Acts 16
1 Paul [and Silas] to Derbe [city and visited the believers there]. Next [they went to] Lystra [city]. A believer whose name was Timothy lived there. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.
| به این ترتیب، پولس و سیلاس به شهر دربه و سپس به لستره رفتند. در شهر لستره با شاگردی جوان، به نام تیموتائوس، آشنا شدند. مادر وی مسیحی یهودی‌نژاد، ولی پدرش یونانی بود. |
2 The believers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy,
| مسیحیان لستره و قونیه دربارهٔ تیموتائوس شهادت خوبی می‌دادند. |
3 and Paul wanted to take Timothy with him [when he went] to other places, so he circumcised Timothy. [He did that so that] the Jews who lived in those places [would accept Timothy], because they knew that his non-Jewish father [had not allowed him to be circumcised] {[anyone to circumcise his son]}.
| پس، پولس از او خواست که در این سفر همراه ایشان برود. ولی به احترام یهودیان آن نواحی، پیش از حرکت، تیموتائوس را ختنه کرد، چون همه می‌دانستند که پدرش یونانی است. |
4 [So Timothy went with Paul and Silas] and they traveled to many other towns. [In each town] they told [the] believers the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem {that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had decided} that [non-Jewish] believers should obey.
| سپس، با هم شهر به شهر گشتند و تصمیمی را که رسولان و مشایخ اورشلیم دربارهٔ غیریهودیان گرفته بودند، به اطلاع کلیساها رساندند. |
5 [God was helping] the believers in those towns to trust more strongly [in the Lord Jesus], and every day more people became believers.
| به این ترتیب، ایمان مسیحیان رشد می‌کرد و بر تعداد آنان افزوده می‌شد. |
6 Paul and his companions wanted/planned to enter Asia [province] preach the message [about Jesus] there, but they were prevented by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit prevented them} [from going there. So] they traveled through Phrygia and Galatia [provinces].
| وقتی از شهرهای ایالات فریجیه و غلاطیه گذشتند، روح‌القدس اجازه نداد که این بار به ایالت آسیا بروند. |
7 They arrived at the border of Mysia [province] and they wanted to go [north] Bithynia [province]. But [again] the Spirit of Jesus showed them that they should not [go there].
| پس به سرحد ایالت میسیا رسیدند و کوشیدند از راه شمال به ایالت بطینیا بروند، اما باز روح عیسی به ایشان اجازه نداد. |
8 So they went through Mysia [province] and arrived at Troas, a [port city. I, Luke, joined them there].
| پس، از ایالت میسیا گذشتند و به شهر تروآس آمدند. |
9 That night [God gave] Paul a vision in which he saw a man [who was a native] of Macedonia [province]. He was standing [some distance away], and he was earnestly calling to Paul, “[Please] come over [here] to Macedonia and help us!”
| همان شب پولس رؤیایی دید. در این رؤیا شخصی را در مقدونیهٔ یونان دید که به او التماس می‌کند و می‌گوید: «به اینجا بیا و ما را کمک کن.» |
10 [The next morning] we [(exc)] immediately got ready to go to Macedonia, because we believed that God had called us to [go and] preach the good message to the people there.
| پس چون این رؤیا را دید، مطمئن شدیم که خداوند ما را خوانده است تا پیغام انجیل را در مقدونیه نیز اعلام کنیم. از این رو بی‌درنگ عازم آنجا شدیم. |
11 So we [(exc)] got on a ship in Troas and sailed across [the sea] Samothrace [Island. We spent the night there], and the next day [we sailed again across the sea and arrived] at Neapolis [port/town].
| بنابراین، در تروآس سوار قایق شدیم و مستقیم به ساموتراکی رفتیم. روز بعد از آنجا رهسپار نیاپولیس شدیم. |
12 Then we [left Neapolis and] went [by land] to Philippi. It was a very important city in Macedonia [province, where many] Roman citizens lived. We stayed in Philippi several days.
| و سرانجام به فیلیپی رسیدیم که یکی از شهرهای مستعمرهٔ روم و داخل مرز مقدونیه بود. چند روز در آنجا ماندیم. |
13 On the first (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [after we(exc) arrived], we went outside the city gate [down] to the river. We had heard [someone say] that [Jewish] people gathered to pray there. [When we arrived there, we saw] some women who had gathered [to pray]. So we sat down and began to tell them [the message about Jesus].
| در روز شَبّات، از شهر بیرون رفتیم و به کنار رودخانه رسیدیم، چون تصور می‌کردیم که در آنجا می‌توانیم مکانی برای دعا بیابیم. پس به گفتگو با زنانی نشستیم که در آنجا گرد آمده بودند. |
14 A woman whose name was Lydia was one of those who were listening [to Paul. She was a non-Jewish woman], from Thyatira [city, who bought and] sold [expensive] purple cloth. She had accepted what the Jews believe about God. The Lord [God] caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul preached, and she believed it. [The members of her household also heard the good message and believed in Jesus] [MTY].
| یکی از این زنان لیدیه نام داشت. او فروشندهٔ پارچه‌های ارغوانی و اهل طیاتیرا و زنی خداپرست بود. همان‌طور که به پیام ما گوش می‌داد، خداوند دل او را گشود، به طوری که هر چه را که پولس می‌گفت، می‌پذیرفت. |
15 After [Paul and Silas] baptized Lydia and the others who lived in her house [MTY] {After Lydia and the others who lived in her house were baptized}, she invited us to [go and stay in] her home. She said, “You [(pl)] know that I [now] believe in the Lord [Jesus], so [please] come and stay in my house.” She persuaded us [to do that, so we(exc) stayed there].
| او با تمام اعضای خانواده‌اش تعمید گرفت و خواهش کرد که میهمان او باشیم و گفت: «اگر اطمینان دارید که براستی به خداوند ایمان دارم، پس بیایید میهمان من باشید.» آنقدر اصرار نمود تا سرانجام قبول کردیم. |
16 Another day, while we [(exc)] were going to the place where people regularly gathered to pray, we met a young woman who was a slave. An evil spirit was enabling her to be a ventriloquist and to tell people what would happen [to them]. People paid a lot of money to [the men who were] her owners, in return for her telling them things that [she said] would happen [to them].
| یک روز که به محل دعا در کنار رودخانه می‌رفتیم، به کنیزی برخوردیم که اسیر روحی پلید بود و فالگیری می‌کرد و از این راه سود کلانی عاید اربابانش می‌نمود. |
17 This young woman followed Paul and the rest of us. She continually shouted, “These men serve the God who is the greatest [of all gods]! They are telling you how ([God] can save you [so that he will not punish you/to be] saved)”
| آن دختر به دنبال پولس و ما می‌آمد و با صدای بلند به مردم می‌گفت: «این مردان خدمتگزاران خدای متعال هستند و راه نجات را به شما اعلان می‌کنند.» |
18 She continued to do that for many days. Finally Paul became irritated. So he turned [toward the young woman] and rebuked the evil spirit [that was in her. He said], “By the authority [MTY] of Jesus Christ, I command you [(sg)] to come out of this young woman!” Right away the evil spirit left her.
| چند روز کار او همین بود تا اینکه پولس آزرده‌خاطر شد و به روح ناپاکی که در او بود گفت: «به نام عیسی مسیح به تو دستور می‌دهم که از وجود این دختر بیرون بیایی!» در همان لحظه روح پلید او را رها کرد. |
19 And then her owners realized that she could no longer earn money for them [because she could no longer predict what would happen to people, so they were angry]. They grabbed Paul and Silas and forcefully took them to the public square, to [the place where] the government authorities and [a lot of other people were gathered].
| وقتی اربابان او دیدند که با این کار درآمدشان قطع شده، پولس و سیلاس را گرفتند و کشان‌کشان تا میدان شهر به دادگاه بردند. |
20 The owners [of the young woman] brought Paul and Silas to the city officials and told them, “These men are Jews, and they are greatly troubling [the people in] [MTY] our city.
| آنها در حضور مقامات شهر فریاد می‌زدند: «این یهودیان شهر ما را به آشوب کشیده‌اند. |
21 They are teaching that we [(inc)] should follow customs that our laws do not allow us Romans to consider [to be correct] or to obey!”
| رسومی را تعلیم می‌دهند که برخلاف قوانین ما رومیان است.» |
22 Many of the crowd joined [those who were accusing] Paul and Silas, and started beating them. Then the [Roman] authorities commanded [soldiers] to tear the shirts off Paul and Silas and to beat them [with rods/sticks].
| گروهی از مردم شهر نیز با آنان همدست شدند. در دادگاه لباسهای پولس و سیلاس را از تنشان درآوردند و ایشان را سخت چوب زدند. |
23 [So the soldiers] beat Paul and Silas vigorously [with rods]. After that, they [took them and] shoved them into the prison. They told the jailer that he should lock them up securely.
| پس از ضرب و شتم فراوان، هر دو را به زندان انداختند و زندانبان را تهدید کردند که اگر اینها فرار کنند، او را خواهند کشت. |
24 [Because the officials] had [commanded] him [to do that], the jailer shoved Paul and Silas into the cell that was farthest inside. [There, he made them sit down on the floor/ground and stretch out their legs]. Then he fastened their ankles in [grooves] between two large wooden beams, [so that Paul and Silas could not move their legs].
| او نیز ایشان را به بخش درونی زندان برد و پاهای آنان را با زنجیر بست. |
25 About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying [aloud] and praising God by singing hymns. The [other] prisoners were listening attentively to them.
| نیمه‌های شب وقتی پولس و سیلاس مشغول دعا و سرود خواندن بودند و دیگران نیز به آنان گوش می‌دادند، |
26 Suddenly there was a very strong earthquake. It shook the entire jail [SYN] and its foundation [SYN]. [The earthquake caused] all the doors [of the jail] to open suddenly, and [caused] all the chains that fastened the prisoners to fall off.
| ناگهان زلزله‌ای رخ داد! شدت آن به قدری زیاد بود که پایه‌های زندان لرزید و همهٔ درها باز شد و زنجیرها از دست و پای زندانیان فرو ریخت! |
27 The jailer woke up and saw that the doors of the jail were open. He thought that the prisoners had escaped. So he pulled out his sword in order to kill himself, [because he knew that the officials would kill him if the prisoners escaped].
| زندانبان از خواب پرید و دید تمام درهای زندان باز است و فکر کرد که زندانیان فرار کرده‌اند؛ پس شمشیرش را کشید تا خود را بکشد. |
28 Paul [saw the jailer and] shouted to him, “Do not harm yourself! We [(exc) prisoners] are all here!”
| ولی پولس فریاد زد: «به خود صدمه‌ای نزن! ما همه اینجا هستیم!» |
29 The jailer shouted [to someone] to bring torches/lanterns, [and after they brought them], he rushed into the jail and knelt down in front of Paul and Silas. [He was very afraid, so] much so that he was trembling/shaking.
| زندانبان خواست تا چراغی برایش بیاورند و سراسیمه به درون زندان دوید و در حالی که می‌لرزید به پای پولس و سیلاس افتاد. |
30 Then he brought Paul and Silas out [of the jail] and asked: “Sirs, what do I need to do to be saved [from being punished for my sins]?”
| سپس ایشان را از زندان بیرون آورد و با التماس گفت: «آقایان، من چه کنم تا نجات یابم؟» |
31 [They answered], “Trust in [what] the Lord Jesus [has done for you], and you will be saved {[God] will save you}, and the others who live in [MTY] your house will [also] be saved [if they believe in Jesus].”
| جواب دادند: «به عیسای خداوند ایمان آور تا تو و تمام افراد خانواده‌ات نجات یابید.» |
32 Then the jailer took Paul and Silas into his house, washed their wounds, and gave them a meal. [He woke up all the people in his house, and] Paul and Silas told all of them the message about the Lord [Jesus. They all believed in him]. Immediately [after that, the jailer and all his family were baptized] {[Paul and Silas] baptized the jailer and all his family}. They were very happy, because now they all believed in God.
| آنگاه پیام خداوند را به او و اهل خانه‌اش رساندند. |
| او نیز فوری زخمهای ایشان را شست و سپس با اهل خانه‌اش تعمید گرفت. |
| آنگاه پولس و سیلاس را به خانه برد و به ایشان خوراک داد. زندانبان و اهل خانهٔ او از اینکه به خدا ایمان آورده بودند، بسیار شاد بودند. |
35 The next morning, the [Roman] officials commanded [some] police officers [to go to the jail to say to the jailer], “[Our bosses] say, ‘Let those [two] prisoners go [now]!’”
| وقتی صبح شد از طرف دادگاه مأمورانی آمدند و به زندانبان گفتند: «پولس و سیلاس را آزاد کن بروند.» |
36 [After the officers went and told that to] the jailer, he [went and] told Paul, “The [Roman] authorities have sent a message [(sg)] saying that I should release you [(sg)] and Silas [from prison]. So you [two] can leave [the jail] now. Now you can go peacefully!”
| او نیز به پولس گفت: «مقامات شهر دستور داده‌اند که شما را آزاد کنم. پس به سلامتی بروید.» |
37 But Paul said to the police officers, “The authorities [commanded men to] beat us in front of a crowd before [those authorities] had learned if we [(exc)] had done anything wrong! Then they [ordered men to] shove us into jail! [But that was not legal, because] we [(exc)] are Roman citizens! And now they want [RHQ] to send us away secretly! We will not accept that! Those [Roman] officials must come themselves and [tell us that they are sorry], and take us out [of jail].”
| اما پولس جواب داد: «ما را در انظار مردم زدند و بدون محاکمه به زندان انداختند و حالا می‌گویند مخفیانه بیرون برویم! هرگز! چون تابعیت ما رومی است، اعضای دادگاه باید با پای خود بیایند و از ما عذرخواهی کنند!» |
38 So the police officers [went and] told the city authorities [what Paul had said]. When those authorities heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid [that someone would report to more important officials what they had done, and as a result they would be punished] {[those officials would punish them]}.
| مأموران بازگشتند و به دادگاه گزارش دادند. وقتی شنیدند که پولس و سیلاس تابع دولت روم هستند، وحشت کردند. |
39 So the city authorities came to Paul and Silas and told them that they were sorry for what they had done to them. The authorities brought them out of the jail, and repeatedly asked them to leave the city [soon].
| پس به زندان آمدند و با التماس گفتند: «لطفاً تشریف ببرید.» و با احترام ایشان را از زندان بیرون آوردند و خواهش کردند که از شهر بیرون بروند. |
40 After Paul and Silas left the jail, they went to Lydia’s house. There they met with her and the [other] believers. They encouraged the believers [to continue trusting in the Lord Jesus], and then the two apostles left [Philippi].
| پولس و سیلاس وقتی از زندان بیرون آمدند، به خانه لیدیه بازگشتند تا با ایمانداران ملاقات کنند و یکبار دیگر ایشان را تشویق کنند. سپس آنجا را ترک کردند. |
