Acts 20

1 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.

1 وَبَعْدَمَا ٱنْتَهَى ٱلشَّغَبُ، دَعَا بُولُسُ ٱلتَّلَامِيذَ وَوَدَّعَهُمْ، وَخَرَجَ لِيَذْهَبَ إِلَى مَكِدُونِيَّةَ.

2 After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,

2 وَلَمَّا كَانَ قَدِ ٱجْتَازَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلنَّوَاحِي وَوَعَظَهُمْ بِكَلَامٍ كَثِيرٍ، جَاءَ إِلَى هَلَّاسَ،

3 where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

3 فَصَرَفَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ. ثُمَّ إِذْ حَصَلَتْ مَكِيدَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ عَلَيْهِ، وَهُوَ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ إِلَى سُورِيَّةَ، صَارَ رَأْيٌ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ عَلَى طَرِيقِ مَكِدُونِيَّةَ.

4 Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

4 فَرَافَقَهُ إِلَى أَسِيَّا سُوبَاتَرُسُ ٱلْبِيرِيُّ، وَمِنْ أَهْلِ تَسَالُونِيكِي: أَرَسْتَرْخُسُ وَسَكُونْدُسُ وَغَايُوسُ ٱلدَّرْبِيُّ وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ. وَمِنْ أَهْلِ أَسِيَّا: تِيخِيكُسُ وَتُرُوفِيمُسُ.

5 These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

5 هَؤُلَاءِ سَبَقُوا وَٱنْتَظَرُونَا فِي تَرُوَاسَ.

6 And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.

6 وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَسَافَرْنَا فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ بَعْدَ أَيَّامِ ٱلْفَطِيرِ مِنْ فِيلِبِّي، وَوَافَيْنَاهُمْ فِي خَمْسَةِ أَيَّامٍ إِلَى تَرُوَاسَ، حَيْثُ صَرَفْنَا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.

7 وَفِي أَوَّلِ ٱلْأُسْبُوعِ إِذْ كَانَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ مُجْتَمِعِينَ لِيَكْسِرُوا خُبْزًا، خَاطَبَهُمْ بُولُسُ وَهُوَ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ، وَأَطَالَ ٱلْكَلَامَ إِلَى نِصْفِ ٱللَّيْلِ.

8 Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

8 وَكَانَتْ مَصَابِيحُ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي ٱلْعِلِّيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانُوا مُجْتَمِعِينَ فِيهَا.

9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

9 وَكَانَ شَابٌّ ٱسْمُهُ أَفْتِيخُوسُ جَالِسًا فِي ٱلطَّاقَةِ مُتَثَقِّلًا بِنَوْمٍ عَمِيقٍ. وَإِذْ كَانَ بُولُسُ يُخَاطِبُ خِطَابًا طَوِيلًا، غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّوْمُ فَسَقَطَ مِنَ ٱلطَّبَقَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ إِلَى أَسْفَلُ، وَحُمِلَ مَيِّتًا.

10 But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

10 فَنَزَلَ بُولُسُ وَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ وَٱعْتَنَقَهُ قَائِلًا: «لَا تَضْطَرِبُوا! لِأَنَّ نَفْسَهُ فِيهِ!».

11 Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

11 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ وَكَسَّرَ خُبْزًا وَأَكَلَ وَتَكَلَّمَ كَثِيرًا إِلَى ٱلْفَجْرِ. وَهَكَذَا خَرَجَ.

12 And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

12 وَأَتَوْا بِٱلْفَتَى حَيًّا، وَتَعَزَّوْا تَعْزِيَةً لَيْسَتْ بِقَلِيلَةٍ.

13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.

13 وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَسَبَقْنَا إِلَى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَأَقْلَعْنَا إِلَى أَسُّوسَ، مُزْمِعِينَ أَنْ نَأْخُذَ بُولُسَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ رَتَّبَ هَكَذَا مُزْمِعًا أَنْ يَمْشِيَ.

14 And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.

14 فَلَمَّا وَافَانَا إِلَى أَسُّوسَ أَخَذْنَاهُ وَأَتَيْنَا إِلَى مِيتِيلِينِي.

15 Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.

15 ثُمَّ سَافَرْنَا مِنْ هُنَاكَ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ وَأَقْبَلْنَا فِي ٱلْغَدِ إِلَى مُقَابِلِ خِيُوسَ. وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْآخَرِ وَصَلْنَا إِلَى سَامُوسَ، وَأَقَمْنَا فِي تُرُوجِيلِيُّونَ، ثُمَّ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلتَّالِي جِئْنَا إِلَى مِيلِيتُسَ،

16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

16 لِأَنَّ بُولُسَ عَزَمَ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ أَفَسُسَ فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ لِئَلَّا يَعْرِضَ لَهُ أَنْ يَصْرِفَ وَقْتًا فِي أَسِيَّا، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُسْرِعُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَمْكَنَهُ يَكُونُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْخَمْسِينَ.

17 From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

17 وَمِنْ مِيلِيتُسَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أَفَسُسَ وَٱسْتَدْعَى قُسُوسَ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ.

18 When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

18 فَلَمَّا جَاءُوا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ دَخَلْتُ أَسِيَّا، كَيْفَ كُنْتُ مَعَكُمْ كُلَّ ٱلزَّمَانِ،

19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

19 أَخْدِمُ ٱلرَّبَّ بِكُلِّ تَوَاضُعٍ وَدُمُوعٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، وَبِتَجَارِبَ أَصَابَتْنِي بِمَكَايِدِ ٱلْيَهُودِ.

20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

20 كَيْفَ لَمْ أُؤَخِّرْ شَيْئًا مِنَ ٱلْفَوَائِدِ إِلَّا وَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ وَعَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِهِ جَهْرًا وَفِي كُلِّ بَيْتٍ،

21 testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

21 شَاهِدًا لِلْيَهُودِ وَٱلْيُونَانِيِّينَ بِٱلتَّوْبَةِ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱلَّذِي بِرَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

22 وَٱلْآنَ هَا أَنَا أَذْهَبُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ مُقَيَّدًا بِٱلرُّوحِ، لَا أَعْلَمُ مَاذَا يُصَادِفُنِي هُنَاكَ.

23 I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

23 غَيْرَ أَنَّ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ يَشْهَدُ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ قَائِلًا: إِنَّ وُثُقًا وَشَدَائِدَ تَنْتَظِرُنِي.

24 But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

24 وَلَكِنَّنِي لَسْتُ أَحْتَسِبُ لِشَيْءٍ، وَلَا نَفْسِي ثَمِينَةٌ عِنْدِي، حَتَّى أُتَمِّمَ بِفَرَحٍ سَعْيِي وَٱلْخِدْمَةَ ٱلَّتِي أَخَذْتُهَا مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، لِأَشْهَدَ بِبِشَارَةِ نِعْمَةِ ٱللهِ.

25 Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

25 وَٱلْآنَ هَا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمْ لَا تَرَوْنَ وَجْهِي أَيْضًا، أَنْتُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِينَ مَرَرْتُ بَيْنَكُمْ كَارِزًا بِمَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ.

26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

26 لِذَلِكَ أُشْهِدُكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَذَا أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْ دَمِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ،

27 For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

27 لِأَنِّي لَمْ أُؤَخِّرْ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكُمْ بِكُلِّ مَشُورَةِ ٱللهِ.

28 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

28 اِحْتَرِزُوا إِذًا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلِجَمِيعِ ٱلرَّعِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي أَقَامَكُمُ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ فِيهَا أَسَاقِفَةً، لِتَرْعَوْا كَنِيسَةَ ٱللهِ ٱلَّتِي ٱقْتَنَاهَا بِدَمِهِ.

29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

29 لِأَنِّي أَعْلَمُ هَذَا: أَنَّهُ بَعْدَ ذَهَابِي سَيَدْخُلُ بَيْنَكُمْ ذِئَابٌ خَاطِفَةٌ لَا تُشْفِقُ عَلَى ٱلرَّعِيَّةِ.

30 Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

30 وَمِنْكُمْ أَنْتُمْ سَيَقُومُ رِجَالٌ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِأُمُورٍ مُلْتَوِيَةٍ لِيَجْتَذِبُوا ٱلتَّلَامِيذَ وَرَاءَهُمْ.

31 Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

31 لِذَلِكَ ٱسْهَرُوا، مُتَذَكِّرِينَ أَنِّي ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا، لَمْ أَفْتُرْ عَنْ أَنْ أُنْذِرَ بِدُمُوعٍ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ.

32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

32 وَٱلْآنَ أَسْتَوْدِعُكُمْ يَا إِخْوَتِي لِلهِ وَلِكَلِمَةِ نِعْمَتِهِ، ٱلْقَادِرَةِ أَنْ تَبْنِيَكُمْ وَتُعْطِيَكُمْ مِيرَاثًا مَعَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِينَ.

33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

33 فِضَّةَ أَوْ ذَهَبَ أَوْ لِبَاسَ أَحَدٍ لَمْ أَشْتَهِ.

34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

34 أَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ حَاجَاتِي وَحَاجَاتِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعِي خَدَمَتْهَا هَاتَانِ ٱلْيَدَانِ.

35 In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

35 فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَرَيْتُكُمْ أَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَنْبَغِي أَنَّكُمْ تَتْعَبُونَ وَتَعْضُدُونَ ٱلضُّعَفَاءَ، مُتَذَكِّرِينَ كَلِمَاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَغْبُوطٌ هُوَ ٱلْعَطَاءُ أَكْثَرُ مِنَ ٱلْأَخْذِ».

36 When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

36 وَلَمَّا قَالَ هَذَا جَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ مَعَ جَمِيعِهِمْ وَصَلَّى.

37 They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.

37 وَكَانَ بُكَاءٌ عَظِيمٌ مِنَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، وَوَقَعُوا عَلَى عُنُقِ بُولُسَ يُقَبِّلُونَهُ

38 They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

38 مُتَوَجِّعِينَ، وَلَا سِيَّمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَلِمَةِ ٱلَّتِي قَالَهَا: إِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَرَوْا وَجْهَهُ أَيْضًا. ثُمَّ شَيَّعُوهُ إِلَى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ.