Acts 11

1 The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

1 فَسَمِعَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَٱلْإِخْوَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ أَنَّ ٱلْأُمَمَ أَيْضًا قَبِلُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱللهِ.

2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

2 وَلَمَّا صَعِدَ بُطْرُسُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، خَاصَمَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْخِتَانِ،

3 and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

3 قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّكَ دَخَلْتَ إِلَى رِجَالٍ ذَوِي غُلْفَةٍ وَأَكَلْتَ مَعَهُمْ».

4 But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

4 فَٱبْتَدَأَ بُطْرُسُ يَشْرَحُ لَهُمْ بِٱلتَّتَابُعِ قَائِلًا:

5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

5 «أَنَا كُنْتُ فِي مَدِينَةِ يَافَا أُصَلِّي، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي غَيْبَةٍ رُؤْيَا: إِنَاءً نَازِلًا مِثْلَ مُلَاءَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مُدَلَّاةٍ بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَطْرَافٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، فَأَتَى إِلَيَّ.

6 I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

6 فَتَفَرَّسْتُ فِيهِ مُتَأَمِّلًا، فَرَأَيْتُ دَوَابَّ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْوُحُوشَ وَٱلزَّحَّافَاتِ وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

7 وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا قَائِلًا لِي: قُمْ يَا بُطْرُسُ، ٱذْبَحْ وَكُلْ.

8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

8 فَقُلْتُ: كَلَّا يَارَبُّ! لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَمِي قَطُّ دَنِسٌ أَوْ نَجِسٌ.

9 But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

9 فَأَجَابَنِي صَوْتٌ ثَانِيَةً مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ: مَا طَهَّرَهُ ٱللهُ لَا تُنَجِّسْهُ أَنْتَ.

10 This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

10 وَكَانَ هَذَا عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مَرَّاتٍ. ثُمَّ ٱنْتُشِلَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَيْضًا.

11 Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

11 وَإِذَا ثَلَاثَةُ رِجَالٍ قَدْ وَقَفُوا لِلْوَقْتِ عِنْدَ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي كُنْتُ فِيهِ، مُرْسَلِينَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ قَيْصَرِيَّةَ.

12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

12 فَقَالَ لِي ٱلرُّوحُ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ مَعَهُمْ غَيْرَ مُرْتَابٍ فِي شَيْءٍ. وَذَهَبَ مَعِي أَيْضًا هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ ٱلسِّتَّةُ. فَدَخَلْنَا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّجُلِ،

13 He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

13 فَأَخْبَرَنَا كَيْفَ رَأَى ٱلْمَلَاكَ فِي بَيْتِهِ قَائِمًا وَقَائِلًا لَهُ: أَرْسِلْ إِلَى يَافَا رِجَالًا، وَٱسْتَدْعِ سِمْعَانَ ٱلْمُلَقَّبَ بُطْرُسَ،

14 He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

14 وَهُوَ يُكَلِّمُكَ كَلَامًا بِهِ تَخْلُصُ أَنْتَ وَكُلُّ بَيْتِكَ.

15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

15 فَلَمَّا ٱبْتَدَأْتُ أَتَكَلَّمُ، حَلَّ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا عَلَيْنَا أَيْضًا فِي ٱلْبَدَاءَةِ.

16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

16 فَتَذَكَّرْتُ كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ كَيْفَ قَالَ: إِنَّ يُوحَنَّا عَمَّدَ بِمَاءٍ وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَسَتُعَمَّدُونَ بِٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ.

17 So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

17 فَإِنْ كَانَ ٱللهُ قَدْ أَعْطَاهُمُ ٱلْمَوْهِبَةَ كَمَا لَنَا أَيْضًا بِٱلسَّوِيَّةِ مُؤْمِنِينَ بِٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، فَمَنْ أَنَا؟ أَقَادِرٌ أَنْ أَمْنَعَ ٱللهَ؟».

18 When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

18 فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ سَكَتُوا، وَكَانُوا يُمَجِّدُونَ ٱللهَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِذًا أَعْطَى ٱللهُ ٱلْأُمَمَ أَيْضًا ٱلتَّوْبَةَ لِلْحَيَاةِ!».

19 Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

19 أَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَشَتَّتُوا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ ٱلضِّيقِ ٱلَّذِي حَصَلَ بِسَبَبِ ٱسْتِفَانُوسَ فَٱجْتَازُوا إِلَى فِينِيقِيَةَ وَقُبْرُسَ وَأَنْطَاكِيَةَ، وَهُمْ لَا يُكَلِّمُونَ أَحَدًا بِٱلْكَلِمَةِ إِلَّا ٱلْيَهُودَ فَقَطْ.

20 But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

20 وَلَكِنْ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ قَوْمٌ، وَهُمْ رِجَالٌ قُبْرُسِيُّونَ وَقَيْرَوَانِيُّونَ، ٱلَّذِينَ لَمَّا دَخَلُوا أَنْطَاكِيَةَ كَانُوا يُخَاطِبُونَ ٱلْيُونَانِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ بِٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ.

21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

21 وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ مَعَهُمْ، فَآمَنَ عَدَدٌ كَثِيرٌ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.

22 When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

22 فَسُمِعَ ٱلْخَبَرُ عَنْهُمْ فِي آذَانِ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَأَرْسَلُوا بَرْنَابَا لِكَيْ يَجْتَازَ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ.

23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

23 ٱلَّذِي لَمَّا أَتَى وَرَأَى نِعْمَةَ ٱللهِ فَرِحَ، وَوَعَظَ ٱلْجَمِيعَ أَنْ يَثْبُتُوا فِي ٱلرَّبِّ بِعَزْمِ ٱلْقَلْبِ،

24 Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

24 لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا وَمُمْتَلِئًا مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ وَٱلْإِيمَانِ. فَٱنْضَمَّ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ جَمْعٌ غَفِيرٌ.

25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

25 ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بَرْنَابَا إِلَى طَرْسُوسَ لِيَطْلُبَ شَاوُلَ. وَلَمَّا وَجَدَهُ جَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ.

26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

26 فَحَدَثَ أَنَّهُمَا ٱجْتَمَعَا فِي ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ سَنَةً كَامِلَةً وَعَلَّمَا جَمْعًا غَفِيرًا. وَدُعِيَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ «مَسِيحِيِّينَ» فِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ أَوَّلًا.

27 In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

27 وَفِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱنْحَدَرَ أَنْبِيَاءُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ.

28 One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

28 وَقَامَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمُ ٱسْمُهُ أَغَابُوسُ، وَأَشَارَ بِٱلرُّوحِ أَنَّ جُوعًا عَظِيمًا كَانَ عَتِيدًا أَنْ يَصِيرَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ، ٱلَّذِي صَارَ أَيْضًا فِي أَيَّامِ كُلُودِيُوسَ قَيْصَرَ.

29 So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

29 فَحَتَمَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ حَسْبَمَا تَيَسَّرَ لِكُلٍّ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ شَيْئًا، خِدْمَةً إِلَى ٱلْإِخْوَةِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ.

30 This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

30 فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ مُرْسِلِينَ إِلَى ٱلْمَشَايِخِ بِيَدِ بَرْنَابَا وَشَاوُلَ.