Acts 17 (NAV) · Opened

1وَصَلَ بُولُسُ وَسِيلا إِلَى تَسَالُونِيكِي بَعْدَمَا مَرَّا بِأَمْفِيبُولِيسَ وَأَبُولُونِيَّةَ. وَكَانَ فِي تَسَالُونِيكِي مَجْمَعٌ لِلْيَهُودِ.When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

2فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ كَعَادَتِهِ، وَنَاقَشَهُمْ لِثَلاثَةِ سُبُوتٍ، مُسْتَنِداً إِلَى الْكِتَابِ،As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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

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

5فَأَثَارَ 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.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.

6وَلَمَّا 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،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,

7فَاسْتَضَافَهُمَا يَاسُونُ. وَهُمْ جَمِيعاً يُخَالِفُونَ أَوَامِرَ الْقَيْصَرِ، وَيُنَادُونَ بِمَلِكٍ آخَرَ اسْمُهُ يَسُوعُ».and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

8فَأَحْدَثُوا انْزِعَاجاً لَدَى الْجَمْعِ وَالْحُكَّامِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعُوا هَذَا.On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

9فَقَبَضَ الْحُكَّامُ كَفَالَةً مِنْ يَاسُونَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ أَفْرَجُوا عَنْهُمْ.And they collected bond from Jason and the others and then released them.

10وَفِي اللَّيْلِ رَحَّلَ الإِخْوَةُ بُولُسَ وَسِيلا حَالاً إِلَى بِيرِيَّةَ. وَلَمَّا وَصَلا إِلَيْهَا، ذَهَبَا إِلَى مَجْمَعِ الْيَهُودِ فِيهَا.As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

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

12فَآمَنَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ، كَمَا آمَنَ مِنَ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ نِسَاءٌ نَبِيلاتٌ وَعَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ.As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

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

14وَفِي الْحَالِ أَخَذَ بَعْضُ الإِخْوَةِ بُولُسَ نَحْوَ الْبَحْرِ لِيُسَافِرَ، وَبَقِيَ سِيلا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ هُنَاكَ.The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

15وَرَافَقَ الإِخْوَةُ بُولُسَ حَتَّى أَوْصَلُوهُ إِلَى أَثِينَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا بَعْدَمَا أَوْصَاهُمْ بُولُسُ بِأَنْ يَلْحَقَ بِهِ سِيلا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ بِأَسْرَعِ مَا يُمْكِنُ.Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

16وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ بُولُسُ يَنْتَظِرُهُمَا فِي أَثِينَا رَأَى الْمَدِينَةَ مَمْلُوءَةً أَصْنَاماً فَتَضَايَقَتْ رُوحُهُ.While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

17وَأَخَذَ يُخَاطِبُ الْيَهُودَ وَغَيْرَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ، وَمَنْ يَلْقَاهُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي سَاحَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ.So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

18وَجَرَتْ 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».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.

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

20إِنَّنَا نَسْمَعُ مِنْكَ أَقْوَالاً غَرِيبَةً نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَعْرِفَ مَعْنَاهَا».For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

21وَكَانَ أَهْلُ أَثِينَا وَالأَجَانِبُ السَّاكِنُونَ فِيهَا لَا يُمْضُونَ أَوْقَاتِ فَرَاغِهِمْ إِلّا فِي مُنَاقَشَةِ الأَفْكَارِ الْجَدِيدَةِ.Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

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

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

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

25وَلَيْسَ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى خِدْمَةٍ يُقَدِّمُهَا لَهُ النَّاسُ. فَإِنَّهُ يَهَبُ جَمِيعَ الْخَلْقِ الْحَيَاةَ وَالنَّفْسَ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ.Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

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

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

28لأَنَّنَا بِهِ نَحْيَا وَنَتَحَرَّكُ وَنُوجَدُ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ بَعْضُ شُعَرَائِكُمْ: نَحْنُ أَيْضاً ذُرِّيَّتُهُ!‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

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

30فَاللهُ الآنَ يَدْعُو جَمِيعَ النَّاسِ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْ يَرْجِعُوا إِلَيْهِ تَائِبِينَ، وَقَدْ غَضَّ النَّظَرَ عَنْ أَزْمِنَةِ الْجَهْلِ الَّتِي مَرَّتْ،Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

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

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

33وَهَكَذَا خَرَجَ بُولُسُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ.At that, Paul left the Areopagus.

34وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَهُمُ انْضَمُّوا إِلَى بُولُسَ وَآمَنُوا وَمِنْهُمْ دِيُونِيسِيُوسُ، وَكَانَ عُضْواً فِي مَجْلِسِ أَرْيُوبَاغُوسَ، وَامْرَأَةٌ اسْمُهَا دَامَارِيسُ، وَآخَرُونَ غَيْرُهُمَا.But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

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