ACTS 24	أعمال الرسل 24
1 Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul.	1 وَبَعْدَ خَمْسَةِ أَيَّامٍ انْحَدَرَ حَنَانِيَّا رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ مَعَ الشُّيُوخِ وَخَطِيبٍ اسْمُهُ تَرْتُلُّسُ. فَعَرَضُوا لِلْوَالِي ضِدَّ بُولُسَ.
2 And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: "Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your foresight,	2 فَلَمَّا دُعِيَ ابْتَدَأَ تَرْتُلُّسُ فِي الشِّكَايَةِ قَائِلاً:
3 we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.	3 «إِنَّنَا حَاصِلُونَ بِوَاسِطَتِكَ عَلَى سَلاَمٍ جَزِيلٍ وَقَدْ صَارَتْ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مَصَالِحُ بِتَدْبِيرِكَ. فَنَقْبَلُ ذَلِكَ أَيُّهَا الْعَزِيزُ فِيلِكْسُ بِكُلِّ شُكْرٍ فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ وَكُلِّ مَكَانٍ.
4 Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a few words from us.	4 وَلَكِنْ لِئَلاَّ أُعَوِّقَكَ أَكْثَرَ أَلْتَمِسُ أَنْ تَسْمَعَنَا بِالاِخْتِصَارِ بِحِلْمِكَ.
5 For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.	5 فَإِنَّنَا إِذْ وَجَدْنَا هَذَا الرَّجُلَ مُفْسِداً وَمُهَيِّجَ فِتْنَةٍ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ فِي الْمَسْكُونَةِ وَمِقْدَامَ شِيعَةِ النَّاصِرِيِّينَ
6 He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law.	6 وَقَدْ شَرَعَ أَنْ يُنَجِّسَ الْهَيْكَلَ أَيْضاً أَمْسَكْنَاهُ وَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَحْكُمَ عَلَيْهِ حَسَبَ نَامُوسِنَا.
7 But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,	7 فَأَقْبَلَ لِيسِيَاسُ الأَمِيرُ بِعُنْفٍ شَدِيدٍ وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِينَا
8 commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."	8 وَأَمَرَ الْمُشْتَكِينَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْتُوا إِلَيْكَ. وَمِنْهُ يُمْكِنُكَ إِذَا فَحَصْتَ أَنْ تَعْلَمَ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الْأُمُورِ الَّتِي نَشْتَكِي بِهَا عَلَيْهِ».
9 And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so.	9 ثُمَّ وَافَقَهُ الْيَهُودُ أَيْضاً قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمُورَ هَكَذَا».
10 Then Paul, after the governor had nodded to him to speak, answered: "Inasmuch as I know that you have been for many years a judge of this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself,	10 فَأَجَابَ بُولُسُ إِذْ أَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ الْوَالِي أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ: «إِنِّي إِذْ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ مُنْذُ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ قَاضٍ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَحْتَجُّ عَمَّا فِي أَمْرِي بِأَكْثَرِ سُرُورٍ.
11 because you may ascertain that it is no more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.	11 وَأَنْتَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ تَعْرِفَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَكْثَرُ مِنِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ يَوْماً مُنْذُ صَعِدْتُ لأَسْجُدَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.
12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city.	12 وَلَمْ يَجِدُونِي فِي الْهَيْكَلِ أُحَاجُّ أَحَداً أَوْ أَصْنَعُ تَجَمُّعاً مِنَ الشَّعْبِ وَلاَ فِي الْمَجَامِعِ وَلاَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ.
13 Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.	13 وَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ يُثْبِتُوا مَا يَشْتَكُونَ بِهِ الآنَ عَلَيَّ.
14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets.	14 وَلَكِنَّنِي أُقِرُّ لَكَ بِهَذَا: أَنَّنِي حَسَبَ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي يَقُولُونَ لَهُ «شِيعَةٌ» هَكَذَا أَعْبُدُ إِلَهَ آبَائِي مُؤْمِناً بِكُلِّ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي النَّامُوسِ وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ.
15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.	15 وَلِي رَجَاءٌ بِاللَّهِ فِي مَا هُمْ أَيْضاً يَنْتَظِرُونَهُ: أَنَّهُ سَوْفَ تَكُونُ قِيَامَةٌ لِلأَمْوَاتِ الأَبْرَارِ وَالأَثَمَةِ.
16 This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.	16 لِذَلِكَ أَنَا أَيْضاً أُدَرِّبُ نَفْسِي لِيَكُونَ لِي دَائِماً ضَمِيرٌ بِلاَ عَثْرَةٍ مِنْ نَحْوِ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ.
17 Now after many years I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,	17 وَبَعْدَ سِنِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ جِئْتُ أَصْنَعُ صَدَقَاتٍ لِأُمَّتِي وَقَرَابِينَ.
18 in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult.	18 وَفِي ذَلِكَ وَجَدَنِي مُتَطَهِّراً فِي الْهَيْكَلِ - لَيْسَ مَعَ جَمْعٍ وَلاَ مَعَ شَغَبٍ - قَوْمٌ هُمْ يَهُودٌ مِنْ أَسِيَّا
19 They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me.	19 كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَحْضُرُوا لَدَيْكَ وَيَشْتَكُوا إِنْ كَانَ لَهُمْ عَلَيَّ شَيْءٌ.
20 Or else let those who are here themselves say if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council,	20 أَوْ لِيَقُلْ هَؤُلاَءِ أَنْفُسُهُمْ مَاذَا وَجَدُوا فِيَّ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ وَأَنَا قَائِمٌ أَمَامَ الْمَجْمَعِ
21 unless it is for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.' "	21 إِلاَّ مِنْ جِهَةِ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ الْوَاحِدِ الَّذِي صَرَخْتُ بِهِ وَاقِفاً بَيْنَهُمْ: أَنِّي مِنْ أَجْلِ قِيَامَةِ الأَمْوَاتِ أُحَاكَمُ مِنْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ».
22 But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the Way, he adjourned the proceedings and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case."	22 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ هَذَا فِيلِكْسُ أَمْهَلَهُمْ إِذْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ بِأَكْثَرِ تَحْقِيقٍ أُمُورَ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ قَائِلاً: «مَتَى انْحَدَرَ لِيسِيَاسُ الأَمِيرُ أَفْحَصُ عَنْ أُمُورِكُمْ».
23 So he commanded the centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and told him not to forbid any of his friends to provide for or visit him.	23 وَأَمَرَ قَائِدَ الْمِئَةِ أَنْ يُحْرَسَ بُولُسُ وَتَكُونَ لَهُ رُخْصَةٌ وَأَنْ لاَ يَمْنَعَ أَحَداً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَنْ يَخْدِمَهُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ إِلَيْهِ.
24 And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.	24 ثُمَّ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ جَاءَ فِيلِكْسُ مَعَ دُرُوسِلاَّ امْرَأَتِهِ وَهِيَ يَهُودِيَّةٌ. فَاسْتَحْضَرَ بُولُسَ وَسَمِعَ مِنْهُ عَنِ الإِيمَانِ بِالْمَسِيحِ.
25 Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, "Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you."	25 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ عَنِ الْبِرِّ وَالتَّعَفُّفِ وَالدَّيْنُونَةِ الْعَتِيدَةِ أَنْ تَكُونَ ارْتَعَبَ فِيلِكْسُ وَأَجَابَ: «أَمَّا الآنَ فَاذْهَبْ وَمَتَى حَصَلْتُ عَلَى وَقْتٍ أَسْتَدْعِيكَ».
26 Meanwhile he also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore he sent for him more often and conversed with him.	26 وَكَانَ أَيْضاً يَرْجُو أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ بُولُسُ دَرَاهِمَ لِيُطْلِقَهُ وَلِذَلِكَ كَانَ يَسْتَحْضِرُهُ مِرَاراً أَكْثَرَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُ مَعَهُ.
27 But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.	27 وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا كَمِلَتْ سَنَتَانِ قَبِلَ فِيلِكْسُ بُورْكِيُوسَ فَسْتُوسَ خَلِيفَةً لَهُ. وَإِذْ كَانَ فِيلِكْسُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُودِعَ الْيَهُودَ مِنَّةً تَرَكَ بُولُسَ مُقَيَّداً.