌّ، فَأَخَذُوا يَهْتِفُونَ مَعاً هُتَافاً وَاحِداً ظَلُّوا يُرَدِّدُونَهُ نَحْوَ سَاعَتَيْنِ: «عَظِيمَةٌ أَرْطَامِيسُ إِلهَةُ أَهْلِ أَفَسُسَ!»

35 And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, says, “Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?

٣٥ أَخِيراً تَمَكَّنَ كَاتِبُ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ تَهْدِئَةِ الْحُشُودِ، وَقَالَ: «يَا أَهْلَ أَفَسُسَ، مَنْ يُنْكِرُ أَنَّ أَفَسُسَ هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ الْحَارِسَةُ لِهَيْكَلِ أَرْطَامِيسَ الإِلهَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَلِصَنَمِهَا الَّذِي هَبَطَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ؟

36 These things, then, being undeniable, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

٣٦ فَلأَنَّهُ لَا خِلافَ فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ، يَجِبُ أَنْ تَهْدَأُوا وَلا تَفْعَلُوا شَيْئاً بِتَسَرُّعٍ.

37 For you brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor slandering of your goddess;

٣٧ فَقَدْ أَحْضَرْتُمْ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَسْرِقَا الْمَعْبَدَ وَلَمْ يَشْتُمَا إِلهَتَكُمْ.

38 if indeed, therefore, Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a matter with anyone, court [days] are held, and there are proconsuls; let them accuse one another.

٣٨ أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَ لِدِيمِتْرِيُوسَ وَزُمَلاءِ مِهْنَتِهِ شَكْوَى، فَإِنَّ عِنْدَنَا مَحَاكِمَ وَقُضَاةً. فَلْيَتَقَدَّمُوا بِشَكْوَاهُمْ إِلَى الْقُضَاةِ.

39 And if you seek after anything concerning other matters, it will be determined in the legal assembly;

٣٩ وَإذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ شَكْوَى أُخْرَى، فَإِنَّ النَّظَرَ فِيهَا يَتِمُّ فِي جَلْسَةٍ قَانُونِيَّةٍ.

40 for we are also in peril of being accused of insurrection in regard to this day, there being no occasion by which we will be able to give an account of this concourse”;

٤٠ أَمَّا الآنَ فَكُلُّنَا مُعَرَّضُونَ لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ بِتُهْمَةِ افْتِعَالِ الاضْطِرَابِ، بِسَبَبِ مَا حَدَثَ الْيَوْمَ، وَنَحْنُ لَا نَمْلِكَ حُجَّةً نُبَرِّرُ بِها التَّجَمُّعَ!»

41 and having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

٤١ وَبِقَوْلِهِ هَذَا صَرَفَ الْمُحْتَشِدِينَ.

Paul Preaches at Ephesus