Hebrews 11

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

1 وَأَمَّا ٱلْإِيمَانُ فَهُوَ ٱلثِّقَةُ بِمَا يُرْجَى وَٱلْإِيقَانُ بِأُمُورٍ لَا تُرَى.

2 This is why the ancients were commended.

2 فَإِنَّهُ فِي هَذَا شُهِدَ لِلْقُدَمَاءِ.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ نَفْهَمُ أَنَّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ أُتْقِنَتْ بِكَلِمَةِ ٱللهِ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَتَكَوَّنْ مَا يُرَى مِمَّا هُوَ ظَاهِرٌ.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ قَدَّمَ هَابِيلُ لِلهِ ذَبِيحَةً أَفْضَلَ مِنْ قَايِينَ. فَبِهِ شُهِدَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ بَارٌّ، إِذْ شَهِدَ ٱللهُ لِقَرَابِينِهِ. وَبِهِ، وَإِنْ مَاتَ، يَتَكَلَّمْ بَعْدُ!

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ نُقِلَ أَخْنُوخُ لِكَيْ لَا يَرَى ٱلْمَوْتَ، وَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ نَقَلَهُ. إِذْ قَبْلَ نَقْلِهِ شُهِدَ لَهُ بِأَنَّهُ قَدْ أَرْضَى ٱللهَ.

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 وَلَكِنْ بِدُونِ إِيمَانٍ لَا يُمْكِنُ إِرْضَاؤُهُ، لِأَنَّهُ يَجِبُ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي إِلَى ٱللهِ يُؤْمِنُ بِأَنَّهُ مَوْجُودٌ، وَأَنَّهُ يُجَازِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَطْلُبُونَهُ.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ نُوحٌ لَمَّا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ عَنْ أُمُورٍ لَمْ تُرَ بَعْدُ خَافَ، فَبَنَى فُلْكًا لِخَلَاصِ بَيْتِهِ، فَبِهِ دَانَ ٱلْعَالَمَ، وَصَارَ وَارِثًا لِلْبِرِّ ٱلَّذِي حَسَبَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَمَّا دُعِيَ أَطَاعَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَى ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ عَتِيدًا أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ مِيرَاثًا، فَخَرَجَ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ إِلَى أَيْنَ يَأْتِي.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ تَغَرَّبَ فِي أَرْضِ ٱلْمَوْعِدِ كَأَنَّهَا غَرِيبَةٌ، سَاكِنًا فِي خِيَامٍ مَعَ إِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ ٱلْوَارِثَيْنِ مَعَهُ لِهَذَا ٱلْمَوْعِدِ عَيْنِهِ.

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

10 لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْتَظِرُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ ٱلَّتِي لَهَا ٱلْأَسَاسَاتُ، ٱلَّتِي صَانِعُهَا وَبَارِئُهَا ٱللهُ.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ سَارَةُ نَفْسُهَا أَيْضًا أَخَذَتْ قُدْرَةً عَلَى إِنْشَاءِ نَسْلٍ، وَبَعْدَ وَقْتِ ٱلسِّنِّ وَلَدَتْ، إِذْ حَسِبَتِ ٱلَّذِي وَعَدَ صَادِقًا.

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 لِذَلِكَ وُلِدَ أَيْضًا مِنْ وَاحِدٍ، وَذَلِكَ مِنْ مُمَاتٍ، مِثْلُ نُجُومِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ، وَكَالرَّمْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى شَاطِىءِ ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلَّذِي لَا يُعَدُّ.

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 فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ مَاتَ هَؤُلَاءِ أَجْمَعُونَ، وَهُمْ لَمْ يَنَالُوا ٱلْمَوَاعِيدَ، بَلْ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ نَظَرُوهَا وَصَدَّقُوهَا وَحَيَّوْهَا، وَأَقَرُّوا بِأَنَّهُمْ غُرَبَاءُ وَنُزَلَاءُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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

14 فَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ مِثْلَ هَذَا يُظْهِرُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يَطْلُبُونَ وَطَنًا.

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

15 فَلَوْ ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ ٱلَّذِي خَرَجُوا مِنْهُ، لَكَانَ لَهُمْ فُرْصَةٌ لِلرُّجُوعِ.

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 وَلَكِنِ ٱلْآنَ يَبْتَغُونَ وَطَنًا أَفْضَلَ، أَيْ سَمَاوِيًّا. لِذَلِكَ لَا يَسْتَحِي بِهِمِ ٱللهُ أَنْ يُدْعَى إِلَهَهُمْ، لِأَنَّهُ 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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ قَدَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِسْحَاقَ وَهُوَ مُجَرَّبٌ. قَدَّمَ ٱلَّذِي قَبِلَ ٱلْمَوَاعِيدَ، وَحِيدَهُ

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

18 ٱلَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُ: «إِنَّهُ بِإِسْحَاقَ يُدْعَى لَكَ نَسْلٌ».

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

19 إِذْ حَسِبَ أَنَّ ٱللهَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى ٱلْإِقَامَةِ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ أَيْضًا، ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْهُمْ أَخَذَهُ أَيْضًا فِي مِثَالٍ.

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

20 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ إِسْحَاقُ بَارَكَ يَعْقُوبَ وَعِيسُو مِنْ جِهَةِ أُمُورٍ عَتِيدَةٍ.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ يَعْقُوبُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ بَارَكَ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنِ ٱبْنَيْ يُوسُفَ، وَسَجَدَ 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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ يُوسُفُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ ذَكَرَ خُرُوجَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَوْصَى مِنْ جِهَةِ عِظَامِهِ.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ مُوسَى، بَعْدَمَا وُلِدَ، أَخْفَاهُ أَبَوَاهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، لِأَنَّهُمَا رَأَيَا ٱلصَّبِيَّ جَمِيلًا، وَلَمْ يَخْشَيَا أَمْرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

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

24 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ مُوسَى لَمَّا كَبِرَ أَبَى أَنْ يُدْعَى ٱبْنَ ٱبْنَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ،

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

25 مُفَضِّلًا بِٱلْأَحْرَى أَنْ يُذَلَّ مَعَ شَعْبِ ٱللهِ عَلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ تَمَتُّعٌ وَقْتِيٌّ بِٱلْخَطِيَّةِ،

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

26 حَاسِبًا عَارَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ غِنًى أَعْظَمَ مِنْ خَزَائِنِ مِصْرَ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى ٱلْمُجَازَاةِ.

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

27 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ تَرَكَ مِصْرَ غَيْرَ خَائِفٍ مِنْ غَضَبِ ٱلْمَلِكِ،لِأَنَّهُ تَشَدَّدَ، كَأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَنْ لَا يُرَى.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ صَنَعَ ٱلْفِصْحَ وَرَشَّ ٱلدَّمَ لِئَلَّا يَمَسَّهُمُ ٱلَّذِي أَهْلَكَ ٱلْأَبْكَارَ.

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 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱجْتَازُوا فِي ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْأَحْمَرِ كَمَا فِي ٱلْيَابِسَةِ، ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي لَمَّا شَرَعَ فِيهِ ٱلْمِصْرِيُّونَ غَرِقُوا.

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

30 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ سَقَطَتْ أَسْوَارُ أَرِيحَا بَعْدَمَا طِيفَ حَوْلَهَا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

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

31 بِٱلْإِيمَانِ رَاحَابُ ٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَمْ تَهْلِكْ مَعَ ٱلْعُصَاةِ، إِذْ قَبِلَتِ ٱلْجَاسُوسَيْنِ بِسَلَامٍ.

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 وَمَاذَا أَقُولُ أَيْضًا؟ لِأَنَّهُ يُعْوِزُنِي ٱلْوَقْتُ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتُ عَنْ جِدْعُونَ، وَبَارَاقَ، وَشَمْشُونَ، وَيَفْتَاحَ، وَدَاوُدَ، وَصَمُوئِيلَ، وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ،

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

33 ٱلَّذِينَ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ: قَهَرُوا مَمَالِكَ، صَنَعُوا بِرًّا، نَالُوا مَوَاعِيدَ، سَدُّوا أَفْوَاهَ أُسُودٍ،

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 أَطْفَأُوا قُوَّةَ ٱلنَّارِ، نَجَوْا مِنْ حَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ، تَقَوَّوْا مِنْ ضَعْفٍ، صَارُوا أَشِدَّاءَ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ، هَزَمُوا جُيُوشَ غُرَبَاءَ،

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 أَخَذَتْ نِسَاءٌ أَمْوَاتَهُنَّ بِقِيَامَةٍ. وَآخَرُونَ عُذِّبُوا وَلَمْ يَقْبَلُوا ٱلنَّجَاةَ لِكَيْ يَنَالُوا قِيَامَةً أَفْضَلَ.

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

36 وَآخَرُونَ تَجَرَّبُوا فِي هُزُءٍ وَجَلْدٍ، ثُمَّ فِي قُيُودٍ أَيْضًا وَحَبْسٍ.

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 رُجِمُوا، نُشِرُوا، جُرِّبُوا، مَاتُوا قَتْلًا بِٱلسَّيْفِ، طَافُوا فِي جُلُودِ غَنَمٍ وَجُلُودِ مِعْزَى، مُعْتَازِينَ، مَكْرُوبِينَ، مُذَلِّينَ،

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

38 وَهُمْ لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلْعَالَمُ مُسْتَحِقًّا لَهُمْ. تَائِهِينَ فِي بَرَارِيَّ وَجِبَالٍ وَمَغَايِرَ وَشُقُوقِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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

39 فَهَؤُلَاءِ كُلُّهُمْ، مَشْهُودًا لَهُمْ بِٱلْإِيمَانِ، لَمْ يَنَالُوا ٱلْمَوْعِدَ،

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

40 إِذْ سَبَقَ ٱللهُ فَنَظَرَ لَنَا شَيْئًا أَفْضَلَ، لِكَيْ لَا يُكْمَلُوا بِدُونِنَا.