Acts of the Apostles 7

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then the high priest asked, "Is this so?"	1 فقال رئيس الكهنة أترى هذه الامور هكذا هي‎.
2 And he replied, "My brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia, before he had settled in Haran,	2 ‎فقال ايها الرجال الاخوة والآباء اسمعوا. ظهر اله المجد لابينا ابراهيم وهو في ما بين النهرين قبلما سكن في حاران
3 and said to him, 'Go forth from your land and (from) your kinsfolk to the land that I will show you.'	3 وقال له اخرج من ارضك ومن عشيرتك وهلم الى الارض التي اريك‏‎.
4 So he went forth from the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, he made him migrate to this land where you now dwell.	4 ‎فخرج حينئذ من ارض الكلدانيين وسكن في حاران. ومن هناك نقله بعد ما مات ابوه الى هذه الارض التي انتم الآن ساكنون فيها‎.
5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but he did promise to give it to him and his descendants as a possession, even though he was childless.	5 ‎ولم يعطه فيها ميراثا ولا وطأة قدم ولكن وعد ان يعطيها ملكا له ولنسله من بعده ولم يكن له بعد ولد‎.
6 And God spoke thus, 'His descendants shall be aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years;	6 ‎وتكلم الله هكذا. ان يكون نسله متغربا في ارض غريبة فيستعبدوه ويسيئوا اليه اربع مئة سنة‎.
7 but I will bring judgment on the nation they serve,' God said, 'and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.'	7 ‎والامة التي يستعبدون لها سادينها انا يقول الله. وبعد ذلك يخرجون ويعبدونني في هذا المكان‎.
8 Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, as Isaac did Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.	8 ‎واعطاه عهد الختان وهكذا ولد اسحق وختنه في اليوم الثامن. واسحق ولد يعقوب ويعقوب ولد رؤساء الآباء الاثني عشر‎.
9 "And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him	9 ‎ورؤساء الآباء حسدوا يوسف وباعوه الى مصر وكان الله معه
10 and rescued him from all his afflictions. He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who put him in charge of Egypt and (of) his entire household.	10 وانقذه من جميع ضيقاته واعطاه نعمة وحكمة امام فرعون ملك مصر فاقامه مدبرا على مصر وعلى كل بيته
11 Then a famine and great affliction struck all Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food;	11 ثم أتى جوع على كل ارض مصر وكنعان وضيق عظيم فكان آباؤنا لا يجدون قوتا‎.
12 but when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there a first time.	12 ‎ولما سمع يعقوب ان في مصر قمحا ارسل آباءنا اول مرة‎.
13 The second time, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.	13 ‎وفي المرة الثانية استعرف يوسف الى اخوته واستعلنت عشيرة يوسف لفرعون‎.
14 Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob, inviting him and his whole clan, seventy-five persons;	14 ‎فارسل يوسف واستدعى اباه يعقوب وجميع عشيرته خمسة وسبعين نفسا‎.
15 and Jacob went down to Egypt. And he and our ancestors died	15 ‎فنزل يعقوب الى مصر ومات هو وآباؤنا
16 and were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor at Shechem.	16 ونقلوا الى شكيم ووضعوا في القبر الذي اشتراه ابراهيم بثمن فضة من بني حمور ابي شكيم‎.
17 "When the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God pledged to Abraham, the people had increased and become very numerous in Egypt,	17 ‎وكما كان يقرب وقت الموعد الذي اقسم الله عليه لابراهيم كان ينمو الشعب ويكثر في مصر
18 until another king who knew nothing of Joseph came to power (in Egypt).	18 الى ان قام ملك آخر لم يكن يعرف يوسف‎.
19 He dealt shrewdly with our people and oppressed (our) ancestors by forcing them to expose their infants, that they might not survive.	19 ‎فاحتال هذا على جنسنا واساء الى آبائنا حتى جعلوا اطفالهم منبوذين لكي لا يعيشوا
20 At this time Moses was born, and he was extremely beautiful. For three months he was nursed in his father's house;	20 وفي ذلك الوقت ولد موسى وكان جميلا جدا. فربي هذا ثلاثة اشهر في بيت ابيه‎.
21 but when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.	21 ‎ولما نبذ اتخذته ابنة فرعون وربته لنفسها ابنا‎.
22 Moses was educated (in) all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.	22 ‎فتهذب موسى بكل حكمة المصريين وكان مقتدرا في الاقوال والاعمال.
23 "When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his kinsfolk, the Israelites.	23 ولما كملت له مدة اربعين سنة خطر على باله ان يفتقد اخوته بني اسرائيل‎.
24 When he saw one of them treated unjustly, he defended and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.	24 ‎واذ رأى واحدا مظلوما حامى عنه وانصف المغلوب اذ قتل المصري‎.
25 He assumed (his) kinsfolk would understand that God was offering them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.	25 ‎فظن ان اخوته يفهمون ان الله على يده يعطيهم نجاة. واما هم فلم يفهموا‎.
26 The next day he appeared to them as they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why are you harming one another?'	26 ‎وفي اليوم الثاني ظهر لهم وهم يتخاصمون فساقهم الى السلامة قائلا ايها الرجال انتم اخوة. لماذا تظلمون بعضكم بعضا‎.
27 Then the one who was harming his neighbor pushed him aside, saying, 'Who appointed you ruler and judge over us?	27 ‎فالذي كان يظلم قريبه دفعه قائلا من اقامك رئيسا وقاضيا علينا‎.
28 Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'	28 ‎أتريد ان تقتلني كما قتلت امس المصري‎.
29 Moses fled when he heard this and settled as an alien in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.	29 ‎فهرب موسى بسبب هذه الكلمة وصار غريبا في ارض مديان حيث ولد ابنين
30 "Forty years later, an angel appeared to him in the desert near Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush.	30 ولما كملت اربعون سنة ظهر له ملاك الرب في برية جبل سينا في لهيب نار عليقة‎.
31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look at it, the voice of the Lord came,	31 ‎فلما رأى موسى ذلك تعجب من المنظر. وفيما هو يتقدم ليتطلع صار اليه صوت الرب
32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Then Moses, trembling, did not dare to look at it.	32 انا اله آبائك اله ابراهيم واله اسحق واله يعقوب. فارتعد موسى ولم يجسر ان يتطلع‎.
33 But the Lord said to him, 'Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.	33 ‎فقال له الرب اخلع نعل رجليك لان الموضع الذي انت واقف عليه ارض مقدسة‎.
34 I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you to Egypt.'	34 ‎اني لقد رأيت مشقة شعبي الذين في مصر وسمعت انينهم ونزلت لأنقذهم. فهلم الآن ارسلك الى مصر
35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, 'Who appointed you ruler and judge?' God sent as (both) ruler and deliverer, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.	35 هذا موسى الذي انكروه قائلين من اقامك رئيسا وقاضيا هذا ارسله الله رئيسا وفاديا بيد الملاك الذي ظهر له في العليقة‎.
36 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert for forty years.	36 ‎هذا اخرجهم صانعا عجائب وآيات في ارض مصر وفي البحر الاحمر وفي البرية اربعين سنة
37 It was this Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you, from among your own kinsfolk, a prophet like me.'	37 هذا هو موسى الذي قال لبني اسرائيل نبيا مثلي سيقيم لكم الرب الهكم من اخوتكم. له تسمعون‎.
38 It was he who, in the assembly in the desert, was with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our ancestors, and he received living utterances to hand on to us.	38 ‎هذا هو الذي كان في الكنيسة في البرية مع الملاك الذي كان يكلمه في جبل سينا ومع آبائنا. الذي قبل اقوالا حية ليعطينا اياها‎.
39 "Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him; instead, they pushed him aside and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,	39 ‎الذي لم يشأ آباؤنا ان يكونوا طائعين له بل دفعوه ورجعوا بقلوبهم الى مصر
40 saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will be our leaders. As for that Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'	40 قائلين لهرون اعمل لنا آلهة تتقدم امامنا. لان هذا موسى الذي اخرجنا من ارض مصر لا نعلم ماذا اصابه‎.
41 So they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and reveled in the works of their hands.	41 ‎فعملوا عجلا في تلك الايام واصعدوا ذبيحة للصنم وفرحوا باعمال ايديهم‎.
42 Then God turned and handed them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?	42 ‎فرجع الله واسلمهم ليعبدوا جند السماء كما هو مكتوب في كتاب الانبياء. هل قربتم لي ذبائح وقرابين اربعين سنة في البرية يا بيت اسرائيل‎.
43 No, you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of (your) god Rephan, the images that you made to worship. So I shall take you into exile beyond Babylon.'	43 ‎بل حملتم خيمة مولوك ونجم الهكم رمفان التماثيل التي صنعتموها لتسجدوا لها. فانقلكم الى ما وراء بابل
44 "Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the desert just as the One who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.	44 واما خيمة الشهادة فكانت مع آبائنا في البرية كما امر الذي كلم موسى ان يعملها على المثال الذي كان قد رآه‎.
45 Our ancestors who inherited it brought it with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out from before our ancestors, up to the time of David,	45 ‎التي ادخلها ايضا آباؤنا اذ تخلفوا عليها مع يشوع في ملك الامم الذين طردهم الله من وجه آبائنا الى ايام داود
46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.	46 الذي وجد نعمة امام الله والتمس ان يجد مسكنا لاله يعقوب
47 But Solomon built a house for him.	47 ولكن سليمان بنى له بيتا‎.
48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:	48 ‎لكن العلي لا يسكن في هياكل مصنوعات الايادي. كما يقول النبي
49 'The heavens are my throne, the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me? says the Lord, or what is to be my resting place?	49 السماء كرسي لي والارض موطئ لقدميّ. اي بيت تبنون لي يقول الرب واي هو مكان راحتي‎.
50 Did not my hand make all these things?'	50 ‎أليست يدي صنعت هذه الاشياء كلها
51 "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors.	51 يا قساة الرقاب وغير المختونين بالقلوب والآذان انتم دائما تقاومون الروح القدس. كما كان آباؤكم كذلك انتم‎.
52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.	52 ‎اي الانبياء لم يضطهده آباؤكم وقد قتلوا الذين سبقوا فانبأوا بمجيء البار الذي انتم الآن صرتم مسلميه وقاتليه‎.
53 You received the law as transmitted by angels, but you did not observe it."	53 ‎الذين اخذتم الناموس بترتيب ملائكة ولم تحفظوه
54 When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him.	54 فلما سمعوا هذا حنقوا بقلوبهم وصروا باسنانهم عليه‎.
55 But he, filled with the holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,	55 ‎واما هو فشخص الى السماء وهو ممتلئ من الروح القدس فرأى مجد الله ويسوع قائما عن يمين الله‎.
56 and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."	56 ‎فقال ها انا انظر السموات مفتوحة وابن الانسان قائما عن يمين الله‎.
57 But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him together.	57 ‎فصاحوا بصوت عظيم وسدوا آذانهم وهجموا عليه بنفس واحدة‎.
58 They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.	58 ‎واخرجوه خارج المدينة ورجموه. والشهود خلعوا ثيابهم عند رجلي شاب يقال له شاول‎.
59 As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."	59 ‎فكانوا يرجمون استفانوس وهو يدعو ويقول ايها الرب يسوع اقبل روحي.
60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them"; and when he said this, he fell asleep.	60 ثم جثا على ركبتيه وصرخ بصوت عظيم يا رب لا تقم لهم هذه الخطية. واذ قال هذا رقد