Acts 17 (AVD) · Opened

1فَٱجْتَازَا فِي أَمْفِيبُولِيسَ وَأَبُولُونِيَّةَ، وَأَتَيَا إِلَى تَسَالُونِيكِي، حَيْثُ كَانَ مَجْمَعُ ٱلْيَهُودِ.When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

2فَدَخَلَ بُولُسُ إِلَيْهِمْ حَسَبَ عَادَتِهِ، وَكَانَ يُحَاجُّهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ سُبُوتٍ مِنَ ٱلْكُتُبِ،As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

3مُوَضِّحًا وَمُبَيِّنًا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنَّ ٱلْمَسِيحَ يَتَأَلَّمُ وَيَقُومُ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، وَأَنَّ: هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا أُنَادِي لَكُمْ بِهِ.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.

4فَٱقْتَنَعَ قَوْمٌ مِنْهُمْ وَٱنْحَازُوا إِلَى بُولُسَ وَسِيلَا، وَمِنَ ٱلْيُونَانِيِّينَ ٱلْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ جُمْهُورٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَمِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْمُتَقَدِّمَاتِ عَدَدٌ لَيْسَ بِقَلِيلٍ.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.

5فَغَارَ ٱلْيَهُودُ غَيْرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذُوا رِجَالًا أَشْرَارًا مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلسُّوقِ، وَتَجَمَّعُوا وَسَجَّسُوا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ، وَقَامُوا عَلَى بَيْتِ يَاسُونَ طَالِبِينَ أَنْ يُحْضِرُوهُمَا إِلَى ٱلشَّعْبِ.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، جَرُّوا يَاسُونَ وَأُنَاسًا مِنَ ٱلْإِخْوَةِ إِلَى حُكَّامِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ صَارِخِينَ: «إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا ٱلْمَسْكُونَةَ حَضَرُوا إِلَى هَهُنَا أَيْضًا.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,

7وَقَدْ قَبِلَهُمْ يَاسُونُ. وَهَؤُلَاءِ كُلُّهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ ضِدَّ أَحْكَامِ قَيْصَرَ قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّهُ يُوجَدُ مَلِكٌ آخَرُ: يَسُوعُ!».and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

8فَأَزْعَجُوا ٱلْجَمْعَ وَحُكَّامَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ إِذْ سَمِعُوا هَذَا.On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

9فَأَخَذُوا كَفَالَةً مِنْ يَاسُونَ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَاقِينَ، ثُمَّ أَطْلَقُوهُمْ.And they collected bond from Jason and the others and then released them.

10وَأَمَّا ٱلْإِخْوَةُ فَلِلْوَقْتِ أَرْسَلُوا بُولُسَ وَسِيلَا لَيْلًا إِلَى بِيرِيَّةَ. وَهُمَا لَمَّا وَصَلَا مَضَيَا إِلَى مَجْمَعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ.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 هَؤُلَاءِ أَشْرَفَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي تَسَالُونِيكِي، فَقَبِلُوا ٱلْكَلِمَةَ بِكُلِّ نَشَاطٍ فَاحِصِينَ ٱلْكُتُبَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ: هَلْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورُ هَكَذَا؟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 مِنْهُمْ كَثِيرُونَ، وَمِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلْيُونَانِيَّاتِ ٱلشَّرِيفَاتِ، وَمِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ عَدَدٌ لَيْسَ بِقَلِيلٍ.As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

13فَلَمَّا عَلِمَ ٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ تَسَالُونِيكِي أَنَّهُ فِي بِيرِيَّةَ أَيْضًا نَادَى بُولُسُ بِكَلِمَةِ ٱللهِ، جَاءُوا يُهَيِّجُونَ ٱلْجُمُوعَ هُنَاكَ أَيْضًا.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.

14فَحِينَئِذٍ أَرْسَلَ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ بُولُسَ لِلْوَقْتِ لِيَذْهَبَ كَمَا إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ، وَأَمَّا سِيلَا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ فَبَقِيَا هُنَاكَ.The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

15وَٱلَّذِينَ صَاحَبُوا بُولُسَ جَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَى أَثِينَا. وَلَمَّا أَخَذُوا وَصِيَّةً إِلَى سِيلَا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَا إِلَيْهِ بِأَسْرَعِ مَا يُمْكِنُ، مَضَوْا.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 بُولُسُ يَنْتَظِرُهُمَا فِي أَثِينَا ٱحْتَدَّتْ رُوحُهُ فِيهِ، إِذْ رَأَى ٱلْمَدِينَةَ مَمْلُؤَةً أَصْنَامًا.While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

17فَكَانَ يُكَلِّمُ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ ٱلْيَهُودَ ٱلْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ، وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَادِفُونَهُ فِي ٱلسُّوقِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

18فَقَابَلَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنَ ٱلْفَلَاسِفَةِ ٱلْأَبِيكُورِيِّينَ وَٱلرِّوَاقِيِّينَ، وَقَالَ بَعْضٌ: «تُرَى مَاذَا يُرِيدُ هَذَا ٱلْمِهْذَارُ أَنْ يَقُولَ؟». وَبَعْضٌ: «إِنَّهُ يَظْهَرُ مُنَادِيًا بِآلِهَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ». لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُبَشِّرُهُمْ بِيَسُوعَ وَٱلْقِيَامَةِ.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.

19فَأَخَذُوهُ وَذَهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى أَرِيُوسَ بَاغُوسَ، قَائِلِينَ: «هَلْ يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَعْرِفَ مَا هُوَ هَذَا ٱلتَّعْلِيمُ ٱلْجَدِيدُ ٱلَّذِي تَتَكَلَّمُ 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?

20لِأَنَّكَ تَأْتِي إِلَى مَسَامِعِنَا بِأُمُورٍ غَرِيبَةٍ، فَنُرِيدُ أَنْ نَعْلَمَ مَا عَسَى أَنْ تَكُونَ هَذِهِ».For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

21أَمَّا ٱلْأَثِينَوِيُّونَ أَجْمَعُونَ وَٱلْغُرَبَاءُ ٱلْمُسْتَوْطِنُونَ، فَلَا يَتَفَرَّغُونَ لِشَيْءٍ آخَرَ، إِلَّا لِأَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا أَوْ يَسْمَعُوا شَيْئًا حَديثًا.Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

22فَوَقَفَ بُولُسُ فِي وَسْطِ أَرِيُوسَ بَاغُوسَ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْأَثِينِوِيُّونَ! أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ وَجْهٍ كَأَنَّكُمْ مُتَدَيِّنُونَ كَثِيرًا،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.

23لِأَنَّنِي بَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ أَجْتَازُ وَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى مَعْبُودَاتِكُمْ، وَجَدْتُ أَيْضًا مَذْبَحًا مَكْتُوبًا عَلَيْهِ: «لِإِلَهٍ مَجْهُولٍ». فَٱلَّذِي تَتَّقُونَهُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَجْهَلُونَهُ، هَذَا أَنَا أُنَادِي لَكُمْ بِهِ.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.

24ٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلْعَالَمَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهِ، هَذَا، إِذْ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ، لَا يَسْكُنُ فِي هَيَاكِلَ مَصْنُوعَةٍ بِٱلْأَيَادِي،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.

25وَلَا يُخْدَمُ بِأَيَادِي ٱلنَّاسِ كَأَنَّهُ مُحْتَاجٌ إِلَى شَيْءٍ، إِذْ هُوَ يُعْطِي ٱلْجَمِيعَ حَيَاةً وَنَفْسًا 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.

26وَصَنَعَ مِنْ دَمٍ وَاحِدٍ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْكُنُونَ عَلَى كُلِّ وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَحَتَمَ بِٱلْأَوْقَاتِ ٱلْمُعَيَّنَةِ وَبِحُدُودِ مَسْكَنِهِمْ،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 يَطْلُبُوا ٱللهَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَلَمَّسُونَهُ فَيَجِدُوهُ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ عَنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا لَيْسَ بَعِيدًا.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.

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

29فَإِذْ نَحْنُ ذُرِّيَّةُ ٱللهِ، لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ نَظُنَّ أَنَّ ٱللَّاهُوتَ شَبِيهٌ بِذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضَّةٍ أَوْ حَجَرِ نَقْشِ صِنَاعَةِ وَٱخْتِرَاعِ إِنْسَانٍ.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.

30فَٱللهُ ٱلْآنَ يَأْمُرُ جَمِيعَ ٱلنَّاسِ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْ يَتُوبُوا، مُتَغَاضِيًا عَنْ أَزْمِنَةِ ٱلْجَهْلِ.Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

31لِأَنَّهُ أَقَامَ يَوْمًا هُوَ فِيهِ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَدِينَ ٱلْمَسْكُونَةَ بِٱلْعَدْلِ، بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ عَيَّنَهُ، مُقَدِّمًا لِلْجَمِيعِ إِيمَانًا إِذْ أَقَامَهُ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ».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.”

32وَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا بِٱلْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ كَانَ ٱلْبَعْضُ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ، وَٱلْبَعْضُ يَقُولُونَ: «سَنَسْمَعُ مِنْكَ عَنْ هَذَا أَيْضًا!».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 وَسْطِهِمْ.At that, Paul left the Areopagus.

34وَلَكِنَّ أُنَاسًا ٱلْتَصَقُوا بِهِ وَآمَنُوا، مِنْهُمْ دِيُونِيسِيُوسُ ٱلْأَرِيُوبَاغِيُّ، وَٱمْرَأَةٌ ٱسْمُهَا دَامَرِسُ وَآخَرُونَ مَعَهُمَا.But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

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