46. And having spoken with ometz lev (boldness), Rav Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba said, 'To you it was necessary rishonah (first) for the dvar Hashem to be spoken; vi-bahlt (since) you reject it, and judge yourselves not worthy of Chayyei Olam, hinei, we are turning to the Goyim.
47. "For thus has Hashem commanded us, "I have placed you as a light to the Nations, that you should bring salvation to the end of the earth." [Isa 49:6]
48. Now hearing this, the Goyim rejoiced with simcha gedolah and were praising the dvar Hashem. And as many as had been destined to Chayyei Olam became ma'aminim hameshichiyim.
49. And the dvar Hashem was spreading through the entire region.
50. But the Yehudim aroused the chashuve (prominent) G-d fearing nashim and the gontser machers of the city, and they instigated redifah keneged Rav Sha'ul and Bar Nabba, and they drove them from out of their territory.
51. And having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, Rav Sha'ul and Bar- Nabba came to Iconium;
52. And the talmidim were being filled with simcha and the Ruach Hakodesh.