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| وَلَمَّا كَانَ ٱلصَّبَاحُ تَشَاوَرَ جَمِيعُ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَشُيُوخُ ٱلشَّعْبِ عَلَى يَسُوعَ حَتَّى يَقْتُلُوهُ، | ١ 1 |
Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
| فَأَوْثَقُوهُ وَمَضَوْا بِهِ وَدَفَعُوهُ إِلَى بِيلَاطُسَ ٱلْبُنْطِيِّ ٱلْوَالِي. | ٢ 2 |
They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
| حِينَئِذٍ لَمَّا رَأَى يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِي أَسْلَمَهُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ دِينَ، نَدِمَ وَرَدَّ ٱلثَّلَاثِينَ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ إِلَى رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلشُّيُوخِ | ٣ 3 |
When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
| قَائِلًا: «قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ إِذْ سَلَّمْتُ دَمًا بَرِيئًا». فَقَالُوا: «مَاذَا عَلَيْنَا؟ أَنْتَ أَبْصِرْ!». | ٤ 4 |
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yoʋrself.”
| فَطَرَحَ ٱلْفِضَّةَ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَٱنْصَرَفَ، ثُمَّ مَضَى وَخَنَقَ نَفْسَهُ. | ٥ 5 |
So he threw the pieces of silver into the temple and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.
| فَأَخَذَ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ ٱلْفِضَّةَ وَقَالُوا: «لَا يَحِلُّ أَنْ نُلْقِيَهَا فِي ٱلْخِزَانَةِ لِأَنَّهَا ثَمَنُ دَمٍ». | ٦ 6 |
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since they are a price paid for blood.”
| فَتَشَاوَرُوا وَٱشْتَرَوْا بِهَا حَقْلَ ٱلْفَخَّارِيِّ مَقْبَرَةً لِلْغُرَبَاءِ. | ٧ 7 |
So they took counsel and used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.
| لِهَذَا سُمِّيَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْحَقْلُ «حَقْلَ ٱلدَّمِ» إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٨ 8 |
Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
| حِينَئِذٍ تَمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِإِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلْقَائِلِ: «وَأَخَذُوا ٱلثَّلَاثِينَ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، ثَمَنَ ٱلْمُثَمَّنِ ٱلَّذِي ثَمَّنُوهُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٩ 9 |
Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set, on whom some of the sons of Israel had set a price,
| وَأَعْطَوْهَا عَنْ حَقْلِ ٱلْفَخَّارِيِّ، كَمَا أَمَرَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ». | ١٠ 10 |
and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.”
| فَوَقَفَ يَسُوعُ أَمَامَ ٱلْوَالِي. فَسَأَلَهُ ٱلْوَالِي قَائِلًا: «أَأَنْتَ مَلِكُ ٱلْيَهُودِ؟». فَقَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أَنْتَ تَقُولُ». | ١١ 11 |
Meanwhile, Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are yoʋ the king of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “Yoʋ have said it yoʋrself.”
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلشُّيُوخُ يَشْتَكُونَ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ يُجِبْ بِشَيْءٍ. | ١٢ 12 |
But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ بِيلَاطُسُ: «أَمَا تَسْمَعُ كَمْ يَشْهَدُونَ عَلَيْكَ؟». | ١٣ 13 |
Then Pilate said to him, “Do yoʋ not hear all the things they are testifying against yoʋ?”
| فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ وَلَا عَنْ كَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، حَتَّى تَعَجَّبَ ٱلْوَالِي جِدًّا. | ١٤ 14 |
But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so the governor was greatly amazed.
| وَكَانَ ٱلْوَالِي مُعْتَادًا فِي ٱلْعِيدِ أَنْ يُطْلِقَ لِلْجَمْعِ أَسِيرًا وَاحِدًا، مَنْ أَرَادُوهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner for the crowd, whomever they wanted.
| وَكَانَ لَهُمْ حِينَئِذٍ أَسِيرٌ مَشْهُورٌ يُسَمَّى بَارَابَاسَ. | ١٦ 16 |
At that time they had a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
| فَفِيمَا هُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ قَالَ لَهُمْ بِيلَاطُسُ: «مَنْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ؟ بَارَابَاسَ أَمْ يَسُوعَ ٱلَّذِي يُدْعَى ٱلْمَسِيحَ؟». | ١٧ 17 |
So when the crowds were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”
| لِأَنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُمْ أَسْلَمُوهُ حَسَدًا. | ١٨ 18 |
(For he knew they had handed Jesus over out of envy.)
| وَإِذْ كَانَ جَالِسًا عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ ٱلْوِلَايَةِ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُ قَائِلَةً: «إِيَّاكَ وَذَلِكَ ٱلْبَارَّ، لِأَنِّي تَأَلَّمْتُ ٱلْيَوْمَ كَثِيرًا فِي حُلْمٍ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ». | ١٩ 19 |
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
| وَلَكِنَّ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلشُّيُوخَ حَرَّضُوا ٱلْجُمُوعَ عَلَى أَنْ يَطْلُبُوا بَارَابَاسَ وَيُهْلِكُوا يَسُوعَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be executed.
| فَأجَابَ ٱلْوَالِي وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَنْ مِنْ ٱلِٱثْنَيْنِ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ؟». فَقَالُوا: «بَارَابَاسَ!». | ٢١ 21 |
In response the governor said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” They said, “Barabbas.”
| قَالَ لَهُمْ بِيلَاطُسُ: «فَمَاذَا أَفْعَلُ بِيَسُوعَ ٱلَّذِي يُدْعَى ٱلْمَسِيحَ؟». قَالَ لَهُ ٱلْجَمِيعُ: «لِيُصْلَبْ!». | ٢٢ 22 |
So Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
| فَقَالَ ٱلْوَالِي: «وَأَيَّ شَرٍّ عَمِلَ؟». فَكَانُوا يَزْدَادُونَ صُرَاخًا قَائِلِينَ: «لِيُصْلَبْ!». | ٢٣ 23 |
Then the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out all the more, “Let him be crucified!”
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى بِيلَاطُسُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْفَعُ شَيْئًا، بَلْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ يَحْدُثُ شَغَبٌ، أَخَذَ مَاءً وَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ قُدَّامَ ٱلْجَمْعِ قَائِلًا: «إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْ دَمِ هَذَا ٱلْبَارِّ! أَبْصِرُوا أَنْتُمْ!». | ٢٤ 24 |
When Pilate saw that he was achieving nothing and that a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See to it yourselves.”
| فَأَجَابَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَالُوا: «دَمُهُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى أَوْلَادِنَا». | ٢٥ 25 |
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
| حِينَئِذٍ أَطْلَقَ لَهُمْ بَارَابَاسَ، وَأَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَجَلَدَهُ وَأَسْلَمَهُ لِيُصْلَبَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Then he released for them Barabbas, but he scourged Jesus and handed him over to be crucified.
| فَأَخَذَ عَسْكَرُ ٱلْوَالِي يَسُوعَ إِلَى دَارِ ٱلْوِلَايَةِ وَجَمَعُوا عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ ٱلْكَتِيبَةِ، | ٢٧ 27 |
Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the governor's headquarters and gathered against him the entire cohort of soldiers.
| فَعَرَّوْهُ وَأَلْبَسُوهُ رِدَاءً قِرْمِزِيًّا، | ٢٨ 28 |
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,
| وَضَفَرُوا إِكْلِيلًا مِنْ شَوْكٍ وَوَضَعُوهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَقَصَبَةً فِي يَمِينِهِ. وَكَانُوا يَجْثُونَ قُدَّامَهُ وَيَسْتَهْزِئُونَ بِهِ قَائِلِينَ: «ٱلسَّلَامُ يا مَلِكَ ٱلْيَهُودِ!». | ٢٩ 29 |
and then twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand, and kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
| وَبَصَقُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَأَخَذُوا ٱلْقَصَبَةَ وَضَرَبُوهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ. | ٣٠ 30 |
Then they spit on him, took the reed, and beat him repeatedly on his head.
| وَبَعْدَ مَا ٱسْتَهْزَأُوا بِهِ، نَزَعُوا عَنْهُ ٱلرِّدَاءَ وَأَلْبَسُوهُ ثِيَابَهُ، وَمَضَوْا بِهِ لِلصَّلْبِ. | ٣١ 31 |
When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own garments back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
| وَفِيمَا هُمْ خَارِجُونَ وَجَدُوا إِنْسَانًا قَيْرَوَانِيًّا ٱسْمُهُ سِمْعَانُ، فَسَخَّرُوهُ لِيَحْمِلَ صَلِيبَهُ. | ٣٢ 32 |
As they went out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They pressed him into service, forcing him to carry Jesus' cross.
| وَلَمَّا أَتَوْا إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ جُلْجُثَةُ، وَهُوَ ٱلْمُسَمَّى «مَوْضِعَ ٱلْجُمْجُمَةِ» | ٣٣ 33 |
When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means, “Place of the Skull”),
| أَعْطَوْهُ خَلًّا مَمْزُوجًا بِمَرَارَةٍ لِيَشْرَبَ. وَلَمَّا ذَاقَ لَمْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ. | ٣٤ 34 |
they gave Jesus sour wine to drink, mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.
| وَلَمَّا صَلَبُوهُ ٱقْتَسَمُوا ثِيَابَهُ مُقْتَرِعِينَ عَلَيْهَا، لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِٱلنَّبِيِّ: «ٱقْتَسَمُوا ثِيَابِي بَيْنَهُمْ، وَعَلَى لِبَاسِي أَلْقَوْا قُرْعَةً». | ٣٥ 35 |
After crucifying him, they divided his garments among themselves by casting lots.
| ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا يَحْرُسُونَهُ هُنَاكَ. | ٣٦ 36 |
Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.
| وَجَعَلُوا فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ عِلَّتَهُ مَكْتُوبَةً: «هَذَا هُوَ يَسُوعُ مَلِكُ ٱلْيَهُودِ». | ٣٧ 37 |
Over his head they placed the written charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
| حِينَئِذٍ صُلِبَ مَعَهُ لِصَّانِ، وَاحِدٌ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَوَاحِدٌ عَنِ ٱلْيَسَارِ. | ٣٨ 38 |
Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
| وَكَانَ ٱلْمُجْتَازُونَ يُجَدِّفُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَهُزُّونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ | ٣٩ 39 |
Those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads
| قَائِلِينَ: «يَا نَاقِضَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَبَانِيَهُ فِي ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، خَلِّصْ نَفْسَكَ! إِنْ كُنْتَ ٱبْنَ ٱللهِ فَٱنْزِلْ عَنِ ٱلصَّلِيبِ!». | ٤٠ 40 |
and saying, “Yoʋ who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yoʋrself. If yoʋ are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
| وَكَذَلِكَ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ أَيْضًا وَهُمْ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ مَعَ ٱلْكَتَبَةِ وَٱلشُّيُوخِ قَالُوا: | ٤١ 41 |
In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, elders, and Pharisees, were mocking him, saying,
| «خَلَّصَ آخَرِينَ وَأَمَّا نَفْسُهُ فَمَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَهَا! إِنْ كَانَ هُوَ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلْيَنْزِلِ ٱلْآنَ عَنِ ٱلصَّلِيبِ فَنُؤْمِنَ بِهِ! | ٤٢ 42 |
“He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the king of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
| قَدِ ٱتَّكَلَ عَلَى ٱللهِ، فَلْيُنْقِذْهُ ٱلْآنَ إِنْ أَرَادَهُ! لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَنَا ٱبْنُ ٱللهِ!». | ٤٣ 43 |
He has put his trust in God; let God deliver him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
| وَبِذَلِكَ أَيْضًا كَانَ ٱللِّصَّانِ ٱللَّذَانِ صُلِبَا مَعَهُ يُعَيِّرَانِهِ. | ٤٤ 44 |
The robbers who were crucified with him were also reviling him in the same way.
| وَمِنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ٱلسَّادِسَةِ كَانَتْ ظُلْمَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى ٱلسَّاعَةِ ٱلتَّاسِعَةِ. | ٤٥ 45 |
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour, there was darkness over the whole land.
| وَنَحْوَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ٱلتَّاسِعَةِ صَرَخَ يَسُوعُ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ قَائِلًا: «إِيلِي، إِيلِي، لَمَا شَبَقْتَنِي؟» أَيْ: إِلَهِي، إِلَهِي، لِمَاذَا تَرَكْتَنِي؟ | ٤٦ 46 |
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have yoʋ forsaken me?”
| فَقَوْمٌ مِنَ ٱلْوَاقِفِينَ هُنَاكَ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا قَالُوا: «إِنَّهُ يُنَادِي إِيلِيَّا». | ٤٧ 47 |
When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”
| وَلِلْوَقْتِ رَكَضَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ وَأَخَذَ إِسْفِنْجَةً وَمَلَأَهَا خَلًّا وَجَعَلَهَا عَلَى قَصَبَةٍ وَسَقَاهُ. | ٤٨ 48 |
Immediately one of them ran, got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.
| وَأَمَّا ٱلْبَاقُونَ فَقَالُوا: «ٱتْرُكْ. لِنَرَى هَلْ يَأْتِي إِيلِيَّا يُخَلِّصُهُ!». | ٤٩ 49 |
But the rest said, “Leave him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save him.”
| فَصَرَخَ يَسُوعُ أَيْضًا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَأَسْلَمَ ٱلرُّوحَ. | ٥٠ 50 |
Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.
| وَإِذَا حِجَابُ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ قَدِ ٱنْشَقَّ إِلَى ٱثْنَيْنِ، مِنْ فَوْقُ إِلَى أَسْفَلُ. وَٱلْأَرْضُ تَزَلْزَلَتْ، وَٱلصُّخُورُ تَشَقَّقَتْ، | ٥١ 51 |
And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth was shaken, and the rocks were split.
| وَٱلْقُبُورُ تَفَتَّحَتْ، وَقَامَ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ أَجْسَادِ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ ٱلرَّاقِدِينَ | ٥٢ 52 |
The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
| وَخَرَجُوا مِنَ ٱلْقُبُورِ بَعْدَ قِيَامَتِهِ، وَدَخَلُوا ٱلْمَدِينَةَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ، وَظَهَرُوا لِكَثِيرِينَ. | ٥٣ 53 |
(They came out of the tombs, and after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.)
| وَأَمَّا قَائِدُ ٱلْمِئَةِ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُ يَحْرُسُونَ يَسُوعَ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ٱلزَّلْزَلَةَ وَمَا كَانَ، خَافُوا جِدًّا وَقَالُوا: «حَقًّا كَانَ هَذَا ٱبْنَ ٱللهِ!». | ٥٤ 54 |
Now when the centurion and those who were keeping watch with him over Jesus saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they became very frightened and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”
| وَكَانَتْ هُنَاكَ نِسَاءٌ كَثِيرَاتٌ يَنْظُرْنَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَهُنَّ كُنَّ قَدْ تَبِعْنَ يَسُوعَ مِنَ ٱلْجَلِيلِ يَخْدِمْنَهُ، | ٥٥ 55 |
Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and provided for him were there looking on from a distance,
| وَبَيْنَهُنَّ مَرْيَمُ ٱلْمَجْدَلِيَّةُ، وَمَرْيَمُ أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ وَيُوسِي، وَأُمُّ ٱبْنَيْ زَبْدِي. | ٥٦ 56 |
among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
| وَلَمَّا كَانَ ٱلْمَسَاءُ، جَاءَ رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ مِنَ ٱلرَّامَةِ ٱسْمُهُ يُوسُفُ، وَكَانَ هُوَ أَيْضًا تِلْمِيذًا لِيَسُوعَ. | ٥٧ 57 |
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who was himself also a disciple of Jesus.
| فَهَذَا تَقَدَّمَ إِلَى بِيلَاطُسَ وَطَلَبَ جَسَدَ يَسُوعَ. فَأَمَرَ بِيلَاطُسُ حِينَئِذٍ أَنْ يُعْطَى ٱلْجَسَدُ. | ٥٨ 58 |
He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. So Pilate commanded that the body be given to him.
| فَأَخَذَ يُوسُفُ ٱلْجَسَدَ وَلَفَّهُ بِكَتَّانٍ نَقِيٍّ، | ٥٩ 59 |
Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
| وَوَضَعَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ ٱلْجَدِيدِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ نَحَتَهُ فِي ٱلصَّخْرَةِ، ثُمَّ دَحْرَجَ حَجَرًا كَبِيرًا عَلَى بَابِ ٱلْقَبْرِ وَمَضَى. | ٦٠ 60 |
and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in a rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.
| وَكَانَتْ هُنَاكَ مَرْيَمُ ٱلْمَجْدَلِيَّةُ وَمَرْيَمُ ٱلْأُخْرَى جَالِسَتَيْنِ تُجَاهَ ٱلْقَبْرِ. | ٦١ 61 |
Mary Magdalene was there, and so was the other Mary, sitting across from the tomb.
| وَفِي ٱلْغَدِ ٱلَّذِي بَعْدَ ٱلِٱسْتِعْدَادِ ٱجْتَمَعَ رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ إِلَى بِيلَاطُسَ | ٦٢ 62 |
The next day (that is, after the day of Preparation), the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together before Pilate
| قَائِلِينَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، قَدْ تَذَكَّرْنَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ ٱلْمُضِلَّ قَالَ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ: إِنِّي بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ أَقُومُ. | ٦٣ 63 |
and said, “Sir, we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
| فَمُرْ بِضَبْطِ ٱلْقَبْرِ إِلَى ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ، لِئَلَّا يَأْتِيَ تَلَامِيذُهُ لَيْلًا وَيَسْرِقُوهُ، وَيَقُولُوا لِلشَّعْبِ: إِنَّهُ قَامَ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، فَتَكُونَ ٱلضَّلَالَةُ ٱلْأَخِيرَةُ أَشَرَّ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَى!». | ٦٤ 64 |
Therefore command that the tomb be secured until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, steal him away, and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead.’ This last deception would be worse than the first.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ بِيلَاطُسُ: «عِنْدَكُمْ حُرَّاسٌ. اِذْهَبُوا وَٱضْبُطُوهُ كَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ». | ٦٥ 65 |
Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you know how.”
| فَمَضَوْا وَضَبَطُوا ٱلْقَبْرَ بِٱلْحُرَّاسِ وَخَتَمُوا ٱلْحَجَرَ. | ٦٦ 66 |
So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard of soldiers.
