Apostelgeschichte 18 | الكتاب المقدس

في كورنثوس

1 بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَرَكَ بُولُسُ أَثِينَا، وَسَافَرَ إِلى مَدِينَةِ كُورِنْثُوسَ.

2 فَالْتَقَى هُنَاكَ بِيَهُودِيٍّ اسْمُهُ أَكِيلا، مِنْ مَوَالِيدِ بُنْطُسَ، كَانَ قَدْ جَاءَ حَدِيثاً مَعَ زَوْجَتِهِ بِرِيسْكِلا مِنْ إِيْطَالِيَةَ، لأَنَّ الْقَيْصَرَ كُلُودِيُوسَ أَمَرَ بِطَرْدِ الْيَهُودِ مِنْ رُومَا، فَقَصَدَ بُولُسُ إِلَيْهِمَا.

3 وَإِذْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِهْنَتِهِمَا، وَهِيَ صِنَاعَةُ الْخِيَامِ، أَقَامَ عِنْدَهُمَا وَكَانَ يَشْتَغِلُ مَعَهُمَا.

4 وَكَانَ فِي كُلِّ سَبْتٍ يُنَاقِشُ الْحَاضِرِينَ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ لإِقْنَاعِ الْيَهُودِ وَالْيُونَانِيِّينَ.

5 وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ سِيلا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ مِنْ مُقَاطَعَةِ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ، تَفَرَّغَ بُولُسُ تَمَاماً لِلتَّبْشِيرِ، شَاهِداً لِلْيَهُودِ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ.

6 وَلَكِنَّهُمْ عَارَضُوا شَهَادَتَهُ وَأَخَذُوا يَشْتِمُونَ. فَمَا كَانَ مِنْهُ إِلّا أَنْ نَفَضَ ثَوْبَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «دَمُكُمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ. أَنَا بَرِيءٌ! وَمُنْذُ الآنَ أَتَوَجَّهُ لِتَبْشِيرِ غَيْرِ الْيَهُودِ».

7 ثُمَّ تَرَكَ بُولُسُ مَكَانَ إِقَامَتِهِ، وَنَزَلَ ضَيْفاً بِبَيْتِ رَجُلٍ غَيْرِ يَهُودِيٍّ يَتَعَبَّدُ لِلهِ، اسْمُهُ تِيطُسُ يُوسْتُسُ، كَانَ بَيْتُهُ مُلاصِقاً لِلْمَجْمَعِ.

8 فَآمَنَ كِرِيسْبُسُ رَئِيسُ الْمَجْمَعِ بِالرَّبِّ، هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ جَمِيعاً. وَسَمِعَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنْ أَهْلِ كُورِنْثُوسَ تَبْشِيرَ بُولُسَ، فَآمَنُوا وَتَعَمَّدُوا.

9 وَذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ رَأَى بُولُسُ الرَّبَّ فِي رُؤْيَا يَقُولُ لَهُ: «لا تَخَفْ، بَلْ تَكَلَّمْ وَلا تَسْكُتْ،

10 فَأَنَا مَعَكَ، وَلَنْ يَقْدِرَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُؤْذِيَكَ، لأَنَّ لِي شَعْباً كَثِيراً فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ».

11 فَبَقِيَ بُولُسُ فِي كُورِنْثُوسَ سَنَةً وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ يُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ.

12 وَلَمَّا كَانَ الْحَاكِمُ الرُّومَانِيُّ غَالِيُونُ يَتَوَلَّى الْحُكْمَ عَلَى بِلادِ أَخَائِيَةَ، تَجَمَّعَ الْيَهُودُ ضِدَّ بُولُسَ بِرَأْيٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَسَاقُوهُ إِلَى الْمَحْكَمَةِ،

13 وَاشْتَكَوْا عَلَيْهِ قَائِلِينَ: «هَذَا الرَّجُلُ يُحَاوِلُ إِقْنَاعَ النَّاسِ بِأَنْ يَعْبُدُوا اللهَ بِطَرِيقَةٍ تُخَالِفُ شَرِيعَتَنَا».

14 وَكَادَ بُولُسُ أَنْ يَبْدَأَ دِفَاعَهُ لَوْلا أَنَّ غَالِيُونَ قَالَ لِلْيَهُودِ: «أَيُّهَا الْيَهُودُ، لَوْ كَانَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ جَرِيمَةً أَوْ ذَنْباً، لَكُنْتُ أَحْتَمِلُكُمْ كَمَا يَقْضِي الْعَدْلُ.

15 وَلَكِنْ مَادَامَتِ الْقَضِيَّةُ جَدَلاً فِي أَلْفَاظٍ وَأَسْمَاءَ وَفِي شَرِيعَتِكُمْ، فَعَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُعَالِجُوهَا بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ. أَنَا لَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَحْكُمَ فِي هَذِهِ الْقَضَايَا!»

16 ثُمَّ طَرَدَهُمْ مِنَ الْمَحْكَمَةِ،

17 فَأَخَذُوا سُوسْتَانِيسَ رَئِيسَ الْمَجْمَعِ وَضَرَبُوهُ أَمَامَ الْمَحْكَمَةِ، وَلَكِنَّ غَالِيُونَ لَمْ يَهُمَّهُ شَيْءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ!

بريسكلا وأكيلا وأبولس

18 وَبَقِيَ بُولُسُ فِي كُورِنْثُوسَ فَتْرَةً طَوِيلَةً، ثُمَّ وَدَّعَ الإِخْوَةَ وَسَافَرَ بَحْراً مُتَّجِهاً إِلَى سُورِيَّةَ وَمَعَهُ بِرِيسْكِلا وَأَكِيلا، بَعْدَمَا حَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ كَنْخِرِيَا، إِذْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ نَذْرٌ.

19 فَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا إِلَى أَفَسُسَ تَرَكَهُمَا بُولُسُ فِيهَا، وَدَخَلَ مَجْمَعَ الْيَهُودِ وَخَطَبَ فِيهِمْ.

20 فَطَلَبُوا مِنْهُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ عِنْدَهُمْ فَتْرَةً أَطْوَلَ، فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ،

21 وَوَدَّعَهُمْ قَائِلاً: «سَأَعُودُ إِلَيْكُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ!» ثُمَّ سَافَرَ بَحْراً مِنْ أَفَسُسَ،

22 وَنَزَلَ فِي مِينَاءِ قَيْصَرِيَّةَ فَصَعِدَ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْكَنِيسَةِ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ أَنْطَاكِيَةَ،

23 فَأَمْضَى فِيهَا بَعْضَ الْوَقْتِ. ثُمَّ طَافَ مُقَاطَعَتَيْ غَلاطِيَّةَ وَفِرِيجِيَّةَ مُنْتَقِلاً مِنْ بَلْدَةٍ إِلَى أُخْرَى وَهُوَ يُشَدِّدُ عَزِيمَةَ التَّلامِيذِ جَمِيعاً.

24 وَجَاءَ إِلَى أَفَسُسَ يَهُودِيٌّ اسْمُهُ أَبُلُّوسُ، إِسْكَنْدَرِيُّ الْمَوْلِدِ، فَصِيحُ اللِّسَانِ، خَبِيرٌ فِي الْكِتَابِ.

25 كَانَ قَدْ تَلَقَّنَ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ. فَبَدَأَ يَخْطُبُ بِحَمَاسَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، وَيُعَلِّمُ الْحَقَائِقَ الْمُخْتَصَّةَ بِيَسُوعَ تَعْلِيماً صَحِيحاً. وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ سِوَى مَعْمُودِيَّةِ يُوحَنَّا،

26 فَقَدْ أَخَذَ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ بِجُرْأَةٍ. فَسَمِعَهُ أَكِيلا وَبِرِيسْكِلا، فَأَخَذَاهُ إِلَيْهِمَا وَأَوْضَحَا لَهُ طَرِيقَ اللهِ بِأَكْثَرِ دِقَّةٍ.

27 وَقَرَّرَ أَبُلُّوسُ أَنْ يُسَافِرَ إِلَى بِلادِ أَخَائِيَةَ فَشَجَّعَهُ الإِخْوَةُ وَكَتَبُوا إِلَى التَّلامِيذِ هُنَاكَ أَنْ يُرَحِّبُوا بِهِ. وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ أَعَانَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدْ آمَنُوا إِعَانَةً كُبْرَى بِمَا لَهُ مِنَ النِّعْمَةِ:

28 فَقَدْ كَانَ جَرِيئاً فِي مُجَادَلاتِهِ الْعَلَنِيَّةِ مَعَ الْيَهُودِ، وَكَانَ يُفْحِمُهُمْ مُسْتَنِداً إِلَى الْكِتَابِ فَيُثْبِتُ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ.

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English Standard Version

Paul in Corinth

1 After this Paul* left Athens and went to Corinth.

2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,

3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

6 And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

7 And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.

8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.

9 And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,

10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”

11 And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews* made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,

13 saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.”

14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.

15 But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.”

16 And he drove them from the tribunal.

17 And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

Paul Returns to Antioch

18 After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers* and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.

19 And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

20 When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.

21 But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.

23 After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.

25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit,* he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

27 And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,

28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

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