Acts 4
1 [Meanwhile, in the temple courtyard, there were some] priests, the officer who was in charge of the temple police, and [also some] [SYN] Sadducee [sect members]. These men came to Peter and John while the two of them were speaking to the people.
| و چون ایشان با قوم سخن می‌گفتند، کهنه وسردار سپاه هیکل و صدوقیان بر سر ایشان تاختند، | ۱ |
2 These men were very angry, because the [two] apostles were teaching the people [about Jesus]. What they were telling the people was that because ([God caused Jesus to become alive again/God raised] Jesus [from the dead]), [God] would cause other people who had died to become alive again.
| چونکه مضطرب بودند از اینکه ایشان قوم را تعلیم می‌دادند و در عیسی به قیامت ازمردگان اعلام می‌نمودند. | ۲ |
3 So those officials seized Peter and John. Then they put them in jail. [They had to wait] until the next day [to question Peter and John], because it was already evening [and it was contrary to their Jewish law to question people at night].
| پس دست بر ایشان انداخته، تا فردا محبوس نمودند زیرا که آن، وقت عصر بود. | ۳ |
4 However, many people who had heard the message [from Peter] believed [in Jesus]. (OR, But many people had [already] believed [in Jesus, because] they had heard the message [from Peter].) So the number of men [who believed in Jesus] increased to about five 5,000.
| اما بسیاری از آنانی که کلام را شنیدند ایمان آوردند و عدد ایشان قریب به پنج هزاررسید. | ۴ |
5 The next day [the supreme priest summoned] the [other] chief priests, the teachers of the [Jewish] laws, and the other members [of the Jewish Council, and they] gathered together [in one place] in Jerusalem.
| بامدادان روسا و مشایخ و کاتبان ایشان دراورشلیم فراهم آمدند، | ۵ |
6 Annas, [the former] supreme priest, Caiaphas [who was the new supreme priest], [two other former supreme priests whose names were] John and Alexander, and other men who were related to the supreme priest [were there].
| با حنای رئیس کهنه وقیافا و یوحنا و اسکندر و همه کسانی که از قبیله رئیس کهنه بودند. | ۶ |
7 They [commanded guards to] bring Peter and John into the courtroom [MTY] and have them stand in front of them. [Then one of] the leaders questioned [the two of] them, saying, “Who [do you two claim] gave you the power [to heal this man]? And who authorized [MTY] you to do this [DOU]?”
| و ایشان را در میان بداشتند واز ایشان پرسیدند که «شما به کدام قوت و به چه نام این کار را کرده‌اید؟» | ۷ |
8 So as the Holy Spirit completely controlled Peter, he said to them, “You [fellow Israelites] who rule us and [all of you other] elders, [listen]!
| آنگاه پطرس ازروح‌القدس پر شده، بدیشان گفت: «ای روسای قوم و مشایخ اسرائیل، | ۸ |
9 Today you are questioning us concerning our doing something good for a man who was crippled, and you asked us how he was healed.
| اگر امروز از ما بازپرس می‌شود درباره احسانی که بدین مرد ضعیف شده، یعنی به چه سبب او صحت یافته است، | ۹ |
10 So [we(exc) want] you and all [of our other] fellow Israelites to know this: It is because Jesus the Messiah [MTY] from Nazareth healed this man that he is able to stand here. [God considers that] it was you who nailed Jesus to a cross, but God caused him to become alive again.
| جمیع شما و تمام قوم اسرائیل را معلوم باد که به نام عیسی مسیح ناصری که شما مصلوب کردید و خدا او را از مردگان برخیزانید، در او این کس به حضور شما تندرست ایستاده است. | ۱۰ |
11 [In the Psalms this was written about the Messiah: ] He is [like] [MET] the stone that was rejected by the builders {that the builders rejected}. But that stone became the most important stone in the building [that they were building]. [Jesus is that stone, and] you [are those builders who threw away the stone that was the most important one].
| این است آن سنگی که شما معماران آن را رد کردید والحال سر زاویه شده است. | ۱۱ |
12 So he alone can save us [MTY]. [God] has sent only one person [MTY] into the world who can save us [from the guilt of our sins, and that person is Jesus]!”
| و در هیچ‌کس غیراز او نجات نیست زیرا که اسمی دیگر زیر آسمان به مردم عطانشده که بدان باید ما نجات یابیم.» | ۱۲ |
13 The [Jewish leaders] realized that Peter and John (were not afraid [of them]/spoke boldly). They also learned that the two men were ordinary people who had not studied in schools. So the leaders were amazed, and they realized that these men had associated with Jesus.
| پس چون دلیری پطرس و یوحنا را دیدندو دانستند که مردم بی‌علم و امی هستند، تعجب کردند و ایشان را شناختند که از همراهان عیسی بودند. | ۱۳ |
14 They also saw the man who had been healed standing there with [the two of] them, so they were not able to say anything [to oppose Peter and John].
| و چون آن شخص را که شفا یافته بود باایشان ایستاده دیدند، نتوانستند به ضد ایشان چیزی گویند. | ۱۴ |
15 So the [Jewish leaders] commanded [guards] to take Peter, John, and the man outside of the room [where those leaders were meeting. After they did so], the leaders talked with each other [about Peter and John].
| پس حکم کردند که ایشان ازمجلس بیرون روند و با یکدیگر مشورت کرده، گفتند | ۱۵ |
16 [Being frustrated, one after another], they said, “(There is really nothing that we can do to [punish] these [two] men!/How can we [(inc)] do anything to [punish] these [two] men?) [RHQ] Almost everyone [HYP] who is living in Jerusalem knows that they have done an amazing miracle, so we cannot tell people that it did not happen!
| که «با این دو شخص چه کنیم؟ زیرا که برجمیع سکنه اورشلیم واضح شد که معجزه‌ای آشکار از ایشان صادر گردید و نمی توانیم انکار کرد. | ۱۶ |
17 However, [we] must not allow other people to hear about [this miracle]. So we must tell these men that [we will punish them if they] continue to tell other people about this [MTY] man [who they say gave them the power to do it].”
| لیکن تا بیشتر در میان قوم شیوع نیابد، ایشان را سخت تهدید کنیم که دیگر با هیچ‌کس این اسم را به زبان نیاورند.» | ۱۷ |
18 So the Jewish leaders [commanded guards] to bring the two apostles [into that room again. After they did so], they [commanded] them both that they should never speak about Jesus, and they should not teach [anyone about him] [MTY] [again].
| پس ایشان راخواسته قدغن کردند که هرگز نام عیسی را بر زبان نیاورند و تعلیم ندهند. | ۱۸ |
19 But Peter and John replied, “Would God think that it is right [for us two] to obey you and not [to obey] him? [We(exc) will let] you decide [which of those you think is proper].
| اما پطرس و یوحنا درجواب ایشان گفتند: «اگر نزد خدا صواب است که اطاعت شما را بر اطاعت خدا ترجیح دهیم حکم کنید. | ۱۹ |
20 [But as for us, we cannot obey you]. We will not stop telling people about the things that we [(exc)] have seen [Jesus do] and what we have heard [him teach].”
| زیرا که ما را امکان آن نیست که آنچه دیده و شنیده‌ایم، نگوییم.» | ۲۰ |
21 Then the [Jewish leaders] again told [Peter and John] not to disobey them. But all the people [there] were praising God about what had happened [to the lame man. The leaders knew that only God could have enabled Peter and John] to miraculously heal the man, because the man was more than 40 years old [and he was lame when his mother bore him. They also knew that the people would become angry if they punished the two apostles]. So, because they could not decide how to punish Peter and John, [they finally] let them go.
| و چون ایشان رازیاد تهدید نموده بودند، آزاد ساختند چونکه راهی نیافتند که ایشان را معذب سازند به‌سبب قوم زیرا همه به واسطه آن ماجرا خدا را تمجیدمی نمودند، | ۲۱ |
| زیرا آن شخص که معجزه شفا دراو پدید گشت، بیشتر از چهل ساله بود. | ۲۲ |
23 After Peter and John had been released, they went to the other believers and reported all that the chief priests and [other Jewish] elders had said to them.
| و چون رهایی یافتند، نزد رفقای خودرفتند و ایشان را از آنچه روسای کهنه و مشایخ بدیشان گفته بودند، مطلع ساختند. | ۲۳ |
24 When they heard that, they [all] agreed as they prayed to God, and [one of] them prayed, “O Lord! You [(sg)] made the sky, the earth and the oceans, and everything in them.
| چون این راشنیدند، آواز خود را به یکدل به خدا بلند کرده، گفتند: «خداوندا، تو آن خدا هستی که آسمان وزمین و دریا و آنچه در آنها است آفریدی، | ۲۴ |
25 The Holy Spirit caused our ancestor, [King] David [MTY], who served you, to write these words: [It is ridiculous] [RHQ] that the non-Jews became angry and the Israelite people planned uselessly [to oppose God].
| که بوسیله روح‌القدس به زبان پدر ما و بنده خودداود گفتی “چرا امت‌ها هنگامه می‌کنند و قومها به باطل می‌اندیشند؛ | ۲۵ |
26 The kings of the world prepared to fight [God’s Ruler], and the [other] rulers assembled together [with them] to oppose the Lord [God] and the one whom he had appointed [to be the Messiah].
| سلاطین زمین برخاستند وحکام با هم مشورت کردند، برخلاف خداوند وبرخلاف مسیحش.” | ۲۶ |
27 [Lord, we know that what you(sg) said long ago was true], because [King] Herod and the [governor], Pontius Pilate, and many other people, both non-Jews and Israelites, assembled together [here] in this city. [They] planned [to kill] Jesus, who devotedly served you [and] whom you appointed [MTY] [to be the Messiah].
| زیرا که فی الواقع بر بنده قدوس تو عیسی که او را مسح کردی، هیرودیس و پنطیوس پیلاطس با امت‌ها و قومهای اسرائیل با هم جمع شدند، | ۲۷ |
28 [Because] you [(sg)] are all-powerful, those people did [only] what you [SYN] allowed [them to do]. It was what you decided long ago would happen.”
| تا آنچه را که دست و رای تو از قبل مقدر فرموده بود، به‌جا آورند. | ۲۸ |
29 “So now, Lord, listen to what they are saying about punishing us! Help us who serve you [(sg)] to very boldly speak messages from you [(sg) about Jesus]
| و الان ای خداوند، به تهدیدات ایشان نظر کن و غلامان خود را عطا فرما تا به دلیری تمام به کلام تو سخن گویند، | ۲۹ |
30 [Also], by your power [MTY] miraculously heal [sick people] and do other amazing miracles [SYN] that show people your power! Ask Jesus, who always serves you, [to give us the authority] [MTY] [to do such miracles]!”
| به دراز کردن دست خود، بجهت شفادادن و جاری کردن آیات و معجزات به نام بنده قدوس خود عیسی.» | ۳۰ |
31 When the believers had finished praying, the place where they were meeting shook. All of them were (completely controlled/empowered) by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit (completely controlled/empowered) all of them}, with the result that they began to speak boldly the words that God [told them to speak].
| و چون ایشان دعا کرده بودند، مکانی که درآن جمع بودند به حرکت آمد و همه به روح‌القدس پر شده، کلام خدا را به دلیری می‌گفتند. | ۳۱ |
32 The group of people who had believed [in Jesus] were completely agreed about what they thought and what they wanted/desired. Not one of them claimed that he [alone] owned anything. Instead, they shared with one another everything that they had.
| و جمله مومنین را یک دل و یک جان بود، بحدی که هیچ‌کس چیزی از اموال خودرا از آن خود نمی دانست، بلکه همه‌چیز رامشترک می‌داشتند. | ۳۲ |
33 The apostles continued to tell others, very powerfully, [that God] had (caused the Lord Jesus to become alive again/raised the Lord Jesus from the dead). [People knew that God] was graciously helping all the believers.
| و رسولان به قوت عظیم به قیامت عیسی خداوند شهادت می‌دادند و فیضی عظیم برهمگی ایشان بود. | ۳۳ |
34 [Some of] the believers who owned land or houses would occasionally sell [some of] their property. Then they would bring [the money for what they sold]
| زیرا هیچ‌کس از آن گروه محتاج نبود زیرا هر‌که صاحب زمین یا خانه بود، آنها را فروختند و قیمت مبیعات را آورده، | ۳۴ |
35 and they would present it to the apostles [MTY]. Then [the apostles] would give money to any [believer] who needed [it]. So no one among the believers was lacking anything.
| به قدمهای رسولان می‌نهادند و به هر یک بقدراحتیاجش تقسیم می‌نمودند. | ۳۵ |
36 [For example, there was] Joseph. [He was] a descendant of Levi [and he was born] on Cyprus [Island]. The apostles called him Barnabas; [in the Jewish language] that name means a person who [IDM] always encourages [others].
| و یوسف که رسولان او را برنابا یعنی ابن الوعظ لقب دادند، مردی از سبط لاوی و از طایفه قپرسی، | ۳۶ |
37 He sold one of his fields, and brought the money to the apostles [for them to distribute to other believers].
| زمینی را که داشت فروخته، قیمت آن را آورد و پیش قدمهای رسولان گذارد. | ۳۷ |
