Acts of the Apostles 28

NEW JERUSALEM	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Once we had come safely through, we discovered that the island was cal ed Malta.	1 ولما نجوا وجدوا ان الجزيرة تدعى مليطة‎.
2 The inhabitants treated us with unusual kindness. They made us all welcome by lighting a huge firebecause it had started to rain and the weather was cold.	2 ‎فقدم اهلها البرابرة لنا احسانا غير المعتاد لانهم اوقدوا نارا وقبلوا جميعنا من اجل المطر الذي اصابنا ومن اجل البرد
3 Paul had collected a bundle of sticks and was putting them on the fire when a viper brought out by theheat attached itself to his hand.	3 فجمع بولس كثيرا من القضبان ووضعها على النار فخرجت من الحرارة افعى ونشبت في يده‎.
4 When the inhabitants saw the creature hanging from his hand they said to one another, 'That manmust be a murderer; he may have escaped the sea, but divine justice would not let him live.'	4 ‎فلما رأى البرابرة الوحش معلقا بيده قال بعضهم لبعض لا بد ان هذا الانسان قاتل لم يدعه العدل يحيا ولو نجا من البحر‎.
5 However, he shook the creature off into the fire and came to no harm,	5 ‎فنفض هو الوحش الى النار ولم يتضرر بشيء رديء‎.
6 although they were expecting him at any moment to swell up or drop dead on the spot. After they hadwaited a long time without seeing anything out of the ordinary happen to him, they changed their minds andbegan to say he was a god.	6 ‎واما هم فكانوا ينتظرون انه عتيد ان ينتفخ او يسقط بغتة ميتا‎. ‎فاذ انتظروا كثيرا ورأوا انه لم يعرض له شيء مضرّ تغيّروا وقالوا هو اله
7 In that neighbourhood there were estates belonging to the chief man of the island, whose name wasPublius. He received us and entertained us hospitably for three days.	7 وكان في ما حول ذلك الموضع ضياع لمقدم الجزيرة الذي اسمه بوبليوس. فهذا قبلنا واضافنا بملاطفة ثلاثة ايام‎.
8 It happened that Publius' father was in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to seehim, and after a prayer he laid his hands on the man and healed him.	8 ‎فحدث ان ابا بوبليوس كان مضطجعا معترى بحمى وسحج. فدخل اليه بولس وصلّى ووضع يديه عليه فشفاه‎.
9 When this happened, the other sick people on the island also came and were cured;	9 ‎فلما صار هذا كان الباقون الذين بهم امراض في الجزيرة يأتون ويشفون‎.
10 they honoured us with many marks of respect, and when we sailed they put on board the provisionswe needed.	10 ‎فاكرمنا هؤلاء اكرامات كثيرة ولما اقلعنا زودونا ما يحتاج اليه
11 At the end of three months we set sail in a ship that had wintered in the island; she came fromAlexandria and her figurehead was the Twins.	11 وبعد ثلاثة اشهر اقلعنا في سفينة اسكندرية موسومة بعلامة الجوزاء كانت قد شتت في الجزيرة‎.
12 We put in at Syracuse and spent three days there;	12 ‎فنزلنا الى سراكوسا ومكثنا ثلاثة ايام‎.
13 from there we followed the coast up to Rhegium. After one day there a south wind sprang up and onthe second day we made Puteoli,	13 ‎ثم من هناك درنا واقبلنا الى ريغيون. وبعد يوم واحد حدثت ريح جنوب فجئنا في اليوم الثاني الى بوطيولي
14 where we found some brothers and had the great encouragement of staying a week with them. Andso we came to Rome.	14 حيث وجدنا اخوة فطلبوا الينا ان نمكث عندهم سبعة ايام. وهكذا أتينا الى رومية‎.
15 When the brothers there heard about us they came to meet us, as far as the Forum of Appius and theThree Taverns. When Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage.	15 ‎ومن هناك لما سمع الاخوة بخبرنا خرجوا لاستقبالنا الى فورن ابيوس والثلاثة الحوانيت. فلما رآهم بولس شكر الله وتشجع
16 On our arrival in Rome Paul was al owed to stay in lodgings of his own with the soldier who guardedhim.	16 ولما أتينا الى رومية سلم قائد المئة الاسرى الى رئيس المعسكر. واما بولس فأذن له ان يقيم وحده مع العسكري الذي كان يحرسه
17 After three days he cal ed together the leading Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them,'Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested inJerusalem and handed over to the Romans.	17 وبعد ثلاثة ايام استدعى بولس الذين كانوا وجوه اليهود. فلما اجتمعوا قال لهم ايها الرجال الاخوة مع اني لم افعل شيئا ضد الشعب او عوائد الآباء أسلمت مقيدا من اورشليم الى ايدي الرومانيين
18 They examined me and would have set me free, since they found me guilty of nothing involving thedeath penalty;	18 الذين لما فحصوا كانوا يريدون ان يطلقوني لانه لم تكن فيّ علّة واحدة للموت‎.
19 but the Jews lodged an objection, and I was forced to appeal to Caesar, though not because I hadany accusation to make against my own nation.	19 ‎ولكن لما قاوم اليهود اضطررت ان ارفع دعواي الى قيصر. ليس كأن لي شيئا لاشتكي به على امتي‎.
20 That is why I have urged you to see me and have a discussion with me, for it is on account of thehope of Israel that I wear this chain.'	20 ‎فلهذا السبب طلبتكم لاراكم واكلمكم لاني من اجل رجاء اسرائيل موثق بهذه السلسلة‎.
21 They answered, 'We have received no letters from Judaea about you, nor has any of the brothersarrived here with any report or story of anything to your discredit.	21 ‎فقالوا له نحن لم نقبل كتابات فيك من اليهودية ولا احد من الاخوة جاء فاخبرنا او تكلم عنك بشيء رديء‎.
22 We think it would be as wel to hear your own account of your position; al we know about this sect isthat it encounters opposition everywhere.'	22 ‎ولكننا نستحسن ان نسمع منك ماذا ترى لانه معلوم عندنا من جهة هذا المذهب انه يقاوم في كل مكان
23 So they arranged a day with him and a large number of them visited him at his lodgings. He put hiscase to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them about Jesus, arguing from the Law ofMoses and the prophets from early morning until evening;	23 فعيّنوا له يوما فجاء اليه كثيرون الى المنزل فطفق يشرح لهم شاهدا بملكوت الله ومقنعا اياهم من ناموس موسى والانبياء بامر يسوع من الصباح الى المساء‎.
24 and some were convinced by what he said, while the rest were sceptical.	24 ‎فاقتنع بعضهم بما قيل وبعضهم لم يؤمنوا
25 So they disagreed among themselves and, as they went away, Paul had one last thing to say to them,'How aptly the Holy Spirit spoke when he told your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:	25 فانصرفوا وهم غير متفقين بعضهم مع بعض لما قال بولس كلمة واحدة انه حسنا كلم الروح القدس آباءنا باشعياء النبي
26 Go and say to this people: Listen and listen but never understand! Look and look but never perceive!	26 قائلا اذهب الى هذا الشعب وقل ستسمعون سمعا ولا تفهمون وستنظرون نظرا ولا تبصرون‎.
27 This people's heart is torpid, their ears dul ed, they have shut their eyes tight, to avoid using their eyesto see, their ears to hear, using their heart to understand, changing their ways and being healed by me.	27 ‎لان قلب هذا الشعب قد غلظ وبآذانهم سمعوا ثقيلا واعينهم اغمضوها. لئلا يبصروا باعينهم ويسمعوا بآذانهم ويفهموا بقلوبهم ويرجعوا فاشفيهم‎.
28 'You must realise, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the gentiles;they wil listen to it.'	28 ‎فليكن معلوما عندكم ان خلاص الله قد أرسل الى الامم وهم سيسمعون.
29	29 ولما قال هذا مضى اليهود ولهم مباحثة كثيرة فيما بينهم
30 He spent the whole of the two years in his own rented lodging. He welcomed all who came to visithim,	30 واقام بولس سنتين كاملتين في بيت استأجره لنفسه. وكان يقبل جميع الذين يدخلون اليه
31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ with completefearlessness and without any hindrance from anyone.	31 كارزا بملكوت الله ومعلّما بامر الرب يسوع المسيح بكل مجاهرة بلا مانع