Luke 11

1 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

1 وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي أَحَدِ الأَمَاكِنِ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى، قَالَ لَهُ أَحَدُ تَلامِيذِهِ: «يَا رَبُّ، عَلِّمْنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ كَمَا عَلَّمَ يُوحَنَّا تَلامِيذَهُ».

2 So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

2 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «عِنْدَمَا تُصَلُّونَ، قُولُوا: أَبَانَا الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ! لِيَتَقَدَّسِ اسْمُكَ، لِيَأْتِ مَلَكُوتُكَ. لِتَكُنْ مَشِيئَتُكَ كَمَا فِي السَّمَاءِ كَذلِكَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

3 Give us each day our daily bread.

3 خُبْزَنَا كَفَافَنَا أَعْطِنَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ؛

4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”

4 وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا خَطَايَانَا، لأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً نَغْفِرُ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يُذْنِبُ إِلَيْنَا؛ وَلا تُدْخِلْنَا فِي تَجْرِبَةٍ لكِنْ نَجِّنَا مِنَ الشِّرِّيرِ!»

5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

5 ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يَكُونُ لَهُ صَدِيقٌ، فَيَذْهَبُ إِلَيْهِ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَيَقُولُ لَهُ: يَا صَدِيقِي، أَقْرِضْنِي ثَلاثَةَ أَرْغِفَةٍ،

6 because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

6 فَقَدْ جَاءَنِي صَدِيقٌ مِنْ سَفَرٍ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَا أُقَدِّمُ لَهُ!

7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

7 لكِنَّ صَدِيقَهُ يُجِيبُهُ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ: لَا تُزْعِجْنِي! فَقَدْ أَقْفَلْتُ الْبَابَ، وَهَا أَنَا وَأَوْلادِي فِي الْفِرَاشِ. لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَقُومَ وَأُعْطِيَكَ!

8 I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

8 أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنْ كَانَ لَا يَقُومُ وَيُعْطِيهِ لأَنَّهُ صَدِيقُهُ، فَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَقُومَ وَيُعْطِيَهُ قَدْرَ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ، لأَنَّهُ أَلَحَّ فِي الطَّلَبِ.

9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

9 فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: اسْأَلُوا، تُعْطَوْا؛ اطْلُبُوا، تَجِدُوا؛ اقْرَعُوا، يُفْتَحْ لَكُمْ:

10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

10 فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَسْأَلْ يَنَلْ، وَمَنْ يَسْعَ يَجِدْ، وَمَنْ يَقْرَعْ يُفْتَحْ لَهُ.

11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

11 فَأَيُّ أَبٍ مِنْكُمْ يَطْلُبُ مِنْهُ ابْنُهُ خُبْزاً فَيُعْطِيهِ حَجَراً؟ أَوْ يَطْلُبُ سَمَكَةً فَيُعْطِيهِ بَدَلَ السَّمَكَةِ حَيَّةً؟

12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

12 أَوْ يَطْلُبُ بَيْضَةً، فَيُعْطِيهِ عَقْرَباً؟

13 So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

13 فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ، أَنْتُمُ الأَشْرَارُ، تَعْرِفُونَ أَنْ تُعْطُوا أَوْلادَكُمْ عَطَايَا جَيِّدَةً، فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى الآبُ، الَّذِي مِنَ السَّمَاءِ يَهَبُ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ لِمَنْ يَسْأَلُونَهُ؟»

14 One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

14 وَكَانَ يَطْرُدُ شَيْطَاناً (مِن رَجُلٍ) كَانَ ذلِكَ الشَّيْطَانُ قَدْ أَخْرَسَهُ. فَلَمَّا طُرِدَ الشَّيْطَانُ، نَطَقَ الأَخْرَسُ. فَتَعَجَّبَتِ الجُمُوعُ.

15 but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

15 وَلكِنَّ بَعْضاً مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا: «إِنَّمَا يَطْرُدُ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِبَعْلَزَبُولَ رَئِيسِ الشَّيَاطِينِ».

16 And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

16 وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُ آخَرُونَ، لِيُجَرِّبُوهُ، مُعْجِزَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.

17 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

17 وَلكِنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَفْكَارَهُمْ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «كُلُّ مَمْلَكَةٍ تَنْقَسِمُ عَلَى ذَاتِهَا تَخْرَبُ، وَكُلُّ بَيْتٍ (يَنْقَسِمُ) عَلَى بَيْتٍ يَسْقُطُ.

18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

18 فَإِنْ كَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ كَذلِكَ قَدِ انْقَسَمَ عَلَى ذَاتِهِ، فَكَيْفَ تَصْمُدُ مَمْلَكَتُهُ؟ فَقَدْ قُلْتُمْ إِنِّي أَطْرُدُ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِبَعْلَزَبُولَ.

19 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

19 وَلكِنْ، إِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا أَطْرُدُ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِبَعْلَزَبُولَ، فَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ بِمَنْ يَطْرُدُونَهُمْ؟ لِذلِكَ هُمْ يَحْكُمُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ.

20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

20 أَمَّا إِذَا كُنْتُ أَطْرُدُ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِإِصْبَعِ اللهِ، فَقَدْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلَكُوتُ اللهِ.

21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

21 عِنْدَمَا يَحْرُسُ الْقَوِيُّ بَيْتَهُ وَهُوَ بِكَامِلِ سِلاحِهِ، تَكُونُ أَمْتِعَتُهُ فِي مَأْمَنٍ.

22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

22 وَلكِنْ عِنْدَمَا يَغْزُوهُ مَنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنْهُ فَيَغْلِبُهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يُجَرِّدُهُ مِنْ كَامِلِ سِلاحِهِ الَّذِي اعْتَمَدَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يُوَزِّعُ غَنَائِمَهُ.

23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

23 مَنْ لَيْسَ مَعِي، فَهُوَ ضِدِّي؛ وَمَنْ لَا يَجْمَعُ مَعِي، فَهُوَ يُفَرِّقُ.

24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

24 بَعْدَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ الرُّوحُ النَّجِسُ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ، يَهِيمُ فِي الأَمَاكِنِ الْقَاحِلَةِ طَلَباً لِلرَّاحَةِ، وَإِذْ لَا يَجِدُ، يَقُولُ: سَأَرْجِعُ إِلَى بَيْتِي الَّذِي غَادَرْتُهُ!

25 On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

25 وَعِنْدَمَا يَأْتِي، يَجِدُهُ مَكْنُوساً مُزَيَّناً.

26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

26 فَيَذْهَبُ وَيَصْطَحِبُ سَبْعَةَ أَرْوَاحٍ أُخَرَ أَرْدَأَ مِنْهُ، فَتَدْخُلُ ذلِكَ الإِنْسَانَ وَتَسْكُنُهُ، فَتَصِيرُ الْحَالَةُ الأَخِيرَةُ لِذلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ أَرْدَأَ مِنَ الأُولَى!»

27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”

27 وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا، رَفَعَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْجَمْعِ صَوْتَهَا قَائِلَةً لَهُ: «طُوبَى لِلْبَطْنِ الَّذِي حَمَلَكَ، وَالثَّدْيَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ رَضَعْتَهُمَا!»

28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

28 إِلّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «بَلْ طُوبَى لِلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ وَيَعْمَلُونَ بِها».

29 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

29 وَإِذْ كَانَتِ الْجُمُوعُ تَزْدَحِمُ عَلَيْهِ، أَخَذَ يَقُولُ: «هَذَا الْجِيلُ جِيلٌ شِرِّيرٌ، يَطْلُبُ مُعْجِزَةً وَلَنْ يُعْطَى مُعْجِزَةً إِلّا مُعْجِزَةَ يُونَانَ.

30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

30 فَإِنَّهُ كَمَا كَانَ يُونَانُ آيَةً لأَهْلِ نِينَوَى، فَهكَذَا أَيْضاً يَكُونُ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ لِهَذَا الْجِيلِ.

31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

31 إِنَّ مَلِكَةَ الْجَنُوبِ سَتَقُومُ فِي الدَّيْنُونَةِ مَعَ هَذَا الْجِيلِ وَتَدِينُهُ لأَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ لِتَسْمَعَ حِكْمَةَ سُلَيْمَانَ. وَهَا هُنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ!

32 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

32 وَأَهْلُ نِينَوَى سَيَقِفُونَ فِي الدَّيْنُونَةِ مَعَ هَذَا الْجِيلِ وَيَدِينُونَهُ: لأَنَّهُمْ تَابُوا لَدَى وَعْظِ يُونَانَ لَهُمْ. وَهَا هُنَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ يُونَانَ.

33 No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

33 لَا أَحَدَ يُشْعِلُ مِصْبَاحاً وَيَضَعُهُ فِي مَكَانٍ مَخْفِيٍّ أَوْ تَحْتَ الْمِكْيَالِ، بَلْ يَرْفَعُهُ عَلَى الْمَنَارَةِ لِيَرَى الدَّاخِلُونَ النُّورَ.

34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

34 عَيْنُكَ هِيَ مِصْبَاحُ الْجَسَدِ: إِذَا كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ سَلِيمَةً، يَكُونُ جَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ مُنَوَّراً؛ أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَتْ عَيْنُكَ شِرِّيرَةً، فَيَكُونُ جَسَدُكَ أَيْضاً مُظْلِماً.

35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

35 فَتَنَبَّهْ إِذَنْ لِئَلّا يَكُونَ النُّورُ الَّذِي فِيكَ ظَلاماً.

36 So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

36 إِذَنْ، إِنْ كَانَ جَسَدُكَ كُلُّهُ مُنَوَّراً وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ جَانِبٌ مُظْلِمٌ، فَإِنَّهُ يَكُونُ مُنَوَّراً بِكَامِلِهِ، كَأَنَّمَا أَنَارَ لَكَ الْمِصْبَاحُ بِإِشْعَاعِهِ!»

37 As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

37 وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ، طَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدُ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ أَنْ يَتَغَدَّى عِنْدَهُ. فَدَخَلَ (بَيْتَهُ) وَاتَّكَأَ.

38 But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

38 وَلكِنَّ الْفَرِّيسِيَّ تَعَجَّبَ لَمَّا رَأَى أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاءِ.

39 Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

39 فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «أَنْتُمُ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ تُنَظِّفُونَ الْكَأْسَ وَالصَّحْفَةَ مِنَ الْخَارِجِ، وَلكِنَّكُمْ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ مَمْلُوؤُونَ نَهْباً وَخُبْثاً.

40 You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

40 أَيُّهَا الأَغْبِيَاءُ، أَلَيْسَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ الْخَارِجَ قَدْ صَنَعَ الدَّاخِلَ أَيْضاً؟

41 But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

41 أَحْرَى بِكُمْ أَنْ تَتَصَدَّقُوا بِمَا عِنْدَكُمْ، فَيَكُونُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ طَاهِراً لَكُمْ.

42 Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

42 وَلكِنِ الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ فَإِنَّكُمْ تَدْفَعُونَ عُشْرَ النَّعْنَعِ وَالسَّذَّابِ وَالْبُقُولِ الأُخْرَى، وَتَتَجَاوَزُونَ عَنِ الْعَدْلِ وَمَحَبَّةِ اللهِ: كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا هَذَا وَلا تُهْمِلُوا ذَاكَ!

43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

43 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُحِبُّونَ تَصَدُّرَ الْمَقَاعِدِ الأُولَى فِي الْمَجَامِعِ وَتَلَقِّي التَّحِيَّاتِ فِي السَّاحَاتِ الْعَامَّةِ!

44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

44 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُشْبِهُونَ الْقُبُورَ الْمَخْفِيَّةَ، يَمْشِي النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ!»

45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

45 وَتَكَلَّمَ أَحَدُ عُلَمَاءِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، قَائِلاً لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، إِنَّكَ بِقَوْلِكَ هَذَا تُهِينُنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً».

46 “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

46 فَقَالَ: «وَالْوَيْلُ أَيْضاً لَكُمْ يَا عُلَمَاءَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُحَمِّلُونَ النَّاسَ أَحْمَالاً مُرْهِقَةً، وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَمَسُّونَهَا بِإِصْبَعٍ مِنْ أَصَابِعِكُمْ!

47 Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

47 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تَبْنُونَ قُبُورَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ قَتَلُوهُمْ.

48 So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

48 فَأَنْتُمْ إِذَنْ تَشْهَدُونَ مُوَافِقِينَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ آبَائِكُمْ: فَهُمْ قَتَلُوا الأَنْبِيَاءَ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَبْنُونَ قُبُورَهُمْ.

49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

49 لِهَذَا السَّبَبِ أَيْضاً قَالَتْ حِكْمَةُ اللهِ: سَأُرْسِلُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْبِيَاءَ وَرُسُلاً، فَيَقْتُلُونَ مِنْهُمْ وَيَضْطَهِدُونَ،

50 As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

50 حَتَّى إِنَّ دِمَاءَ جَمِيعِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الْمَسْفُوكَةَ مُنْذُ تَأْسِيسِ الْعَالَمِ، يُطَالَبُ بِها هَذَا الْجِيلُ،

51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

51 مِنْ دَمِ هَابِيلَ إِلَى دَمِ زَكَرِيَّا الَّذِي قُتِلَ بَيْنَ الْمَذْبَحِ وَالْقُدْسِ! أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: نَعَمْ، إِنَّ تِلْكَ الدِّمَاءَ يُطَالَبُ بِها هَذَا الْجِيلُ.

52 Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

52 الْوَيْلُ لَكُمْ يَا عُلَمَاءَ الشَّرِيعَةِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ خَطِفْتُمْ مِفْتَاحَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ، فَلا أَنْتُمْ دَخَلْتُمْ وَلا تَرَكْتُمُ الدَّاخِلِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ!»

53 As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

53 وَفيِمَا هُوَ خَارِجٌ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، بَدَأَ الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ يُضَيِّقُونَ عَلَيْهِ كَثِيراً، وَأَخَذُوا يَسْتَدْرِجُونَهُ إِلَى الْكَلامِ فِي أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ،

54 waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

54 وَهُمْ يُرَاقِبُونَهُ سَعْياً إِلَى اصْطِيَادِهِ بِكَلامٍ يَقُولُهُ.