Luke 12

1 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

1 وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ ذَلِكَ، إِذِ ٱجْتَمَعَ رَبَوَاتُ ٱلشَّعْبِ، حَتَّى كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَدُوسُ بَعْضًا، ٱبْتَدَأَ يَقُولُ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «أَوَّلًا تَحَرَّزُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ مِنْ خَمِيرِ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ ٱلرِّيَاءُ،

2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

2 فَلَيْسَ مَكْتُومٌ لَنْ يُسْتَعْلَنَ، وَلَا خَفِيٌّ لَنْ يُعْرَفَ.

3 What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

3 لِذَلِكَ كُلُّ مَا قُلْتُمُوهُ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ يُسْمَعُ فِي ٱلنُّورِ، وَمَا كَلَّمْتُمْ بِهِ ٱلْأُذْنَ فِي ٱلْمَخَادِعِ يُنَادَى بِهِ عَلَى ٱلسُّطُوحِ.

4 I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

4 وَلَكِنْ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ يَا أَحِبَّائِي: لَا تَخَافُوا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلْجَسَدَ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ أَكْثَرَ.

5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

5 بَلْ أُرِيكُمْ مِمَّنْ تَخَافُونَ: خَافُوا مِنَ ٱلَّذِي بَعْدَمَا يَقْتُلُ، لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ يُلْقِيَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ. نَعَمْ، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: مِنْ هَذَا خَافُوا!

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

6 أَلَيْسَتْ خَمْسَةُ عَصَافِيرَ تُبَاعُ بِفَلْسَيْنِ، وَوَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا لَيْسَ مَنْسِيًّا أَمَامَ ٱللهِ؟

7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

7 بَلْ شُعُورُ رُؤُوسِكُمْ أَيْضًا جَمِيعُهَا مُحْصَاةٌ. فَلَا تَخَافُوا! أَنْتُمْ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَصَافِيرَ كَثِيرَةٍ!

8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

8 وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ: كُلُّ مَنِ ٱعْتَرَفَ بِي قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ، يَعْتَرِفُ بِهِ ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ قُدَّامَ مَلَائِكَةِ ٱللهِ.

9 But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

9 وَمَنْ أَنْكَرَنِي قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ، يُنْكَرُ قُدَّامَ مَلَائِكَةِ ٱللهِ.

10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

10 وَكُلُّ مَنْ قَالَ كَلِمَةً عَلَى ٱبْنِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ يُغْفَرُ لَهُ، وَأَمَّا مَنْ جَدَّفَ عَلَى ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ فَلَا يُغْفَرُ لَهُ.

11 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

11 وَمَتَى قَدَّمُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَجَامِعِ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَٱلسَّلَاطِينِ فَلَا تَهْتَمُّوا كَيْفَ أَوْ بِمَا تَحْتَجُّونَ أَوْ بِمَا تَقُولُونَ،

12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

12 لِأَنَّ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مَا يَجِبُ أَنْ تَقُولُوهُ».

13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

13 وَقَالَ لَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْجَمْعِ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، قُلْ لِأَخِي أَنْ يُقَاسِمَنِي ٱلْمِيرَاثَ».

14 But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”

14 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا إِنْسَانُ، مَنْ أَقَامَنِي عَلَيْكُمَا قَاضِيًا أَوْ مُقَسِّمًا؟».

15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

15 وَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «ٱنْظُرُوا وَتَحَفَّظُوا مِنَ ٱلطَّمَعِ، فَإِنَّهُ مَتَى كَانَ لِأَحَدٍ كَثِيرٌ فَلَيْسَتْ حَيَاتُهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِ».

16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

16 وَضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا قَائِلًا: «إِنْسَانٌ غَنِيٌّ أَخْصَبَتْ كُورَتُهُ،

17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

17 فَفَكَّرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ قَائِلًا: مَاذَا أَعْمَلُ، لِأَنْ لَيْسَ لِي مَوْضِعٌ أَجْمَعُ فِيهِ أَثْمَارِي؟

18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

18 وَقَالَ: أَعْمَلُ هَذَا: أَهْدِمُ مَخَازِنِي وَأَبْنِي أَعْظَمَ، وَأَجْمَعُ هُنَاكَ جَمِيعَ غَلَّاتِي وَخَيْرَاتِي،

19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

19 وَأَقُولُ لِنَفْسِي: يَا نَفْسُ لَكِ خَيْرَاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، مَوْضُوعَةٌ لِسِنِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ. اِسْتَرِيحِي وَكُلِي وَٱشْرَبِي وَٱفْرَحِي!

20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

20 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱللهُ: يَا غَبِيُّ! هَذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةَ تُطْلَبُ نَفْسُكَ مِنْكَ، فَهَذِهِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْدَدْتَهَا لِمَنْ تَكُونُ؟

21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

21 هَكَذَا ٱلَّذِي يَكْنِزُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ غَنِيًّا لِلهِ».

22 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

22 وَقَالَ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَا تَهْتَمُّوا لِحَيَاتِكُمْ بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ، وَلَا لِلْجَسَدِ بِمَا تَلْبَسُونَ.

23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

23 اَلْحَيَاةُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱلطَّعَامِ، وَٱلْجَسَدُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱللِّبَاسِ.

24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

24 تَأَمَّلُوا ٱلْغِرْبَانَ: أَنَّهَا لَا تَزْرَعُ وَلَا تَحْصُدُ، وَلَيْسَ لَهَا مَخْدَعٌ وَلَا مَخْزَنٌ، وَٱللهُ يُقِيتُهَا. كَمْ أَنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ ٱلطُّيُورِ!

25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

25 وَمَنْ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا ٱهْتَمَّ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَزِيدَ عَلَى قَامَتِهِ ذِرَاعًا وَاحِدَةً؟

26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?

26 فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلْأَصْغَرِ، فَلِمَاذَا تَهْتَمُّونَ بِٱلْبَوَاقِي؟

27 Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

27 تَأَمَّلُوا ٱلزَّنَابِقَ كَيْفَ تَنْمُو: لَا تَتْعَبُ وَلَا تَغْزِلُ، وَلَكِنْ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ وَلَا سُلَيْمَانُ فِي كُلِّ مَجْدِهِ كَانَ يَلْبَسُ كَوَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهَا.

28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!

28 فَإِنْ كَانَ ٱلْعُشْبُ ٱلَّذِي يُوجَدُ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ وَيُطْرَحُ غَدًا فِي ٱلتَّنُّورِ يُلْبِسُهُ ٱللهُ هَكَذَا، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ يُلْبِسُكُمْ أَنْتُمْ يَاقَلِيلِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ؟

29 And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.

29 فَلَا تَطْلُبُوا أَنْتُمْ مَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَمَا تَشْرَبُونَ وَلَا تَقْلَقُوا،

30 For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

30 فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ كُلَّهَا تَطْلُبُهَا أُمَمُ ٱلْعَالَمِ. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَأَبُوكُمْ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمْ تَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى هَذِهِ.

31 But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

31 بَلِ ٱطْلُبُوا مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ، وَهَذِهِ كُلُّهَا تُزَادُ لَكُمْ.

32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

32 «لَا تَخَفْ، أَيُّهَا ٱلْقَطِيعُ ٱلصَّغِيرُ، لِأَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ قَدْ سُرَّ أَنْ يُعْطِيَكُمُ ٱلْمَلَكُوتَ.

33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

33 بِيعُوا مَا لَكُمْ وَأَعْطُوا صَدَقَةً. اِعْمَلُوا لَكُمْ أَكْيَاسًا لَا تَفْنَى وَكَنْزًا لَا يَنْفَدُ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، حَيْثُ لَا يَقْرَبُ سَارِقٌ وَلَا يُبْلِي سُوسٌ،

34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

34 لِأَنَّهُ حَيْثُ يَكُونُ كَنْزُكُمْ هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ قَلْبُكُمْ أَيْضًا.

35 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

35 «لِتَكُنْ أَحْقَاؤُكُمْ مُمَنْطَقَةً وَسُرُجُكُمْ مُوقَدَةً،

36 Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

36 وَأَنْتُمْ مِثْلُ أُنَاسٍ يَنْتَظِرُونَ سَيِّدَهُمْ مَتَى يَرْجِعُ مِنَ ٱلْعُرْسِ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ وَقَرَعَ يَفْتَحُونَ لَهُ لِلْوَقْتِ.

37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

37 طُوبَى لِأُولَئِكَ ٱلْعَبِيدِ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُمْ يَجِدُهُمْ سَاهِرِينَ. اَلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ يَتَمَنْطَقُ وَيُتْكِئُهُمْ وَيَتَقَدَّمُ وَيَخْدُمُهُمْ.

38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

38 وَإِنْ أَتَى فِي ٱلْهَزِيعِ ٱلثَّانِي أَوْ أَتَى فِي ٱلْهَزِيعِ ٱلثَّالِثِ وَوَجَدَهُمْ هَكَذَا، فَطُوبَى لِأُولَئِكَ ٱلْعَبِيدِ.

39 But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

39 وَإِنَّمَا ٱعْلَمُوا هَذَا: أَنَّهُ لَوْ عَرَفَ رَبُّ ٱلْبَيْتِ فِي أَيَّةِ سَاعَةٍ يَأْتِي ٱلسَّارِقُ لَسَهِرَ، وَلَمْ يَدَعْ بَيْتَهُ يُنْقَبُ.

40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

40 فَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ إِذًا مُسْتَعِدِّينَ، لِأَنَّهُ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَا تَظُنُّونَ يَأْتِي ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ».

41 “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

41 فَقَالَ لَهُ بُطْرُسُ: «يَارَبُّ، أَلَنَا تَقُولُ هَذَا ٱلْمَثَلَ أَمْ لِلْجَمِيعِ أَيْضًا؟».

42 And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

42 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «فَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلَّذِي يُقِيمُهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى خَدَمِهِ لِيُعْطِيَهُمُ ٱلْعُلُوفَةَ فِي حِينِهَا؟

43 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

43 طُوبَى لِذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدِ ٱلَّذِي إِذَا جَاءَ سَيِّدُهُ يَجِدُهُ يَفْعَلُ هَكَذَا!

44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

44 بِٱلْحَقِّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ يُقِيمُهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ أَمْوَالِهِ.

45 But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

45 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: سَيِّدِي يُبْطِئُ قُدُومَهُ، فَيَبْتَدِئُ يَضْرِبُ ٱلْغِلْمَانَ وَٱلْجَوَارِيَ، وَيَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ وَيَسْكَرُ.

46 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

46 يَأْتِي سَيِّدُ ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدِ فِي يَوْمٍ لَا يَنْتَظِرُهُ وَفِي سَاعَةٍ لَا يَعْرِفُهَا، فَيَقْطَعُهُ وَيَجْعَلُ نَصِيبَهُ مَعَ ٱلْخَائِنِينَ.

47 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

47 وَأَمَّا ذَلِكَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلَّذِي يَعْلَمُ إِرَادَةَ سَيِّدِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَعِدُّ وَلَا يَفْعَلُ بحَسَبِ إِرَادَتِهِ، فَيُضْرَبُ كَثِيرًا.

48 But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

48 وَلَكِنَّ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَعْلَمُ، وَيَفْعَلُ مَا يَسْتَحِقُّ ضَرَبَاتٍ، يُضْرَبُ قَلِيلًا. فَكُلُّ مَنْ أُعْطِيَ كَثِيرًا يُطْلَبُ مِنْهُ كَثِيرٌ، وَمَنْ يُودِعُونَهُ كَثِيرًا يُطَالِبُونَهُ بِأَكْثَرَ.

49 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

49 «جِئْتُ لِأُلْقِيَ نَارًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَمَاذَا أُرِيدُ لَوِ ٱضْطَرَمَتْ؟

50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

50 وَلِي صِبْغَةٌ أَصْطَبِغُهَا، وَكَيْفَ أَنْحَصِرُ حَتَّى تُكْمَلَ؟

51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.

51 أَتَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي جِئْتُ لِأُعْطِيَ سَلَامًا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ كَلاَّ، أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: بَلِ ٱنْقِسَامًا.

52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

52 لِأَنَّهُ يَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلْآنَ خَمْسَةٌ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ مُنْقَسِمِينَ: ثَلَاثَةٌ عَلَى ٱثْنَيْنِ، وَٱثْنَانِ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ.

53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

53 يَنْقَسِمُ ٱلْأَبُ عَلَى ٱلِٱبْنِ، وَٱلِٱبْنُ عَلَى ٱلْأَبِ، وَٱلْأُمُّ عَلَى ٱلْبِنْتِ، وَٱلْبِنْتُ عَلَى ٱلْأُمِّ، وَٱلْحَمَاةُ عَلَى كَنَّتِهَا، وَٱلْكَنَّةُ عَلَى حَمَاتِهَا».

54 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

54 ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيْضًا لِلْجُمُوعِ: «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ ٱلسَّحَابَ تَطْلُعُ مِنَ ٱلْمَغَارِبِ فَلِلْوَقْتِ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّهُ يَأْتِي مَطَرٌ، فَيَكُونُ هَكَذَا.

55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

55 وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ رِيحَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ تَهُبُّ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ حَرٌّ، فَيَكُونُ.

56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

56 يَا مُرَاؤُونَ! تَعْرِفُونَ أَنْ تُمَيِّزُوا وَجْهَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَمَّا هَذَا ٱلزَّمَانُ فَكَيْفَ لَا تُمَيِّزُونَهُ؟

57 And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

57 وَلِمَاذَا لَا تَحْكُمُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ قِبَلِ نُفُوسِكُمْ؟

58 Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

58 حِينَمَا تَذْهَبُ مَعَ خَصْمِكَ إِلَى ٱلْحَاكِمِ، ٱبْذُلِ ٱلْجَهْدَ وَأَنْتَ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ لِتَتَخَلَّصَ مِنْهُ، لِئَلَّا يَجُرَّكَ إِلَى ٱلْقَاضِي، وَيُسَلِّمَكَ ٱلْقَاضِي إِلَى ٱلْحَاكِمِ، فَيُلْقِيَكَ ٱلْحَاكِمُ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ.

59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

59 أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا تَخْرُجُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى تُوفِيَ ٱلْفَلْسَ ٱلْأَخِيرَ».