Luke 18
1 And then He told them a parable, the point being that one needs to always pray and not lose heart,
| وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً فِي وُجُوبِ الصَّلاَةِ دَائِماً وَدُونَ مَلَلٍ، | ١ |
2 saying: “There was a judge in a certain town who did not fear God nor regard man.
| قَالَ: «كَانَ فِي مَدِينَةٍ قَاضٍ لاَ يَخَافُ اللهَ وَلاَ يَحْتَرِمُ إِنْسَاناً. | ٢ |
3 But there was a widow in that town, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’
| وَكَانَ فِي تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَرْمَلَةٌ كَانَتْ تَأْتِي إِلَيْهِ قَائِلَةً: أَنْصِفْنِي مِنْ خَصْمِي! | ٣ |
4 And for a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God nor regard man,
| فَظَلَّ يَرْفُضُ طَلَبَهَا مُدَّةً مِنَ الزَّمَنِ. وَلكِنَّهُ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ قَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: حَتَّى لَوْ كُنْتُ لاَ أَخَافُ اللهَ وَلاَ أَحْتَرِمُ إِنْسَاناً، | ٤ |
5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will defend her, so that her endless coming doesn't wear me out!’”
| فَمَهْمَا يَكُنْ، فَلأَنَّ هذِهِ الأَرْمَلَةَ تُزْعِجُنِي سَأُنْصِفُهَا، لِئَلاَّ تَأْتِيَ دَائِماً فَتُصَدِّعَ رَأْسِي!» | ٥ |
6 Then the Lord said: “Hear what the unjust judge said.
| وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «اسْمَعُوا مَا يَقُولُهُ الْقَاضِي الظَّالِمُ. | ٦ |
7 And will not God get justice for His elect who are crying out to Him day and night, indeed being patient with them?
| أَفَلاَ يُنْصِفُ اللهُ مُخْتَارِيهِ الَّذِينَ يَصْرُخُونَ إِلَيْهِ نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً؟ أَمَا يُسْرِعُ فِي الاسْتِجَابَةِ لَهُمْ؟ | ٧ |
8 I tell you that He will get justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of the Man comes, will He actually find the faith on the earth?”
| أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ يُنْصِفُهُمْ سَرِيعاً. وَلكِنْ، عِنْدَمَا يَعُودُ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ، أَيَجِدُ إِيمَاناً عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟» | ٨ |
9 Then He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the rest:
| وَضَرَبَ أَيْضاً هَذَا الْمَثَلَ لأُنَاسٍ يَثِقُونَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ أَبْرَارٌ وَيَحْتَقِرُونَ الآخَرِينَ: | ٩ |
10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
| «صَعِدَ إِنْسَانَانِ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ لِيُصَلِّيَا، أَحَدُهُمَا فَرِّيسِيٌّ وَالآخَرُ جَابِي ضَرَائِبَ. | ١٠ |
11 The Pharisee stood and started praying to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like all the rest—robbers, unjust, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
| فَوَقَفَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّ يُصَلِّي فِي نَفْسِهِ هكَذَا: أَشْكُرُكَ، يَااللهُ، لأَنِّي لَسْتُ مِثْلَ بَاقِي النَّاسِ الطَّمَّاعِينَ الظَّالِمِينَ الزُّنَاةِ، وَلاَ مِثْلَ جَابِي الضَّرَائِبِ هَذَا: | ١١ |
12 I fast twice a week; I tithe all that I get.’
| أَصُومُ مَرَّتَيْنِ فِي الأُسْبُوعِ، وَأُقَدِّمُ عُشْرَ كُلِّ مَا أَجْنِيهِ! | ١٢ |
13 The tax collector, staying a good ways off, did not even venture to look up to heaven, but started beating on his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’
| وَلكِنَّ جَابِيَ الضَّرَائِبِ، وَقَفَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَهُوَ لاَ يَجْرُؤُ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ، بَلْ قَرَعَ صَدْرَهُ قَائِلاً: ارْحَمْنِي، يَااللهُ، أَنَا الْخَاطِئُ! | ١٣ |
14 I say to you that this one went back home justified rather than that one; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
| أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ هَذَا الإِنْسَانَ نَزَلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ مُبَرَّراً، بِعَكْسِ الآخَرِ. فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يُرَفِّعُ نَفْسَهُ يُوضَعُ؛ وَمَنْ يَضَعُ نَفْسَهُ يُرَفَّعُ». | ١٤ |
15 Then they even started bringing their babies to Him, that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
| وَأَحْضَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَطْفَالاً أَيْضاً لِيَلْمِسَهُمْ. وَلكِنَّ التَّلاَمِيذَ لَمَّا رَأَوْهُمْ زَجَرُوهُمْ. | ١٥ |
16 But Jesus summoned them and said: “Allow the little children to come to me, and do not hinder them; because the Kingdom of God is of such.
| أَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَدَعَاهُمْ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: «دَعُوا الصِّغَارَ يَأْتُونَ إِلَيَّ، وَلاَ تَمْنَعُوهُمْ: لأَنَّ لِمِثْلِ هؤُلاءِ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ! | ١٦ |
17 I tell you assuredly, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God the way a little child does will by no means enter it.”
| الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: مَنْ لاَ يَقْبَلُ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ كَأَنَّهُ وَلَدٌ صَغِيرٌ، فَلَنْ يَدْخُلَهُ أَبَداً!» | ١٧ |
18 A certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (aiōnios g166)
| وَسَأَلَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الرُّؤَسَاءِ قَائِلاً: «أَيُّهَا الْمُعَلِّمُ الصَّالِحُ، مَاذَا أَعْمَلُ لأَرِثَ الْحَيَاةَ الأَبَدِيَّةَ؟» (aiōnios g166) | ١٨ |
19 So Jesus said to him: “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.
| وَلَكِنَّ يَسُوعَ قَالَ لَهُ: «لِمَاذَا تَدْعُونِي الصَّالِحَ؟ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ صَالِحاً إِلاَّ وَاحِدٌ، وَهُوَ اللهُ! | ١٩ |
20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and your mother.’”
| أَنْتَ تَعْرِفُ الْوَصَايَا: لاَ تَزْنِ؛ لاَ تَقْتُلْ؛ لاَ تَسْرِقْ؛ لاَ تَشْهَدْ بِالزُّورِ؛ أَكْرِمْ أَبَاكَ وَأُمَّكَ!» | ٢٠ |
21 And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.”
| فَقَالَ: «هَذِهِ كُلُّهَا عَمِلْتُ بِهَا مُنْذُ صِغَرِي!» | ٢١ |
22 Well upon hearing these things Jesus said to him, “You still lack one thing: sell all you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا، قَالَ لَهُ: «يَنْقُصُكَ شَيْءٌ وَاحِدٌ: بِعْ كُلَّ مَا عِنْدَكَ، وَوَزِّعْ عَلَى الْفُقَرَاءِ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ كَنْزٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ. ثُمَّ تَعَالَ اتْبَعْنِي!» | ٢٢ |
23 But when he heard this he became very sad, because he was extremely rich.
| وَلكِنَّهُ لَمَّا سَمِعَ ذلِكَ، حَزِنَ حُزْناً شَدِيداً، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ غَنِيّاً جِدّاً. | ٢٣ |
24 When Jesus saw that he became sad, He said: “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter the Kingdom of God!
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى يَسُوعُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: «مَا أَصْعَبَ دُخُولَ الأَغْنِيَاءِ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ! | ٢٤ |
25 It is actually easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God!”
| فَإِنَّ مُرُورَ جَمَلٍ فِي ثَقْبِ إِبْرَةٍ أَسْهَلُ مِنْ دُخُولِ غَنِيٍّ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ». | ٢٥ |
26 So the hearers said, “Who then can be saved?”
| فَقَالَ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ: «إِذَنْ، مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَخْلُصَ؟» | ٢٦ |
27 And He said, “The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.”
| فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ الْمُسْتَحِيلَ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ مُسْتَطَاعٌ عِنْدَ اللهِ!» | ٢٧ |
28 Then Peter said, “Notice that we have left all and followed you!”
| فَقَالَ بُطْرُسُ: «هَا نَحْنُ قَدْ تَرَكْنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَتَبِعْنَاكَ!» | ٢٨ |
29 So He said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God,
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «الحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ تَرَكَ بَيْتاً، أَوْ زَوْجَةً، أَوْ إِخْوَةً أَوْ وَالِدَيْنِ، أَوْ أَوْلاَداً، مِنْ أَجْلِ مَلَكُوتِ اللهِ، | ٢٩ |
30 who will not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.” (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166)
| إِلاَّ وَيَنَالُ أَضْعَافَ ذَلِكَ فِي هَذَا الزَّمَانِ، وَيَنَالُ فِي الزَّمَانِ الآتِي الْحَيَاةَ الأَبَدِيَّةَ!» (aiōn g165, aiōnios g166) | ٣٠ |
31 Then He took the Twelve aside and said to them: “Take note, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of the Man will be fulfilled:
| ثُمَّ انْتَحَى بِالاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَا نَحْنُ صَاعِدُونَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَسَوْفَ تَتِمُّ جَمِيعُ الأُمُورِ الَّتِي كَتَبَهَا الأَنْبِيَاءُ عَنِ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ. | ٣١ |
32 He will be betrayed to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon,
| فَإِنَّهُ سَيُسَلَّمُ إِلَى أَيْدِي الأُمَمِ، فَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهِ وَيُهَانُ وَيُبْصَقُ عَلَيْهِ. | ٣٢ |
33 and they will scourge and kill Him. And on the third day He will rise again.”
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يَجْلِدُوهُ يَقْتُلُونَهُ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ يَقُومُ!» | ٣٣ |
34 But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what was being said.
| وَلكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَفْهَمُوا شَيْئاً مِنْ ذلِكَ. وَكَانَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ خَافِياً عَنْهُمْ، وَلَمْ يُدْرِكُوا مَا قِيلَ. | ٣٤ |
35 Then it happened, as He approached Jericho, that a certain blind man was sitting alongside the road begging.
| وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى جُوَارِ أَرِيحَا، كَانَ أَحَدُ الْعُمْيَانِ جَالِساً عَلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ يَسْتَعْطِي. | ٣٥ |
36 Hearing a crowd going by, he asked what it was.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ مُرُورَ الْجَمْعِ، اسْتَخْبَرَ عَمَّا عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ. | ٣٦ |
37 So they told him that Jesus the Natsorean was passing by.
| فَقِيلَ لَهُ: «إِنَّ يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ مَارٌّ مِنْ هُنَاكَ». | ٣٧ |
38 Well he shouted, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
| فَنَادَى قَائِلاً «يَايَسُوعُ ابْنَ دَاوُدَ، ارْحَمْنِي! | ٣٨ |
39 Those who led the way started reproving him, to shut him up; but he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
| فَزَجَرَهُ السَّائِرُونَ فِي الْمُقَدِّمَةِ لِيَسْكُتَ. وَلكِنَّهُ أَخَذَ يَزِيدُ صُرَاخاً أَكْثَرَ: «يَا ابْنَ دَاوُدَ، ارْحَمْنِي!» | ٣٩ |
40 So Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to Him. When he got close He asked him, saying,
| فَتَوَقَّفَ يَسُوعَ وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِهِ إِلَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا اقْتَرَبَ سَأَلَهُ: | ٤٠ |
41 “What do you want me to do for you?” So he said, “Lord, that I may see again!”
| «مَاذَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ لَكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «يَارَبُّ، أَنْ تَرُدَّ لِي الْبَصَرَ!» | ٤١ |
42 Then Jesus said to him: “See again! Your faith has made you well.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أَبْصِرْ! إِيمَانُكَ قَدْ شَفَاكَ». | ٤٢ |
43 And immediately he did! and he followed Him, glorifying God. And all who witnessed it gave praise to God.
| وَفِي الْحَالِ أَبْصَرَ، وَتَبِعَهُ وَهُوَ يُمَجِّدُ اللهَ. وَلَمَّا رَأَى جَميعُ الشَّعْبِ ذَلِكَ، سَبَّحُوا اللهَ. | ٤٣ |
