Acts 5

1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

1 وَرَجُلٌ ٱسْمُهُ حَنَانِيَّا، وَٱمْرَأَتُهُ سَفِّيرَةُ، بَاعَ مُلْكًا

2 With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

2 وَٱخْتَلَسَ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَنِ، وَٱمْرَأَتُهُ لَهَا خَبَرُ ذَلِكَ، وَأَتَى بِجُزْءٍ وَوَضَعَهُ عِنْدَ أَرْجُلِ ٱلرُّسُلِ.

3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

3 فَقَالَ بُطْرُسُ: «يَا حَنَانِيَّا، لِمَاذَا مَلَأَ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ قَلْبَكَ لِتَكْذِبَ عَلَى ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ وَتَخْتَلِسَ مِنْ ثَمَنِ ٱلْحَقْلِ؟

4 Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”

4 أَلَيْسَ وَهُوَ بَاقٍ كَانَ يَبْقَى لَكَ؟ وَلَمَّا بِيعَ، أَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي سُلْطَانِكَ؟ فَمَا بَالُكَ وَضَعْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ؟ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَكْذِبْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بَلْ عَلَى ٱللهِ».

5 On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

5 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ حَنَانِيَّا هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ وَقَعَ وَمَاتَ. وَصَارَ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا بِذَلِكَ.

6 Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

6 فَنَهَضَ ٱلْأَحْدَاثُ وَلَفُّوهُ وَحَمَلُوهُ خَارِجًا وَدَفَنُوهُ.

7 About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.

7 ثُمَّ حَدَثَ بَعْدَ مُدَّةِ نَحْوِ ثَلَاثِ سَاعَاتٍ، أَنَّ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ دَخَلَتْ، وَلَيْسَ لَهَا خَبَرُ مَا جَرَى.

8 “Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”

8 فأَجَابَهَا بُطْرُسُ: «قُولِي لِي: أَبِهَذَا ٱلْمِقْدَارِ بِعْتُمَا ٱلْحَقْلَ؟». فَقَالَتْ: «نَعَمْ، بِهَذَا ٱلْمِقْدَارِ».

9 “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

9 فَقَالَ لَهَا بُطْرُسُ: «مَا بَالُكُمَا ٱتَّفَقْتُمَا عَلَى تَجْرِبَةِ رُوحِ ٱلرَّبِّ؟ هُوَذَا أَرْجُلُ ٱلَّذِينَ دَفَنُوا رَجُلَكِ عَلَى ٱلْبَابِ، وَسَيَحْمِلُونَكِ خَارِجًا».

10 At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

10 فَوَقَعَتْ فِي ٱلْحَالِ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَمَاتَتْ. فَدَخَلَ ٱلشَّبَابُ وَوَجَدُوهَا مَيْتَةً، فَحَمَلُوهَا خَارِجًا وَدَفَنُوهَا بِجَانِبِ رَجُلِهَا.

11 And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.

11 فَصَارَ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا بِذَلِكَ.

12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

12 وَجَرَتْ عَلَى أَيْدِي ٱلرُّسُلِ آيَاتٌ وَعَجَائِبُ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي ٱلشَّعْبِ. وَكَانَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فِي رِوَاقِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

13 Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

13 وَأَمَّا ٱلْآخَرُونَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ يَجْسُرُ أَنْ يَلْتَصِقَ بِهِمْ، لَكِنْ كَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ يُعَظِّمُهُمْ.

14 Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

14 وَكَانَ مُؤْمِنُونَ يَنْضَمُّونَ لِلرَّبِّ أَكْثَرَ، جَمَاهِيرُ مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ،

15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

15 حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلْمَرْضَى خَارِجًا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ وَيَضَعُونَهُمْ عَلَى فُرُشٍ وَأَسِرَّةٍ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ بُطْرُسُ يُخَيِّمُ وَلَوْ ظِلُّهُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ.

16 Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

16 وَٱجْتَمَعَ جُمْهُورُ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْمُحِيطَةِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ حَامِلِينَ مَرْضَى وَمُعَذَّبِينَ مِنْ أَرْوَاحٍ نَجِسَةٍ، وَكَانُوا يُبْرَأُونَ جَمِيعُهُمْ.

17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

17 فَقَامَ رَئِيسُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ شِيعَةُ ٱلصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ، وَٱمْتَلَأُوا غَيْرَةً،

18 and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

18 فَأَلْقَوْا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ وَوَضَعُوهُمْ فِي حَبْسِ ٱلْعَامَّةِ.

19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

19 وَلَكِنَّ مَلَاكَ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ فَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَأَخْرَجَهُمْ وَقَالَ:

20 “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

20 «ٱذْهَبُوا قِفُوا وَكَلِّمُوا ٱلشَّعْبَ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ بِجَمِيعِ كَلَامِ هَذِهِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ».

21 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

21 فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا دَخَلُوا ٱلْهَيْكَلَ نَحْوَ ٱلصُّبْحِ وَجَعَلُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ. ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَئِيسُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، وَدَعَوْا ٱلْمَجْمَعَ وَكُلَّ مَشْيَخَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى ٱلْحَبْسِ لِيُؤْتَى بِهِمْ.

22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

22 وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْخُدَّامَ لَمَّا جَاءُوا لَمْ يَجِدُوهُمْ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ، فَرَجَعُوا وَأَخْبَرُوا

23 “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

23 قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّنَا وَجَدْنَا ٱلْحَبْسَ مُغْلَقًا بِكُلِّ حِرْصٍ، وَٱلْحُرَّاسَ وَاقِفِينَ خَارِجًا أَمَامَ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ، وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا فَتَحْنَا لَمْ نَجِدْ فِي ٱلدَّاخِلِ أَحَدًا».

24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

24 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَقَائِدُ جُنْدِ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ، ٱرْتَابُوا مِنْ جِهَتِهِمْ: مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَصِيرَ هَذَا؟

25 Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

25 ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَاحِدٌ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ قَائِلًا: «هُوَذَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ وَضَعْتُمُوهُمْ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ هُمْ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَاقِفِينَ يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلشَّعْبَ!».

26 At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

26 حِينَئِذٍ مَضَى قَائِدُ ٱلْجُنْدِ مَعَ ٱلْخُدَّامِ، فَأَحْضَرَهُمْ لَا بِعُنْفٍ، لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَخَافُونَ ٱلشَّعْبَ لِئَلَّا يُرْجَمُوا.

27 They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

27 فَلَمَّا أَحْضَرُوهُمْ أَوْقَفُوهُمْ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ. فَسَأَلَهُمْ رَئِيسُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ

28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

28 قَائِلًا: «أَمَا أَوْصَيْنَاكُمْ وَصِيَّةً أَنْ لَا تُعَلِّمُوا بِهَذَا ٱلِٱسْمِ؟ وَهَا أَنْتُمْ قَدْ مَلَأْتُمْ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِتَعْلِيمِكُمْ، وَتُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَجْلِبُوا عَلَيْنَا دَمَ هَذَا ٱلْإِنْسَانِ».

29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

29 فَأَجَابَ بُطْرُسُ وَٱلرُّسُلُ وَقَالُوا: «يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُطَاعَ ٱللهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ.

30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

30 إِلَهُ آبَائِنَا أَقَامَ يَسُوعَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ مُعَلِّقِينَ إِيَّاهُ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ.

31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

31 هَذَا رَفَّعَهُ ٱللهُ بِيَمِينِهِ رَئِيسًا وَمُخَلِّصًا، لِيُعْطِيَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ وَغُفْرَانَ ٱلْخَطَايَا.

32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

32 وَنَحْنُ شُهُودٌ لَهُ بِهَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ، وَٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ أَيْضًا، ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ لِلَّذِينَ يُطِيعُونَهُ».

33 When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

33 فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا حَنِقُوا، وَجَعَلُوا يَتَشَاوَرُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُمْ.

34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.

34 فَقَامَ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ رَجُلٌ فَرِّيسِيٌّ ٱسْمُهُ غَمَالَائِيلُ، مُعَلِّمٌ لِلنَّامُوسِ، مُكَرَّمٌ عِنْدَ جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُخْرَجَ ٱلرُّسُلُ قَلِيلًا.

35 “Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.

35 ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، ٱحْتَرِزُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ جِهَةِ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلنَّاسِ فِي مَا أَنْتُمْ مُزْمِعُونَ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا.

36 Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

36 لِأَنَّهُ قَبْلَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ قَامَ ثُودَاسُ قَائِلًا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّهُ شَيْءٌ، ٱلَّذِي ٱلْتَصَقَ بِهِ عَدَدٌ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ نَحْوُ أَرْبَعِمِئَةٍ، ٱلَّذِي قُتِلَ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱنْقَادُوا إِلَيْهِ تَبَدَّدُوا وَصَارُوا لَا شَيْءَ.

37 After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

37 بَعْدَ هَذَا قَامَ يَهُوذَا ٱلْجَلِيلِيُّ فِي أَيَّامِ ٱلِٱكْتِتَابِ، وَأَزَاغَ وَرَاءَهُ شَعْبًا غَفِيرًا. فَذَاكَ أَيْضًا هَلَكَ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱنْقَادُوا إِلَيْهِ تَشَتَّتُوا.

38 So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

38 وَٱلْآنَ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: تَنَحَّوْا عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱتْرُكُوهُمْ! لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا ٱلرَّأْيُ أَوْ هَذَا ٱلْعَمَلُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَسَوْفَ يَنْتَقِضُ،

39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

39 وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱللهِ فَلَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَنْقُضُوهُ، لِئَلَّا تُوجَدُوا مُحَارِبِينَ لِلهِ أَيْضًا».

40 At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

40 فَٱنْقَادُوا إِلَيْهِ. وَدَعَوْا ٱلرُّسُلَ وَجَلَدُوهُمْ، وَأَوْصَوْهُمْ أَنْ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُوا بِٱسْمِ يَسُوعَ، ثُمَّ أَطْلَقُوهُمْ.

41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

41 وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَذَهَبُوا فَرِحِينَ مِنْ أَمَامِ ٱلْمَجْمَعِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ حُسِبُوا مُسْتَأْهِلِينَ أَنْ يُهَانُوا مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِهِ.

42 Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

42 وَكَانُوا لَا يَزَالُونَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَفِي ٱلْبُيُوتِ مُعَلِّمِينَ وَمُبَشِّرِينَ بِيَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.