Acts 1

1 In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

1 رَوَيْتُ لَكَ فِي كِتَابِي الأَوَّلِ، يَا ثَاوُفِيلُسُ، جَمِيعَ أَعْمَالِ يَسُوعَ وَتَعَالِيمِهِ، مُنْذُ بَدْءِ رِسَالَتِهِ

2 until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

2 حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي ارْتَفَعَ فِيهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، بَعْدَمَا قَدَّمَ وَصَايَاهُ، بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ، إِلَى الرُّسُلِ الَّذِينَ اخْتَارَهُمْ.

3 After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

3 وَخِلالَ فَتْرَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً بَعْدَ آلامِهِ، ظَهَرَ لَهُمْ مَرَّاتٍ عَدِيدَةً، وَأَثْبَتَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ حَيٌّ بِبَرَاهِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ قَاطِعَةٍ، وَحَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ.

4 And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.

4 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ مُجْتَمِعاً مَعَهُمْ، قَالَ: «لا تَتْرُكُوا أُورُشَلِيمَ، بَلِ ابْقَوْا فِيهَا مُنْتَظِرِينَ إِتْمَامَ وَعْدِ الآبِ، الَّذِي سَبَقَ أَنْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْهُ.

5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

5 فَإِنَّ يُوحَنَّا عَمَّدَ النَّاسَ بِالْمَاءِ؛ أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَسَتَتَعَمَّدُونَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ!»

6 So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

6 وَقَدْ سَأَلَهُ الْمُجْتَمِعُونَ: «يَا رَبُّ، أَفِي هَذَا الْوَقْتِ تُعِيدُ الْمُلْكَ إِلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ؟»

7 Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.

7 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «لَيْسَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الْمَوَاعِيدَ وَالأَوْقَاتَ الَّتِي حَدَّدَهَا الآبُ بِسُلْطَتِهِ.

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

8 وَلَكِنْ حِينَمَا يَحُلُّ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ عَلَيْكُمْ تَنَالُونَ الْقُوَّةَ، وَتَكُونُونَ لِي شُهُوداً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَالْيَهُودِيَّةِ كُلِّهَا، وَفِي السَّامِرَةِ، وَإِلَى أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ».

9 After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

9 قَالَ هَذَا وَارْتَفَعَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَهُ. ثُمَّ حَجَبَتْهُ سَحَابَةٌ عَنْ أَنْظَارِهِمْ.

10 They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.

10 وَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ يُحَدِّقُونَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ يَنْطَلِقُ إِلَيْهَا، إِذَا رَجُلانِ قَدْ ظَهَرَا لَهُمْ بِثِيَابٍ بِيضٍ،

11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

11 وَقَالا لَهُمْ: «أَيُّهَا الْجَلِيلِيُّونَ، لِمَاذَا تَقِفُونَ نَاظِرِينَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ؟ إِنَّ يَسُوعَ، هَذَا الَّذِي ارْتَفَعَ عَنْكُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، سَيَعُودُ مِنْهَا مِثْلَمَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ مُنْطَلِقاً إِلَيْهَا!»

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

12 ثُمَّ رَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ الْمَعْرُوفِ بِجَبَلِ الزَّيْتُونِ، وَهُوَ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى مَسَافَةٍ يَجُوزُ قَطْعُهَا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ.

13 When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

13 وَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا صَعِدُوا إِلَى غُرْفَةٍ فِي الطَّبَقَةِ الْعُلْيَا كَانُوا يُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا، وَهُمْ: بُطْرُسُ وَيُوحَنَّا، وَيَعْقُوبُ وَأَنْدَرَاوُسُ، وَفِيلِبُّسُ وَتُومَا، وَبَرْثَلَمَاوُسُ وَمَتَّى، وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حَلْفَى وَسِمْعَانُ الْغَيُورُ، وَيَهُوذَا أَخُو يَعْقُوبَ.

14 With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

14 وَكَانُوا جَمِيعاً يُدَاوِمُونَ عَلَى الصَّلاةِ بِقَلْبٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَمَعَهُمْ بَعْضُ النِّسَاءِ، وَمَرْيَمُ أُمُّ يَسُوعَ، وَإخْوَتُهُ.

15 In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,

15 وَكَانَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الإِخْوَةِ فَوَقَفَ بُطْرُسُ بَيْنَهُمْ وَخَاطَبَهُمْ قَائِلاً:

16 “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.

16 «أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، كَانَ لابُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَتِمَّ النُّبُوءَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ بِلِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي انْقَلَبَ دَلِيلاً لِلَّذِينَ قَبَضُوا عَلَى يَسُوعَ.

17 He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

17 وَكَانَ يَهُوذَا يُعْتَبَرُ وَاحِداً مِنَّا، وَقَدْ شَارَكَنَا فِي خِدْمَتِنَا.

18 (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

18 ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ اشْتَرَى حَقْلاً بِالْمَالِ الَّذِي تَقَاضَاهُ ثَمَناً لِلْخِيَانَةِ، وَفِيهِ وَقَعَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، فَانْشَقَّ مِنْ وَسَطِهِ وَانْدَلَقَتْ أَمْعَاؤُهُ كُلُّهَا.

19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

19 وَعَلِمَ أَهْلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ جَمِيعاً بِهَذِهِ الْحَادِثَةِ، فَأَطْلَقُوا عَلَى حَقْلِهِ اسْمَ’حَقَلْ دَمَخْ‘ بِلُغَتِهِمْ، أَيْ حَقْلَ الدَّمِ.

20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’

20 فَتَمَّتِ النُّبُوءَةُ الْوَارِدَةُ فِي كِتَابِ الْمَزَامِيرِ: لِتَصِرْ دَارُهُ خَرَاباً، وَلا يَسْكُنْهَا سَاكِنٌ. وَأَيْضاً: لِيَسْتَلِمْ وَظِيفَتَهُ آخَرُ!

21 Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

21 فَعَلَيْنَا إِذَنْ أَنْ نَخْتَارَ وَاحِداً مِنَ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ رَافَقُونَا طَوَالَ الْمُدَّةِ الَّتِي قَضَاهَا الرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ مَعَنَا،

22 beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

22 مُنْذُ أَنْ عَمَّدَهُ يُوحَنَّا إِلَى يَوْمِ ارْتِفَاعِهِ عَنَّا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، لِيَكُونَ مَعَنَا شَاهِداً بِقِيَامَةِ يَسُوعَ».

23 So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.

23 فَرَشَّحَ الْحَاضِرُونَ رَجُلَيْنِ هُمَا: يُوسُفُ الَّذِي يُدْعَى بَارْسَابَا وَيُلَقَّبُ بِيُسْتُسَ، وَمَتِّيَاسُ.

24 And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen

24 ثُمَّ صَلَّوْا قَائِلِينَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الْعَارِفُ قُلُوبَ النَّاسِ جَمِيعاً، بَيِّنْ لَنَا أَيَّ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ تَخْتَارُ

25 to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

25 لِيُشَارِكَنَا فِي الْخِدْمَةِ وَالرِّسَالَةِ بَدَلاً مِنْ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي ذَهَبَ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِقُّهُ».

26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias. So he was added to the eleven apostles.

26 ثُمَّ أَلْقَوْا الْقُرْعَةَ، فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَى مَتِّيَاسَ، فَضَمُّوهُ إِلَى الرُّسُلِ الأَحَدَ عَشَرَ.