Luke 16
1 He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
| وَقَالَ أَيْضاً لِتَلامِيذِهِ: «كَانَ لإِنْسَانٍ غَنِيٍّ وَكِيلٌ. فَاتُّهِمَ لَدَيْهِ بِأَنَّهُ يُبَذِّرُ أَمْوَالَهُ. | ١ |
2 He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
| فَاسْتَدْعَاهُ وَسَأَلَهُ: مَا هَذَا الَّذِي أَسْمَعُ عَنْكَ؟ قَدِّمْ حِسَابَ وِكَالَتِكَ، فَإِنَّكَ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَكُونَ وَكِيلاً لِي بَعْدُ! | ٢ |
3 “The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I do not have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
| فَقَالَ الْوَكِيلُ فِي نَفْسِهِ: مَا عَسَى أَنْ أَعْمَلَ، مَادَامَ سَيِّدِي سَيَنْزِعُ عَنِّي الْوِكَالَةَ؟ لَا أَقْوَى عَلَى نَقْبِ الأَرْضِ؛ وَأَسْتَحِي أَنْ أَسْتَعْطِيَ! | ٣ |
4 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
| قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَاذَا أَعْمَلُ، حَتَّى إِذَا عُزِلْتُ عَنِ الْوِكَالَةِ، يَسْتَقْبِلُنِي الأَصْدِقَاءُ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ. | ٤ |
5 Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
| فَاسْتَدْعَى مَدْيُونِي سَيِّدِهِ وَاحِداً فَوَاحِداً. وَسَأَلَ أَوَّلَهُمْ: كَمْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَيِّدِي؟ | ٥ |
6 He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
| فَأَجَابَ: مِئَةُ بَثٍّ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ صَكَّكَ، وَاجْلِسْ سَرِيعاً، وَاكْتُبْ خَمْسِينَ! | ٦ |
7 Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
| ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلآخَرِ: وَأَنْتَ، كَمْ عَلَيْكَ؟ فَأَجَابَ: مِئَةَ كُرٍّ مِنَ الْقَمْحِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ صَكَّكَ، وَاكْتُبْ ثَمَانِينَ! | ٧ |
8 "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this age (aiōn g165) are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
| فَامْتَدَحَ السَّيِّدُ وَكِيلَهُ الْخَائِنَ لأَنَّهُ تَصَرَّفَ بِحِكْمَةٍ. فَإِنَّ أَبْنَاءَ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ أَحْكَمُ مَعَ أَهْلِ جِيلِهِمْ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ النُّورِ. (aiōn g165) | ٨ |
9 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into consummate (aiōnios g166) tents.
| وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ: اكْسَبُوا لَكُمْ أَصْدِقَاءَ بِمَالِ الظُّلْمِ، حَتَّى إِذَا فَنِيَ مَالُكُمْ، تُقْبَلُونَ فِي الْمَنَازِلِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ! (aiōnios g166) | ٩ |
10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
| إِنَّ الأَمِينَ فِي الْقَلِيلِ أَمِينٌ أَيْضاً فِي الْكَثِيرِ، وَالْخَائِنَ فِي الْقَلِيلِ خَائِنٌ أَيْضاً فِي الْكَثِيرِ. | ١٠ |
11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
| فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي مَالِ الظُّلْمِ، فَمَنْ يَأْتَمِنُكُمْ عَلَى مَالِ الْحَقِّ؟ | ١١ |
12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
| وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي مَا يَخُصُّ غَيْرَكُمْ، فَمَنْ يُعْطِيكُمْ مَا يَخُصُّكُمْ؟ | ١٢ |
13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and Mammon.”
| مَا مِنْ خَادِمٍ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَبْداً لِسَيِّدَيْنِ: فَإِنَّهُ إِمَّا أَنْ يُبْغِضَ أَحَدَهُمَا، فَيُحِبَّ الآخَرَ؛ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَلْتَحِقَ بِأَحَدِهِمَا، فَيَهْجُرَ الآخَرَ. لَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا عَبِيداً لِلهِ وَالْمَالِ مَعاً». | ١٣ |
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
| وَكَانَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ أَيْضاً، وَهُمْ مُحِبُّونَ لِلْمَالِ، يَسْمَعُونَ ذلِكَ كُلَّهُ، فَاسْتَهْزَأُوا بِهِ. | ١٤ |
15 He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّكُمْ تُبَرِّرُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ، وَلكِنَّ اللهَ يَعْرِفُ قُلُوبَكُمْ. فَمَا يَعْتَبِرُهُ النَّاسُ رَفِيعَ الْقَدْرِ، هُوَ رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ اللهِ. | ١٥ |
16 “The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
| ظَلَّتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ حَتَّى زَمَنِ يُوحَنَّا: وَمُنْذُ ذلِكَ الْوَقْتِ يُبَشَّرُ بِمَلَكُوتِ اللهِ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَشُقُّ طَرِيقَهُ بِاجْتِهَادٍ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَيْهِ. | ١٦ |
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
| عَلَى أَنَّ زَوَالَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ أَسْهَلُ مِنْ سُقُوطِ نُقْطَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنَ الشَّرِيعَةِ: | ١٧ |
18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
| كُلُّ مَنْ يُطَلِّقُ زَوْجَتَهُ وَيَتَزَوَّجُ بِأُخْرَى، يَرْتَكِبُ الزِّنَى. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَزَوَّجُ بِمُطَلَّقَةٍ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا يَرْتَكِبُ الزِّنَى. | ١٨ |
19 “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
| كَانَ هُنَالِكَ إِنْسَانٌ غَنِيٌّ، يَلْبَسُ الأُرْجُوَانَ وَنَاعِمَ الثِّيَابِ، وَيُقِيمُ الْوَلائِمَ، مُتَنَعِّماً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ. | ١٩ |
20 A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
| وَكَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مِسْكِينٌ اسْمُهُ لِعَازَرُ، مَطْرُوحاً عِنْدَ بَابِهِ وَهُوَ مُصَابٌ بِالْقُرُوحِ، | ٢٠ |
21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
| يَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَشْبَعَ مِنَ الْفُتَاتِ الْمُتَسَاقِطِ مِنْ مَائِدَةِ الْغَنِيِّ. حَتَّى الْكِلابُ كَانَتْ تَأْتِي وَتَلْحَسُ قُرُوحَهُ. | ٢١ |
22 The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
| وَمَاتَ الْمِسْكِينُ، وَحَمَلَتْهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ إِلَى حِضْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. ثُمَّ مَاتَ الْغَنِيُّ أَيْضاً وَدُفِنَ. | ٢٢ |
23 In Hades (Hadēs g86), he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
| وَإِذْ رَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي الْهَاوِيَةِ يَتَعَذَّبُ، رَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَلِعَازَرَ فِي حِضْنِهِ. (Hadēs g86) | ٢٣ |
24 He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’
| فَنَادَى قَائِلاً: يَا أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ! ارْحَمْنِي، وَأَرْسِلْ لِعَازَرَ لِيَغْمِسَ طَرَفَ إِصْبَعِهِ فِي الْمَاءِ وَيُبَرِّدَ لِسَانِي: فَإِنِّي مُعَذَّبٌ فِي هَذَا اللَّهِيبِ. | ٢٤ |
25 “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
| وَلكِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ، تَذَكَّرْ أَنَّكَ نِلْتَ خَيْرَاتِكَ كَامِلَةً فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِكَ، وَلِعَازَرُ نَالَ الْبَلايَا. وَلكِنَّهُ الآنَ يَتَعَزَّى هُنَا، وَأَنْتَ هُنَاكَ تَتَعَذَّبُ. | ٢٥ |
26 Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’
| وَفَضْلاً عَنْ هَذَا كُلِّهِ، فَإِنَّ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ هُوَّةً عَظِيمَةً قَدْ أُثْبِتَتْ، حَتَّى إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ الْعُبُورَ مِنْ هُنَا لَا يَقْدِرُونَ، وَلا الَّذِينَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْعُبُورَ إِلَيْنَا! | ٢٦ |
27 “He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
| فَقَالَ: أَلْتَمِسُ مِنْكَ إِذَنْ، يَا أَبِي، أَنْ تُرْسِلَهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي، | ٢٧ |
28 for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they will not also come into this place of torment.’
| فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي خَمْسَةَ إِخْوَةٍ، حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ لَهُمْ مُنْذِراً، لِئَلّا يَأْتُوا هُمْ أَيْضاً إِلَى مَكَانِ الْعَذَابِ هَذَا. | ٢٨ |
29 “But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
| وَلكِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ لَهُ: عِنْدَهُمْ مُوسَى وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ: فَلْيَسْمَعُوا لَهُمْ! | ٢٩ |
30 “He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: لَا يَا أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ، بَلْ إِذَا ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ يَتُوبُونَ! | ٣٠ |
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنْ كَانُوا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ لِمُوسَى وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَلا يَقْتَنِعُونَ حَتَّى لَوْ قَامَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ!» | ٣١ |
