Luke 16

1 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

1 وَقَالَ أَيْضاً لِتَلامِيذِهِ: «كَانَ لإِنْسَانٍ غَنِيٍّ وَكِيلٌ. فَاتُّهِمَ لَدَيْهِ بِأَنَّهُ يُبَذِّرُ أَمْوَالَهُ.

2 So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

2 فَاسْتَدْعَاهُ وَسَأَلَهُ: مَا هَذَا الَّذِي أَسْمَعُ عَنْكَ؟ قَدِّمْ حِسَابَ وِكَالَتِكَ، فَإِنَّكَ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَكُونَ وَكِيلاً لِي بَعْدُ!

3 The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

3 فَقَالَ الْوَكِيلُ فِي نَفْسِهِ: مَا عَسَى أَنْ أَعْمَلَ، مَادَامَ سَيِّدِي سَيَنْزِعُ عَنِّي الْوِكَالَةَ؟ لَا أَقْوَى عَلَى نَقْبِ الأَرْضِ؛ وَأَسْتَحِي أَنْ أَسْتَعْطِيَ!

4 I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

4 قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَاذَا أَعْمَلُ، حَتَّى إِذَا عُزِلْتُ عَنِ الْوِكَالَةِ، يَسْتَقْبِلُنِي الأَصْدِقَاءُ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ.

5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

5 فَاسْتَدْعَى مَدْيُونِي سَيِّدِهِ وَاحِداً فَوَاحِداً. وَسَأَلَ أَوَّلَهُمْ: كَمْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَيِّدِي؟

6 ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

6 فَأَجَابَ: مِئَةُ بَثٍّ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ صَكَّكَ، وَاجْلِسْ سَرِيعاً، وَاكْتُبْ خَمْسِينَ!

7 Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

7 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلآخَرِ: وَأَنْتَ، كَمْ عَلَيْكَ؟ فَأَجَابَ: مِئَةَ كُرٍّ مِنَ الْقَمْحِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ صَكَّكَ، وَاكْتُبْ ثَمَانِينَ!

8 The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

8 فَامْتَدَحَ السَّيِّدُ وَكِيلَهُ الْخَائِنَ لأَنَّهُ تَصَرَّفَ بِحِكْمَةٍ. فَإِنَّ أَبْنَاءَ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ أَحْكَمُ مَعَ أَهْلِ جِيلِهِمْ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ النُّورِ.

9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

9 وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ: اكْسَبُوا لَكُمْ أَصْدِقَاءَ بِمَالِ الظُّلْمِ، حَتَّى إِذَا فَنِيَ مَالُكُمْ، تُقْبَلُونَ فِي الْمَنَازِلِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ!

10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

10 إِنَّ الأَمِينَ فِي الْقَلِيلِ أَمِينٌ أَيْضاً فِي الْكَثِيرِ، وَالْخَائِنَ فِي الْقَلِيلِ خَائِنٌ أَيْضاً فِي الْكَثِيرِ.

11 So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

11 فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي مَالِ الظُّلْمِ، فَمَنْ يَأْتَمِنُكُمْ عَلَى مَالِ الْحَقِّ؟

12 And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

12 وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا أُمَنَاءَ فِي مَا يَخُصُّ غَيْرَكُمْ، فَمَنْ يُعْطِيكُمْ مَا يَخُصُّكُمْ؟

13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

13 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».

14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

14 وَكَانَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ أَيْضاً، وَهُمْ مُحِبُّونَ لِلْمَالِ، يَسْمَعُونَ ذلِكَ كُلَّهُ، فَاسْتَهْزَأُوا بِهِ.

15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

15 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّكُمْ تُبَرِّرُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ، وَلكِنَّ اللهَ يَعْرِفُ قُلُوبَكُمْ. فَمَا يَعْتَبِرُهُ النَّاسُ رَفِيعَ الْقَدْرِ، هُوَ رِجْسٌ عِنْدَ اللهِ.

16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

16 ظَلَّتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ حَتَّى زَمَنِ يُوحَنَّا: وَمُنْذُ ذلِكَ الْوَقْتِ يُبَشَّرُ بِمَلَكُوتِ اللهِ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَشُقُّ طَرِيقَهُ بِاجْتِهَادٍ لِلدُّخُولِ إِلَيْهِ.

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

17 عَلَى أَنَّ زَوَالَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ أَسْهَلُ مِنْ سُقُوطِ نُقْطَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنَ الشَّرِيعَةِ:

18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

18 كُلُّ مَنْ يُطَلِّقُ زَوْجَتَهُ وَيَتَزَوَّجُ بِأُخْرَى، يَرْتَكِبُ الزِّنَى. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَزَوَّجُ بِمُطَلَّقَةٍ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا يَرْتَكِبُ الزِّنَى.

19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

19 كَانَ هُنَالِكَ إِنْسَانٌ غَنِيٌّ، يَلْبَسُ الأُرْجُوَانَ وَنَاعِمَ الثِّيَابِ، وَيُقِيمُ الْوَلائِمَ، مُتَنَعِّماً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.

20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

20 وَكَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مِسْكِينٌ اسْمُهُ لِعَازَرُ، مَطْرُوحاً عِنْدَ بَابِهِ وَهُوَ مُصَابٌ بِالْقُرُوحِ،

21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

21 يَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَشْبَعَ مِنَ الْفُتَاتِ الْمُتَسَاقِطِ مِنْ مَائِدَةِ الْغَنِيِّ. حَتَّى الْكِلابُ كَانَتْ تَأْتِي وَتَلْحَسُ قُرُوحَهُ.

22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

22 وَمَاتَ الْمِسْكِينُ، وَحَمَلَتْهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ إِلَى حِضْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. ثُمَّ مَاتَ الْغَنِيُّ أَيْضاً وَدُفِنَ.

23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

23 وَإِذْ رَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَهُوَ فِي الْهَاوِيَةِ يَتَعَذَّبُ، رَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَلِعَازَرَ فِي حِضْنِهِ.

24 So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

24 فَنَادَى قَائِلاً: يَا أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ! ارْحَمْنِي، وَأَرْسِلْ لِعَازَرَ لِيَغْمِسَ طَرَفَ إِصْبَعِهِ فِي الْمَاءِ وَيُبَرِّدَ لِسَانِي: فَإِنِّي مُعَذَّبٌ فِي هَذَا اللَّهِيبِ.

25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

25 وَلكِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ، تَذَكَّرْ أَنَّكَ نِلْتَ خَيْرَاتِكَ كَامِلَةً فِي أَثْنَاءِ حَيَاتِكَ، وَلِعَازَرُ نَالَ الْبَلايَا. وَلكِنَّهُ الآنَ يَتَعَزَّى هُنَا، وَأَنْتَ هُنَاكَ تَتَعَذَّبُ.

26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

26 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!

27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

27 فَقَالَ: أَلْتَمِسُ مِنْكَ إِذَنْ، يَا أَبِي، أَنْ تُرْسِلَهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِي،

28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

28 فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي خَمْسَةَ إِخْوَةٍ، حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ لَهُمْ مُنْذِراً، لِئَلّا يَأْتُوا هُمْ أَيْضاً إِلَى مَكَانِ الْعَذَابِ هَذَا.

29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

29 وَلكِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ لَهُ: عِنْدَهُمْ مُوسَى وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ: فَلْيَسْمَعُوا لَهُمْ!

30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

30 فَقَالَ لَهُ: لَا يَا أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ، بَلْ إِذَا ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ يَتُوبُونَ!

31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

31 فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنْ كَانُوا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ لِمُوسَى وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَلا يَقْتَنِعُونَ حَتَّى لَوْ قَامَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَمْوَاتِ!»