Acts 26 (NAV) · Opened

1فَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِبُولُسَ: «إِنَّنَا نَسْمَحُ لَكَ بِالدِّفَاعِ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ». فَأَشَارَ بُولُسُ بِيَدِهِ، وَابْتَدَأَ دِفَاعَهُ قَائِلاً:Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

2«أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ، يُسْعِدُنِي أَنْ أُدَافِعَ عَنْ نَفْسِي فِي حَضْرَتِكَ، وَأَرُدَّ كُلَّ مَا يَتَّهِمُنِي بِهِ الْيَهُودُ،“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,

3وَبِخَاصَّةٍ لأَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ تَمَاماً طُقُوسَهُمْ وَمُجَادَلاتِهِمْ. فَأَلْتَمِسُ أَنْ تَسْمَعَنِي بِرَحَابَةِ صَدْرٍ.especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.

4إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَمِيعاً يَعْرِفُونَ نَشْأَتِي مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ. فَقَدْ عِشْتُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مُنْذُ صِغَرِي.Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.

5وَمَادَامُوا يَعْرِفُونَنِي مِنَ الْبَدَايَةِ، فَلَوْ أَرَادُوا لَشَهِدُوا أَنَّنِي كُنْتُ فَرِّيسِيًّا، أَيْ تَابِعاً لِلْمَذْهَبِ الأَكْثَرِ تَشَدُّداً فِي دِيَانَتِنَا.They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.

6وَأَنَا الْيَوْمَ أُحَاكَمُ لأَنَّ لِي رَجَاءً بِأَنْ يُحَقِّقَ اللهُ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ آبَاءَنَا،And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

7وَمَازَالَتْ أَسْبَاطُ شَعْبِنَا الاثْنَا عَشَرَ تُوَاظِبُ عَلَى الْعِبَادَةِ لَيْلَ نَهَارَ رَاجِيَةً تَحْقِيقَهُ. مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الرَّجَاءِ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، يَتَّهِمُنِي الْيَهُودُ.the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

8لِمَاذَا لَا تُصَدِّقُونَ أَنَّ اللهَ يُقِيمُ الأَمْوَاتَ؟Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

9وَكُنْتُ أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهُ يَجِبُ أَنْ أَبْذُلَ غَايَةَ جَهْدِي لأُقَاوِمَ اسْمَ يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيِّ.So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10وَقَدْ عَمِلْتُ عَلَى تَنْفِيذِ خُطَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ خَاصٍّ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ، فَأَلْقَيْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ عَدَداً كَبِيراً مِنَ الْقِدِّيسِينَ. وَكُنْتُ أُعْطِي صَوْتِي بِالْمُوَافَقَةِ عِنْدَمَا كَانَ الْمَجْلِسُ يَحْكُمُ بِإِعْدَامِهِمْ.And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

11وَكَمْ عَذَّبْتُهُمْ فِي الْمَجَامِعِ كُلِّهَا لأُجْبِرَهُمْ عَلَى التَّجْدِيفِ. وَقَدْ بَلَغَ حِقْدِي عَلَيْهِمْ دَرَجَةً جَعَلَتْنِي أُطَارِدُهُمْ فِي الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي فِي خَارِجِ الْبِلادِ.I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

12وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دِمَشْقَ بِتَفْوِيضٍ وَتَرْخِيصٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ،In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

13فَرَأَيْتُ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ نُوراً يَفُوقُ نُورَ الشَّمْسِ يَسْطَعُ حَوْلِي وَحَوْلَ مُرَافِقِيَّ،About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.

14فَسَقَطْنَا كُلُّنَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ. وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً يُنَادِينِي بِاللُّغَةِ الْعِبْرِيَّةِ قَائِلاً: شَاوُلُ، شَاوُلُ، لِمَاذَا تَضْطَهِدُنِي؟ يَصْعُبُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَرْفُسَ الْمَنَاخِسَ.We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

15فَسَأَلْتُ: مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا سَيِّدُ؟ فَأَجَابَ: أَنَا يَسُوعُ الَّذِي أَنْتَ تَضْطَهِدُهُ.‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.

16انْهَضْ وَقِفْ عَلَى قَدَمَيْكَ، فَقَدْ ظَهَرْتُ لَكَ لأُعَيِّنَكَ خَادِماً لِي وَشَاهِداً بِهَذِهِ الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي تَرَانِي فِيهَا الآنَ، وَبِالرُّؤَى الَّتِي سَتَرَانِي فِيهَا بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ.‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

17وَسَأُنْقِذُكَ مِنْ شَعْبِكَ وَمِنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي أُرْسِلُكَ إِلَيْهَا الآنَ،I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

18لِتَفْتَحَ عُيُونَهُمْ كَيْ يَرْجِعُوا مِنَ الظَّلامِ إِلَى النُّورِ، وَمِنْ سَيْطَرَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ إِلَى اللهِ، فَيَنَالُوا غُفْرَانَ الْخَطَايَا وَنَصِيباً بَيْنَ الَّذِينَ تَقَدَّسُوا بِالإِيمَانِ بِي.to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

19وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ لَمْ أُعَانِدِ الرُّؤْيَا السَّمَاوِيَّةَ، أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ.So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

20فَبَشَّرْتُ أَهْلَ دِمَشْقَ أَوَّلاً، ثُمَّ أَهْلَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ كُلِّهَا، ثُمَّ الأَجَانِبَ. فَدَعَوْتُ الْجَمِيعَ إِلَى التَّوْبَةِ وَالرُّجُوعِ إِلَى اللهِ، وَالْقِيَامِ بِأَعْمَالٍ تَلِيقُ بِالتَّوْبَةِ.First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

21وَبِسَبَبِ تَبْشِيرِي قَبَضَ الْيَهُودُ عَلَيَّ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ وَحَاوَلُوا أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِي،For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

22وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ حَفِظَنِي حَتَّى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَبِمَعُونَتِهِ أَقِفُ أَمَامَ الْبُسَطَاءِ وَالْعُظَمَاءِ شَاهِداً لَهُ وَلَسْتُ أَحِيدُ عَمَّا تَنَبَّأَ بِهِ مُوسَى وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ،But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

23مِنْ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ سَيَتَأَلَّمُ فَيَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَقُومُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ، وَيُبَشِّرُ بِالنُّورِ شَعْبَنَا وَالشُّعُوبَ الأُخْرَى».that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

24وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَ بُولُسُ فِي دِفَاعِهِ إِلَى هَذَا الْحَدِّ، حَتَّى قَاطَعَهُ فَسْتُوسُ قَائِلاً بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ: «جُنِنْتَ يَا بُولُسُ! إِنَّ تَبَحُّرَكَ فِي الْعِلْمِ أَصَابَكَ بِالْجُنُونِ!»At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

25فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «لَسْتُ مَجْنُوناً يَا سُمُوَّ الْحَاكِمِ فَسْتُوسَ، فَأَنَا أَنْطِقُ بِكَلامِ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ.But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

26وَالْمَلِكُ الَّذِي أُخَاطِبُهُ الآنَ صَرَاحَةً يَعْرِفُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ الَّتِي أَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْهَا، وَأَنَا مُتَأَكِّدٌ أَنَّهُ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْهَا، لأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَحْدُثْ فِي زَاوِيَةٍ مُظْلِمَةٍ!For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.

27أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَغْرِيبَاسُ، أَتُصَدِّقُ أَقْوَالَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ؟ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تُصَدِّقُهَا!»King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

28فَأَجَابَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ: «قَلِيلاً بَعْدُ، وَتُقْنِعُنِي بِأَنْ أَصِيرَ مَسِيحِيًّا!»Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”

29فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «سَوَاءٌ كَانَ قَلِيلاً أَمْ كَثِيراً، فَإِنَّ صَلاتِي إِلَى اللهِ لأَجْلِكَ وَلأَجْلِ الْحَاضِرِينَ هُنَا جَمِيعاً أَنْ تَصِيرُوا مِثْلِي، ولكِنْ دُونَ هَذِهِ السَّلاسِلِ!»“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

30بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَامَ الْمَلِكُ وَالْحَاكِمُ وَبَرْنِيكِي وَالْحَاضِرُونَThen the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.

31وَتَرَكُوا الْقَاعَةَ، وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «لَمْ يَرْتَكِبْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ مَا يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمَوْتَ أَوِ السَّجْنَ».On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

32وَقَالَ أَغْرِيبَاسُ لِفَسْتُوسَ: «لَوْ لَمْ يَسْتَأْنِفْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ دَعْوَاهُ إِلَى الْقَيْصَرِ لَكَانَ يُمْكِنُ إِطْلاقُهُ!»And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

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