Acts 17

1 When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

1 وَصَلَ بُولُسُ وَسِيلا إِلَى تَسَالُونِيكِي بَعْدَمَا مَرَّا بِأَمْفِيبُولِيسَ وَأَبُولُونِيَّةَ. وَكَانَ فِي تَسَالُونِيكِي مَجْمَعٌ لِلْيَهُودِ.

2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

2 فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ كَعَادَتِهِ، وَنَاقَشَهُمْ لِثَلاثَةِ سُبُوتٍ، مُسْتَنِداً إِلَى الْكِتَابِ،

3 explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

3 وَشَرَحَ لَهُمْ مُبَيِّناً أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ كَانَ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتَأَلَّمَ وَيَقُومَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَأَنَّ «الْمَسِيحَ الَّذِي تَنْتَظِرُونَهُ هُوَ يَسُوعُ الَّذِي أُبَشِّرُكُمْ بِهِ الآنَ!»

4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

4 فَاقْتَنَعَ بَعْضُ الْحَاضِرِينَ وَانْضَمُّوا إِلَى بُولُسَ وَسِيلا. وَكَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ الْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ لِلهِ وَكَثِيرَاتٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ النَّبِيلاتِ.

5 The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

5 فَأَثَارَ ذَلِكَ حَسَدَ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا، فَأَتَوْا بِبَعْضِ الأَشْرَارِ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الشَّارِعِ، وَجَمَعُوا جُمْهُوراً وَأَخَذُوا يُحَرِّضُونَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى أَثَارُوا الْفَوْضَى فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، ثُمَّ هَجَمُوا عَلَى بَيْتِ يَاسُونَ مُطَالِبِينَ بِتَسْلِيمِ بُولُسَ وَسِيلا إِلَى الْجَمْعِ.

6 But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

6 وَلَمَّا لَمْ يَجِدُوهُمَا هُنَاكَ جَرُّوا يَاسُونَ وَبَعْضَ الإِخْوَةِ وَاقْتَادُوهُمْ إِلَى حُكَّامِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَاشْتَكَوْا عَلَيْهِمْ صَارِخِينَ: «إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ قَلَبَا الدُّنْيَا، قَدْ جَاءَا إِلَى مَدِينَتِنَا أَيْضاً،

7 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

7 فَاسْتَضَافَهُمَا يَاسُونُ. وَهُمْ جَمِيعاً يُخَالِفُونَ أَوَامِرَ الْقَيْصَرِ، وَيُنَادُونَ بِمَلِكٍ آخَرَ اسْمُهُ يَسُوعُ».

8 On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

8 فَأَحْدَثُوا انْزِعَاجاً لَدَى الْجَمْعِ وَالْحُكَّامِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعُوا هَذَا.

9 And they collected bond from Jason and the others and then released them.

9 فَقَبَضَ الْحُكَّامُ كَفَالَةً مِنْ يَاسُونَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ أَفْرَجُوا عَنْهُمْ.

10 As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

10 وَفِي اللَّيْلِ رَحَّلَ الإِخْوَةُ بُولُسَ وَسِيلا حَالاً إِلَى بِيرِيَّةَ. وَلَمَّا وَصَلا إِلَيْهَا، ذَهَبَا إِلَى مَجْمَعِ الْيَهُودِ فِيهَا.

11 Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

11 وَكَانَ يَهُودُ بِيرِيَّةَ أَشْرَفَ مِنْ يَهُودِ تَسَالُونِيكِي، فَقَبِلُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ بِرَغْبَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، وَأَخَذُوا يَدْرُسُونَ الْكِتَابَ يَوْمِيًّا لِيَتَأَكَّدُوا مِنْ صِحَّةِ التَّعْلِيمِ.

12 As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

12 فَآمَنَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ، كَمَا آمَنَ مِنَ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ نِسَاءٌ نَبِيلاتٌ وَعَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ.

13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

13 وَعَرَفَ يَهُودُ تَسَالُونِيكِي أَنَّ بُولُسَ يُبَشِّرُ بِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ فِي بِيرِيَّةَ، فَلَحِقُوا بِهِ وَبَدَأُوا يُحَرِّضُونَ الْجُمُوعَ لِيَثُورُوا عَلَيْهِ.

14 The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

14 وَفِي الْحَالِ أَخَذَ بَعْضُ الإِخْوَةِ بُولُسَ نَحْوَ الْبَحْرِ لِيُسَافِرَ، وَبَقِيَ سِيلا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ هُنَاكَ.

15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

15 وَرَافَقَ الإِخْوَةُ بُولُسَ حَتَّى أَوْصَلُوهُ إِلَى أَثِينَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا بَعْدَمَا أَوْصَاهُمْ بُولُسُ بِأَنْ يَلْحَقَ بِهِ سِيلا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ بِأَسْرَعِ مَا يُمْكِنُ.

16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

16 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ بُولُسُ يَنْتَظِرُهُمَا فِي أَثِينَا رَأَى الْمَدِينَةَ مَمْلُوءَةً أَصْنَاماً فَتَضَايَقَتْ رُوحُهُ.

17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

17 وَأَخَذَ يُخَاطِبُ الْيَهُودَ وَغَيْرَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ، وَمَنْ يَلْقَاهُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

18 وَجَرَتْ مُنَاقَشَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ بَعْضِ الْفَلاسِفَةِ الأَبِيقُورِيِّينَ وَالرِّوَاقِيِّينَ. وَلَمَّا وَجَدُوا أَنَّهُ يُبَشِّرُ بِيَسُوعَ وَالْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: «مَاذَا يَعْنِي هَذَا الْمُدَّعِي الأَحْمَقُ بِكَلامِهِ؟» وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: «يَبْدُو أَنَّهُ يُنَادِي بِآلِهَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ».

19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

19 ثُمَّ قَادُوهُ إِلَى تَلَّةِ أَرْيُوبَاغُوسَ (حَيْثُ مَجْلِسُ الْمَدِينَةِ) وَسَأَلُوهُ: «هَلْ لَنَا أَنْ نَعْرِفَ مَا هُوَ الْمَذْهَبُ الْجَدِيدُ الَّذِي تُنَادِي بِهِ؟

20 For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

20 إِنَّنَا نَسْمَعُ مِنْكَ أَقْوَالاً غَرِيبَةً نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَعْرِفَ مَعْنَاهَا».

21 Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

21 وَكَانَ أَهْلُ أَثِينَا وَالأَجَانِبُ السَّاكِنُونَ فِيهَا لَا يُمْضُونَ أَوْقَاتِ فَرَاغِهِمْ إِلّا فِي مُنَاقَشَةِ الأَفْكَارِ الْجَدِيدَةِ.

22 Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

22 فَوَقَفَ بُولُسُ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرِيُوبَاغُوسِ، وَقَالَ: «يَا أَهْلَ أَثِينَا، أَرَاكُمْ مُتَدَيِّنِينَ كَثِيراً فِي كُلِّ أَمْرٍ.

23 For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

23 فَبَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ أَتَجَوَّلُ فِي مَدِينَتِكُمْ وَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَعَابِدِكُمْ وَجَدْتُ مَعْبَداً مَكْتُوباً عَلَيْهِ’إِلَى الإِلهِ الْمَجْهُولِ‘. فَبِهَذَا الإِلَهِ الَّذِي تَعْبُدُونَهُ وَلا تَعْرِفُونَهُ، أَنَا أُبَشِّرُكُمْ.

24 The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

24 إِنَّهُ اللهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْكَوْنَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهِ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي لَا يَسْكُنُ فِي مَعَابِدَ بَنَتْهَا أَيْدِي الْبَشَرِ، لأَنَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ،

25 Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

25 وَلَيْسَ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى خِدْمَةٍ يُقَدِّمُهَا لَهُ النَّاسُ. فَإِنَّهُ يَهَبُ جَمِيعَ الْخَلْقِ الْحَيَاةَ وَالنَّفْسَ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

26 وَقَدْ أَخْرَجَ الشُّعُوبَ جَمِيعاً مِنْ أَصْلٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَأَسْكَنَهُمْ بِلادَ الأَرْضِ كُلَّهَا، وَحَدَّدَ مُسْبَقاً أَزْمِنَةَ وُجُودِهِمْ وَحُدُودَ أَوْطَانِهِمْ،

27 God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

27 لِكَيْ يَبْحَثُوا عَنِ اللهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَلَمَّسُونَهُ فَيَهْتَدُوا إِلَيْهِ! فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَعِيداً عَنْ أَيِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا،

28 ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

28 لأَنَّنَا بِهِ نَحْيَا وَنَتَحَرَّكُ وَنُوجَدُ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ بَعْضُ شُعَرَائِكُمْ: نَحْنُ أَيْضاً ذُرِّيَّتُهُ!

29 Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

29 فَمَادُمْنَا ذُرِّيَةَ اللهِ، فَيَجِبُ أَلّا نَنْظُرَ إِلَى الأُلُوهِيَّةِ كَأَنَّهَا صَنَمٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ أَوْ حَجَرٍ يَسْتَطِيعُ إِنْسَانٌ أَنْ يَنْحَتَهُ أَوْ يَصُوغَهُ كَمَا يَتَخَيَّلُ!

30 Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

30 فَاللهُ الآنَ يَدْعُو جَمِيعَ النَّاسِ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْ يَرْجِعُوا إِلَيْهِ تَائِبِينَ، وَقَدْ غَضَّ النَّظَرَ عَنْ أَزْمِنَةِ الْجَهْلِ الَّتِي مَرَّتْ،

31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

31 لأَنَّهُ حَدَّدَ يَوْماً يَدِينُ فِيهِ الْعَالَمَ بِالْعَدْلِ عَلَى يَدِ رَجُلٍ اخْتَارَهُ لِذَلِكَ. وَقَدْ قَدَّمَ لِلْجَمِيعِ بُرْهَاناً، إِذْ أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ».

32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

32 وَمَا إِنْ سَمِعَ الْحَاضِرُونَ بِالْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ حَتَّى بَدَأَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ. وَلَكِنَّ آخَرِينَ قَالُوا لِبُولُسَ: «نَوَدُّ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَنَا فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضُوعِ ثَانِيَةً».

33 At that, Paul left the Areopagus.

33 وَهَكَذَا خَرَجَ بُولُسُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ.

34 But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

34 وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَهُمُ انْضَمُّوا إِلَى بُولُسَ وَآمَنُوا وَمِنْهُمْ دِيُونِيسِيُوسُ، وَكَانَ عُضْواً فِي مَجْلِسِ أَرْيُوبَاغُوسَ، وَامْرَأَةٌ اسْمُهَا دَامَارِيسُ، وَآخَرُونَ غَيْرُهُمَا.