¹فسمع الرسل والاخوة الذين كانوا في اليهودية ان الامم ايضا قبلوا‏ كلمة الله‎.

¹And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

²‎ولما صعد بطرس الى اورشليم خاصمه الذين من اهل الختان

²and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

³قائلين انك دخلت الى رجال ذوي غلفة واكلت معهم‎.

³saying — `Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!`

⁴‎فابتدأ بطرس يشرح لهم بالتتابع قائلا‎.

⁴And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying,

⁵‎انا كنت في مدينة يافا اصلّي فرأيت في غيبة رؤيا اناء نازلا مثل ملاءة عظيمة مدلاة باربعة اطراف من السماء فأتى اليّ‎.

⁵`I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;

⁶‎فتفرست فيه متأملا فرأيت دواب الارض والوحوش والزحافات وطيور السماء‎.

⁶at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;

⁷‎وسمعت صوتا قائلا لي قم يا بطرس اذبح وكل‎.

⁷and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

⁸‎فقلت كلا يا رب لانه لم يدخل فمي قط دنس او نجس‎.

⁸and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

⁹‎فاجابني صوت ثانية من السماء ما طهره الله لا تنجسه انت‎.

⁹and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common.

¹⁰‎وكان هذا على ثلاث مرات ثم انتشل الجميع الى السماء ايضا‎.

¹⁰`And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

¹¹‎واذا ثلاثة رجال قد وقفوا للوقت عند البيت الذي كنت فيه مرسلين اليّ من قيصرية‎.

¹¹and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Cesarea unto me,

¹²‎فقال لي الروح ان اذهب معهم غير مرتاب في شيء. وذهب معي ايضا هؤلاء الاخوة الستة. فدخلنا بيت الرجل‎.

¹²and the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting, and these six brethren also went with me, and we did enter into the house of the man,

¹³‎فاخبرنا كيف رأى الملاك في بيته قائما وقائلا له ارسل الى يافا رجالا واستدع سمعان الملقب بطرس‎.

¹³he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

¹⁴‎وهو يكلمك كلاما به تخلص انت وكل بيتك‎.

¹⁴who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

¹⁵‎فلما ابتدأت اتكلم حل الروح القدس عليهم كما علينا ايضا في البداءة‎.

¹⁵`And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,

¹⁶‎فتذكرت كلام الرب كيف قال ان يوحنا عمد بماء واما انتم فستعمدون بالروح القدس‎.

¹⁶and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;

¹⁷‎فان كان الله قد اعطاهم الموهبة كما لنا ايضا بالسوية مؤمنين بالرب يسوع المسيح فمن انا. أقادر ان امنع الله‎.

¹⁷if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I — how was I able to withstand God?`

¹⁸‎فلما سمعوا ذلك سكتوا وكانوا يمجدون الله قائلين اذا اعطى الله الامم ايضا التوبة للحياة

¹⁸And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.`

¹⁹اما الذين تشتتوا من جراء الضيق الذي حصل بسبب استفانوس فاجتازوا الى فينيقية وقبرس وانطاكية وهم لا يكلمون احدا بالكلمة الا اليهود فقط‎.

¹⁹Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;

²⁰‎ولكن كان منهم قوم وهم رجال قبرسيون وقيروانيون الذين لما دخلوا انطاكية كانوا يخاطبون اليونانيين مبشرين بالرب يسوع‎.

²⁰and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking unto the Hellenists, proclaiming good news — the Lord Jesus,

²¹‎وكانت يد الرب معهم فآمن عدد كثير ورجعوا الى الرب

²¹and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

²²فسمع الخبر عنهم في آذان الكنيسة التي في اورشليم فارسلوا برنابا لكي يجتاز الى انطاكية‎.

²²And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that [is] in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,

²³‎الذي لما أتى ورأى نعمة الله فرح ووعظ الجميع ان يثبتوا في الرب بعزم القلب‎.

²³who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,

²⁴‎لانه كان رجلا صالحا وممتلئا من الروح القدس والايمان. فانضم الى الرب جمع غفير

²⁴because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

²⁵ثم خرج برنابا الى طرسوس ليطلب شاول. ولما وجده جاء به الى انطاكية‎.

²⁵And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

²⁶‎فحدث انهما اجتمعا في الكنيسة سنة كاملة وعلّما جمعا غفيرا ودعي التلاميذ مسيحيين في انطاكية اولا

²⁶and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

²⁷وفي تلك الايام انحدر انبياء من اورشليم الى انطاكية‎.

²⁷And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch,

²⁸‎وقام واحد منهم اسمه اغابوس واشار بالروح ان جوعا عظيما كان عتيدا ان يصير على جميع المسكونة. الذي صار ايضا في ايام كلوديوس قيصر‎.

²⁸and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world — which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar —

²⁹‎فحتم التلاميذ حسبما تيسّر لكل منهم ان يرسل كل واحد شيئا خدمة الى الاخوة الساكنين في اليهودية‎.

²⁹and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

³⁰‎ففعلوا ذلك مرسلين الى المشايخ بيد برنابا وشاول

³⁰which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.