Hebrews 11

1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

1 أَمَّا الإِيمَانُ، فَهُوَ الثِّقَةُ بِمَا نَرْجُوهُ، وَالاقْتِنَاعُ بِأَنَّ مَا لَا نَرَاهُ مَوْجُودٌ حَقّاً.

2 This is why the ancients were commended.

2 بِهَذَا الإِيمَانِ، كَسَبَ رِجَالُ اللهِ قَدِيماً شَهَادَةً حَسَنَةً أَمَامَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ.

3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

3 وَعَنْ طَرِيقِ الإِيمَانِ، نُدْرِكُ أَنَّ الْكَوْنَ كُلَّهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْوُجُودِ بِكَلِمَةِ أَمْرٍ مِنَ اللهِ. حَتَّى إِنَّ عَالَمَنَا الْمَنْظُورَ، قَدْ تَكَوَّنَ مِنْ أُمُورٍ غَيْرِ مَنْظُورَةٍ!

4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

4 بِالإِيمَانِ، قَدَّمَ هَابِيلُ لِلهِ ذَبِيحَةً أَفْضَلَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا قَايِينُ. وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ الأَسَاسِ، شَهِدَ اللهُ بِأَنَّ هَابِيلَ بَارٌّ، إِذْ قَبِلَ التَّقْدِمَةَ الَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا لَهُ. وَمَعَ أَنَّ هَابِيلَ مَاتَ قَتْلاً، فَإِنَّهُ مَازَالَ الآنَ يُلَقِّنُنَا الْعِبَرَ بِإِيمَانِهِ.

5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

5 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، انْتَقَلَ أَخْنُوخُ إِلَى حَضْرَةِ اللهِ دُونَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ. وَقَدِ اخْتَفَى مِنْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ لأَنَّ اللهَ أَخَذَهُ إِلَيْهِ. وَقَبْلَ حُدُوثِ ذلِكَ، شُهِدَ لَهُ بِأَنَّهُ قَدْ أَرْضَى اللهَ.

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

6 فَمِنَ الْمُسْتَحِيلِ إِرْضَاءَ اللهِ بِدُونِ إِيمَانٍ. إِذْ إِنَّ مَنْ يَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَى اللهِ، لابُدَّ لَهُ أَنْ يُؤْمِنَ بِأَنَّهُ مَوْجُودٌ، وَبِأَنَّهُ يُكَافِئُ الَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ إِلَيْهِ.

7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

7 وَبِالإِيمَانِ نُوحٌ، لَمَّا أَنْذَرَهُ اللهُ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْوَحْيِ بِالطُّوفَانِ الآتِي، دَفَعَهُ خَوْفُ اللهِ إِلَى بِنَاءِ سَفِينَةٍ ضَخْمَةٍ كَانَتْ وَسِيلَةَ النَّجَاةِ لَهُ وَلِعَائِلَتِهِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ رَأَى طُوفَاناً مِنْ قَبْلُ. وَبِعَمَلِهِ هَذَا، حَكَمَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِ وَأَصْبَحَ وَارِثاً لِلْبِرِّ الْقَائِمِ عَلَى أَسَاسِ الإِيمَانِ.

8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

8 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، لَبَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ دَعْوَةَ اللهِ، فَتَرَكَ وَطَنَهُ وَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى أَرْضٍ أُخْرَى وَعَدَهُ اللهُ بِأَنْ يُوَرِّثَهُ إِيَّاهَا. وَلَمَّا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ، لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ أَيْنَ يَتَوَجَّهُ.

9 By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

9 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، كَانَ يَرْحَلُ كَالْغَرِيبِ مِنْ مَكَانٍ إِلَى آخَرَ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَهُ اللهُ بِها، وَكَأَنَّهَا أَرْضٌ غَرِيبَةٌ. وَكَانَ يَسْكُنُ فِي الْخِيَامِ مَعَ إِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ، شَرِيكَيْهِ فِي إِرْثِ الْوَعْدِ عَيْنِهِ.

10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

10 فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَظِرُ الانْتِقَالَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ السَّمَاوِيَّةِ ذَاتِ الأُسُسِ الثَّابِتَةِ، الَّتِي صَانِعُهَا وَبَانِيهَا هُوَ اللهُ.

11 By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

11 وَبِالإِيمَانِ أَيْضاً، نَالَتْ سَارَةُ زَوْجَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قُدْرَةً عَلَى الإِنْجَابِ، فَوَلَدَتِ ابْناً مَعَ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَدْ جَاوَزَتْ سِنَّ الْحَمْلِ. وَذَلِكَ لأَنَّهَا آمَنَتْ بِأَنَّ اللهَ، الَّذِي وَعَدَهَا بِذَلِكَ، لابُدَّ أَنْ يُحَقِّقَ وَعْدَهُ.

12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

12 وَهكَذَا وُلِدَ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَقَدْ كَانَ مَيِّتاً مِنْ حَيْثُ الْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى الإِنْجَابِ، شَعْبٌ كَبِيرٌ «كَنُجُومِ الْفَضَاءِ عَدَداً، وَكَالرَّمْلِ الَّذِي عَلَى شَطِّ الْبَحْرِ، لَا يُحْصَى».

13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

13 هَؤُلاءِ جَمِيعاً، حَافَظُوا عَلَى إِيمَانِهِمْ إِلَى النِّهَايَةِ. وَمَاتُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ وُعُودُ اللهِ لَهُمْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِهِمْ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ رَأَوْهَا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَتَوَقَّعُوا تَحْقِيقَهَا كَامِلَةً فِي الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ. وَإِذْ آمَنُوا بِتِلْكَ الْوُعُودِ الإِلَهِيَّةِ اعْتَرَفُوا بِأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا إِلّا غُرَبَاءَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَزُورُونَهَا زِيَارَةً عَابِرَةً.

14 Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

14 وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ ذَلِك، يُوْضِحُونَ أَنَّ عُيُونَهُمْ عَلَى وَطَنِهِمِ الْحَقِيقِيِّ.

15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

15 وَلَوْ تَذَكَّرُوا الْوَطَنَ الأَرْضِيَّ الَّذِي هَجَرُوهُ، لاغْتَنَمُوا الْفُرْصَةَ وَعَادُوا إِلَيْهِ.

16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

16 وَلَكِنْ، لا، فَهُمُ الآنَ يَتَطَلَّعُونَ إِلَى وَطَنٍ أَفْضَلَ، أَيِ الْوَطَنِ السَّمَاوِيِّ. بِسَبَبِ إِيمَانِهِمْ هَذَا لَا يَسْتَحِي اللهُ أَنْ يُدْعَى إِلَهَهُمْ، فَهُوَ قَدْ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ مَدِينَةً!

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

17 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَيْضاً، لَمَّا امْتَحَنَهُ اللهُ، قَدَّمَ إِسْحَاقَ ابْنَهُ. فَإِنَّهُ، إِذْ قَبِلَ وُعُودَ اللهِ، قَدَّمَ ابْنَهُ الْوَحِيدَ ذَبِيحَةً،

18 even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

18 مَعَ أَنَّ اللهَ قَالَ لَهُ: «بِإِسْحَاقَ سَوْفَ يَكُونُ لَكَ نَسْلٌ يَحْمِلُ اسْمَكَ!»

19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

19 فَقَدْ آمَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِأَنَّ اللهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ إِسْحَاقَ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ. وَالْوَاقِعُ أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ اسْتَعَادَ ابْنَهُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْمِثَالِ أَوِ الرَّمْزِ.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

20 بِالإِيمَانِ، بَارَكَ إِسْحَاقُ يَعْقُوبَ وَعِيسُو.

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

21 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، بَارَكَ يَعْقُوبُ، قُبَيْلَ مَوْتِهِ، كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنِ ابْنَيْ يُوسُفَ، وَسَجَدَ مُتَوَكِّئاً عَلَى رَأْسِ عَصَاهُ.

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

22 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، اسْتَنَدَ يُوسُفُ عَلَى وَعْدِ اللهِ بِإِخْرَاجِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بِلادِ مِصْرَ، فَتَرَكَ وَصِيَّةً بِأَنْ يَنْقُلُوا رُفَاتَهُ مَعَهُمْ.

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

23 بِالإِيمَانِ مُوسَى خَبَّأهُ وَالِدَاهُ حَتَّى صَارَ عُمْرُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، لأَنَّهُمَا رَأَيَاهُ طِفْلاً جَمِيلاً، وَلَمْ يَخَافَا الْمَرْسُومَ الَّذِي أَصْدَرَهُ الْمَلِكُ.

24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

24 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، مُوسَى نَفْسُهُ، لَمَّا كَبُرَ، رَفَضَ أَنْ يُدْعَى ابْناً لاِبْنَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ.

25 He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

25 بَلِ اخْتَارَ أَنْ يتَحَمَّلَ الْمَذَلَّةَ مَعَ شَعْبِ اللهِ، بَدَلاً مِنَ التَّمَتُّعِ الْوَقْتِيِّ بِلَذَّاتِ الْخَطِيئَةِ.

26 He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

26 فَقَدِ اعْتَبَرَ أَنَّ عَارَ الْمَسِيحِ، هُوَ ثَرْوَةٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ كُنُوزِ مِصْرَ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَطَلَّعُ إِلَى الْمُكَافَأَةِ.

27 By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

27 بِالإِيمَانِ، تَرَكَ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ خَائِفٍ مِنْ غَضَبِ الْمَلِكِ. فَقَدْ مَضَى فِي تَنْفِيذِ قَرَارِهِ، كَأَنَّهُ يَرَى بِجَانِبِهِ اللهَ غَيْرَ الْمَنْظُورِ.

28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

28 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، أَقَامَ الْفِصْحَ وَرَشَّ الدَّمَ، لِكَيْ لَا يَمَسَّ مُهْلِكُ الأَبْكَارِ أَحَداً مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ شَعْبِهِ.

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

29 بِالإِيمَانِ اجْتَازَ الشَّعْبُ فِي الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ كَأَنَّهُ أَرْضٌ يَابِسَةٌ. أَمَّا الْمِصْرِيُّونَ، فَإِذْ حَاوَلُوا ذَلِكَ غَرِقُوا!

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

30 بِالإِيمَانِ انْهَارَتْ أَسْوَارُ مَدِينَةِ أَرِيحَا، بَعْدَمَا دَارَ الشَّعْبُ حَوْلَهَا لِمُدَّةِ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ.

31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

31 وَجَزَاءً لِلإِيمَانِ، نَجَتْ رَاحَابُ الزَّانِيَةُ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ الْمُحَتَّمِ مَعَ الْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ، بَعْدَمَا اسْتَقْبَلَتِ الْجَاسُوسَيْنِ بِسَلامٍ.

32 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

32 وَهَلْ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ بَعْدُ لِمَزِيدٍ مِنَ الأَمْثِلَةِ؟ إِنَّ الْوَقْتَ لَا يَتَّسِعُ لِي حَتَّى أَسْرُدَ أَخْبَارَ الإِيمَانِ عَنْ: جِدْعُونَ وَبَارَاقَ وَشَمْشُونَ وَيَفْتَاحَ وَدَاوُدَ وَصَمُوئِيلَ وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ.

33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

33 فَبِالإِيمَانِ، تَغَلَّبَ هؤُلاءِ عَلَى مَمَالِكِ الأَعْدَاءِ، وَحَكَمُوا حُكْماً عَادِلاً وَنَالُوا مَا وَعَدَهُمْ بِهِ اللهُ. وَبِهِ، سَدُّوا أَفْوَاهَ الأُسُودِ،

34 quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

34 وَأَبْطَلُوا قُوَّةَ النَّارِ، وَنَجَوْا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ قَتْلاً بِالسَّيْفِ. وَبِهِ أَيْضاً نَالُوا القُوَّةَ بَعْدَ ضَعْفٍ، فَصَارُوا أَشِدَّاءَ فِي الْمَعَارِكِ، وَرَدُّوا جُيُوشاً غَرِيبَةً عَلَى أَعْقَابِهَا.

35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

35 وَبِالإِيمَانِ، اسْتَرْجَعَتْ بَعْضُ النِّسَاءِ أَمْوَاتَهُنَّ بَعْدَمَا أُعِيدُوا إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ. وَبِهِ، تَحَمَّلَ كَثِيرُونَ الْعَذَابَ وَالضَّرْبَ، وَمَاتُوا رَافِضِينَ النَّجَاةَ، لِعِلْمِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ سَوْفَ يَقُومُونَ إِلَى حَيَاةٍ أَفْضَلَ.

36 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

36 وَكَثِيرُونَ غَيْرُهُمْ تَحَمَّلُوا الْمُحَاكَمَاتِ الظَّالِمَةَ تَحْتَ الإِهَانَةِ وَالْجَلْدِ، وَالإِلْقَاءَ فِي السُّجُونِ مُقَيَّدِينَ بِالسَّلاسِلِ.

37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

37 وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ حُوكِمُوا فَمَاتُوا رَجْماً بِالْحِجَارَةِ، أَوْ نَشْراً بِالْمِنْشَارِ، أَوْ ذَبْحاً بِالسَّيْفِ. وَبَعْضُهُمْ، تَشَرَّدُوا مُتَسَتِّرِينَ بِجُلُودِ الْغَنَمِ وَالْمِعْزَى، يُعَانُونَ مِنَ الْحَاجَةِ وَالضِّيقِ وَالظُّلْمِ،

38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

38 وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الْعَالَمُ يَسْتَحِقُّهُمْ، تَائِهِينَ فِي الْبَرَارِي وَالْجِبَالِ وَالْمَغَاوِرِ وَالْكُهُوفِ.

39 These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

39 إِنَّ هؤُلاءِ لَمْ يَحْصُلُوا جَمِيعاً عَلَى تَحْقِيقِ كُلِّ مَا وَعَدَهُمُ اللهُ بِهِ، مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ حَاصِلُونَ عَلَى شَهَادَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ مِنْ جِهَةِ الإِيمَانِ.

40 God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

40 وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَبَقَ فَأَعَدَّ لَنَا مَا هُوَ أَفْضَلُ، وَذَلِكَ حَتَّى لَا يُكَمَّلُوا بِمَعْزِلٍ عَنَّا.