Acts 1

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

1 اَلْكَلَامُ ٱلْأَوَّلُ أَنْشَأْتُهُ يَا ثَاوُفِيلُسُ، عَنْ جَمِيعِ مَا ٱبْتَدَأَ يَسُوعُ يَفْعَلُهُ وَيُعَلِّمُ بِهِ،

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

2 إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي ٱرْتَفَعَ فِيهِ، بَعْدَ مَا أَوْصَى بِٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ ٱلرُّسُلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَارَهُمْ.

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 اَلَّذِينَ أَرَاهُمْ أَيْضًا نَفْسَهُ حَيًّا بِبَرَاهِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ، بَعْدَ مَا تَأَلَّمَ، وَهُوَ يَظْهَرُ لَهُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا، وَيَتَكَلَّمُ عَنِ ٱلْأُمُورِ ٱلْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِمَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ.

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 وَفِيمَا هُوَ مُجْتَمِعٌ مَعَهُمْ أَوْصَاهُمْ أَنْ لَا يَبْرَحُوا مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، بَلْ يَنْتَظِرُوا «مَوْعِدَ ٱلْآبِ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُمُوهُ مِنِّي،

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

5 لِأَنَّ يُوحَنَّا عَمَّدَ بِٱلْمَاءِ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَسَتَتَعَمَّدُونَ بِٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ، لَيْسَ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ بِكَثِيرٍ».

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

6 أَمَّا هُمُ ٱلْمُجْتَمِعُونَ فَسَأَلُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «يَارَبُّ، هَلْ فِي هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ تَرُدُّ ٱلْمُلْكَ 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 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَيْسَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا ٱلْأَزْمِنَةَ وَٱلْأَوْقَاتَ ٱلَّتِي جَعَلَهَا ٱلْآبُ فِي سُلْطَانِهِ،

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 لَكِنَّكُمْ سَتَنَالُونَ قُوَّةً مَتَى حَلَّ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَتَكُونُونَ لِي شُهُودًا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَفِي كُلِّ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَٱلسَّامِرَةِ وَإِلَى أَقْصَى ٱلْأَرْضِ».

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

9 وَلَمَّا قَالَ هَذَا ٱرْتَفَعَ وَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ. وَأَخَذَتْهُ سَحَابَةٌ عَنْ أَعْيُنِهِمْ.

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

10 وَفِيمَا كَانُوا يَشْخَصُونَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ مُنْطَلِقٌ، إِذَا رَجُلَانِ قَدْ وَقَفَا بِهِمْ بِلِبَاسٍ أَبْيَضَ،

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 وَقَالَا: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْجَلِيلِيُّونَ، مَا بَالُكُمْ وَاقِفِينَ تَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ؟ إِنَّ يَسُوعَ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي ٱرْتَفَعَ عَنْكُمْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ سَيَأْتِي هَكَذَا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ مُنْطَلِقًا إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ».

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

12 حِينَئِذٍ رَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنَ ٱلْجَبَلِ ٱلَّذِي يُدْعَى جَبَلَ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ بِٱلْقُرْبِ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى سَفَرِ سَبْتٍ.

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 دَخَلُوا صَعِدُوا إِلَى ٱلْعِلِّيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانُوا يُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا: بُطْرُسُ وَيَعْقُوبُ وَيُوحَنَّا وَأَنْدَرَاوُسُ وَفِيلُبُّسُ وَتُومَا وَبَرْثُولَمَاوُسُ وَمَتَّى وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حَلْفَى وَسِمْعَانُ ٱلْغَيُورُ 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 هَؤُلَاءِ كُلُّهُمْ كَانُوا يُواظِبُونَ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَاةِ وَٱلطِّلْبَةِ، مَعَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ، وَمَرْيَمَ أُمِّ يَسُوعَ، وَمَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ.

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

15 وَفِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ قَامَ بُطْرُسُ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلتَّلَامِيذِ، وَكَانَ عِدَّةُ أَسْمَاءٍ مَعًا نَحْوَ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ. فَقَالَ:

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 ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ، كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَتِمَّ هَذَا ٱلْمَكْتُوبُ ٱلَّذِي سَبَقَ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ فَقَالَهُ بِفَمِ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِي صَارَ دَلِيلًا لِلَّذِينَ قَبَضُوا عَلَى يَسُوعَ،

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

17 إِذْ كَانَ مَعْدُودًا بَيْنَنَا وَصَارَ لَهُ نَصِيبٌ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْخِدْمَةِ.

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 فَإِنَّ هَذَا ٱقْتَنَى حَقْلًا مِنْ أُجْرَةِ ٱلظُّلْمِ، وَإِذْ سَقَطَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ ٱنْشَقَّ مِنَ ٱلْوَسْطِ، فَٱنْسَكَبَتْ أَحْشَاؤُهُ 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 وَصَارَ ذَلِكَ مَعْلُومًا عِنْدَ جَمِيعِ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، حَتَّى دُعِيَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْحَقْلُ فِي لُغَتِهِمْ «حَقَلْ دَمَا» أَيْ: حَقْلَ دَمٍ.

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 لِأَنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي سِفْرِ ٱلْمَزَامِيرِ: لِتَصِرْ دَارُهُ خَرَابًا وَلَا يَكُنْ فِيهَا سَاكِنٌ. وَلْيَأْخُذْ 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 فَيَنْبَغِي أَنَّ ٱلرِّجَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَمَعُوا مَعَنَا كُلَّ ٱلزَّمَانِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ دَخَلَ إِلَيْنَا ٱلرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ وَخَرَجَ،

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 مَعْمُودِيَّةِ يُوحَنَّا إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي ٱرْتَفَعَ فِيهِ عَنَّا، يَصِيرُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ شَاهِدًا مَعَنَا بِقِيَامَتِهِ».

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

23 فَأَقَامُوا ٱثْنَيْنِ: يُوسُفَ ٱلَّذِي يُدْعَى بَارْسَابَا ٱلْمُلَقَّبَ يُوسْتُسَ، وَمَتِّيَاسَ.

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

24 وَصَلَّوْا قَائِلِينَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْعَارِفُ قُلُوبَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، عَيِّنْ أَنْتَ مِنْ هَذَيْنِ ٱلِٱثْنَيْنِ أَيًّا ٱخْتَرْتَهُ،

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

25 لِيَأْخُذَ قُرْعَةَ هَذِهِ ٱلْخِدْمَةِ وَٱلرِّسَالَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَعَدَّاهَا يَهُوذَا لِيَذْهَبَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ».

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

26 ثُمَّ أَلْقَوْا قُرْعَتَهُمْ، فَوَقَعَتِ ٱلْقُرْعَةُ عَلَى مَتِّيَاسَ، فَحُسِبَ مَعَ ٱلْأَحَدَ عَشَرَ رَسُولًا.