Acts 11 (NAV) · Opened

1وَسَمِعَ الرُّسُلُ وَالإِخْوَةُ فِي الْيَهُودِيَّةِ أَنَّ غَيْرَ الْيَهُودِ أَيْضاً قَبِلُوا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ،The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

2فَمَا إِنْ عَادَ بُطْرُسُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ حَتَّى جَادَلَهُ دُعَاةُ الْخِتَانِ، وَعَارَضُوهُ قَائِلِينَ:So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

3«كَيْفَ دَخَلْتَ بَيْتَ رِجَالٍ غَيْرِ مَخْتُونِينَ، وَأَكَلْتَ مَعَهُمْ؟»and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

4فَشَرَحَ لَهُمْ بُطْرُسُ مَا حَدَثَ عَلَى التَّوَالِي، وَقَالَ:But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

5«كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فِي مَدِينَةِ يَافَا، فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَيَّ غَيْبُوبَةٌ، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي رُؤْيَا وِعَاءً يُشْبِهُ قِطْعَةً كَبِيرَةً مِنَ الْقُمَاشِ مَرْبُوطَةً بِأَطْرَافِهَا الأَرْبَعَةِ، وَقَدْ تَدَلَّى إِلَيَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

6وَعِنْدَمَا تَأَمَّلْتُهُ مَلِيَّا وَجَدْتُ فِيهِ أَنْوَاعَ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الدَّابَّةِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَالْوُحُوشِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ وَطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ جَمِيعاً،I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

7وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً يَقُولُ لِي: يَا بُطْرُسُ، قُمِ اذْبَحْ وَكُلْ!Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

8فَأَجَبْتُ: كَلا يَا رَبُّ، فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَمِي قَطُّ شَيْءٌ مُحَرَّمٌ أَوْ نَجِسٌ.‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

9فَقَالَ لِي الصَّوْتُ السَّمَاوِيُّ أَيْضاً: مَا طَهَّرَهُ اللهُ لَا تَحْسَبْهُ أَنْتَ نَجِساً.But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

10وَتَكَرَّرَ هَذَا ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ سُحِبَ الْوِعَاءُ بِمَا فِيهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ.This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

11وَإذَا ثَلاثَةُ رِجَالٍ مُرْسَلُونَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ قَيْصَرِيَّةَ وَصَلُوا إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ مُقِيماً فِيهِ،Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

12فَأَمَرَنِي الرُّوحُ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ مَعَهُمْ بِلا تَرَدُّدٍ، فَذَهَبْتُ، وَرَافَقَنِي هَؤُلاءِ الإِخْوَةُ السِّتَّةُ. وَعِنْدَ دُخُولِنَا بَيْتَ الرَّجُلِ،The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

13أَخْبَرَنَا كَيْفَ رَأَى الْمَلاكَ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَاقِفاً وَقَائِلاً لَهُ: أَرْسِلْ رِجَالاً إِلَى يَافَا، وَاسْتَدْعِ سِمْعَانَ الْمُلَقَّبَ بُطْرُسَ،He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

14وَهُوَ يُكَلِّمُكَ كَلاماً بِهِ تَخْلُصُ أَنْتَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِكَ جَمِيعاً.He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

15وَلَمَّا ابْتَدَأْتُ أَتَكَلَّمُ، حَلَّ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا حَلَّ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْبَدَايَةِAs I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

16فَتَذَكَّرْتُ مَا قَالَهُ الرَّبُّ لَنَا: إِنَّ يُوحَنَّا عَمَّدَ بِالْمَاءِ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَسَتَتَعَمَّدُونَ بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ.Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

17فَإِنْ كَانَ اللهُ قَدْ سَاوَاهُمْ بِنَا فَأَعْطَاهُمُ الْهِبَةَ الَّتِي أَعْطَانَا إِيَّاهَا، إِذْ آمَنَّا بِالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، فَمَنْ أَكُونُ أَنَا حَتَّى أُعِيقَ اللهَ؟»So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

18فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمُعَارِضُونَ هَذَا، سَكَتُوا، وَمَجَّدُوا اللهَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِذَنْ، قَدْ أَنْعَمَ اللهُ أَيْضاً عَلَى غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ بِالتَّوْبَةِ لِنَوَالِ الْحَيَاةِ».When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

19أَمَّا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ تَشَتَّتُوا بِسَبَبِ الاضْطِهَادِ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ اسْتِفَانُوسَ، فَمَرُّوا بِفِينِيقِيَةَ وَقُبْرُصَ وَأَنْطَاكِيَةَ، وَهُمْ لَا يُبَشِّرُونَ بِالْكَلِمَةِ إِلّا الْيَهُودَ.Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

20غَيْرَ أَنَّ بَعْضاً مِنْهُمْ، وَهُمْ أَصْلاً مِنْ قُبْرُصَ وَالْقَيْرَوَانِ، وَصَلُوا أَنْطَاكِيَةَ، وَأَخَذُوا يُبَشِّرُونَ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ أَيْضاً بِالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ.But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

21فَكَانَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ مَعَهُمْ، فَآمَنَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ وَاهْتَدَوْا إِلَى الرَّبِّ.The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

22وَوَصَلَ خَبَرُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى الْكَنِيسَةِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَأَرْسَلُوا بَرْنَابَا إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ.When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

23فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ وَرَأَى النِّعْمَةَ الَّتِي مَنَحَهَا اللهُ، امْتَلأَ فَرَحاً، وَحَثَّ الْجَمِيعَ عَلَى الثَّبَاتِ فِي الرَّبِّ بِعَزْمِ الْقَلْبِ.When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

24فَقَدْ كَانَ بَرْنَابَا رَجُلاً صَالِحاً مُمْتَلِئاً مِنَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ وَالإِيمَانِ. وَانْضَمَّ إِلَى الرَّبِّ جَمْعٌ كَبِيرٌ.Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

25وَتَوَجَّهَ بَرْنَابَا إِلَى طَرْسُوسَ يَبْحَثُ عَنْ شَاوُلَ.Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

26وَلَمَّا وَجَدَهُ جَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ، فَكَانَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ مَعَ الْكَنِيسَةِ هُنَاكَ سَنَةً كَامِلَةً، وَيُعَلِّمَانِ جَمْعاً كَبِيراً. وَفِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ أُطْلِقَ عَلَى تَلامِيذِ الرَّبِّ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ اسْمُ الْمَسِيحِيِّينَ.and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

27وَفِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ جَاءَ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ بَعْضُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ،In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28وَبَيْنَهُمْ نَبِيٌّ اسْمُهُ أَغَابُوسُ، تَنَبَّأَ بِوَحْيٍ مِنَ الرُّوحِ أَنَّ مَجَاعَةً عَظِيمَةً سَتَحْدُثُ فِي الْبِلادِ كُلِّهَا. وَقَدْ وَقَعَتْ هذِهِ الْمَجَاعَةُ فِعْلاً فِي عَهْدِ الْقَيْصَرِ كُلُودِيُوسَ.One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

29لِذَلِكَ قَرَّرَ التَّلامِيذُ فِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ أَنْ يَتَبَرَّعَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ بِمَا يَتَيَسَّرُ لَهُ، وَيُرْسِلُوا إِعَانَةً إِلى الإِخْوَةِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي الْيَهُودِيَّةِ.So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

30فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ، وَأَرْسَلُوا الإِعَانَةَ إِلَى الشُّيُوخِ بِيَدِ بَرْنَابَا وَشَاوُلَ.This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

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