Acts 15
1 But certain persons who had come down from Judaea tried to convince the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the Mosaic custom, you cannot be saved."
| وَٱنْحَدَرَ قَوْمٌ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ، وَجَعَلُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلْإِخْوَةَ أَنَّهُ: «إِنْ لَمْ تَخْتَتِنُوا حَسَبَ عَادَةِ مُوسَى، لَا يُمْكِنُكُمْ أَنْ تَخْلُصُوا». | ١ |
2 Between these new comers and Paul and Barnabas there was no little disagreement and controversy, until at last it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some other brethren should go up to consult the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem on this matter.
| فَلَمَّا حَصَلَ لِبُولُسَ وَبَرْنَابَا مُنَازَعَةٌ وَمُبَاحَثَةٌ لَيْسَتْ بِقَلِيلَةٍ مَعَهُمْ، رَتَّبُوا أَنْ يَصْعَدَ بُولُسُ وَبَرْنَابَا وَأُنَاسٌ آخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ وَٱلْمَشَايِخِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَسْأَلَةِ. | ٢ |
3 So they set out, being accompanied for a short distance by some other members of the Church; and as they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the whole story of the conversion of the Gentiles and inspired all the brethren with great joy.
| فَهَؤُلَاءِ بَعْدَ مَا شَيَّعَتْهُمُ ٱلْكَنِيسَةُ ٱجْتَازُوا فِي فِينِيقِيَةَ وَٱلسَّامِرَةِ يُخْبِرُونَهُمْ بِرُجُوعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَكَانُوا يُسَبِّبُونَ سُرُورًا عَظِيمًا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ. | ٣ |
4 Upon their arrival in Jerusalem they were cordially received by the Church, the Apostles, and the Elders; and they reported in detail all that God, working with them, had done.
| وَلَمَّا حَضَرُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ قَبِلَتْهُمُ ٱلْكَنِيسَةُ وَٱلرُّسُلُ وَٱلْمَشَايِخُ، فَأَخْبَرُوهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا صَنَعَ ٱللهُ مَعَهُمْ. | ٤ |
5 But certain men who had belonged to the sect of the Pharisees but were now believers, stood up in the assembly, and said, "Yes, Gentile believers ought to be circumcised and be ordered to keep the Law of Moses."
| وَلَكِنْ قَامَ أُنَاسٌ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدْ آمَنُوا مِنْ مَذْهَبِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ، وَقَالُوا: «إِنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُخْتَنُوا، وَيُوصَوْا بِأَنْ يَحْفَظُوا نَامُوسَ مُوسَى». | ٥ |
6 Then the Apostles and Elders met to consider the matter;
| فَٱجْتَمَعَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَٱلْمَشَايِخُ لِيَنْظُرُوا فِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ. | ٦ |
7 and after there had been a long discussion Peter rose to his feet. "It is within your own knowledge," he said, "that God originally made choice among you that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the Message of the Good News, and believe.
| فَبَعْدَ مَا حَصَلَتْ مُبَاحَثَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ قَامَ بُطْرُسُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنْذُ أَيَّامٍ قَدِيمَةٍ ٱخْتَارَ ٱللهُ بَيْنَنَا أَنَّهُ بِفَمِي يَسْمَعُ ٱلْأُمَمُ كَلِمَةَ ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ. | ٧ |
8 And God, who knows all hearts, gave His testimony in their favour by bestowing the Holy Spirit on them just as He did on us;
| وَٱللهُ ٱلْعَارِفُ ٱلْقُلُوبَ، شَهِدَ لَهُمْ مُعْطِيًا لَهُمُ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ كَمَا لَنَا أَيْضًا. | ٨ |
9 and He made no difference between us and them, in that He cleansed their hearts by their faith.
| وَلَمْ يُمَيِّزْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ بِشَيْءٍ، إِذْ طَهَّرَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ قُلُوبَهُمْ. | ٩ |
10 Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?
| فَٱلْآنَ لِمَاذَا تُجَرِّبُونَ ٱللهَ بِوَضْعِ نِيرٍ عَلَى عُنُقِ ٱلتَّلَامِيذِ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ آبَاؤُنَا وَلَا نَحْنُ أَنْ نَحْمِلَهُ؟ | ١٠ |
11 On the contrary, we believe that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we, as well as they, shall be saved."
| لَكِنْ بِنِعْمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ نُؤْمِنُ أَنْ نَخْلُصَ كَمَا أُولَئِكَ أَيْضًا». | ١١ |
12 Then the whole assembly remained silent while they listened to the statement made by Paul and Barnabas as to all the signs and marvels that God had done among the Gentiles through their instrumentality.
| فَسَكَتَ ٱلْجُمْهُورُ كُلُّهُ. وَكَانُوا يَسْمَعُونَ بَرْنَابَا وَبُولُسَ يُحَدِّثَانِ بِجَمِيعِ مَا صَنَعَ ٱللهُ مِنَ ٱلْآيَاتِ وَٱلْعَجَائِبِ فِي ٱلْأُمَمِ بِوَاسِطَتِهِمْ. | ١٢ |
13 When they had finished speaking, James said, "Brethren, listen to me.
| وَبَعْدَمَا سَكَتَا أَجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ قَائِلًا: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، ٱسْمَعُونِي. | ١٣ |
14 Symeon has related how God first looked graciously on the Gentiles to take from among them a People to be called by His name.
| سِمْعَانُ قَدْ أَخْبَرَ كَيْفَ ٱفْتَقَدَ ٱللهُ أَوَّلًا ٱلْأُمَمَ لِيَأْخُذَ مِنْهُمْ شَعْبًا عَلَى ٱسْمِهِ. | ١٤ |
15 And this is in harmony with the language of the Prophets, which says:
| وَهَذَا تُوافِقُهُ أَقْوَالُ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ، كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ: | ١٥ |
16 "'"Afterwards I will return, and will rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will set it up again;
| سَأَرْجِعُ بَعْدَ هَذَا وَأَبْنِي أَيْضًا خَيْمَةَ دَاوُدَ ٱلسَّاقِطَةَ، وَأَبْنِي أَيْضًا رَدْمَهَا وَأُقِيمُهَا ثَانِيَةً، | ١٦ |
17 In order that the rest of mankind may earnestly seek the Lord--even all the nations which are called by My name,"
| لِكَيْ يَطْلُبَ ٱلْبَاقُونَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ٱلرَّبَّ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ دُعِيَ ٱسْمِي عَلَيْهِمْ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلصَّانِعُ هَذَا كُلَّهُ. | ١٧ |
| مَعْلُومَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ مُنْذُ ٱلْأَزَلِ جَمِيعُ أَعْمَالِهِ. (aiōn g165) | ١٨ |
19 "My judgement, therefore, is against inflicting unexpected annoyance on those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.
| لِذَلِكَ أَنَا أَرَى أَنْ لَا يُثَقَّلَ عَلَى ٱلرَّاجِعِينَ إِلَى ٱللهِ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، | ١٩ |
20 Yet let us send them written instructions to abstain from things polluted by connexion with idolatry, from fornication, from meat killed by strangling, and from blood.
| بَلْ يُرْسَلْ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَمْتَنِعُوا عَنْ نَجَاسَاتِ ٱلْأَصْنَامِ، وَٱلزِّنَا، وَٱلْمَخْنُوقِ، وَٱلدَّمِ. | ٢٠ |
21 For Moses from the earliest times has had his preachers in every town, being read, as he is, Sabbath after Sabbath, in the various synagogues."
| لِأَنَّ مُوسَى مُنْذُ أَجْيَالٍ قَدِيمَةٍ، لَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ مَنْ يَكْرِزُ بِهِ، إِذْ يُقْرَأُ فِي ٱلْمَجَامِعِ كُلَّ سَبْتٍ». | ٢١ |
22 Thereupon it was decided by the Apostles and Elders, with the approval of the whole Church, to choose suitable persons from among themselves and send them to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas. Judas, called Bar-sabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren, were selected,
| حِينَئِذٍ رَأَى ٱلرُّسُلُ وَٱلْمَشَايِخُ مَعَ كُلِّ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ أَنْ يَخْتَارُوا رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْهُمْ، فَيُرْسِلُوهُمَا إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ مَعَ بُولُسَ وَبَرْنَابَا: يَهُوذَا ٱلْمُلَقَّبَ بَرْسَابَا، وَسِيلَا، رَجُلَيْنِ مُتَقَدِّمَيْنِ فِي ٱلْإِخْوَةِ. | ٢٢ |
23 and they took with them the following letter: "The Apostles and the elder brethren send greeting to the Gentile brethren throughout Antioch, Syria and Cilicia.
| وَكَتَبُوا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ هَكَذَا: «اَلرُّسُلُ وَٱلْمَشَايِخُ وَٱلْإِخْوَةُ يُهْدُونَ سَلَامًا إِلَى ٱلْإِخْوَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ فِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ وَسُورِيَّةَ وَكِيلِيكِيَّةَ: | ٢٣ |
24 As we have been informed that certain persons who have gone out from among us have disturbed you by their teaching and have unsettled your minds, without having received any such instructions from us;
| إِذْ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا أَنَّ أُنَاسًا خَارِجِينَ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا أَزْعَجُوكُمْ بِأَقْوَالٍ، مُقَلِّبِينَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ، وَقَائِلِينَ أَنْ تَخْتَتِنُوا وَتَحْفَظُوا ٱلنَّامُوسَ، ٱلَّذِينَ نَحْنُ لَمْ نَأْمُرْهُمْ. | ٢٤ |
25 we have unanimously decided to select certain men and send them to you in company with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,
| رَأَيْنَا وَقَدْ صِرْنَا بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ أَنْ نَخْتَارَ رَجُلَيْنِ وَنُرْسِلَهُمَا إِلَيْكُمْ مَعَ حَبِيبَيْنَا بَرْنَابَا وَبُولُسَ، | ٢٥ |
26 who have endangered their very lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
| رَجُلَيْنِ قَدْ بَذَلَا نَفْسَيْهِمَا لِأَجْلِ ٱسْمِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. | ٢٦ |
27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who are themselves bringing you the same message by word of mouth.
| فَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا يَهُوذَا وَسِيلَا، وَهُمَا يُخْبِرَانِكُمْ بِنَفْسِ ٱلْأُمُورِ شِفَاهًا. | ٢٧ |
28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no burden heavier than these necessary requirements--
| لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ رَأَى ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ وَنَحْنُ، أَنْ لَا نَضَعَ عَلَيْكُمْ ثِقْلًا أَكْثَرَ، غَيْرَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ ٱلْوَاجِبَةِ: | ٢٨ |
29 You must abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from fornication. Keep yourselves clear of these things, and it will be well with you. Farewell."
| أَنْ تَمْتَنِعُوا عَمَّا ذُبِحَ لِلْأَصْنَامِ، وَعَنِ ٱلدَّمِ، وَٱلْمَخْنُوقِ، وَٱلزِّنَا، ٱلَّتِي إِنْ حَفِظْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْهَا فَنِعِمَّا تَفْعَلُونَ. كُونُوا مُعَافَيْنَ». | ٢٩ |
30 They, therefore, having been solemnly sent, came down to Antioch, where they called together the whole assembly and delivered the letter.
| فَهَؤُلَاءِ لَمَّا أُطْلِقُوا جَاءُوا إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ، وَجَمَعُوا ٱلْجُمْهُورَ وَدَفَعُوا ٱلرِّسَالَةَ. | ٣٠ |
31 The people read it, and were delighted with the comfort it brought them.
| فَلَمَّا قَرَأُوهَا فَرِحُوا لِسَبَبِ ٱلتَّعْزِيَةِ. | ٣١ |
32 And Judas and Silas, being themselves also Prophets, gave them a long and encouraging talk, and strengthened them in the faith.
| وَيَهُوذَا وَسِيلَا، إِذْ كَانَا هُمَا أَيْضًا نَبِيَّيْنِ، وَعَظَا ٱلْإِخْوَةَ بِكَلَامٍ كَثِيرٍ وَشَدَّدَاهُمْ. | ٣٢ |
33 After spending some time there they received an affectionate farewell from the brethren to return to those who had sent them.
| ثُمَّ بَعْدَ مَا صَرَفَا زَمَانًا أُطْلِقَا بِسَلَامٍ مِنَ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ إِلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ. | ٣٣ |
| وَلَكِنَّ سِيلَا رَأَى أَنْ يَلْبَثَ هُنَاكَ. | ٣٤ |
35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and, in company with many others, telling the Good News of the Lord's Message.
| أَمَّا بُولُسُ وَبَرْنَابَا فَأَقَامَا فِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ يُعَلِّمَانِ وَيُبَشِّرَانِ مَعَ آخَرِينَ كَثِيرِينَ أَيْضًا بِكَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٣٥ |
36 After a while Paul said to Barnabas, "Suppose we now revisit the brethren in the various towns in which we have made known the Lord's Message--to see whether they are prospering!"
| ثُمَّ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَالَ بُولُسُ لِبَرْنَابَا: «لِنَرْجِعْ وَنَفْتَقِدْ إِخْوَتَنَا فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ نَادَيْنَا فِيهَا بِكَلِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ، كَيْفَ هُمْ». | ٣٦ |
37 Barnabas, however, was bent on taking with them John, whose other name was Mark,
| فَأَشَارَ بَرْنَابَا أَنْ يَأْخُذَا مَعَهُمَا أَيْضًا يُوحَنَّا ٱلَّذِي يُدْعَى مَرْقُسَ، | ٣٧ |
38 while Paul deemed it undesirable to have as their companion one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.
| وَأَمَّا بُولُسُ فَكَانَ يَسْتَحْسِنُ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِي فَارَقَهُمَا مِنْ بَمْفِيلِيَّةَ وَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ مَعَهُمَا لِلْعَمَلِ، لَا يَأْخُذَانِهِ مَعَهُمَا. | ٣٨ |
39 So there arose a serious disagreement between them, which resulted in their parting from one another, Barnabas taking Mark and setting sail for Cyprus.
| فَحَصَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا مُشَاجَرَةٌ حَتَّى فَارَقَ أَحَدُهُمَا ٱلْآخَرَ. وَبَرْنَابَا أَخَذَ مَرْقُسَ وَسَافَرَ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ إِلَى قُبْرُسَ. | ٣٩ |
40 But Paul chose Silas as his travelling companion; and set out, after being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord;
| وَأَمَّا بُولُسُ فَٱخْتَارَ سِيلَا وَخَرَجَ مُسْتَوْدَعًا مِنَ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ إِلَى نِعْمَةِ ٱللهِ. | ٤٠ |
41 and he passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the Churches.
| فَٱجْتَازَ فِي سُورِيَّةَ وَكِيلِيكِيَّةَ يُشَدِّدُ ٱلْكَنَائِسَ. | ٤١ |
