Acts 11 (AVD) · Opened

1فَسَمِعَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَٱلْإِخْوَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا فِي ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ أَنَّ ٱلْأُمَمَ أَيْضًا قَبِلُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱللهِ.The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

2وَلَمَّا صَعِدَ بُطْرُسُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، خَاصَمَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْخِتَانِ،So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

3قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّكَ دَخَلْتَ إِلَى رِجَالٍ ذَوِي غُلْفَةٍ وَأَكَلْتَ مَعَهُمْ».and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

4فَٱبْتَدَأَ بُطْرُسُ يَشْرَحُ لَهُمْ بِٱلتَّتَابُعِ قَائِلًا:But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

5«أَنَا كُنْتُ فِي مَدِينَةِ يَافَا أُصَلِّي، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي غَيْبَةٍ رُؤْيَا: إِنَاءً نَازِلًا مِثْلَ مُلَاءَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ مُدَلَّاةٍ بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَطْرَافٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، فَأَتَى إِلَيَّ.“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.

6فَتَفَرَّسْتُ فِيهِ مُتَأَمِّلًا، فَرَأَيْتُ دَوَابَّ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْوُحُوشَ وَٱلزَّحَّافَاتِ وَطُيُورَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

7وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا قَائِلًا لِي: قُمْ يَا بُطْرُسُ، ٱذْبَحْ وَكُلْ.Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

8فَقُلْتُ: كَلَّا يَارَبُّ! لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَمِي قَطُّ دَنِسٌ أَوْ نَجِسٌ.‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

9فَأَجَابَنِي صَوْتٌ ثَانِيَةً مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ: مَا طَهَّرَهُ ٱللهُ لَا تُنَجِّسْهُ أَنْتَ.But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

10وَكَانَ هَذَا عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مَرَّاتٍ. ثُمَّ ٱنْتُشِلَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَيْضًا.This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

11وَإِذَا ثَلَاثَةُ رِجَالٍ قَدْ وَقَفُوا لِلْوَقْتِ عِنْدَ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي كُنْتُ فِيهِ، مُرْسَلِينَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ قَيْصَرِيَّةَ.Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

12فَقَالَ لِي ٱلرُّوحُ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ مَعَهُمْ غَيْرَ مُرْتَابٍ فِي شَيْءٍ. وَذَهَبَ مَعِي أَيْضًا هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ ٱلسِّتَّةُ. فَدَخَلْنَا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّجُلِ،The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

13فَأَخْبَرَنَا كَيْفَ رَأَى ٱلْمَلَاكَ فِي بَيْتِهِ قَائِمًا وَقَائِلًا لَهُ: أَرْسِلْ إِلَى يَافَا رِجَالًا، وَٱسْتَدْعِ سِمْعَانَ ٱلْمُلَقَّبَ 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 كَلَامًا بِهِ تَخْلُصُ أَنْتَ وَكُلُّ بَيْتِكَ.He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

15فَلَمَّا ٱبْتَدَأْتُ أَتَكَلَّمُ، حَلَّ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا عَلَيْنَا أَيْضًا فِي ٱلْبَدَاءَةِ.As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

16فَتَذَكَّرْتُ كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ كَيْفَ قَالَ: إِنَّ يُوحَنَّا عَمَّدَ بِمَاءٍ وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَسَتُعَمَّدُونَ بِٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ.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 ٱللهُ قَدْ أَعْطَاهُمُ ٱلْمَوْهِبَةَ كَمَا لَنَا أَيْضًا بِٱلسَّوِيَّةِ مُؤْمِنِينَ بِٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ، فَمَنْ أَنَا؟ أَقَادِرٌ أَنْ أَمْنَعَ ٱللهَ؟».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 سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ سَكَتُوا، وَكَانُوا يُمَجِّدُونَ ٱللهَ قَائِلِينَ: «إِذًا أَعْطَى ٱللهُ ٱلْأُمَمَ أَيْضًا ٱلتَّوْبَةَ لِلْحَيَاةِ!».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 ٱلَّذِينَ تَشَتَّتُوا مِنْ جَرَّاءِ ٱلضِّيقِ ٱلَّذِي حَصَلَ بِسَبَبِ ٱسْتِفَانُوسَ فَٱجْتَازُوا إِلَى فِينِيقِيَةَ وَقُبْرُسَ وَأَنْطَاكِيَةَ، وَهُمْ لَا يُكَلِّمُونَ أَحَدًا بِٱلْكَلِمَةِ إِلَّا ٱلْيَهُودَ فَقَطْ.Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

20وَلَكِنْ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ قَوْمٌ، وَهُمْ رِجَالٌ قُبْرُسِيُّونَ وَقَيْرَوَانِيُّونَ، ٱلَّذِينَ لَمَّا دَخَلُوا أَنْطَاكِيَةَ كَانُوا يُخَاطِبُونَ ٱلْيُونَانِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ بِٱلرَّبِّ 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.

21وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ مَعَهُمْ، فَآمَنَ عَدَدٌ كَثِيرٌ وَرَجَعُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ.The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

22فَسُمِعَ ٱلْخَبَرُ عَنْهُمْ فِي آذَانِ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ ٱلَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَأَرْسَلُوا بَرْنَابَا لِكَيْ يَجْتَازَ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ.When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

23ٱلَّذِي لَمَّا أَتَى وَرَأَى نِعْمَةَ ٱللهِ فَرِحَ، وَوَعَظَ ٱلْجَمِيعَ أَنْ يَثْبُتُوا فِي ٱلرَّبِّ بِعَزْمِ ٱلْقَلْبِ،When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

24لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا وَمُمْتَلِئًا مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ وَٱلْإِيمَانِ. فَٱنْضَمَّ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ جَمْعٌ غَفِيرٌ.Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

25ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بَرْنَابَا إِلَى طَرْسُوسَ لِيَطْلُبَ شَاوُلَ. وَلَمَّا وَجَدَهُ جَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ.Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

26فَحَدَثَ أَنَّهُمَا ٱجْتَمَعَا فِي ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ سَنَةً كَامِلَةً وَعَلَّمَا جَمْعًا غَفِيرًا. وَدُعِيَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ «مَسِيحِيِّينَ» فِي أَنْطَاكِيَةَ أَوَّلًا.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 ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱنْحَدَرَ أَنْبِيَاءُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى أَنْطَاكِيَةَ.In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28وَقَامَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمُ ٱسْمُهُ أَغَابُوسُ، وَأَشَارَ بِٱلرُّوحِ أَنَّ جُوعًا عَظِيمًا كَانَ عَتِيدًا أَنْ يَصِيرَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةِ، ٱلَّذِي صَارَ أَيْضًا فِي أَيَّامِ كُلُودِيُوسَ قَيْصَرَ.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.)

29فَحَتَمَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ حَسْبَمَا تَيَسَّرَ لِكُلٍّ مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ شَيْئًا، خِدْمَةً إِلَى ٱلْإِخْوَةِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ.So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

30فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ مُرْسِلِينَ إِلَى ٱلْمَشَايِخِ بِيَدِ بَرْنَابَا وَشَاوُلَ.This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

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