¹فتفرس بولس في المجمع وقال ايها الرجال الاخوة اني بكل ضمير صالح قد عشت للّه الى هذا اليوم‎.

¹And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;`

²‎فامر حنانيا رئيس الكهنة الواقفين عنده ان يضربوه على فمه‎.

²and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,

³‎حينئذ قال له بولس سيضربك الله ايها الحائط المبيّض. أفانت جالس تحكم علي حسب الناموس وانت تأمر بضربي مخالفا للناموس‎.

³then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou — thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!`

⁴‎فقال الواقفون أتشتم رئيس كهنة الله‎.

⁴And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?`

⁵‎فقال بولس لم اكن اعرف ايها الاخوة انه رئيس كهنة لانه مكتوب رئيس شعبك لا تقل فيه سوءا

⁵and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;`

⁶ولما علم بولس ان قسما منهم صدوقيون والآخر فريسيون صرخ في المجمع ايها الرجال الاخوة انا فريسي ابن فريسي. على رجاء قيامة الاموات انا أحاكم‎.

⁶and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee — son of a Pharisee — concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.`

⁷‎ولما قال هذا حدثت منازعة بين الفريسيين والصدوقيين وانشقت الجماعة‎.

⁷And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,

⁸‎لان الصدوقيين يقولون انه ليس قيامة ولا ملاك ولا روح. واما الفريسيون فيقرون بكل ذلك‎.

⁸for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

⁹‎فحدث صياح عظيم ونهض كتبة قسم الفريسيين وطفقوا يخاصمون قائلين لسنا نجد شيئا رديّا في هذا الانسان. وان كان روح او ملاك قد كلمه فلا نحاربنّ الله

⁹And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees` part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;`

¹⁰ولما حدثت منازعة كثيرة اختشى الامير ان يفسخوا بولس فامر العسكر ان ينزلوا ويختطفوه من وسطهم ويأتوا به الى المعسكر‎.

¹⁰and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring [him] to the castle.

¹¹‎وفي الليلة التالية وقف به الرب وقال ثق يا بولس لانك كما شهدت بما لي في اورشليم هكذا ينبغي ان تشهد في رومية ايضا

¹¹And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.`

¹²ولما صار النهار صنع بعض اليهود اتفاقا وحرموا انفسهم قائلين انهم لا يأكلون ولا يشربون حتى يقتلوا بولس‎.

¹²And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

¹³‎وكان الذين صنعوا هذا التحالف اكثر من اربعين‎.

¹³and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,

¹⁴‎فتقدموا الى رؤساء الكهنة والشيوخ وقالوا قد حرمنا انفسنا حرما ان لا نذوق شيئا حتى نقتل بولس‎.

¹⁴who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

¹⁵‎والآن أعلموا الامير انتم مع المجمع لكي ينزله اليكم غدا كانكم مزمعون ان تفحصوا باكثر تدقيق عما له. ونحن قبل ان يقترب مستعدون لقتله‎.

¹⁵now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.`

¹⁶‎ولكن ابن اخت بولس سمع بالكمين فجاء ودخل المعسكر واخبر بولس‎.

¹⁶And the son of Paul`s sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

¹⁷‎فاستدعى بولس واحدا من قواد المئات وقال اذهب بهذا الشاب الى الامير لان عنده شيئا يخبره به‎.

¹⁷and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.`

¹⁸‎فاخذه واحضره الى الامير وقال استدعاني الاسير بولس وطلب ان احضر هذا الشاب اليك وهو عنده شيء ليقوله لك‎.

¹⁸He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked [me] this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.`

¹⁹‎فاخذ الامير بيده وتنحى به منفردا واستخبره ما هو الذي عندك لتخبرني به‎.

¹⁹And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?`

²⁰‎فقال ان اليهود تعاهدوا ان يطلبوا منك ان تنزل بولس غدا الى المجمع كانهم مزمعون ان يستخبروا عنه باكثر تدقيق‎.

²⁰and he said — `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

²¹‎فلا تنقد اليهم لان اكثر من اربعين رجلا منهم كامنون له قد حرموا انفسهم ان لا يأكلوا ولا يشربوا حتى يقتلوه. وهم الآن مستعدون منتظرون الوعد منك

²¹thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves — not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.`

²²فاطلق الامير الشاب موصيا اياه ان لا تقل لاحد انك اعلمتني بهذا.

²²The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged [him] to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;`

²³ثم دعا اثنين من قواد المئات وقال اعدا مئتي عسكري ليذهبوا الى قيصرية وسبعين فارسا ومئتي رامح من الساعة الثالثة من الليل‎.

²³and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;

²⁴‎وان يقدما دواب ليركبا بولس ويوصلاه سالما الى فيلكس الوالي‎.

²⁴beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;`

²⁵‎وكتب رسالة حاوية هذه الصورة

²⁵he having written a letter after this description:

²⁶كلوديوس ليسياس يهدي سلاما الى العزيز فيلكس الوالي‎.

²⁶`Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:

²⁷‎هذا الرجل لما امسكه اليهود وكانوا مزمعين ان يقتلوه اقبلت مع العسكر وانقذته اذ أخبرت انه روماني‎.

²⁷This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them — having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

²⁸‎وكنت اريد ان اعلم العلّة التي لاجلها كانوا يشتكون عليه فانزلته الى مجمعهم‎.

²⁸and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

²⁹‎فوجدته مشكوا عليه من جهة مسائل ناموسهم. ولكن شكوى تستحق الموت او القيود لم تكن عليه‎.

²⁹whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

³⁰‎ثم لما أعلمت بمكيدة عتيدة ان تصير على الرجل من اليهود ارسلته للوقت اليك آمرا المشتكين ايضا ان يقولوا لديك ما عليه. كن معافى

³⁰and a plot having been intimated to me against this man — about to be of the Jews — at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.`

³¹فالعسكر اخذوا بولس كما أمروا وذهبوا به ليلا الى انتيباتريس.

³¹Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,

³²وفي الغد تركوا الفرسان يذهبون معه ورجعوا الى المعسكر‎.

³²and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;

³³‎وأولئك لما دخلوا قيصرية ودفعوا الرسالة الى الوالي احضروا بولس ايضا اليه‎.

³³those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.

³⁴‎فلما قرأ الوالي الرسالة وسأل من اية ولاية هو ووجد انه من كيليكية

³⁴And the governor having read [it], and inquired of what province he is, and understood that [he is] from Cilicia;

³⁵قال ساسمعك متى حضر المشتكون عليك ايضا. وامر ان يحرس في قصر هيرودس

³⁵`I will hear thee — said he — when thine accusers also may have come;` he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.