Acts 5 (AVD) · Opened

1وَرَجُلٌ ٱسْمُهُ حَنَانِيَّا، وَٱمْرَأَتُهُ سَفِّيرَةُ، بَاعَ مُلْكًاNow a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

2وَٱخْتَلَسَ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَنِ، وَٱمْرَأَتُهُ لَهَا خَبَرُ ذَلِكَ، وَأَتَى بِجُزْءٍ وَوَضَعَهُ عِنْدَ أَرْجُلِ ٱلرُّسُلِ.With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

3فَقَالَ بُطْرُسُ: «يَا حَنَانِيَّا، لِمَاذَا مَلَأَ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ قَلْبَكَ لِتَكْذِبَ عَلَى ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ وَتَخْتَلِسَ مِنْ ثَمَنِ ٱلْحَقْلِ؟Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

4أَلَيْسَ وَهُوَ بَاقٍ كَانَ يَبْقَى لَكَ؟ وَلَمَّا بِيعَ، أَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي سُلْطَانِكَ؟ فَمَا بَالُكَ وَضَعْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ؟ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَكْذِبْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بَلْ عَلَى ٱللهِ».Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”

5فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ حَنَانِيَّا هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ وَقَعَ وَمَاتَ. وَصَارَ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا بِذَلِكَ.On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

6فَنَهَضَ ٱلْأَحْدَاثُ وَلَفُّوهُ وَحَمَلُوهُ خَارِجًا وَدَفَنُوهُ.Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

7ثُمَّ حَدَثَ بَعْدَ مُدَّةِ نَحْوِ ثَلَاثِ سَاعَاتٍ، أَنَّ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ دَخَلَتْ، وَلَيْسَ لَهَا خَبَرُ مَا جَرَى.About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.

8فأَجَابَهَا بُطْرُسُ: «قُولِي لِي: أَبِهَذَا ٱلْمِقْدَارِ بِعْتُمَا ٱلْحَقْلَ؟». فَقَالَتْ: «نَعَمْ، بِهَذَا ٱلْمِقْدَارِ».“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”

9فَقَالَ لَهَا بُطْرُسُ: «مَا بَالُكُمَا ٱتَّفَقْتُمَا عَلَى تَجْرِبَةِ رُوحِ ٱلرَّبِّ؟ هُوَذَا أَرْجُلُ ٱلَّذِينَ دَفَنُوا رَجُلَكِ عَلَى ٱلْبَابِ، وَسَيَحْمِلُونَكِ خَارِجًا».“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

10فَوَقَعَتْ فِي ٱلْحَالِ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَمَاتَتْ. فَدَخَلَ ٱلشَّبَابُ وَوَجَدُوهَا مَيْتَةً، فَحَمَلُوهَا خَارِجًا وَدَفَنُوهَا بِجَانِبِ رَجُلِهَا.At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

11فَصَارَ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا بِذَلِكَ.And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.

12وَجَرَتْ عَلَى أَيْدِي ٱلرُّسُلِ آيَاتٌ وَعَجَائِبُ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي ٱلشَّعْبِ. وَكَانَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فِي رِوَاقِ سُلَيْمَانَ.The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.

13وَأَمَّا ٱلْآخَرُونَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ يَجْسُرُ أَنْ يَلْتَصِقَ بِهِمْ، لَكِنْ كَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ يُعَظِّمُهُمْ.Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

14وَكَانَ مُؤْمِنُونَ يَنْضَمُّونَ لِلرَّبِّ أَكْثَرَ، جَمَاهِيرُ مِنْ رِجَالٍ وَنِسَاءٍ،Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

15حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلْمَرْضَى خَارِجًا فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ وَيَضَعُونَهُمْ عَلَى فُرُشٍ وَأَسِرَّةٍ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ بُطْرُسُ يُخَيِّمُ وَلَوْ ظِلُّهُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ.As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

16وَٱجْتَمَعَ جُمْهُورُ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْمُحِيطَةِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ حَامِلِينَ مَرْضَى وَمُعَذَّبِينَ مِنْ أَرْوَاحٍ نَجِسَةٍ، وَكَانُوا يُبْرَأُونَ جَمِيعُهُمْ.Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

17فَقَامَ رَئِيسُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ شِيعَةُ ٱلصَّدُّوقِيِّينَ، وَٱمْتَلَأُوا غَيْرَةً،Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

18فَأَلْقَوْا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ وَوَضَعُوهُمْ فِي حَبْسِ ٱلْعَامَّةِ.and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

19وَلَكِنَّ مَلَاكَ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ فَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَأَخْرَجَهُمْ وَقَالَ:But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

20«ٱذْهَبُوا قِفُوا وَكَلِّمُوا ٱلشَّعْبَ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ بِجَمِيعِ كَلَامِ هَذِهِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ».“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

21فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا دَخَلُوا ٱلْهَيْكَلَ نَحْوَ ٱلصُّبْحِ وَجَعَلُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ. ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَئِيسُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ، وَدَعَوْا ٱلْمَجْمَعَ وَكُلَّ مَشْيَخَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى ٱلْحَبْسِ لِيُؤْتَى بِهِمْ.At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

22وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْخُدَّامَ لَمَّا جَاءُوا لَمْ يَجِدُوهُمْ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ، فَرَجَعُوا وَأَخْبَرُواBut on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

23قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّنَا وَجَدْنَا ٱلْحَبْسَ مُغْلَقًا بِكُلِّ حِرْصٍ، وَٱلْحُرَّاسَ وَاقِفِينَ خَارِجًا أَمَامَ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ، وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا فَتَحْنَا لَمْ نَجِدْ فِي ٱلدَّاخِلِ أَحَدًا».“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

24فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَقَائِدُ جُنْدِ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَرُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَقْوَالَ، ٱرْتَابُوا مِنْ جِهَتِهِمْ: مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَصِيرَ هَذَا؟When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

25ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَاحِدٌ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ قَائِلًا: «هُوَذَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ وَضَعْتُمُوهُمْ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ هُمْ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَاقِفِينَ يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلشَّعْبَ!».Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

26حِينَئِذٍ مَضَى قَائِدُ ٱلْجُنْدِ مَعَ ٱلْخُدَّامِ، فَأَحْضَرَهُمْ لَا بِعُنْفٍ، لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَخَافُونَ ٱلشَّعْبَ لِئَلَّا يُرْجَمُوا.At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

27فَلَمَّا أَحْضَرُوهُمْ أَوْقَفُوهُمْ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ. فَسَأَلَهُمْ رَئِيسُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِThey brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

28قَائِلًا: «أَمَا أَوْصَيْنَاكُمْ وَصِيَّةً أَنْ لَا تُعَلِّمُوا بِهَذَا ٱلِٱسْمِ؟ وَهَا أَنْتُمْ قَدْ مَلَأْتُمْ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِتَعْلِيمِكُمْ، وَتُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَجْلِبُوا عَلَيْنَا دَمَ هَذَا ٱلْإِنْسَانِ».“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

29فَأَجَابَ بُطْرُسُ وَٱلرُّسُلُ وَقَالُوا: «يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُطَاعَ ٱللهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ.But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

30إِلَهُ آبَائِنَا أَقَامَ يَسُوعَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمْ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ مُعَلِّقِينَ إِيَّاهُ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ.The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

31هَذَا رَفَّعَهُ ٱللهُ بِيَمِينِهِ رَئِيسًا وَمُخَلِّصًا، لِيُعْطِيَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلتَّوْبَةَ وَغُفْرَانَ ٱلْخَطَايَا.God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

32وَنَحْنُ شُهُودٌ لَهُ بِهَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ، وَٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ أَيْضًا، ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَاهُ ٱللهُ لِلَّذِينَ يُطِيعُونَهُ».We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

33فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا حَنِقُوا، وَجَعَلُوا يَتَشَاوَرُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُمْ.When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

34فَقَامَ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ رَجُلٌ فَرِّيسِيٌّ ٱسْمُهُ غَمَالَائِيلُ، مُعَلِّمٌ لِلنَّامُوسِ، مُكَرَّمٌ عِنْدَ جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُخْرَجَ ٱلرُّسُلُ قَلِيلًا.But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.

35ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، ٱحْتَرِزُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ جِهَةِ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلنَّاسِ فِي مَا أَنْتُمْ مُزْمِعُونَ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا.“Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.

36لِأَنَّهُ قَبْلَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ قَامَ ثُودَاسُ قَائِلًا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ: إِنَّهُ شَيْءٌ، ٱلَّذِي ٱلْتَصَقَ بِهِ عَدَدٌ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ نَحْوُ أَرْبَعِمِئَةٍ، ٱلَّذِي قُتِلَ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱنْقَادُوا إِلَيْهِ تَبَدَّدُوا وَصَارُوا لَا شَيْءَ.Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

37بَعْدَ هَذَا قَامَ يَهُوذَا ٱلْجَلِيلِيُّ فِي أَيَّامِ ٱلِٱكْتِتَابِ، وَأَزَاغَ وَرَاءَهُ شَعْبًا غَفِيرًا. فَذَاكَ أَيْضًا هَلَكَ، وَجَمِيعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱنْقَادُوا إِلَيْهِ تَشَتَّتُوا.After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

38وَٱلْآنَ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: تَنَحَّوْا عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱتْرُكُوهُمْ! لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا ٱلرَّأْيُ أَوْ هَذَا ٱلْعَمَلُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَسَوْفَ يَنْتَقِضُ،So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

39وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱللهِ فَلَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَنْقُضُوهُ، لِئَلَّا تُوجَدُوا مُحَارِبِينَ لِلهِ أَيْضًا».But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

40فَٱنْقَادُوا إِلَيْهِ. وَدَعَوْا ٱلرُّسُلَ وَجَلَدُوهُمْ، وَأَوْصَوْهُمْ أَنْ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُوا بِٱسْمِ يَسُوعَ، ثُمَّ أَطْلَقُوهُمْ.At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

41وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَذَهَبُوا فَرِحِينَ مِنْ أَمَامِ ٱلْمَجْمَعِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ حُسِبُوا مُسْتَأْهِلِينَ أَنْ يُهَانُوا مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱسْمِهِ.The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

42وَكَانُوا لَا يَزَالُونَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَفِي ٱلْبُيُوتِ مُعَلِّمِينَ وَمُبَشِّرِينَ بِيَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

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