Acts 21

1 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

1 وَبَعْدَمَا انْسَلَخْنَا عَنْهُمْ، أَبْحَرْنَا عَلَى خَطٍّ مُسْتَقِيمٍ بِاتِّجَاهِ كُوسَ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي وَصَلْنَا إِلَى جَزِيرَةِ رُودُسَ، وَمِنْهَا اتَّجَهْنَا إِلَى مِينَاءِ بَاتَرَا،

2 Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.

2 حَيْثُ وَجَدْنَا سَفِينَةً مُسَافِرَةً إِلَى سَاحِلِ فِينِيقِيَةَ، فَرَكِبْنَاهَا وَأَقْلَعْنَا.

3 After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.

3 وَلاحَتْ لَنَا جَزِيرَةُ قُبْرُصَ فَجَاوَزْنَاهَا عَنْ شِمَالِنَا، وَتَابَعْنَا السَّفَرَ بِاتِّجَاهِ سُورِيَّةَ، فَوَصَلْنَا إِلَى مِينَاءِ صُورَ وَنَزَلْنَا فِيهَا، لأَنَّ السَّفِينَةَ كَانَتْ سَتُفْرِغُ حُمُولَتَهَا هُنَاكَ.

4 We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

4 عِنْدَئِذٍ بَحَثْنَا عَنِ التَّلامِيذِ، وَأَقَمْنَا عِنْدَهُمْ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَكَانُوا يَنْصَحُونَ بُولُسَ، بِإِلْهَامٍ مِنَ الرُّوحِ، أَلّا يَصْعَدَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

5 But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

5 وَعِنْدَمَا انْتَهَتْ مُدَّةُ إِقَامَتِنَا عِنْدَهُمْ خَرَجْنَا لِنُكْمِلَ سَفَرَنَا، فَرَافَقُونَا مَعَ نِسَائِهِمْ وَأَوْلادِهِمْ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمَدِينَةِ مُوَدِّعِينَ. فَرَكَعْنَا عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ وَصَلَّيْنَا،

6 And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

6 ثُمَّ وَدَّعْنَا بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً، وَرَكِبْنَا السَّفِينَةَ، فَعَادُوا هُمْ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ.

7 When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

7 وَتَابَعْنَا السَّفَرَ بَحْراً مِنْ صُورَ إِلَى بُتُولَمَايِسَ، فَسَلَّمْنَا عَلَى الإِخْوَةِ هُنَاكَ وَقَضَيْنَا مَعَهُمْ يَوْماً وَاحِداً.

8 Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.

8 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي ذَهَبْنَا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ قَيْصَرِيَّةَ وَنَزَلْنَا ضُيُوفاً بِبَيْتِ الْمُبَشِّرِ فِيلِبُّسَ، وَهُوَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْمُدَبِّرِينَ السَّبْعَةِ،

9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

9 وَلَهُ أَرْبَعُ بَنَاتٍ عَذَارَى كُنَّ يَتَنَبَّأْنَ.

10 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

10 فَبَقِينَا عِنْدَهُ عِدَّةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ هُنَاكَ جَاءَنَا مِنْ مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ نَبِيٌّ اسْمُهُ أَغَابُوسُ.

11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

11 فَأَخَذَ حِزَامَ بُولُسَ، وَقَيَّدَ نَفْسَهُ رَابِطاً يَدَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: «يَقُولُ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ إِنَّ صَاحِبَ هَذَا الْحِزَامِ سَيُقَيِّدُهُ الْيَهُودُ هَكَذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَيُسَلِّمُونَهُ إِلَى أَيْدِي الأَجَانِبِ».

12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

12 فَلَمَّا سَمِعْنَا هَذَا بَدَأْنَا جَمِيعاً، نَحْنُ مُرَافِقِي بُولُسَ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَلْدَةِ، نَرْجُو مِنْ بُولُسَ أَلّا يَذْهَبَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ،

13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

13 وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ لَنَا: «مَا لَكُمْ تَبْكُونَ وَتُحَطِّمُونَ قَلْبِي؟ إِنِّي مُسْتَعِدٌّ لَيْسَ فَقَطْ لأَنْ أُقَيَّدَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، بَلْ أَيْضاً لأَنْ أَمُوتَ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ!»

14 When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

14 وَلَمَّا لَمْ نَتَمَكَّنْ مِنْ إِقْنَاعِهِ سَكَتْنَا، وَقُلْنَا: «فَلْتَكُنْ مَشِيئَةُ الرَّبِّ!»

15 After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.

15 وَبَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ تَأَهَّبْنَا لِلسَّفَرِ وَاتَّجَهْنَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ

16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.

16 بِصُحْبَةِ بَعْضِ التَّلامِيذِ مِنْ قَيْصَرِيَّةَ، فَأَخَذُونَا إِلَى بَيْتِ مَنَاسُونَ الْقُبْرُصِيِّ، وَهُوَ تِلْمِيذٌ قَدِيمٌ، فَنَزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ ضُيُوفاً.

17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.

17 وَلَدَى وُصُولِنَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، رَحَّبَ بِنَا الإِخْوَةُ فَرِحِينَ.

18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.

18 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي لِوُصُولِنَا رَافَقَنَا بُولُسُ لِلاجْتِمَاعِ بِيَعْقُوبَ، وَكَانَ الشُّيُوخُ كُلُّهُمْ مُجْتَمِعِينَ عِنْدَهُ.

19 Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

19 فَسَلَّمَ بُولُسُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَخَذَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ عَلَى التَّوَالِي بِكُلِّ مَا فَعَلَهُ اللهُ بَيْنَ غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ بِوَاسِطَةِ خِدْمَتِهِ.

20 When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

20 فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا أَخْبَارَهُ مَجَّدُوا اللهَ، وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَنْتَ تَرَى أَيُّهَا الأَخُ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِالرَّبِّ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ يُعَدُّونَ بِالآلافِ، وَهُمْ مُتَحَمِّسُونَ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ،

21 But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.

21 وَقَدْ سَمِعُوا بِأَنَّكَ تَدْعُو الْيَهُودَ الَّذِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ بَيْنَ الأَجَانِبِ إِلَى الارْتِدَادِ عَنْ مُوسَى، وَتُوصِيهِمْ بِأَلّا يَخْتِنُوا أَوْلادَهُمْ وَلا يَتَّبِعُوا الْعَادَاتِ الْمُتَوَارَثَةَ،

22 What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

22 فَمَا الْعَمَلُ إِذَنْ، لأَنَّهُمْ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا بِقُدُومِكَ؟

23 Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.

23 فَاعْمَلْ مَا نَقُولُهُ لَكَ: عِنْدَنَا أَرْبَعَةُ رِجَالٍ عَلَيْهِمْ نَذْرٌ،

24 Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.

24 فَخُذْهُمْ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ وَتَطَهَّرْ مَعَهُمْ، وَادْفَعْ نَفَقَةَ حَلْقِ رُؤُوسِهِمْ، فَيَعْرِفَ الْجَمِيعُ أَنَّ مَا سَمِعُوهُ عَنْكَ غَيْرُ صَحِيحٍ، وَأَنَّكَ تَسْلُكُ مِثْلَهُمْ طَرِيقَ الْعَمَلِ بِالشَّرِيعَةِ.

25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

25 أَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ، فَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ رِسَالَةً نُوصِيهِمْ فِيهَا بِأَنْ يَمْتَنِعُوا عَنِ الأَكْلِ مِنَ الذَّبَائِحِ الْمُقَرَّبَةِ لِلأَصْنَامِ، وَعَنْ تَنَاوُلِ الدَّمِ، وَعَنِ الأَكْلِ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الْمَخْنُوقَةِ، وَعَنِ الزِّنَى».

26 So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.

26 وَهَكَذَا كَانَ. فَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي أَخَذَ بُولُسُ الرِّجَالَ الأَرْبَعَةَ؛ وَبَعْدَمَا تَطَهَّرَ مَعَهُمْ، دَخَلَ الْهَيْكَلَ لِكَيْ يُسَجِّلَ التَّارِيخَ الَّذِي يَنْتَهِي فِيهِ أُسْبُوعُ التَّطَهُّرِ، حَتَّى تُقَدَّمَ عَنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمُ التَّقْدِمَةُ الْوَاجِبَةُ.

27 When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

27 وَلَمَّا كَادَتِ الأَيَّامُ السَّبْعَةُ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ، رَأَى بَعْضُ الْيَهُودِ مِنْ مُقَاطَعَةِ آسِيَّا بُولُسَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ، فَحَرَّضُوا الْجَمْعَ كُلَّهُ، وَقَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِ،

28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

28 وَهُمْ يَصْرُخُونَ: «النَّجْدَةَ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ! هَذَا هُوَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَدْعُو النَّاسَ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ إِلَى عَقِيدَةٍ تُشَكِّلُ خَطَراً عَلَى شَعْبِنَا وَشَرِيعَتِنَا وَعَلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ أَدْخَلَ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ وَدَنَّسَ هَذَا الْمَكَانَ الْمُقَدَّسَ!»

29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

29 فَإِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَدْ رَأَوْا تُرُوفِيمُسَ الأَفَسُسِيَّ مَعَ بُولُسَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ أَدْخَلَهُ مَعَهُ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ.

30 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

30 عِنْدَئِذٍ هَاجَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ جَمِيعاً، وَهَجَمَ النَّاسُ عَلَى بُولُسَ وَجَرُّوهُ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْهَيْكَلِ، ثُمَّ أُغْلِقَتِ الأَبْوَابُ حَالاً.

31 While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

31 وَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ يُحَاوِلُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ سَمِعَ قَائِدُ الكَتِيبَةِ الرُّومَانِيَّةِ أَنَّ الاضْطِرَابَ عَمَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ كُلَّهَا.

32 Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

32 فَأَخَذَ فِي الْحَالِ جَمَاعَةً مِنَ الْجُنُودِ وَقُوَّادِ الْمِئَاتِ وَحَضَرَ مُسْرِعاً. وَلَمَّا رَأَى الْيَهُودُ الْقَائِدَ وَجُنُودَهُ كَفُّوا عَنْ ضَرْبِ بُولُسَ.

33 The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

33 فَاقْتَرَبَ الْقَائِدُ وَأَلْقَى الْقَبْضَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَمَرَ جُنُودَهُ أَنْ يُقَيِّدُوهُ بِسِلْسِلَتَيْنِ، وَأَخَذَ يَسْأَلُ: «مَنْ هُوَ، وَمَاذَا فَعَلَ؟»

34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.

34 فَأَخَذَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُنَادُونَ بِشَيْءٍ وَبَعْضُهُمْ بِشَيْءٍ آخَرَ. وَلَمَّا لَمْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يَتَبَيَّنَ حَقِيقَةَ الأَمْرِ بِسَبَبِ الْهِيَاجِ، أَمَرَ أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ بُولُسُ إِلَى الْمُعَسْكَرِ.

35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

35 وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ بِهِ الْجُنُودُ إِلَى السُّلَّمِ اضْطُرُّوا أَنْ يَحْمِلُوهُ لِيُخَلِّصُوهُ مِنْ عُنْفِ الْمُحْتَشِدِينَ.

36 For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”

36 فَقَدْ كَانَ جُمْهُورُ الْمُحْتَشِدِينَ يَتْبَعُونَهُ صَارِخِينَ: «لِيُعْدَمْ!»

37 As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

37 وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْخَلَ بُولُسُ إِلَى الْمُعَسْكَرِ قَالَ لِلْقَائِدِ بِاللُّغَةِ الْيُونَانِيَّةِ: «أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَكَ شَيْئاً؟» فَقَالَ الْقَائِدُ: «أَتَتَكَلَّمُ الْيُونَانِيَّةَ؟

38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”

38 إِذَنْ لَسْتَ أَنْتَ ذَلِكَ الْمِصْرِيَّ الَّذِي أَحْدَثَ اضْطِرَاباً فِي الْمَدِينَةِ مُنْذُ مُدَّةٍ، وَتَزَعَّمَ أَرْبَعَةَ آلافِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَتَلَةِ خَرَجَ بِهِمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّيَّةِ!»

39 But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

39 فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «إِنَّمَا أَنَا يَهُودِيٌّ مِنْ طَرْسُوسَ، وَهِيَ مَدِينَةٌ مَشْهُورَةٌ فِي مُقَاطَعَةِ كِيلِيكِيَّةَ. فَأَرْجُو مِنْكَ أَنْ تَسْمَحَ لِي بِأَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الشَّعْبَ».

40 Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

40 فَأَذِنَ لَهُ الْقَائِدُ. وَوَقَفَ بُولُسُ عَلَى السُّلَّمِ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الشَّعْبِ. فَلَمَّا سَادَ السُّكُوتُ، أَخَذَ يُخَاطِبُهُمْ بِاللُّغَةِ الْعِبْرِيَّةِ، قَائِلاً: