ﺍﻋﻤﺎﻝ ﺍﻟﺮﺳﻞ 23
Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
23 فَتَفَرَّسَ بُولُسُ فِي وُجُوهِ أعضَاءِ المَجلِسِ وَقَالَ: «يَا إخْوَتِي، لَقَدْ عِشتُ حَيَاتِي أمَامَ اللهِ بِرَاحَةِ ضَمِيرٍ حَتَّى هَذَا اليَوْمِ.» 2 فَأمَرَ حَنَانِيَّا رَئِيسُ الكَهَنَةِ الوَاقِفِينَ إلَى جَانِبِ بُولُسَ بِضَربِهِ عَلَى فَمِهِ. 3 فَقَالَ بُولُسُ لِحَنَانِيَّا: «سَيَضْرِبُكَ اللهُ أيُّهَا المُرَائِي![a] أتَجْلِسُ هُنَاكَ وَتَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ حَسَبَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَأنْتَ تَأْمُرُ بِضَربِي مُخَالِفًا لِلشَّرِيعَةِ؟»
4 فَقَالَ الوَاقِفُونَ إلَى جَانِبِ بُولُسَ: «أتَجْرُؤُ عَلَى إهَانَةِ رَئيسِ الكَهَنَةِ؟» 5 فَقَالَ بُولُسُ: «يَا إخْوَتِي، لَمْ أكُنْ أعْرِفُ أنَّهُ رَئيسُ الكَهَنَةِ. مَكْتُوبٌ: ‹لَا تَتَكَلَّمْ بِالسُّوءِ عَلَى قَائِدٍ لِشَعْبِكَ.›»[b]
6 وَعِنْدَمَا أدرَكَ بُولُسُ أنَّ بَعْضَ أعْضَاءِ المَجلِسِ مِنَ الصَّدُوقِيِّينَ وَبَعْضَهُمْ مِنَ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ، صَرَخَ وَقَالَ: «يَا إخْوَتِي، أنَا فِرِّيسِيُّ وَابْنُ فِرِّيسِيٍّ! وَأنَا أُحَاكَمُ هُنَا لِأنَّ قِيَامَةَ الأمْوَاتِ هِيَ رَجَائِي.»
7 فَلَمَّا قَالَ هَذَا، قَامَ نِزَاعٌ بَيْنَ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ وَالصَّدُوقِيِّينَ. وَانقَسَمَ المُجتَمِعُونَ. 8 إذْ يَقُولُ الصَّدُوقِيُّونَ إنَّهُ لَا تُوجَدُ قِيَامَةٌ وَلَا مَلَائِكَةٌ وَلَا أروَاحٌ. أمَّا الفِرِّيسِيُّونَ فَيُؤمِنُونَ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا. 9 فَحَدَثَ اضطِرَابٌ شَدِيدٌ. وَوَقَفَ بَعْضُ مُعَلِّمِي الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّذِينَ يَنْتَمُونَ إلَى جَمَاعَةِ الفِرِّيسِيِّينَ، وَجَادَلُوا بِقُوَّةٍ فَقَالُوا: «لَا نَجِدُ عَيبًا فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، فَرُبَّمَا كَلَّمَهُ رُوحٌ أوْ مَلَاكٌ.» 10 وَصَارَ النِّزَاعُ عَنِيفًا جِدًّا. فَخَشِيَ الآمِرُ أنْ يُمَزِّقُوا بُولُسَ تَمْزِيقًا، فَأمَرَ الجُنُودَ بِأنْ يَأْتُوا وَيَأْخُذُوهُ بِالقُوَّةِ إلَى الثُّكْنَةِ.
11 وَفِي اللَّيلَةِ التَّالِيَةِ، وَقَفَ الرَّبُّ إلَى جَانِبِ بُولُسَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَشَجَّعْ، فَكَمَا شَهِدْتَ عَنِّي فِي القُدْسِ، سَتَشْهَدُ فِي رُومَا أيْضًا.»
اليَهُودُ يُخَطِّطُونَ لِقَتلِ بُولُس
12 وَعِنْدَمَا طَلَعَ النَّهَارُ، تَآمَرَ بَعْضُ اليَهُودِ وَألزَمُوا أنْفُسَهُمْ بِقَسَمٍ أنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَأْكُلُوا وَلَنْ يَشْرَبُوا إلَّا بَعْدَ أنْ يَقْتُلُوا بُولُسَ. 13 وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الَّذِينَ شَارَكُوا فِي المُؤَامَرَةِ يَزِيدُ عَلَى أرْبَعِينَ. 14 وَذَهَبُوا إلَى كِبَارِ الكَهَنَةِ وَالشُّيُوخِ وَقَالُوا: «لَقَدْ ألزَمْنَا أنْفُسَنَا بِقَسَمٍ أنْ لَا نَأكُلَ شَيْئًا إلَى أنْ نَقتُلَ بُولُسَ. 15 فَالآنَ، قَدِّمُوا أنْتُمْ وَالمَجلِسُ التِمَاسًا لِلآمِرِ بِأنْ يُنزِلَ بُولُسَ إلَيكُمْ. وَتَظَاهَرُوا بِأنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ أنْ تَدْرُسُوا قَضِيَّتَهُ بِدِقَّةٍ أكبَرَ. وَسَنَكُونُ مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لِقَتلِهِ قَبْلَ أنْ يَصِلَ إلَى هُنَا.»
16 لَكِنَّ ابْنَ أُختِ بُولُسَ، سَمِعَ بِالمُؤَامَرَةِ، فَذَهَبَ وَدَخَلَ الثُّكْنَةَ، وَأخبَرَ بُولُسَ بِهَا. 17 فَدَعَا بُولُسُ أحَدَ الضُّبَّاطِ[c] وَقَالَ لَهُ: «خُذْ هَذَا الشَّابَّ إلَى الآمِرِ، فَلَدَيهِ شَيءٌ يُرِيدُ أنْ يُخبِرَهُ بِهِ.» 18 فَأخَذَهُ الضَّابِطُ وَجَاءَ بِهِ إلَى الآمِرِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «استَدعَانِي السَّجِينُ بُولُسُ، وَطَلَبَ مِنِّي أنْ أُحضِرَ هَذَا الشَّابَّ إلَيْكَ، لِأنَّ لَدَيهِ شَيْئًا يُرِيدُ أنْ يَقُولَهُ لَكَ.»
19 فَأمسَكَ بِهِ الآمِرُ مِنْ يَدِهِ، وَأخَذَهُ جَانِبًا، وَسَألَهُ: «مَا الَّذِي تُرِيدُ أنْ تُخبِرَنِي بِهِ؟»
20 فَقَالَ: «اتَّفَقَ اليَهُودُ عَلَى أنْ يَطْلُبُوا مِنْكَ أنْ تُحضِرَ بُولُسَ إلَى المَجلِسِ غَدًا، مُتَظَاهِرِينَ بِأنَّهُمْ سَيُحَقِّقُونَ مَعَهُ بِشَكلٍ أكْثَرَ تَفْصِيلًا. 21 فَلَا تُوافِقْهُمْ عَلَى طَلَبِهِمْ، لِأنَّ هُنَاكَ أكْثَرَ مِنْ أرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا يُعِدُّونَ لَهُ كَمِينًا. وَقَدْ ألزَمُوا أنْفُسَهُمْ بِقَسَمٍ أنْ لَا يَأْكُلُوا أوْ يَشْرَبُوا إلَى أنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ. وَهَا هُمُ الآنَ مُسْتَعِدُّونَ وَيَنْتَظِرُونَ مُوافَقَتَكَ.»
22 فَأمَرَ الآمِرُ الشَّابَّ بِقَولِهِ: «لَا تُخبِرْ أحَدًا بِأنَّكَ أعلَمْتَنِي بِهَذَا.» ثُمَّ صَرَفَهُ.
إرسَاَلُ بُولُسَ إلَى قَيصَرِيَّة
23 ثُمَّ استَدْعَى الآمِرُ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ ضُبَّاطِهِ وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «جَهِّزَا مِئَتَي جُندِيٍّ وَسَبعِينَ فَارِسًا وَمِئَتَي حَامِلِ رُمحٍ لِلذَّهَابِ إلَى مَدِينَةِ قَيصَرِيَّةَ. وَاستَعِدُّوا لِلَانطِلَاقِ فِي السَّاعَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ لَيْلًا. 24 وَأعْطُوا بُولُسَ مَا يَرْكَبُهُ، وَأوصِلُوهُ سَالِمًا إلَى الوَالِي فِيلِكسَ.» 25 وَكَتَبَ رِسَالَةً هَذَا مَضمُونُهَا:
26 مِنْ كلُوديُوسَ لِيسيَاسَ، إلَى صَاحِبِ السَّعَادَةِ الوَالِي فِيلِيكسَ، تَحِيَّاتِي،
27 أمسَكَ اليَهُودُ بِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ، وَكَانُوا عَلَى وَشَكِ أنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ. لَكِنِّي جِئتُ وَجُنُودِي وَأنقَذْتُهُ، بَعْدَ أنْ عَلِمْتُ أنَّهُ مُواطِنٌ رُومَانِيٌّ. 28 وَبِمَا أنِّي أرَدْتُ أنْ أعرِفَ مَا يَتَّهِمُونَهُ بِهِ، أخَذْتُهُ إلَى مَجلِسِهِمْ. 29 وَوَجَدْتُ أنَّهُمْ يَتَّهِمُونَهُ بِمَسَائِلَ تَتَعَلَّقُ بِشَرِيعَتِهِمْ. لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يُتَّهَمْ بِأيِّ شَيءٍ يَسْتَحِقُّ المَوْتَ أوِ الحَبسَ. 30 وَلَمَّا أُعلِمْتُ أنَّ هُنَاكَ مُؤَامَرَةً ضِدَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، أرسَلتُهُ فَوْرًا إلَيْكَ. وَأمَرْتُ المُشتَكِينَ عَلَيْهِ بِأنْ يَرْفَعُوا قَضِيَّتَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ أمَامَكَ.
31 فَنَفَّذَ الجُنُودُ الأوَامِرَ وَأخَذُوا بُولُسَ وَأحضَرُوهُ لَيْلًا إلَى أنْتِيَاتْرِيسَ. 32 وَفِي اليَوْمِ التَّالِي تَرَكُوا الفُرسَانَ يُواصِلُونَ السَّفَرَ مَعَهُ، أمَّا هُمْ فَعَادُوا إلَى المُعَسْكَرِ. 33 وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلُوا إلَى قَيصَرِيَّةَ، سَلَّمُوا الرِّسَالَةَ إلَى الوَالِي، وَسَلَّمُوهُ بُولُسَ أيْضًا.
34 فَقَرَأ الوَالِي الرِّسَالَةَ، وَسَألَ عَنِ المُقَاطَعَةِ الَّتِي يَنْتَمِي إلَيْهَا بُولُسُ، فَأخبَرُوهُ أنَّهُ مِنْ كِيلِيكِيَّةَ. 35 حينَئِذٍ قَالَ: «سَأسمَعُ مِنْكَ حِينَ يَصِلُ المُشتَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ.» وَأمَرَ بِأنْ يَظَلَّ بُولُسُ تَحْتَ الحِرَاسَةِ فِي قَصرِ هِيرُودُسَ.
Acts 23
Complete Jewish Bible
23 Sha’ul looked straight at them and said, “Brothers, I have been discharging my obligations to God with a perfectly clear conscience, right up until today.” 2 But the cohen hagadol, Hananyah, ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Sha’ul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Will you sit there judging me according to the Torah, yet in violation of the Torah order me to be struck?” 4 The men nearby said, “This is the cohen hagadol of God that you’re insulting!” 5 Sha’ul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was the cohen hagadol; for it says in the Torah, ‘You are not to speak disparagingly of a ruler of your people.’”[a]
6 But knowing that one part of the Sanhedrin consisted of Tz’dukim and the other of P’rushim, Sha’ul shouted, “Brothers, I myself am a Parush and the son of P’rushim; and it is concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am being tried!” 7 When he said this, an argument arose between the P’rushim and the Tz’dukim, and the crowd was divided. 8 For the Tz’dukim deny the resurrection and the existence of angels and spirits; whereas the P’rushim acknowledge both. 9 So there was a great uproar, with some of the Torah-teachers who were on the side of the P’rushim standing up and joining in — “We don’t find anything wrong with this man; and if a spirit or an angel spoke to him, what of it?” 10 The dispute became so violent that the commander, fearing that Sha’ul would be torn apart by them, ordered the soldiers to go down, take him by force and bring him back into the barracks.
11 The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage! For just as you have borne a faithful witness to me in Yerushalayim, so now you must bear witness in Rome.”
12 The next day, some of the Judeans formed a conspiracy. They took an oath, saying they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Sha’ul; 13 more than forty were involved in this plot. 14 They went to the head cohanim and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food until we have killed Sha’ul. 15 What you are to do is make it appear to the commander that you and the Sanhedrin want to get more accurate information about Sha’ul’s case, so that he will bring him down to you; while we, for our part, are prepared to kill him before he ever gets here.”
16 But the son of Sha’ul’s sister got wind of the planned ambush, and he went into the barracks and told Sha’ul. 17 Sha’ul called one of the officers and said, “Take this man up to the commander; he has something to tell him.” 18 So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, “The prisoner Sha’ul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you.” 19 The commander took him by the hand, led him aside privately and asked, “What is it you have to tell me?” 20 He said, “The Judeans have agreed to ask you tomorrow to bring Sha’ul down to the Sanhedrin on the pretext that they want to investigate his case more thoroughly. 21 But don’t let yourself be talked into it, because more than forty men are lying in wait for him. They have taken an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they kill him; and they are ready now, only waiting for you to give your consent to their request.”
22 The commander let the young man go, cautioning him, “Don’t tell anyone that you have reported this to me.” 23 Then he summoned two of the captains and said, “Get two hundred infantry soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight, and seventy mounted cavalry and two hundred spearmen; 24 also provide replacements for Sha’ul’s horse when it gets tired; and bring him through safely to Felix the governor.” 25 And the commander wrote the following letter:
26 From: Claudius Lysias
To: His Excellency, Governor Felix:
Greetings!
27 This man was seized by the Judeans and was about to be killed by them, when I came on the scene with my troops and rescued him. After learning that he was a Roman citizen, 28 I wanted to understand exactly what they were charging him with; so I brought him down to their “Sanhedrin.”
29 I found that he was charged in connection with questions of their “Torah” but that there was no charge deserving death or prison.
30 But when I was informed of a plot against the man, I immediately sent him to you and also ordered his accusers to state their case against him before you.
31 So the soldiers, following their orders, took Sha’ul during the night and brought him to Antipatris, 32 then returned to the barracks after leaving the cavalry to go on with him. 33 The cavalry took him to Caesarea, delivered the letter to the governor, and handed Sha’ul over to him. 34 The governor read the letter and asked what province he was from. On learning he was from Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will give you a full hearing after your accusers have also arrived,” and ordered him to be kept under guard in Herod’s headquarters.
Footnotes
- Acts 23:5 Exodus 22:27(28)
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