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| «اِحْتَرِزُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَصْنَعُوا صَدَقَتَكُمْ قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ لِكَيْ يَنْظُرُوكُمْ، وَإِلَّا فَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ أَجْرٌ عِنْدَ أَبِيكُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. | ١ 1 |
‘Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in heaven has no reward for you.
| فَمَتَى صَنَعْتَ صَدَقَةً فَلَا تُصَوِّتْ قُدَّامَكَ بِٱلْبُوقِ، كَمَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ فِي ٱلْمَجَامِعِ وَفِي ٱلْأَزِقَّةِ، لِكَيْ يُمَجَّدُوا مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ. اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُمْ قَدِ ٱسْتَوْفَوْا أَجْرَهُمْ! | ٢ 2 |
Therefore, when you do acts of charity, do not have a trumpet blown in front of you, as hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. There, I tell you, is their reward!
| وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَمَتَى صَنَعْتَ صَدَقَةً فَلَا تُعَرِّفْ شِمَالَكَ مَا تَفْعَلُ يَمِينُكَ، | ٣ 3 |
But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
| لِكَيْ تَكُونَ صَدَقَتُكَ فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ. فَأَبُوكَ ٱلَّذِي يَرَى فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ هُوَ يُجَازِيكَ عَلَانِيَةً. | ٤ 4 |
so that your charity may be secret; and your Father, who sees what is in secret, will reward you.
| «وَمَتَى صَلَّيْتَ فَلَا تَكُنْ كَٱلْمُرَائِينَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُصَلُّوا قَائِمِينَ فِي ٱلْمَجَامِعِ وَفِي زَوَايَا ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، لِكَيْ يَظْهَرُوا لِلنَّاسِ. اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُمْ قَدِ ٱسْتَوْفَوْا أَجْرَهُمْ! | ٥ 5 |
‘And, when you pray, you are not to behave as hypocrites do. They like to pray standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, so that people will see them. There, I tell you, is their reward!
| وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَمَتَى صَلَّيْتَ فَٱدْخُلْ إِلَى مِخْدَعِكَ وَأَغْلِقْ بَابَكَ، وَصَلِّ إِلَى أَبِيكَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ. فَأَبُوكَ ٱلَّذِي يَرَى فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ يُجَازِيكَ عَلَانِيَةً. | ٦ 6 |
But, when one of you prays, they should go into their own room, shut the door, and pray to their Father who dwells in secret; and their Father, who sees what is secret, will reward them.
| وَحِينَمَا تُصَلُّونَ لَا تُكَرِّرُوا ٱلْكَلَامَ بَاطِلًا كَٱلْأُمَمِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُ بِكَثْرَةِ كَلَامِهِمْ يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُمْ. | ٧ 7 |
When praying, do not repeat the same words over and over again, as is done by the Gentiles, who think that by using many words they will obtain a hearing.
| فَلَا تَتَشَبَّهُوا بِهِمْ. لِأَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْأَلُوهُ. | ٨ 8 |
Do not imitate them; for God, your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.
| «فَصَلُّوا أَنْتُمْ هَكَذَا: أَبَانَا ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، لِيَتَقَدَّسِ ٱسْمُكَ. | ٩ 9 |
You, therefore, should pray like this – “Our Father, who is in heaven, may your name be held holy,
| لِيَأْتِ مَلَكُوتُكَ. لِتَكُنْ مَشِيئَتُكَ كَمَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ كَذَلِكَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. | ١٠ 10 |
your kingdom come, your will be done – on earth, as in heaven.
| خُبْزَنَا كَفَافَنَا أَعْطِنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ. | ١١ 11 |
Give us today the bread that we will need;
| وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا كَمَا نَغْفِرُ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا لِلْمُذْنِبِينَ إِلَيْنَا. | ١٢ 12 |
and forgive us our wrongdoings, as we have forgiven those who have wronged us;
| وَلَا تُدْخِلْنَا فِي تَجْرِبَةٍ، لَكِنْ نَجِّنَا مِنَ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ. لِأَنَّ لَكَ ٱلْمُلْكَ، وَٱلْقُوَّةَ، وَٱلْمَجْدَ، إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. آمِينَ. | ١٣ 13 |
and take us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
| فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ غَفَرْتُمْ لِلنَّاسِ زَلَّاتِهِمْ، يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ أَيْضًا أَبُوكُمُ ٱلسَّمَاوِيُّ. | ١٤ 14 |
For, if you forgive others their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;
| وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرُوا لِلنَّاسِ زَلَّاتِهِمْ، لَا يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ أَبُوكُمْ أَيْضًا زَلَّاتِكُمْ. | ١٥ 15 |
but, if you do not forgive others their offences, not even your Father will forgive your offences.
| «وَمَتَى صُمْتُمْ فَلَا تَكُونُوا عَابِسِينَ كَٱلْمُرَائِينَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُغَيِّرُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ لِكَيْ يَظْهَرُوا لِلنَّاسِ صَائِمِينَ. اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُمْ قَدِ ٱسْتَوْفَوْا أَجْرَهُمْ. | ١٦ 16 |
‘And, when you fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces so that they may be seen by people to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!
| وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَمَتَى صُمْتَ فَٱدْهُنْ رَأْسَكَ وَٱغْسِلْ وَجْهَكَ، | ١٧ 17 |
But, when one of you fasts, they should anoint their head and wash their face,
| لِكَيْ لَا تَظْهَرَ لِلنَّاسِ صَائِمًا، بَلْ لِأَبِيكَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ. فَأَبُوكَ ٱلَّذِي يَرَى فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ يُجَازِيكَ عَلَانِيَةً. | ١٨ 18 |
so that they may not be seen by people to be fasting, but by their Father who dwells in secret; and their Father, who sees what is secret, will reward them.
| «لَا تَكْنِزُوا لَكُمْ كُنُوزًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَيْثُ يُفْسِدُ ٱلسُّوسُ وَٱلصَّدَأُ، وَحَيْثُ يَنْقُبُ ٱلسَّارِقُونَ وَيَسْرِقُونَ. | ١٩ 19 |
‘Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
| بَلِ ٱكْنِزُوا لَكُمْ كُنُوزًا فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ، حَيْثُ لَا يُفْسِدُ سُوسٌ وَلَا صَدَأٌ، وَحَيْثُ لَا يَنْقُبُ سَارِقُونَ وَلَا يَسْرِقُونَ، | ٢٠ 20 |
But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.
| لِأَنَّهُ حَيْثُ يَكُونُ كَنْزُكَ هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ قَلْبُكَ أَيْضًا. | ٢١ 21 |
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
| سِرَاجُ ٱلْجَسَدِ هُوَ ٱلْعَيْنُ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ بَسِيطَةً فَجَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ يَكُونُ نَيِّرًا، | ٢٢ 22 |
The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;
| وَإِنْ كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ شِرِّيرَةً فَجَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ يَكُونُ مُظْلِمًا، فَإِنْ كَانَ ٱلنُّورُ ٱلَّذِي فِيكَ ظَلَامًا فَٱلظَّلَامُ كَمْ يَكُونُ! | ٢٣ 23 |
but, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!
| «لَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَخْدِمَ سَيِّدَيْنِ، لِأَنَّهُ إِمَّا أَنْ يُبْغِضَ ٱلْوَاحِدَ وَيُحِبَّ ٱلْآخَرَ، أَوْ يُلَازِمَ ٱلْوَاحِدَ وَيَحْتَقِرَ ٱلْآخَرَ. لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَخْدِمُوا ٱللهَ وَٱلْمَالَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
No one can serve two masters, for either they will hate one and love the other, or else they will attach themselves to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
| «لِذَلِكَ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَا تَهْتَمُّوا لِحَيَاتِكُمْ بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَبِمَا تَشْرَبُونَ، وَلَا لِأَجْسَادِكُمْ بِمَا تَلْبَسُونَ. أَلَيْسَتِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ ٱلطَّعَامِ، وَٱلْجَسَدُ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ ٱللِّبَاسِ؟ | ٢٥ 25 |
‘This is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life – what you can get to eat or drink, or about your body – what you can get to wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
| اُنْظُرُوا إِلَى طُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ: إِنَّهَا لَا تَزْرَعُ وَلَا تَحْصُدُ وَلَا تَجْمَعُ إِلَى مَخَازِنَ، وَأَبُوكُمُ ٱلسَّمَاوِيُّ يَقُوتُهَا. أَلَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهَا؟ | ٢٦ 26 |
Look at the wild birds – they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! Aren’t you more precious than they?
| وَمَنْ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا ٱهْتَمَّ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَزِيدَ عَلَى قَامَتِهِ ذِرَاعًا وَاحِدَةً؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong their life a single moment?
| وَلِمَاذَا تَهْتَمُّونَ بِٱللِّبَاسِ؟ تَأَمَّلُوا زَنَابِقَ ٱلْحَقْلِ كَيْفَ تَنْمُو! لَا تَتْعَبُ وَلَا تَغْزِلُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And why be anxious about clothing? Study the wild lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin;
| وَلَكِنْ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ وَلَا سُلَيْمَانُ فِي كُلِّ مَجْدِهِ كَانَ يَلْبَسُ كَوَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهَا. | ٢٩ 29 |
yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his splendour was not robed like one of these.
| فَإِنْ كَانَ عُشْبُ ٱلْحَقْلِ ٱلَّذِي يُوجَدُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَيُطْرَحُ غَدًا فِي ٱلتَّنُّورِ، يُلْبِسُهُ ٱللهُ هَكَذَا، أَفَلَيْسَ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ جِدًّا يُلْبِسُكُمْ أَنْتُمْ ياقَلِيلِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ؟ | ٣٠ 30 |
If God so clothes even the grass of the field, which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
| فَلَا تَهْتَمُّوا قَائِلِينَ: مَاذَا نَأْكُلُ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا نَشْرَبُ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا نَلْبَسُ؟ | ٣١ 31 |
Do not then ask anxiously “What can we get to eat?” or “What can we get to drink?” or “What can we get to wear?”
| فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ كُلَّهَا تَطْلُبُهَا ٱلْأُمَمُ. لِأَنَّ أَبَاكُمُ ٱلسَّمَاوِيَّ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمْ تَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى هَذِهِ كُلِّهَا. | ٣٢ 32 |
All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
| لَكِنِ ٱطْلُبُوا أَوَّلًا مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ وَبِرَّهُ، وَهَذِهِ كُلُّهَا تُزَادُ لَكُمْ. | ٣٣ 33 |
But first seek his kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things will be added for you.
| فَلَا تَهْتَمُّوا لِلْغَدِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْغَدَ يَهْتَمُّ بِمَا لِنَفْسِهِ. يَكْفِي ٱلْيَوْمَ شَرُّهُ. | ٣٤ 34 |
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own anxieties. Every day has trouble enough of its own.
