¹وفي ذلك الوقت مدّ هيرودس الملك يديه ليسيء الى اناس من الكنيسة‎.

¹Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

²‎فقتل يعقوب اخا يوحنا بالسيف‎.

²He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

³‎واذ رأى ان ذلك يرضي اليهود عاد فقبض على بطرس ايضا. وكانت ايام الفطير‎.

³When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.

⁴‎ولما امسكه وضعه في السجن مسلما اياه الى اربعة ارابع من العسكر ليحرسوه ناويا ان يقدمه بعد الفصح الى الشعب‎.

⁴When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

⁵‎فكان بطرس محروسا في السجن. واما الكنيسة فكانت تصير منها صلاة بلجاجة الى الله من اجله

⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

⁶ولما كان هيرودس مزمعا ان يقدمه كان بطرس في تلك الليلة نائما بين عسكريين مربوطا بسلسلتين. وكان قدام الباب حراس يحرسون السجن‎.

⁶The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

⁷‎واذا ملاك الرب اقبل ونور اضاء في البيت. فضرب جنب بطرس وايقظه قائلا قم عاجلا. فسقطت السلسلتان من يديه‎.

⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands.

⁸‎وقال له الملاك تمنطق والبس نعليك. ففعل هكذا. فقال له البس رداءك واتبعني‎.

⁸The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak, and follow me.”

⁹‎فخرج يتبعه. وكان لا يعلم ان الذي جرى بواسطة الملاك هو حقيقي بل يظن انه ينظر رؤيا‎.

⁹And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

¹⁰‎فجازا المحرس الاول والثاني وأتيا الى باب الحديد الذي يؤدي الى المدينة فانفتح لهما من ذاته فخرجا وتقدما زقاقا واحدا وللوقت فارقه الملاك

¹⁰When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

¹¹فقال بطرس وهو قد رجع الى نفسه الآن علمت يقينا ان الرب ارسل ملاكه وانقذني من يد هيرودس ومن كل انتظار شعب اليهود‎.

¹¹When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”

¹²‎ثم جاء وهو منتبه الى بيت مريم ام يوحنا الملقب مرقس حيث كان كثيرون مجتمعين وهم يصلّون‎.

¹²Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

¹³‎فلما قرع بطرس باب الدهليز جاءت جارية اسمها رودا لتسمع‎.

¹³When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

¹⁴‎فلما عرفت صوت بطرس لم تفتح الباب من الفرح بل ركضت الى داخل واخبرت ان بطرس واقف قدام الباب‎.

¹⁴When she recognized Peter’s voice, she didn’t open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

¹⁵‎فقالوا لها انت تهذين. واما هي فكانت تؤكد ان هكذا هو. فقالوا انه ملاكه‎.

¹⁵They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

¹⁶‎واما بطرس فلبث يقرع. فلما فتحوا ورأوه اندهشوا‎.

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

¹⁷‎فاشار اليهم بيده ليسكتوا وحدثهم كيف اخرجه الرب من السجن‎. ‎وقال اخبروا يعقوب والاخوة بهذا. ثم خرج وذهب الى موضع آخر

¹⁷But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James, and to the brothers.” Then he departed, and went to another place.

¹⁸فلما صار النهار حصل اضطراب ليس بقليل بين العسكر ترى ماذا جرى‏ لبطرس‎.

¹⁸Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

¹⁹‎واما هيرودس فلما طلبه ولم يجده فحص الحراس وأمر ان ينقادوا الى القتل. ثم نزل من اليهودية الى قيصرية واقام هناك

¹⁹When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

²⁰وكان هيرودس ساخطا على الصوريين والصيداويين فحضروا اليه بنفس واحدة واستعطفوا بلاستس الناظر على مضجع الملك. ثم صاروا يلتمسون المصالحة لان كورتهم تقتات من كورة الملك‎.

²⁰Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

²¹‎ففي يوم معين لبس هيرودس الحلّة الملوكية وجلس على كرسي الملك وجعل يخاطبهم‎.

²¹On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

²²‎فصرخ الشعب هذا صوت اله لا صوت انسان‎.

²²The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

²³‎ففي الحال ضربه ملاك الرب لانه لم يعط المجد لله. فصار يأكله الدود ومات

²³Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

²⁴واما كلمة الله فكانت تنمو وتزيد‎.

²⁴But the word of God grew and multiplied.

²⁵‎ورجع برنابا وشاول من اورشليم بعد ما كمّلا الخدمة واخذا معهما يوحنا الملقب مرقس

²⁵Barnabas and Saul returned to TR reads “from” instead of “to” Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.