Matthew 24

1 As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

1 ثُمَّ خَرَجَ يَسُوعُ مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَلَمَّا غَادَرَهُ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ تَلامِيذُهُ، وَلَفَتُوا نَظَرَهُ إِلَى مَبَانِي الْهَيْكَلِ.

2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

2 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَمَا تَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الْمَبَانِيَ كُلَّهَا؟ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَنْ يُتْرَكَ هُنَا حَجَرٌ فَوْقَ حَجَرٍ إِلّا وَيُهْدَمُ!»

3 While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

3 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ جَالِساً عَلَى جَبَلِ الزَّيْتُونِ، تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ التَّلامِيذُ عَلَى انْفِرَادٍ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَخْبِرْنَا مَتَى يَحْدُثُ هَذَا. وَمَا هِيَ عَلامَةُ رُجُوعِكَ وَانْتِهَاءِ الزَّمَانِ؟»

4 Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

4 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «انْتَبِهُوا! لَا يُضَلِّلْكُمْ أَحَدٌ!

5 For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

5 فَإِنَّ كَثِيرِينَ سَيَأْتُونَ بِاسْمِي قَائِلِينَ إِنِّي أَنَا هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ، فَيُضَلِّلُونَ كَثِيرِينَ.

6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

6 وَسَوْفَ تَسْمَعُونَ بِحُرُوبٍ وَأَخْبَارِ حُرُوبٍ. فَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَرْتَعِبُوا! فَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ هَذَا كُلُّهُ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَتِ النِّهَايَةُ بَعْدُ.

7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

7 فَسَوْفَ تَنْقَلِبُ أُمَّةٌ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ، وَمَمْلَكَةٌ عَلَى مَمْلَكَةٍ، وَتَحْدُثُ مَجَاعَاتٌ وَزَلازِلُ فِي عِدَّةِ أَمَاكِنَ.

8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

8 وَلَكِنَّ هَذِهِ كُلَّهَا لَيْسَتْ إِلّا أَوَّلَ الآلَامِ.

9 Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

9 عِنْدَئِذٍ يُسَلِّمُكُمُ النَّاسُ إِلَى الْعَذَابِ، وَيَقْتُلُونَكُمْ، وَتَكُونُونَ مَكْرُوهِينَ لَدَى جَمِيعِ الأُمَمِ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِي؛

10 At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

10 فَيَرْتَدُّ كَثِيرُونَ وَيُسَلِّمُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً وَيُبْغِضُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً،

11 and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

11 وَيَظْهَرُ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الدَّجَّالِينَ وَيُضَلِّلُونَ كَثِيرِينَ.

12 Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

12 وَإِذْ يَعُمُّ الإِثْمُ، تَبْرُدُ الْمَحَبَّةُ لَدَى الْكَثِيرِينَ.

13 But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

13 وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِي يَثْبُتُ حَتَّى النِّهَايَةِ، فَهُوَ يَنْجُو.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

14 فَسَوْفَ يُنَادَى بِبِشَارَةِ الْمَلَكُوتِ هَذِهِ فِي الْعَالَمِ كُلِّهِ، شَهَادَةً لِي لَدَى الأُمَمِ جَمِيعاً. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَأْتِي النِّهَايَةُ.

15 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

15 فَعِنْدَمَا تَرَوْنَ رَجَاسَةَ الْخَرَابِ، الَّتِي قِيلَ عَنْهَا بِلِسَانِ دَانِيالَ النَّبِيِّ، قَائِمَةً فِي الْمَكَانِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، لِيَفْهَمِ الْقَارِئُ!

16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

16 عِنْدَئِذٍ لِيَهْرُبِ الَّذِينَ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ إِلَى الْجِبَالِ؛

17 Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

17 وَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَى السَّطْحِ، فَلا يَنْزِلْ لِيَأْخُذَ مَا فِي بَيْتِهِ؛

18 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

18 وَمَنْ كَانَ فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَلا يَرْجِعْ لِيَأْخُذَ ثَوْبَهُ!

19 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

19 وَالْوَيْلُ لِلْحَبَالَى وَالْمُرْضِعَاتِ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ!

20 Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

20 فَصَلُّوا لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ هَرَبُكُمْ فِي شِتَاءٍ أَوْ فِي سَبْتٍ،

21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

21 فَسَوْفَ تَحْدُثُ عِنْدَئِذٍ ضِيقَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ لَمْ يَحْدُثْ مِثْلُهَا مُنْذُ بَدْءِ الْعَالَمِ إِلَى الآنَ، وَلَنْ يَحْدُثَ.

22 If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

22 وَلَوْلا أَنَّ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامَ سَتُخْتَصَرُ، لَمَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْبَشَرِ يَنْجُو. وَلَكِنْ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْمُخْتَارِينَ سَتُخْتَصَرُ تِلْكَ الأَيَّامُ.

23 At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

23 فَإِنْ قَالَ لَكُمْ أَحَدٌ عِنْدَئِذٍ: هَا إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ هُنَا، أَوْ هُنَاكَ، فَلا تُصَدِّقُوا!

24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

24 فَسَوْفَ يَبْرُزُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مَسِيحٍ دَجَّالٍ وَنَبِيٍّ دَجَّالٍ، وَيُقَدِّمُونَ آيَاتٍ عَظِيمَةً وَأَعَاجِيبَ، لِيُضَلِّلُوا حَتَّى الْمُخْتَارِينَ، لَوِ اسْتَطَاعُوا.

25 See, I have told you in advance.

25 هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِالأَمْرِ قَبْلَ حُدُوثِهِ.

26 So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

26 فَإِذَا قَالَ لَكُمُ النَّاسُ: هَا هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ! فَلا تَخْرُجُوا إِلَيْهَا؛ أَوْ: هَا هُوَ فِي الْغُرَفِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ! فَلا تُصَدِّقُوا.

27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

27 فَكَمَا أَنَّ الْبَرْقَ يُومِضُ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ فَيُضِيءُ فِي الْغَرْبِ، هَكَذَا يَكُونُ رُجُوعُ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ.

28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

28 فَحَيْثُ تُوْجَدُ الْجِيفَةُ، تَتَجَمَّعُ النُّسُورُ!

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

29 وَحَالاً بَعْدَ الضِّيقَةِ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، تُظْلِمُ الشَّمْسُ، وَيَحْجُبُ الْقَمَرُ ضَوْءَهُ، وَتَتَهَاوَى النُّجُومُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَتَتَزَعْزَعُ أَجْرَامُ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

30 At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

30 وَعِنْدَئِذٍ تَظْهَرُ آيَةُ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ فِي السَّمَاءِ، فَتَنْتَحِبُ قَبَائِلُ الأَرْضِ كُلُّهَا، وَيَرَوْنَ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ آتِياً عَلَى سُحُبِ السَّمَاءِ بِقُدْرَةٍ وَمَجْدٍ عَظِيمٍ.

31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

31 وَيُرْسِلُ مَلائِكَتَهُ بِصَوْتِ بُوقٍ عَظِيمٍ لِيَجْمَعُوا مُخْتَارِيهِ مِنَ الْجِهَاتِ الأَرْبَعِ، مِنْ أَقَاصِي السَّمَاوَاتِ إِلَى أَقَاصِيهَا.

32 Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

32 وَتَعَلَّمُوا هَذَا الْمَثَلَ مِنْ شَجَرَةِ التِّينِ: عِنْدَمَا تَلِينُ أَغْصَانُهَا، وَتُطْلِعُ وَرَقاً، تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الصَّيْفَ قَرِيبٌ.

33 So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

33 هَكَذَا أَيْضاً حِينَ تَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ جَمِيعَهَا تَحْدُثُ، فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ بَلْ عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ!

34 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

34 الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَا يَزُولُ هَذَا الْجِيلُ أَبَداً، حَتَّى تَحْدُثَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ كُلُّهَا.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

35 إِنَّ السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ تَزُولانِ؛ وَلكِنَّ كَلامِي لَا يَزُولُ أَبَداً.

36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

36 أَمَّا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ وَتِلْكَ السَّاعَةُ، فَلا يَعْرِفُهُمَا أَحَدٌ، وَلا مَلائِكَةُ السَّمَاوَاتِ، إِلّا الآبُ وَحْدَهُ.

37 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

37 وَكَمَا كَانَتِ الْحَالُ فِي زَمَنِ نُوحٍ، كَذَلِكَ سَتَكُونُ عِنْدَ رُجُوعِ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ:

38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

38 فَقَدْ كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي الأَيَّامِ السَّابِقَةِ لِلطُّوفَانِ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ وَيَتَزَوَّجُونَ وَيُزَوِّجُونَ، حَتَّى فَاجَأَهُمُ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي دَخَلَ فِيهِ نُوحٌ السَّفِينَةَ،

39 And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

39 وَنَزَلَ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ لاهُونَ فَأَخَذَ الْجَمِيعَ. هَكَذَا سَتَكُونُ الْحَالُ عِنْدَ رُجُوعِ ابْنِ الإِنْسَانِ:

40 Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

40 عِنْدَئِذٍ يَكُونُ رَجُلانِ فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَيُؤْخَذُ أَحَدُهُمَا وَيُتْرَكُ الآخَرُ،

41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

41 وَامْرَأَتَانِ تَطْحَنَانِ عَلَى الرَّحَى، فَتُؤْخَذُ إِحْدَاهُمَا، وَتُتْرَكُ الأُخْرَى.

42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

42 فَاسْهَرُوا إِذَنْ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ فِي أَيَّةِ سَاعَةٍ يَرْجِعُ رَبُّكُمْ.

43 But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

43 وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَوْ عَرَفَ رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ فِي أَيِّ رُبْعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يُفَاجِئُهُ اللِّصُّ، لَظَلَّ سَاهِراً وَلَمْ يَدَعْ بَيْتَهُ يُنْقَبُ.

44 For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

44 فَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً عَلَى اسْتِعْدَادٍ، لأَنَّ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ سَيَرْجِعُ فِي سَاعَةٍ لَا تَتَوَقَّعُونَهَا!

45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

45 فَمَنْ هُوَ إِذَنْ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ الأَمِينُ وَالْحَكِيمُ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ سَيِّدُهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ لِيُقَدِّمَ لَهُمُ الطَّعَامَ فِي أَوَانِهِ؟

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

46 طُوبَى لِذَلِكَ الْعَبْدِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي سَيِّدُهُ فَيَجِدُهُ يَقُومُ بِعَمَلِهِ.

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

47 الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّهُ سَيُقِيمُهُ عَلَى مُمْتَلَكَاتِهِ كُلِّهَا.

48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

48 وَلَكِنْ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ الشِّرِّيرُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: سَيَتَأَخَّرُ سَيِّدِي فِي رُجُوعِهِ!

49 And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

49 وَبَدَأَ يَضْرِبُ زُمَلاءَهُ الْعَبِيدَ وَيَأْكُلُ وَيَشْرَبُ مَعَ السِّكِّيرِينَ،

50 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

50 فَإِنَّ سَيِّدَ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدِ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فِي يَوْمٍ لَا يَتَوَقَّعُهُ، وَسَاعَةٍ لَا يَعْرِفُهَا،

51 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51 فَيُمَزِّقُهُ وَيَجْعَلُ نَصِيبَهُ مَعَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ، هُنَاكَ يَكُونُ الْبُكَاءُ وَصَرِيرُ الأَسْنَانِ!