Acts 12

1 About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

1 وَفِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ مَدَّ هِيرُودُسُ ٱلْمَلِكُ يَدَيْهِ لِيُسِيئَ إِلَى أُنَاسٍ مِنَ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ،

2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

2 فَقَتَلَ يَعْقُوبَ أَخَا يُوحَنَّا بِٱلسَّيْفِ.

3 And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

3 وَإِذْ رَأَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يُرْضِي ٱلْيَهُودَ، عَادَ فَقَبَضَ عَلَى بُطْرُسَ أَيْضًا. وَكَانَتْ أَيَّامُ ٱلْفَطِيرِ.

4 He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

4 وَلَمَّا أَمْسَكَهُ وَضَعَهُ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ، مُسَلِّمًا إِيَّاهُ إِلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَرَابِعَ مِنَ ٱلْعَسْكَرِ لِيَحْرُسُوهُ، نَاوِيًا أَنْ يُقَدِّمَهُ بَعْدَ ٱلْفِصْحِ إِلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ.

5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

5 فَكَانَ بُطْرُسُ مَحْرُوسًا فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ، وَأَمَّا ٱلْكَنِيسَةُ فَكَانَتْ تَصِيرُ مِنْهَا صَلَاةٌ بِلَجَاجَةٍ إِلَى ٱللهِ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ.

6 On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

6 وَلَمَّا كَانَ هِيرُودُسُ مُزْمِعًا أَنْ يُقَدِّمَهُ، كَانَ بُطْرُسُ فِي تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةِ نَائِمًا بَيْنَ عَسْكَرِيَّيْنِ مَرْبُوطًا بِسِلْسِلَتَيْنِ، وَكَانَ قُدَّامَ ٱلْبَابِ حُرَّاسٌ يَحْرُسُونَ ٱلسِّجْنَ.

7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

7 وَإِذَا مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ أَقْبَلَ، وَنُورٌ أَضَاءَ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ، فَضَرَبَ جَنْبَ بُطْرُسَ وَأَيْقَظَهُ قَائِلًا: «قُمْ عَاجِلًا!». فَسَقَطَتِ ٱلسِّلْسِلَتَانِ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ.

8 “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

8 وَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلْمَلَاكُ: «تَمَنْطَقْ وَٱلْبَسْ نَعْلَيْكَ». فَفَعَلَ هَكَذَا. فَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱلْبَسْ رِدَاءَكَ وَٱتْبَعْنِي».

9 So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.

9 فَخَرَجَ يَتْبَعُهُ. وَكَانَ لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِي جَرَى بِوَاسِطَةِ ٱلْمَلَاكِ هُوَ حَقِيقِيٌّ، بَلْ يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ رُؤْيَا.

10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.

10 فَجَازَا ٱلْمَحْرَسَ ٱلْأَوَّلَ وَٱلثَّانِيَ، وَأَتَيَا إِلَى بَابِ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ٱلَّذِي يُؤَدِّي إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَٱنْفَتَحَ لَهُمَا مِنْ ذَاتِهِ، فَخَرَجَا وَتَقَدَّمَا زُقَاقًا وَاحِدًا، وَلِلْوَقْتِ فَارَقَهُ ٱلْمَلَاكُ.

11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

11 فَقَالَ بُطْرُسُ، وَهُوَ قَدْ رَجَعَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ: «ٱلْآنَ عَلِمْتُ يَقِينًا أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ أَرْسَلَ مَلَاكَهُ وَأَنْقَذَنِي مِنْ يَدِ هِيرُودُسَ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ ٱنْتِظَارِ شَعْبِ ٱلْيَهُودِ».

12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

12 ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَهُوَ مُنْتَبِهٌ إِلَى بَيْتِ مَرْيَمَ أُمِّ يُوحَنَّا ٱلْمُلَقَّبِ مَرْقُسَ، حَيْثُ كَانَ كَثِيرُونَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ.

13 He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

13 فَلَمَّا قَرَعَ بُطْرُسُ بَابَ ٱلدِّهْلِيزِ جَاءَتْ جَارِيَةٌ ٱسْمُهَا رَوْدَا لِتَسْمَعَ.

14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”

14 فَلَمَّا عَرَفَتْ صَوْتَ بُطْرُسَ لَمْ تَفْتَحِ ٱلْبَابَ مِنَ ٱلْفَرَحِ، بَلْ رَكَضَتْ إِلَى دَاخِلٍ وَأَخْبَرَتْ أَنَّ بُطْرُسَ وَاقِفٌ قُدَّامَ ٱلْبَابِ.

15 “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

15 فَقَالُوا لَهَا: «أَنْتِ تَهْذِينَ!». وَأَمَّا هِيَ فَكَانَتْ تُؤَكِّدُ أَنَّ هَكَذَا هُوَ. فَقَالُوا: «إِنَّهُ مَلَاكُهُ!».

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.

16 وَأَمَّا بُطْرُسُ فَلَبِثَ يَقْرَعُ. فَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا وَرَأَوْهُ ٱنْدَهَشُوا.

17 Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

17 فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِيَدِهِ لِيَسْكُتُوا، وَحَدَّثَهُمْ كَيْفَ أَخْرَجَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنَ ٱلسِّجْنِ. وَقَالَ: «أَخْبِرُوا يَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْإِخْوَةَ بِهَذَا». ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ.

18 At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

18 فَلَمَّا صَارَ ٱلنَّهَارُ حَصَلَ ٱضْطِرَابٌ لَيْسَ بِقَلِيلٍ بَيْنَ ٱلْعَسْكَرِ: تُرَى مَاذَا جَرَى لِبُطْرُسَ؟

19 After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

19 وَأَمَّا هِيرُودُسُ فَلَمَّا طَلَبَهُ وَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ فَحَصَ ٱلْحُرَّاسَ، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَنْقَادُوا إِلَى ٱلْقَتْلِ. ثُمَّ نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ إِلَى قَيْصَرِيَّةَ وَأَقَامَ هُنَاكَ.

20 Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.

20 وَكَانَ هِيرُودُسُ سَاخِطًا عَلَى ٱلصُّورِيِّينَ وَٱلصَّيْدَاوِيِّينَ، فَحَضَرُوا إِلَيْهِ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَٱسْتَعْطَفُوا بَلَاسْتُسَ ٱلنَّاظِرَ عَلَى مَضْجَعِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، ثُمَّ صَارُوا يَلْتَمِسُونَ ٱلْمُصَالَحَةَ لِأَنَّ كُورَتَهُمْ تَقْتَاتُ مِنْ كُورَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

21 On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

21 فَفِي يَوْمٍ مُعَيَّنٍ لَبِسَ هِيرُودُسُ ٱلْحُلَّةَ ٱلْمُلُوكِيَّةَ، وَجَلَسَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ ٱلْمُلْكِ وَجَعَلَ يُخَاطِبُهُمْ.

22 And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

22 فَصَرَخَ ٱلشَّعْبُ: «هَذَا صَوْتُ إِلَهٍ لَا صَوْتُ إِنْسَانٍ!».

23 Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

23 فَفِي ٱلْحَالِ ضَرَبَهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْطِ ٱلْمَجْدَ لِلهِ، فَصَارَ يَأْكُلُهُ ٱلدُّودُ وَمَاتَ.

24 But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

24 وَأَمَّا كَلِمَةُ ٱللهِ فَكَانَتْ تَنْمُو وَتَزِيدُ.

25 When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.

25 وَرَجَعَ بَرْنَابَا وَشَاوُلُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ بَعْدَ مَا كَمَّلَا ٱلْخِدْمَةَ، وَأَخَذَا مَعَهُمَا يُوحَنَّا ٱلْمُلَقَّبَ مَرْقُسَ.