1فسمع الرسل والاخوة الذين كانوا في اليهودية ان الامم ايضا قبلوا كلمة الله.
1And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
2ولما صعد بطرس الى اورشليم خاصمه الذين من اهل الختان
2and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,
3قائلين انك دخلت الى رجال ذوي غلفة واكلت معهم.
3saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
4فابتدأ بطرس يشرح لهم بالتتابع قائلا.
4But Peter began and set forth [the matter] 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.
5I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
6فتفرست فيه متأملا فرأيت دواب الارض والوحوش والزحافات وطيور السماء.
6on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
7وسمعت صوتا قائلا لي قم يا بطرس اذبح وكل.
7And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
8فقلت كلا يا رب لانه لم يدخل فمي قط دنس او نجس.
8And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
9فاجابني صوت ثانية من السماء ما طهره الله لا تنجسه انت.
9And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
10وكان هذا على ثلاث مرات ثم انتشل الجميع الى السماء ايضا.
10And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;
11واذا ثلاثة رجال قد وقفوا للوقت عند البيت الذي كنت فيه مرسلين اليّ من قيصرية.
11and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
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 there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,
13فاخبرنا كيف رأى الملاك في بيته قائما وقائلا له ارسل الى يافا رجالا واستدع سمعان الملقب بطرس.
13and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying [to him], Send [men] to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
14وهو يكلمك كلاما به تخلص انت وكل بيتك.
14who shall speak words to thee whereby *thou* shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
15فلما ابتدأت اتكلم حل الروح القدس عليهم كما علينا ايضا في البداءة.
15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.
16فتذكرت كلام الرب كيف قال ان يوحنا عمد بماء واما انتم فستعمدون بالروح القدس.
16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised 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 God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God?
18فلما سمعوا ذلك سكتوا وكانوا يمجدون الله قائلين اذا اعطى الله الامم ايضا التوبة للحياة
18And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance 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.
19They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through [the country] to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.
20ولكن كان منهم قوم وهم رجال قبرسيون وقيروانيون الذين لما دخلوا انطاكية كانوا يخاطبون اليونانيين مبشرين بالرب يسوع.
20But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.
21وكانت يد الرب معهم فآمن عدد كثير ورجعوا الى الرب
21And [the] Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22فسمع الخبر عنهم في آذان الكنيسة التي في اورشليم فارسلوا برنابا لكي يجتاز الى انطاكية.
22And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:
23الذي لما أتى ورأى نعمة الله فرح ووعظ الجميع ان يثبتوا في الرب بعزم القلب.
23who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;
24لانه كان رجلا صالحا وممتلئا من الروح القدس والايمان. فانضم الى الرب جمع غفير
24for he was a good man and full of [the] Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd [of people] were added to the Lord.
25ثم خرج برنابا الى طرسوس ليطلب شاول. ولما وجده جاء به الى انطاكية.
25And he went away to Tarsus to seek out 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 so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
27وفي تلك الايام انحدر انبياء من اورشليم الى انطاكية.
27Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem 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 from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.
29فحتم التلاميذ حسبما تيسّر لكل منهم ان يرسل كل واحد شيئا خدمة الى الاخوة الساكنين في اليهودية.
29And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them];
30ففعلوا ذلك مرسلين الى المشايخ بيد برنابا وشاول
30which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.