¹فاجتازا في امفيبوليس وابولونية وأتيا الى تسالونيكي حيث كان مجمع اليهود‎.

¹And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.

²‎فدخل بولس اليهم حسب عادته وكان يحاجهم ثلاثة سبوت من الكتب

²And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,

³موضحا ومبينا انه كان ينبغي ان المسيح يتألم ويقوم من الاموات‎. ‎وان هذا هو المسيح يسوع الذي انا انادي لكم به‏‎.

³opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom *I* announce to you.

⁴‎فاقتنع قوم منهم وانحازوا الى بولس وسيلا ومن اليونانيين المتعبدين جمهور كثير ومن النساء المتقدمات عدد ليس بقليل‎.

⁴And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

⁵‎فغار اليهود غير المؤمنين واتخذوا رجالا اشرارا من اهل السوق وتجمعوا وسجسوا المدينة وقاموا على بيت ياسون طالبين ان يحضروهما الى الشعب‎.

⁵But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;

⁶‎ولما لم يجدوهما جرّوا ياسون واناسا من الاخوة الى حكام المدينة صارخين ان هؤلاء الذين فتنوا المسكونة حضروا الى ههنا ايضا‎.

⁶and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

⁷‎وقد قبلهم ياسون. وهؤلاء كلهم يعملون ضد احكام قيصر قائلين انه يوجد ملك آخر يسوع‎.

⁷whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

⁸‎فازعجوا الجمع وحكام المدينة اذ سمعوا هذا‎.

⁸And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

⁹‎فاخذوا كفالة من ياسون ومن الباقين ثم اطلقوهم

⁹And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.

¹⁰واما الاخوة فللوقت ارسلوا بولس وسيلا ليلا الى بيرية وهما لما وصلا مضيا الى مجمع اليهود‎.

¹⁰But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.

¹¹‎وكان هؤلاء اشرف من الذين في تسالونيكي فقبلوا الكلمة بكل نشاط فاحصين الكتب كل يوم هل هذه الامور هكذا‎.

¹¹And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.

¹²‎فآمن منهم كثيرون ومن النساء اليونانيات الشريفات ومن الرجال عدد ليس بقليل

¹²Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.

¹³فلما علم اليهود الذين من تسالونيكي انه في بيرية ايضا نادى بولس بكلمة الله جاءوا يهيجون الجموع هناك ايضا‎.

¹³But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

¹⁴‎فحينئذ ارسل الاخوة بولس للوقت ليذهب كما الى البحر. واما سيلا وتيموثاوس فبقيا هناك‎.

¹⁴And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.

¹⁵‎والذين صاحبوا بولس جاءوا به الى اثينا. ولما اخذوا وصية الى سيلا وتيموثاوس ان يأتيا اليه باسرع ما يمكن مضوا

¹⁵But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

¹⁶وبينما بولس ينتظرهما في اثينا احتدت روحه فيه اذ رأى المدينة مملوءة اصناما‎.

¹⁶But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.

¹⁷‎فكان يكلم في المجمع اليهود المتعبدين والذين يصادفونه في السوق كل يوم‎.

¹⁷He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

¹⁸‎فقابله قوم من الفلاسفة الابيكوريين والرواقيين وقال بعض ترى ماذا يريد هذا المهذار ان يقول. وبعض انه يظهر مناديا بآلهة غريبة . لانه كان يبشرهم بيسوع والقيامة‎.

¹⁸But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection [to them].

¹⁹‎فاخذوه وذهبوا به الى اريوس باغوس قائلين هل يمكننا ان نعرف ما هو هذا التعليم الجديد الذي تتكلم به‎.

¹⁹And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?

²⁰‎لانك تأتي الى مسامعنا بامور غريبة فنريد ان نعلم ما عسى ان تكون هذه‎.

²⁰For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

²¹‎اما الاثينيّون اجمعون والغرباء المستوطنون فلا يتفرغون لشيء آخر الا لان يتكلموا او يسمعوا شيئا حديثا

²¹Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

²²فوقف بولس في وسط اريوس باغوس وقال. ايها الرجال الاثينيّون اراكم من كل وجه كانكم متدينون كثيرا‎.

²²And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

²³‎لانني بينما كنت اجتاز وانظر الى معبوداتكم وجدت ايضا مذبحا مكتوبا عليه. لاله مجهول. فالذي تتقونه وانتم تجهلونه هذا انا انادي لكم به‎.

²³for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you.

²⁴‎الاله الذي خلق العالم وكل ما فيه هذا اذ هو رب السماء والارض لا يسكن في هياكل مصنوعة بالايادي‎.

²⁴The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

²⁵‎ولا يخدم بايادي الناس كانه محتاج الى شيء. اذ هو يعطي الجميع حياة ونفسا وكل شيء‎.

²⁵nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

²⁶‎وصنع من دم واحد كل امة من الناس يسكنون على كل وجه الارض وحتم بالاوقات المعينة وبحدود مسكنهم‎.

²⁶and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

²⁷‎لكي يطلبوا الله لعلهم يتلمسونه فيجدوه مع انه عن كل واحد منا ليس بعيدا‎.

²⁷that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

²⁸‎لاننا به نحيا ونتحرك ونوجد. كما قال بعض شعرائكم ايضا لاننا ايضا ذريته‎.

²⁸for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

²⁹‎فاذ نحن ذرية الله لا ينبغي ان نظن ان اللاهوت شبيه بذهب او فضة او حجر نقش صناعة واختراع انسان‎.

²⁹Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.

³⁰‎فالله الآن يامر جميع الناس في كل مكان ان يتوبوا متغاضيا عن ازمنة الجهل‎.

³⁰God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

³¹‎لانه اقام يوما هو فيه مزمع ان يدين المسكونة بالعدل برجل قد عينه مقدما للجميع ايمانا اذ اقامه من الاموات

³¹because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.

³²ولما سمعوا بالقيامة من الاموات كان البعض يستهزئون والبعض يقولون سنسمع منك عن هذا ايضا‎.

³²And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

³³‎وهكذا خرج بولس من وسطهم‎.

³³Thus Paul went out of their midst.

³⁴‎ولكن اناسا التصقوا به وآمنوا. منهم ديونيسيوس الاريوباغي وامرأة اسمها دامرس وآخرون معهما

³⁴But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.