لُوقا 12

١ 1 وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ ذَلِكَ، إِذِ ٱجْتَمَعَ رَبَوَاتُ ٱلشَّعْبِ، حَتَّى كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَدُوسُ بَعْضًا، ٱبْتَدَأَ يَقُولُ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «أَوَّلًا تَحَرَّزُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ خَمِيرِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱلرِّيَاءُ،

In the meantime so many thousands of people had gathered that they were stepping on each another. Jesus began speaking first to his disciples. “Beware the yeast of the Pharisees—hypocrisy.

٢ 2 فَلَيْسَ مَكْتُومٌ لَنْ يُسْتَعْلَنَ، وَلَا خَفِيٌّ لَنْ يُعْرَفَ.

For there's nothing hidden that won't be revealed, nothing secret that won't be made known.

٣ 3 لِذَلِكَ كُلُّ مَا قُلْتُمُوهُ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ يُسْمَعُ فِي ٱلنُّورِ، وَمَا كَلَّمْتُمْ بِهِ ٱلْأُذْنَ فِي ٱلْمَخَادِعِ يُنَادَى بِهِ عَلَى ٱلسُّطُوحِ.

Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and whatever you whispered in private will be announced from the rooftops.

٤ 4 وَلَكِنْ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ يَا أَحِبَّائِي: لَا تَخَافُوا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلْجَسَدَ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ أَكْثَرَ.

I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, for once they've done that there's no more they can do.

٥ 5 بَلْ أُرِيكُمْ مِمَّنْ تَخَافُونَ: خَافُوا مِنَ ٱلَّذِي بَعْدَمَا يَقْتُلُ، لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ يُلْقِيَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ. نَعَمْ، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: مِنْ هَذَا خَافُوا! (Geenna g1067)

Let me make it clear whom you should be afraid of. You should be afraid of the one who after he has killed has the power to dispose of them in Gehenna. That's the one you should be afraid of. (Geenna g1067)

٦ 6 أَلَيْسَتْ خَمْسَةُ عَصَافِيرَ تُبَاعُ بِفَلْسَيْنِ، وَوَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا لَيْسَ مَنْسِيًّا أَمَامَ ٱللهِ؟

Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? But God doesn't forget a single one of them.

٧ 7 بَلْ شُعُورُ رُؤُوسِكُمْ أَيْضًا جَمِيعُهَا مُحْصَاةٌ. فَلَا تَخَافُوا! أَنْتُمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَصَافِيرَ كَثِيرَةٍ!

Even the hairs on your head have been counted. Don't be afraid—you're worth more than many sparrows!

٨ 8 وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ: كُلُّ مَنِ ٱعْتَرَفَ بِي قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ، يَعْتَرِفُ بِهِ ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ قُدَّامَ مَلَائِكَةِ ٱللهِ.

I tell you the truth, those who declare they belong to me, the Son of man will also declare they belong to him before God's angels,

٩ 9 وَمَنْ أَنْكَرَنِي قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ، يُنْكَرُ قُدَّامَ مَلَائِكَةِ ٱللهِ.

but those who deny me will be denied before God's angels.

١٠ 10 وَكُلُّ مَنْ قَالَ كَلِمَةً عَلَى ٱبْنِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ يُغْفَرُ لَهُ، وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَدَّفَ عَلَى ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ فَلَا يُغْفَرُ لَهُ.

Everyone who speaks against the Son of man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

١١ 11 وَمَتَى قَدَّمُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَجَامِعِ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَٱلسَّلَاطِينِ فَلَا تَهْتَمُّوا كَيْفَ أَوْ بِمَا تَحْتَجُّونَ أَوْ بِمَا تَقُولُونَ،

When you're brought to trial before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, don't worry about how to defend yourself, or what you should say.

١٢ 12 لِأَنَّ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مَا يَجِبُ أَنْ تَقُولُوهُ».

The Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what's important to say.”

١٣ 13 وَقَالَ لَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْجَمْعِ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، قُلْ لِأَخِي أَنْ يُقَاسِمَنِي ٱلْمِيرَاثَ».

Someone in the crowd asked Jesus, “Teacher, please tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”

١٤ 14 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا إِنْسَانُ، مَنْ أَقَامَنِي عَلَيْكُمَا قَاضِيًا أَوْ مُقَسِّمًا؟».

“My friend,” Jesus replied, “Who appointed me as your judge to decide how your inheritance should be divided?” He told the people,

١٥ 15 وَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «ٱنْظُرُوا وَتَحَفَّظُوا مِنَ ٱلطَّمَعِ، فَإِنَّهُ مَتَى كَانَ لِأَحَدٍ كَثِيرٌ فَلَيْسَتْ حَيَاتُهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِ».

“Watch out, and beware of all greedy thoughts and actions, for a person's life isn't summed up by all the things they own.”

١٦ 16 وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا قَائِلًا: «إِنْسَانٌ غَنِيٌّ أَخْصَبَتْ كُورَتُهُ،

Then he told them a story as an illustration. “Once there was a rich man who owned land that was very productive.

١٧ 17 فَفَكَّرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ قَائِلًا: مَاذَا أَعْمَلُ، لِأَنْ لَيْسَ لِي مَوْضِعٌ أَجْمَعُ فِيهِ أَثْمَارِي؟

The man said to himself, ‘What shall I do? I've nowhere to store my crops.

١٨ 18 وَقَالَ: أَعْمَلُ هَذَا: أَهْدِمُ مَخَازِنِي وَأَبْنِي أَعْظَمَ، وَأَجْمَعُ هُنَاكَ جَمِيعَ غَلَّاتِي وَخَيْرَاتِي،

I know what I'll do,’ he decided. ‘I'll pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and then I'll be able to store all my crops and everything I own.

١٩ 19 وَأَقُولُ لِنَفْسِي: يَا نَفْسُ لَكِ خَيْرَاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، مَوْضُوعَةٌ لِسِنِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ. اِسْتَرِيحِي وَكُلِي وَٱشْرَبِي وَٱفْرَحِي!

Then I'll tell myself: You have enough to live on for many years, so take life easy: eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!’

٢٠ 20 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱللهُ: يَا غَبِيُّ! هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ تُطْلَبُ نَفْسُكَ مِنْكَ، فَهَذِهِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْدَدْتَهَا لِمَنْ تَكُونُ؟

But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Your life will be demanded back this very night, and then who will get everything you've stored up?’

٢١ 21 هَكَذَا ٱلَّذِي يَكْنِزُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ غَنِيًّا لِلهِ».

This is what happens to people who hoard up wealth for themselves but are not rich as far as God is concerned.”

٢٢ 22 وَقَالَ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَا تَهْتَمُّوا لِحَيَاتِكُمْ بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ، وَلَا لِلْجَسَدِ بِمَا تَلْبَسُونَ.

Jesus told his disciples, “That's why I tell you don't worry about life, about what to eat, or about what clothes you should wear.

٢٣ 23 اَلْحَيَاةُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱلطَّعَامِ، وَٱلْجَسَدُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱللِّبَاسِ.

Life is about more than food, and the body is about more than wearing clothes.

٢٤ 24 تَأَمَّلُوا ٱلْغِرْبَانَ: أَنَّهَا لَا تَزْرَعُ وَلَا تَحْصُدُ، وَلَيْسَ لَهَا مَخْدَعٌ وَلَا مَخْزَنٌ، وَٱللهُ يُقِيتُهَا. كَمْ أَنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱلطُّيُورِ!

Look at the ravens. They don't sow or reap, they don't have any storerooms or barns, but God feeds them. And you're far more valuable than birds!

٢٥ 25 وَمَنْ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا ٱهْتَمَّ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَزِيدَ عَلَى قَامَتِهِ ذِرَاعًا وَاحِدَةً؟

Can you add an hour to your life by worrying about it?

٢٦ 26 فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْأَصْغَرِ، فَلِمَاذَا تَهْتَمُّونَ بِٱلْبَوَاقِي؟

If you can't do anything about such small things, why worry about the rest?

٢٧ 27 تَأَمَّلُوا ٱلزَّنَابِقَ كَيْفَ تَنْمُو: لَا تَتْعَبُ وَلَا تَغْزِلُ، وَلَكِنْ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ وَلَا سُلَيْمَانُ فِي كُلِّ مَجْدِهِ كَانَ يَلْبَسُ كَوَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهَا.

Think of the lilies and how they grow. They don't work, and they don't spin thread for clothes, but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was as beautifully dressed as one of them.

٢٨ 28 فَإِنْ كَانَ ٱلْعُشْبُ ٱلَّذِي يُوجَدُ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ وَيُطْرَحُ غَدًا فِي ٱلتَّنُّورِ يُلْبِسُهُ ٱللهُ هَكَذَا، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ يُلْبِسُكُمْ أَنْتُمْ يَاقَلِيلِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ؟

So if God clothes the fields with such beautiful flowers, which are here today but gone tomorrow when they are burned in a fire to heat an oven, how much more will God clothe you, you who have so little trust!

٢٩ 29 فَلَا تَطْلُبُوا أَنْتُمْ مَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَمَا تَشْرَبُونَ وَلَا تَقْلَقُوا،

Don't be concerned about what you're going to eat or drink—don't worry about it.

٣٠ 30 فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ كُلَّهَا تَطْلُبُهَا أُمَمُ ٱلْعَالَمِ. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَأَبُوكُمْ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمْ تَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى هَذِهِ.

These are all things that people in the world worry about, but your Father knows you need them.

٣١ 31 بَلِ ٱطْلُبُوا مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ، وَهَذِهِ كُلُّهَا تُزَادُ لَكُمْ.

Search for God's kingdom, and you'll be given these things as well.

٣٢ 32 «لَا تَخَفْ، أَيُّهَا ٱلْقَطِيعُ ٱلصَّغِيرُ، لِأَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ قَدْ سُرَّ أَنْ يُعْطِيَكُمُ ٱلْمَلَكُوتَ.

Don't be afraid, little flock, for your Father is happy to give you the kingdom.

٣٣ 33 بِيعُوا مَا لَكُمْ وَأَعْطُوا صَدَقَةً. اِعْمَلُوا لَكُمْ أَكْيَاسًا لَا تَفْنَى وَكَنْزًا لَا يَنْفَدُ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، حَيْثُ لَا يَقْرَبُ سَارِقٌ وَلَا يُبْلِي سُوسٌ،

Sell what you have, and give the money to the poor. Get yourselves purses that don't wear out: treasure in heaven that will never run out, where no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.

٣٤ 34 لِأَنَّهُ حَيْثُ يَكُونُ كَنْزُكُمْ هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ قَلْبُكُمْ أَيْضًا.

For what you value the most shows who you really are.

٣٥ 35 «لِتَكُنْ أَحْقَاؤُكُمْ مُمَنْطَقَةً وَسُرُجُكُمْ مُوقَدَةً،

Be dressed and ready, and keep your lamps lit,

٣٦ 36 وَأَنْتُمْ مِثْلُ أُنَاسٍ يَنْتَظِرُونَ سَيِّدَهُمْ مَتَى يَرْجِعُ مِنَ ٱلْعُرْسِ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ وَقَرَعَ يَفْتَحُونَ لَهُ لِلْوَقْتِ.

like servants waiting for their master when he returns from his wedding feast, prepared to open the door quickly for him when he comes and knocks.

٣٧ 37 طُوبَى لِأُولَئِكَ ٱلْعَبِيدِ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُمْ يَجِدُهُمْ سَاهِرِينَ. اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ يَتَمَنْطَقُ وَيُتْكِئُهُمْ وَيَتَقَدَّمُ وَيَخْدُمُهُمْ.

How good it will be for those servants that the master finds watching when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will get dressed, have them sit down for a meal, and will come and serve them himself!

٣٨ 38 وَإِنْ أَتَى فِي ٱلْهَزِيعِ ٱلثَّانِي أَوْ أَتَى فِي ٱلْهَزِيعِ ٱلثَّالِثِ وَوَجَدَهُمْ هَكَذَا، فَطُوبَى لِأُولَئِكَ ٱلْعَبِيدِ.

Even if he comes at midnight, or just before dawn—how good for them if he finds them watching and ready!

٣٩ 39 وَإِنَّمَا ٱعْلَمُوا هَذَا: أَنَّهُ لَوْ عَرَفَ رَبُّ ٱلْبَيْتِ فِي أَيَّةِ سَاعَةٍ يَأْتِي ٱلسَّارِقُ لَسَهِرَ، وَلَمْ يَدَعْ بَيْتَهُ يُنْقَبُ.

But remember this: if the master knew when a thief was coming, he would keep watch, and not allow his house be broken into.

٤٠ 40 فَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ إِذًا مُسْتَعِدِّينَ، لِأَنَّهُ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَا تَظُنُّونَ يَأْتِي ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ».

You must also be ready, for the Son of man is coming when you don't expect him.”

٤١ 41 فَقَالَ لَهُ بُطْرُسُ: «يَارَبُّ، أَلَنَا تَقُولُ هَذَا ٱلْمَثَلَ أَمْ لِلْجَمِيعِ أَيْضًا؟».

“Is this story you're telling just for us, or for everyone?” Peter asked.

٤٢ 42 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «فَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلَّذِي يُقِيمُهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى خَدَمِهِ لِيُعْطِيَهُمُ ٱلْعُلُوفَةَ فِي حِينِهَا؟

The Lord replied, “Who then is the trustworthy and wise manager, the one person in the household that the master puts in charge to share out their food at the right time?

٤٣ 43 طُوبَى لِذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدِ ٱلَّذِي إِذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ يَجِدُهُ يَفْعَلُ هَكَذَا!

It will be good for that servant when his master returns and finds him doing what he should.

٤٤ 44 بِٱلْحَقِّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَمْوَالِهِ.

I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of everything.

٤٥ 45 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: سَيِّدِي يُبْطِئُ قُدُومَهُ، فَيَبْتَدِئُ يَضْرِبُ ٱلْغِلْمَانَ وَٱلْجَوَارِيَ، وَيَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَرُ.

But what if the servant were to say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and then starts beating the other servants, both men and women, feasting and getting drunk?

٤٦ 46 يَأْتِي سَيِّدُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدِ فِي يَوْمٍ لَا يَنْتَظِرُهُ وَفِي سَاعَةٍ لَا يَعْرِفُهَا، فَيَقْطَعُهُ وَيَجْعَلُ نَصِيبَهُ مَعَ ٱلْخَائِنِينَ.

That servant's master will return unexpectedly one day at a time he wasn't aware of, and will punish him severely, treating him as totally untrustworthy.

٤٧ 47 وَأَمَّا ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلَّذِي يَعْلَمُ إِرَادَةَ سَيِّدِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَعِدُّ وَلَا يَفْعَلُ بحَسَبِ إِرَادَتِهِ، فَيُضْرَبُ كَثِيرًا.

That servant who knew what his master wanted and yet didn't get ready or follow his instructions, will be beaten severely;

٤٨ 48 وَلَكِنَّ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُ، وَيَفْعَلُ مَا يَسْتَحِقُّ ضَرَبَاتٍ، يُضْرَبُ قَلِيلًا. فَكُلُّ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ كَثِيرًا يُطْلَبُ مِنْهُ كَثِيرٌ، وَمَنْ يُودِعُونَهُ كَثِيرًا يُطَالِبُونَهُ بِأَكْثَرَ.

but the servant who didn't know and did things deserving punishment will be beaten only lightly. From those who are given much, much will be required, and from those who are entrusted with more, more will be demanded.

٤٩ 49 «جِئْتُ لِأُلْقِيَ نَارًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَمَاذَا أُرِيدُ لَوِ ٱضْطَرَمَتْ؟

I have come to set the earth on fire, and I really wish it was already burning!

٥٠ 50 وَلِي صِبْغَةٌ أَصْطَبِغُهَا، وَكَيْفَ أَنْحَصِرُ حَتَّى تُكْمَلَ؟

But I have a baptism to go through, and I'm in agony, wishing it was over!

٥١ 51 أَتَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي جِئْتُ لِأُعْطِيَ سَلَامًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ كَلاَّ، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: بَلِ ٱنْقِسَامًا.

Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, I bring division.

٥٢ 52 لِأَنَّهُ يَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلْآنَ خَمْسَةٌ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ مُنْقَسِمِينَ: ثَلَاثَةٌ عَلَى ٱثْنَيْنِ، وَٱثْنَانِ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ.

From now on, if there are five in a family, they will be divided against each other: three against two, and two against three.

٥٣ 53 يَنْقَسِمُ ٱلْأَبُ عَلَى ٱلِٱبْنِ، وَٱلِٱبْنُ عَلَى ٱلْأَبِ، وَٱلْأُمُّ عَلَى ٱلْبِنْتِ، وَٱلْبِنْتُ عَلَى ٱلْأُمِّ، وَٱلْحَمَاةُ عَلَى كَنَّتِهَا، وَٱلْكَنَّةُ عَلَى حَمَاتِهَا».

They will be divided against each other—father against son, son against father, mother against daughter, daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

٥٤ 54 ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيْضًا لِلْجُمُوعِ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ ٱلسَّحَابَ تَطْلُعُ مِنَ ٱلْمَغَارِبِ فَلِلْوَقْتِ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّهُ يَأْتِي مَطَرٌ، فَيَكُونُ هَكَذَا.

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds. “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘a rain-shower's coming,’ and it happens.

٥٥ 55 وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ رِيحَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ تَهُبُّ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ حَرٌّ، فَيَكُونُ.

When a south wind blows, you say ‘it's going to be hot,’ and it is.

٥٦ 56 يَا مُرَاؤُونَ! تَعْرِفُونَ أَنْ تُمَيِّزُوا وَجْهَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَمَّا هَذَا ٱلزَّمَانُ فَكَيْفَ لَا تُمَيِّزُونَهُ؟

You hypocrites, how is it that you know how to rightly interpret the weather but you don't know how to interpret the present time?

٥٧ 57 وَلِمَاذَا لَا تَحْكُمُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ قِبَلِ نُفُوسِكُمْ؟

Why don't you think for yourselves and judge what's the right thing to do?

٥٨ 58 حِينَمَا تَذْهَبُ مَعَ خَصْمِكَ إِلَى ٱلْحَاكِمِ، ٱبْذُلِ ٱلْجَهْدَ وَأَنْتَ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ لِتَتَخَلَّصَ مِنْهُ، لِئَلَّا يَجُرَّكَ إِلَى ٱلْقَاضِي، وَيُسَلِّمَكَ ٱلْقَاضِي إِلَى ٱلْحَاكِمِ، فَيُلْقِيَكَ ٱلْحَاكِمُ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ.

As you go with your accuser to the magistrate, on the way you should be working on a settlement. Otherwise you may be dragged before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

٥٩ 59 أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا تَخْرُجُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى تُوفِيَ ٱلْفَلْسَ ٱلْأَخِيرَ».

I tell you, you won't get out until you've paid the last penny.”

Jesus Preaches in the Synagogue