Acts 10

1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

1 وَكَانَ يَسْكُنُ فِي قَيْصَرِيَّةَ قَائِدُ مِئَةٍ اسْمُهُ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ، يَنْتَمِي إِلَى الْكَتِيبَةِ الإِيطَالِيَّةِ،

2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

2 وَكَانَ تَقِيًّا يَخَافُ اللهَ، هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ جَمِيعاً، يَتَصَدَّقُ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ كَثِيراً، وَيُصَلِّي إِلَى اللهِ دَائِماً.

3 One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

3 وَذَاتَ نَهَارٍ نَحْوَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ، رَأَى كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ فِي رُؤْيَا وَاضِحَةٍ مَلاكاً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: «يَا كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ!»

4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

4 فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْمَلاكِ وَقَدِ اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِ الْخَوْفُ، وَسَأَلَ: «مَاذَا يَا سَيِّدُ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «صَلَوَاتُكَ وَصَدَقَاتُكَ صَعِدَتْ أَمَامَ اللهِ تَذْكَاراً.

5 Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

5 وَالآنَ أَرْسِلْ بَعْضَ الرِّجَالِ إِلَى يَافَا وَاسْتَدْعِ سِمْعَانَ الْمُلَقَّبَ بُطْرُسَ.

6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

6 إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُ فِي بَيْتِ سِمْعَانَ الدَّبَّاغِ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ».

7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

7 فَمَا إِنْ ذَهَبَ الْمَلاكُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُكَلِّمُ كَرْنِيلِيُوسَ، حَتَّى دَعَا اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ خَدَمِهِ، وَجُنْدِيًّا تَقِيًّا مِنْ مُرَافِقِيهِ الدَّائِمِينَ،

8 He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.

8 وَرَوَى لَهُمُ الْخَبَرَ كُلَّهُ، وَأَرْسَلَهُمْ إِلَى يَافَا.

9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

9 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي، بَيْنَمَا كَانَ الرِّجَالُ الثَّلاثَةُ يَقْتَرِبُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ يَافَا، صَعِدَ بُطْرُسُ نَحْوَ الظُّهْرِ إِلَى السَّطْحِ لِيُصَلِّيَ.

10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

10 وَأَحَسَّ جُوعاً شَدِيداً، فَاشْتَهَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ. وَبَيْنَمَا الطَّعَامُ يُعَدُّ لَهُ، وَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ غَيْبُوبَةٌ،

11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

11 فَرَأَى رُؤْيَا: السَّمَاءَ مَفْتُوحَةً، وَوِعَاءً يُشْبِهُ قِطْعَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ الْقُمَاشِ مَرْبُوطَةً بِأَطْرَافِهَا الأَرْبَعَةِ يَتَدَلَّى إِلَى الأَرْضِ،

12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

12 وَهُوَ مَلِيءٌ بِأَنْوَاعِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الدَّابَّةِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَالْوُحُوشِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ جَمِيعاً.

13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

13 وَنَادَاهُ صَوْتٌ: «يَا بُطْرُسُ، قُمِ اذْبَحْ وَكُلْ!»

14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

14 وَلَكِنَّ بُطْرُسَ أَجَابَ: «كَلَّا يَا رَبُّ، فَأَنَا لَمْ آكُلْ قَطُّ شَيْئاً مُحَرَّماً أَوْ نَجِساً».

15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

15 فَقَالَ لَهُ الصَّوْتُ أَيْضاً: «مَا طَهَّرَهُ اللهُ لَا تَحْسَبْهُ أَنْتَ نَجِساً!»

16 This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

16 وَتَكَرَّرَ هَذَا ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ ارْتَفَعَ الْوِعَاءُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ.

17 While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.

17 تَحَيَّرَ بُطْرُسُ وَأَخَذَ يُسَائِلُ نَفْسَهُ عَنْ مَعْنَى الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي رَآهَا. وَإذَا الرِّجَالُ الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ قَدْ سَأَلُوا عَنْ بَيْتِ سِمْعَانَ الدَّبَّاغِ وَوَقَفُوا بِالْبَابِ

18 They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.

18 يَسْتَخْبِرُونَ: «هَلْ سِمْعَانُ الْمُلَقَّبُ بُطْرُسَ مُقِيمٌ هُنَا؟»

19 As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

19 فِي هَذِهِ الأَثْنَاءِ كَانَ بُطْرُسُ يُوَاصِلُ التَّفْكِيرَ فِي مَعْنَى الرُّؤْيَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ الرُّوحُ: «بِالْبَابِ ثَلاثَةُ رِجَالٍ يَطْلُبُونَكَ

20 So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

20 فَانْزِلْ إِلَيْهِمْ وَرَافِقْهُمْ بِلا تَرَدُّدٍ، فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَرْسَلْتُهُمْ».

21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

21 فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا الَّذِي تَطْلُبُونَ. فَمَا سَبَبُ حُضُورِكُمْ؟»

22 “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

22 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «قَائِدُ الْمِئَةِ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ يَتَّقِي اللهَ، وَيَشْهَدُ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ شَعْبُ الْيَهُودِ جَمِيعاً. وَقَدْ أَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ بِوَاسِطَةِ مَلاكٍ طَاهِرٍ أَنْ يَسْتَدْعِيَكَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِيَسْمَعَ مَا عِنْدَكَ مِنْ كَلامٍ».

23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

23 فَدَعَاهُمْ بُطْرُسُ لِيُمْضُوا اللَّيْلَةَ ضُيُوفاً بِذَلِكَ الْبَيْتِ. وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ ذَهَبَ مَعَهُمْ، يُرَافِقُهُ بَعْضُ الإِخْوَةِ مِنْ يَافَا،

24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

24 فَوَصَلُوا قَيْصَرِيَّةَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي. وَكَانَ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ يَنْتَظِرُ وُصُولَهُمْ، وَقَدْ دَعَا أَقَارِبَهُ وَأَصْدِقَاءَهُ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ.

25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

25 فَمَا إِنْ دَخَلَ بُطْرُسُ حَتَّى اسْتَقْبَلَهُ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ سَاجِداً لَهُ،

26 But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

26 فَأَنْهَضَهُ بُطْرُسُ وَقَالَ: «قُمْ! مَا أَنَا إِلّا إِنْسَانٌ مِثْلُكَ!»

27 As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.

27 وَدَخَلَ بُطْرُسُ وَهُوَ يُحَادِثُهُ، فَرَأَى جَمْعاً كَبِيراً مِنَ النَّاسِ،

28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

28 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى الْيَهُودِيِّ أَنْ يَتَعَامَلَ مَعَ الأَجْنَبِيِّ أَوْ يَزُورَهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ. غَيْرَ أَنَّ اللهَ أَرَانِي أَلّا أَقُولَ عَنْ إِنْسَانٍ مَا إِنَّهُ دَنِسٌ أَوْ نَجِسٌ.

29 So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

29 فَلِذَلِكَ جِئْتُ مِنْ غَيْرِ اعْتِرَاضٍ، تَلْبِيَةً لِدَعْوَتِكُمْ. فَمَا هُوَ سَبَبُ دَعْوَتِكُمْ لِي؟»

30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

30 فَأَجَابَ كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ: «مُنْذُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، فِي مِثْلِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فِي بَيْتِي صَلاةَ السَّاعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَظَهَرَ أَمَامِي فَجْأَةً رَجُلٌ يَلْبَسُ ثَوْباً بَرَّاقاً

31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

31 وَقَالَ لِي: يَا كَرْنِيلِيُوسُ، سَمِعَ اللهُ صَلاتَكَ وَذَكَرَ صَدَقَاتِكَ.

32 Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

32 وَالآنَ أَرْسِلْ رِجَالاً إِلَى يَافَا، وَاسْتَدْعِ سِمْعَانَ الْمُلَقَّبَ بُطْرُسَ. إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُ فِي بَيْتِ سِمْعَانَ الدَّبَّاغِ عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ.

33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

33 فَأَرْسَلْتُ حَالاً أَدْعُوكَ، وَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ بِمَجِيئِكَ. وَنَحْنُ الآنَ جَمِيعاً حَاضِرُونَ أَمَامَ اللهِ لِنَسْمَعَ كُلَّ مَا أَمَرَكَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ».

34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

34 فَبَدَأَ بُطْرُسُ كَلامَهُ قَائِلاً: «تَبَيَّنَ لِي فِعْلاً أَنَّ اللهَ لَا يُفَضِّلُ أَحَداً عَلَى أَحَدٍ،

35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

35 بَلْ يَقْبَلُ مَنْ يَتَّقِيهِ وَيَعْمَلُ الصَّلاحَ مَهْمَا كَانَتْ جِنْسِيَّتُهُ.

36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

36 وَقَدْ أَرْسَلَ كَلِمَتَهُ إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَشَّرَهُمْ بِالسَّلامِ بِوَاسِطَةِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، رَبِّ الْجَمِيعِ.

37 You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:

37 وَلابُدَّ أَنَّكُمْ عَرَفْتُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا جَرَى فِي بِلادِ الْيَهُودِ، وَكَانَ بَدْءُ الأَمْرِ فِي الْجَلِيلِ بَعْدَ الْمَعْمُودِيَّةِ الَّتِي نَادَى بِها يُوحَنَّا.

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

38 فَقَدْ مَسَحَ اللهُ يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ وَبِالْقُدْرَةِ، فَكَانَ يَنْتَقِلُ مِنْ مَكَانٍ إِلَى مَكَانٍ يَعْمَلُ الْخَيْرَ، وَيَشْفِي جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ تَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ، لأَنَّ اللهَ كَانَ مَعَهُ.

39 We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,

39 وَنَحْنُ شُهُودٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا قَامَ بِهِ فِي بِلادِ الْيَهُودِ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَقَدْ قَتَلُوهُ حَقّاً، مُعَلَّقاً عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ.

40 God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

40 وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ أَقَامَهُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ، وَجَعَلَهُ يَظْهَرُ،

41 not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

41 لَا لِلشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ، بَلْ لِلشُّهُودِ الَّذِينَ اخْتَارَهُمُ اللهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ، لَنَا نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ أَكَلْنَا وَشَرِبْنَا مَعَهُ بَعْدَ قِيَامَتِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ.

42 And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

42 ثُمَّ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُبَشِّرَ شَعْبَنَا بِهِ، وَنَشْهَدَ أَنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ اللهُ دَيَّاناً لِلأَحْيَاءِ وَلِلأَمْوَاتِ.

43 All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

43 لَهُ يَشْهَدُ جَمِيعُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِهِ يَنَلْ بِاسْمِهِ غُفْرَانَ الْخَطَايَا».

44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

44 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ بُطْرُسُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا الْكَلامِ، حَلَّ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَسْمَعُونَ.

45 All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

45 فَدُهِشَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْيَهُودُ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا بِرِفْقَةِ بُطْرُسَ، لأَنَّ هِبَةَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ فَاضَتْ أَيْضاً عَلَى غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ،

46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

46 إِذْ سَمِعُوهُمْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِلُغَاتٍ، وَيُسَبِّحُونَ اللهَ. فَقَالَ بُطْرُسُ:

47 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

47 «أَيَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَمْنَعَ الْمَاءَ فَلا يَتَعَمَّدَ أَيْضاً هَؤُلاءِ الَّذِينَ نَالُوا الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ مِثْلَنَا؟»

48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

48 وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَتَعَمَّدُوا بِاسْمِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ. ثُمَّ دَعَوْهُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عِنْدَهُمْ بِضْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.