Luke 16

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

1 وَقَالَ أَيْضًا لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ غَنِيٌّ لَهُ وَكِيلٌ، فَوُشِيَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ 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 فَدَعَاهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا هَذَا ٱلَّذِي أَسْمَعُ عَنْكَ؟ أَعْطِ حِسَابَ وَكَالَتِكَ لِأَنَّكَ لَا تَقْدِرُ أَنْ تَكُونَ وَكِيلًا 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 ٱلْوَكِيلُ فِي نَفْسِهِ: مَاذَا أَفْعَلُ؟ لِأَنَّ سَيِّدِي يَأْخُذُ مِنِّي ٱلْوَكَالَةَ. لَسْتُ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَنْقُبَ، 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 أَفْعَلُ، حَتَّى إِذَا عُزِلْتُ عَنِ ٱلْوَكَالَةِ يَقْبَلُونِي 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 فَدَعَا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ مَدْيُونِي سَيِّدِهِ، وَقَالَ لِلْأَوَّلِ: 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 فَقَالَ: مِئَةُ بَثِّ زَيْتٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ صَكَّكَ وَٱجْلِسْ عَاجِلًا وَٱكْتُبْ 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 لِآخَرَ: وَأَنْتَ كَمْ عَلَيْكَ؟ فَقَالَ: مِئَةُ كُرِّ قَمْحٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: خُذْ صَكَّكَ وَٱكْتُبْ 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 فَمَدَحَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ وَكِيلَ ٱلظُّلْمِ إِذْ بِحِكْمَةٍ فَعَلَ، لِأَنَّ أَبْنَاءَ هَذَا ٱلدَّهْرِ أَحْكَمُ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ ٱلنُّورِ فِي جِيلِهِمْ.

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 وَأَنَا أَقُولُ لَكُمُ: ٱصْنَعُوا لَكُمْ أَصْدِقَاءَ بِمَالِ ٱلظُّلْمِ، حَتَّى إِذَا فَنِيتُمْ يَقْبَلُونَكُمْ فِي ٱلْمَظَالِّ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةِ.

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 اَلْأَمِينُ فِي ٱلْقَلِيلِ أَمِينٌ أَيْضًا فِي ٱلْكَثِيرِ، وَٱلظَّالِمُ فِي ٱلْقَلِيلِ ظَالِمٌ أَيْضًا فِي ٱلْكَثِيرِ.

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 ٱلظُّلْمِ، فَمَنْ يَأْتَمِنُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْحَقِّ؟

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 هُوَ لِلْغَيْرِ، فَمَنْ يُعْطِيكُمْ مَا هُوَ لَكُمْ؟

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 لَا يَقْدِرُ خَادِمٌ أَنْ يَخْدِمَ سَيِّدَيْنِ، لِأَنَّهُ إِمَّا أَنْ يُبْغِضَ ٱلْوَاحِدَ وَيُحِبَّ ٱلْآخَرَ، أَوْ يُلَازِمَ ٱلْوَاحِدَ وَيَحْتَقِرَ ٱلْآخَرَ. لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَخْدِمُوا ٱللهَ وَٱلْمَالَ».

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

14 وَكَانَ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ أَيْضًا يَسْمَعُونَ هَذَا كُلَّهُ، وَهُمْ مُحِبُّونَ لِلْمَالِ، فَٱسْتَهْزَأُوا 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: «أَنْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تُبَرِّرُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ قُدَّامَ ٱلنَّاسِ! وَلَكِنَّ ٱللهَ يَعْرِفُ قُلُوبَكُمْ. إِنَّ ٱلْمُسْتَعْلِيَ عِنْدَ ٱلنَّاسِ هُوَ رِجْسٌ قُدَّامَ ٱللهِ.

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 «كَانَ ٱلنَّامُوسُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ إِلَى يُوحَنَّا. وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ يُبَشَّرُ بِمَلَكُوتِ ٱللهِ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَغْتَصِبُ نَفْسَهُ 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 وَلَكِنَّ زَوَالَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تَسْقُطَ نُقْطَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ.

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 ٱمْرَأَتَهُ وَيَتَزَوَّجُ بِأُخْرَى يَزْنِي، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَزَوَّجُ بِمُطَلَّقَةٍ مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَزْنِي.

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

19 «كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ غَنِيٌّ وَكَانَ يَلْبَسُ ٱلأُرْجُوانُ وَٱلْبَزَّ وَهُوَ يَتَنَعَّمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مُتَرَفِّهًا.

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

20 وَكَانَ مِسْكِينٌ ٱسْمُهُ لِعَازَرُ، ٱلَّذِي طُرِحَ عِنْدَ بَابِهِ مَضْرُوبًا بِٱلْقُرُوحِ،

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 وَيَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَشْبَعَ مِنَ ٱلْفُتَاتِ ٱلسَّاقِطِ مِنْ مَائِدَةِ ٱلْغَنِيِّ، بَلْ كَانَتِ ٱلْكِلَابُ 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 فَمَاتَ ٱلْمِسْكِينُ وَحَمَلَتْهُ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى حِضْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. وَمَاتَ ٱلْغَنِيُّ أَيْضًا وَدُفِنَ،

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

23 فَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ فِي ٱلجَحِيمِ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلْعَذَابِ، وَرَأَى 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 وَقَالَ: يَا أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ٱرْحَمْنِي، وَأَرْسِلْ لِعَازَرَ لِيَبُلَّ طَرَفَ إِصْبِعِهِ بِمَاءٍ وَيُبَرِّدَ لِسَانِي، لِأَنِّي مُعَذَّبٌ فِي هَذَا ٱللَّهِيبِ.

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 فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: يَا ٱبْنِي، ٱذْكُرْ أَنَّكَ ٱسْتَوْفَيْتَ خَيْرَاتِكَ فِي حَيَاتِكَ، وَكَذَلِكَ لِعَازَرُ ٱلْبَلَايَا. وَٱلْآنَ هُوَ يَتَعَزَّى وَأَنْتَ 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 وَفَوْقَ هَذَا كُلِّهِ، بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ هُوَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ قَدْ أُثْبِتَتْ، حَتَّى إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ ٱلْعُبُورَ مِنْ هَهُنَا إِلَيْكُمْ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ، وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ يَجْتَازُونَ إِلَيْنَا.

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

27 فَقَالَ: أَسْأَلُكَ إِذًا، يَا أَبَتِ، 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 لِأَنَّ لِي خَمْسَةَ إِخْوَةٍ، حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ لَهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَأْتُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا إِلَى مَوْضِعِ ٱلْعَذَابِ هَذَا.

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

29 قَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: عِنْدَهُمْ مُوسَى وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ، لِيَسْمَعُوا مِنْهُمْ.

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

30 فَقَالَ: لَا، يَا أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ، بَلْ إِذَا مَضَى إِلَيْهِمْ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ 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 مِنْ مُوسَى وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَلَا إِنْ قَامَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ يُصَدِّقُونَ».