¹وكان في انطاكية في الكنيسة هناك انبياء ومعلمون برنابا وسمعان الذي يدعى نيجر ولوكيوس القيرواني ومناين الذي تربى مع هيرودس رئيس الربع وشاول‎.

¹Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was [there], prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

²‎وبينما هم يخدمون الرب ويصومون قال الروح القدس افرزوا لي برنابا وشاول للعمل الذي دعوتهما اليه‎.

²And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

³‎فصاموا حينئذ وصلّوا ووضعوا عليهما الايادي ثم اطلقوهما

³Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.

⁴فهذان اذ ارسلا من الروح القدس انحدرا الى سلوكية ومن هناك سافرا في البحر الى قبرس‎.

⁴They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.

⁵‎ولما صارا في سلاميس ناديا بكلمة الله في مجامع اليهود. وكان معهما يوحنا خادما‎.

⁵And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as [their] attendant.

⁶‎ولما اجتازا الجزيرة الى بافوس وجدا رجلا ساحرا نبيا كذابا يهوديا اسمه باريشوع‎.

⁶And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,

⁷‎كان مع الوالي سرجيوس بولس وهو رجل فهيم. فهذا دعا برنابا وشاول والتمس ان يسمع كلمة الله‎.

⁷who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to [him], desired to hear the word of God.

⁸‎فقاومهما عليم الساحر. لان هكذا يترجم اسمه. طالبا ان يفسد الوالي عن الايمان

⁸But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

⁹واما شاول الذي هو بولس ايضا فامتلأ من الروح القدس وشخص اليه‎.

⁹But Saul, who also [is] Paul, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,

¹⁰‎وقال ايها الممتلئ كل غش وكل خبث يا ابن ابليس يا عدو كل بر ألا‏ تزال تفسد سبل الله المستقيمة‎.

¹⁰said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of [the] devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of [the] Lord?

¹¹‎فالآن هوذا يد الرب عليك فتكون اعمى لا تبصر الشمس الى حين‎. ‎ففي الحال سقط عليه ضباب وظلمة فجعل يدور ملتمسا من يقوده بيده‎.

¹¹And now behold, [the] Lord's hand [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.

¹²‎فالوالي حينئذ لما رأى ما جرى آمن مندهشا من تعليم الرب

¹²Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

¹³ثم اقلع من بافوس بولس ومن معه وأتوا الى برجة بمفيلية. واما يوحنا ففارقهم ورجع الى اورشليم‎.

¹³And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁴‎واما هم فجازوا من برجة وأتوا الى انطاكية بيسيدية ودخلوا المجمع يوم السبت وجلسوا‎.

¹⁴But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.

¹⁵‎وبعد قراءة الناموس والانبياء ارسل اليهم رؤساء المجمع قائلين‏ ايها الرجال الاخوة ان كانت عندكم كلمة وعظ للشعب فقولوا‎.

¹⁵And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

¹⁶‎فقام بولس واشار بيده وقال ايها الرجال الاسرائيليون والذين يتقون الله اسمعوا‎.

¹⁶And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.

¹⁷‎اله شعب اسرائيل هذا اختار آباءنا ورفع الشعب في الغربة في ارض مصر. وبذراع مرتفعة اخرجهم منها‎.

¹⁷The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,

¹⁸‎ونحو مدة اربعين سنة احتمل عوائدهم في البرية‎.

¹⁸and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

¹⁹‎ثم اهلك سبع امم في ارض كنعان وقسم لهم ارضهم بالقرعة‎.

¹⁹And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

²⁰‎وبعد ذلك في نحو اربع مئة وخمسين سنة اعطاهم قضاة حتى صموئيل النبي‎.

²⁰And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] about four hundred and fifty years.

²¹‎ومن ثم طلبوا ملكا فاعطاهم الله شاول بن قيس رجلا من سبط بنيامين اربعين سنة‎.

²¹And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.

²²‎ثم عزله واقام لهم داود ملكا الذي شهد له ايضا اذ قال وجدت داود بن يسّى رجلا حسب قلبي الذي سيصنع كل مشيئتي‎.

²²And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

²³‎من نسل هذا حسب الوعد اقام الله لاسرائيل مخلّصا يسوع‎.

²³Of this man's seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

²⁴‎اذ سبق يوحنا فكرز قبل مجيئه بمعمودية التوبة لجميع شعب اسرائيل.

²⁴John having proclaimed before the face of his entry [among the people] [the] baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

²⁵ولما صار يوحنا يكمل سعيه جعل يقول من تظنون اني انا. لست انا اياه لكن هوذا يأتي بعدي الذي لست مستحقا ان احل حذاء قدميه

²⁵And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not [he]. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

²⁶ايها الرجال الاخوة بني جنس ابراهيم والذين بينكم يتقون الله اليكم أرسلت كلمة هذا الخلاص‎.

²⁶Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

²⁷‎لان الساكنين في اورشليم ورؤساءهم لم يعرفوا هذا. واقوال الانبياء التي تقرأ كل سبت تمموها اذ حكموا عليه‎.

²⁷for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, [by] judging [him].

²⁸‎ومع انهم لم يجدوا علة واحدة للموت طلبوا من بيلاطس ان يقتل‎.

²⁸And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

²⁹‎ولما تمموا كل ما كتب عنه انزلوه عن الخشبة ووضعوه في قبر‎.

²⁹And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

³⁰‎ولكن الله اقامه من الاموات‎.

³⁰but God raised him from among [the] dead,

³¹‎وظهر اياما كثيرة للذين صعدوا معه من الجليل الى اورشليم الذين هم شهوده عند الشعب‎.

³¹who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

³²‎ونحن نبشركم بالموعد الذي صار لآبائنا

³²And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,

³³ان الله قد اكمل هذا لنا نحن اولادهم اذ اقام يسوع كما هو مكتوب ايضا في المزمور الثاني انت ابني انا اليوم ولدتك‎.

³³that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, *Thou* art my Son: this day have *I* begotten thee.

³⁴‎انه اقامه من الاموات غير عتيد ان يعود ايضا الى فساد فهكذا قال اني ساعطيكم مراحم داود الصادقة‎.

³⁴But that he raised him from among [the] dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.

³⁵‎ولذلك قال ايضا في مزمور آخر لن تدع قدوسك يرى فسادا‎.

³⁵Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.

³⁶‎لان داود بعدما خدم جيله بمشورة الله رقد وانضمّ الى آبائه ورأى فسادا‎.

³⁶For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.

³⁷‎واما الذي اقامه الله فلم ير فسادا‎.

³⁷But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

³⁸‎فليكن معلوما عندكم ايها الرجال الاخوة انه بهذا ينادى لكم بغفران الخطايا‎.

³⁸Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,

³⁹‎بهذا يتبرر كل من يؤمن من كل ما لم تقدروا ان تتبرروا منه بناموس موسى‎.

³⁹and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.

⁴⁰‎فانظروا لئلا يأتي عليكم ما قيل في الانبياء

⁴⁰See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon [you],

⁴¹انظروا ايها المتهاونون وتعجبوا واهلكوا لانني عملا اعمل في ايامكم. عملا لا تصدقون ان اخبركم احد به

⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for *I* work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.

⁴²وبعد ما خرج اليهود من المجمع جعل الامم يطلبون اليهما ان يكلماهم بهذا الكلام في السبت القادم‎.

⁴²And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.

⁴³‎ولما انفضت الجماعة تبع كثيرون من اليهود والدخلاء المتعبدين بولس وبرنابا اللذين كانا يكلمانهم ويقنعانهم ان يثبتوا في نعمة الله.

⁴³And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴⁴وفي السبت التالي اجتمعت كل المدينة تقريبا لتسمع كلمة الله‎.

⁴⁴And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁵‎فلما رأى اليهود الجموع امتلأوا غيرة وجعلوا يقاومون ما قاله بولس مناقضين ومجدفين‎.

⁴⁵But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, [contradicting and] speaking injuriously.

⁴⁶‎فجاهر بولس وبرنابا وقالا كان يجب ان تكلّموا انتم اولا بكلمة الله ولكن اذ دفعتموها عنكم وحكمتم انكم غير مستحقين للحياة الابدية هوذا نتوجه الى الامم‎.

⁴⁶And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

⁴⁷‎لان هكذا اوصانا الرب. قد اقمتك نورا للامم لتكون انت خلاصا الى اقصى الارض‎.

⁴⁷for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.

⁴⁸‎فلما سمع الامم ذلك كانوا يفرحون ويمجدون كلمة الرب. وآمن جميع الذين كانوا معيّنين للحياة الابدية‎.

⁴⁸And [those of] the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.

⁴⁹‎وانتشرت كلمة الرب في كل الكورة‎.

⁴⁹And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole country.

⁵⁰‎ولكن اليهود حركوا النساء المتعبدات الشريفات ووجوه المدينة واثاروا اضطهادا على بولس وبرنابا واخرجوهما من تخومهم‎.

⁵⁰But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

⁵¹‎اما هما فنفضا غبار ارجلهما عليهم وأتيا الى ايقونية‎.

⁵¹But they, having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.

⁵²‎واما التلاميذ فكانوا يمتلئون من الفرح والروح القدس

⁵²And the disciples were filled with joy and [the] Holy Spirit.